Probably out of curiosity. I’m curious as well.
I am too. It just struck me a curious way to answer the initial query. So i thought i would answer the question not answering a question with another question not answering the follow up question. Or something like that. Also, curiosity killed the cat! :)
Speaking of ZP, I started catching up on the past couple of months worth of episodes recently. It’s still watchable. But I don’t watch them near as much. Guess the novelty has worn off. Do you guys still “tune in” regularly?
Wendelius
It was the “well protected” comment
“Hey guys! Remember how I told you about my ex-wife? You know the one that screwed me and ruined my life? Anyway! Just wondering if anybody knew which route she drives home by from 4-6pm on Thursdays. Thanks!”
IE it felt like a funky question. I’m sure he just wants to get a game shown by him or something. But circumventing public communication in this environment today feels a bit creepy.
RickH
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I like to catch up every few months. Makes for a fun hour or so.
CraigM
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EH, I stopped watching his stuff a few months back. I got his schtick, and it was funny for a while, but that wasn’t why I watched. It was because he did have a fairly good critical eye, and would be more willing to pick out flaws in a game. Granted sometimes that was all he would do, but whatever.
I stopped watching because the games he reviews typically have no appeal to me. I have hundreds of hours into Europa Universalis, but wouldn’t touch most shooters with a pole. Despite how much he mocks the macho dudebro shooter (aka the spunkgargleweewee game in his parlance) it still is a major part of what he reviews. I’ve got no interest in even watching a brutal takedown of games like that anymore, such is the level of my apathy towards them.
Honestly I give it months, at best, before he strikes out on his own. He probably has enough brand cache that if he ran a Patreon he’d do well enough, if not better than what The Escapist pays him.
DeepT
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That is what I like to do. Once in a while Ill go there and just watch a bunch of them in a row. They in no way, are real reviews of games where one should use them to decide to buy a game or not. He generally hates everything, although I think there are a few examples where he likes a game.
hah…
No I’m not stalking him. I just want to get some coverage from him.
But he has no email on the escapist. no contact info on his blog…nothing. No easy way to get in touch with him.
twitter sure…cuz that is so easy to talk to people privately. Well, I tweeted him today (I hate twitter it really is the root of all pr evil)
Miramon
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The usual routine would be a) see if he has an agent (google “<name> representation agent”) and b) send email to the escapist asking to be forwarded.
davidf
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I was able to resist getting Dragon Age Inquisition, until I watched his review. His comparing it to a fantasy Shepard and all the complexity he wanted to ignore. did me in and I had to get it.
Oof. You’re going to have a rough time of it. Many folks in marketing/PR/games media operate 90% on Twitter. It’s pretty much their primary form of communication.
Pod
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I’ve only just come across Yahtzee/The Escapist’s “Judging By The Cover” series.
I thought it was highly amusing. Seems to have only lasted for a few years though.
Very nice. I’ve never heard of this series. That one you linked was very good. Thanks for sharing it.
