General Kyle Bosman Chat

PostGeneral Kyle Bosman Chat by **Captain Kinopio** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:57 pm

Or just Gametrailers in general as their output is pretty great.

The latest Final Bosman and I whole heartedly agree with everything he has to say

[gametrailers]http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/6at40t/the-final-bosman-the-goty-is-not-enough[/gametrailers]

:wub:

Not that I'm complaining but that wasn't a very long hiatus.

[iup=3519911]Herbi[/iup] wrote:Or just Gametrailers in general as their output is pretty great.

The latest Final Bosman and I whole heartedly agree with everything he has to say

..Remastered makes perfect sense in the context of a video game.

And who the strawberry float wants video games to be grown up and "mature"? strawberry float "mature" video games. Yes, sometimes it's nice, but lets not let video games get constipated on their own self importance.

I'm not entirely sure on the point you're making.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **MagicMarker** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:20 pm

I'm glad pop fictions back, they took a pretty long break.

In reverse-order of importance:

1. Red Red Redemption was really good
2. Bioshock infinite sucked
3. Kyle Bosman appears to be a banana split

[iup=3519939]TheTurnipKing[/iup] wrote:In reverse-order of importance:

1. Red Red Redemption was really good
2. Bioshock infinite sucked
3. Kyle Bosman appears to be a banana split

What

He clearly wants the medium to mature, not in the lets all be gritty and realistic and gooseberry fool, but more a general maturing of production / treatment of the audience etc. I don't see what the issue with that is. I also like the way he puts the point about wanting games to be happy being games and I think it's valid. I think I said something similar about TLoU film a few months back but not so well.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **chalkitdown** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:35 pm

Kyle is one of the most awesome guys in videogames. :wub:

I'm so glad he wasn't let go.

I agree with him completely. I loved the last of us but the constant fawning over it is grating.

The live cutscene thing is incredibly cringey but par for the ComicCon course.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Mafro** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:01 am

He's bang on. He also looks like he needs a good night's sleep.

That cutscene live show sounds like something from a Mega64 parody video :lol:

I watched some of the live thing on YouTube last night and although I quite like that they tried it there was something about the manner of it that just felt off. I couldn't watch much of it in the end as it just felt a bit weird.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Miguel007** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:03 am

I've loved Gametrailers output for years from the beginning of Invisible Walls to GT Time, yeah there are a few idiots you'd get rid of (Daniel Kayser, Michael Huber) but on the whole their output is consistently good. Gametrailers has always been the best place for E3.

I wish some of the guys who've left over the years would come back (Shane Satterfield, Marcus Beer etc) and the most recent cuts were a bit crappy, fingers crossed they get back on track with DEFY media. Before the changeover they seemed to be going from strength to strength (I was hoping the Rob Slusser show was going to take off, he was hilarious) and this has sort of taken the wind out of their sails and the output of late has been frustratingly slow.

Final Bosman is class :wub:

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Mafro** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:11 am

Shane Shatterfield and Marcus Beer are starting up their own website.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Delusibeta** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 2:23 pm

[iup=3520238]Mafro[/iup] wrote:Shane Shatterfield and Marcus Beer are starting up their own website.

Confirmed worse than Polygon. :dread:

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Fade** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:09 pm

[iup=3519991]Herbi[/iup] wrote:I watched some of the live thing on YouTube last night and although I quite like that they tried it there was something about the manner of it that just felt off. I couldn't watch much of it in the end as it just felt a bit weird.

I tried watching those too. They don't work on stage.

Those scenes worked in the game because of the time you spent in it.
On stage they seemed to lack a lot of punch and significance.

The atmosphere of the game greatly enhanced the story. that's why people love TLOU. The gameplay and story worked in tandem so well.

I don't think the film is going to come out too well. Although I hope it does.

[iup=3520468]Delusibeta[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3520238]Mafro[/iup] wrote:Shane Shatterfield and Marcus Beer are starting up their own website.

Confirmed worse than Polygon.

Is Shane the guy that left GT a while a go? he's one of those people (Like most of the Screw Attack guys) that just seem really out of the loop and appear not to know what the heck they're talking about half the time.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Cal** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:16 pm

[iup=3519979]Harry Bizzle[/iup] wrote:I agree with him completely. I loved the last of us but the constant fawning over it is grating.

To a degree, yes. But I do think it was thoroughly deserving on of all the plaudits it received. In fact, I was gently surprised when it did win so many prizes; normally that never happens with games I hold in esteem. There's nothing wrong with celebrating excellent creative work, I guess.

[iup=3519979]Harry Bizzle[/iup] wrote:The live cutscene thing is incredibly cringey but par for the ComicCon course.

I watched the whole thing last night on the interweb. It was okay, but as a production it was too hastily put together and I don't feel enough care was given to thinking through how the whole thing would work on a live stage. Kudos to the actors, though; they really do have the chops (especially Troy Baker - why isn't this man in the movies?).

As for TLoU movie. I can't agree with Kyle on this. I'm delighted they seem to want to do a 'film of the game'. It seems perfectly obvious to me; the game is practically a screenplay, anyway. I don't want to see a 'reinterpretation' or an entirely different storyline with an entirely different set of characters: I want to see the game I love made as a feature film and hopefully that's just what will happen.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Mafro** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:29 pm

[iup=3520507]Fade[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3519991]Herbi[/iup] wrote:I watched some of the live thing on YouTube last night and although I quite like that they tried it there was something about the manner of it that just felt off. I couldn't watch much of it in the end as it just felt a bit weird.

I tried watching those too. They don't work on stage.

Those scenes worked in the game because of the time you spent in it.
On stage they seemed to lack a lot of punch and significance.

The atmosphere of the game greatly enhanced the story. that's why people love TLOU. The gameplay and story worked in tandem so well.

I don't think the film is going to come out too well. Although I hope it does.
[iup=3520468]Delusibeta[/iup] wrote:
[iup=3520238]Mafro[/iup] wrote:Shane Shatterfield and Marcus Beer are starting up their own website.

Confirmed worse than Polygon.

Is Shane the guy that left GT a while a go? he's one of those people (Like most of the Screw Attack guys) that just seem really out of the loop and appear not to know what the heck they're talking about half the time.

That's him.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Trelliz** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:43 pm

[iup=3520517]Cal[/iup] wrote:As for TLoU movie. I can't agree with Kyle on this. I'm delighted they seem to want to do a 'film of the game'. It seems perfectly obvious to me; the game is practically a screenplay, anyway. I don't want to see a 'reinterpretation' or an entirely different storyline with an entirely different set of characters: I want to see the game I love made as a feature film and hopefully that's just what will happen.

[Disclaimer, I didn't get on with TLoU purely because of the controls, I find aiming with a stick unwieldy and inaccurate, which in a game about having little ammo/scrounging about put me right off, so didn't play it for long]

If that is the case, then why do you want a shorter and completely non-interactive version of what you have already experienced? Is that better than a different, supplementary storyline that explores the world setting from a new perspective, adding to rather then replicating the experience?

Of course on the other hand, going down that route leads you into Halo territory, where you need to read every book and comic and watch every anime/film/series to get the complete story.

PostRe: General Kyle Bosman Chat by **Cal** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:11 pm

[iup=3520618]Trelliz[/iup] wrote:[quote="[iup=3520517]...why do you want a shorter and completely non-interactive version of what you have already experienced?

Because I think it would work just fine as a movie. The story is perfect - ambiguous yet emotionally compelling - and the 'action' side of the film will take care itself with hopefully some well-staged set pieces to pepper the narrative. It's the film I'd love to make. I wouldn't change anything from the game, except perhaps (obviously) to fill out the narrative sections. I hope they keep the giraffes!

[gametrailers]http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/5zqwll/the-final-bosman-it-s-been-a-good-year[/gametrailers]

Great episode this week, love the bit at the end.

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