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    Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show

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    Image of WyteNight WyteNight
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    This web series is actually quite popular in Canada, more so in Vancouver. I was friends with Troy Dixon, the actor who played T-Bag. I'm upset to see he'll never see his talents come to cable TV. Troy passed away in a car accident this past December. Hope the show does well.
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    Ah, Showcase. Kenny vs. Spenny and Trailer Park boys. The only two shows to come out of this country that are remotely entertaining. Hopefully this joins em.
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    Image of LoLAdrian ...And Then Comes Lividity LoLAdrian ...And Then Comes Lividity
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    I don't see the problem with season 2. I've thought it was entertaining and I could relate to a lot of the situations in it, especially T-Bag. T-Bag reminds me of me, a closet gamer. R.I.P Brodog :(
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    08/06/09

    @LoLAdrian ...And Then Comes Lividity: :(
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    Image of Kirohitaku Kirohitaku
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    That announcement should have been funnier.
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    Image of Eseph Eseph
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    Am I the only one moderately annoyed by that portrayal of Showcase? I mean sure there guilty of some rerun-age, but they do have a solid amount of original content.
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    Image of Deunan Deunan
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    Awesome... but I fear it might fail with its audience being limited to only Canada. I know a shitload of Canucks are gamers but I doubt it's enough.
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    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    08/06/09

    @ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES): You're applying the "Wii can't have good games" argument to Canadian television now?
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    Image of gold163 (° д° ) gold163 (° д° )
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    Yes! Can't wait. Too bad I can't watch Canadian TV. Will the eps also be available online?
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    Image of Phanta Phanta
    08/06/09

    @gold163 Have Explosive:
    i don't think showcase has those things where you can watch it online
    only a few canadian channels has it
    and it sucks since we cant watch hulu and stuff even tho we still have fox,nbc ect. on tv
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    gold163 Have Explosive promoted this comment Phanta was starred Phanta was unstarred
    Image of gold163 (° д° ) gold163 (° д° )
    08/06/09

    @Phanta: Region locks must DIE! >:(
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    Image of Rutty Rutty
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    I need to move to canada.
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    Image of peterpanpiper2 peterpanpiper2
    08/06/09

    @Rutty: Beat you to it buddy. I already live in Canada.
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    Image of tok1879 tok1879
    08/06/09

    @peterpanpiper2: Off topic, i was in toronto this past weekend. Is it legal for females to get topless in public in daylight, because if it isn't, i saw someone break the law...and loved it. :P
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    Image of Str8_Jihadin Str8_Jihadin
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    Please revive Pro At Cooking!
    GOD I miss that show!
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    Image of peterpanpiper2 peterpanpiper2
    08/06/09

    @Str8_Jihadin: Pro at cooking with dave was pretty amazing. In fact I would say the latest episode of Dave's cooking was more entertaining the pure pwnage the show itself.
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    Image of goldarsun goldarsun
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    Things in Canada aren't real.
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    Image of (Zombie) Goldwings - Zombie antidote. Attempt 24... somethings happening! (Zombie) Goldwings - Zombie antidote. Attempt 24... somethings happening!
    08/06/09

    @goldarsun - Needs some good ol' Canadian beating, involving a log, a funnel and lube:
    We to are real and so is our stuff made mostly from China >:(

    *throws a javelin at goldarsun*

    P.S. Before you die wreathing in pain from that big gaping hole from my javelin, I just noticed your name would have been best suited for my avatar when I was the sun.

    P.P.S. I'm way too silly this afternoon :P
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    He seemed to be mashing the D-pad an awful lot compared to his ABXY buttons. I guess even gaming shows can't make people look like they're fake gaming realistically.
    (Yeah, I'm being picky, but that's all the video showed: Fake gaming! What else was I supposed to be paying attention to?)
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    Image of KiKadet KiKadet
    08/06/09

    @kagekiri: It looks like he's playing Tetris in the last few seconds, so his D-pad mashing is completely called for.
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    08/06/09

    @KiKadet: Wasn't he mainly pressing up and down? I'd expect way more side to side motion in Tetris. The only thing I know you'd just go up and down in are side scroller shootemups, but even then, you'd expect longer presses instead of tapping up and down.
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    Image of (Zombie) Goldwings - Zombie antidote. Attempt 24... somethings happening! (Zombie) Goldwings - Zombie antidote. Attempt 24... somethings happening!
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    Anyone care to guess what type of DS game he's playing. If any? Because I don't know too many DS games where you press the up and down on the d-pad (continuously) while pressing A and the R trigger :/
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    08/06/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: I dunno... Tetris?
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    08/06/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: Yeah, that was pretty weird. Maybe a side scroller shooter like Phalanx?
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    Image of JarenFace JarenFace
    08/06/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: He did say 'triple t-spin'. The only game I know that uses t-spins are Tetris.
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    08/06/09

    @JarenFace: If he's able to win Tetris by only pressing the up and down d-pads then he is a god among Tetris players.
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    08/06/09

    In reply to Pure Pwnage Becomes A Real TV Show
    This will only end in sorrow.
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    Image of anabbeynormality anabbeynormality
    07/10/09

    In reply to Why It's Hard To Make Today's Games Funny
    I think part of the problem with humor in games is that humor can't make the game. If you have a comedy, the plot can be ridiculously dumb, the cinematography could be marginal, the music could be generic, but it doesn’t matter if it’s funny. Games can’t get away with that. Even if humor is a main goal of a game, it still needs to have a quality game at its foundation in order to be good. So, if the game has to be great whether or not it’s funny, then there’s not as much incentive for developers to focus on humor. Furthermore, sense of humor will vary from person to person. Since humor can drive a movie, you can have movies that do the slapstick humor, or dry highbrow humor and those characteristics will define the genre. Game genres are defined more by their type, so the audience for a certain type of humor is further subdivided into preferences of certain types of games.



    I think the other issue is that game industry just doesn’t have that many masters of humor that really get how to make it fundamental ingredient of the game rather than tack it on in a few cheesy lines. There are some mentioned in this article, but that’s a small group of people for an entire industry. I think it will take time for the medium to grow its body of expert humorists.
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    Image of TSFMfest - not funny TSFMfest - not funny
    07/09/09

    In reply to Why It's Hard To Make Today's Games Funny
    I can still remember playing Zork: The Grand Inquisitor back when I was 7 or something like that and it was freaking hilarious. Oh, the 90s...

    There are quite a few Atlus games that are hilarious, too--Laharl's exaggerated tirades in Disgaea, the group antics in both Persona 3 and 4. A lot of the humor stems from the over-the-top actions and character animations which is almost mandatory for lower-tech games, but there were sections of the Persona games that were genuinely funny because the situations and interplay between different character's personalities were very well crafted.
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