Intrepid Homoludens

No footage at all. The only thing you get to see is Tim in all his overweight glory. Oh, and he gives good smirk, too. For good reasons.

Well, that's all I need to say about it. I am glad, though, that I got to see Tim talk about his stuff. He's fat!! Too much of a good thing (games) will do that to ya....

You mean I'm a little prize at the bottom of a box of a sweet treat? Awwwww, I love you, darling!!!

I don't WANT a shellac presentation (with canned applause and shit). I do, however, prefer a level of professionalism, good pacing, enough candidness to maintain freshness and spontaneity, and EXPERIENCED hosts who know how to ask questions, throw in a few comments here and there, articulate themselves generally well, and make the guests feel more at home. I noticed that Tim seemed to fidget here and there, and I'm guessing it's 'cause he thinks those two guys are a couple of dolts. I felt like I was watching a home movie with some famous person being interviewed.

I like listening to National Public Radio and Odyssey online myself.

Honey, I grew up listening to Duran Duran. Believe me, they're OLD. But I trust your judgment, I'm sure the music's good. But then the last bunch of stuff I heard from them sounds like they can never shed their postmodern 80s pop atmosphere, it creeps into the music somehow. Scary, that.

So what if it's just a webcast? That's no excuse to slack off, especially when you're dealing with industry giants. And yeah, I am interested in gaming, but so what? I still expect a modicum of polish in an interview show, whether on t.v. or the web. What you're saying is merely insulting me more, it insinuates that I just take anything thrown at me while I wag my tail and drool all over the place.

It's true!! I almost wanted to sleep with him once. And then I finally saw what he looked like.

Hey! I wasn't talkin' to yooz. How would yooz like it if I brought back my Ayn Rand avatar?

That's exactly what I mean. By extenstion it makes the games media, games industry, and us gamers look like dumb, socially inept, non-professional turds.

But you already have that Duran Duran album on cd for your collection.

So it had to take a birthday thread to bring you back. Don't you like us?

Hmmm. I wonder if it's possible to pay for and download an entire album online and then effortlessly transfer it your MP3 player.

Nah. Even at AG we tend to never make birthday threads for people who join but never come back. <shrugs>

But...how could you possibly say no?

You can always work as a dog walker.

But then again, Tim is a writer and designer, not a PR man, and definitely does not have a resume of doing broadcast interviews. Not that I'm excusing his lack of professionalism. IMO, it's the host's responsibility to steer the interview (and show) in the best way to maintain smoothness and polish.

What I don't like is the interviewer's lack of professionalism and composure feeding into the stereotype. He is supposed to represent a cross section of us passionate gamers, young and old, multi-faceted. Instead, IMO, he comes across as hyper and just plain annoyingly childish.

Do you think that's what we are?

Okay, someone please get the cattle prod.

I just think it's people like him who help perpetuate the public perception of us gamers as nothing but highly intelligent yet dumb techno sluts who have orgasms looking at screenshots.

I don't have a pussy, no. Sometimes, when the kids are in bed for the night, I like to dance naked in the microwave oven.

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Something smells like vinegar.

Mine's hidden but I can see yours!!!! Nyah!!