sublimit
Banned
I found it extremely cringy ,boring and full of ego stroking. If i was someone who had no idea about the game or the series it would have probably turned me away from it.
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Kotaku's review of Kingdom Hearts III is... uhm... something else.
I found it extremely cringy ,boring and full of ego stroking. If i was someone who had no idea about the game or the series it would have probably turned me away from it.
Baron Samedi
Member
A lot of people here seem to hate him though... I can't see why. He's just on another level of consciousness as far as I'm concerned.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Not pretentious at all.
Baron Samedi
Member
It's a shame it came across as pretentious, but I meant it. EverytimeI hear that dude talk or read something he wrote I can't help but think he's an actual genius... also he must read A LOT just based on how he expresses himself.
shark sandwich
tenuously links anime, pedophile and incels
Honestly it is a pretty funny review even though the author is clearly stroking his own ego.
On a side note, holy shit, it’s been 13 years since KH2. There’s going to be a whole new generation of gamers playing this game and having their brains damaged by the convoluted shounen melodrama.
On a side note, holy shit, it’s been 13 years since KH2. There’s going to be a whole new generation of gamers playing this game and having their brains damaged by the convoluted shounen melodrama.
Helios
Member
The weed? Yeah, I think so.
ROMhack
Member
I don't know if I'd say genius but yeah he obviously reads a lot and/or is generally clued up on culture. His style reminds me a lot of what internet culture used to be like about ten years ago when it used to either be total nerds or total hipsters writing about pop-culture products. Back when people were content to be bloggers, not journalists. All that was left was for him to name-drop David Foster Wallace.
Great name btw.
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royox
Member
Some excerpts for your cringing pleasure.
Source: https://kotaku.com/kingdom-hearts-iii-the-kotaku-review-5113989
Archive: http://archive.ph/o8FtC
Shout out to the following twitter user for the screenshots: https://twitter.com/BlackCat_Dandy
Ok I don't know if it is because of my not-native english level but I don't understand shit about what this person is talking about.
Lionel Richie
Member
Dude's caught in a bad in between place where his review isn't outlandish enough to be full Naked Gun style non sequitur nor structured enough to be professional. He probably likes Rick and Morty a lot.
Gold_Loot
Member
Absolutely not! What kind of animal are you!?Damn, I thought that was totally normal.
... ( I like it myself )
ExpandKong
Banned
I will never understand how there are people who enjoy his writing. Every time I try to read something of his, I get a feeling like I walked in on him trying to fellate himself, and we locked eyes for a moment and he just kept going.
Starlight Lotice
Member
I think if he had the headline "Selfies of Cupcakes and Walls" it'd make more sense....with a comment of KH3 at the end.
KrM DeLorean
Member
Ahh Tim Rogers.. Couldn't think of a better fit to review that game.
sublimit
Banned
What exactly was it that it impressed you so much that made you think he is a "genious" or highly educated?
Can you give us some examples?
#Phonepunk#
Banned
lol OP never read Tim Rogers before?
yeah i love the dude's style but it def is crazy. he's been writing for that for at least 15 years now.
look up his insanely long review of Super Mario Bros. 3. it's a masterpiece.
also, his old podcast Violence Island IS SO GOOD.
yeah i love the dude's style but it def is crazy. he's been writing for that for at least 15 years now.
look up his insanely long review of Super Mario Bros. 3. it's a masterpiece.
also, his old podcast Violence Island IS SO GOOD.
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Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
They were the reason I got my journalism degree. After they shut down I wasn't sure if I was still interested in pursuing a career in the field, so I opted to not doing anything with it lol. With the state of games journalism today, I'm honestly glad I'm not a part of it even it means I wasted all those years.
brian0057
Banned
First time I've heard of the guy.
Kotaku is not a website I frequent for gaming related news.
ptuck874
Member
lol wat? I'm sorry, but seriously, this person should not eat any more edibles for a couple of days, even me sitting here high right now, that was lost on me!Some excerpts for your cringing pleasure.
Source: https://kotaku.com/kingdom-hearts-iii-the-kotaku-review-5113989
Archive: http://archive.ph/o8FtC
Shout out to the following twitter user for the screenshots: https://twitter.com/BlackCat_Dandy
iconmaster
Banned
Edit: apparently the guy has a long history of this so, whatever. You do you, unnecessarily-convoluted prose writer.
(Sorry
JareBear: Remastered
, i invalidated your like)
(Sorry
JareBear: Remastered
, i invalidated your like)
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autoduelist
Member
We clearly need more layoffs.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Edit: apparently the guy has a long history of this so, whatever. You do you, unnecessarily-convoluted prose writer.
(Sorry
You earned it. You keep it.
ptuck874
Member
please dear lord, let that come true....
JunkerWoland
Member
The style of Tim Rogers' Kingdom Hearts III review is his bread and butter. It works for some, not for others. Either way, his material tends to get clicks, and I'd rather see his writing on Kotaku, than another article about how the industry or a particular game isn't progressive enough.
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zenspider
Member
It's one voice with a million mouths.
I meant it as part the general antagonistic position the site takes (Chris Kohler, Tim Rogers, and Brian Ashcraft withstanding to different degrees), but I think the initial article, 'Gamers Don't Have to Be Your Audience. Gamers Are Over. ' was published by regular kotaku contributor Leigh Alexander. Kotaku's 'GAD' article was by Luke Plunkett: ' We Might Be Witnessing The "Death of an Identity" '
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
I’m fine with that. Some of the people trying to portray this as “people aren’t smart enough for Tim’s writing” are a little full of it, though
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Didn't know who this guy was until checking out some of his material. He sure has a unique way of reviewing games. Not my style, as I just want a traditional review, but he is entertaining as he gabs about all kinds of useless stuff.
JunkerWoland
Member
I only breezed through the thread, so can't really comment on others. The way Rogers puts together these articles is extremely self-indulgent, and for some, this type of style just isn't going to resonate or provide content that is either useful or entertaining. No one should feel bad or stupid for not liking his pieces.
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Baron Samedi
Member
What exactly was it that it impressed you so much that made you think he is a "genious" or highly educated?
Do you want quotes? lol no... look, what makes his content stand out for me is that it's thought-provoking and reflects a train of thought that is not simple or linear at all. That is not easy to achieve, and someone else noted before, other writers in this style like David Foster Wallace are undoubtedly brilliant. Saying this dude is a bad writer is easier than admitting you just don't get his writing.
sublimit
Banned
I guess we live in a time and age where everyone can be called a "writer",a "painter",a "singer" etc as long as they have an eccentric,pretendious and flashy style (with zero substance) and fans who like to think they are "superior" because they confuse pretendiousness with actual skill.
Oh well.
Oh well.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Entertainment is subjective and anyone can be successful given the right timing, luck and material. Someone can be a homeless guy with zero skills. But if he somehow got a YT channel up and running from borrowing internet access at a library, he might become a hit.
Some musicians can't write and read music, or even play an instrument. But given the right material, marketing and explosive performances could be smash hits.
On the other hand........ if you want to be a rocket scientist, you can't just wing it and hope to be successful.
sublimit
Banned
You are equating success with quality. Today you don't necessarily need the later in order to achieve the former.
TLZ
Banned
High IQ huh...
Thanks for the laugh.
All you need is some imagination, practice writing and a lot of rambling.
IQ.....
Hudo
Member
I have never heard of this "Gamers are dead" banner. What was going on?
brian0057
Banned
I'm not sure you wanna go down this rabbit hole but if you want to know, start here:
http://deepfreeze.it/article.php?a=enemy
zenspider
Member
I'm coming this really late, and it is GamerGate tangential, so I don't want to inflame anything - my understanding is that games journalists took a page from Ezra Klien's JournoList (sorry, can't use markup UI on my phone)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JournoList
called GameJournoPros. I've only gone down the rabbit hole so far, but it's pretty clear they set an agenda called "Gamers Are Dead" (not sure the origin of the coinage, where a coordinated meme-bomb went off on dozen ostensibly competing, unafilliated sites with a single week. They are, at my most charitable, a strange antagonism against video game enthusiasts, and an effort to create this "anti-gamer" gamer culture.
Compared to the actual JournoList and it's power, it's bush league stuff, but it's particularly strange as games journalists are also the industry PR and it's all so incestual.
You can jump down the rabbit hole yourself, or I'm sure folks here know way more, but that's my fairly neutral take (I'm not pro-GG or anti- GG).
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Whitesnake
Banned
A games journalist who knows nothing about either gaming, journalism, or both?
Imagine my shock.
Imagine my shock.
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infinitys_7th
Member
I'm going cross-eyed trying to read this.
Hudo
Member
Oh wow. Thanks for the replies! I didn't know that it would be related to stuff like that.