Do is Extra Credits any good?
OK is they.
T H O T H
>>337361506
It's written by a lousy wannabe game developer who preaches opinion as fact and tries desperately to cash in on social trends. Talks way too much shit about things he has no education or stake in. (See: His fighting game video)
Also they outright lie fairly often to make a point.
>>337361921
what lies?
In their history series they admit to being wrong aloth though.
>>337361921
>Also they outright lie fairly often to make a point.
It's been a while, but wasn't their problem that they state the fucking obvious as if it's some divine revelation, and then suggest nothing but the most vague solutions?
Preachy cunts.
Do is no shit
>>337361506
Met James at GDC. He's actually a pretty cool dude. Very humble and welcoming.
They're morons.
Yet another group of people that seem to be obsessed with the idea that people cannot distinguish between fact and fiction, and therefore will just assume anything in video games is supposed to be telling them how to behave, probably because they've spent so much time in their university classes being preached to by their professors who can do no wrong.
>>337361506
The only episodes of them I've seen have either been saying really obvious things, or complete bullshit.
HOLY SHIT OP YOU'RE WASTING BANDWIDTH ON THIS POST WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF INTERNET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmLkVtqjf1A
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I wanna know some actually good channels with decent upload schedules that didn't sell out or make 10000 vids about Das
>>337361506
SPACE JEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8NNHmV3QPw
>>337361506
No, Squeaky voice McGee talking from a script written by a jackass who has no real fucking experience in the industry but pretends he does. He was never anything more than one of the billion moogles working in a big games company. Not to shit on moogles at all but it's not what makes you a goddamn expert.
I wish they'd rip on Paradox Interactive
They lack any sort of deep insight in their videos, most of it is common sense. They also pocket $80000 after a kickstarter for their friend's medical bills, it's been 4-5 years (not sure which) and still no game. The took the shekels and ran. Also they hail James to be some industry God when he hasn't really done anything significant
>>337361506
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8NNHmV3QPw
We're running out of internet guys.
>>337363246
No, that was Spirit Science. Different people.
>>337363529
I'm pretty sure he just ripped them off.
>>337361506
Their history stuff is pretty decent, condensed lessons.
All the complaints about their game videos in this thread are correct.
I like em, they help me spot someone that never read a history book if they say stuff like "But their history videos are good".
>>337364976
I don't get it
>>337364976
Oh shit. We better close it down.
>>337364976
OH SHIT
>>337364976
I assume this is something they've said?
>>337364976
SHUT IT DOWN!!!
>>337365973
Man, The Redeemer was awesome. Hope they get a reprint like Deff Skwaqron.
>>337361506
Niggers Hate I
>>337364976
I will never understand how they came to this conclusion.
>>337361506
their gaming videos seem to be catered to younger cats that havent really been thinking critically for that long (high schoolers)
but their history videos are very well done. they may be baseline history lessons, but the way in which the dude tells them like its a campfire story makes it super interesting, and theyre always filled with neat trivia. knowing what I know about WWII, i didnt actually learn that much. but not knowing much about the first crusade, the korean invasion and sengoku japan, i learned a shit ton
so yeah, theyre not bad
>>337362963
Took 10 posts. Ashamed of all of you.
>>337364976
GUYS WE DONT HAVE MUCH TIME IM FROM THE FUTURE WE RUN OUT OF INTERNET TODA
>>337366071
it's amazing how well it managed to capture the sheer silliness of the setting
They simultaneously speak with some of the most self important self indulgence while being composed of individuals with absolutely no achievements or experience to speak of.
Some fuckwad who couldn't even make a successful mobile game thinks he is fucking video game jesus and knows whats what. Give me a break.
>>337361506
Guys seriously wouldn't it be awesome if you had to unlock your full movesets with fighting games?
>>337366561
>liberal revisionist history
>not bad
When i get red pilled too hard by /pol/ i always watch an episode of extra credits so i'm not that right winged anymore
>>337366561
>but their history videos are very well done.
Holy shit dude, their history videos are constantly riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods.
The worst part is that instead of their videogame series where the only guy with actual experience making games is the long hair dude who made a few one-dollar-aps, this time absolutely none of them have any background in history what so ever.
I completly disregarding their opinion years ago when they said Kanji was gay and Naoto was Trans.
>>337361506
it wasn't bad when it was just his school project.
as soon as they got picked up it became apparent that he had no ideas.
its just painfully lazy and padded. they barely covers the basics of whatever they talk about
>>337361506
It's like the bastard lovechild of the I AM SILLY comic and a Bizarro-World version of Binky's Facts and Opinions. Good for losing brain cells if you're not into huffing.
>>337366879
like what?
>>337366561
their history shit is mediocre at best and outclassed by almost every other history youtube shtick. even crashcourse.
>>337366561
>their gaming videos seem to be targeted at people who can't think critically to indoctrinate them
yeah no shit
>>337367737
speaking of which, I enjoy listening to history podcasts while gaming. Anyone know of any good ones?
>>337361506
Nobody who only makes youtube videos and has never actually worked on a game themselves has a fucking clue about game design. So no.
>>337365137
>>337365959
Yes. It's one of their videos, might find it simply by googling. It just kinda proves to us that they jump on anything without thinking and preach it freely.
>>337366561
I really liked the first crusade series and how they concentrated on the people who were leading it.
>>337368423
Hardcore History
>>337368423
Mike Duncan's History of Rome. It's a long series of like, 165 or some shit episodes, each about 20-30 minutes. It's great if you want to learn the history of the Empire, though the series ends in about 500 AD so it doesn't follow through the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
>>337361506
>Space Jews
>>337369305
>>337369487
Yeah, allready got those. they are kinda well known.
>>337364976
does anyone have a direct link?
It's ben a while, and I need a good giggle
>>337361506
Fuck no.
>>337367737
>Crashcourse
CrashCourse is shit by the mere fact that it is a Crashcourse, even if their production value is great. Oh, and because of John Green, fuck that bias revisionist cuckold. His brother is a dozen times better.
>>337361506
it kinda varies in my opinion. sometimes there's some genuinely cool shit in their videos and sometimes it's either ridiculously boring discussions about Hearthstone or just kinda bullshit.
I will say that I've watched most of the episodes and I think the good ones are worth watching(especially Extra History, while keeping in mind that they have been known to put a liberal spin on history here and there).
>history on the crusades
>"unprovoked attack"
Dropped
>>337369924
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuqmKg6QQTw
here's the badwidth episode.
>>337371070
I did agree a lot with their cthulhu video.
>>337371106
DEM WUZ GOOD MUSLIMS DEY DIDNT DO NUFFIN WRONG
>>337371209
frankly I like most of their stuff on horror. I think it's one of the few genuinely interesting things James knows how to write about.
>>337371207
thanks anon
>>337363065
This episode is actually quite interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xQlnzffRg
>>337364976
I'M CUTTING IT DOWN
>>337371339
Why's this spaes martin so happy about dying?
Watch this and be relived that you never have to waste your time listening to this guy's retarded opinion again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xQlnzffRg
>>337371806
The trailer was him looking back on his life, and realising that he regretted nothing
>>337372206
Thanks anon. Eyo can you link me up?
>>337362082
>They're not historians
>Yet they make one history video per week
Ok, that really rubs me the wrong way. One thing is not being a historian (as in not researching the past) but being knowledgeable about it, but another thing is pumping out these videos with several history subjects. I mean, who do they think they are that they think that they can give history classes on these particular and very varied subjects? It takes a history professor some time to prepare his class on one particular subject for one semester and make it a good class.
Of course they are going to be wrong with many of the facts they say.
Speaking of running out of internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6XnL6bKqT0
This video is kind of old, but it's a shame it doesn't have more views.
>>337372015
>the illiad defined western culture
what the fuck would make anyone think that this is true
rest of the video isn't that bad though. i don't really agree with it, but it's well thought out given his assumptions
>>337372565
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ZgyNoHtjw
>>337373630
Thanks senpai.
I don't take their history at face value, and I don't give a shit about their game talk because I don't give a shit about the industry.
I still can't get over how retarded their Missile commander video was.
>>337373180
You're retarded and he is retarded.
First three minutes, in classic EC style, he states the obvious in a super pretentious tone, like he is saying some ground-breaking shit.
After that, you have to address the point that he is doing a 7 minute video on a game "as advertised" i.e. he hasn't played it.
After that, he says "I don't like to make categorical statement like this" right before saying that a certain category of games do not have value. Aside from the arrogance of declaring an entire category of games as without value, there are other problems with this claim.
His assumptions is that games only have value if they fulfill one of these things:
1. They teach a moral lesson he approves of
2. The violence in them is morally justified in-game by a cause he morally approves of
Whether or not Hatred fulfills these, he cannot know, since he has not played the game, at least at the time of making these videos. However, these assumptions are stupid anyway, and he never gives a justification. Why should a game have to teach a moral lesson you approve of to be valuable as art? He just says it isn't, with no argument.
Aside from how intellectually bankrupt this all is, he goes the extra step of being morally bankrupt by approving of stores not selling games based on what he personally doesn't morally approve of. He doesn't want to "give them a megaphone" or for stores to sell them. This is a stupid moralist just like any other disguised as a thoughtful, measured art critic.
That's not to mention to nonsensical non-sequiturs sprinkled throughout like "sadism isn't violence. Sadism is cruelty." and "The only joy in a sadistic game is the joy found in hurting other people."
