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I like that when they brought Brooker back to PC Format for the 100th or 200th issue, they gave him a review of a terrible truck simulator to do and that was it. It wasn't even half a loving page e: the 37 is a circular bus route starting and terminating in Ryde on the Isle Of Wight serving the southern "suburbs" ShaneMacGowansTeeth fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Aug 4, 2019 |
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Aug 4, 2019 22:23
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I like that when they brought Brooker back to PC Format for the 100th or 200th issue, they gave him a review of a terrible truck simulator to do and that was it. It wasn't even half a loving page Back when I lived on the isle of wight the train was more convenient and more pleasant than the bus service. It probably wasn't much more expensive either, because I used it at least once a month for a fair while. I wonder if its stupidly expensive now.
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I like that when they brought Brooker back to PC Format for the 100th or 200th issue, they gave him a review of a terrible truck simulator to do and that was it. It wasn't even half a loving page Yes I take 90s games journalism v seriously.
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Aug 4, 2019 22:32
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I remember PC Zone doing a feature where they tested the staff's ability to play games while getting increasingly drunk and one guy got disqualified because he vomited.
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Aug 4, 2019 22:39
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Ratjaculation posted:I loving hate Black Mirror loving 
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I think he gave up on Wipe because he knew he'd get loving crucified for doing centrist takes. Remember 2016 wipe when he pined for the days when people would say "meh" instead of being angry about politics? 
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Camrath posted:PC Zone, ffs. PC Format was the dull one, PC Zone the fun one with Brooker et al. gently caress you're right, I read both back in the day and it all kind of blurred into one
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Aug 4, 2019 23:02
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I felt that the episode with the guy who rages against politics and then creates a mascot who swears and it turns out he's the bad guy for being cynical gave me a sense that you might get be right 
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Aug 4, 2019 23:04
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Pilchenstein posted:I think he gave up on Wipe because he knew he'd get loving crucified for doing centrist takes. Remember 2016 wipe when he pined for the days when people would say "meh" instead of being angry about politics? but but his whole thing is pretending to be angry in every situation! it's bad though!
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i enjoy frasier too, and kelsey grammer is a republican. Oh gosh.
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Pilchenstein posted:I think he gave up on Wipe because he knew he'd get loving crucified for doing centrist takes. Remember 2016 wipe when he pined for the days when people would say "meh" instead of being angry about politics? tbf by staying out of politics and the public eye, by and large he's avoided doing the standard old comedian thing of turning into a vocal anti-Labour transphobe. Unless he is, of course, and I missed it. Going to give him some personal credit though, he did get Nick Davies (of Flat Earth News) and Adam Curtis on Wipe, and that was my first introduction to any non-mainstream political thought. Sad, really
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So, this video popped up in my YouTube recommends, it’s some lovely youtuber from America who lives in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU_aAr3jao But it raises an interesting concept: UK fast food/casual dining tier listing. So come on then.
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Aug 4, 2019 23:16
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Comrade Fakename posted:So, this video popped up in my YouTube recommends, it’s some lovely youtuber from America who lives in London: woah, i made it 2 seconds before i turned that poo poo off.
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Brooker can't be all bad: https://twitter.com/chunkymark/status/519030657503477760
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^^^ 2014 predates the Media Meltdown Singularity thoughCGI Stardust posted:tbf by staying out of politics and the public eye, by and large he's avoided doing the standard old comedian thing of turning into a vocal anti-Labour transphobe. Unless he is, of course, and I missed it. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt - maybe he just realised that modern satire needs to be more than just "angry man opposes everything" and called it a day. The only genuinely angry tv satire these days is New World Order and even that sticks a half-hearted boot into Corbyn every episode for the sake of "balance".
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njsykora posted:I remember PC Zone doing a feature where they tested the staff's ability to play games while getting increasingly drunk and one guy got disqualified because he vomited. Camrath posted:PC Zone, ffs. PC Format was the dull one, PC Zone the fun one with Brooker et al. PC Gamer you bought for the news, reviews and features. PC Zone you bought for Brooker’s poo poo posts on the last page
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Aidan_702 posted:PC Gamer you bought for the news, reviews and features. PC Zone you bought for Brooker’s poo poo posts on the last page Or you bought N64 Magazine cause you were a cool kid playing Marios and Zeldas
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Pilchenstein posted:^^^ 2014 predates the Media Meltdown Singularity though Mash report is mostly good and lefty. I live under the assumption they got told they were too lefty and now they have to make a (clearly half-hearted) dig at Corbyn once in a while and get that bellend Geoff Norcot on, but for the most part they are genuinely angry and genuinely lefty. Nish Kumar, Rachel Parris and Greig Johnson are all decent twitter follows.
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Comrade Fakename posted:So, this video popped up in my YouTube recommends, it’s some lovely youtuber from America who lives in London: Who the gently caress is this guy calling the loving Co-Op a fast food chain? WhatEvil posted:Mash report is mostly good and lefty. I live under the assumption they got told they were too lefty and now they have to make a (clearly half-hearted) dig at Corbyn once in a while and get that bellend Geoff Norcot on, but for the most part they are genuinely angry and genuinely lefty. Nish Kumar, Rachel Parris and Greig Johnson are all decent twitter follows. Nish Kumar is one of the reliably good co-hosts on the current Bugle too, shame all that goodwill about The Bugle becoming a showcase for non-straight white dudes gets sapped away whenever they have Matt loving Forde on to do his "WHY CAN'T ANYONE JUST COMPROMISE?" routine. njsykora fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Aug 4, 2019 |
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Aidan_702 posted:PC Gamer you bought for the news, reviews and features. PC Zone you bought for Brooker’s poo poo posts on the last page Notably, PC Gamer's Brooker equivalent, John Walker who used to review all the budget tat, is a centrist dad par excellence.
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Pilchenstein posted:^^^ 2014 predates the Media Meltdown Singularity though There's something to be said for the reading of S1E2 of Black Mirror (15 Million Merits) as a resignation note; he's been recuperated by the system he was known for criticizing, so any further angry satire he makes would be fundamentally toothless, a performance of anger. Which does actually suggest some self-awareness, unlike the others. ed: just found a PC Zone scan archive, ah the memories; X-COM Alliance preview
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Aug 4, 2019 23:44
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josh04 posted:Notably, PC Gamer's Brooker equivalent, John Walker who used to review all the budget tat, is a centrist dad par excellence. Also the guy who famously asked Peter Molyneux if he was a pathological liar and was quietly moved out of regular writing duties at Rock Paper Shotgun afterwards.
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I haven't had a lock on twitter for a while this was worthy of one though
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WhatEvil posted:Mash report is mostly good and lefty.
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njsykora posted:Also the guy who famously asked Peter Molyneux if he was a pathological liar and was quietly moved out of regular writing duties at Rock Paper Shotgun afterwards. Did he really do the budget section in PC Gamer though? I thought that was Jon Blyth? Edit: it was Walker, my apologies to Jon Blyth lol Pilchenstein fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Aug 5, 2019 |
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Aug 4, 2019 23:56
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I'm not sure you can get much more obvious than literally spelling out "TRUMP" in guns. Doubtless the same crowd that doesn't like their entertainment getting "too political"
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I haven't had a lock on twitter for a while must be coincidence, I suspect the guns fell outta the shooters bags when he was startled by a Muslim (likely also a terrorist, because brown skin coloration) and in lawful self defence shot and killed 20 civilians. hopefully he'll get a pardon and possibly a knighthood from life-president trump. god bless america
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Comrade Fakename posted:So, this video popped up in my YouTube recommends, it’s some lovely youtuber from America who lives in London: Famous fast food joint, Boots
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Drone_Fragger posted:must be coincidence, I suspect the guns fell outta the shooters bags when he was startled by a Muslim (likely also a terrorist, because brown skin coloration) and in lawful self defence shot and killed 20 civilians. hopefully he'll get a pardon and possibly a knighthood from life-president trump. god bless america to be clear, the image has been doing the rounds on reddit for a while, but the shooter posted it on his personal page but people, like the utter dickhead I replied to are saying "well, he didn't *make* the TRUMP IN GUNS thing so he's not all bad" defence and it's all poo poo but gently caress me, I'm still mad at twitter locking me for such a petty level of insult. If I knew what was coming, I would have gone in harder
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Camrath posted:PC Zone, ffs. PC Format was the dull one, PC Zone the fun one with Brooker et al.
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Pochoclo posted:Famous fast food joint, Boots Over 20% of the shelf space in the Boots nearest my office is taken up with overpriced sandwiches and soft drinks. They even have their own tills.
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CGI Stardust posted:tbf by staying out of politics and the public eye, by and large he's avoided doing the standard old comedian thing of turning into a vocal anti-Labour transphobe. Unless he is, of course, and I missed it. he does some really good funny/insightful stuff, it's just sometimes he falls back on going "yeah you loving cock" at the TV over and over or pretending to bully an intern awkwardly for half a minute and it's like, mate he's had Richard Osman or whatever on before though so he's def melt-adjacent ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:I haven't had a lock on twitter for a while it's good op
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:If I knew what was coming, I would have gone in harder
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baka kaba posted:he does some really good funny/insightful stuff, it's just sometimes he falls back on going "yeah you loving cock" at the TV over and over or pretending to bully an intern awkwardly for half a minute and it's like, mate Speaking of Osman, if you want to see a devoted centrist trying to stay firmly planted in the 'rational middle' while fully aware he's going to sound like poo poo for saying so outright listen to his episode of Sofie Hagen's podcast (which is really good). She has a recurring question where she asks guests what they'd do when the revolution happens and his answer was hilarious. He would stay on the side of the comfortable rich people, but he swears he'd only do so to convince them to be nice to the poors.
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Pilchenstein posted:I've only ever seen promotional clips of that and it always seemed loving insufferable - stands to reason the BBC would pick the absolute worst, most banterish moments to promote it though Here's a good bit worth watching. https://twitter.com/rachelparris/status/1072447909847797761?s=20
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WhatEvil posted:Here's a good bit worth watching. I like that there's people on the right side of things doing this stuff, because we need more left wing voices and perspectives basically everywhere. But I always feel like the comedy feels forced in a lot of it, to the point where it dilutes the message, and instead of biting satire you get a comfortable laugh track and people making funny faces American shows like John Oliver's and Samantha Bee's are a lot better at this - they do some really good forensic breakdowns of issues with some real "oh poo poo" takes, but they're still beholden to the clowning for laughs thing. I remember seeing John doing one about US prisons and how heavily the system impacts black people, and you could feel the resentment at having to stop every couple minutes to go "NO BRANDON! NO! NO BRANDON, STAY IN THE CAR!" or whatever next to a photoshop
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Click the tweet. Scroll down to the uh second or third reply.
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I'm confused they all look bad! #gotem
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