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Aw, man. I was hoping to win first and second place this month.

You need a hundred posts before you can thank people. *Speaking from experience*

It's not his opinions that turn me off. I usually agree with him (granted, I haven't watched many of his videos because I'm not a big fan), but most of what he says is just so obvious that I don't get anything out of watching his videos. He's just preaching to the choir. The people who watch his videos are the kind of hardcore gamers who already know all about sexism in video games and the effects of piracy, and the people who don't aren't likely to watch his videos anyway. I agree that Zero Punctuation can get repetitive sometimes, but at least he challenges his viewers a bit when he brings up issues in popular games. I don't always agree with his conclusions, but he usually has a point. Extra Credits has a habit of putting games up a pedestal. I haven't watched his Missile Commando video, but I imagine that it's a lot like his Persona 4 one in that he's probably projecting and reading way too much into the game with the goal of making a point about how games are art. It doesn't surprise me that he doesn't know a lot about Wii games, as he seems to be the kind of person who puts story and characters over gameplay, as it's harder to draw parallels between games and books/movies based on how good the gameplay is. Anyway, that's just my opinion. I can understand wanting to watch something positive once in a while.

I'm the one who should be crying.

I find the Extra Credits guy too dry and boring. Most of what he says is really obvious if you read a lot about video games. There should be more diversity in video games? Well, duh. At least with Zero Punctuation and the like there's humor to be entertained by. Plus his episode about sexual diversity was just weird if you've played Persona 4. He claims that Kanji is clearly gay, but I didn't come to that conclusion when I played the game at all (based on him having a crush on Naoto, getting a nosebleed when he sees the girls in bikinis, among other things). And Naoto being transgendered? That's some subtle writing if that's the case, because all I got from her was that she dressed as a boy so that people would take her more seriously. I mean, he claims that it's less subtle in the Japanese version, but he doesn't seem to have played it. Having played the English version, I can't follow his logic at all (but God help anyone who disagrees with his conclusions on the Escapist forums).

Haha, my first thought was "who?". Happy birthday to Dazz's BFF. :p

Happy birthday to my favorite member. More like new to the internet, apparently.

Guess they finally milked the cow dry. It's unfortunate for the people who lost their jobs, but I can't say I'll miss the franchise.

I don't think I've ridden a roller coaster in nearly a decade. This thread is depressing.

They look so happy about finally being free of Johnny.

I never bothered checking out 'Splosion Man because The Maw wasn't very good, but Explodemon looks pretty good. I certainly prefer the look of the game over 'Splosion Man, anyway. Why buy the real Mona Lisa when you can get a forgery at a fraction of the cost?

5 is Rad Mobile and the movie is Encino Man/California Man. 3 is Rock Band and the movie is Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

Man, all of your friends keep falling in love with you/telling you that they love you. There's something about Daft.

At twenty-four pages, it's certainly going to be a bad thing to whoever's going to have to read it, at least.

Live Free or Die Hard (sorry, Cube)?

6 is Missile Command. I'm guessing the movie is probably Terminator 2.

4 looks like Wild Gunman, which probably means that the movie is Back to the Future Part II. But as for which minor character is from that movie... I'm not sure I've ever even watched it, so...

Sounds promising.

Happy birthday to the youngest crotchety old man I know.

Oh, dear Lord.

No, you were right about the name, Jay.

You said the guy was supposed to be hot, right? Just take him right then and there in front of everyone. That ought to offend at least a couple of people.

Weren't you listening, Dazz? Edward and Bella were talking in a café instead of in the canteen! Also, you should stop watching obviously terrible movies.

Now that is truly a huge change. Worst. Movie. Ever.

1 is Double Dragon.