Sunday, September 1, 2013

Disney Infinity. An Infinity of Boredom.

Remember when IG Neo used to be the most common type of video he’d make (not counting E3)? Now, that’s also been thrown to the wayside, like I Rate the 80’s. Hell, he’s made more retro reviews this year than modern reviews. He hasn’t done that since he began.

Anyway, he’s going to talk about Disney Infinity. For those unaware, Infinity is Disney playing “follow the leader” and putting out their own version of Skylanders. Though unlike Skylanders, there’s more modes offered, including the ability to create your own games (like LittleBigPlanet). Plus, characters people actually recognize.
And since it’s a Skylanders clone, it’s no surprise that Bores is talking about it. You know, there were so many other games that came out in August he could have talked about. Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Pikmin 3, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Dragon’s Crown, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, DUCKTALES: REMASTERED! Funny how he was so excited about that last one, but now that it’s out, he hasn’t said a damn thing about it.

Like his last Skylanders review, this was not posted on GotGame, but rather on YouTube. Probably because he knows he gets more views there and nobody goes to GotGame.

Neo Intro

0:07 - 0:16: He mentions how he got a lot of requests to talk about “Disney’s Infinity”. There’s no “apostrophe s” but I’ll let that go. Honestly, I’m not surprised this is something he got requests for.

0:17 - 0:44: IG starts off saying that it’s nothing like Skylanders, despite the use of figures and a base. That’s good right? Variety is the spice of life?

0:44 - 1:33: He lists off the starter pack’s contents (and right off the bat I can tell he has little content), naming each character. He has a really strange pronunciation of Sully (Soul-y?).
He notes the main hub is called the Toy Box and that it’s customizable.
“Maybe too customizable” That’s a complaint? I’m sorry, but where I come from, having lots of options is a good thing.

1:33 - 2:32: Not really anything bad happens here. He’s actually discussing mechanics and how the game works. Why can’t he do this more often?
“Since I’m a big fan of Pirates of the Caribbean movies” Then why didn’t you watch the fourth one? That’s what you said on your site.

2:33 - 3:23: IG reaches his big downside, you can’t use other characters in the themed levels. Meaning no Monsters University or Incredibles figures in the Pirates of the Caribbean stages and vice versa. Can’t really say anything because that does sound like a real complaint. Again, why can’t Bores be this way in every other damn game he reviews? Why is it only in these stupid action figure related games?

He ends with his rating.
He wanted something more like Skylanders where they all team up to fight a villain in the end. Had you paid attention to any press demos, you’d realize that wasn’t going to happen. I mean, you saw the game at E3. Maybe you could have asked “Is there going to be a villain?” or something like that? Also, if you really want a villain so bad, go play Kingdom Hearts.
He says kids won’t like it because it’s “too complicated” and it’s more for the “10-16” range. You’re underestimating how creative kids are Chris, they might love something like this. Where they can build and play with real life action figures and make their own games out of them. Even showing them to their friends.
Then he mentions an upcoming Jack Skellington figure. Whatever.

This was… surprising. I’ve definitely seen much much worse.
It was really more boring than bad. Even when he actually gives a crap and writes a real review, he still lacks charisma and ends up putting me to sleep.
Still, it’s depressing that he puts way more effort into these reviews of stupid action figure games, but everything else gets half-assed poor excuses of reviews, full of cheap gags and blatant evidence he didn’t even beat the game.

Hope you enjoyed his return to modern gaming, tune in next month when he talks about Swap Force. Oh, you’re expecting reviews of Rayman Legends, Puppeteer, The Wonderful 101, Grand Theft Auto V, Rain, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Beyond: Two Souls, or Pokemon X &Y? Keep hoping because Bores doesn’t give a crap about anything else now.
Though he might talk about Diablo III Console Version. Who knows.

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    1. Says the guy coming to a site he doesn't like. Pot, meet kettle.

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    2. Three words, dipshit: Look who's talking.

      You apparently have enough time to waste out of your life to comment on a site you don't like. So why don't you stop calling the kettle black, pot?

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  2. I believe when he says "maybe too cusomizable," he means that there is a learing curve you have to overcome because it's so overwhelming. I believe he elaborates on that in the latter half of the review.

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  3. Okay whatever you guys think about asa this is some major BS.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPoQTsWZuUw

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    1. Yeah, that sucks. I've had people pull similar pranks on me as well. Do you know what I do? I call the cops. They investigate it, Craigslist will help them, and the perp might even have to pay a $1000 fine per Craigslist rules on posting with fake identities.

      I don't feel sorry for Gaede, though. He's having the time of his life. If he were a better actor he might convince people that he honestly didn't want this, but just listen to the insincerity in his voice.

      He should be glad that the pranksters were so thoughtful to pull this at 7pm on a Saturday. When this shit happens to me, it's the middle of the workday or middle of the night.

      What does Gaede like to do more than anything else? Make YouTube videos calling his critics a bunch of immature haters. What did this prank give him the opportunity to do? Make a YouTube video calling his critics a bunch of immature haters (among some other slurs).

      Those people coming to the house were pranked. Gaede's critics were pranked, as this will likely incite a flame war against them. Gaede is the only one to benefit from this, as usual.

      Hey speaking of the flame war against his critics, why did he blame this prank on someone who hates his YouTube videos? Didn't he say he has no idea who did it?

      When someone tells a story that's suppose to make you feel sorry for them and incite hate against their critics, take it with a grain of salt, especially when that person has no credibility to begin with (Elisa Hansen crucifixion, anyone?)

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    2. I've never cared for Asa or his videos, but god damn... that's just mean.

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    3. Well one tiny little problem he may have just accidentally released his own address making only the craiglist one valid.

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    4. Revenge for Asa becoming friends with the Bores for an April Fools joke and not killing it off the next day?

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    5. I may not be a fan of Asalieri, nor do I agree with his opinions on the AVGN, the TGWTG team, and bronies (for the most part on all three), but seeing this shit... wow. Just wow. Sucks that it happened to him. :-(

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  4. "Oh, you’re expecting reviews of . . . The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD . . ."

    Oh no, no, no, no, no, NO! Do not even mention The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD. The original on Gamecube was, and still is, probably my favorite Zelda game of all time. If Chris ever reviewed that game, it would only fuel his "Nintendo is kiddy" rage because of the cell-shaded graphics and tame difficulty.
    After his rants on Zelda not being "gritty" (as well as his stubborn insistence that Ganon is spelt with three n's), I seriously hope he NEVER reviews, let alone touches, a single Zelda game ever again.

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    1. I wouldn't be surprised if he reviewed Twilight Princess(which happens to be my least favorite Zelda game) and praised the hell out of it for its more realistic graphics.

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    2. I doubt he'd even get to the part where you ram the Master Sword through Ganon's skull at the game's end. Despite the art style, Wind Waker (and other Zelda games using that style, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks) do have other dark elements to them. I don't think Bores understands the difference between "dark because you can be" and "dark with meaning". I noticed most people, myself included prefer the latter and often lose interest at the former.

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  5. So this game is basically an extended version of the toy box mode in Toy Story 3? Also,getting a lot of nostalgia of his first skylander review. Seriously, he needs to move on. I don't think he can do anymore.

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  6. Oh boy...looks like Angry Joe screwed up big time!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q01nTsYyLHU

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    1. LOL wow someone has to be really gullible to fall for that one.

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    2. Am I the only one that can't read what it actually says? Oh and how in the world did you get a contract which you have no part in?

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    3. Dude he wrote an email in outlook and claimed to be Angry Joe. That's all. He might've well wrote "I'm a poopy head. Signed, Angry Joe" with crayon on a piece of construction paper and it would've been just as believable.

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    4. Oh I know hence the second question problem is no one can even read the dang thing just proving that it is fake.

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    5. Er... what is this exactly? I'm a bit weary to click. What, did someone pretend to be Angry Joe?

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    6. Essentially and rather poorly at that. When you try to fake something crane make sure the edit button isn't in frame.

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    7. I think I see a major discrepancy. Doesn't angry joe pay for the things he uses in his show out of his own pocket and not from ads?

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    8. I didn't write the e-mail. I found it on the DHI forum. Plus they said Angry Joe was flipping out on Twitter about it so yeah, legit.

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    9. Yup, I totally lost my respect for you Crane. That email is totally NOT from Joe.

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    10. Odd I don't see Angry joe "flipping out" about it on twitter. Oh and just because you say something doesn't automatically make it true. Oh and if you did get it from a forum, most likely illegally, why in the world would it be in something that you yourself use for emails?

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    11. I'm trying to find the actual email that angry joe might and i do mean might have sent. Also here is a bit of context that crane removed the in email in question he was being sarcastic.

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    12. The video is removed by the user, so I can't watch it. Maybe we should all pretend Invisible Crane is Invisible for now on.

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    13. Video's been removed before I could see it.

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    14. Oh dear add some context and he runs. Funny thing is the email was indeed true problem is Cranes information was lacking. Here is the one from joe. http://angryjoeshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/SegaPermission2.png Here is the one in the description that crane provided. http://i.imgur.com/1wlfpTC.png

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    15. Those two links look exactly the same.

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    16. Well that was the point can did indeed get an email with angry joe being less than cordial with SEGA and CA problem is he forgot to mention both that it might not have even been sent and it was sarcastic.

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    17. I'm not sure I understand your grammar, Micharion. Still, I don't see how i'm supposed to know that it was sarcastic and never sent. Or rather, how showing me the same image twice would clear things up.

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    18. Well let me explain as best I can then. Crane tried to discredit angry joe as a reviewer for whatever reason by posting an email that there is no word on whether it was sent or not. In joe's twitter he himself said that it was sarcastic so since that is the only thing I have to go by I am inclined to believe him. The two are not the same link but shows that they are of the same thing so he didn't edit it. I showed both to try and give others as much information that I currently know. My grammar tends to be rather off at times nobodies perfect.

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    19. They're both the same because Micharion is trying to show that Invisible Crane is telling the truth and showing a screencap that is indeed an existing piece of evidence. Micharion expresses doubt that Angry Joe would willingly write something so stupid especially since behaving in character as the macho Angry Joe during a formal occasion has backfired before (Angry Joe, according to TV tropes, made an Ass out of himself and started his hatedom by acting as his character during a formal interview. This would be like if Christian Bale did his batman voice and tried to act all mysterious and belligerent during a basic interview) and thus Angry Joe would be unlikely to repeat his mistake. So in short, Micharion wishes to express that the image is true but may not be presented in the proper context.

      As for Invisible Crane's original message, I kinda agree with it. Sent or not sent, a Sega rep is gonna see that eventually. And given that Angry Joe has a hatedom, showing to the world how stupid and macho you can write things to everyone rather than a private audience (or with better context, like establishing that its a parody) is a bad idea. It's kinda like Chris Bore's news blog level of stupidity. It can only go wrong.

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    20. I have no love whatsoever for AngryJoe. I hope Sega gets wind of this stupid fuck's "sarcastic" email.

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    21. Well I guess I should stop withholding this particular piece of information now. Angry was joe legitimately angry at SEGA since he needed a license from SEGA to even review Rome 2. Essentially SEGA was trying to make sure anything that might have been bad about Rome 2 was kept quiet.

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    22. Did I seriously say Angry was joe. Who am I Yoda? Let me try that again Angry joe was legitimately angry.

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    23. "Essentially SEGA was trying to make sure anything that might have been bad about Rome 2 was kept quiet."

      Yeah apparently total war Rome 2 is as bad as empire total war.

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    24. Yeah this really was not about joe at all it was SEGA trying to pull the wool over consumer's eyes again. With this bit I have given you all of my information I cannot choose for you how to feel about this. But do not try and insult an innocent man when the company is to blame.

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    25. Yeah its funny how a little context changes everything. All it takes is a single omission to make someone look like an idiot. If Joe doesn't give a shit about SEGA then he could have sent a CGI penis for all its worth.

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    26. It seems like soon he will be joining TB in his boycott of SEGA and really I can't blame him since if SEGA keeps this up it shows that they want to completely control reviews of their games which is sickening.

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    27. SO Invisable Crane was quote Minning?

      WOW, now that's a new low for him.

      Really, you have to do favours to Asa's group and others, that you have to take things out of context.

      Screw You Invisable Crane.

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  7. iTunes has an update for Bores' game- both paid and lite versions. It purports to correct the graphics problems with iPhone 4. It doesn't.

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    1. The company still has their own name misspelt on the page for the lite version.

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    2. Anyone know of good (preferably free) video capture software for Windows, or something to convert Source Engine demo files to an editable video?

      I want to do a blind LP of my friends new HL2 mod, "Underhell chapter one"

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  8. Lordstarscream keeps calling me a cyberbully to anyone that commented her rant recently in the comments section on "Why MLP Fandom sucks for me!" I'm getting tired of her bullshit.

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    1. I know this is hypocritical coming from me, but I think you should stop wasting your time with that nut job. If you really want to rant on brony haters, you should talk about other people, not just her.

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    2. You know, you kinda had a point.
      I did this comment because an anti-brony sent me a note on Deviantart. He even proclaimed himself as an anti-brony. Then I felt something suspicious, I checked her brony rant's comment section, and I saw that guy's comment.

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    3. Also, you've made it clear that she's insane. From what I've read, this goes past cyberbullying and straight into an undiagnosed mental illness on her part. I still find it ironic that she chooses Starscream as her avatar when she fits the characteristics more of Galvatron (post-movie) and Animated Blitzwing ("random" persona).

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    4. I agree with Zeldafan. I think we should stop bringing her up HeatEdgeSword. At least we get the point. She is insane and her friends are insane. Nuff said.

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  9. So all this talk about these popular, toy-centric kids games really reminds me of an article discussing the history and current state of the Sonic franchise and fandom, one point raised being the tendency of some fans to blame children who like the recent games, before pointing out that due to the current state of the industry as a whole, even the weaker Sonic titles are still gold compared to most other non-Nintendo kids fare. I'm beginning to think games like Skylanders take this to an extreme, monetizing a single series of games as much as possible while ensuring that the quality is just good enough that it's decidedly better than E-rated shovelware.

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  10. You know, I wonder why it seems like he has been so slow this year and last (more so than usual). I wonder if it was for that revival of Ghost Hunters for TV or Netflix or whatever. Maybe that's why he created the blog so he could once again mke as little effort for money as possible. Hmm, that's my theory anyway...

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  11. Oh good finally got ShinBok to work correctly hopefully given my luck with computers it will stay that way until I can LP it in maybe 2 years.

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  12. I don't get it. Why did he censored his middle finger? To make it worse, he used flame censored it.
    http://chotetsumaru.deviantart.com/art/Shit-Pickle-and-Nerdy-Turd-388536681

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  13. It doesn't even seem like the "Irate Gamer Neo" video are all that "Irate" anyway but just your run of the mill reviews. Some even seem more like Infomercials to me.

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  14. For anybody who doesn't visit Encyclopedia Dramatica, here's Chris Bores's dox: (phone number omitted)

    http://pastebin.com/hc993d6D

    I didn't add his phone number, because as much as I don't like the guy, he shouldn't have to put up with endless harassing prank calls.

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    1. Doesn't really add anything new and it just give mommy dumbest more room to whine and complain. Of course it's not like bores himself didn't disprove that he lives in Florida like buggin said he did.

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  15. I wonder which is worse, Chris Bores or Gligar13vids?

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    1. Bores. Gligar13 wouldn't resort to false-flagging and posing as his mommy when someone criticizes him.

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    2. Not to mention, Gligar13 is clearly a troll. He does not even try to hide it; he continuously hates on good games by nitpicking and using insane, stupid, and illogical reasons (reasons that Game Dude uses in his videos).
      Chris Bores, on the other hand, actually puts effort into making his character seem like a good person as well as making himself appear to be a legit gamer, even though he fails dramatically at both.

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  16. Funny in Megaman games I seem to have some connection to wood. I just cannot seem to get away from it.

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  17. So I wonder what is next in bores' itinerary of fail?

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  18. In other news, Venezuela is having a half-country wide power failure with google telling me that a report I read yesterday is '1 hour ago' today. The media covering North Korea feels that mentioning Denis Rodman for over 24 hours with over 15 reports on that subject is not beating a dead horse. Syria is gonna be a dick with its chemical weapons which may or may not be a real threat since Israel is tripping interceptor missiles. And finally Seashepherd's Paul Watson thinks that the group of Costa Rican Smugglers who trafficked in drugs and turtle eggs is not guilty of killing conservationist Jairo Mora Sandoval is not guilty despite being found with all of the victims clothing and cell phones at their private hideout. But this is after he said that the government is doing nothing to help conservationists and of course, stated that he would give 30,000 dollars if the murderer was caught.

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  19. The most recent article on Chris' blog is titled "Batman: Arkham Origins For Handhelds Called BlackGate."

    This is something we knew back when both games were announced back in APRIL. Apparently the only way he got this news was from arbitrarily checking the Arkham City youtube channel, because the main content of the article an embedded trailer. Said trailer was put up five days ago.

    This is just getting pathetic.

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    1. Not only that, but he assumes by "handheld", it's coming to "phones and iPads". Even though it's A. coming to 3DS and Vita B. It's not coming to any iOS or Android device at all and C. The video ends saying it's coming to 3DS and Vita.

      He can't even bother to watch the video he's linking!

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    2. DavCube: You're not critically wrong, but It's actually been pathetic for a long time. This blog, and BatDan's hard work, are monuments to the errors in both fact and judgement that the pitiable Chris Bores has been seemingly incapable of avoiding for as long as he has been active on YouTube, if not longer.

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  20. Oh yeah, the Kanto Starters received their own Mega Evolution.
    Not going to talk about Mega Venusaur's ability. Sure, it's useful, but still...

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  21. Who are you to unrestrictedly provide something that provides a detailed explanation in regard to ?
    Disney Games

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