Icyflamez96
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I find it very amusing how you titled the quote "colin was right"
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Colin Was Right: The Gaming Industry vs Donald Trump
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I find it very amusing how you titled the quote "colin was right"
He's too busy shoving his followers up his own ass to care.
This guy responds only to praise, and will rarely every answer back without a snide condescending remark...which also somehow still manages to be all about him.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
I don't even disagree with him, but the fact he can't accept that someone may prefer Mega Man 2 to Mega Man 3 without resorting to dismissal should set the tone for how he approaches every debate. "Colin Was Right".
I finally clued into his nasty attitude towards games when he was talking about The Last Gaurdian saying, after playing it for a single hour, it should never have been made. Just because you don't care for it doesn't mean it should be taken away from everyone, dude.
Jesus christ...
exmachina64
Banned
At least you realized how toxic he is.
Cool, so he's a racist
Ninja Scooter
Member
They are too busy int he PSILY thread fawning over him posting again and asking him what his favorite flavor of ice cream is. Some might call it his "safe space".
Supermanisdead
Member
Unsubbed from both KF and KF Games cuz of this asshole. He's so unlikeable it makes me cringe. It's a shame since I think Tim and Nick are really great.
exmachina64
Banned
Aren't most libertarians?
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
And it that thread, this thread is labelled as toxic. If both sets of posters were in the same thread, I imagined it would be locked in a trillionth of a nanosecond.
I've seen no evidence to support your claims - and I've been searching hard.
Well you have to at least wonder about the intelligence of people voting for the GOP, advocating for Mitt Romney, admiring Stephen Bannon...
He's a Randian, which is synonymous with idiocy.
To use a DnD analogue he has higher than average intelligence but low wisdom.
I think a lot of people in this thread such as myself have liked his previous work but it's a case of his politics (which have always rubbed me the wrong way) have come more to the forefront and vitriolic.
I appreciate you taking the time to find these quotes, but they completely clash with his willingness to vote Republican, criticize minorities for protesting, think Bannon is smart, and that Sessions is qualified as AG.
Next time a black US citizen gets gunned down, maybe Colin needs to take the extra step and look in the mirror.
I think it's kind of sad that so many people can't separate his political views (which I also mostly disagree with) from his views about the gaming industry. As I said earlier in this thread I don't know everything he said in his videos because I just found the guy but at least his last 4 videos are pretty spot on. So I'm interested in what he has to say in the future. This whole thread devolved from discussing the video and it's content to discussing if he's a racist or not.
While I do agree to an extent with your final point, I don't think you can separate his politics and his views of the industry when he puts out heavily political videos like this one.
He also hates The Simpsons, loves Family Guy, and thinks The Last Guardian should have been cancelled. Three strikes and you're out.
theindieboy
Member
As someone who has been on one of these tours, I have to disagree whole heartily. The tour is split into 2 parts a hour tour of the office which has some amazing statues/themed meeting rooms etc, with brief stops to talk to on staff including the back office staff nobody know, then a 1 hour QA with about 15 members of staff, inc Peer, ”personalities" and back office staff. This was extremely interesting when I went a lot of time was dedicated to talking about what you should be doing to get into the industry. This is a massive amount of work to organises, disrupts the office and costs them money, but they do it for the fans. I could not recommend going highly enough if you are in the SF area around the 1st Friday of the month. There were no autograph opportunities but lots of people stoped to take photos when asked.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Yeah, IGN has a lot of great people there. Much of the vitriol thrown their way is undeserved.
His political views seep into everything he does.
dragonfart28
Banned
He also hates The Simpsons, loves Family Guy, and thinks The Last Guardian should have been cancelled. Three strikes and you're out.
To be fair, some of us actually share the same preferences, but at least we're clear about it being preference rather than insinuating objectivity.
So what you're saying is if for example you really love someone's games but after a few of them you find out one of the creators holds some political views you disagree with
you never buy a game from them ever again? Didn't a lot of people praise Neil Druckmann (who btw loved this video) for letting his political views seep into his games?
He also hates The Simpsons, loves Family Guy, and thinks The Last Guardian should have been cancelled. Three strikes and you're out.
Well now I hate the guy too!
jk
Why do we need to separate Cplin's opinions on games and politics when he continually mixes the two? Who is making him say this stuff in his video series and on KF live streams? If he's going to bring it up, he better ready to have it pulled apart.
That may be the case now, but when he first entered the thread people were still being highly critical of him and putting their issues to him about politics. He responded to quite a few, so I guess they have moved on.
I enjoy art from plenty of artists I disagree with on some level
i like kanye
I see where you're coming from. Can you send me a link to the video where he does that? Is it about the Berkeley riots?
But it's not just his politics. His superiority complex is apparent in everything he talks about, he's an unlikeable guy who's constantly trying to show how he's better than everyone else with everything he says. It's just not something I can stomach: I feel bad for Greg because as far as I know he's a likeable person, his partner is dragging him down.
Already Torn
Banned
I don't think I would buy a video game that made it a central part of its story that Nazis should be given a platform and that rape victims should toughen up and get over it, no.So what you're saying is if for example you really love someone's games but after a few of them you find out one of the creators holds some political views you disagree with
you never buy a game from them ever again? Didn't a lot of people praise Neil Druckmann (who btw loved this video) for letting his political views seep into his games?
Well now I hate the guy too!jk
Luckily any video game that pitched that stupid ass rattlesnake as part of the logo or box art would be laughed out of the pitch meeting so at least that parts a non issue.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
Unfollowed all of KF on Twitter. I'm done.
Dangansona
Member
Turns out it's more productive to not be an asshole and down the line raise criticisms when things have settled down. But yes we are all "fawning" despite weeks of calling him out on crap.
If you want fawning go to Twitter.
Glass Shark
Banned
Ok yeah, this is fucked up. Sessions has a very clear history of racism. Don't know how you can go around flaunting your "social liberalism" and support that shitstain.
In order to enjoy The Last Guardian, you have to possess an inkling of empathy.
That is the worst part about all of this, Greg is extremely likable and I really enjoy watching stuff with him on it but since Colin is on most of the stuff with him, I've stopped watching because of Colin.
Sounds to me like he is kind of an asshole (which isn't surprising since he's an Ayn Rand-Devotee) but that doesn't automatically make his opinions invalid. You don't like the guy, his co-hosts apparently like him or are at least able to separate private and work life, otherwise they wouldn't work with him.
If I'm not mistaken, Colin didn't vote for Trump. He goes into his thoughts on everyone in yesterday's gameovergreggy show, saying fuck both parties.
benicillin
Banned
The idea that Democrats stalling on Sessions (who is in no way qualified to be AG given his past) are to blame for Devos getting through is so intellectually dishonest. It's placing the blame on Dems instead of for the people who voted for her, and ignoring the fact that there's not a chance in hell one of the 2 Republicans who did defect would have if they didn't already have the votes secured to get her through.
You're correct. He's said many times that he didn't vote for either. But, when push comes to shove and he had to pick one, he would have voted for Trump and that he wouldn't vote for Clinton in a million years.
Read that simpsons article he wrote and tell me his opinions are still listenable. I mean I kid, but barely. He's self satire at this point.
And hey if Greg wants to work with him, if you want to keep listening, it's fine. I just don't need to.
Yeah, I really don't think people shied away from calling him out, he replied and diffused some of the animosity. Which was a positive move imo.
Colin is in a special place where he actively spews his political vitriol to his audience on pretty much all of the media he makes.
So...no...you cant separate the politics he has from the games media persona since they are the same person.
Just read it. Well, he clearly doesn't understand what made the Simpsons so good and he is a asshole about it. I don't know what the big deal is. Just because he may be wrong on many things doesn't mean he can't also be right on some things. I would never dismiss the guy entirely just because he said some things I don't like or agree with but if you want to that's fine too.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Steve Bannon is really smart and Jeff Sessions is totally qualified, but just because I go out of my way to praise them without pointing out any of their glaring character flaws doesn't make it an endorsement!
He allegedly voted for an idiot and has defended racists.
He doesn't get to play the "both sides" card.
DeviantBoi
Member
His Money >>>>>>>>> Rights of Minorities
His voting history and support of Republicans proves this.
It's not even a matter of agree or disagree to his thoughts and opinions. Obviously he's entitled to them. It's the way he dismisses other people. Any sort of challenge and dude just puffs out his chest and is immediately on the offensive. He has a massive ego and, like someone earlier mentioned, responds mainly to his fans that blindly praise him no matter what. Hell, he's even constantly rude and irrationale towards old colleagues and friends. Just recently he was extremely rude to an old co worker Justin Davis.
Like most, I was a fan of Podcast Beyond and early on in their PSILY. But overtime Colin's shitty attitude was just too much to bear and I stopped listening/watching all of their content.