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Now Ye're Talking - to a video game journalist
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Oh FFS!
My favorite thing about that page is that all of that is public record. I go out of my way to tell people I know her through my work. I'm as transparent as you can come, so in the internet of that let me make some edits to that page to make it a bit more accurate;
Made two videos about Zoe Quinn’s Depression Quest without disclosing that he had contributed to one of Quinn’s crowdfunding campaigns, although for the low sum of ten dollars.
Wrong. I had made one of those videos before she launched the campaign or before I had ever met her. I tried to add to her Patreon because she made a game about depression and as somebody who thought it was a good thing to talk about mental health in her games but the card never processed because of an error. So they site said that I had, but it never went through. Therefore I had nothing to disclose on the second one.
Dwyer also appears in Depression Quest’s credits.
I literally didn't know that. Is that true? Maybe on the Steam release as a thank you? Here's the video of me playing it the first time ages before any of the witchunting began: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUsGXfqHWTQ
He also appears to have a good relationship with Quinn, which involves hanging out together but appears to have developed after the coverage.
We have hung out twice. Once at GDC where I wanted to thank her and Alexander Bruce for letting me interview them for the Games V Depression viddeo. We had coffee. The other time was at GDC this year where we shot an interview. That will be up on Noclip soon enough - we've had trouble getting a lot of those interviews out with all the docs we've been editing.
Oh, and for everyone else reading off of this - this is why GG sucks. They are the person who turns up at the party that wants everyone to know that the election was rigged, and won't shut up trying to convince people.
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dannyodwyer wrote: »My favorite thing about that page is that all of that is public record. I go out of my way to tell people I know her through my work. I'm as transparent as you can come, so in the internet of that let me make some edits to that page to make it a bit more accurate;
Made two videos about Zoe Quinn’s Depression Quest without disclosing that he had contributed to one of Quinn’s crowdfunding campaigns, although for the low sum of ten dollars.
Wrong. I had made one of those videos before she launched the campaign or before I had ever met her. I tried to add to her Patreon because she made a game about depression and as somebody who thought it was a good thing to talk about mental health in her games but the card never processed because of an error. So they site said that I had, but it never went through. Therefore I had nothing to disclose on the second one.
Dwyer also appears in Depression Quest’s credits.
I literally didn't know that. Is that true? Maybe on the Steam release as a thank you? Here's the video of me playing it the first time ages before any of the witchunting began: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUsGXfqHWTQ
He also appears to have a good relationship with Quinn, which involves hanging out together but appears to have developed after the coverage.
We have hung out twice. Once at GDC where I wanted to thank her and Alexander Bruce for letting me interview them for the Games V Depression viddeo. We had coffee. The other time was at GDC this year where we shot an interview. That will be up on Noclip soon enough - we've had trouble getting a lot of those interviews out with all the docs we've been editing.
Oh, and for everyone else reading off of this - this is why GG sucks. They are the person who turns up at the party that wants everyone to know that the election was rigged, and won't shut up trying to convince people.
I guess I'm bad for indulging it.
I guess not "FFS" then!
Thanks again.
Edit: You are right by the way, it's actually BS that a site like that exists. Now that I've even had 5 minutes to think about it it's miserable that you actually had to explain yourself here. Honestly, when I first clicked the link and read the thing I thought "FFS, I've been duped here".
Though I suppose that is the intention.0 -
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Yeah, I loved it and loved all the craziness it brings, However, I do feel it was rushed and I think the team where forced to release it unfinished,
I feel there is a massive documentary on this whole thing!!say if there were no legal cases looming...how hard would it be to get in front of people that could tell you what went down,?
great AMA!!
I'd love to do one mate. Maybe one day. Right now getting anyone to talk about it is basically impossible sadly. Time will tell!
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Though I suppose that is the intention.
Unlikely as this is at the bottom of every article.
The site overall tries to stress this point in other ways, too. http://deepfreeze.it/ethics.php0 -
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BumpHi Danny, thanks for taking the time to do this AMA. I loved the chat with Mick Gordon in particular cause I think the Doom Soundtrack was the best heavy metal album of 2016
Given the staggering emotional immaturity and frankly, disgusting levels of bigotry in what seems to be a significant enough number of self-identifying "Gamers" (and I think we can all acknowledge that as with all things on the internet, it's a vocal and vested minority of the greater whole), are there topics you wouldn't like to tackle? Do you think the term "gamer" makes sense as a label anymore?
Gaming media more than other fields seems to rally around the cult of personality as much as (if not more so than) the quality of content people's preferred creators produce. It's clear you're pushing hard to put quality first and foremost of your work, but as mentioned earlier, that seems contrary to doing well on massive platforms like YouTube where the signal to noise ratio is astronomical. Have you any thoughts on why this is and do you see it as being more of a bubble given the relatively short time that computer games have been a "thing" in pop culture.
I recall you were on the Co-Optional Podcast in the past, it's one I watch every week. Are there any particular favourites of yours and/or any you've not been on yet that you'd love to (even beyond the gaming space)?
Do you play any instruments or have any skills or talents we don't know about?
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Oh sorry mate, I missed this one.
Given the staggering emotional immaturity and frankly, disgusting levels of bigotry in what seems to be a significant enough number of self-identifying "Gamers" (and I think we can all acknowledge that as with all things on the internet, it's a vocal and vested minority of the greater whole), are there topics you wouldn't like to tackle? Do you think the term "gamer" makes sense as a label anymore?
I was proud to call myself a gamer when I was growing up. I still am, but the ubiquity of games has certainly made the word a bit redundant. The dream was that at some point games would become so commonplace that like TV, books or movies, you no longer have to self-identify as a "gamer" to be somebody who might enjoy games. I think it's really wonderful that games have become more mainstream, while also continuing to satisfy us lot - "core gamers" or "enthusiast gamers" or whatever we are. But yea, I do think the term gamer is a lot less relevant today. It's like "computer games". An old term that's lost its power.
Gaming media more than other fields seems to rally around the cult of personality as much as (if not more so than) the quality of content people's preferred creators produce. It's clear you're pushing hard to put quality first and foremost of your work, but as mentioned earlier, that seems contrary to doing well on massive platforms like YouTube where the signal to noise ratio is astronomical. Have you any thoughts on why this is and do you see it as being more of a bubble given the relatively short time that computer games have been a "thing" in pop culture.
Yea this is true, and I really dislike it. I'm really lucky in that I was given a platform on GameSpot that allowed me to get a bit of audience. There's no way I could have launched Noclip successfully had I not had that exposure. That's why I feel indebted to the industry to make sure I do good work. But I feel for anyone coming up today. I do think there are some wonderful breakthrough YouTubers like Mark Brown, Chairman George and Errant Signal who have managed to make a name for themselves without screaming at the camera. But I guess a lot of this has to do with different audiences too. Most of the loud YouTubers have very young audiences who are into that. But there are plenty of, how do I say this nicely, more mature gamers (oops I said it) that have a thirst for something a bit different.
The younger audience YouTuber thing may be a bubble like MTV, skateboarding TV shows and so much more - but it's hard to tell. All I care about is that the stuff that matters to me - reporting like the folks mentioned above - will continue on. In a way I sort of hope the other stuff is a bubble, but that's just me being selfish. Maybe a lot of those younger folks grow up to want something more substantial from their reporting in the end? I guess time will tell on both of those. Super question though, I think about this a lot. It's nice to know others do.
I recall you were on the Co-Optional Podcast in the past, it's one I watch every week. Are there any particular favourites of yours and/or any you've not been on yet that you'd love to (even beyond the gaming space)?
I really love Giant Bomb - I've been a fan of those guys since the good old GameSpot days. In terms of other shows, there's Mark Brown, Chairman George and Errant Signal which I mentioned above. I also love Red Letter Media and Every Frame a Painting (though that's ended now sadly). I like watching JP, CohhCarnage and Dr Disrespect on Twitch. I can't think of anything else, but all those are great. We are spoiled for gaming stuff to watch these days, it's pretty wonderful.
Do you play any instruments or have any skills or talents we don't know about?
I wish I could but I'm terrible at instruments. I tried guitar and just didn't have the patience for it. The only thing I feel comfortable saying I'm really good at is goalkeeping. I was a goalie for 15 years and pretty consistently great at it. I'm a big lad, which helps. But I loved everything about it. The pressure, the loneliness of it. Some of my proudest moments were winning big games with my defence. My brother gave me a book for Christmas one year "The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper" which really gave me insight into my own psychology and why I enjoyed it so much. Apart from that I'm just a normal guy. I love music (favorite bands are Deftones and Leftfield.) I like to box and cycle, and I watch like a dozen sports (Football, American Football, Hurling, F1, UFC, skateboarding, you name it). Oh and I can make a chicken out of a tea-towel. That's my party trick.0 -
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degrassinoel wrote: »any chance of one of those awesome merch t-shirts for free? go on!
Also, it's nice to hear an actual Irish accent on youtube that isn't being bastardised into a faux-american one, fair dues. Hope you continue to do well with noclip!
Do you reckon PC gaming has gone downhill over the last few years?
I actually worry that my Irish accent has softened a bunch but I think that was more England's fault than America.
I don't think PC gaming has gone down-hill but there are blank spaces where there used to be games. RTS is having a bit of a lull, as are tactical shooters (though PUBG sort of scratches that itch). There are a lot more console ports than before, or simply cross-platform games. So it's strange. 10 years ago even the PC had a lot more original games so it felt more special. I'd be interested to know what games you like to play, because that probably explains why you feel this way.0 -
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