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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 135 points 9 months ago

This just in: one of the biggest douches you know is still a massive tool

[-] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Brothers in Arms is one of my favourite series of all time, and for years I was disappointed that they never greenlit a sequel to BiA2.

I get now that it's probably for the best, having seen how awful this turd is.

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 70 points 9 months ago

Kinda a double dose of dumb there. The Beatles were prolific af, AND 1 in 4 songs were top 10. They could easily spawn a dozen memorable bands with all their music. But sure, lol.

[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 42 points 9 months ago

Yeah I went to Wikipedia to check the numbers :

The group's "main catalogue"—songs released between 1962 and 1970—consists of 213 songs

So that's like 50+ songs that were "hits", wake me up when Gearbox releases 200+ games and 50 of those are nominated for at least one awards

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

nominated for at least one awards

I get what you're saying, but this is a completely useless metric.

[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah idk what else can be a testimony of a game being a "hut" ; I don't trust metacritic scores either

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

Sale count and player numbers on launch would be better I suppose

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago

Yeah, thats why they were world famous and had people literally swarming them everywhere they went: because only 25% of their songs were good.

Yeah.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

In fairness to the guy, IMO a lot of their lesser known stuff is lesser known for a reason. Its filler, its not bad its just not very good. And compared to their best work, its a turd in a punchbowl.

But to compare yourself to "The Beatles" of your industry is very close to the height of arrogance. I mean, I loved the Borderlands games, Gearbox might be selling out shows but they arent filling arenas.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 24 points 9 months ago

I honestly disagree that the Beatles were putting out "filler". Much of Beatles' lesser known stuff wasn't filler, it was just not as popular. There's some real quality and ingenuity in the vast majority of Beatles songs. There's definitely some weaker songs that could be polished a bit, but even those songs often were inspirational for the entire industry.

Honestly, name any song and it's probably well known for something.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Rocky Raccoon.

I just wanted to throw out one of their lesser-played songs.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, I mean Rocky Raccoon is legendary. I know it's one of me and my friends' favorite songs. A big ballad masterpiece. I guess Tommy and Rocky Raccoon were both part of a rock opera trend in 1968, not really sure.

The lyrics are amazing, with lots of double meanings, stylistic characters, and cinematic dialogue. The folksy country feeling and Paul's affected southern accent is classic. The snare drum when rocky gets shot. The twist at the end with the song ending with the listener not really knowing if Rocky dies or not. The song also inspired the Guardians of the Galaxy character, Rocket Raccoon.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

They should've used it in GotG 3, honestly.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

This guy is literally the gaming industry equivalent of Yoko Ono. Some groups/companies are worse, but they're less known because they often don't speak so much. This guy just can't shut up.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

IDK, seems rude to compare her to this absolute fuckwit. Yoko gets a bad rap because Beatles fans were ~~racist~~ jealous and accused her of some insane shit. Everyone knows some of her music, but she was an insanely influential performance and installation artist even before getting with John, and that's not to mention her peace advocacy. Admittedly though her music, while influential artistically and based on traditional tonal performance styles, really really sucks.

Meanwhile though, Pitchford is exactly as annoying to listen to but has -zero- redeeming qualities. Seriously, fuck this guy.

[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago

The Beatles once said they were bigger than Jesus. Pitchford is claiming to be as good as the Beatles. Pitchford is claiming to be better than Jesus.

Ok Christian Fundies, cancel this man!

[-] Xenny@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

That dlc was cooking forever. I'm so confused as to why it has the bugs it does.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

They apparently rewrote a lot of the code for unclear reasons.

[-] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure it's cause they did it without the original people (or person, not sure how many) who did the code. And so what ends up happening is the new people come in, don't understand why things were made the way they were, and try to rework stuff to be better. Whether it actually is needed or not is a different question but either way reworking large parts of your code is bound to lead to bugs and problems.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 9 months ago

Randy is still the most unscrupulous man in gaming, and he has a lot of competition.

His one hit was completely by accident.

[-] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Hey Randy, show us a magic trick and fuck off!

[-] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 months ago

Goddam that's a bar. Lmao

[-] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 13 points 9 months ago

Oh but we should not forget they murdered Homeworld 3 too!

[-] BarrierWithAshes@fedia.io 11 points 9 months ago

I don't think theres anyone I despise as much as Pitchford. Whenever he comes on my feed it seems as if he does something to make me dislike him more.

Also the Beatles were garbage so his comparison is apt.

[-] Kelly@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Also the Beatles were garbage so his comparison is apt.

Your welcome to your personal opinions of course but the Beatles were obviously both popular and commercially successful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists

Anyone involved in commercial art would love to sell that many units.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 9 months ago

Some people love to say like "the Beatles were trash" or "overrated" but I'm always like by what metric? They're commercially and critically acclaimed. Why would anyone else care about one random nobody's opinion? Especially one that isn't showing any work for how they came to it.

"I don't like it" =/= "it's bad" is a distinction many people don't respect.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 9 months ago

I think an individual opinion can matter, even k the face of commercial success

But here's the thing - "I don't like it" doesn't cut it. If you can't tell me why you don't like the beetles, your opinion is less than worthless

Personally, I think the beetles were great, and I think rush of rain was too. It was the first rouglike platformer shooter I've ever heard of... The beetles consistently pushed boundaries, doing it once doesn't put you on their level

On the other hand, the beetles were able to to that because no one was there to tell them no. I agree with the sentiment - games are art. I'd happily overlook a dozen failures for each success

[-] kindenough@kbin.earth 9 points 9 months ago

Shlappp

Get the Beatles name out of your mouth

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That makes sense randy, because i hate the fucking Beatles.

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