[chapel]

http://ca.youtube.co...istleBlowerZero

it's about 90 minutes long and it definitely made me rethink buying from the GameStop empire.

Also, at least get to the point where he DOES apologize and praise Ben for his work. He uses it because... well because he's not a graphic person and his rants work well with the style.

[ftr]

I remember this, saw it yesterday. He mumbles far too much, and is quite hard to make out.

That said, Gamestop isn't very big in the UK (I only know of 2 branches, and they're in Northern Ireland). We mainly have Game and Gamestation. So tbh this rant doesn't affect me that much

[Man Of Doom]

90 minutes? Christ, I'm not watching something the equivalent length of a full feature film if it's a man complaining about a shop, I don't have that kind of time on my hands. I might give it a few minutes just get the gist of it, but I cannot possibly imagine watching all of that.

I've never known there was any Gamestop in the UK, and Gamestation is now owned by GAME anyway, so essentially we just have the one company doing the video games only store thing.

[ftr]

I've never known there was any Gamestop in the UK, and Gamestation is now owned by GAME anyway, so essentially we just have the one company doing the video games only store thing.

To be fair, I've only seen 2 branches: One in Bangor and the other in Belfast. So maybe they're just setting up in Northern Ireland for now.

[Man Of Doom]

I watched the first one, and the creator mumbles constantly and appears to be allergic to charisma. To be fair neither Gamestation or GAME would make any real money without the pre-owned games business, as they can basically get something for nothing. This isn't just bad for the customer, it's bad for a dev as by buying used rather than new, the money goes entirely to the shop and nothing goes to the developer. I'm kind of mixed about this fact as I work somewhere in the industry and it sucks of know that hard working folk aren't getting what they deserve, but at the same time I'm a consumer and just love things being given to me on the cheap.
Also, the extent that people are getting ripped off is laughable. If you pay extortionate prices for a disc with no case (which you can therefore see is likely dirty) then you are a moron and Gamestop deserve your money for outsmarting you so.
Also, I thought everybody knew these things already, aside from the actual extent to which people are willing to throw money away.

[chapel]

I found the interesting parts to be part 3 where he explains what it's like to work there.

[AdamM]

I'm not sure whether to feel disgusted or vindicated in that everyone seems to think ZP is easy to emulate.

[chapel]

<shrug> it's effective for the message in my opinion
Also, as for his mush-mouth... he mentions in one episode that he wishes that he hadn't picked a voice recoder that made him sound like his mouth was full of marbles.

[AdamM]

Alright, wait, ok, so this guy is 'blowing the whistle' on Gamestop (I can't watch these videos as I am using one of my hotel's laptops)? Why does he have to do it as a Zero Punctuation parody? Can't he just, you know, be creative about it? Communicate his message in his own way instead of someone else's?

[chapel]

because it's super effective.

sorry, had to make the awful pokemon reference.

This post has been edited by chapel: 09 September 2008 - 10:28 AM

[David-kyo]

because it's super effective.

Well, the thing is, it's not.

[chapel]

Well, the thing is, it's not.

*shrug*
not gonna defend the guy. Certain things could have been better (particularly the annunciation)

I mean, he spends a few minutes explaining his 'Zero Originality' in doing it this way.

[Spann]

Another second rate ZP?

Great.

'Cos we needed that.