Mobcast 84: Games of the year, kids these days, U.S. vs. U.K. gaming, and more

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Monday, December 20, 2010

In this episode of the Mobcast, Britain invades! Freelancer Pete Davison and his well-known brother, GameSpot and Metacritic VP John Davison, join Bitmob's Dan Hsu and Brett Bates. The group discusses their early contenders for game of the year, genres and tropes that have fallen by the wayside, how younger people approach the medium, whether reviews should focus on product evaluation or art critique, and how the U.S. and the U.K. approach games differently.

Have a community topic you want  to hear the crew discuss? E-mail your suggestions to letters@bitmob.com, subject "Mobcast."

 

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From left to right: John Davison, Brett Bates, Pete Davison, and Dan Hsu.

 
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Comments (10)
There184
December 20, 2010

That Darkness review I wrote last week seems to have convinced some people to check it out. I still mentioned some problems the game had, so people can read it and judge whether or not it's a game for them. If I had to take points off because of its uninteresting level-design, the review would've been less representative of how the game made me feel.

Apart from it being possible to write a review that's both personal and useful for consumers, I vastly prefer reading that style of review. I'd rather read a personal story than a CNET product-evaluation (unless I'm buying some earphones).

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December 20, 2010

I've actually heard the point of the acheivements having perfect timing in Mass Effect 2 before. The example they used was right when his character and Tali were gonna do the deed the paramour achievemnt popped up.

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December 20, 2010

If there's one thing that this picture proves, it's that Americans (and those that have been American-ized) have TERRIBLE posture! Look at those slouches! Look at Pete's pristine posture! Hey, that was aliteration!

Also really digging the 8 bit Christmas intro music :)

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December 20, 2010

Props to Bitmob for upping the sexy quotient on the show.  Pete's so dreamy.

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December 21, 2010

The Davisons just make anything better.

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December 21, 2010

Love that intro!

Me_and_luke
December 21, 2010

Ha, the gaming tropes and mechanics discussion was the most curmudgeony, old-timer discussion I've heard in a while.  I enjoyed it, but respectfully disagreed with just about all of it. :)

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December 22, 2010

Wow, where did you get the intro music? awesome. Great show guys.

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December 23, 2010

Thanks everyone! The intro music came from the same guy who made our original intro. He's awesome. :)

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December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas to all at Bitmob, may this Holidays be filled with peace, love & pixel-loving fun!

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