A useful critique (Gaming)

by squidnh3, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 07:40 (2 days ago) @ Kermit

He touches on something that has bugged me for a while. The couch format doesn't do it for me. This isn't fair, but there's a negative Hollywood vibe that turns me off. There's an assumption that these people, most of whom I don't recognize, are supposed to be inherently interesting to me simply because of where they work. Feels like stolen bases trading on the so-called glamor of working as a creative. [Caveat: love Lars, he was kind to me when I met him, but that defines me as a lucky outlier among potential Bungie fans.]

I also didn't much like the beginning of the stream. It felt like it was the "red carpet" portion of the show, where they just asked people how excited they were about what we were going to see. I expected to see what we were going to see at the start time! It also seemed like they didn't practice the Q&A ahead of time. Maybe what people want is off the cuff and genuine, but that didn't seem like the right place for it. They were already begging us to stay to the end right of the bat!