Extra Credits - leftie gaming channel that had two of its members accused of "misconduct" in only 2 months

[X-Shaped Weeaboo]

Oh my fucking God, I'm so glad these pseudo-intellectual hacks are finally getting their asses reamed. Their gaming opinions are so fucking hipster-y and convoluted and when they get to talk about gameplay they start floundering like chickens.

They're hardcore indie "walking sim" games need to be artsy chodes that have like no pulse on actual gameplay. I heard rumors that there are game devs that fucking hate them? I don't quite remember.

Gonna love following this shit, Christ this is gonna be good.

 

[Judge Holden]

Oh my fucking God, I'm so glad these pseudo-intellectual hacks are finally getting their asses reamed. Their gaming opinions are so fucking hipster-y and convoluted and when they get to talk about gameplay they start floundering like chickens.

They're hardcore indie "walking sim" games need to be artsy chodes that have like no pulse on actual gameplay. I heard rumors that there are game devs that fucking hate them? I don't quite remember.

Gonna love following this shit, Christ this is gonna be good.

Two things raise my hackles more than almost anything. Smugness, and Hypocrisy.

One thing makes me smile more than almost anything. Seeing Smug Hypocrites laid low when their dirty deeds get revealed to the masses.

 

[BIgBadWolf]

I don't understand this criticism. Why would he want to make his videos shorter? If anything, he'd be trying to stretch them out to 10 minutes so he can put ads on them and so that they could be favored by the algorithms.

Because we're running out of internet.

Anyway, I don't know if it's because they're living in a hugbox sjw/hipster heaven along the west coast, but why do they always have shitty ideas and the dumbest opinions and go on spouting them like it's gospel. They're so out of touch with the outside world it's almost scary. Their internet is running out and those god awful history videos are prime exemples. Anyone with basic knowledge on the subject would tell them they're wrong, hell even a simple Google search can prove them wrong.

Pseudo-intellectualism is a fucking plague.

 

[Coccxys]

Here is an archive of their statement
http://archive.is/ytJxQ

Right after Tweeting a link to their statement they then Tweeted that there were no accusations of sexual harrasment, even though there were.

http://archive.is/ZzamM

This is the tweets from another person alleging another of their staff harassed them.(correction, I have been informed this guy is not associated with EC).

http://archive.is/v8RQr

Here is a video showing how their intellectual cowardice when it comes to them dealing with controversy after talking the talk.

https://youtu.be/22gmnAG8Xj0

Here is a piece about the time James made a crowdfunding campaign (can't find the actual thing) because he decided games needed a lobbyist in Washington and it needed to be him.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...its-Portnow-Launches-Games-For-Good-Rockethub
(Archive: http://archive.is/63Obs)

The indie fund they set up, all the money went to a group of James's students (while he kept going on about how it wasn't who they knew but they were just that good) and they ended up using it all up and producing fuck all.

Here's where he claims to be some big developer who worked on cod and Farmville despite being just a consultant.

https://news.digipen.edu/academics/the-many-roles-of-james-portnow/
(Archive http://archive.is/ouEWl)

Origional frontman Dan left in May this year. To concentrate on a seriese he already did, on another channel, totally separate from EC? Hmm.

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqhrnq
(Archive http://archive.is/pX4mQ)

They made a pair of videos about faith and belief and equated belief in science to belief in a religion

https://youtu.be/dBVb2WECSLw
https://youtu.be/GRNhNHXbUmk

Then got pissed off and made a response video when their fans told them to clear off with that shit

https://youtu.be/h2Vx9qoLzFs

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

This is such a pathetic cliche. Is there a single male feminist out there that isn't a god-damned sex offender?!

No, because only a creepy dude with absolutely no game and no balls would call himself a "male feminists".

It's how they get themselves close to females, and when it's made clear that they're stuck in the "friend zone", they take off their disguise.

 

[X-Shaped Weeaboo]

It's how they get themselves close to females, and when it's made clear that they're stuck in the "friend zone", they take off their disguise.

Extra Credit more like Sex(ually harassing females because we're desperate hipsters and normal women think we're creepy)tra Credit, am I right folks?

 

[GreenJacket]

Is James that long-haired hippy with the accent?

 

[LN 910]

Now, this thread makes me feel euphoric, but the OP doesn't really explain who or what Extra Credits is. I think IRL photos of each member and their relation to the video production would be helpful, as well as putting a specific spotlight on how their dumb cartoons are just ripping from the aesthetic of Yahtzee.

 

[Coccxys]

cartoons are just ripping from the aesthetic of Yahtzee.

They started on the escapist and admitted their sped up voice was to try and ape the zero punctuation style.

Is James that long-haired hippy with the accent?

Yup, stereotypical Bay area hipster.

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

They started on the escapist and admitted their sped up voice was to try and ape the zero punctuation style.

What was it with everyone on the Escapist trying to copy Yahtzee and being terrible at it? MovieBob's Big Picture videos were clearly inspired by him too.

 

[Slap47]

Shame this thread wasn't around when their retarded forum run by troons was still alive.

James Portnow

Guy has no credentials but talks like a some kind of expert. He worked for Slitherine as an adviser which means nothing. AGEOD games are niche strategy games and if anything people only tolerate Slitherine's awful businesses practices because of their willingness to make games on historical events that are hardly ever touched.

 

[RodgerDodger]

What was it with everyone on the Escapist trying to copy Yahtzee and being terrible at it? MovieBob's Big Picture videos were clearly inspired by him too.

I always assumed Moviebob’s Big Picture videos were due to an Editorial Mandate that “ nobody wants to actually see Moviebob! Ever. Get back in the basement Bob!”

 

[Blindrainbow]

I still just find it funny that games claims to be professional dev when really all he worked on is shitty mobiles games, yet because of that he feel he knows everything about games and how to "fix" them.

 

[UY 690]

Did they talk about TB after he had died this year?

 

[DuckSucker]

Right after Tweeting a link to their statement they then Tweeted that there were no accusations of sexual harrasment, even though there were.

That is something I noticed though, she accuses him of both harassment and sexual assault, but then I cant find out where she accuses him of any sexual assault. I cant find out what she's accusing him of having done outside of stalking and harassing her and being a shit ex-boyfriend.

 

[Y2K Baby]

Sexual harassment is a failure of the game designer.

 

[Red Sun]

What was it with everyone on the Escapist trying to copy Yahtzee and being terrible at it? MovieBob's Big Picture videos were clearly inspired by him too.

Because Yahtzee is the only escapist guy who anybody respects, likes, or laughs at regularly. He's also the only one with a good opinion on a video game 1/4 of the time, but they can't copy that.

 

[Agent of Z.O.G.]

He probably just called her a stupid fucking whore for wasting all the bandwith.

 

[Done]

I always assumed Moviebob’s Big Picture videos were due to an Editorial Mandate that “ nobody wants to actually see Moviebob! Ever. Get back in the basement Bob!”

Bob was already speeding up his videos before he joined The Escapist.

 

[linchan]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/comments/8pylhe/tyler_carpenter_and_james_portnow_of_extra/

Amazing how gamerghazi manages to turn this situation to blame masculinity.