Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, now a diabetic

[Zap Rowsdower]

Bob could always get picked up by The Young Turks.

 

[Vince McMahon]

Now I'm imagining Robert in a few years, trying to live off $300 a month.

Hey, people live on less.

 

[Doctor Placebo]

Hey, people live on less.

But do water buffalo?

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

So I'm gone for a day and Bob gets himself fired from The Escapist. This is what happens when you spend your day Tweeting and not doing your job, Robert.
Now, if only Trump conclusively wins the election...

 

[Red Hood]

I don't understand why it was such a monumental feat to get your parents to buy you both a Super Nintendo and a Genesis.

Especially back then when there were more major retailers than today and shit was heavily discounted. Like you had 6 major toy store chains in the US. That and this was the era before Gamestop so you usually wound up inheriting a ton of older game stuff and could amass a collection of 50-100 games from just relatives discarding stuff.

This was not most people's experience at all. Prior to the disc era and especially the digital era, cartridges meant producing games were more expensive. Most of us didn't get a say in what console we got, either. Whatever console you got, you were usually stuck with whether you liked it or not. You got what your parents got you, or what your friends were getting. Games were rarely heavily discounted until they were several years old and more often than not to play most of the library you were renting- not like today where a lot of 3rd party titles will be $20 a few months after launch. I think at most I only owned 10-12 Sega Genesis games. Typically even the ones you didn't like, you played the shit out of because it was all you had.

Having two current consoles was basically a status symbol.

 

[KebabShopSauce]

But do water buffalo?

Not the ones who guzzle fast food and PBR every day.

 

[Archeopthryx]

This was not most people's experience at all. Prior to the disc era and especially the digital era, cartridges meant producing games were more expensive. Most of us didn't get a say in what console we got, either. Whatever console you got, you were usually stuck with whether you liked it or not. You got what your parents got you, or what your friends were getting. Games were rarely heavily discounted until they were several years old and more often than not to play most of the library you were renting- not like today where a lot of 3rd party titles will be $20 a few months after launch. I think at most I only owned 10-12 Sega Genesis games. Typically even the ones you didn't like, you played the shit out of because it was all you had.

Having two current consoles was basically a status symbol.

I lament that kids today want to have a phone more than a Switch. I talked to a mom when she was having a tablet repaired because it was getting old and slow. It was for her kid and they go smashy smashy when shit gets slow. She bought the kid a Switch and got tired of it a week later. Jesus give me the Switch, lady. Anyways, how will Bob afford to buy a PS5 now?

 

[The tired cat]

I lament that kids today want to have a phone more than a Switch. I talked to a mom when she was having a tablet repaired because it was getting old and slow. It was for her kid and they go smashy smashy when shit gets slow. She bought the kid a Switch and got tired of it a week later. Jesus give me the Switch, lady. Anyways, how will Bob afford to buy a PS5 now?

You mean If hes gonna buy a PS5. Fatso would prob commit seppuku then buy anything that isnt Nintendo.

 

[Anchors-Away]

$5 says Abby from Giant Bomb takes his place

 

[ditto]

Having two current consoles was basically a status symbol.

If you couldn't afford either then second-hand Atari 2600s and Colceovisions were still cheap back then.

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

Anyways, how will Bob afford to buy a PS5 now?

$3,500/month on Patreon and living in your brother's basement?

And Sony is so cucked at this point it wouldn't surprise me if they sent him a free one due to his status as an "influencer."

 

[blablabla]

Lol what a retard welcome to the real world You useless piece of shit

 

[Intelligent Calcium]

Well if they want to build their platform on positivity it's no wonder they got rid of Bob.

 

[Vince McMahon]

My money is on Bob being a pedo-apologist, and the head honchos at the Escapist realising that Bob was going to drag them down because clearly, America is becoming great again.... and unlike Europe, America isn't soft on kiddy diddling.

France isn't entire Europe. We hate the honhons.

 

[Inquisitor_BadAss]

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Well if they want to build their platform on positivity it's no wonder they got rid of Bob.

The fact they also mentioned Yahtzee as well in the original post is rather interesting.

 

[Mola Ram]

This was not most people's experience at all. Prior to the disc era and especially the digital era, cartridges meant producing games were more expensive. Most of us didn't get a say in what console we got, either. Whatever console you got, you were usually stuck with whether you liked it or not. You got what your parents got you, or what your friends were getting. Games were rarely heavily discounted until they were several years old and more often than not to play most of the library you were renting- not like today where a lot of 3rd party titles will be $20 a few months after launch. I think at most I only owned 10-12 Sega Genesis games. Typically even the ones you didn't like, you played the shit out of because it was all you had.

Having two current consoles was basically a status symbol.

Yep. Having cool parents didn't mean you got both systems; it meant they asked you which one you wanted Santa to bring you before they bought it blind.

 

[Koby_Fish]

Yep. Having cool parents didn't mean you got both systems; it meant they asked you which one you wanted Santa to bring you before they bought it blind.

or if you were absolutely fucking brilliant like one kid I knew who asked all his friends to give him 10 bucks cash for his birthday, and he had like 10 friends, so he got enough money to buy his own Nintendo (complete with Mario/Duck Hunt dual cartridge).

 

[dzonatan]

They fired him so hard they're not even keeping the licenses to his shows like Game Overthinker holy shit.

They are done with him.

Should've kept them anyway and throw all of his bobisms at him as for reason why.

What comes first, the "Bob moves in with Chip saga" or the "Bob commits basementcide saga?"

I think he'd sooner just dissapear like Dobson did.

He's not completely done, he still gets a baffling $3k a month on Patreon and whatever his failing Youtube channel makes from ads. I wonder how much the Escapist was paying him in the first place.

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Patrons have been in freefall over the year with the total earnings somehow stabilizing, make of that what you will.

Said it once and will say it again.
The fat narcissist is sending money to himself to keep up the appearance like nothing is going wrong.
Remember this was the guy who talked all pompous about how he has "many irons in a lot of fires" as if we we're supposed to be impressed by it.

 

[Kabuki Actor]

Remember this was the guy who talked all pompous about how he has "many irons in a lot of fires" as if we we're supposed to be impressed by it.

believed this to be a homestuck thread

 

[Kulee Baba]

Out of morbid curiosity I briefly checked one of Bob's newest videos, the "Adam Sandler & The Evolution of The Comedy Blockbuster ("REALLY THAT GOOD" - Extended Preview)" - Nice title faggot. What a blast from the past it all is, to see a mediocre Youtuber not evolve at all with the times is just funny.

Bob's imitation of Yahtzee's Adderall style delivery is very grating to listen to, and doesn't have any of the comedic timing that made Yahtzee an overnight sensation. Speed the video faster and he sounds like the "Micromachines Guy." Before I had to turn it off Bob speedily tells the viewer that the 80s classic "Caddyshack" was a mess of a film that was only saved by performances of its star comedians. A modern in depth Youtube essayist could make a whole documentary on Caddyshack (see GoodBadFlicks retrospective on Meatballs), he or she would pull direct quotes from the filmmakers of how the movie developed. But Ritalin Bob doesn't have the time to do that, no Bob demonstrates the appeal of Caddyshack by snipping together the funny scenes without any context. Which shows to me that Bob doesn't understand how Comedy works since you need a setup to understand a punchline.

Bob came out in a simpler time, when it was novel just to have a nerd ramble about pop culture. At this point he needs to actually put effort into his video essays because literally anyone whose videos hit the 6 figure viewmark puts effort in. Now sure there are some of the old Youtubers who still more or less do the same material they were always known for, guys like Doug "Nostalgia Critic" Walker or Bobby's ex-associate Yahtzee. But those guys were always way more successful and influential than Bob could ever dream of, also their work simply is better.

Look at Lindsay Ellis, utterly trashy human being with similar woke politics as Bob. I imagine she could have easily continued her career doing the same half assed children movie reviews as she did while under Doug Walker's brand and get decent money off it from Simps and Lefty Fellow Travelers. Instead she makes objectively good video essays now. If you want to understand why the musical "Cats" was a cultural sensation watch her review on it and the infamous movie adaptation. It's informative and entertaining. But these things take effort and that's something Bob absolutely loathes. Bob revealed long ago while ranting against Desktop PCs that his dream would be doing his youtube work while sitting on a couch. It demonstrates the work ethnic Bob has when having to sit in an office chair is punishing work.

Bob's not going anywhere because there's enough people on Patreon who simply don't care that their money is going to this real life Ignatius Reilly. I really wish they'd reconsider and give it to people who actually take some pride in their work.