As much as I commend you guys for keeping the thread updated and current, I'm fucking tired of the same old Bob day-in and day-out. Dude's honestly gone stale, and Chris nor bobby's angels are any kind of measure entertaining to me, even when Bob is running in circles on twitter repeating himself.
So I invite you guys to join me on a little retrospective. A look back to 27-year old Bob in 2008. A look back to bob's roots, to see what's changed and what's stayed the same.
I present to you all the very first GameOverthinker.
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One of Bob's very first video essays, his oldest videos are movie/video game mash ups and hypothetical video game movie trailers but I assure this is pretty much where it all started.
Despite the squeakier voice and a computer fan blaring in the background, this video has all the classic hallmarks of Bob's dismissive attitude, dudebro shitalking, consolewar faggotry, thesaurus abuse, and nostalgia blindness. He goes on and on about muh brown games and muh cawaduty and muh nitty gritty gruff and shitty boring male protagonists, but at the very least he's able to give some acceptable answers like the then new Bomberman: Act Zero and Bionic Commando reboot. Maybe a little too much of an easy target but I'll give Bob a little slack since those examples are hard to ignore for the time. That Bob-patented vitriol was all there right at the beginning, and it doesn't stop in later episodes.
Bob's classic ignorance is also on full display here. When he's mouthing off examples he shows Gordon Freeman and Solid Snake, calling them in his own words, "
self-employed landscaping contracters." He knows enough that Gordon is supposed to be a research physicist but it a given that he hasn't played those games. Real shame, I bet Bob would love the MGS series otherwise, Maybe even the Half-Life games too. Like just because your bideo gaem protagonist looks unimpressive doesn't mean he wont go on wacky adventures. Bob's room temp applesauce mnush of a mind even made a point about this in a later video but as far as I know it's just hypocrisy on Bob's part.
What get's me is that I never realized how fucking crazy Bob was even back then. I always thought that one story where Bob had a Nintendo-branded religious experience was a one-time thing but no, that shit bleeds into all of these videos. In his very first episode he's calling Miyamoto god, Blaming the Playstation for bringing a "new audience" that hated Mario and Mega Man, and blamed said audience ultimately responsible for games like Madden NFL like it was heresy. He really did replace Jesus Christ and the Cross for Mario and the holy Wii remote what a loon.
"This guy (mario) is still the gold standard, This guy (Miyamoto) is still god, and this (Super Smash Brothers Brawl) will be the best thing in gaming since jiggle physics." -Moobiebob, 2008
Not to say that there's nothing to objectively like about this video, because there's plenty to love and I genuinely enjoyed watching it. What I love about this video is that, Bob overall has a lot more energy to him. For fuck's sake he ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. He says he played No More Heroes and loved the wackiness and spectacle of it all, and at the same time bob gushes about how he saw the same kind of spectacle in the OG Bionic Commando, Final Fight, and Castlevania. He even shows some goddamn nuance by citing examples of new games like Bioshark and AssCreed as unique and intresting. I know this is Bob's nostalgia talking I can't help it man. This loud, giddy, manchild energy is infectious and Its amazing.
No wonder Mr. Chipman found an audience, cuz I would willingly want to watch more of this kind of Bob, and his next video don't disappoint, cuz it's about Bob Vs. Feminism.
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