Kickstarter - separating fools and their money, faster than ever!
I know this is going to make me sound like a jerk, but I feel that 99% of these folks have extremely limited experience (either with the game itself, or a genre, or the libraries of 8-/16-bit platforms in general) and I simply don't want or need to hear their inane comments and hackneyed observations. I am particularly annoyed when folks regurgitate crap they heard/read from other ill-informed videos/articles.
The worst are the pick-up videos. They all say one of three things:
1. "I've been looking for it for a long time, and I'm really happy to have it, because I've been wanting it for a really long time, and that makes me happy. So in conclusion, I'm happy I own this game now, because I really really wanted and was searching for it. For a long time."
2. "I don't know much about this game, but it was a good price and looked interesting, so I bought it. It looks cool, but I really know nothing about it. I'm going to sit here, looking confused at it, and telling you absolutely nothing of interest about it, because I have nothing to say. You'll waste 30 seconds of life, listening to me tell you how absolutely little I know about this game."
3. "I already have this, but this little kid who was dying of Super Cancer and trying to raise money for treatment was selling it for $2, and it goes for around $200 online. I'm going to sell*cough*cough*cough* put it in my trade pile. I never sell anything! resellers are evil! So in short, it was a really good deal that I couldn't pass up, even though I already have it. Have I mentioned that I totally DON'T intend to list it on eBay for $199?"
Regarding that last one - it actually happened in a Game Chaser's video.
http://blip.tv/thegamechasers/billy-s-room-tour-60695985:45 - "Lunar 2.... uhm Lunar Lunar 2 Complete In fact I need to se..... Oh crap I need to use this as trade bait."
You can totally hear him about to say "sell."
