Button Mashing
by Postmark_Jensen on Comments
Oh, wow, that sucked... The suckitude was threefold: pre-recorded, dull, and a java chat box that added nothing. Okay, so if anyone cares what I think, here is how Button Mashing should be done. 1: Schedule half an hour and go live! Do the first two parts, and then, to fill time, include a live review or two -- and make one or both reviews retro! Review one of the games played in the first round. Dress up like you're a 1985 geek and review River City Ransom in 50 words or less! Good lord! That. Would. Be. Fun. The end result is to leave 10 minutes for the final round. 2: Get excited! Right now, the gameplay is well done, but when the winner wins, Rich says "and the winner is this guy who we've all forgotten his name by now...yay...". Instead of that, DO ANYTHING! Seriously -- have you forgotten that the excitement needs to be portrayed to the viewers? Maybe everyone in the studio is excited, but no energy makes it's way to the audience. Seriously, at least hire a mariachi band to play when someone wins. The horrible part is that GameSpot is a gaming community, yet their own game show feels like it was made at ValuSoft. During this last episode, when the winner won, the boards were all yawning and off-topic. GameSpot, you managed to bore even your hardcore fans. 3. Finally, create a bet box applet. This last BM, people were cheering for their faves, but nobody knew the names, and the mods were about to kick folk for cheering on "the fat guy", which wasn't mean, we just didn't know enough to cheer CHRIS! Create a chat applet that includes the contestant's names, and allows us to interact by voting every 15 seconds on who we think will win. There you go. 3 Simple Rules To Make BM Better. Obviously, they aren't perfect, but this would be a motion in the right direction. And finally, I leave you with this -- GameSpot is a "gaming" site. Please remember that games are played for fun. Thanks.