Best. Redeye. Ever.

[Rin]

I cringed a few times at the writing style

Maybe I just didn't "get it". But I think you were kinda meant to.

[Rex Grossman]

On another note: have you noticed how everyone nowadays does that redeye thing of Stating. Everything. In. Staccato. Rhythm.

When he first did it in his column a year or so ago it was funny but now it crops up in every bloody rllmuk thread. Please stop.

And before you claim you were doing it long before redeye's column let the minutes state: fuck off you weren't

Huh?

as in the topic thread line with the full stops after each word i'm guessing

I refuse to believe that anyone is crazy enough to think people do that to copy Redeye. That's bizarre. What next? Have you noticed how people discuss videogames now that Edge does it?

Not to copy him... Its more an observation that that particular rhythmic technique of written word has been employed all over this forum since his column demonstrating its use debuted.

That's an entirely reasonable assumption based on the fact rllmuk is full of edge readers who are influenced by what's in the magazine. It was just a small observation; one I can't prove but also one that your inexplicably weak counter point fails to refute.

I think if you really believe that (and I'm not sure you do), you either don't read much other than Edge or you don't read much on the internet.

[Rex Grossman]

I cringed a few times at the writing style

Maybe I just didn't "get it". But I think you were kinda meant to.

Depends. If you cringe because you think 'he's been enthusiastic about rubbish and showing a lack of knowledge', then you didn't get it. If you cringe because you think 'these parodies are far too frequent and this one is done particularly poorly' then that's very different.

[TM]

I thought it was pretty good.

He's still sacked, though.

I thought it was rubbish, seemed to be an over the top version of Die hard gamefan's other stuff column. Kris and Tel parodied it so much better. It was a parody, right?

RedEye or Kris and Tel?

I'd actually totally forgotten about Kris and Tel. Blimey.

[Rex Grossman]

I thought it was pretty good.

He's still sacked, though.

I thought it was rubbish, seemed to be an over the top version of Die hard gamefan's other stuff column. Kris and Tel parodied it so much better. It was a parody, right?

RedEye or Kris and Tel?

I'd actually totally forgotten about Kris and Tel. Blimey.

I thought he meant these guys

[Alex W.]

HELL FUCKING YES.

I Looooove orange soda!

Now that WOULD be the Best Redeye Ever.

[Ed-E]

the fact that James Binns was pushing for a more mainstream tone. Redeye's column simply augmented the irony in his own imitable way.

[Fry Crayola]

"Best.... Ever" style speak - Comic Book Guy circa 1990, perhaps someone else beyond even that. RedEye can only dream.

As for Nagoshi, well he was either clearly showing how someone who loves games would love to meet likeminded people yet would be apalled should they be totally overcome by addiction. Or he was drunk. Nice story, though. One fears for his lungs though considering it was almost about tobacco.

[Rex Grossman]

the fact that James Binns was pushing for a more mainstream tone. Redeye's column simply augmented the irony in his own imitable way.

You've had two genuinely funny picture retorts today.

Respec'.

[Ed-E]

the fact that James Binns was pushing for a more mainstream tone. Redeye's column simply augmented the irony in his own imitable way.

You've had two genuinely funny picture retorts today.

Respec'.

Why thankyouverymuch!

[Bada Bing!]

On another note: have you noticed how everyone nowadays does that redeye thing of Stating. Everything. In. Staccato. Rhythm.

Worst. Assumption. Ever.

I think it's more likely they were influenced by Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons.

EDIT: Arse, never saw Fry's post.

[Alex W.]

Best. Observation. Ever.

I've never seen Redeye do the Best. Something. Ever. thing myself, or the Worst. Something. Ever. thing.

[Monkichi 2.0]

Nagoshi's piece was a statement on overdoing things. Change alcohol for videogames. He plays a lot of games, meets a girl who likes playing lots of games too. She then tests to see if he plays them too much by tempting him with more. He declines and proves to her he's not only obsessed with games, he just loves them a lot like her.

Redeye's was full of shit. At the end, he offers something more interesting, but is cut off by a third party. The message, "There are worthy stories out there but Future wants pages and pages of what you've just read". It was his most aggressive attack on games journalism yet. At first I thought it was written by the new team and I thought "Well, I won't be buying Edge anymore" but then in the last few sentances it was clear. He gave Future what they wanted, and pissed on it as he left. Top job.

[Alex W.]

That's probably why I feel it's the best one ever. It's the first Edge article, apart from the Poole, Biffo, and Nagoshi ones, to actually seem like it has a personality behind it.

[Max M]

Did nobody find the "banned word removed" things all over out:there odd?

[Monkichi 2.0]

Did nobody find the "banned word removed" things all over out:there odd?

Another dig at censorship in Future? Red Eye does end with "Redeye couldn't possibly say".

[kev]

but AV-Out needs to be scrapped - yesterday.

except that its consistently been the best bit of the mag every single month since it started

[Poet]

Very enjoyable I thought.

[will]

Did nobody find the "banned word removed" things all over out:there odd?

Another dig at censorship in Future? Red Eye does end with "Redeye couldn't possibly say".

Surely that was a little joke about the edge house rule against the use of the lazy journalist's favourite word: "sublime".

[Harlen Quinn]

I thought it was pretty good.

He's still sacked, though.

I thought it was rubbish, seemed to be an over the top version of Die hard gamefan's other stuff column. Kris and Tel parodied it so much better. It was a parody, right?

RedEye or Kris and Tel?

I'd actually totally forgotten about Kris and Tel. Blimey.

I didn't like redeye, this month. I know of other stuff and kris and tel. I'm old. I liked other stuff. I assumed kris and tel was a parody of other stuff.

I think maybe you were somewhat involved with kris and tel.

If I could be arsed I would've made a good game journo, honest. I coulda been a contender.

Best of luck, mate. Make Edge good again

[acidforblood]

I don't believe Redeye even wrote that.

[Phelan]

I don't believe Redeye even wrote that.

That's how I felt.

It may have been the same writer but a different sub editing it?

Whatever it was it didn't feel like the same writer

[Jim Miles]

I thought it was still Redeye, just emulating a different style. I think he's capable of that.

[Bada Bing!]

but AV-Out needs to be scrapped - yesterday.

except that its consistently been the best bit of the mag every single month since it started

You get the same column as me, right? The one about the Japanese piss-head? He should stick to making fantastic videogames, and lay off the meths when he writes for edge.

[Space Renegade Ulala]

I don't believe Redeye even wrote that.

That's how I felt.

It may have been the same writer but a different sub editing it?

Whatever it was it didn't feel like the same writer

Different writer? It's obviously been a number of different writers throughout the years, loads of people behind the same mask, etc. Hence the discrepancies and contradictions, no doubt...

[divine visitor]

I thought it was a different guy at first, but then I re-read it, and the whole thing seemed like one big sarcastic joke. I mean come on, it's way too over-enthusiastic and stupid to be anyone other than Redeye taking the mick.

Just count the exclamation marks, I dare you.

[Broken Thumbs]

you drop Redeye,

and i drop Edge.

merry christmas.

[dam_aks]

Aren't most of the things people are complaining about the whole point of what he was trying to do?

[the_debaser]

If I didn't know about all the Edge nonsense over the past few months (from reading this forum), then that article would've made no sense to me at all. As it stands, it was still poor, but at least I 'got it'.

I don't think I'll miss the column when its gone.

[Cheeko]

All the speculation flying in different directions, I hope RedEye reads this thread.

It'd almost make him smile.