David Cross on The Greatness of Video Games (Bioshock, Life is Strange, GTA Vice City)
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2024
- David Cross tells Neal Brennan why video games aren't a waste of time. From The Blocks #podcast with Neal Brennan
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As the writer for LIFE IS STRANGE, I feel more complete.
Definitely will go down as one of the best story driven games.
I feel you're an appropriate recipient for my embarrassing confession re/ Life is Strange: it never dawned on me once, that the girls were gay. 😂 I remember watching the scene with them in the pool and thinking "huh...girls are weird!".
Picturing David Cross on the couch playing Life is Strange is awesome.
Love hearing Life is Strange getting a shout out maybe the best decision based/movie-esque type games I've ever played
It’s really good. I loved playing that game.
Love David. BioShock is a masterpiece.
Yep. Sounds likes it’s time to replay the trilogy!
David didn’t mention he’s a voice in Vice City. A remarkable display of restraint/senility
He's in San Andreas
He’s Zero in San Andreas. He was also in halo 2
@@Carl_JohnsonOGF - Wait... Zero does sound like him. HOW THE FUCK DIDN'T I NOTICE!?
David cross's Rc plane missions were so difficult as a child in San Andreas i got pissed off just remembering it
damn i hope david discovers disco elysium. that is definitely a work of art in videogame form
Agreed. I was so surprised with how good that game is. It's at least as good as any of the best movies or TV shows.
Wow I had no idea David was a fellow gamer. That makes me so damn happy.
i’m going to start my annual replay of the Bioshock series, I love that world and gameplay! So cool to see that game highlighted!
"Sega vu" -- the feeling you have been somewhere or done something before because you did it in a video game.
Sega vu
🤣🤣
Urban dictionary type comment
Even old SNES games from the 90s like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 6 have amazing stories.
Shadow Warrior brought me to Japan ... in Duke Nukem I went to the moon - and it still feels familiar when I look at the moon to this day. Another time I was driving a BMW in one of the Need for Speed games and I pulled the car over into a gas station to get away from the police, and instinctively I reached down to find the shift lever to put the car in neutral. Then all the AVP games brought me closer to the franchise than could be considered "healthy".
What's the beeping going on?
Driving me insane
I thought I was going crazy at first, lol
Three words. Metal Gear Solid.
The Zul'Drak area in World of Warcraft-Wrath of the LIch King expansion was one of the best stories. The overall bad guy of the expansion (the Lich-King) tricks the player character into slaughtering the strongest remaining resistance left to his complete rule of the continent. Fantastic story arc that is a total surprise when you figure it out.
video games not only surpass hollywood in terms of revenue, the art, music, acting, and storytelling in some games FAR surpasses anything hollywood produces
Why do I take him loving life is strange so personally. Like yeah it's the best, thank you for saying that, you're basically complimenting me
LiS... hell yes. Love David Cross! Great taste sir.
I’d pay money to hear David talk about Life is Strange at length
I remember playing a racing game that used real city street locations and layouts, I drove around the same streets we were drive on in Edinburgh where my wife, who I lost to a wreck 9 years later, and I were married.
It was like being back in those happier times.
David, play What Remains of Edith Finch if you liked Life is Strange. Game is pure art and beautiful.
What the hell is that sound in the background?
They acknowledge it in the full video. There was a sound error they couldn't correct later in the video.
That's the ghost in your place
I'm happy y'all both like video games! I clicked just for this lol. Also show business will likely evolve with the success of video games adaptations.
New untapped gold mines that's finally getting it's due. I'm hoping the Gears of War and Zelda movie are good. I'm not sure if games need to be played by actors but at least watching the plays might be crucial to performers.
“Would you kindly”
We need David as one of the leads in a video game. 🔥
lol i'm on chapter six of red dead 2. i guess there's no surprise cure for tuberculosis
The problem with video games is they do exactly what they do TOO well. They are a nice adventure and escape from reality that expands your mind. Problem is you realize you expanded your mind all weekend and laundry never got done.
Why is it that video games are categorized as a “waste” and other pastimes are not? Is time spent doing something that makes you happy not productive in its own way? It’s a very silly thing that a lot of people say, and it’s very strange.
Not really. Doing drugs or drinking could make you happy but it's definitely not productive
@@madgreek253 great point. You’re not comparing video games to those things though are you?
Depends on the game, honestly
For me personally, I think it's because there's an end to TV shows, movies, and books. They're not as large of a time-sink for that reason. Multiplayer is where the "waste" enters the picture. I'm one of those people who can play a game 8 hours straight, and I always feel like a huge piece of shit afterwards. Therefore I go through phases where I quit gaming all together, and I've been in one of those phases for a little over a year now. It's like heroin to me. Don't even get me started on World Of Warcraft...played for 2 years and almost ruined my marriage. It's fun in the moment, but there is that nagging feeling that you've wasted so much time.
Self control is my problem with video games. If I could keep it under control I’d play more often.
I hear his voice and they're talking about GTA and i just remembered he was Zero in SA.
i don’t really like video games but i LOVE bioshock
"Life is Strange" is the most underrated game of all time, and I will die on this hill.
I remember playing the first Metal Gear Solid and thinking, ok... games are different now.
Hands down for me. That game literally fueled my entire video game journey till this day. That's alot of juice y'all.
Since Arrested Development aired I have not been able to choose a favorite character because every character is a contender. Until today.
Tobias Münke is my favorite character because he is played by David Cross.
Through podcasts I have gotten to “know” David and he has not disappointed. They say don’t meet your hero’s. Getting to “know” David has been a pleasure. You da shit David.
Neal, ya got 1 of the Best podcasts. Keep up clips comin, please.
There are dozens of us! DOZENS!!!
Münke
@@TheWingus
Thank you
@@maTT-He-SLiP I’m so sorry my man I was making a joke about you misspelling his character name I didn’t think you would actually edit your comment!
The last name is actually Fünke. Dr. Tobias Fünke, an analyst and therapist. Or an analrapist for short
@@TheWingus
My man! You are 2 for 2. I completely forgot he’s an Analrapist. 😂🤣 Thanks again, if you think of anything else, lemme know!
This makes me so happy. Bioshock is my favorite game ever. Literally just restarted on Hard last week.
This video made me think my TV was having a meltdown.
I couldn’t keep watching. Too much anxiety. 😂
I could listen to comedians talk about video games for hours.
"Get Played" is a good podcast where a few comedians go all out on games and have decent guests on to talk about them. Nick Wiger, Heather Anne Campbell, and Matt Apodaca. But I agree to your comment as well, I love when well known or good comedians I like actually play games and know they're not just kid shit.
LOL that cocaine drop at the end
You literally interrupted your guest to talk about some other video game twist you’d anecdotally heard of second hand? Try some active listening
No shit, you'd think a mutant with ears like that would be a good listener.
I wholeheartedly agree; incredibly rude. Also when he started talking about Life is Strange.
He seems overly concerned with keeping the conversation “ball” in the air
The best advice I ever received when I was trying to get my career going in my early 20's was to stop playing video games.
I play them now regularly, but back then, it was night and day how productive I suddenly became.
Last of Us, Red Dead II, Metal Gear Solid III, Ghost Of Tsushima so many amazing gaming experiences to be had.
Neal, it’s vice city, not gta 3. And with knitting at least you have a scarf at the end of the day. With video games, you just have your memory of the game.
With video games you have a more active and healthy brain at the end of the day. Knitting doesn’t require any thought at all, you could train a monkey to do it probably better than a human.
@@TP-pq9xx I don’t buy the whole video games make your brain sharper argument. I know some geniuses and dummies that play a lot.
@@deangulberry1876 Ok. You sound like one of the dummies yourself.
Neal should take a look at the annual Entertainment Software Association report. Video games are ubiquitous, and video game players are only 53% male.
I think there's been a shift over the last 1-2 decades. Video games have become much more accessible as smartphone games or social media based games (Farmville), as well there's no disputing that there has been a younger generational shift towards more "serious" female video gamers.
Yeah I think that’s just because every soccer mom in America is playing candy crush
David, you may surprised by the number of fans willing to pay money to sit on your couch and play video games with you.
“Grand theft auto is the most staggering cultural achievement of the last hundred years.” Neal… put down the shrooms… take a break from the ayahuasca. …
It's okay, give him a break. Sounded like it was the only game he's played 😂
His rc missions in gta were the worst lol
The Bioshock trilogy is still amazing, but I'd argue that the best twist ever is in God of War Ragnarök. There is just no way you're going to see it coming on your first time playing, but when you know about it on your second playthrough, there are soooo many signs pointing to what's really going on. Absolutely genius writing.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and it was a great game. But it definitely was not much of a twist
@Justlivin00 No idea what you're talking about, it was a gigantic twist executed to perfection.
I beat the game already but I had to go look up what the twist was. Yeah…it didn’t have any impact or any real purpose to me. God of war is not really a game anyone should play for a good story.
@@TP-pq9xx what 😂
@@Christopher-md7tf What what? Odin accomplished nothing by pretending to be (blank). And I really didn’t care for (blank character) at any point so I also didn’t care when he betrayed the group. The game made (blank) super lame and worthless so there was no reason to care about him.
Before I met my wife, single player story driven games were my primary source of no guilt entertainment. I didn't watch TV at all. Frankly TV shows (especially sitcoms, dramas, etc.) were what I viewed as a complete waste of time. I was interacting with the game and really had to pay attention in order for the story to continue. Now with my wife I have responsibilities, so I give myself 2-4 hours in the morning or night on the weekends. I don't do it on the weekdays because I know I'll stay up too late. But I think it's a good compromise. She loves Mario and fighting games so I'm always playing those with her from time to time. Just like any hobby or entertainment you watch, can't do it all the time.
I never pictured David Cross as a gamer! Wow, you think you know a guy...
He was in gta san andreas
So hyped for this next GTA, I wish y'all had watched the trailer and commented on it. It's going to be next level, it's going to be a new bar, all the "social media" stuff looks amazing
Let's hope the mission structure isn't shit and super linear like every other open world Rockstar game.
I don't think the host realizes how far games have come in the past few years. And women are almost half the world players.
We have BAFTA and Peabody Awards for games. It's not "knitting." I think podcasts are more like knitting for bros.
nice
Arthurs ending in RDR2 will always be one of the greatest endings in video games.
The cake is a lie!
Only comment that matters here
@@adrianordonez8800surprised nobody has said "would you kindly hit the like button"
I honestly think the 'would you kindly' twist in Bioshock is kinda bullshit... Because in any other storytelling medium, there's more scrutiny.
In a movie, if the plane crash lands in the exact spot in the middle of the ocean where the entrance to Rapture is, immediately you'd be suspicious and think 'okay, that's not a fucking coincidence.' But in a first person shooter, the expectation going in is 'it's a shooter, don't think too hard about it.' It's a game first and a storytelling medium second, and so the expectation of decent storytelling is low.
You'd see it coming a mile away if you're looking for it.
Also when you consider video games by design need to direct you.
While it was clever to weave video game design into the story, the twist itself isn't that interesting outside of a video game
"In an any other medium" ok. Fine. When you're done please deconstruct Canon in D and list why it wouldn't make a good TV sitcom. Next take If You Give A Mouse A Cookie and explain why it wouldn't make a very good documentary. Oh what's that? That's utterly ridiculous to compare different pieces of media against different forms of media? It's like putting LeBron on the ice and expecting him to perform like Gretzky? Yeah, that's what I thought you said.
@@msplendor Tell us more of your thoughts.
The thing is that up to that point you are a nobody, it wasnt a matter of being a coincidence. You were a plane crash victim that instead of crashing near a desert island crashed near Rapture. Only at that moment you learn the connection you had to it all along
@paulolopes1768 That's fair. Thank you for making a reasonable response, and not throwing a retarded temper tantrum like that other guy.
I clicked on one too many of these videos and now they come up all the time. I love the guests but don't care for the host
Women are more than half of gamers according to nintendo?
I can't believe people got shocked by the bioshock twist. Within 20 minutes into the game your "guide" tells you to kill the little girls. He was no good at the start.
Its not so much the twist of him being bad as the device of “would you kindly”, kinda working on the player the entire time as effectively as the in game character.
Spoiler warning next time, please
@@JV-ll1cu sorry to spoil a game that's at least 10 years old.
I hate grand theft auto
Neil! Let your guest finish their sentences!! Stop talking over them! It's a bad habit. So annoying!
I don't play either Pokemon or GTA, and Pokemon destroys GTA for cultural impact.
Tomato/tomahto
Pokémon isn’t a cultural commentary/satire of American society like GTA is though
@@stickball77 ...sure? But that isn't what he said.
True. Pokemon is 100 times bigger culturally and especially outside of America
4:09 Um.. can't say video games are on par w/ "reading a book" (using your imagination to create the entire world!)
But I see his point..
As someone with aphantasia, video games are vastly superior to books. Not to say I haven't enjoyed reading books, but if you couldn't use your imagination to create the entire worlds, as you say, would you even bother? It could almost feel like a waste of time.
He will always be the voice of Halo to me.