Could these two sound more disappointed about the video game? No. Not really.
“Well, I guess it’s good for those gamers out there.”
I think there’s money in this somewhere – if you’re a gamer, you can hire yourself out to play the game for people who just want to watch, people who are interested in Ghostbusters, but not gaming (ie losers. Kidding. Some of my best friends are losers.)
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Ya see, this is what happens when network news gets ahold of something sacred… Ugh… Honestly why don’t they do something like ” Have you heard? Theyre putting sauce on dough with cheese now. Its called ‘pizza’ Hmmm Too bad, I guess that’s ok if you dont like spaghetti..”
*aims sniper*
Geez, be appreciative.
Face it this is all the hype the game will get for general media. Nerds, gamers and Ghostheads will throw a fit but the older crowd that just wanna see a good sequel the movie they saw at the age of 30 or the movie buffs who wanna see another classic come out and the non gamers will not care that they made a video game.
Oh, no doubt. It’s a bit of a failure on the part of the PR machine though – the talking points should be about the idea of a video game as being an continuation of a movie franchise, not simply a sellable off-shoot of a franchise.
What they want to avoid is this kind of thing – the idea that there is no sequel, this is as good as it gets. Which of course will always dampen enthusiasm for the news.
And at the end of the day, they need the average Joe to have some enthusiasm – hardcore fans and gamers aren’t going to pay off the investment into six skus of a game.
one word to describe those two…douchebags
I agree with what Castewar said… The real audience they should want to have speaking is the type of person who DOESNT play games (like myself) to be amped about a Ghostbusters game… Better still would someone out of both camps, a non gamer and a non fan, vying for the release because it “looked so good”
Before I post my comments, let me provide a quick transcript of what’s said in the video.
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Stacy-Ann: Let’s start with Steam’s Landing Bill Murray. He’s teaming up with his old Ghostbusters buddies.
Guy: I was so psyched when I heard about this. A Ghostbusters sequel. It was like, HUGE news. Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray all signed on… then the catch. It’s actually a video game.
Stacy-Ann: Awww, bummer.
Guy: Apparently Harold Ramis and Bill Murray have been, like, having this Cold War for many years and it still hasn’t totally thawed, but thawed enough for them to collaborate on making a video game. So…
Stacy-Ann: Good for those gamers out there to look forward to.
Guy: [laughs]
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Ok, first and foremost, let me go on record and saying that we like Stacy-Ann Gooden in this household. She used to be on WNYW’s Good Day New York morning show before she “moved” to RNN in upstate New York. Thanks to Verizon’s Fios, we still get to see her, as I guess they feel RNN is the best “local” substitute for the Cablevision-owned (and thus Cablevision-exclusive) News 12 channel here on Long Island. However, I will be putting my bias aside because there was no excuse for her comments. But she wasn’t the big problem, that jerk was.
His information was TOTALLY inaccurate. NOBODY said that a Ghostbusters sequel was being made, every speck of information said that a Ghostbusters game was being made. So right off the bat he gave the wrong information to Stacy-Ann and the audience. In fact, the only thing remotely close to someone saying that a “sequel” was being made were some comments from Dan Aykroyd in Game Informer:
Dan Aykroyd: Well, practically and realistically, I’ve been telling people it’s very doubtful that there’s going to be a third movie. But now that I’ve seen the work on the video game, I’ve watched it progress, my rap now to people is, “This is essentially the third movie.” [...] And I tell people this: “If you have an appetite for the third movie, then the video game is it.” And I really do believe that at this point, from having seen what they’ve done there.
Of course, in order to read that quote you would have had to have (1) read GI magazine, (2) read it on the GI magazine website, or (3) read it in the few places online where it’s been reprinted as part of the news concerning the game. The only way this moron could have heard that and NOT gotten it from a game-related source is if some buddy of his told it to him incorrectly and neglected to tell him the source – and of course, being the good “journalist” he is, he didn’t bother to ask for the source and just ran with it.
Rather than either being positive or neutral to it being a game, this ass**** makes a point to mention the game as if it’s a BAD thing. So much for a “journalist” having a neutral point of view.
So in Stacy’s defense, if she isn’t a gamer (as apparently is the case), and since she was told of the news in a manner as if to imply that a movie was being made, and then biasedly told that it was a game instead, I could understand her disappointment. Still, SHE’S supposed to be the professional journalist (though she’s actually the “weathergirl” on the RNN newscasts), so she should have taken a neutral point of view. When told that the “catch” is that it’s a game not a movie, she should have said something to the effect of: “And how’s that a bad thing? Although I’m not a gamer, there are lots of people who are, and this is big news to them and to all of the Ghostbusters fans.”
Obviously she wouldn’t have had the time to go into an argument with the guy, and perhaps should would have be ill-prepared to do so anyway, but a simple statement like what I just typed up would have done wonders.
I’m very disappointed in you Stacy-Ann.
By the way, I’m not aware of there ever being any animosity between Murray and Ramis. Have I missed something?
I can understand the disappoint for fans of the previous films who aren’t gamers. But I’m betting that some people (Paul R. perhaps?) will take the gameplay and cut scene footage and cut it into a video of its own. If the resulting film or films become popular enough, then maybe Akroyd and company will have a stronger case for a third Ghostbusters film (for better or worse).
“By the way, I’m not aware of there ever being any animosity between Murray and Ramis. Have I missed something?”
Yes–post-Groundhog’s Day, I believe.