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MrCHUP0N Austin Shau 27 year-old guy
Consultant by day. Gamespot freelancer by night. Designing http://trigames.net in between... somehow.
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Wednesday October 22
MrCHUP0N blippd Batman & Robin
All the people in the theater clapped when this was over. At first, I thought they were nuts. Now, I think they were clapping for their long-awaited freedom. =(. -
MrCHUP0N blippd Spanglish
Winner of the "I'm Hungry OMG Heart Attack" award for: Most awesomemest on-screen midnight-snack sandwich crafted, EVER. =). -
MrCHUP0N blippd White Men Can't Jump
2 things: 1-You can't flip the ball around your waist twice while taking four steps and not be called for a travel, even on the playground. 2-Tom Chambers, son. =|. -
MrCHUP0N blippd Fracture
Fracture delivers on the acting, but misfires on character development, intrigue, excitement, and my movie theater nachos. Gary Matheson sighting! (24 Season 2) =|. -
MrCHUP0N blippd Batman Forever
Take everything intense, brooding and appealing about the Dark Knight. Now, cover it in Froot Loops! YAY!!!!! Joel Schumacher: The Harbinger Of Crap. =|. -
MrCHUP0N blippd Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
While you were still being trained to SPELL YOUR NAME, I was... off demanding two hours of my life back, and then crying when my demand went unmet. Feces. =(. -
MrCHUP0N blippd Swordfish
Winner of the "Oh Gimme a Freaking Break!" Award for: Scene where Hugh Jackman is forced to hack software while being, erm, orally pleasured. =|. -
MrCHUP0N blippd Clerks
Hey you, the guy who played Dante, my potted plant called and wants its acting ability back. (But other than that, the movie was great. *cough*) =). -
MrCHUP0N blippd Mortal Kombat
In one corner, the game almost single-handedly responsible for Joe Lieberman's crusade against violent videogames! In the other corner... a PG-13 rating. Yeah. =|. -
MrCHUP0N blippd Punch-Drunk Love
Adorable, touching, completely off the wall and a fantastic comeuppance scene. Oh, and a Chloe O'Brien sighting. (Did I mention I love 24?) =D.
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Nice, someone who actually agrees with me on Transformers, and in general reviews close to what I do for many things.
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so you work for gamespot, huh? i myself am in "the industry", as it were. i've worked for redoctane since 2000.
quote • reply starhammer 2 months ago-
Really! That's awesome. I'd ask how you like it but since you're still there, I assume it's great. I'm only a freelancer, so I don't technically work "there". I do a bunch of their peon reviews, nothing big-name (except for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon), but it keeps me sane aside from my corporate job.
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that's cool, though. what's the worst p.o.s you ever got stuck reviewing?
quote • reply starhammer 2 months ago-
Let's see. The lowest score I handed out was a 2.0 to the Virtual Console release of NES Volleyball, back when they were still reviewing VC games. (This was before the whole... Gerstmann incident went down.) After that, I'd say Myst DS (3.0) and Wonder World Amusement Park for Wii (4.0).
The best games I've reviewed are Bubble Bobble NES on Virtual Console (8.0), Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker on DS (7.5) and Axelay for SNES on Virtual Console (7.5), because Axelay just kicks ass.
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I guess you could say that you have been given the responsibility of keeping Gamespot's average score down!
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Heheh, well hey -- when I'm assigned dreck like Wonder World Amusement Park...
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Do they only give freelancers the stuff the main guys won't do (not as high profile) or is it fairly balanced?
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I personally ask for any and everything. I don't mind crap because crap more often than not ends up being shorter, and since I freelance on the side while holding a busy day job, it works out. I've gotten somewhat high-profile games before though, specifically Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker.
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But to actually fully answer your question, it's pretty balanced; I mean, I don't think freelancers get the highest-profile games, but some get pretty popular titles -- or at least popular from a "hardcore fan" standpoint. (A freelancer got to review De Blob, for instance, which was supposedly one of the more unique titles getting looked at by lots of eager Wii fans.)
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