Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

4 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

Well... at least you now know how I feel when you make comments as well. 

 

I'm not sure what else I can say to you about this subject.  No matter how many times I state how I feel about other consoles... you still completely dismiss it.

 

You call them "rants".  I believe you're being over dramatic.  That's my personal opinion on the matter.  You may disagree... and that's fine.

Question.  Just curious... what are your feelings about THIS?

 

 

 

Or THIS:

 

 

 

Or THIS:

 

 

 

I'm being genuine here.

 

Do you find those ads to be distasteful?

 

Just trying to get in your head on this whole thing.

You seem to find the way I present certain things as insulting, offensive and unprofessional.  Pointing out differences between any console is unprofessional and fear mongering in your opinion.

 

And that's fine.  Not your style or taste.  That's cool.

But yeah... go ahead and watch the full context of ANY of those videos.  Watch the RICH - REVIEWTECHUSA one where everyone got their panties in a bunch because I mentioned facts about the Switch that people didn't want to hear or know about.  And remember to count all the times I consistently PRAISED Nintendo.  So I ask... have you actually watched the entire interviews?  Or do you just get the out of context "highlights" from other videos?

 

 

 

They are distasteful ads from a long gone era, Xbox, Nintendo and Sony let their games do the talking, They dont normally engage in "Genesis does what Nitendont", hell last years game awards all 3 company presidents were on stage at the same time together as a show of how important games were as a business putting aside the competition for just a moment

Nintendo has always had violent games and raunchy games, they were censored when they came to north america because of differences in value systems and you know that for a fact. In Japan there was nudity even on the Famicom. Surely you know these things? surely the guys who say they research everything here in this very thread also know this?

 

Regarding your comments on the reviewtech podcast, it upset people because like i stated, your comments were vague enough around Nintendo featuring rape that they inferred you were saying Nintendo had games where you rape people. Like i said, its an incorrect assumption, but a reasonable assumption considering how it was left open to interpretation. 

 

The fact you may have praised Nintendo is irrelevant given your statements during that podcast, you know that

 

You commented on my video you just chose your words wisely regarding the whole rape thing, congratulations I guess, you made a bunch of people angry at you.

 

This was the entire point of my video, GO REWATCH IT WITHOUT THE EGO, It wasnt a hit piece on you, i even state this is why i THINK (thinking something isnt a freakin crime) Amico is receiving push back. There are people far worse then me (a skeptic) commenting on your project  but for some reason you want to bully my channel. I guess because I am not saying the most insane things you'd rather argue with me then them.

 

I am running a youtube channel as a hobby, I covered amico because I was interested in it and i thought it wasnt getting enough attention. right from the first video you had issues with me despite the fact I did my best to be accurate given that all the details were not clear. 

 

You pride yourself on being an East Coast Italian, thats part of not backing down

 

Hate to break it to you but I also have Italian Blood Lines and from the East Coast, I'm sure we will but heads on everything.

 

Frankly if you never want to view my videos again I am more then ok with that as I'm not interested in engaging in any more arguments

 

You should seriously think about why I did things like make a fan trailer for your console, hyped for it, tweeted about it, supported other amico channels, etc

 

Think about the fact your behavior turned that hype into frustration.

I know you wont because that would require even a little bit of inner reflection.

17 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yeah... I feel I make this painfully clear in every interview I've ever done.   I'm thinking maybe he's only seeing the cut-up highlights that the few haters like to put out there to twist my words around.

SOMEONE SHOULD DO A HIGHLIGHT VIDEO OF ALL THE NICE THINGS I ALWAYS SAY IN MY INTERVIEWS ABOUT THE OTHER CONSOLES!!!  

 

Heck... I've told him numerous times in this very thread that I don't feel that way... but it doesn't seem to matter.  He's made up his mind regardless of what I constantly state.

That's fine.  This is the reason why it doesn't make sense to engage on any of his videos anymore.  Nothing I'm saying is taken as truth and whenever I make a point it's met with "I can't take criticism".

 

Joyful.

 

 

 

This could be an awesome canned response where a link could be dropped to respond to those types of videos.  
 

Anyone  creative want to volunteer to QB this and have those that interviewed Tommy each submit cuts of their interviews where Tommy has been sure to go out of his way to compliment other consoles?   There are edited video’s out there that are trying to set an alternative narrative; might be good to have something that shows the other side of the coin.

25 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

That's fine.  This is the reason why it doesn't make sense to engage on any of his videos anymore.  Nothing I'm saying is taken as truth and whenever I make a point it's met with "I can't take criticism".

 

Tommy how many arguments are you engaged in at once, your crossing your lines, I literally said you cant take criticism one time, I even went back and counted just for you. Your misleading people saying I say it all the time.

 

Don't Misrepresent Me Tommy! its like cmon

 

But yes please don't engage in my videos, that would be splendid

 

My greatest crime was having an opinion, and you know what they say about opinions

 

I'm sure these fellows would like to talk about the GAMES, so if you could move on that would be great, cuz thats what I'm doing

Edited May 25, 2020 by Dorkalicious

I've been watching these forums and the YouTube videos for a few months now.  I finally made an account to post because this topic of parental controls affects my family personally.  As a parent trying to raise good, decent, children aged 1-8, I'm very happy that Amico will self-censor.  I wish there was a setting on the Switch that I could allow my kids to browse the store without me having to hover over them.  Maybe there is, but all I could figure out was how to prevent them from accessing the store completely.  I want them to be able to access the store on their own, and browse through games without worrying about which game screenshots they are looking at.  That way they can get excited about new games and watch the intro videos.  I have too many other worries in life to have to add monitoring them while they browse the Nintendo store to the list.

 

It sounds like Amico will provide a sheltered place I can let my kids go without me having to do more work as a parent.  It's easy.  Parenting is not.  A video game should make parenting easier, not harder.  I don't care whether it's politically correct or not, but at times a video game can be a great babysitter when needed.  I want to trust that babysitter without having to spend extra time training the babysitter to be kid appropriate.  I face life or death situations on a daily basis at work, and I simply don't have the mental capacity to add extra worries to my plate like my kids accidentally browsing inappropriate content on the Nintendo store.  Or even worse bugging me every 10 seconds asking me to type in my password to bypass the parental lock on the Nintendo store because I don't trust it enough to let them browse at their own will.  Amico is providing a real solution for my family.  I will be able to let my kids browse the store whenever they want.  After I've had a few minutes of "me" time after work, I can even join them while they excitedly tell me about the new game that just released.

 

I get that not everyone likes "censored" things, but Amico is not censoring.  It is creating a product specifically for kids and families.  Other products and adult-oriented video games are still perfectly legal and available on other platforms.  Each video game console company is free to make their own decisions on what content to allow.  Nintendo has simply added a minimal amount of stress to my life by broadening their market to mature audiences.  While not much, every tidbit of stress in my life adds up and I always look for ways to eliminate it.  As a parent, it is simply easier to buy a console that I don't have to set up or worry about.

51 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

They are distasteful ads from a long gone era, Xbox, Nintendo and Sony let their games do the talking, They dont normally engage in "Genesis does what Nitendont", hell last years game awards all 3 company presidents were on stage at the same time together as a show of how important games were as a business putting aside the competition for just a moment

Nintendo has always had violent games and raunchy games, they were censored when they came to north america because of differences in value systems and you know that for a fact. In Japan there was nudity even on the Famicom. Surely you know these things? surely the guys who say they research everything here in this very thread also know this?

 

Regarding your comments on the reviewtech podcast, it upset people because like i stated, your comments were vague enough around Nintendo featuring rape that they inferred you were saying Nintendo had games where you rape people. Like i said, its an incorrect assumption, but a reasonable assumption considering how it was left open to interpretation. 

 

The fact you may have praised Nintendo is irrelevant given your statements during that podcast, you know that

 

You commented on my video you just chose your words wisely regarding the whole rape thing, congratulations I guess, you made a bunch of people angry at you.

 

This was the entire point of my video, GO REWATCH IT WITHOUT THE EGO, It wasnt a hit piece on you, i even state this is why i THINK (thinking something isnt a freakin crime) Amico is receiving push back. There are people far worse then me (a skeptic) commenting on your project  but for some reason you want to bully my channel. I guess because I am not saying the most insane things you'd rather argue with me then them.

 

I am running a youtube channel as a hobby, I covered amico because I was interested in it and i thought it wasnt getting enough attention. right from the first video you had issues with me despite the fact I did my best to be accurate given that all the details were not clear. 

 

You pride yourself on being an East Coast Italian, thats part of not backing down

 

Hate to break it to you but I also have Italian Blood Lines and from the East Coast, I'm sure we will but heads on everything.

 

Frankly if you never want to view my videos again I am more then ok with that as I'm not interested in engaging in any more arguments

 

You should seriously think about why I did things like make a fan trailer for your console, hyped for it, tweeted about it, supported other amico channels, etc

 

Think about the fact your behavior turned that hype into frustration.

I know you wont because that would require even a little bit of inner reflection.

@Dorkaliciouswith all respect and without intent to come off as flippant (honestly not my intent); to date IE has not yet started earnestly with marketing and has so far been leveraging youtube to get on the radar of retro gamers and anyone else happening to be paying attention to these types of sites (myself included). If Amico’s two biggest marketing points are simple and safe, how can this be presented without comparing itself to other systems?  
 

Part of me might agree with you if IE were to run an add on NBC with things similar to what has been discussed in interviews, but these are unscripted discussions, and to be fair, on at least one occasion someone who originally took exception to Tommy’s words conceded after his quick investigation that Tommy was more right on this than wrong. There are literally dozens of hours of interview content for people to clip from and cherry pick a narrative to try and leverage their own agendas.  

 

I remember one interview in particular where Tommy explicitly stated the issue wasn't the content itself or that Nintendo now allows this content, but rather that Nintendo (who had up to this date been the family-friendly console of choice here in the states) didn't do a better job of informing parents of their paradigm ‘switch’.  Excited for Amico or not, I don’t see anything wrong with that.  

 

Wouldn't you expect that if Lean Cuisine were to switch from low calorie to high calorie meals, they should make their customers aware; or something a little closer to the point, what if Sesame Street were to start allowing bad language, shouldn't they make an earnest attempt to make parents aware of the programming shift?

Edited May 25, 2020 by Starpaddler

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

They are distasteful ads from a long gone era, Xbox, Nintendo and Sony let their games do the talking, They dont normally engage in "Genesis does what Nitendont", hell last years game awards all 3 company presidents were on stage at the same time together as a show of how important games were as a business putting aside the competition for just a moment

 

You think they're distasteful..  I think they are funny,.  We have a difference of opinion.  No worries.

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

Nintendo has always had violent games and raunchy games, they were censored when they came to north america because of differences in value systems and you know that for a fact. In Japan there was nudity even on the Famicom. Surely you know these things? surely the guys who say they research everything here in this very thread also know this?

You're incorrect.  NOTHING like what is on the Switch now was on the SNES.  Again... we'll agree to disagree and I've been specifically talking about the U.S. so if anything you proved my point even more.  What Nintendo once would censor around the world... they no longer do.   

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

Regarding your comments on the reviewtech podcast, it upset people because like i stated, your comments were vague enough around Nintendo featuring rape that they inferred you were saying Nintendo had games where you rape people. Like i said, its an incorrect assumption, but a reasonable assumption considering how it was left open to interpretation. 

 

The fact you may have praised Nintendo is irrelevant given your statements during that podcast, you know that

 

Complete disagree that me praising Nintendo is irrelevant.  This is a very strange conversation at this point as that both me and you think the other is crazy at this point. 

Anyway... once again... my "statements" were nothing more than facts.  Sorry that you found them offensive. 

 

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

You commented on my video you just chose your words wisely regarding the whole rape thing, congratulations I guess, you made a bunch of people angry at you.

Yes... I do chose my words carefully... as I should.  You seem to think that by me doing this I'm somehow cheating.  I disagree.  

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

This was the entire point of my video, GO REWATCH IT WITHOUT THE EGO, It wasnt a hit piece on you,

 

 

So now it's an "ego" thing?  Predictable.  After the "I can't take criticism" that's the next out of ideas trope your 5 new best buddies use.  Good times.

 

But I also find it interesting that you declare that you quote me for most of the entire video and tell people I'm "fear mongering"... but uh... yeah... the video isn't about me at all. 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

i even state this is why i THINK (thinking something isnt a freakin crime) Amico is receiving push back.

 

Yeah... that's fine.  Whether you believe it or not (and I know you don't) you are entitled to say and put out there whatever you want.  But for some odd reason you don't feel that I should have the same right.  If me or anyone else who likes Amico gives a different opinion... you have gone immediately to "we can't take criticism" or everyone is just drinking Kool-Aid... or I have an ego and the folks who appreciate Amico don't have a mind of their own.  

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

There are people far worse then me (a skeptic) commenting on your project  but for some reason you want to bully my channel. I guess because I am not saying the most insane things you'd rather argue with me then them.

 

Again with the false narratives.  I go out of my way to comment on lots of videos... both positive and negative.  Now you're saying I'm bullying you by giving my honest opinion about things I feel you have misrepresented?  

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

I am running a youtube channel as a hobby, I covered amico because I was interested in it and i thought it wasnt getting enough attention. right from the first video you had issues with me despite the fact I did my best to be accurate given that all the details were not clear. 

 

I see now that you are a very sensitive person in regards to hearing a different point of view that is different from your own.  So I apologize that I've hurt your feelings.  I'm being serious.  Ready to put this all to bed and agree to disagree and agree that we are two very different people with very different outlooks on things.  No worries.  All good.

 

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

You pride yourself on being an East Coast Italian, thats part of not backing down

 

Hate to break it to you but I also have Italian Blood Lines and from the East Coast, I'm sure we will but heads on everything.

Well at least we agree on something then.   

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

Frankly if you never want to view my videos again I am more then ok with that as I'm not interested in engaging in any more arguments

 

Cool.  Two in row.  We are on a roll.  Lets keep this momentum going. 

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

Think about the fact your behavior turned that hype into frustration.

 

 

That's fine.  They say the same things about Elon Musk, Beethoven, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and many more.   

 

 

27 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

I know you wont because that would require even a little bit of inner reflection.

Back at ya bud.

 

29 minutes ago, LinemanDoc said:

I've been watching these forums and the YouTube videos for a few months now.  I finally made an account to post because this topic of parental controls affects my family personally.  As a parent trying to raise good, decent, children aged 1-8, I'm very happy that Amico will self-censor.  I wish there was a setting on the Switch that I could allow my kids to browse the store without me having to hover over them.  Maybe there is, but all I could figure out was how to prevent them from accessing the store completely.  I want them to be able to access the store on their own, and browse through games without worrying about which game screenshots they are looking at.  That way they can get excited about new games and watch the intro videos.  I have too many other worries in life to have to add monitoring them while they browse the Nintendo store to the list.

 

It sounds like Amico will provide a sheltered place I can let my kids go without me having to do more work as a parent.  It's easy.  Parenting is not.  A video game should make parenting easier, not harder.  I don't care whether it's politically correct or not, but at times a video game can be a great babysitter when needed.  I want to trust that babysitter without having to spend extra time training the babysitter to be kid appropriate.  I face life or death situations on a daily basis at work, and I simply don't have the mental capacity to add extra worries to my plate like my kids accidentally browsing inappropriate content on the Nintendo store.  Or even worse bugging me every 10 seconds asking me to type in my password to bypass the parental lock on the Nintendo store because I don't trust it enough to let them browse at their own will.  Amico is providing a real solution for my family.  I will be able to let my kids browse the store whenever they want.  After I've had a few minutes of "me" time after work, I can even join them while they excitedly tell me about the new game that just released.

 

I get that not everyone likes "censored" things, but Amico is not censoring.  It is creating a product specifically for kids and families.  Other products and adult-oriented video games are still perfectly legal and available on other platforms.  Each video game console company is free to make their own decisions on what content to allow.  Nintendo has simply added a minimal amount of stress to my life by broadening their market to mature audiences.  While not much, every tidbit of stress in my life adds up and I always look for ways to eliminate it.  As a parent, it is simply easier to buy a console that I don't have to set up or worry about.

Hi!

 

Thank you so much for joining us here and telling your personal thoughts and story.

 

As you may have heard me say previously, your story is a common one in this day and age with so much ways to engage with technology.  

I appreciate your thoughts and post.  A great first one!  Hope to be reading more in the future.

 

By the way, Tommy, I don't know if you noticed my edit about the special near-Arcade versions of the games that are on the TurboGrafx mini, but they are there and quite good, so check them out for sure. Stop by the TurboGrafx thread some time and tell us what you think of the system and the games!

Anyway, I'm out for now and I'll see you guys later. Time to go to Akiba to see if I can find a nice Skeleton Saturn or X68000 and maybe some PC Engine and Mega Drive games! Skeleton Saturn is top priority, though!

Edited May 25, 2020 by Steven Pendleton

9 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

How embarassing.

 

A video that literally outlines why I personally think you have gotten negative criticism and feedback, you take personal and need to lash out

 

The video wasnt even directed at you, its a commentary on whats easy to observe

 

You literally say your console is safe while others are not, thats called using fear

 

You specifically bring up blood,guts and gore, porn, nudity, etc when this shit was happening in snes games.

 

Thats called trying to insight fear in people

 

Sorry that upsets you

 

If u look on reddit or most any youtube video there are critical comments on amico and the video looks into why that is

 

Why is that?

 

Simple examination of consumers are smarter then they have ever been

 

Ban me Tommy, prove me right please!

Wow. You obviously can't take criticism feeling the need to reply to this response.

 

 

10 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

A video that literally outlines why I personally think you have gotten negative criticism and feedback, you take personal and need to lash out

Ok so basically when someone wants to set matters straight because they fill their product is being misrepresented is lashing out? And what is it you are doing on here? BUT THE VERY SAME THING

10 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

The video wasnt even directed at you, its a commentary on whats easy to observe

Yet you just stated in this same comment " the video that literally outlines I personally think you have gotten negative criticism and comments" sooooo then who was it directed at? 

10 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

You literally say your console is safe while others are not, thats called using fear

No he has said there is content on those systems that are not safe. You are saying hes using fear. Nice twisting of words

10 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

You specifically bring up blood,guts and gore, porn, nudity, etc when this shit was happening in snes games.

Ok you are correct there has been a very small handful of titles that were only in Japan but thats a pretty long stretch to use as an argument seeing those titles very few even in Japan were sold and none were sold in north America. Nice try though.  Ill add this,  those games you are referring to are hardly at the level these adult games are today. So your argument is dead in the water my friend. 

10 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

Thats called trying to insight fear in people

Your opinion but thats all you have at this point. 

10 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

Sorry that upsets you

Same can be said about you appearing on here. But a rational person would say you are just trying to set matters straight from your perspective hmmmm sounds familiar....wonder why that is?

10 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

If u look on reddit or most any youtube video there are critical comments on amico and the video looks into why that is

 

Why is that?

 

Simple examination of consumers are smarter then they have ever been

No because like the fake 5 on YouTube you miss it by a mile but how am I not surprised, read enough of the hate comments and you get drunk on their words and narrow minded thinking.  

So heres how you missed it. Those reddit and YouTube comments you are referring to are from a particular type of people... wonder who I'm speaking of ? No its not just random people that hate on anything new. Its the view from people we call hardcore gamers. And not from the target audience this console is aiming for.  Soooo your comment that "consumers are smarter than that" you are correct, but you are looking at the wrong consumer.  

10 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

 

Ban me Tommy, prove me right please!

Ban you lol, why? you have been civil, in my honest opinion misdirected but civil.  Unlike the past meatheads that have been on here and were banned for not being respectful of the rules of conduct.  So when you say ban me I'm laughing because that in the end sums up where you are coming from, a place where all these haters have filled your mind with twisted nonsense. 

4 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

You gotta be quick around here to beat @Intellivision Master!!!  Even with your own videos!  

 

 

Quickest draw in the west. They don't call him Master for nothing. 😄

 

Watching the George Plimpton ads again.

We just don't have a figure around these days like him.

 

So, crossing over from Good Will Hunting,  you should see if Matt Damon could be the new Amico spokesman?

 

He could be the closest thing to the real thing!

 

George and Matt have some obvious ties.  They were in a Movie together,  George Played for the Boston Bruins and Celtics,  Matt's a Fan of both.   LOL

George attended Harvard, Matt played a character that was a janitor at Harvard...

 

Plus at this point.  10 year olds know as much about Matt Damon as I knew about George Plimpton at that age.

But my Dad knew him... Just like today's kids Mom's will know Matt Damon!

 

This is what happens when you post at 4:20am.  

 

 

6 hours ago, Dorkalicious said:

I believe i said i would not allow my child to play gta at the age of 8

 

That said i believe parents should have the freedom to choose without needing multiple consoles but i put that belief aside after my first discussion with tommy

 

I believe Amico should stand on its own as a good console and not need to play into the idea of putting others down to lift yourself up which i felt was occurring

 

Amico has potential and i think the rhetoric should focus there and not on what others do bad

You are still confusing me with the “freedom of choice..without multiple consoles”, that is exactly what Amico is offering for parents with small children, right? All parents who wants to be able to play games that also has M-rated content as well as kids friendly games can buy any other console, right? And saying “All other companies are amazing and great at what they do, so even if we believe that a lot of hardcore gamers will love our system, we are not even going to try and convince them, since there are billions of mobile/casual gamers that our USP’s will be more obvious/unique to.” How is explaining why your system is unique to a specific target audience a “fear tactics”? And, yes, I do know that the majority of games on the other systems do not include rape and children in sexual positions, those are exceptions, but realistic violence are not exceptions, they are in abundance on all systems, and pointing this “uniqueness” out to the target audience they are focusing on will not be controversial to them (since they are not even considering to buy a switch or PS4). 
 

Sorry if I sound defensive, but I think you are a bit quick on dismissing the merits of a system and it’s marketing (which hasn’t even started), because Tommy said that other systems allow some extreme content (in the context of someone questioning their e-rating), and if I’m guilty of being part of an “echo chamber”, that’s fine, I’m not going to lose sleep over a video game purchase, if Amico delivers on just half of their promises, I know my family would have a lot of fun times. 

1 hour ago, theswede said:

You are still confusing me with the “freedom of choice..without multiple consoles”, that is exactly what Amico is offering for parents with small children, right? All parents who wants to be able to play games that also has M-rated content as well as kids friendly games can buy any other console, right? And saying “All other companies are amazing and great at what they do, so even if we believe that a lot of hardcore gamers will love our system, we are not even going to try and convince them, since there are billions of mobile/casual gamers that our USP’s will be more obvious/unique to.” How is explaining why your system is unique to a specific target audience a “fear tactics”? And, yes, I do know that the majority of games on the other systems do not include rape and children in sexual positions, those are exceptions, but realistic violence are not exceptions, they are in abundance on all systems, and pointing this “uniqueness” out to the target audience they are focusing on will not be controversial to them (since they are not even considering to buy a switch or PS4). 
 

Sorry if I sound defensive, but I think you are a bit quick on dismissing the merits of a system and it’s marketing (which hasn’t even started), because Tommy said that other systems allow some extreme content (in the context of someone questioning their e-rating), and if I’m guilty of being part of an “echo chamber”, that’s fine, I’m not going to lose sleep over a video game purchase, if Amico delivers on just half of their promises, I know my family would have a lot of fun times. 

I've literally made fan trailers, and praised the amico, question one thing and I am all these bad things. I'm not trying to be dismissive of the system, I dont think i ever said the system was bad, What I said was why i thought the system had some push back from people. I've been misrepresented on here as constantly saying this or that when i've rarely stated any of them, and when i did, i explained myself why i felt that way. I'm not just running around youtube trashing the amico (a system I was looking forward too)

 

I thought what was truely unique about the system was the games and the interface not the age controlled content but ok but I guess I'm mistaken, the most important part is content control, ok understood.

 

Despite what you probably think about me I hope you enjoy the system, have a blast I'm sure there will be some good times, couch co-op is always fun, I especially think games like Cloudy Mountain will be great.

Edited May 25, 2020 by Dorkalicious

7 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

You're incorrect.  NOTHING like what is on the Switch now was on the SNES.  Again... we'll agree to disagree and I've been specifically talking about the U.S. so if anything you proved my point even more.  What Nintendo once would censor around the world... they no longer do.   

Dragon Quest 4 for the NES has the long running Puff Puff gag, an implied sexual act.

Golgo Episode 13 for the NES has implied sex scene

 

Those are just 2 examples
 

7 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yeah... that's fine.  Whether you believe it or not (and I know you don't) you are entitled to say and put out there whatever you want.  But for some odd reason you don't feel that I should have the same right.  If me or anyone else who likes Amico gives a different opinion... you have gone immediately to "we can't take criticism" or everyone is just drinking Kool-Aid... or I have an ego and the folks who appreciate Amico don't have a mind of their own. 

I said you can't take criticism a single time, only one time. I never said you dont have a right to criticize and I've never mentioned drinking the Kool-Aid at all, I dunno where you even got that from. I also never said folks who are into the Amico don't have a mind of their own as that is an absurd statement.  And yes you absolutely have a right to defend yourself. All those things you say I did when I did not is misrepresentation. 

 

Yes I said you have an ego, doesn't everyone?

7 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

After the "I can't take criticism" that's the next out of ideas trope your 5 new best buddies use.  Good times.

I dont know these people commenting on a video any more then I assume you do

 

I'm running a youtube channel and trying to keep a household afloat during a global pandemic where work is short and times are tough, I don't have time to research who each and every person is who is commenting, I've had lots of people say negative and positive things. Youtube comments has been this way since it started in 2006.

 

Also remember people in general seek confirmation bias and want to see content that lines up with their views, so if I'm critical of something they might seek it out for that reason.

 

7 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Again with the false narratives.  I go out of my way to comment on lots of videos... both positive and negative.  Now you're saying I'm bullying you by giving my honest opinion about things I feel you have misrepresented?  

I don't have any narrative, I really didnt think this would explode like it did, I'm sure my wife is unhappy with me bringing drama to the channel.  I had simple commentary on what I see going on in the community. I have also been critical of Sony for their recent activities in the gaming community which cast them in a bad light.

Going forward I will try my best to restrict my commentary regarding Amico  to your comments and only have exact quotes as anything else is possible to be mis-interpreted.

 

7 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I see now that you are a very sensitive person in regards to hearing a different point of view that is different from your own.  So I apologize that I've hurt your feelings.  I'm being serious.  Ready to put this all to bed and agree to disagree and agree that we are two very different people with very different outlooks on things.  No worries.  All good.

We can agree to disagree and just move on, Good luck with your console, I never wanted it to fail

Edited May 25, 2020 by Dorkalicious

 

1 hour ago, Dorkalicious said:

2 hours ago, theswede said:

 

I've literally made fan trailers, and praised the amico, question one thing and I am all these bad things.

All these bad things? I never said any bad things about you, feels like this part of your answer might have been for someone else’s post. I was only “pushing back” (respectfully) on one thing you mentioned was making you go from “hyped” to “sceptic” about the Amico. 

1 hour ago, Dorkalicious said:

Despite what you probably think about me

Again, don’t really understand what you refer to, I just made a comment asking you to clarify a contradictory statement, that’s all, this is after all a discussion forum you know 😄

 

15 minutes ago, theswede said:

All these bad things? I never said any bad things about you, feels like this part of your answer might have been for someone else’s post. I was only “pushing back” (respectfully) on one thing you mentioned was making you go from “hyped” to “sceptic” about the Amico. 

Again, don’t really understand what you refer to, I just made a comment asking you to clarify a contradictory statement, that’s all, this is after all a discussion forum you know 😄

 

You are correct I apologize, I am just frustrated with how things  have panned out however gotta just let it be water under the bridge now and move on.

 

Hope you have a blast on the amico

Hey Tommy, it's been awhile since the J Allard mic drop moment and it seems like it's time for another. How about giving us some hints on the next one so we can start the guessing game again.

 

Without our Amico's, it's one of the best games going.

 

God I detest the current social media driven world. We have a handful (literally) of people screaming at the top of their lungs hating on something that hasn't even been released yet (for whatever reason that makes no sense...the Headbanger relentlessly yelling that Country music sucks or vice-versa analogy sums it up the best) and yet over 10 thousand people have quietly and happily pre-ordered a console that they are excited to play.

 

Based on everything I see and have seen since the Amico was announced, on AtariAge and outside, there is no "push back"...just a handful of people using their social media megaphone to yell "I don't like something! Don't try to use numbers or facts to change my mind! And You can't like it either!" RRROOOOAAAAAARRRRR!

 

FFS

6 minutes ago, Dorkalicious said:

You are correct I apologize, I am just frustrated with how things  have panned out however gotta just let it be water under the bridge now and move on.

 

Hope you have a blast on the amico

No worries, and ironically you probably have that feeling in common with Tommy. You should go back and re watch the video interview you (and your wife) did with him, and then look at your last couple of Amico videos you have made, maybe you can see why Tommy might feel a bit frustrated about your stance on some points? I like your channel because I feel you and your wife really have a different perspective (or more similar to mine) than most other youtubers that normally see and treat everything in black or white (they either love or hate everything), that is why I was so surprised with the sudden “change of tone” towards the Amico in recent videos. Anyway, good luck with everything and if you ever review the Amico in your channel, I’ll be curious to know what you think about it then.

28 minutes ago, Tarzilla said:

God I detest the current social media driven world. We have a handful (literally) of people screaming at the top of their lungs hating on something that hasn't even been released yet (for whatever reason that makes no sense...the Headbanger relentlessly yelling that Country music sucks or vice-versa analogy sums it up the best) and yet over 10 thousand people have quietly and happily pre-ordered a console that they are excited to play.

 

Based on everything I see and have seen since the Amico was announced, on AtariAge and outside, there is no "push back"...just a handful of people using their social media megaphone to yell "I don't like something! Don't try to use numbers or facts to change my mind! And You can't like it either!" RRROOOOAAAAAARRRRR!

 

FFS