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Cliff "CliffyB" Bleszinski (Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Gears of War, LawBreakers) is an interesting read that highlights a lot of what was and what could've been.
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this was a great listen and critique. I poured thousands of hours into the gears franchise & still believe it perfected the cover system and 3rd person shooter. I once credited that to Cliffy and idolized him when in reality I should have credited to the team around him. I don’t think we’ll see the last of Cliffy, and I’m hopeful he can unshackle his superficiality, refocus on good game design, and create something unique and exciting. but then again, maybe I’m projecting what I want him to be and maybe he just was a man at the right place at the right time; part of successful games but never the pivotal component.
I guess only time will tell. After the dominance of class based shooters wane, where will the genre go? I hope he has some ideas and can create a contender.
I feel like everybody who loved gears of war loves cliffy B and you'd hear just a couple other names thrown around from their team too but it is kinda weird that we didn't just give props to the team collectively we were like cliffy made this happen! I dont know i just remember it being that way
Great use of "hagiography" in the opening.
That’s MY $20 sentence right there!
Interesting dive into this book I would never have read otherwise. And a very interesting contrast to the Sid Meier memoir.
Very “interesting” contrast, indeed
Thanks, that was a surprisingly interesting, and well structured review/essay. It's eerie in a way, I don't have 2 Lambos, nor any fame, but I can see myself being Cliff-like if I gave in to my weaknesses, and refused to grow. "But I'm self-aware, that's half of the battle!" "Yeah, but not the half that matters." (As pointed out by Daniel Sloss.)
I appreciate that this video didn't try to vilify him nor sucked up to him. Sometimes, you should meet your heroes, and use the disappointment to grow, if they won't.
Really great video and analysis.
Thank you!
man that mention of silicon graphics computer reminds me of that guy frpm Gaming in the Clinton Years saying that phrase over and over in a review
When I really got into UA-cam at the beginning of the pandemic, I watched videos of old SGI machines and those things were nuts
I always enjoy your work.
Thank you! Cheers!
Id wager to people like CliffyB self awareness would just be too painful. Still wish him the best and hope he does not go down any rabbit holes that are a further detriment to him and other people.
I feel like he's the spiritual successor to Romero, in the sense that he's even more ambitious, he's even more fame oriented, but unlike Romero who had his fall from grace when he was what, 25? With daikatana, when the world humbled him, Cliff is what 45 now when its happening? Learning the humbling lesson at such an old age must suck.
This is something you should learn as a teen or a young adult
I tried listening to the audiobook edition. To be honest.. I didn’t need to know Cliff’s whack off schedule. But the thing that really irked me was he didn’t even have the nuts to narrate it himself. Even John Romero did the audiobook of his Doom Guy autobiography. Even George W. Bush did the audiobook of his Decision Points. Even Greg Sestero did the audio book his Disaster Artist. I didn’t want to listen to this Kurt guy. But also, the book was a very difficult thing to stay interested in at all and I eventually bounced off of. And this book is directly in my upper echelon of subject interests, it should have been very easy to maintain my attention and it flat out didn’t.
Where are people getting to this video from?
I made it through the audiobook on the 4th try - I will say that the narrators whiny-cringe voice is spot-on for the image of Cliffy the book presents.
Wait... he says he respects women and then calls his first wife a "starter wife"?
It’s… an interesting book from an interesting man.
He divorced her because she yelled at someone in a parking lot, totally avoiding the years of affairs. He also refused to bring her to work events because she puked one time and he had to take her home early, but I also think he couldn't flirt with women in front of her and uses this as an excuse
Dude, you are one of my favorites! I love your videos. Keep it up!
Thanks!
Great review! Now all I'll think of when I hear the name Sid Meier is dice and character sheets tumbling out of his nose 😂
Interesting that this is more or less the critique I was expecting, and my only view of CliffyB is from Twitter.
Yeah :/ Thanks buddy!
i think you missed the point of his memoir almost entirely. it is a form of dealing with his trauma and an exploration of how it affected and still affects his life. all of the things you list as negative character traits... he agrees with that and explores his life of what led up to him being like this. he is obssesive about the things he values in life but isn't happy about it and it doesn't fill that hole inside him. this book is therapy. CBS did a way better dive in his mental state and the meaning of this book than this video. anyone remotely interested in his journey should take a deeper look. BTW, he has been in professional therapy for years according to a recent interview.
I'm not a CliffyB fan by any means, in fact i only played 2 of "his" games, Jazz and GoW1, and didn't realize who designed them until well after. but the point i'm trying to make is the man seems to be in anguish and trying to deconstruct himself, and cannot. which is sad.
What’s interesting is that you criticize my video and yet we reach the exact same conclusion: he is unable to effectively process his trauma and this book was the vessel by which he made his best attempt. Unfortunately, the book itself doesn’t seem to be in on the meta narrative despite being written by CliffyB himself, so it does paint a picture of an emotionally broken animal who is blissfully unaware that his pursuits are shallow, his relationship with his wife flirts with misogyny and he can’t understand why his type of game design is outmoded. Most importantly: he has not changed or provided evidence of changing based on these understandings. And I see this in his tweets to this day as well.
If there is a story where CliffyB acknowledges these deep flaws, this book doesn’t do it, however much groundwork it lays for why he is that way.
@@NthReview right, deep childhood trauma isn't easy to get over and this is part of his therapy. To make fun of it, him, and his behavior that he is both aware of and unhappy about, is simply a [forgive my bluntness] a stupid way to "review" this book. It's clear you don't like him beside the book being not any good. I criticize your video not because i like the book, or even Cliff, but because the book review focuses, in my opinion, entirely too much on how much you dislike the person and his flaws, you just come off as petty. I didn't feel like i watched a review, instead witnessed you treat him as a punching bag.
@@Shishkebarbarian As I said multiple times in the video, I don't have it out for CliffyB, I've met the dude, he seems cool as a person. However, I can only review the book based on the content of the book. And the content of the book does not paint a very sympathetic person. He did this to himself, not me. I was not out there with an axe trying to defile his personality and I say that in the review as well.
@@Shishkebarbarian I thought this was a sad way to review a book as well. The bias in this video is clear as day and to be honest it makes it a throw away video. This review doesn't just come off as petty, it is petty.
It ain’t much I know, but I hope it might inspire some “rich princes” to help out too.
Thank you!
This was great dude. I met Cliff twice. He was…. basically everything you said lol
Wonder if he actually wrote the book on his own? Most celebrities have ghost writers.
I wonder because it’s not particularly well written.
20:57 Argh, its the lamborghini again!
Does he REALLY talk about them *this much?* Geez
This is an engaging dive into a book I'm interested in reading but not owning. Thank you!
6:35 The only thing cool about that MAC is its case. The rest are overpriced whatever
What a superficial person, the kind of guy that buys a Lamborghini not because it is a good fun car, but only for it is a status symbol. They ruined the brand he he.
Western consumerist culture at its worst. No human values, only money and fame matters.
John Romero had many nice sports cars, and is almost always a fun interesting guy to hear, despite the anger some still have for his Daikatana failure.
Best wishes.
It would be ok to get dressed before filming a 42 minute piece to camera.
That’s what you got out of the video?
17:28 And when you, yourself realize that, is when you need to take *yourself* down a peg, Cliff.
Because if even you yourself know, then you need to do something about it.
Ok, ok I’m 12 minutes in and, I know you’d be pretty sure I’m a Cliffy B sized d-bag but I can’t help it, I’ve low key fallen in love with you.
But man! Dude! Bro! Don’t worry! It’s just Platonic so far.
(Did you know that Cliffy once tried to change his name to Heavy B? Probably a true story, man)
Molyneux really in the same breath of Miyamoto?
There was a time, a long time ago, mind you, when yeah.
Oh jeepers! I’m going to faint… now you just EDITED OUT the intrusion by your cat! You… you didn’t cute it up all over the screen and go all “Mr Snuggles wants to be in the video” and you used “ironically” correctly… I’m passing out… I’m goin’ down… no, no, I’m ok… *thud*
Literally just stopped by cause of your post about his response. You barely mention his wife in like one sentence 😂
I could feel the cringe just from watching this video. I can only imagine how much worse it is in the text 🙈
Gamergate was not far right
It was anchored by the far-right, yes.
Lmfao yes it was. Oh Lord.
@@Thee_Deputy no it wasn’t, #notyourshield was a thing that no one talk about, cause it’s throws away your bullshit believe. There a number of black, Mexican, Asian, women, gay, trans who agreed with the ethics of game journalism at the time.
@@NthReview no it wasn’t, if your will you put it in a far-right label you don’t understand it, and use it as a hot key word. There was nothing political about it, there was many minorities who agree with the ethics of game coverage.
@@NthReview just click on #notyourshield and see the over 8 year old videos of minorities from different identities group agree with everything
get a life
Trying to.
Is it me or Cliffy looks like that short dood from Red Letter Media 🤣😂🤣🤣
ARE YOU TALKING TRASH ABOUT JAY?!?
@@NthReview YES that dood !!!!!