Weekend Confirmed 144 - Holiday Special Part 1 - 2012 retrospective

by Jeff Mattas, Dec 21, 2012 11:00am PST

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This week kicks off a special two-part episode of Weekend Confirmed to celebrate the best in gaming for 2012. A cavalcade of special guests joins Garnett, Jeff Cannata, and "Indie" Jeff Mattas, including Shacknews' Andrew Yoon, James Stevenson from Insomniac, Jason Paul from Naughty Dog, Andrea Rene from Machinima, and comedian Christian Spicer. Personal favorites of the year are revealed, and much fun and merriment is had by all. Be sure to tune in next week for Part 2 of the special Weekend Confirmed holiday/end-of-2012 celebration, too!

Weekend Confirmed Ep. 144: 12/21/2012

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I just have to say this:

Regarding the discussion about the year supposedly being "disappointing," James was 100% right and you're all idiots for arguing with him.

Disappointment is based on expectations, not reality. The year could have been as great as anything, but if you expected more, that's disappointment. It's not a statement on the quality of anything, it's a statement of where things stand relative you where you thought they were going to stand.

Great show, as always, but I really hope you're embarrassed in hindsight over that exchange.

Dec 21, 2012 5:46pm PST

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I just have to say this: Regarding the discussion about the year supposedly being "disappointing," Jam... : CampKusoge
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- Agreed A lot of the supposed great titles of 2012 all were not as well received as expected. Even if... : Runnermatt
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  Agreed A lot of the supposed great titles of 2012 all were not as well received as expected. Even if... : Runnermatt
  - Just listen to that segment and I have to say it seem 3 people don't understand what "expectation" or "di... : Mysssss
  - I'm neither here nor there on the quality of the year. Just that when you break it down, disappointment i... : CampKusoge
- I also agreed with James and this comment. I miss playing the awesomeness of Uncharted. my expectations o... : dh_jin
- From my perspective, 2012 was a disappointing year. My most anticipated games (Halo 4, Mass Effect 3, and... : CruelLEGACEY
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  I disagree. My disappointment was not based on having unrealistic expectations. That's almost impossible ... : Shadow13th
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    Damn that Halo 4 stuff sucks. But do 2 games really represent 2012? : Rvancetal
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      Yes your talking about 30% plus of the revenue for the year in those titles. Add mass effect 3 and blops ... : Mysssss
      
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      Why are yyou bringing up global stuff when talking about how the year shaked down individually? Unless... : Rvancetal
      
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      Pretty much that's my point. 70% of gamers are playing those titles solely, and if those titles disappoin... : Mysssss
      
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      I think you would find the majority you speak of does not look for nor have thd same expectations for the... : Rvancetal
      
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      We can't speak for the people who don't speak. We can only use the voices of those who do speak, and they... : Mysssss
      
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      But isn't that what you are doing? You're saying that the vocal "hardcore" found those games to be disap... : zmansfield
      
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      No not at all, what I'm saying is the community that supports and vocally speaks about games at large has... : Mysssss
      
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      You just said we can't speak for people who don't have voices while also including them in your statistic... : Rvancetal
      
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      It's a assumption based on sales data for the year. : Mysssss
      
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      Listen I don't just make this stuff up, I base most of my sports believe and game belief on statics. Not ... : Mysssss
      
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      I am not saying you are making anything up. What I am saying is that you can't flip flop. If you say t... : Rvancetal
      
      No your speaking for other people is what I'm saying with no basis. Claiming they enjoyed them or whateve... : Mysssss
      
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      Ok. That makes sense. I suppose that I just don't subscribe to the notion that the industry is driven by... : zmansfield
      
      Yeah I wouldn't call. It cynical I'd say its realistic, and for the record I'm not into any of those game... : Mysssss
      
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      Don't forget me. Halo is without a doubt my favourite gaming franchise. For me, every other video game is... : Shadow13th
      
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      I wasn't sure how big you really were on halo and seeing as how you hadn't been discussing the game like ... : Mysssss
      
      We got it on the same day, well, we got it about 14 hours ahead of USA cause of the difference of time zo... : Shadow13th
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    That's entirely valid. My point isn't one or the other, it's that the point James was making is that disa... : CampKusoge
    - *they missed the point by such a wide margin...* Wow, I gotta pay more attention to what I'm doing. : CampKusoge
    - I haven't listened to the episode yet. My weekend is Tuesday/Wednesday so I save the show for then. : Shadow13th
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  so if you argument is that "people feel the way they feel" why can't garnett say that to him this years w... : silentdante
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    My argument is that disappointment is borne of expectations not being met! I don't know how many other wa... : CampKusoge
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      ... sorry, I didn't mean to go off on you there. : CampKusoge
      
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      no problem, i just looked at it more of a defending of peoples opinion about it not being a good year com... : silentdante
      
      Right, my complaint is purely with the circular argument itself, and not with one side or another. : CampKusoge
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  So after the original comment from CampKusoge "idiots for arguing" we've had about s much discussion trailing that just as the show did...
  
  All the discussion in the show was to establish what everyone's reference was point for "disappointment" was...as happened here.
  
  Doesn't make them idiots...check you language Camp...
  
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  So after the original comment from CampKusoge "idiots for arguing" we've had about s much discussion tra... : _ToeNail
  - As I said in my post "disappointment" is inaccurate. Arguing over the perceptibility of "disappointment"... : DevSword
  - But I think the point got away from everyone in the threads same as it did in the show. My complaint i... : CampKusoge
- I agree. On the whole it was a disappointing year for games. The big hitters didn't hit nearly as well as... : Vinnymike

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