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Games Come To the Colbert Nation
Stephen Colbert's hit Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" has already seen some game-related activities. You may recall the day he retired his dice because of Dungeons and Dragons Online's launch, or "Everything Bad is Good For You" author Steven Johnson's appearance on the show. Last week, though, with the release of the Wii, Colbert had to "get his Wii on", and demonstrated Wii Boxing vs. a virtual Nancy Pelosi. Next Monday will see veteran game designer Will Wright on the show.
Colbert + anything = news for nerds!
Why do you hate america?
I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...
Zonk, you're on notice.
Attention deficit disorder is a complicated issue, spanning several major... HEY LET'S GO RIDE BIKES!
Judging by relative frequency, a gaming Slashvertisement costs the same as a gaming Colbertisement. We have a nice 1:1 correlation going so far. Or should that be "Wii?"
I guess we can't all have a sense of humor.
How much does a Slashvertisement run these days?
Your immortal soul, which, of course, means that if you're actually in marketing they're free.
KFG
As soon as Will Wright appears on The Colbert Report, the show will have officially "jump the shark."
When Colbert was on Conan and talked about his D&D and Tolkien past... hilarious.
I see he's tagged as "Dr. Stephen Colbert" in the credits, anyone know what his subject is?
Belief is the currency of delusion.
I'm not buying Slashvertizements for any price! Begone, demon!
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
I don't know any more. :(
After I discovered the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. I finally found a part of the USA I liked.
There are still reasons to be critic against your government though, though the entertain us very much. :>
Clicked pie.
I get the quote, but really, from someone who works in marketing, we're really not the evil ones - all we do is look at what the advertising industry is producing and define it with statistics; we're the ones who tell the advertising agencies that what they're doing is pissing people off and to stop it. You won't believe me, but we're on your side.
The people you (and Bill Hicks) were thinking of are the people in Public Relations. THEY'RE bloodsuckers.
Triv
I don't need to buy groceries. I have land
KFG
Bill Hicks is another one people think is funny, but isn't. Err, wasn't.
I've read my Ogilvy. Perhaps I should have capitalized the "m".
The people you (and Bill Hicks) were thinking of are the people in Public Relations. THEY'RE bloodsuckers.
Now you've gone and insulted the vampires. Good luck to you.
KFG
aren't you one of the Spice Girls?
The scary part is that to believe the Daily Show is smarmy you have to be more right wing than John Ashcroft *and* take yourself more seriously.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
included the fact that he has the LotR pinball machine in his office.
No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
GTFO
I can't wait to get a Wii and make a Mii of Jack Thompson and beat the shit out of him. Oh, wait... then he's probably sue Nintendo, right?
No doubt Will will be on to start some SPORE buzz. A game based on evolution should give Colbert some killer material.
"...nothing he or Jon Stewart does is funny, and you idiots only think it's funny because you mistake smarminess for humor"
mmm hmm. So... basically you're saying there's a massive delusion that a couple of guys are funny that you are completely unaffected by. How does one guy about massively de-frauding people of laughter?
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Right, then. GET HIM!
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
You probably also think he's a Republican who likes Bill O'Reilly (however his name is spelled).
I can spot geniune tech stupidity from a distance of 50 feet at least and I'm right in front of my monitor (TV tuner card) so trust me, some things he says are truly accurate to people like that.
Google's Super Secret Search Algorithm: SELECT @search_results FROM internet WHERE @search_results = 'good'
Steven Colbert picked his target audience, it was actually a very smart move. Since you are on slashdot, you know how many "nerds" are out there. I say more power to him.
you know,
;)
"Why do YOU hate america?"
would be a cool slogan for a political campaign or something. just struck me
you're not getting the point. Colbert, as seen on the Colbert report, is a character. He plays an internet-hating, republican-loving news anchor, where as in real life, he leans left, and is actually decently teched out.
You probably also think he's a Republican who likes Bill O'Reilly (however his name is spelled).I honestly don't understand why people hate him so much. I mean, those books are great and it's so cute how each one has a picture of an animal on it. I had some good times in college learning from the camel book...
---GEC
I'm but the humble pupil, seeking to snatch the scratchbuilt pebble from the master's fully articulated hand
In Soviet America, country hates you!!!
And yet, despite the constant vandalism, the entry was eventually locked, cleaned up, and it now stable. Don't you get it? By moving huge numbers of people to vandalize that page, he proved the opposite of his point - which is what the show is all about, if you'll recall.
And by the way, Colbert would not have changed the wording to encourage general wikipedia vandalism because A) it wouldn't be funny, and B) nobody would do it. (see A)