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HELLO
And welcome back to VIDEO GAMES.
I'm WestEgg. And you are reading the FAMIBOARDS StarTopic on ACTION BUTTON.
Action Button is a video game review series that premiered on May 25th, 2020 with the review of the Final Fantasy VII Remake. It shares a name with video game developer Action Button Entertainment AND video game review website, www.actionbutton.com, all of which were founded by Tim Rogers.
For those lacking the INTELLECTUAL NEED and COMPLETIONIST GRIT to read through a full StarTopic and watching several hours of video game review footage you may or may not be interested in, let us begin with THE BOTTOM LINE:
Action Button examines the meaning of video games.
To elaborate on this seemingly self obvious description of what it means to review a video game, or perhaps VIDEO GAMES themselves, I present six stories in the form of Action Button Season One. These videos are exceedingly thorough, ranging from two and a half to nearly NINE hours (The last review is broken into several parts for technical reasons). So settle in with your tiny wolf, and get watching!
AwoooOOOOOoooo
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS The Final Fantasy VII Remake
Review published to YouTube on May 25th, 2020
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS The Last of Us
Review Published to YouTube on June 19th, 2020
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS DOOM
Review Published to YouTube on September 13, 2020
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS PAC-MAN
Review Published to YouTube on November 22, 2020
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Tokimeki Memorial
Review Published to YouTube on January 1st, 2021
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS CyberPunk 2077
Review Published to YouTube on October 26, 2021
SIDE NOTE FROM THE ORIGINAL POSTER OF THIS THREAD: Please do not take the inclusions of this game's review as an endorsement of the game from either myself or from Action Button. If you watch this review (especially if you watch ALL of this review), you'll see that the problematic aspects of the game, from the transphobic marketing, to the crunch culture development and absolutely broken final product, are VERY THOROUGHLY examined.
Season Two of Action Button is Currently in Development. Here are the confirmed games that will be produced for Action Button Season Two:
The style of Action Button is extremely unique amongst the crowded field of YouTube video game reviews and video essays. Tim Rogers has a wealth of game knowledge and critical analysis skill, but paces out his in depth examination of each game with personal anecdotes relating in someway to said game, and entertaining side jokes as much for the amusement of himself as his audience that build throughout the series. These help lend a sense of levity and sincerity to the discussion around the games, in contrast to his usually strong, blunt delivery.
Doom Shot Gun Sound Effect
On top of all that, the production and editing quality of these reviews, which improves further as the series progresses, is extremely impressive, containing several blink and you'll miss it jokes, elaborations, and flourishes. It cannot be understated how hard it must be to make a compelling six hour video about how a pixel art dating simulator released in the 1990s exclusively in Japanese is one of the most important and influential games ever made actually, and not only keep my attention the full time but get me to ACTUALLY AGREE WITH HIM by the end. It's been mentioned throughout his videos, that in addition to being a video game developer himself with Action Button Entertainment (including Ziggurat, Video Ball, and Truck Heck), he has also worked for Sony Interactive Entertainment in the past, as well as Kotaku, famously producing a (for the time's standard's) extensive, spoiler free review of Dragon Quest XI. In short, the man has put in the work, and it SHOWS.
If you were to ask me which reviews I personally felt were the most worth watching, it would likely be the videos for DOOM, PAC-MAN, and Tokimeki Memorial. His early reviews of the Final Fantasy VII Remake and the Last of Us are both great, but I feel he really hit his groove starting with Doom, which contains more personal storytelling and the beginning of several running jokes that build as the series goes on. Cyberpunk 2077 is best saved for the last review to watch, as, in addition to it's unique structure, it feels almost like more of a review of the entirety of Action Button Season One as it is the game in question. Of my recommendations, I would MOST STRONGLY recommend Tokimeki Memorial, which is currently the most popular by YouTube View Count of his current line up at over one million as of this time of writing.
I think I should mention at this point, that despite my sincere fondness for Tim Rogers's works, and for the videos he has produced, I am not actually that invested in most of the games he has reviewed in Action Button Season One. I have not even played the Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us, Tokimeki Memoria (for obvious reasons), or Cyberpunk 2077. I've played DOOM and PAC-MAN, but I mean, who hasn't played DOOM or PAC-MAN? And I can only say I've played those games as much as anyone with a passing interest in video games at large has without becoming a specific devotee of those series. And yet, these videos still regularly show up in my video rotation, these reviews of games that I am, at least divorced of other context, only mildly interested in at most. And yet, there is so much meaning in the analysis provided. For goodness sake, the review of Tokimeki Memorial was the REASON I STARTED STUDYING JAPANESE. In other words... Action Button reviews resonate so much with me because they truly do examine the meaning of video games.
And THAT's the BOTTOM LINE.
Anyway, I feel I've made my point in about as a long of a thread (likely longer) than many of you are willing to read, so I'll leave it here by borrowing Tim's Outro:
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT,
THAT VIDEO GAMES WERE CREATED AWESOME.
THAT I WAS BORN STUPID, HOWEVER I WILL NOT DIE HUNGRY.
VIDEO GAMES FOREVER.
FAMIBOARDS
And welcome back to VIDEO GAMES.
I'm WestEgg. And you are reading the FAMIBOARDS StarTopic on ACTION BUTTON.
Action Button is a video game review series that premiered on May 25th, 2020 with the review of the Final Fantasy VII Remake. It shares a name with video game developer Action Button Entertainment AND video game review website, www.actionbutton.com, all of which were founded by Tim Rogers.
For those lacking the INTELLECTUAL NEED and COMPLETIONIST GRIT to read through a full StarTopic and watching several hours of video game review footage you may or may not be interested in, let us begin with THE BOTTOM LINE:
Action Button examines the meaning of video games.
To elaborate on this seemingly self obvious description of what it means to review a video game, or perhaps VIDEO GAMES themselves, I present six stories in the form of Action Button Season One. These videos are exceedingly thorough, ranging from two and a half to nearly NINE hours (The last review is broken into several parts for technical reasons). So settle in with your tiny wolf, and get watching!
AwoooOOOOOoooo
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS The Final Fantasy VII Remake
Review published to YouTube on May 25th, 2020
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS The Last of Us
Review Published to YouTube on June 19th, 2020
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS DOOM
Review Published to YouTube on September 13, 2020
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS PAC-MAN
Review Published to YouTube on November 22, 2020
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Tokimeki Memorial
Review Published to YouTube on January 1st, 2021
ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS CyberPunk 2077
Review Published to YouTube on October 26, 2021
SIDE NOTE FROM THE ORIGINAL POSTER OF THIS THREAD: Please do not take the inclusions of this game's review as an endorsement of the game from either myself or from Action Button. If you watch this review (especially if you watch ALL of this review), you'll see that the problematic aspects of the game, from the transphobic marketing, to the crunch culture development and absolutely broken final product, are VERY THOROUGHLY examined.
Season Two of Action Button is Currently in Development. Here are the confirmed games that will be produced for Action Button Season Two:
- Boku No Natsuyasumi
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- L.A. Noire
- Final Fantasy IV
- Mother 2/Earthbound
- and TWO MORE ADDITIONAL GAMES that are yet to be revealed!
The style of Action Button is extremely unique amongst the crowded field of YouTube video game reviews and video essays. Tim Rogers has a wealth of game knowledge and critical analysis skill, but paces out his in depth examination of each game with personal anecdotes relating in someway to said game, and entertaining side jokes as much for the amusement of himself as his audience that build throughout the series. These help lend a sense of levity and sincerity to the discussion around the games, in contrast to his usually strong, blunt delivery.
Doom Shot Gun Sound Effect
On top of all that, the production and editing quality of these reviews, which improves further as the series progresses, is extremely impressive, containing several blink and you'll miss it jokes, elaborations, and flourishes. It cannot be understated how hard it must be to make a compelling six hour video about how a pixel art dating simulator released in the 1990s exclusively in Japanese is one of the most important and influential games ever made actually, and not only keep my attention the full time but get me to ACTUALLY AGREE WITH HIM by the end. It's been mentioned throughout his videos, that in addition to being a video game developer himself with Action Button Entertainment (including Ziggurat, Video Ball, and Truck Heck), he has also worked for Sony Interactive Entertainment in the past, as well as Kotaku, famously producing a (for the time's standard's) extensive, spoiler free review of Dragon Quest XI. In short, the man has put in the work, and it SHOWS.
If you were to ask me which reviews I personally felt were the most worth watching, it would likely be the videos for DOOM, PAC-MAN, and Tokimeki Memorial. His early reviews of the Final Fantasy VII Remake and the Last of Us are both great, but I feel he really hit his groove starting with Doom, which contains more personal storytelling and the beginning of several running jokes that build as the series goes on. Cyberpunk 2077 is best saved for the last review to watch, as, in addition to it's unique structure, it feels almost like more of a review of the entirety of Action Button Season One as it is the game in question. Of my recommendations, I would MOST STRONGLY recommend Tokimeki Memorial, which is currently the most popular by YouTube View Count of his current line up at over one million as of this time of writing.
I think I should mention at this point, that despite my sincere fondness for Tim Rogers's works, and for the videos he has produced, I am not actually that invested in most of the games he has reviewed in Action Button Season One. I have not even played the Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us, Tokimeki Memoria (for obvious reasons), or Cyberpunk 2077. I've played DOOM and PAC-MAN, but I mean, who hasn't played DOOM or PAC-MAN? And I can only say I've played those games as much as anyone with a passing interest in video games at large has without becoming a specific devotee of those series. And yet, these videos still regularly show up in my video rotation, these reviews of games that I am, at least divorced of other context, only mildly interested in at most. And yet, there is so much meaning in the analysis provided. For goodness sake, the review of Tokimeki Memorial was the REASON I STARTED STUDYING JAPANESE. In other words... Action Button reviews resonate so much with me because they truly do examine the meaning of video games.
And THAT's the BOTTOM LINE.
Anyway, I feel I've made my point in about as a long of a thread (likely longer) than many of you are willing to read, so I'll leave it here by borrowing Tim's Outro:
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT,
THAT VIDEO GAMES WERE CREATED AWESOME.
THAT I WAS BORN STUPID, HOWEVER I WILL NOT DIE HUNGRY.
VIDEO GAMES FOREVER.
FAMIBOARDS
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