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- čas přidán 21. 09. 2021
- Is Intellivision Amico a "giant car crash"? We discuss an article stating such and new job listings that provide a hint of where the troubled console project is at.
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Read the article giving an overview of the Intellivision Amico here: kotaku.com/the-new-gaming-console-thats-become-a-giant-car-crash-1847699027
Noone is going to do the jobs in approval bc its too late; the clown is out of the car, he sucks and that is a bad name to have on anyones' resume.
@@JohnnyMatherson aa!
This project's like that Austin Powers scene with the steamroller: Slow, avoidable and kind of funny.
They just need Fred to come help them out.
That’s not In my bag baby
and also involves a celebrity who treats people like garbage (allegedly)
I used to chat with Tommy all the time on Facebook and it was always positive, I owned a 1981 Ferrari 308 gtb at the time and we would talk about our cars, but the one time last year when I asked him about if the Amico is still on a path to be released by the 2020 holiday season he instantly went from a calm cool gentleman to a rude and touchy person with a jumpy attitude. After I asked him about the Amico he’s never once answered a comment from me again on Facebook.
Seriously, when Tommy acquired the rights to Intellivision, all he needed to do was cash in on the mini console craze and release an Intellivision Mini - a little replica Intellivision with as many of the games on there that he could get the license to. Something along the lines of the Intellivision Flashback that was released a number of years ago, except better quality with HD capability. That honestly should not have been too expensive or difficult. Nobody asked for this new "family friendly" console, and nobody's going to want it after all this.
I think they should have released an FPGA version of the original Intellivision (like the colectorvision) and manufactured new cartridges too. They could have done rereleases of the best games and also contracted some old Intellivision programmers to make some new titles.
those ideas are far too intelligent and reasoned for tommy ! 😭
@@segastardust8836 Nah that Idea is too far advanced for Tommy's small brain to process.
@@MrCreepyKitty I was thinking in terms of what I would do if I were tasked with making the Intellivision brand as profitable as possible. This is a job Tommy volunteered for with his own wallet, that was stupid.
Say what you will about Intellivision Productions and how they kept selling the same thing over and over. Keith Robinson kept the brand alive and the games accessible.
@@segastardust8836 are any original intellivision devs still able
To program ?
Pat,
If/when whatever item is released as the "Intellivision Amico", I am going to buy one, send it to WATA, get it graded, and give it to you for a good laugh all around at how crazy collecting retro video games has become.
This is probably one of the greatest youtube comments I have ever read lol.
@Dan Smith Hilarious when you think that they didn't have their ducks in order enough to make sure the name was nailed down.
Bro. You joke, but that sounds like the best idea ever. Get an Amico at the fucking Walgreens or wherever it ends up, get it graded, then sell it off at Heritage for a few grand. PS5 here I come!
@Dan Smith Naw, those were put out in much greater numbers. This stupid shit isn't seeing more than one production run, mark my words.
Tommy Tallarico is probably one of the worst spokesman you could have for anything, much less a console that plays glorified mobile games.
Basically, it's a failed project propped up by some losers on Atari Age who are blinded by nostalgia and are excited that Tommy Tallarico takes the time to talk to them. Not hard to see how this ends.
It's not blinded by Nostalga, that ship sailed. But yeah, the parasocial relationship is a huge factor; to the point where even the AtariAge staff appeared to have taken an under the table bribe.
(I feel anyone else behaving like Tommy without his status would be kicked out or laughed out by this point.)
@@XanthinZarda, yeah Tommy gets a free pass to troll and antagonize people but for some reason he's untouchable?
it should be noted that several of Tommy's inner circle of shill CZcamsrs have flipped out on people in the comments sections of channels that have made recent videos critical of Amico. These are horrible people to have shilling your 'family toy' console.
Yup, that just happened to me on another channel. I criticized Tommy and they called me a communist. No joke.🤣
@@alexc836 That's just one of the many tactics they use. I've seen them do simple things like censor basic questions all the way up to threatening people, false striking channels and attempting to dox critics. You'll get shadownbanned on OEB Pete's channel if you are even slightly critical. Tommy has these CZcamsrs working live events for Amico too, they represent the company.
@@poboxchristmas380 Yeah Pat & Ian are right on the nose here, these small CZcamsrs are getting used and they don't even realize it.
@@alexc836 they simply can't resist the temptation. They still feel there's a chance that they might gain some clout off of this thing. They've been lying all along, they knew the system and games weren't complete. Fundable reveals the fact that they've been lying. The chip shortage was no issue at all considering that the system and games were never even finished.
It's still not finished and now there is no launch date at all.
I am dev in the game business for over 20 years. I didnt deal directly with Tommy, but years ago (mid-90s) I did run into him a few times as he came by the studio. I never saw him being rude to anyone, although we were a client so he had to be pro. Anyhow, whenever he did visit it was always interesting to watch, as he was always a "one man show" sort of experience. He was always on this never-ending quest to be entertaining, and I remember clearly having conversations with others laughing about about why he felt the need to do all this when he was just the sound guy. He didnt do anything offensive or mean, but he seemed to have no self awareness that he was just lame and dorky. He really thought he was big time, and it was funny to watch. For instance, at the time he drove a KIT Car that looked like either a Ferrari or a Lamborgini (not a car guy). But you could tell it was put together sort of .. oddly and just didnt look right. Anyhow, he would always make a point that he drove his fancy car to the studio to see if anyone wanted to go see it... but when we asked about it being a kit car he would squirm and quickly change the subject. Also, he would often wear 2 watches... waiting for someone to ask him about it. And if you were one of the lucky ones to ask that question, he would all of a sudden flash into a pose and say "Because I've got too much time on my hands". Once again, now this is no big deal, but back then he was just a sound guy. Anyhow, poor guy has always had a burning desire to be known and loved. I feel sad that it seems to be going bad for him with this Amico thing, but hearing stories about him treating others like crap is unfortunate. He always saw himself as a Rockstar, regardless of what the world thought of him and I guess a part of me admires that.
All that aside, I wish him no ill will.. but its hard to be on his side when I see his actions regarding the Amico. Tommy, if you are out there listening.. just be quiet. Quit talking, and let everything calm down. Work on making the Amico great, but for the love of all thats holy.. Stop talking. And I wish you luck!
@tara harvey I'm sure.
This is the first video in this saga that made me sad rather than bemused. I love Video Games Live with all my heart and was desperately hoping that he was just a comically god-awful businessman and that the Amico would bomb but VGL would be left safe on the side, so it's really a bummer to hear he's a douchebag even in that sphere as well.
Amico should make a deal with WATA to grade their systems.😂🤣 They will at least get some sales with "collectors".
If Tommy hates people so much WTF would he he ever consider going into any form of the entertainment industry? Clearly he sounds like he'd be a better commercial fisherman or porto-potty cleaner.
Very good point.
Most people aren’t getting into entertainment to entertain people. Lots of people it’s more about their own ego and whatever
The salaries are garbage, the whole operation is a joke and that's a great example of how everything they do is as cheap as possible. Garbage company with an even worse CEO.
I guess when you’ve paid 60 or so people six figures for three years with no product in sight yet, money starts getting tight for the essential positions.
@@devilmingy I think the claimed salaries and employee count was a lie but they (the excessive number of executives) have certainly been paying themselves more than necessary, especially since they aren't capable of completing the console a year+ after it was supposed to launch. Seems like the majority of the execs have done nothing but look foolish.
"If I wasn't your friend, it's not over the Intellivision Amico" 🤣🤣 this dynamic between Pat & Ian will always make me laugh
Wow, you quoted my story! (the name is a musical instrument reference, not fish :p). Happy to expand on the story if anyone wants.
I want...spill the tea.
I agree Tommy was being a jerk and I do understand the context around his height because he said he wouldn’t be able to see. Still, this is borderline shortshaming, and it sucks that it’s culturally acceptable. Earlier in this video, Tommy is called out for making fun of people’s looks, and now his height is being made fun of. I still appreciate the story and totally agree the amico is going to fail.
If the stories are true for his scum behavior shortshaming should be his least problem.
There are so so many things to criticize or make fun of Tommy for. A physical trait he has no control whatsoever of should not be one of them. Pat and Ian rightfully condemned Tommy’s making fun of people’s looks. I wish thebassbeast would have told the story without insults like “incredibly short” or “small man”. Would not have been acceptable if he was making fun of other physical traits like skin color or weight.
@@BraddSky But him being incredibly rude to me because of my height is perfectly acceptable, huh? Wow, you really thought that comment through, didn't ya?
Even if Tommy wasn’t involved, I’d still be baffled by this entire project.. The market for a system like this is so comically small, it was barely competing with smartphone party games. Especially considering that both Nintendo and Sony already released similar systems at a third of the price with good-to-mixed results.
Along with that, people who are super into retro gaming, either have the originals or use emulators.. is Earthworm Jim really that good?
It’s for the people that buy it, because it’s there.
This project is only happening because Tommy wants to say he put out a system.
This was already tried. The people behind the OUYA believed that there was a market for indie/mobile games on TV, but not only did people not buy in, but those games started appearing on the consoles.
As much shit as people gave the OUYA, at least there was real vision there. Having a vision that turns out wrong is still noble. Tommy's not looking to make anything but money.
Not only that but the hardware specs of the machine are abysmal. You can buy cheap $150 android phones that are more powerful than his console so making anything substantial is going to be impossible. If the Intellivision is going to be something, it might be an expensive toddlers toy that's going to get busted by it's player base in months.
I thought it was a new earthworm Jim game yet to be seen. The art of the genesis or snes was legendary.
But I wouldn’t touch that console with a ten foot pole. I don’t want to catch anything. Its gonna be dead on arrival if they ever release anything. They probably make more money refunding investors. Call it a day.
@@LelandReview this is also why pc gaming is growing more and more. Ive gotten off the hype train. Just sticking with reality.
Ouch!!! A lot of arrogance and hate for one person. To call someone "autistic" for being different is a big no-no. I'm autistic, so yeah, definitely lost any respect for him I could've had.
Same here. My condition isn't a goddamn insult.
As someone with Asperger's syndrome, I feel like his statement is akin to calling someone who is developmentally disabled a "retard".
To imagine that guy is SO amazingly out of touch, and he obviously has NO FILTER on his mouth.... He shouldn't work at a 7-11, let alone be head of a company TRYING TO SELL CONSOLES TO MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
Mr. T has the thinnest skin I have ever heard of, for someone who is (marginally) in the public eye.
He clearly is a narcissist, if not an outright sociopath.
No, I'm not making fun of him for having mental illness. Being a sociopath is not a mental illness. It's a complete and total inability to consider anyone else's feelings, or to act in a way that would benefit anyone else except themselves.
Sociopathic behavior is not a mental illness, it is a behavioral disorder that the sociopath PREFERS to adopt, because they feel that they are the only person in any situation that matters.
If Mr. T had a mental illness, then there would be a chance that medicine or therapy could help him.
But medicine can't fix a lack of empathy, and he is never going to go to therapy. Because in HIS mind, there is nothing wrong with him.
He is his own worst enemy, and is alienating his own (desired) audience. I'm not sure if in reality he has many fans, aside from people he is trying to use.
Pat & Ian's videos have been the most effective deep dives into the Amico. Not only has the podcast been fair to the console's actual merits (however small they are) as well as noting there is a hypothetical audience for it, they've also really illustrated how much worse the PR for the whole enterprise has gotten over time.
Seriously, the entire Amico playlist is like a catalog of Tommy's gradual descent into more dubious and desperate moves the longer the system has failed to come out.
Tiny Trumparico: ANGRY lil' scammer!
I look forward to when he tries to run for President.
Bruh, I didn't even watch the video yet, but based on the thumbnail lolz I gave it a 'like' 🤣😂
Credit to Kotaku and the article author!
A red flag from Amico supporters is when they try to “sell” Tommy as much as the console. Especially with what was said about the Boomers Irvine event. If Amico comes out and people buy it, they’re not going to be hanging out with Tommy. This is supposed to advertise the gaming content that Amico provides but some fanboys make it a lot about one person’s legacy. It’s about as bad as the Elon Musk fanboys.
Somewhere in the Intellivision HQ, someone is writing down a lot of notes, I bet. And after this thing will have blown up, I'd not be surprised if either a detailed diary appears or a book appears about what happened behind the curtains. There is an insider story to be told there, and eventually, it will be. I keep my fingers crossed.
A postmortem about the development of the Amico would really be great to read.
I wonder if anyone even signed a NDA and it's all been running on a gentleman's agreement?
At the very least Tommy is probably adding more names to his “Enemy List”
Tommy always finds a way to redefine rock bottom. I feel this is the only console I actively want to see fail due to Tommy’s absolutely abhorrent behavior.
Sounds like Tommy Tallarico needs some therapy to deal with his open aggressions against people.
This guy is the kind that would cut off his nose to spite his face! Lol
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This is worse of a Trainwreck than the coleco cocomelon
This is all making Victor Lucas sound like a guy with a lot of patience and tolerance
You can kinda tell on a few Judgment Day reviews that Victor has a lot of patience when it came to Tommy’s shit. Especially when Tommy unfairly pans games that are good all because Tommy sucked at them (Guilty Gear was a notable example)
Kudos for both covering this article and for leaving out the political bits.
It was the political bits that drove in the last nail for me, but I can totally understand not wanting to alienate what I am sure is a significant portion of your viewers.
I really wanted to love this product. My dad was a consumer electronics fanatic. We always had the latest and greatest growing up. The day he brought home an Intellivision was the day the Atari 2600 went into my room, solidifying a life long love for both.
I used to get angry at your Amico coverage. I was blind.
Everything you've ever said about the console and its spokesman was absolutely spot on.
Half the reason I wanted an Amico was because I thought it would entice my wife to play more games with me. She's not a gamer at all.
Loves Frogger, though. I own 6 versions of Frogger. 😆
Got her into the Wii recently thanks to Mario Kart and the Zumba games. She teaches Zumba, so...
I think I'll stick with that.
Putting all my chips on the Evercade VS now. Blaze Entertainment knows what I like.
Subscriber for life.
Tommy going after undertale is a bad move lol. That fan base will track him down and remove his toe nails for the hell of it 😂
This is never coming out
The E3 presentation was so embarrassing.
He used to talk shit about other game developers on reviews on the run in that electric playground show.
He should be able to cop bad press too.
Right now it’s quite poorly executed. He also totally missed the Covid window. Families stuck him in lockdown would have lapped this up.
Also if priced at $150 and then having a killer version of earthworm Jim, they might have been a switch where people would buy the system just for the one game.
The messaging is just bad.
So basically they have some hardware put together enough to do live demos, but they still need to do bug testing in order to get that into a consumer ready product AND they need to put together an online store AND they maybe running out of money since they are pushing for more crowd funding AND they are understaffed since they have key positions to fill......good luck with that Tommy.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand they still don't have the FCC filing that shows the product is near final.
They should change the name of the console to Egovision Tommico.
Be careful, guys. You don't want to piss off the composer of Terminator for the Sega CD.
Oh? Did he compose the music for Terminator on Sega CD?
Fuck that, he composed for Advent Rising. He’s got CLOUT
And don't forget "Extreme Sports with the Berenstein Bears"
but seriously, what kinda of business model is it where the guy in charge just rails on social media? There's public relations, but WTF is Tommy doing?
As a software engineer, if they are working within the SCRUM methodology, QA should be done as the system or software is developed. Very few companies use Waterfall methodology nowadays. Just my 2 cents.
Exactly
lol tommy's methodology is `make-it-up-on-de-fly`
I don't think there _is_ a methodolgy, given his responses on AtariAge, unless, "Wouldn't that be nice" is a software development method I've never heard of.
(I also beloathe SCRUM from the way it reads, as it's a bunch of marketing bull that obfuscates a potentially good idea; I prefer the Toyota Production System, Kanban, or IBM's Rational Unified Process. Even if they are functionally the same process.)
That article could not have come at a worst time. Tommy won't have the same success on Fundable like he did on Republic.
perfect timing ! 😭
Oh man, I thought Tommy had crashed his car. Oh well, maybe next time...
4 dislikes already.
Tommy and his sock accounts.
Tommy, baby oil, and his socks.
This is almost at the level of you guys saying "please don't give your money to the Spanish lottery or those Nigerian princesses.". The patience you guys have is insane lol
Those salaries are dogshit for the job and region
Pat you hit the nail on the head. All these CZcamsrs are fleeing like cockroaches now that the amico is a total failure. Just look at Cyrus who deleted his channel and Saggy who is thinking about doing it. Also Retro Bro, OEB Pete, and Turbo Joe completely stopped talking about it and have not mentioned it whatsoever. They probably realized they were taken for a ride. Feel bad for them really. They threw away the little integrity they had.
Do you think SmashJT will get his $10000 back?
They all got used and thrown in the Trash by Tommy
Nah. He'll be forced to go shirtless and get bitch slapped by his wife.
The Amico influencers are very odd bunch, but I don't fault them because they were manipulated by Tommy. I got into it with Saggy once I was trying to be nice and rational with her. Was all good in the end, but I've seen her get into it with others as well. She can be very rude, and hypocritical, but I doubt she realizes it. Then again I'm sure she was manipulated as well.
@@TheVoidofNothing11 She seems to be VERY driven to defend Tommy to the point that it becomes ridiculous. Definitely into Tommy and it's in the cult of personality/'please notice me' type of way.
@@g10118 she`s admitted she has a crush on tommy plus is a clout chaser
Can someone find the video of Tommy talking trash on the Nintendo Wii at E3 2005 or 2006? It might have been on G4 or IGN or Gamespot. He said that the Wii was crappy and wouldn't have good games.
Ignoring the shit-show that Tommy is creating, and ignoring the developing requirements of all their games needing to be easy to play and for all ages, the mechanical and technical limitations of both the console and controllers would make creating a game, that is anything more advance than a simple card game like Go Fish sound like a nightmare.
Tommy: Do you know who I am?!
Person: Three angry lawn gnomes stacked on top of each other.
Tommy: I WANT A MANAGER!
the situation is a lot like that episode of the Office where Steve Carell injures himself by accidentally sticking his foot in a George Foreman grill.. many parallels
You lost Ian as a friend because of the big big news soundboard, not the Amico.
A podcast with two gaming experts that talk about gaming may want to talk about a gaming device and express their opinion on it.
The scandal.
1 gaming expert and 1 gaming “know it all”
This is never mentioned, but I would really like somebody to dig into the "composer" Tommy Tallarico. Albeit it saying "video game music composer" in his Wikipedia article, the guy has basically no training (which is common for the very early 90s, but very uncommon from around the late 90s onwards when video game music became more and more professional), and basically 90% of the list of his ""Video game soundtracks"" state him as having only converted some previous soundtrack, sharing the work with some actually accomplished video game composer, the soundtrack in the game being credited to somebody completely else for whatever reason, or only having worked on the sound effects, or just being given "Special Thanks". If you ignore all those titles, the only well-known games he worked on were maybe Earthworm Jim and MDK, and even there I have my doubts.
Honestly I would love there to be some evidence somewhere that he didn't actually compose the music for games like Earthworm Jim and Terminator on Sega CD. It's the only reason I give this scumbag even the slightest shred of respect.
@Lassi Kinnunen 81 I'd argue that there are games like Pictionary on the NES, which are _only_ remembered for their music.
TT's games? Yeah, I don't exactly know people who rave on "smacking a keyboard in a junkyard" of Earthworm Jim.
@@atrocity3010 Tommy didn't actually compose for EWJ 1, he only did the arrangements for Special Edition.
leo ds did a deep dive of sorts, he tried to find TOP Composers lists and not even top 100 lists had tommy on them
Ian really is not Pats friend anymore. The reason is that Pat destroyed Ian at Dusty Diamond All Star Softball.
Pat you should of showed Ian a little mercy in that game.
I want to play Pat at Dusty Diamond and avenge Ians embarrassing loss.
A couple years ago I ran into Tommy at a Starbucks. When I recognized him I asked for an autograph he rudely replied no
I heard some not so good stories about Tommy during his G4 days. Those coupled with these makes him sad as hell to me. He's the same man today that he was 15+ years ago.
For some reason I greatly remember him trashing Kirby games on G4TV and that made some fans online really upset
@@ccricers The stories I heard revolved around the G4 forum on the official website
He gave Smash Bros Melee a 2. Paper Mario was given a 4.
The man was full of garbage; generalizing entire genres because he wanted to smear them.
The guy gave games like CVS 2 and Guilty Gear fucking trash reviews because they “lacked skill”. Has the fucking guy ever SEEN high level play of those games?! The guy also gave DMC 2 a 9.0, a game that almost everyone regarded as a disappointing mess.
“Bias”?
What would you guys possibly have to gain by trashing it? It’s not like you have a competing system or something. MAYBE you have a bias against these attempts to cash in on nostalgic video game brands, but I think your reasoning is both well-documented and perfectly understandable, and it’s not like much of what has happened with this one wouldn’t raise red flags in a vacuum.
Nothing is done, the amico is a cluster f but no one can say anything after signing a NDA.
My friend and I did the cosplay thing at VGL a few years ago in Edmonton (we were the movie version of the Mario Bros.), and talk about a shit show. The only good part was that the crowd made sure to vote for the little kid dressed as Yoshi (we came in 3rd).
I was just watching the extended interview with Lorne Lanning and he mentions Tommy’s name 😂
I saw Tommy Tallarico at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Car crash, Train wreck...Tomato, Tallarico...
I'd rather work for Randy Pitchford than Tommy Tallarico.
It’s obvious he is making up for his “lack of size”
I can't wait for Pat to announce the 4K Blu-Ray set of all this, complete with blooper reels, behind the scenes confessionals and the inevitable "Tommy Tallarico denied our request for an interview" pop-up text near the end.
They are defiling the good name of Intellivision, my favorite system of that generation at the time!
When I saw the article I knew it was really reaching a head. Crazy times!
ive commented this a few times over the months but i still dont get how the amico is in anyway desirable. the games are absolute 2006 era mobile phone game garbage, the hardware is 6 year old e-waste worth 50 bucks, the controllers dont work and by the looks of it youre not even gonna be able to buy one even if youre delusional enough to even want one
Coleco, intellivision history are being ruined by these scammy kickstarters
we need a tommy voicemail supercut
I was making a little over $60k a year as a QA analyst over 10 years ago. And that was in an era of doing fairly manual test cases and such. They're never going to find someone who can do full on automated testing and all that for that little. A mid to higher level phone tech support person could pull $40k easy, much less QA
That DJC guy is streaming an 'Amico Show' tonight. You have to wonder what the fuck is going to be on that. Photos of the console and the same 2 and 3 year old video clips of gameplay?
he`s being paid by tommy ..
@@opaque1797 The question remains though.....
@@SpeccyHorace lol what question remains ?
@@opaque1797 What is he going to be able to show. Jesus, never mind don't worry about it.
@@SpeccyHorace lol I thought that was a rhetorical question ..
My favorite dig at Tommy Tallarico.. [longtime game media company] has a video series on youtube that explores old games. During the bonus segment, [video editor] took a shot at Video Games Live. He basically said, "it's great if you like hearing Tommy riff his electric guitar all over beautiful orchestral soundtracks." Then gave examples of iconic game themes.... "wItH ToMmY TaLlArIcO oN gUiTaR!"
Full stack dev starts at like $150K
The mods on Atari Age are really embarrassing themselves. They let Tommy's supporters trash the Kotaku article by saying "It's a hit piece" and "It's fake news" (without ever saying what's "fake" about it) and then one of Tommy's acolytes threw in some reverse racism grenades saying that Tommy was the "real" victim of sexism and racism and was being persecuted for being a white man. After throwing that grenade, the mods then pretended "well since we can't have a non-political discussion I'll have to lock the thread". The mod didn't delete the intentionally inflammatory comments from the Tommy white knights and let them stand. Then someone tried to open a "non-politics" version of the thread and the same bad faith actors did the same schtick again. Instead of following their own rules and deleting the posts (or banning the posters like the mods claim is their policy for repeatedly violating the rules- like they do with any Tommy critic), the mods locked the thread and again let the Tommy white knights' posts stand. I wonder if Albert even reads Atari Age anymore or he just believes what the Tommy-modders tell him. Does Albert wonder why user donations are drying up and why people (like myself) who used to regularly buy AtariAge homebrews to help support the site stopped buying? I'm sure the mods who live in Tommy's pocket just tell him "It's got to be the pandemic" since that's their idol's stock excuse.
So, as a thought experiment only, if a bunch of people were to "politics, politics, politics" in the Fun Amico Discussions thread it would get locked?
@@pxlsicle No, they would just delete those posts and ban the people immediately (and they have done exactly that based on all the "Banned on AtariAge" tags on Reddit). The "Fun Amico Discussions" (formerly "Q&A with Tommy" formerly "Tommy will answer your Amico Questions") thread is supposed to be "only positive stuff". But what they REALLY mean is "only positive statements about Tommy and Amico". Trashing, doxing, threatening, mocking as well as making sexist, racist, bigoted comments are okay as long as the targets are members of Tommy's "Haters" folder (a literal thing TT has on his computer desktop).
I contacted AtariAge recently and asked them quite nicely to close the Amico Subforum, explaining at length what damage it'll do to their reputation the longer they keep the tumor there.
Atari Age buried this both times someone brought it up. I hope this debacle takes that whole site down with it.
The same people who wanted the article dismissed were able to get the threads locked without any repercussions by repeatedly having a fit about the article being 'too political'.
The AtariAge mods are clearly compromised.
@@g10118 they`re being paid by tommy , that`s why 😉
@@opaque1797 Are they getting paid in blow, or by blow?
They should have made an Intellivision HD game collection and release it on multiple platforms. The hardware they are trying to create is useless anyway.
Say, there's this thing called the Evercade...
Here are the four open job listings if you'd like to apply: www.indeed.com/cmp/Intellivision-Entertainment/jobs?
No listings now, five months later. I wonder, since they have so much unfinished on the console according to their crowdfund documents - maybe they switched agencies. If they have everyone they need, or if they killed the console project, they would have no positions to list.
I feel so bad for the guy who cleaned and detailed his car just for Tommy to be a dick. I hope that guy knows he was just dealing with a trash human, and that his efforts aren’t pointless
The intellivision amico the greatest shitshow since the retro gaming console
You mean the Retro VGS/Coleco Chameleon?
@@Crlarl We might still find out that Amico shell just contains a burner phone from 2016. It's odd they still haven't received FCC certification for their final hardware- or any hardware. Makes you wonder what's really in those few shells he's been showing. You know, the ones he won't send to reviewers and has to personally hover around whenever the "public" gets to play them. Just like a certain Mike Kennedy...
They should of just made some games as a developer. Makes no sense to release a new console at this time.
is this the same tommy tallarico who made some genesis soundtracks?
Yes
So Tommy is a bigger jerk than Mike Kennedy?
Mike Kennedy is a goddamn saint next to Tommy.
I did an undertale tattoo so its valid.. And Tommy sounds like a bad person.
Oh yes! Need my weekly dose of Tallarico!
To be honest, as a huge fan of the original Intellivision, I was excited about this system. The thought of playing remakes of the original games the way they were meant to be played sounded awesome! However, At this point I can no longer disagree with what you guys have been saying all along.
All 5 of my Intellivision units are unplayable due to the controllers being shot.
It’s unfortunate that finding a controller that has the correct functionality to play the original games on an emulator has been near impossible.
I think you mean foot bath crash.
One good thing...it's giving you guys plenty of content🤷♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
It was weird seeing the amount of comments on the article from people still defending the Amico and Tommy
I remember around 2002, I watched an interview with Tallarico on a PlayStation demo disk where he showed off different items in his house . . . rubbed me the wrong way then; with everything we continue to learn now, seems like not much has changed . . .
You remember what the disc was called? I feel like hunting down the ISO and taking a look...
Did he have the massive Spider-Man collection, then? It was really distracting in his promo video.
I heard the AAA game for the system is snake.
"Ya know, with Tommy... the more I hear about that guy, the more I don't care for him."
Rip Norm
This thing is never coming out 🤣
Granted all those stories should be taken allegedly, it still isn't a good look considering the people he follows and that his past behavior we DO know is similar
I think TT is approaching the level of being Libel Proofed.
(Which is an Anti-Achievement, you lose 10,000 gamerscore.)
I keep seeing similarities between Tommy and DSP. Yikes! Narcissism is one hell of a character trait/flaw.
And Andrew Allison, creator of Yiikes.
the amico as a rocketship metaphor is basically the ending of koyaanisqatsi
You know if this thing ever comes out, I'd like one just for it's history. Not that I'd BUY it outright ... >.>
Having Tommy as the public face and head of something like this seems like one of those things (like voting a psychopath into office) that you just don't do. Just don't do it. It's like the idea of jumping feet first into a car/electronics shredder or putting your head on a table saw top while it's running as a goof. No. ... No. Just don't. It's what the kids say these days: A bad idea.
Lol, I don't give a wet fart about this stupid game console, but I love watching this shit show unfold.
IT NEVER ENDS!
You should apply for the jobs with names like "deez nuts" and what not. LOL
Fascinating to watch this saga unfold alongside everyone