Waypoint
December 4, 2016 11:17 PM   Subscribe

Waypoint is vice.com's rebranded gaming segment comprising a veritable supergroup of game critics led by EIC Austin Walker (Streamfriends, Friends at the Table & Giant Bomb), and featuring Patrick Klepek (1up, Giant Bomb, Kotaku) and Danielle Riendeau (Idle Thumbs/Weekend, Polygon). They inaugurated their launch on Halloween weekend with a stream of 72 games in 72 hours. posted by juv3nal (13 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
 
Looks interesting. I read the prison D&D feature. That would have sounded pretty good to teenage me (before I learnt about the hellhole that is the US penal system).
posted by Harald74 at 1:47 AM on December 5, 2016


(And Waypoint slips through the cracks in the corporate web filter. Yay!)
posted by Harald74 at 1:48 AM on December 5, 2016


There's something really funny about Vice hiring three of the most wholesome games writers out there. Having missed Danielle's voice on Idle Thumbs and Austin's on the Beastcast this is a supergroup as far as I'm concerned. Waypoint Radio is a great way to start the week.

I watched the 72-hour stream in dribs and drabs but I'll recommend the segment with Just Blaze(!) playing Shinobi(!).
posted by selfnoise at 4:29 AM on December 5, 2016 [2 favorites]


I watched the 72-hour stream in dribs and drabs but I'll recommend the segment with Just Blaze(!) playing Shinobi(!).

His gaming cred is LEGIT. That game is how old? and right off the bat he's all "this is how you do the code for infinite ninja stars."
posted by juv3nal at 5:44 AM on December 5, 2016


Thanks for this. I am always looking for good pieces of game criticism and am super excited to check it out.
posted by blahblahblah at 6:20 AM on December 5, 2016


I love Waypoint, and I'll follow Austin where ever he decides to go.
posted by clockbound at 7:13 AM on December 5, 2016


Didn't expect to see this here. Always weird when my interests dovetail.

Likewise think Austin is an incredible fella, have watched almost all of that 72 hr stream, and will follow anything he does for years to come. Dude puts in work.
posted by Soultron at 7:20 AM on December 5, 2016


The thing I like about Austin is that he is both extremely enthusiastic in a refreshing way, and also very thoughtful and critical.

He seems like the rare person who is obsessed with games, but in a healthy, non-toxic way. Also, his laugh is amazing.

/fanboy

It's kind of says it all that Klepak (who I also like) is the snarkiest person on that podcast.
posted by selfnoise at 7:37 AM on December 5, 2016 [1 favorite]


(he would probably be the least snarky person on any other gaming podcast)
posted by selfnoise at 7:38 AM on December 5, 2016


Really goo d stuff here, thank you. Very much enjoyed the piece on D&D in prison, as it helps me frame some of what I'm thinking about as I start playing D&D with my boys, one of whom has learning issues & anxiety problems, and why I feel that some tabletop role-playing experience will be good for him.
posted by nubs at 11:33 AM on December 5, 2016


Austin is pretty much the best.
posted by juv3nal at 2:51 PM on December 5, 2016


"this is how you do the code for infinite ninja stars."

That code is a marvel of simplicity. I could remember it the first time I played the game somewhere in the 90s, months after reading it in a mag, some 10 years later after purchasing the cartridge (Mega Games 2, unfortunately), and still remember it.
posted by lmfsilva at 6:31 AM on December 6, 2016


Austin did a reddit IAmA today
posted by juv3nal at 8:07 PM on December 8, 2016


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