Top Ten 2022 Fails

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[donnamitsuki]

You know what upsets me the most on the whole controversy with Hellena Taylor? You know what makes me ANGRY about it? The way she treated her fellow voice actors like a fucking joke. The way she treated the movement to give voice actors more respect like an absolute joke. I believed her, I did and it turns out she fucking cried wolf.

Voice actors deserve respect. They deserve better payment, they deserve to be hired for their job instead of being replaced by every celebrity under the sun (*looks at the Mario movie*), they deserve proper credits. And the credibility of that fair fight thrown into the fucking trash all because ONE woman decided to get greedy (on top of using her money for horrible causes!). It just makes me so fucking upset, I hate it

[christianruffin]

The fact that someone killed themselves because of sexual harassment is just heartbreaking. And the fact that NO ONE had the guts or heart to stop this is straight up abysmal. There are no words to discuss how evil people can be.

[shadowlinkbds]

Please never stop using musical intros for your yearly list fails Josh. They're always well done and fantastic.

[penguinman]

An add on to #3: Voice actors definitely do deserve better, but I feel like this year was especially bad for them. In addition to the whole Helena Taylor debacle, we had the passings of Billy Kametz and Kevin Conroy this year. Though even then Crunchyroll dedicated a whole section to the app to Billy when he passed, and there was the Suicide Squad trailer at the Game Awards that was dedicated to Kevin, and shortly after Geoff announced that he would be back one final time for Suicide Squad, since he finished recording before his passing.

[Yoshixandir]

The hellena Taylor controversy ruined a lot of the credibility of voice actors. Their movement all that progress destroyed. It didn’t help that people simply believed her without any proof including voice actors

[thaddeuspine]

The thing that tipped me off that Hellena Taylor was lying was when I looked up who both she and Jennifer Hale were and I found that Hale is a more renowned VA than Taylor, and ergo would logically cost more. So if the issue was about money like Taylor suggested, why would Platinum Games go for someone who would be more expensive? I recognize in retrospect that logic probably isn't completely sound, but still, that's just how I figured it out.

[seroujghazarian]

You KNOW you've stooped to a new low when EA is on #4 and Nintendo, which was at the very bottom of the previous two lists, was a honorable mention, Activision.

[jabarithegoldenlucario]

The Scarlet and Violet mini rants hit the nail on the head perfectly.

The game was SO DAMN CLOSE to being amazing. But they just HAD to hit that November deadline. The game is great. Easily one of the best games of the series. But the performance and glitches hold it back from being THE best. It really should’ve gotten an extra month or two in a oven.

[eiteyoshi]

Even after the drama with Bayonetta 3 I'm convinced that Hellena Taylor didn't know what she was doing with this plan of hers. It all starts to look like this was just a case of her being salty she didn't get re-casted for her role and was willing to take everyone down around her to do so.

[giloguy]

it's actually been hilarious watching the fall of NFT's.
The tech bros tried every way possible to spin them as "the future" and tried to insert their way into gaming like a parasite, but as with most of their projects they ended up dying through a mix of people wising up and the system collapsing under itself.
Of course now they've just moved onto their next get rich quick grift aka AI art

[WitherofEarth]

that last one just made me lose so much more faith in humanity

in what world did blizzard think every last one of their actions during 2022 was okay???? they are beyond disgusting and i have ZERO nice words for them

[Windclaw]

I didn't think I'd EVER see the day a company would emerge that would make EA go...
"...Compaired to you... *I'm a saint!* "

[KittyKatty]

The opening is a confession from Josh that he now has a Death Note, and is going to become the next Light Yagamai! Don't be distracted by his musical talent! Don't let his lovely voice fool you! XD

[bubbles-epif]

New Character: What’s the point of going out there? They’ll only laugh at me.

Activision/Blizzard: That’s because you’re a diverse character!

NC: No, it’s because I’m a PROP! You always classify me as the gender, the skin color, the sexuality… THE DISABILITY!!

Activision/Blizzard: You’re a character archetype! IT’S INCLUSIVE! NOW GO!!

NC: …you parasite.

[babyrodent]

If I can add to Number #3, as someone whose older sister is a VA herself (non-union, I should add), I have two examples. First example, whenever my sister is involved in a project and has to sign an NDA, she has to hold and honor the responsibility to not tell me or our mother about any confidential information about a project until after it's released. Second example relating to HH, Edward Bosco (the speaking voice for Alastor for the pilot) has stated on the recent Hunicast stream that he is currently not allowed to talk about info regarding the series unless it relates to the already-released pilot. For both examples, it shows professionalism on top of understanding how the business works.

The fact that Hellena Taylor had to put her credibility at risk and cause irreversible damage shows the lack of professionalism and understanding of how the business worked on her end. And all for what purpose?

[FletcherReedsRandomness]

Okay, that #2 intro was GENIUS. It was so good I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t gotten to it yet, but I wanted to thank you for giving me the biggest laugh I’ve had in weeks.

[starbit]

As time goes on, Kotaku genuinely seems like one of those websites where a good portion of their writers actively doesn’t want to be game journalists, in the sense that they never really wanted to cover games in the first place. Call it a crack theory but the game industry seems to be the resting ground for journalists who want to write for other major mainstream publishers or news outlets, but for some reason or another they couldn’t get a job in said field of journalism (be it a lack of experience, connections, skill, etc.). So ultimately they resort to getting a job in the field of game journalism because it’s effectively the easy way to break into the industry as a whole, regardless of whether or not they actually care about said subject matter.

Again it’s only a theory, but it serves as an explanation for the overabundance of unnecessary opinion pieces and why so many articles seem to stray away from the topic of video games in general.

[Rubberman]

Huh... You know, I kind of grew out of this kind of "ridiculously angry" style of videos, but seeing it directed at people worthy of contempt makes it incredibly cathartic and satisfying.

Edit: PLEASE make that "Big Bill Hell's" NFT parody a standalone video, it's pure gold!

[ejelecflametails]

Even though the bigger L was losing many voice actors of our childhood, including Jason David Frank and Kevin Conroy, the fact that EA (and Nintendo) are smart and not doing NFT's make them look like the devil having redemption, and the holy Nintendo not committing sin

[mgAmaLmAnX]

From literally the very SECOND this video started, when I heard the first few notes of "I've Got A Little List" I was already hooked. As if the Sonic '06 version of A Modern Major General wasn't win enough, this had to go and top it. Kudos Josh