GLITCH Productions - From the guys that brought you the Super Mario 64 bloopers

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Gameoverse really didn't need muh trauma to tell it's story, which is "cat girl and mascots world hopping videogames". This episode would've played exactly the same if we didn't have the cat girl relapsing every time she sees a hero or town. It's not saying anything about trauma, people or society.

It's not even trying to be #DEEP and deconstruct old videogames either. A current year pretentious cartoon would humanize both the heroes and the villains and this show doesn't, it uses trauma arbitrarily as an emotional attachment and forced stupidity crutch. You can't subvert the retro videogame hero archetype only to play the retro videogame villain completely straight. Maybe this changes later but i don't feel like Ross wanted to subvert anything, he is too oldschool.

So why so much trauma? Did Glitch point a gun at Ross and say: "Mr Donovan, you NEED to traumatize the cat girl or else the grown adults will think animation is for kids and refuse to buy her labubu plushies! This is the future of indie animation!"
 
LucasSomething said:
Gameoverse really didn't need muh trauma to tell it's story, which is "cat girl and mascots world hopping videogames". This episode would've played exactly the same if we didn't have the cat girl relapsing every time she sees a hero or town. It's not saying anything about trauma, people or society.

It's not even trying to be #DEEP and deconstruct old videogames either. A current year pretentious cartoon would humanize both the heroes and the villains and this show doesn't, it uses trauma arbitrarily as an emotional attachment and forced stupidity crutch. You can't subvert the retro videogame hero archetype only to play the retro videogame villain completely straight. Maybe this changes later but i don't feel like Ross wanted to subvert anything, he is too oldschool.

So why so much trauma? Did Glitch point a gun at Ross and say: "Mr Donovan, you NEED to traumatize the cat girl or else the grown adults will think animation is for kids and refuse to buy her labubu plushies! This is the future of indie animation!"
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The kitten needs to be traumatized or else the preteens will think this show is meant for them and think its lame. They need to think its really mature and deep to think its cool. They need to sell them the merch before the animes get them!
 
Puck Clown said:
Alright, haven't watched it myself, but it's here
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1jNk5tmjhpc
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It's a little better than a lot of the G.P catalogue since to me it doesn't do a lot of the annoying tropes other shows from this crew does. I'm not gonna call myself a fan but I didn't hate what I watched it was fairly entertaining.
Puck Clown said:
We're still in pilot territory so I'll reserve judgment for the greater plot threads. Characters are fine enough, though banter feels a bit too "Yell-y" to me.
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Agreed and sadly this is something that is a thing in a lot of Glitch Prod work which is why I tend to avoid a lot of it.
 
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