The Walking Dead Is Useless and About Nothing?! - A Conversation with Colin

[@TheReese1308]

I see the fridge handle is still broken

[@kindafunny]

I appreciate you coming by.

[@kindafunny]

You keep coming back, and we'll keep making them.

[@GregMiller]

COLIN, YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART!

[@AnthonyDash]

Surprised someone who sees video games as art and defends it so passionately could shit on comics.

[@jshep23]

A Whaaaaaaaaaaaa? Colin, I can't even look at you right now 

[@weezerxmas]

Variant Dash I noticed one day, that comic books and videogames aren't that close to the same thing, except colors, and virginity and stuff.

[@josetato]

Force him to read The Sandman. He wants deep compelling stuff right?

[@theprince_of_egypt]

change the video speed to 0.5, they sound high, thank me later

[@Howhaveyouben]

.25 makes them shitfaced...

[@josephlechthalerdirr1084]

"Rise of the Governor" is a damn good book, and I'm glad you at least brought it up Greg. Too few people have actually read it. Keep up the good work !

[@kindafunny]

Yes. I don't think we're doing online stuff yet.

[@kindafunny]

I read'em each week. Love'em.

[@kindafunny]

Happy Halloween, everyone. I have to get ready for work. Thanks for watching. Remember, I post a nerdy conversation every day and then spend the first hour the video is live in the comments. I'll see you tomorrow for Gregway!

[@cjudge05]

Hey Greg, Do you sleep? Posting videos at 6am pacific. It does brighten my morning. Thank you.

[@kindafunny]

I don't recall the name.

[@LukeBatt]

Thanks a ton for reading my question, loved the conversation. BTW: it's @LukeB4tt, no 13 :)

[@00Toon]

I love Collin so much. hahaha. This is so classic. I love the last line on the topic. I hope so, because then it won't be pointless. This is so good. Keep it up guys. Topic Suggestion: Are there really no stupid questions? Really?

[@VundalI]

was completely distracted by the broken refrigerator handle

[@kindafunny]

We have not fallen back yet.

[@Deeetime]

Read it Collin! I have trouble flicking the page in walking dead so scared of what person they are going to knock off next!

[@BruceWayneBrady]

I'm guessing it would take an AC 3 style of American Revolutionary War comic to get Colin to read a comic book. How can he not like Captain America or The Iron Patriot? Also, the Geekweek videos with Colin's Comic Book Origins still cracks me up. Any chance we'll see more of those? BEYOND!!!!!

[@kindafunny]

I played five hours the other day. I'm waiting until PS4.

[@gasparnq]

I'm a bit confused about the reasoning behind "comics are boring because you can tell the same story just through words". Does that means the same can be applied to paintings or any other piece of graphic media? Is a painting boring because you can describe it in its entirety with text? Anyway, great episode as always!

[@nualln]

Its an order of operations thing. Do you first look at the panel and then read the text, or do you read the text and then look at the illustration? It's like subtitled movies. You end up staring at tiny text at the bottom of the screen and you miss half of the interesting visuals and expressions on people's faces. I don't have a problem with comic strips, but comic books are like torture to me.

[@RickvanEttenNL]

The conversations with Colin are the best.The are like Mini versions of Beyond. Keep on making them and have a nice day Greg. :)

[@kindafunny]

It all depends on the day. I think this day, we did 15 or so.

[@kindafunny]

Thanks, Bob. BEYOND!

[@kindafunny]

Follow me on Twitter tonight to see.

[@jonathantrottier3481]

the walking dead story about rick and shane and the whole love triangle was the best part , and the fact that he killed shane and then becomes what shane was to survive is awesome and maybe the 3 or 4 episodes centered on the govoner when he was surviven on his own until he went to the prison with the tank , other than that it's lost some steam

[@GabrielDiaz-ll5rc]

Hey Greg! Any chance you can one day use your connections to make a video to give tips to the youngsters on how to get into video game development? Much appreciated! Thanks for being so connected to your fans and BEYOND!

[@ABlindFellow]

I think the most important question is, what happened to the fridge handle?

[@jkeely123]

Two questions - what made you finally buy a Wii U? And second and most pressing - did the clocks not go back in SF? It's usually 14:00 here in Ireland when these go live, and now they're going live at 13:00

[@kindafunny]

Just filled it with hating mustard.

[@kindafunny]

Right?!

[@TheKhan317]

Gregg and Colin, my question is in reference to the film, The Final Cut with Robbin Williams. What do you think if your parents implanted a device into your head that records your every action in life and then used as a memorial at your funeral (granted someone goes through it all and selects pieces of memories for the rest to see)? Thanks and keep up the great vids!

[@foxhound34]

Who is the Hulk that ripped the freezer door handle off its mount?

[@kindafunny]

Yes.

[@kindafunny]

IT MEANS 'HOPE.'

[@kindafunny]

The anger fuels him!

[@MmmDoggy]

Just wanted to say you were outstanding on The Comedy Button, Greg!

[@shaunryan5211]

I couldn't read comics as a kid. I only ever focused on the single frame. As ive gotten older my imagination has "improved". Now when i see a single frame in a comic or a "picture" i am able to see much more than just the one image in front of me. You flesh comics out yourself, if you arent imaginative comics arent for you.

[@RapMusic18]

The thing about The Walking Dead is that your seeing it from Rick's perception, he doesn't know what happened, so we don't know.

[@kindafunny]

Happy Halloween, Dom.

[@kindafunny]

Nada.

[@yipperdeyip]

hahah I feel you Greg! I have friends like Colin who just can't see beyond (BEYOND!) something silly and end up prejudging something that is otherwise completely AWESOME! The worst thing is that I never try to go deep in the subject since they're narrowminded about the subject, so they ALWAYS ''WIN'' the argument ¬.¬

[@Geerardr]

I fucking love when you two have differing opinions. A guaranteed great conversation. On another note is it ever clear why Colin likes Jericho so much, with his "we gotta find out what the fuck happened" mentality. BEYOND!

[@kindafunny]

I haven't.

[@SpaceManKnight]

Woke up early so I could catch the awesome conversation.

[@kindafunny]

Noted.

[@Parmetheus]

Man, Collin loves "The Road" so much and that says fuck all about what happened.

[@joshstenstrom1060]

Does anyone else notice that their left fridge handle is broken. Or did they do it on purpose to make it look cool.

[@IamZACKS]

How do your cupboards and drawers open without handles??

[@Whitephoenix98]

Did you watch the tickley monster conversation?

[@kindafunny]

It isn't!

[@CarlosChism]

I've only played the game and seen the first season of the show, but The Walking Dead is not "useless" or pointless, Colin. It's not about what happened, it's about the characters and their interactions with each other. That's where the real, human, emotional drama comes from.

[@Ledjar]

I read up until the year one stuff, I've been meaning to get to it. The bat-mech was pretty cool in issue 9.

[@FCB713]

You're a champ greg

[@kindafunny]

Thanks, SpaceMan!

[@kindafunny]

Dunno. We'll see.

[@Triple33Threat]

Are you (or IGN) ever planning on having open gaming sessions with fans? (like a KZ lobby that starts when you post on twitter: "going live on KZ, join the lobby or watch on twitch now!")

[@louKYpb]

What's up with the broken refrigerator door handle?

[@SpaceManKnight]

I have to agree with Colin. I'm not really into the Walking Dead. I'd like to see more zombie shows/movies/games where the people try to find out what happened, or at least search for a possible cure. Anything besides the 'we need to survive and that's it' aspect.

[@kindafunny]

Glen.

[@unabridgedbarker]

that's his opinion, you can't argue that someone doesn't/shouldn't find something boring.

[@l3asketCase]

The Walking Dead tv show is so boring. It's like the same thing over and over. They find refuge, zombies come, they run, find refuge, zombies, run, refuge. etc.

[@l3asketCase]

AwesomeBrickSauce Too bad the characters all suck though. None of them are interesting or likable.

[@T3hD4rkKn1ght]

"They're boring 'cause they're pictures on a page." -Colin Moriarty (2013)

[@EpicDebut]

If you don't know what good television is, "maybe your best course of action is to tread lightly."

[@kindafunny]

I don't understand. You mean right now? I'm getting up for this.

[@WarCriminalPhlox]

Reading a book is an experience, you sit in a quiet space, open the book, teleport yourself to that universe, so everything becomes exciting, and I must say that while I like comics (I don't read many, though) but in NO way I find them more exciting than a good book, because there's this whole experience, this whole envolvement while reading a book, and I don't feel that with comics, it's not about images or text, it's hard to explain, only someone who likes reading can understand.

[@sumilidon8291]

Random question, how many of these did you guys film in one day anyways? - sidenote, The Walking Dead comics are excellent - at least so far, read them Colin! It's a great comic series!

[@BaileyCallis]

"Lost sucks!" Pretty blunt Colin, i like the characters :(

[@bobwennah863]

Great video greg as always and Beyond!!

[@jwilde93]

the tickle monster kept him entertained

[@RyoryDemon]

How did the handle on your refrigerator break?

[@kindafunny]

That sounds right.

[@MarciusWhithood]

Also, I WHOLE-HEARTEDLY agree with The Walking Dead. Volume 1 was great and it quickly loses steam after that when there's no overarching motivation or function to the story.

[@kindafunny]

My Facebook inbox is out of control. So I pretty much ignore it. So it just gets worse.

[@TheKhan317]

I tried getting into comics, but had a hard time investing time with them because I may forget to get the new issue and lose interest rather than reading a novel. I really enjoy the art in comics and because they get to continue lore I enjoyed as a kid (i.e. X-Men, Transformers) to new stuff like KOTOR. KOTOR was the last comic I still kind of follow. I wrote a fan book and writing a new novel and I enjoy reading something and using my imagination rather than a comic.

[@soraFF213]

My question is, if we go through this whole ordeal in the show or comics of what happened and why, how would it benefit the characters in the long run? I dont see how. Finding out will add to the story, but i believe the Walking Dead is a character driven medium. If it wasnt, it would be excruciatingly boring. I like the consistent focus of survival, morals, and people's actions affecting others

[@kindafunny]

I told you an episode of Horribly Wrong Comic Book Origins needed 100,000 views. It hasn't happened yet.

[@Kaliosthesecond]

How did you feel about the Wolf Among Us episode 1 Greg?

[@jkeely123]

Totally agree with Colin in regards to the "what happened?" aspect of The Walking Dead. The best post-apocalyptic stories deal with this question in clever ways. Just look at The Last Of Us. We're not sure EXACTLY how shit went down in the beginning, but twenty years on we see what has happened to civilisation, what remains of the government and how people carve out an existence in this world. In The Walking Dead, they just sit around arguing, crying and fending off zombies all day.

[@jkeely123]

Thinking about getting a 3DS. If you have one Greg then, aside from Fire Emblem, what games (particularly JRPGs) do you recommend?

[@tubrokev911]

got tired of getting changed for the illusion it wasn't recorded at once

[@fjvarro]

A) A picture is worth a thousand words Colin. Give the comic a shot. B) The story is about the survival, and the new story of humanity. It doesn't matter what happened, its seemingly never going away. And what it is is a parasite. We have no idea if there IS a governement at this point. There may be, but there may not be.

[@SteveJonesGamingGWO]

Walking Dead's comic has so much protential for an expanded universe as only the United State's southeast is covered in the whole of universe.

[@btg293]

With regards to Comics V Novels I'm leaning towards Colin. I like comic books, but there's so many stories, so many issues and the cost is too high. I'd love a few novels a year that were the main continuity that I could really sink my teeth into.

[@Feuerfr3i]

What's with the broken handle on the freezer?

[@nekobun]

Jericho did comics? I kind of want to read them just to see how they worked around the ham-fisted series finale.

[@MrRyoho]

BACK AGAIN for my been up all night comment of awesomeness this time with a little for spice!

[@Osiris592]

Great episode, Colin hit the nail on the head about the Walking Dead. It just feels like a soap opera with zombies. I enjoy it, but the story needs to be revitalized.

[@Matteh744]

Greg, awesome conversation as always! Also whats your favorite animated DC movie? BEYOND!

[@Crofteh]

Are there any spoilers here? I'm a little late to TWD, just finished season one.

[@skullz841]

I really liked this conversation because it didn't feel like Colin was just talking (not that that's bad) I just like that it was a subject that Greg knew a lot about and could talk about as well.

[@WezBrayhotmail]

Beyond! Who will move out of the apartment first and how will the other react?

[@skovacs1]

Comics? Wouldn't they be graphic novels? I'm sort of interested on your take on making that distinction, but don't feel it would be enough to fill out a Gregway. While on the subject, it would be interesting to hear you and/or Colin's take on manga and its popularity.

[@rezzmenow]

Does Collin surfs 4chan? I want to hear his opinion about it. Some of the stuff he said sounded like it was straight out of /pol/.

[@kindafunny]

Thanks!

[@garykrail2550]

Next topic: what was/is the best live action tmnt film, in your opinion?

[@kindafunny]

The Conversational Crew.

[@elitegodfathers]

Now that you have Killzone: Shadow Fall will you be playing it on day one?

[@TheJeffi222]

I feel like comics are so much harder to get into for a lot of people than novels to go along with Colin's point.

[@TheColinStein]

And who broke the freezer handle?

[@LianeHaushalter]

What happened to your refrigerator handle ?