I have to agree here. As a prior co-owner of a game restoration business (97-03), it's a balance between pushing your own marketing agenda for the 'business' and the love of the game. I haven't met Mr. Knucklez yet, but his videos find some appeal to the gaming crowd, I personally find him uninteresting, loud, bombastic and arrogant, but that's either the image he's looking to project, or that's really him. Same with Billy Mitchell, he comes off as arrogant on film, and in person. We all have choices to hang around or follow who we want, make the choice to ignore (much like threads or users on KLOV), but many seem to be unable to do that.
Knucklez has a business to run and I would bet that he and any other business owner/gamer/collector would do anything they can to bring controversy and attention to themselves or their company.... Controversy sells folks and in times like these, you do what you need to do to bring the business in. Any type of publicity is good publicity (for most).
No difference than the comedian gamer guy (already forgot his name.... Napolean Dynamite of gaming meets Sacha Cohen).... If there wasn't a benefit from it, would he be doing it?? He's pushing some agenda or why do it.
When Mylstar and I did Blast from The Past Amusements....of course we were in it for the money...to keep the doors open. BUT, we were both collectors, and we were games/collectors first. The business didn't make us rich and if we didn't have the passion for the games, we probably would have bailed long ago.
I have no problem with ppl seeking attention. It's the serious competitive nerds who actually think their gaming accomplishments and prowess will be worth something to the world as a whole, those are the freaks to avoid.
The brotherhood (and sisters) in the gaming community are what its about.... Games come and go, but hopefully the friendships and relationships will sustain. And maybe some day Phet will return to his former glory.
