Rooster Teeth's Geoff Ramsey Struggles To Watch The Dead Island Trailer

Geoff, a loving husband and father of a young girl, decides he should watch the Dead Island announcement trailer. See how long he'll last.

[Merivigian]

Haha "Fuck this". I think he should have watched it all, he would have seen that they tried to save her.

[Rainstorm81]

whats with these articles about Dead Island's Trailer...it wasn't THAT disturbing..

So killing zombie children is wrong....yet in Dead Space 2 there are little necro-babies running around and you kill them by the boat loads or how about the unchristened babies in Dante's Inferno.

They are M rated games...if its too much go play barbie's dream house. I guarantee no CG children were hurt in the making of that game.

Edit: The sad thing is i thought this was a duplicate story, and it isn't.....people were actually disturbed? If you are that squeamish don't watch anything with "Dead" in the title. His reaction is hilarious though...

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Controversy equals free advertisement. Dont buy into it. Devs sometimes create controversy where there is none to get ppl talkin about there games. EA has done it several times and other devs are starting to follow suit.

And i know this will fall on deaf ears but can we stop approving this garbage before it gets outta hand like MOH, Mafia and so many others?

EDIT: And believe me when I say "create controversy where there is none", I mean pay ppl to pretend to be upset about it. Cuz they know all it takes is 1 spark to create a flamewar. Read the comments on this very page for proof.

[Goeres]

It's the emotions of a parent watching another parent struggle.

[UnSelf]

Peter your Geoff is giving me diabetes

[NukaCola]

@Goeres
"It's the emotions of a parent watching another parent struggle."

This is the same thing with Heavy Rain. I have a little girl and I played the game the same way I would if my kid was kidnapped. But I think his reaction was a bit looney. It's a game and he should of seen the whole thing.

[evrfighter]

people are actually disturbed by this? its look like last gen cgi ffs.

I guess everyone must have the first episode of the walking dead.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

it's frickin basically an uncensored clip of the protagonist blasting a little girl in the head. if you can't handle the zombie genre GTFO.

since when did the zombie genre have to cater to the family values crowd? I'm seeing a trend where casual gamers expect ALL games to be made for them and them only or else they sic FAUX news on them.

TLDR
Even genres themselves are falling victim to consolization. AKA tone everything down for the casuals or they cry about it to FOX

[captain-obvious]

i saw this on youtube yesterday
what a wuss

dose he think that he is the only father in this world or something ?

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The episode where Brian finds out he has a son, and starts the whole "No, no - until you have a child, UNTIL you have a child, you do not understand" speech. You don't have to be a parent to understand loss. All the people freaking out - you're too over sensitive, and so is he.

There's literally no other way to say it, he's got to man up. Yes he's a father, but this sh*t is all over the news all day long and it's real, no one bats an eyelid at that, but as soon as it's gaming everybody flips out. He definitely needs some more testosterone, he's like a girl watching a chick flick.

Sure, be who you want to be. But if your emotions can control you to such an extent that you can barely finish a very, very short CGI video that's mildly upsetting at best, I'd hate to see you witness a fatal car crash, meet a terminally ill child or god forbid be involved in any real crisis.

This is all perfect free marketing for what looks to be a great game. If you don't want to appreciate it for the great piece of work it is, please, continue to generate hype. Here you are, take these.

[cossie123]

get a grip! its cgi not a real child.

[wwm0nkey]

Some people still struggle to watch stuff like this. He really cares for his wife (who is fucking hot) and his daughter. Some people are just like this.

[Agent VX]

That is his choice to make, he is a grown man, and if he doesn't want to watch the trailer or play the game, all the power to him.

The Power and Freedom of "CHOICE"

What I can't stand is the people who take (or try to) away my right of "Power and Freedom of CHOICE" I am an adult, I can make up my own decisions.

[thebudgetgamer]

i'd love too see him watch two girls one cup.

i don't remember all this whining when the little girl from dawn of the dead turned zombie, or the kid in planet terror shoots himself in the face.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[RememberThe357]

This guy needs to get a grip. Why would you be so sensitive about this? It's a fiction about a zombie girl becoming a zombie and getting thrown out of a window. Thats what you do to zombies; you kill them. I really don't give a sh*t if your a little girl and grandma or my own mother, if your a zombie I'm going to kill you. Besides, I'd be doing you a favor.

But I guess it's all relative, there are things I can't watch as well. I can't really expect him to think exactly like I do...

[Yes_2]

somehow i highly doubt you would be so calm and assured in shooting your own family in the face.

zombie or not, it would be fucking difficult for anybody to look at something that was once a close family member and kill them.

[RememberThe357]

Well of course not, and I didn't make my point very well. My point is that this is fiction. Why is it OK to shoot anyone else in the face but not a little girl trying to eat you alive? Shooting fictional people in GTA is OK but not fictional zombie girls?

He also try to say that the devs have no heart because they made this. Where does he get off saying that? Like they don't have families they care about. This is artistic expression meant to capture your attention, it's not meant to advocate throwing innocent children out of hotel windows.

@below: They're talking out of emotion, we're talking out of practicality. That doesn't mean we'd want to shoot our family members. All we are saying is that is what we would do. People do things they don't want to do out for survival, thats how we stay alive. Practically.

[Rainstorm81]

so you would embrace your zombie family member??

I guess your the guy who dies in the movie because he kept asking his zombie friend "Are you Okay?"

If a zombie is after you child, family, friend or not what do you do? The same thing any person that has ever watched a zombie movie before does fight to live.

Zombies don't exist (yet...) you guys/disagreers are taking this way too seriously.

[RedDead]

IT's not her getting zombie killed that supposed to be sad, it's the fact that she end's up dead and the sequence of event's that lead up to it, that's supposed to be sad. A little girl running for her life, get's her leg bitten, screams painfully, crying for help but it's too late anyway.

People saying Fiction isn't sad....what the **** is wrong with all of you? Has there not been even one occasion were a character's death has made you feel a little sad? I myself haven't cried but for example, Final Fanatsy 7 is adored for it's death scene...

Or do you not laugh at jokes in a comedy because it's fiction? Or not dislike an evil character because he's not real? What the hell are you doing playing video game's. If this^^^ was true, MGS would be shit, Final Fantasies and anything with a decent story.

Also above....I'm sure you would have no problem blowing your sisters face off/s

Edit----Yeah my bad, it wasn't really aimed at you personally aswell, 2nd and 3rd paragraphs were aimed at anyone who s saying it's only fiction. It can't be sad because of that.

I also walked through the hospital a few weeks ago. Feel bad for everyone.
And I agree with you that they shouldn't overreact to it

[RememberThe357]

Thats not what I'm saying at all and your adding context that is not there. I'm not saying that it isn't sad, its is sad, what I meant is that this guy starts to judge the developers character off seeing 20 second of a trailer. He calls them sick and says their heartless. If they were sick and heartless they wouldn't be pushing the emotion of the situation on the viewer. They know that it's sad that this girl dies and they are conveying the sadness of the situation to the viewer. Somethings can be sad but that doesn't mean it's OK to over react to it. I was walk through a hospital a while back, and it was sad to see all the other cancer patients but that didn't mean I closed my eyes and ran out of the building screaming.

[jashmister]

he sounds like a committed and wonderful father and you guys are just going around telling him to harden up? seriously back off hes a innocent person

[wwm0nkey]

The thing is people only see from their point of view not others. If they see nothing wrong with it they assume no one should see anything wrong with it.

Geoff is an awesome guy.

[jashmister]

"The thing is people only see from their point of view not others"
nailed it

[Rainstorm81]

Is anyone else any less innocent?

This is EXACTLY why gaming cant be accepted as art.

Gamers and Journalists cant even accept a trailer with a bit of controversy....SMH

Just wait til Fox News gets involved.....

Edit: I have 3 yr old daughter,and it would take alot for me to imagine my daughter being killed in that manner by something that doesnt exist in this world. That's like worrying about Freddy Kruger getting my daughter because he kills kids...I guess Wes Craven is a heartless bastard huh??....

Fiction can be fun..

[wwm0nkey]

Some people find art that has nudity in it controversial still. Think before you comment please. Art has always had controversy though out the ages.

[Rainstorm81]

@wwmonkey

Okay...let think here...

Does any other form of art get held to the high standards that gaming is held to??

Did Saw get cancelled because it was too Violent?

Did they make Michelangelo cover up David's genitals?

Did the Hurt Locker get the enemies censored?

Did The Birth of Venus get banned from art museums?

These are things Video Gaming face as we speak. Some countries wont even get this game...and the fight continues in the US. The outside criticism is astounding, and the medium faces an uphill battle as it is. This trailer by far isnt the most violent thing in gaming. Think about that before the we the gaming community gives the media more fuel to add to the fire by crying about this CG trailer.

For goodness sake you would think its a game about killing kids....

[jashmister]

fox news are fucking idiots shouldn't be involved in any gaming conversation ever done, they have no right to interfere in what they don't even try to understand.

Geoff is a person, do you get up more sensitive people for hating horror movies as well?

This isn't related to art the people who don't take gaming as art are usually idiots that don't care about anything other than what they think.

[wwm0nkey]

@rain

At what point did I say it was a game about killing kids, where please point to exactly where I said or for that matter even hinted to that.

Also this game isnt getting canned nor did I say it should. This is about Geoff and his person reaction which in no way represents every gamer.

Also NEVER bring up Fox news again please.

[Rainstorm81]

@wwmonkey
Really? I said that in response to people's reaction..including yours that the game was about killing kids.. its not that negative is what i was implying....(sad that i have to spell it out for you)

You guys reaction including Geoff's is very comparable to fox news'.... "polish are assholes" i mean really?

This is what happens to negative reactions in gaming and gaming only.....sorry you didnt get the comparisons next time.."Think before you comment please."

@jash
typically you dont see people that hate horror movies watching horror movies....in the beginning of the vid he knew he wasnt going to like it yet he still rips the devs...because the trailer didnt fit his viewing/gaming criteria....But "he's innocent" and "an awesome guy"....

Fox news does the same thing find something they know nothing about or dislike then rips the hell out of it with the terrible trio Beck, Hannity & O'reilly same thing here with Geoff...As he said he couldnt even play Dead Rising 2, too much crying when applying zombrex to poor poor Katey.

I can almost see the headline.... Gamers protest as game dev promotes child mutilation...sad really

[Pozzle]

I totally get where he's coming from. The trailer might not have affected me as badly as it affected Geoff, but it did leave me feeling...kinda strange. Like, I didn't really know how to respond to it once it had ended.

With that being said, he should have at least tried watching it most of the way through. The trailer itself is really well done and it's the entire video (i.e. the family's struggle) that leaves an impact. Not just the first few moments with the little girl's body.

[CaulkSlap]

The whole point is how emotional and terrible the whole thing is. Puts a Zombie apocalypse in a much more human perspective than the standard mowing down hoards of undead.

[starchild]

Exactly.

[Evolve]

lol, I like these guys.

[seraphcaeli]

hahah "Polish people are assholes!!"

[fireplace]

Oh man, I'm Polish and I didn't know it's made by Techland. It's so embarasing. F*ck this game.

Techland was, is and will be embarasment of my Homeland.

"Polish people are assholes!!"
He doesn't even know where Poland is so I don't care about his stupid words.

And you sarafecali are a moron.

[seraphcaeli]

I was just quoting him you idiot.

[fireplace]

Adding your stupid reaction to it. Lol at you trying to cover that up.

[RockmanII7]

Can't wait for the next season of Red vs Blue

[DanteKnightsTemplar]

how fucking lame. stop taking the trailer so personally. the crap people do for hits

[wwm0nkey]

Do you really think Rooster Teeth did this for hits? They are EXTREMELY popular as it is.

[djreplay]

Zombies aren't real dude.

[orion456]

To be fair, I can't imagine what it must be like to watch this as a father.
All the commenters telling Geoff to chill cos the kid isn't real need to grow up.
In defense of the trailer though, the trailer shows a zombie apocalypse from a very human perspective (i.e fu**ing grim, dark, and depressing.) similar to 28 days later.

[sarshelyam]

I'm a parent and all I see in this trailer is an extremely well produced piece of footage that has me emotionally engaged on a level others might not because they aren't parents.

That said, for Geoff to call them as childless and heartless is a rather elitist parent-card pulled and it makes his argument against the trailer, and the game, all the more insulting to other parents...

...then he goes and pulls the "Oh they're Polish" card, detailing how truly judgmental he is in the first place.

There was no winning here. Geoff is a shining example of how the media is a subjective mess. If he could separate himself from his strong personal feelings and simply analyze the trailer, in its entirety no less, for what it's doing...we'd be having a very different conversation.

Yeah, Geoff needs to grow up.

[TwisterCT10]

Every comment you've made is exactly what I've been trying to say. Thank you so much for getting it and articulating your points so well.

Geoff seems to be scared of his responsibility as a father, wanting to pretend that any bad possibilities just don't exist, as opposed to standing strong and acknowledging what's scary about being a father.

I'm not saying he's a bad dad, just that I completely agree that he needs to grow up.

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[DanteKnightsTemplar]

Games try to express real life, in various situations. Overcoming adversity, surviving is a trait common in games and movies alike. If this was a movie. There would be no bitching.

[sarshelyam]

EXACTLY!

[CherryLu-Chan]

I can understand that what he saw, as a father and husband, he wouldn't want to watch any more.

To then judge exactly what was going on, without knowing of the tone the trailer was putting across - that it's centred about a family being torn apart - was misguided.

Indeed whoever was talking to him and filming, could have explained that a little more - and going into things again he may have been as torn apart by the emotion of the trailer as many of us were. Perhaps more so because of the presets of his family ties.

What was more disturbing was the damning "Oh, the're POLISH" from finding out whom the developers are.

Within which, if we're carrying the theme of snap judgments - way to go as a parent and father, for being *that* judgmental on a country and people - without actually taking time out to figure out the sheer heart of what they were actually trying to put across in the trailer and for being that utterly stupid within the history of what they, as a people, have been through.

[sarshelyam]

Cherry you, sir, deserve both the bubs and the agree I have given you. I too am a parent and can certainly respect the severity of the emotional ties to the imagery and putting ourselves in the shoes of the characters within this trailer, but that is where it excels!

I completely agree with your words on his condemnation of the Polish people...talk about pot calling the kettle black eh?

[ElementX]

Wow, what an a-hole. Exclaiming that they're Polish, as if their nationality has anything to do with it, what a jerk. Geoff needs to grow a pair.

[sarshelyam]

I have two kids, one of which is a girl, and I certainly do not share his sentiments. I applaud the team for creating an emotionally invested trailer that has colored me intrigued. Quantic Dream did the same thing with Heavy Rain, which I absolutely LOVED!

[ElementX]

Yeah, the girl was a zombie. If Geoff had watched the entire thing or one of the reverse videos, he'd know that she was attacking the father!

[DNAbro]

IMO this looks like a realistic zombie game. Obviously if there are zombie going around, you child would probably be turned into a zombie.

[anasurimbor]

Chill out dood, it's a game.

[Linko64]

Storm in a tea cup. Now can people stop talking shit over a trailer? you see worse in the news, in films/ tv shows and indeed read worse in books.

Grow up...oh wait i forgot its main stream media

[sarshelyam]

As a parent of a little boy & girl, yes, I was emotionally troubled by the imagery, but on the other hand I respected that a trailer...for a video game no less, was able to tug at my heartstrings in such a way that perhaps non-parents wouldn't understand. It's within this that I'm quite grateful for the trailer, and, if the actual game is as emotionally invested as the trailer conveys, well, count me in!

I don't play games for a static/sterile experience. I want my emotionally charged characters and stories. If it has to hit a little close to home, so be it. Heavy Rain did the same thing as I put myself in the shoes of a Father tasked with doing the unthinkable to get his son back...and I'll do it again if the end result is a battle to save my daughter against a hoard of zombies.

Sorry Geoff! As much as you'd like to believe that anyone watching this that has children to be heartless, well you just missed the point. There's such a thing as being compassionate and emotionally invested, and then there's this idea of an overprotective parent who can't face the reality of a fantasy world...

...you see what I just did there? I generalized, just like you did.

[ElementX]

I agree, the girl was a zombie, after all... it's not as though children are immune from turning into a zombie.

[anasurimbor]

Weird. I just play games to burn some time. Platformers to me. If I want to become emotionally invested in character and plot development, I'll read a novel.

[Lirky]

In a ps1 game deception II kagero : you get to kill a little girl when u set a trap or a little boy. So this is a videogame and probably because how kids getting killed in games is super-rare thats why it had impacts on adults.

[Romudeth]

It's just going to be ANOTHER first person perspective zombie game. No thanks.

BTW that trailer wasn't disturbing at all. Geoff Ramsey needs to grow a pair.

[DFresh]

I can kinda feel his pain of thinking your gonna lose someone you love but come on bro it's a video game it's not real.

Just like if you watch a movie, TV Show, or whatever it's fiction.

I've seen a lot of dudes once they have a wife and kids turn all pansy on us.

Yeah I look at my relatives and friends as examples.

It's like their manhood or their balls just disappears from existence never to be seen again.

Edit:
I'm probably gonna get a lot of disagrees but I don't care.
:)

[edhe]

You seem to mistake "giving a shit about people you love" for "pansy". I hated that trailer, it's unnecessary but I'm no pansy. I'll gladly rip your head off should you come anywhere near my family.

You're a much better Man when you care about people. Adolescence and pre-family life is pretty empty, you don't know what you're capable of doing until you're looking after your own.

[DFresh]

If you can't handle the game trailer then don't watch it.
It's that easy.

[edhe]

Anyone not perturbed by the trailer is obviously emotionally void and should consider a sabbatical.

[DFresh]

I'm sorry what's there to be offended by this trailer.
Hello their zombies not people anymore.
It has the same type of concept as any other zombie movie/game I don't see what makes this any different.

[edhe]

If you have a child and don't find any non-comical scene of child suffering/death & parental loss of child disturbing then you should have your kids taken from you and given to someone who's not got a psychological problem.

Whether it's CGI or not.

It's why scenes in any good film like that are given massive weight ie 28days later.

[TwisterCT10]

Can somebody please tell this guy that he's missing the entire fucking point? He gets all pissed at the developers saying they must not have kids when that is clearly the point of the trailer. It is trying to capture the loss and absolute desolation of a real outbreak situation like that. It doesn't glorify the killing of zombies like Dead Rising, it shows that even these perfect loving families are being torn apart but will do anything to save those they love.

It's an absolutely tragic trailer and I wouldn't blame him at all if he cried, but backing out like that and judging the trailer, game, and developers based on 15 seconds of footage is cowardly and frustrating and is exactly one of the things I hate about some people.

People take their preconceptions about something and solidify them so much that they feel they completely understand something they have practically no exposure to or experience with.