Thanks to Tommy for his unhinged rant and plugging the Ultimate Nintendo books three separate times! If you want to see that it doesn't cost $100: UltimateNintendo.com
Are you sure it doesn't cost $100. I mean, how can I trust what you say, if you didn't inform the price through some obscure third rate youtube channels like Smash JT, or DJC. I mean, that's the way professional companies do it. Right?😂
Guys, he's NOT attacking you. He's not attacking you. He is *not* attacking you. And he's not mad. He's absolutely not mad. And he's _NOT_ attacking you.
All he wants to do is let Pat know that if someone was wrong about the price of his book and that if they said it was $100, he'd want to be on the record to correct that.
@@rabiroden I'm glad they didn't b/c Tommy probably would have slipped some drug into their food or drink to get them to become shills. Thats how it worked for SmashJT, ReviewTechUSA, DJC and the other fools who do the Amico Forever podcast.
The funniest thing about this entire saga to me is that you beat him by just not talking to him. Seeing his rant it's so obvious he thinks he's gifted with some sort of magical silver tongue that can immediately win anyone to his side and he seems to really think he could have done the same to you guys. The fact that you never gave him the chance clearly destroyed him and I'm in romantic love with it. Well played.
Yep. Tommy really did show the power of what "don't feed the trolls" can do. Pat and Ian simply ignoring Tommy's pleas to have an audience with him completely broke the guy. It was great to see.
Tommy is a narcissist and loves attention. Any kind, good or bad, just give him any and he's happy. Not giving him any attention at all is the only solution.
Silver tongue, yes but not magical. He seems to be deep into the "Cluster B" personality disorders. Hints for that are: - Has to make himself look good at any opportunity. (You had some of that here. "HE worked with Miamoto san". "HE wants to reach out", Makes his Company look like it made the original Intellevision. etc. ...) - Will only admit to minor mistakes and only if he can put a "I'll be better" type of sentence after it. - Emotional manipulation. "HE is not mad. Just disappointed". "Think of all the people he employs", etc. ... - And the most telling one. He wants to argue until you are tired of arguing with him and either give him, what he wants or start to compromise. - That is also, why he wants to talk personally, behind closed doors, to anyone criticizing him or his product. - Also lies. Lots and lots of lies.
34:09 the great moment - however I think his biggest complex is because he's a musician and his voice sucks and I bet he'd like to sing - like a short, nervous Willy Wonka
It’s so good to see the two of you on screen again. Hasn’t been too long since episode 350 but it feels like forever after listening for so many years.
The "I worked on the Wii" bit made me laugh out oud but when Tommy suddenly started his Italian stereotype bit I lost it. You're a real paizano for making it through this!
@@theautisticguitarist7560The funny thing is, while it was confirmed he is of Italian descent, people looking into Tommy’s ancestry couldn’t find any evidence that he was related to Steven Tyler, especially since Tallarico is an uncommon Italian surname both in the US and Italy.
The really sad thing is that I’m virtually certain Tommy believes the Amico would have succeeded if not for Pat and Ian, which is obviously ridiculous. All Pat and Ian did was point a camera at the dumpster fire, they didn’t light it.
When Tommy showed his screenshot of his comment at 19:44 of this podcast (or at about 7:30-7:40 within Tommy’s clip) the thumbs up was blue, as in he liked his own comment.
Stepping back. If instead, Tommy Tallarico and Intellivision Entertainment had released the console that achieved all of the things he/they promised, then Pat and Ian would look like fools. That's all he had to do. It wouldn't take insider information, random TH-cam interviews, or unhinged rants. And here we are, years later. Who looks the fool now?
I want to thank Tommy for the hard work on the Nintendo Wii. It was a very innovative and fun console! Thank you Tommy! And thanks also Mr. Miyamoto that, I'm sure, he give you some kind of help.
True story - my wife said her orchestra was thinking about playing some video game music for their outdoor “pops” concert. The director knew I was a gamer so he asked her to get my input on what to rent or license for sheet music. She said “What about Video Games Live” and before the sentence was over I said “F*CK NO do not give that con artist Tommy any of your orchestra’s money.” She said “That’s Tommy Tallarico?” I said “Look it up.” She looked it up and said “oh.” 😂
I think it should be pointed out that the final edited response was 50 minutes. Even being extremely generous and saying he only cut out 10 minutes total, and somehow only took 30 minutes to edit and splice in clips and images, that is minimum 90 minutes for what was supposed to be a short response. Then he said he was on his way to work.
He's manipulative AF. You can tell he's so neurotic and sensitive that he has a hard time controlling himself, then he desperately tries to backpedal on his petty aggressive bs. And he's used to people buying into it. His priorities are screwed. Imagine what he would be like if he hadn't had to be the face of the Intellivision. If this is professional Tommy, I'd hate to see what he's like with the gloves all the way off. There's so much passive aggression and condescending, petty subtext here it's insane. This is more than just the console to him, it's war.
I remember Tommy when he was touring as Master of Ceremonies with Videogames Live. I remember him introducing himself to the crowd as a "composer whose worked on over 300 video games". And I remember thinking to myself "300 videogames? Well, I just dropped a bunch of money on a ticket to a symphony concert featuring music by some of my favorite video game composers...so how come I've never heard of you?". His wikipedia page mentions 84 games....and he didn't even do the music for a lot of them (just SFX or some other project role). His whole on-stage persona was just....He had the vibe of a dude who always wanted to be a rock star, but was piggybacking off of this entirely different medium to try and live that dream. I was used to other Symphony Projects like "Distant Worlds" (Final Fantasy) and "Symphony of the Goddesses" (Zelda) where it's really more about the music. For VGL it just seemed like Tommy was trying to make it all about himself. Which was WEIRD, since 90+% of the setlist that night wasn't even his music!!
As an outsider looking in on this entire saga over what feels like a millennia, I think it's safe to say that Mr. Tallarico is going through the world's LONGEST midlife crisis. He feels that he must be this "big shot video game creator" and that anyone who brings him down to a level of embarrassment is personally attacking him and his ego now. He absolutely cannot take criticism, based on the tweets he showed in his own video! He makes wild claims on a regular basis (i.e. working on the Wii WITH Miyamoto). And then he backtracks when he realizes he's been had and tries to become "your friend" and asks you to come to his home like a crazy ex girlfriend wanting to get back together with you. I'm glad that his insanity is out there and hopefully, more sane people will see this man for the lunatic he appears to be. Love the podcast and everything you guys do with it. Also, Pat! If you could PLEASE put together the best rants of the CU Podcast in 1 long video, I think that'd be an amazing video! Just a suggestion there, hopefully that's something we see down the road. Have a great day, afternoon or night, depending on when you read this. Bye bye
A midlife crisis is when you buy a sports car that's way out of your price range. This is exhibiting the symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a Cluster B personality disorder. This goes WAY beyond something as cute as a midlife crisis...
@@Hammerhead547 I know I shouldn't laugh but you know you fucked up when you get your step daughter fired from a fan club. That made me laugh more than it should have.
Watching this was pretty sad. My first exposure to Tommy Tallarico was through gaming magazines. I specifically remember walking through the grocery store with my mom and thumbing through a copy of EGM where Tommy was interviewed about Wild9 for the PS1. I thought it was cool that a creative music guy had found his niche in video games. To see him descend into an hour-long frothing of subtle manipulation attempts which all stem from a clear inability to accept helpful criticism or SIMPLY disregard it if he finds it not to be helpful... is, as Tommy said... disappointing.
Tommy fell out of relevance as gaming magazines died too, so he's kind of lost and very unknown to gamers outside of a certain generation. Aside from having co-founded Video Games Live which honestly looks like a good show, Tommy's BS-ing aside. Scott the Woz is about half his age, and when Tommy replied to Scott on Twitter to "hook him up" after he posted a picture of his old consoles (which included Intellivision), Scott did not answer. He's just not that relevant to a younger crowd. Most of his sycophants are middle-aged guys more closer to him in growing-up gaming experiences.
@@phox04 To be fair has TT been caught using someone else for his work like Milli Vanilli did with having someone else sing on their album? Yes, he's still an imposter like they were, but still.
@@CrazySchram666 He's so good at it too. I miss all the HBomberguy destructions. He's branched more into gaming lately which is great and I love all of those videos but there's just something cathartic about him completely destroying scum bags and I miss it lol.
It's a shame that Tommy was so smart when he was 12 and able to lead a big company like that to have 20% of the video game market back in 1980. Now he's 55 and can't produce a proper video game console. It's really sad.
I highly doubt I'll ever meet Pat or Ian IRL, but if I do, I so solemnly swear that I will invite them over to my house for pasta and cannoli and they can look at my games collection. XD
Been waiting for this one! Now that Tallarico has gone into social media exile, he can't strike back with endless amounts of BS like he used to. Tallarico completely ruined his own ill-gotten reputation!
Tallarico never had much of a “reputation.” Lifelong gamer, but I had never heard of his name until the Amico debacle. He was a speck in the history of video games. The “No One Lives Forever” soundtrack? I still play that. Can’t even name anything he made.
@@shenanitims4006 Based on available evidence, it appears anything noteworthy that tommy claims to have 'done' was in fact composed by someone else. Very little to no verifiable instances of original composition from tallarico himself. Funnily enough, the only stuff that doesn't seem to have been created primarily by someone else is objectively terrible.
@@shenanitims4006 That just means you didn't watch EP or like G4 and all that back in the day. He was definitely known by gamers who were over-connected to the games industry goings-on and news.
@@n0vi I certainly wasn’t. But what was his role on those shows? From what I picked up from the Hbomberguy dismantling, he was just a host? Which wouldn’t exactly give him any cred. If the old host from Nintendo Arcade showed up trying to make Pong relevant again, I wouldn’t give him two glances.
More like assisted beat down. Tommy is doing the majority of the work on himself. Might as well call it, “Petty Pat and Ian watches and comments on a self-own.”
"I'm not trying to be victim here. No. Not at all. DO NOT feel sorry for me, I'm not a victim." Ian: "What the f*ck?!" 😂 My absolute favorite part in the video was when he stopped marketing the Amico and started trying to sell himself to you guys instead lol
You did well by abstaining from arguing with him. It has been said: "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."
He practically “out parodied” the Phone Call version of Tallarico. I could imagine the Phone Call version calling into the podcast, afterwards, saying, “I have nothing to add!”
I had an Intellivision growing up and have been following this Amico disaster from the beginning. I actually ordered it. It has been amazing how dead on balls accurate Pat and Ian have been throughout this whole thing and the amount of b.s. they got for it. They called everything.
Not content with simply revolutionizing the video game industry, Tommy Tallarico has now brought his creativity into the field of language as he redefines 'quick' to mean long and laborious.
See if I was to ask Tommy a question it would be "Is the Switch something that is full of blood and gore, kids in compromising positions, and rape, or are you friends with Miyamoto? It can't be both. Which is it Tommy?" If he was actually friends with Miyamoto he wouldn't be saying crap like that as The President of a video game company.
Hes embarrassing. He contradicts himself all the time. The guy is a slime ball . idk how else to describe him. He thinks people like him. and maybe they do for some bizarre reason. i honestly cant stand him. i can see through all his schmooz. its pitiful a man his age acts like this and tries to be relevant to the gaming community with his self aggrandizing egocentric personality . The dude is a jerk. attacking Pat for pointing out the reality of his failed mcdonalds toy console .There are probly vintage beenie babies and mcdonalds toys worth 10x more than his Amico.
I remember when I commented on one of Smash JT's videos claiming you're both hard on the Amico and Tommy just for money and Tommy himself responded to me, he linked me this very same 51 minute video thinking it would get me on his side. I didn't even watch it once I noticed how long it was. Man, to think I used to respect this guy.
oh yes, he's like a crazy ex, and what? twitter clout? He's been off the company for a year. LMAO! And he's trying to say "Hey, come over I have the original Zelda."
dude is a pathetic balloon of wind. Hes desperate in this video. And hes a 100% scam artist. not just him but the Alverado and the others. They need to be sued big time
Tommy most definitely was angry while recording that video and as I had pointed out before his insane lie about working with Miyamoto on the Wii.... Metroid Prime came out on the GameCube and it was many years before. Absolutely insanity that a CEO of any company would spend so much time trying to save face. Tommy needs to grow up.
I love this video. It's a greatest hits of all of Tommy's biggest lies. I'm so glad you guys never drank the kool-aid and called him out on his bullshit. Welcome back guys. This special is amazing.
The perfect way to sum up the relationship between Tommy and the shills: I exploit you, still you love me. I tell you one and one makes three. - Lyric from the Song Cult of Personality by the Band Living Colour.
My first comment about the Amico is to Tommy Tallarico himself back in 2019 in this comment section when he used to post here with me predicting the pretty much the exact reasons for the Amico's imminent failure and pointing out Tommy's anti-Nintendo bias. I was on board with Pat and Ian regarding the Amico pretty much from day one. This rebuttal is outstanding.
If Tommy was so biased towards Nintendo then why the F did he worked with Miyamoto-san on Metroid Prime and Wii if he was biased on Nintendo in the first place.
Watching someone like this with so much ego and insecurity unraveling is so interesting. The amount of delusion going on is insane. He's not just lying to everyone else, he's lying to himself because he can't face reality. I'd feel bad for people like him if they weren't assholes.
Tommy’s 50 min video is like watching a little dog chase it’s tail for 24 mins, then it stops chases it in the opposite direction for 1 min, and then chasing it again in the first direction for the next 25 mins.
I've watched Tommy's original video on this an embarrassing number of times. (Well, more like listened to it, really. I like to have light background noise on while I work, and something about Tommy's hour of gaslighting works well.) Watching you two react to the comments I've laughed at and remember so well is a treat.
If there was a Guiness Record for "digging your own grave", Tommy would get it... and that's probably the only record that he would have gotten legitimately :P
@@JustinJTime Sorry, I was wrong. He does have two still. It's just that one of them doesn't mention him by name. It only mentions Video Games Live. So he's lost the "Most Prolific (AKA Person Who's Worked on the Most Video Games)" Award thanks to Kat, and that's it so far.
This video is amazing, I haven't been watching/listening to you guys recently I will admit, but wow I have to say this video pulled me right back in like Al Pacino in Godfather 3, love you guys keep it up. Tommy is still up to his antics, not surprised. One last thing, what do I need to do to be a "Pasta Pal"?
Rewatching this, and it's hilarious that Pat and Ian think the greatest new Tommy soundbyte is "we're not doing things off the cuff". They had no idea what was coming.
Me about 40 minutes in: "OH MY GOD THIS GUY WILL NOT SHUT THE F*** UP!" I... I think I get it now... I know who Tommy is... when he was young, in the neighborhood he grew up in, among all the other children... he was the Ranch Dressing Kid.
I watch and rewatch your Amico videos as this saga is fascinating and entertaining. My favorite quote is by Ian when he said "If we can't trust the information that you put out to the public, then what fucking good is the information that you put out to the public?" Boom! Or should I say, Bewwwwwm! I also love the Atari Age archive where we can see most if not all of his ridiculous posts and promises to people who clearly didn't question him enough. This is the CEO of a multi-million dollar startup, spending hours of his days posting on a retro gaming forum thinking he's marketing a product, thinking that if some investor saw his activity, they would kick in money or buy him out. It's crazy.
@56:00 "I worked on the Wii with Miyamoto" laughed my fking ass off so hard.. this guy Tommy is a complete joke, he finds a way to dig his own hole deeper....wow
This could’ve easily have ended in Hbomberguy’s video along with the rest. Though the original got funny enough, this could’ve been deadly hilarious. Is there such a thing as too much funny?
@@Jeffmetal42 I've loved all the coverage, but Pat saying this isn't a victory lap is Petty Pat at its peak. You won. After this, it's time to move on until lawsuits or a documentary happens.
@@joshsimpson79 I thought it was hilarious, screw Tallarico, he deserves to have his name drug through the mud for as long as he remains in the "gaming industry". I don't care how petty it seems, he brought it all on himself for being a mega twat.
I met Tommy when I was a teen at VGL in Saskatoon. I was 16 at the time. I got to go on stage and play Space Invaders. Before getting to play, he asked a little about me. I told him my name and that I was 16. He was taken back like he was SHOCKED that a 16 year old was taller than him. He also said my name sounded like a video game character's or like a football player's. ALSO, I had a copy of Tony Hawk Pro Skater on PS1 for signing. He signed his name in VERY large on the front manual and used a smaller marker to right in the manual where his studio is mentioned. He writes, "That's ME!" with an arrow pointing to his studio...in which Joey Kuras' name is listed in the credits. The man cannot handle being five feet tall and cannot stop lying to make himself feel big. Unbelievable
You are right. Maybe Tommy can even add “he worked on the Switch with Miyamoto” to his credits because I certainly got a lot of Joy from this obvious Con. Particularly in how blatant and exposed this got.
@@TimmiiGamingChannel Well he had to remind Pat that if someone put out misinformation about his book, he'd want to respond and he would want to contact that person to tell them the truth about his book.
And see how much DJ Slopes regretted giving him a platform. Tallarico doesn't want to talk he wants to pedal his snake oil and lionize himself. The first American to work on Sonic the Hedgehog... his mother is very proud. There's a reason people like Kira TV doesn't give a platform to scam and scam adjacent people who demand a right to reply.
It's hard to find words to describe Pat's face and tone of voice saying "no I'm not coming over your fucking house" at 45:42. It's like an intersection of smug, confusion, and genuine shock.
Thanks to Tommy for his unhinged rant and plugging the Ultimate Nintendo books three separate times! If you want to see that it doesn't cost $100: UltimateNintendo.com
Are you sure it doesn't cost $100. I mean, how can I trust what you say, if you didn't inform the price through some obscure third rate youtube channels like Smash JT, or DJC. I mean, that's the way professional companies do it. Right?😂
It's less than 99 99 !!!!!! Right on sign me up!!!!
@@Aki_Lesbrinco lmfaooooooo
If someone was out there saying your book cost $100 and you had the opportunity to set the record straight about the price, wouldn't you?
I mean your book is sold to at least tens of thousands of people Right? …pffft😂. Tommy is so facisiously quotable
Guys, he's NOT attacking you. He's not attacking you. He is *not* attacking you. And he's not mad. He's absolutely not mad. And he's _NOT_ attacking you.
All he wants to do is let Pat know that if someone was wrong about the price of his book and that if they said it was $100, he'd want to be on the record to correct that.
@@heisensaul5538 "Why don't you come over to my place for dinner? I just got a few questions I wanna ask ya..."
@@rabiroden I'm glad they didn't b/c Tommy probably would have slipped some drug into their food or drink to get them to become shills. Thats how it worked for SmashJT, ReviewTechUSA, DJC and the other fools who do the Amico Forever podcast.
@@rabiroden With a baseball bat from the New York Yankees!
@@XanthinZarda Hey, he's in the Yankee Hall of fame!!!!
After watching a 2 hour Hbomberguy video, a 4 hour SGR video you'd think I'd have enough but I have been blessed with more Tallarico. 🙏
I watched both of those videos too! And now I’m here, watching this for a second time. I need help. 😅
SGR video?
@@SpidermanandhisAmazingFriends snopes game room
Hbomber is epic!!! When you think the rabbit hole can't go any deeper
Imagine this guy at a board meeting. You'd never go home 😭
The funniest thing about this entire saga to me is that you beat him by just not talking to him. Seeing his rant it's so obvious he thinks he's gifted with some sort of magical silver tongue that can immediately win anyone to his side and he seems to really think he could have done the same to you guys. The fact that you never gave him the chance clearly destroyed him and I'm in romantic love with it. Well played.
Yep. Tommy really did show the power of what "don't feed the trolls" can do. Pat and Ian simply ignoring Tommy's pleas to have an audience with him completely broke the guy. It was great to see.
Tommy is a narcissist and loves attention. Any kind, good or bad, just give him any and he's happy. Not giving him any attention at all is the only solution.
I disagree, I don’t see the harm in meeting him, looking at the hardware, and calling out any bs on Tommy’s part.
@@StrokedGT There is always harm in giving a narcissist that kind of attention.
Silver tongue, yes but not magical.
He seems to be deep into the "Cluster B" personality disorders. Hints for that are:
- Has to make himself look good at any opportunity. (You had some of that here. "HE worked with Miamoto san". "HE wants to reach out", Makes his Company look like it made the original Intellevision. etc. ...)
- Will only admit to minor mistakes and only if he can put a "I'll be better" type of sentence after it.
- Emotional manipulation. "HE is not mad. Just disappointed". "Think of all the people he employs", etc. ...
- And the most telling one. He wants to argue until you are tired of arguing with him and either give him, what he wants or start to compromise.
- That is also, why he wants to talk personally, behind closed doors, to anyone criticizing him or his product.
- Also lies. Lots and lots of lies.
I can see it now, on Tommy's grave stone will say: "The Amico wasn't a failure, it was Pat and Ian's fault that it was unsuccessful!!!"
Below that, in smaller letters: "My mother is very proud."
Survived by the work he did on the Switch with Miyamoto.
@@jessejace
With even smaller letters;
_here lies Steven Tyler's cousin._
"The first American to work on Sonic Team and was recruited By Shigeru Miyamoto
"WE COULD HAVE BEEN PASTA PALS! SMILEYFACE!"
I love how Tommy's super villain origin story is literally just "being short"
It's like Lex Luthor being evil because he's bald lol
this comment got me good! lolol
34:09 the great moment - however I think his biggest complex is because he's a musician and his voice sucks and I bet he'd like to sing - like a short, nervous Willy Wonka
a private unlisted response is like participating in a rap battle but you drop your bars in a bathroom across the street in another building
Oh that's what that guy rapping in the bathroom was doing.
@@theautisticguitarist7560 definitely dropping some kind of mix tape
Poor Tommy, he's so misunderstood, all he wanted was to steal 17 million dollars!
😂
Place to keep his cars
It’s so good to see the two of you on screen again. Hasn’t been too long since episode 350 but it feels like forever after listening for so many years.
The "I worked on the Wii" bit made me laugh out oud but when Tommy suddenly started his Italian stereotype bit I lost it. You're a real paizano for making it through this!
At this point I'm starting to wonder if he's even Italian. Watch it come out he's actually Greek or something.
@@theautisticguitarist7560 tallarico is an Italian surname
@@theautisticguitarist7560The funny thing is, while it was confirmed he is of Italian descent, people looking into Tommy’s ancestry couldn’t find any evidence that he was related to Steven Tyler, especially since Tallarico is an uncommon Italian surname both in the US and Italy.
Me: "Nothing can top Tommy's bold claim that he worked on Metroid Prime."
Tommy Boy: "Hold my beer 56:00"
He must think that Metroid Prime came out in the Wii. He actually owns the game and has show. It off.
@@harizotoh7he has actually claimed he worked with Miyamoto while talking about various systems including the N64 or GameCube. Its just how he is.
If he really did, we all know he would have called it the far superior Ultra64!@speed0spank
I love how Tommy starts off at least sounding like he's got good intentions, but gradually goes off the rails
As Ninja Kitty said during his commentary, he sounds like a desperate ex trying to claw his way back into a relationship.
The way of the sociopath lol
I was reminded of Walt from The big Lebowski: this is what happens when you fuck a stranger in The ass!
But not as strong 😄
Most sociopaths are like that.
The really sad thing is that I’m virtually certain Tommy believes the Amico would have succeeded if not for Pat and Ian, which is obviously ridiculous. All Pat and Ian did was point a camera at the dumpster fire, they didn’t light it.
When Tommy showed his screenshot of his comment at 19:44 of this podcast (or at about 7:30-7:40 within Tommy’s clip) the thumbs up was blue, as in he liked his own comment.
LOL
I'm gonna like my comment
Stepping back. If instead, Tommy Tallarico and Intellivision Entertainment had released the console that achieved all of the things he/they promised, then Pat and Ian would look like fools. That's all he had to do. It wouldn't take insider information, random TH-cam interviews, or unhinged rants.
And here we are, years later. Who looks the fool now?
I want to thank Tommy for the hard work on the Nintendo Wii. It was a very innovative and fun console! Thank you Tommy! And thanks also Mr. Miyamoto that, I'm sure, he give you some kind of help.
True story - my wife said her orchestra was thinking about playing some video game music for their outdoor “pops” concert. The director knew I was a gamer so he asked her to get my input on what to rent or license for sheet music. She said “What about Video Games Live” and before the sentence was over I said “F*CK NO do not give that con artist Tommy any of your orchestra’s money.” She said “That’s Tommy Tallarico?” I said “Look it up.” She looked it up and said “oh.” 😂
Quit bragging you gotta wife
That's class 😂
I think it should be pointed out that the final edited response was 50 minutes. Even being extremely generous and saying he only cut out 10 minutes total, and somehow only took 30 minutes to edit and splice in clips and images, that is minimum 90 minutes for what was supposed to be a short response. Then he said he was on his way to work.
And if Pat is right, he spent time beforehand writing a script too.
This “quick” video was a full day (of wasted) effort.
Hey, rolling in the snow in the middle of sunny SoCal takes time too, you know!
He's manipulative AF. You can tell he's so neurotic and sensitive that he has a hard time controlling himself, then he desperately tries to backpedal on his petty aggressive bs. And he's used to people buying into it. His priorities are screwed. Imagine what he would be like if he hadn't had to be the face of the Intellivision. If this is professional Tommy, I'd hate to see what he's like with the gloves all the way off.
There's so much passive aggression and condescending, petty subtext here it's insane. This is more than just the console to him, it's war.
"Bake bread, let's make some pasta!" should have been on the soundboard. I laughed so hard at that moment.
Break bread. It means eat together.
@@ScottWozniak Bake bread is funnier
Baking bread and making pasta couldn't be any more different from each other
@@ideitbawxproductions1880 Is that you, Tommy?
The real reason Tommy is disappointed is that Pat and Ian didn't fall or bend to his narcissistic shit.
He's upset they didn't just fall in line like the others, and he doesn't understand that.
This guy literally made every wrong decision possible over these last 4 years. It’s one hell of a train wreck to watch.
I remember Tommy when he was touring as Master of Ceremonies with Videogames Live. I remember him introducing himself to the crowd as a "composer whose worked on over 300 video games". And I remember thinking to myself "300 videogames? Well, I just dropped a bunch of money on a ticket to a symphony concert featuring music by some of my favorite video game composers...so how come I've never heard of you?". His wikipedia page mentions 84 games....and he didn't even do the music for a lot of them (just SFX or some other project role).
His whole on-stage persona was just....He had the vibe of a dude who always wanted to be a rock star, but was piggybacking off of this entirely different medium to try and live that dream. I was used to other Symphony Projects like "Distant Worlds" (Final Fantasy) and "Symphony of the Goddesses" (Zelda) where it's really more about the music. For VGL it just seemed like Tommy was trying to make it all about himself. Which was WEIRD, since 90+% of the setlist that night wasn't even his music!!
I'd go as far to say that 100% of the setlist was not his music.
As an outsider looking in on this entire saga over what feels like a millennia, I think it's safe to say that Mr. Tallarico is going through the world's LONGEST midlife crisis. He feels that he must be this "big shot video game creator" and that anyone who brings him down to a level of embarrassment is personally attacking him and his ego now. He absolutely cannot take criticism, based on the tweets he showed in his own video! He makes wild claims on a regular basis (i.e. working on the Wii WITH Miyamoto). And then he backtracks when he realizes he's been had and tries to become "your friend" and asks you to come to his home like a crazy ex girlfriend wanting to get back together with you. I'm glad that his insanity is out there and hopefully, more sane people will see this man for the lunatic he appears to be.
Love the podcast and everything you guys do with it. Also, Pat! If you could PLEASE put together the best rants of the CU Podcast in 1 long video, I think that'd be an amazing video! Just a suggestion there, hopefully that's something we see down the road. Have a great day, afternoon or night, depending on when you read this. Bye bye
Thing is though, he appears to have been in Midlife Crisis mode since he first moved to SoCal.
A midlife crisis is when you buy a sports car that's way out of your price range. This is exhibiting the symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a Cluster B personality disorder. This goes WAY beyond something as cute as a midlife crisis...
No way. This has been his M.O. for basically his ENTIRE adult life. This isn't a midlife crisis, it's severe mental illness.
@@Centrifuze But he _has_ bought multiple sports cars he can't feasibly afford, though. 😜
@@Hammerhead547 I know I shouldn't laugh but you know you fucked up when you get your step daughter fired from a fan club. That made me laugh more than it should have.
Can you imagine this man giving his own eulogy?
I think this can be considered an elegy actually
On 6 boomboxes stacked on top of each other because he can't trust his friends to not mess it up?
His mother would be very proud
Watching this was pretty sad. My first exposure to Tommy Tallarico was through gaming magazines. I specifically remember walking through the grocery store with my mom and thumbing through a copy of EGM where Tommy was interviewed about Wild9 for the PS1. I thought it was cool that a creative music guy had found his niche in video games.
To see him descend into an hour-long frothing of subtle manipulation attempts which all stem from a clear inability to accept helpful criticism or SIMPLY disregard it if he finds it not to be helpful... is, as Tommy said... disappointing.
Tommy fell out of relevance as gaming magazines died too, so he's kind of lost and very unknown to gamers outside of a certain generation. Aside from having co-founded Video Games Live which honestly looks like a good show, Tommy's BS-ing aside.
Scott the Woz is about half his age, and when Tommy replied to Scott on Twitter to "hook him up" after he posted a picture of his old consoles (which included Intellivision), Scott did not answer. He's just not that relevant to a younger crowd. Most of his sycophants are middle-aged guys more closer to him in growing-up gaming experiences.
Don't disrespect the legendary air guitarist Tommy Tallarico!
he thinks hes the mozart of video games.
And also New York Yankee Hall of Famer. xD
@@HappyMealBieber He's more like the Vanilla Ice of video games tbh.
@@heisensaul5538 He's more like the Milli Vanilli of video games tb even more h
@@phox04 To be fair has TT been caught using someone else for his work like Milli Vanilli did with having someone else sing on their album? Yes, he's still an imposter like they were, but still.
I wonder how Tall Tales Tommy feels about Hbomberguy basically destroying him on every level...
Yea he won't go after him though, he's too big. Lame
@@tadeusticeghostal I would love to see it though.
@CaptainRufus oh man that would be so good.
Fuckin EVISCERATED him lmao
@@CrazySchram666 He's so good at it too. I miss all the HBomberguy destructions. He's branched more into gaming lately which is great and I love all of those videos but there's just something cathartic about him completely destroying scum bags and I miss it lol.
“We made twenty percent (of the Intellivision market in the 80s)”.
His mother would be very proud of that lie.
It's a shame that Tommy was so smart when he was 12 and able to lead a big company like that to have 20% of the video game market back in 1980. Now he's 55 and can't produce a proper video game console. It's really sad.
I highly doubt I'll ever meet Pat or Ian IRL, but if I do, I so solemnly swear that I will invite them over to my house for pasta and cannoli and they can look at my games collection. XD
Pat and Ian are always invited to my place. I'm not Italian, but Polish so we can have pierogis :)
Same here, but the gourmet food would be blood sausage with fried cabbage. This is Estonia after all!
Been waiting for this one! Now that Tallarico has gone into social media exile, he can't strike back with endless amounts of BS like he used to. Tallarico completely ruined his own ill-gotten reputation!
He probably never learned anything. I bet he's going around saying the "woke mob" cancelled him on social media for his beliefs.
Tallarico never had much of a “reputation.” Lifelong gamer, but I had never heard of his name until the Amico debacle. He was a speck in the history of video games. The “No One Lives Forever” soundtrack? I still play that. Can’t even name anything he made.
@@shenanitims4006 Based on available evidence, it appears anything noteworthy that tommy claims to have 'done' was in fact composed by someone else. Very little to no verifiable instances of original composition from tallarico himself.
Funnily enough, the only stuff that doesn't seem to have been created primarily by someone else is objectively terrible.
@@shenanitims4006 That just means you didn't watch EP or like G4 and all that back in the day. He was definitely known by gamers who were over-connected to the games industry goings-on and news.
@@n0vi I certainly wasn’t. But what was his role on those shows? From what I picked up from the Hbomberguy dismantling, he was just a host? Which wouldn’t exactly give him any cred.
If the old host from Nintendo Arcade showed up trying to make Pong relevant again, I wouldn’t give him two glances.
Heel Ian and Petty Pat shitting on Tommy Scamarico is what my life has been missing lately.
Tommy slaparico
More like assisted beat down. Tommy is doing the majority of the work on himself. Might as well call it, “Petty Pat and Ian watches and comments on a self-own.”
“You can’t do RFID and touchscreen on the Switch, only on the Amico!”?! The Switch has both of those things. Holy shit, Tommy.
No but you can't do it on every individual controller. Because that's totally something that everyone needs and wants.
The smile on Pat’s face as the video progresses is gold. Knowing how everything played out. He’s just so excited.
@Dewmguygamingyou’re
"I'm not trying to be victim here. No. Not at all. DO NOT feel sorry for me, I'm not a victim."
Ian: "What the f*ck?!" 😂
My absolute favorite part in the video was when he stopped marketing the Amico and started trying to sell himself to you guys instead lol
You did well by abstaining from arguing with him. It has been said: "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."
I like the way as his diatribe continues, he turns more and more into the parody version of himself! 😂😂😂
He keeps repeating the same things over and over and over again.
But PAT what if someone misquoted the price of your book to HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE?!
@@tellumyort they'd probably be pleasantly surprised when they find out the real price and that it's a real product, I guess
Tommy didn't stop me from buying the book.
He practically “out parodied” the Phone Call version of Tallarico. I could imagine the Phone Call version calling into the podcast, afterwards, saying, “I have nothing to add!”
I had an Intellivision growing up and have been following this Amico disaster from the beginning. I actually ordered it. It has been amazing how dead on balls accurate Pat and Ian have been throughout this whole thing and the amount of b.s. they got for it. They called everything.
Not content with simply revolutionizing the video game industry, Tommy Tallarico has now brought his creativity into the field of language as he redefines 'quick' to mean long and laborious.
And he edited it down, think of how long he actually sat there rambling... 🤯
A poorly done retro-ish focused ouya with an over engineered controller
Man. A Not So Common Podcast, a CU Podcast Special, AND Dave makes an appearance on Game Sack?! What a marvelous week!
I missed Dave, too. 🥲
If ony we could get a Mark Bussler comeback
Once upon a time Joe from Game Sack was an Amico fan, too. Or at the least, wore an Amico T-shirt in one episode.
@@ccricers don't bring Joe down. He has never pitched for Tallarico
@@teen_laqueefa I know. He wears T-shirts for lots of consoles. I just thought it was funny seeing that one.
Tommy: “I worked on the Wii with Miyamoto!”
Me: I died!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
See if I was to ask Tommy a question it would be "Is the Switch something that is full of blood and gore, kids in compromising positions, and rape, or are you friends with Miyamoto? It can't be both. Which is it Tommy?" If he was actually friends with Miyamoto he wouldn't be saying crap like that as The President of a video game company.
@@dissraps Yes, can be friends, but going out and making the accusations that the Switch is pro-rape and pro-pedo is something a CEO doesn't do.
Hes embarrassing.
He contradicts himself all the time. The guy is a slime ball . idk how else to describe him. He thinks people like him. and maybe they do for some bizarre reason. i honestly cant stand him. i can see through all his schmooz. its pitiful a man his age acts like this and tries to be relevant to the gaming community with his self aggrandizing egocentric personality . The dude is a jerk. attacking Pat for pointing out the reality of his failed mcdonalds toy console .There are probly vintage beenie babies and mcdonalds toys worth 10x more than his Amico.
Also, just moments after saying "I was skeptical" about the Wii.
He thinks Metroid Prime came out on the Wii.
I remember when I commented on one of Smash JT's videos claiming you're both hard on the Amico and Tommy just for money and Tommy himself responded to me, he linked me this very same 51 minute video thinking it would get me on his side. I didn't even watch it once I noticed how long it was. Man, to think I used to respect this guy.
Tommy telerico is the equivalent of an crazy ex that tries to gaslight, look like a victim and, place the blame on you. smh
Tommy faked all his orgasms.
oh yes, he's like a crazy ex, and what? twitter clout? He's been off the company for a year. LMAO! And he's trying to say "Hey, come over I have the original Zelda."
@@crithon Clever tactic that Tommy, trying to sell the Intellivision with a couple old Nintendo games
Just like my ex.
Tommy will surely claim a World Guinness Record for the longest contiguous rant.
Nope, he's screwed. Strom Thurmond went on a filibuster talk for 24 hours and 18 minutes
@@SavageGerbil doesn’t mean he can’t lie about it :)
edit: spelling error
@@SavageGerbilHe could always buy a specific one: "Worlds Longest Rant About Delayed Amico Launch Directed at Podcast Hosts"
The Amico. The gift that just keeps on giving.
This was a fun ride, I really hope Tommy sees this and decides that another video response is needed.
Come back to us TT!
I'll be rewatching this video over and over again
This man can say so little with so many words.
The inverse of Masahiro Sakurai, who tends to cram whole AV presnetations into 2-5 minutes.
Alright, I'm ready! Time for my next 2 hour dose of PURE GAMING RACISM! 😂
Remember kids when you are lying or trying to con people... everyones a " gaming rascist" and never stop smiling
And make your mother proud.
I like how Tommy liked his own comment in the screenshot.
I missed that 😆
dude is a pathetic balloon of wind. Hes desperate in this video. And hes a 100% scam artist. not just him but the Alverado and the others. They need to be sued big time
Tommy most definitely was angry while recording that video and as I had pointed out before his insane lie about working with Miyamoto on the Wii.... Metroid Prime came out on the GameCube and it was many years before. Absolutely insanity that a CEO of any company would spend so much time trying to save face. Tommy needs to grow up.
Someone who does Tommy compilations should put together a video of all the times Tommy's voice gets squeaky.
You know..
You're asking an awful lot of Tommy to do something like grown up or be mature.
Ian with a bomber of IPA is such a quality throwback to a simpler time. I love this podcast.
I love this video. It's a greatest hits of all of Tommy's biggest lies. I'm so glad you guys never drank the kool-aid and called him out on his bullshit. Welcome back guys. This special is amazing.
The perfect way to sum up the relationship between Tommy and the shills: I exploit you, still you love me. I tell you one and one makes three. - Lyric from the Song Cult of Personality by the Band Living Colour.
I lost it with Tommy when he said "gaming racists" this guy is seriously unhinged.
55:58 It was at this point that I realized that call in Tommy wasn't a parody.
unlisting a video doesn't make it private, it just means you can only view that video if you have the link to the video.
I hope this saga never ends. So many hours of entertaining content.
My first comment about the Amico is to Tommy Tallarico himself back in 2019 in this comment section when he used to post here with me predicting the pretty much the exact reasons for the Amico's imminent failure and pointing out Tommy's anti-Nintendo bias. I was on board with Pat and Ian regarding the Amico pretty much from day one. This rebuttal is outstanding.
If Tommy was so biased towards Nintendo then why the F did he worked with Miyamoto-san on Metroid Prime and Wii if he was biased on Nintendo in the first place.
Watching someone like this with so much ego and insecurity unraveling is so interesting. The amount of delusion going on is insane. He's not just lying to everyone else, he's lying to himself because he can't face reality. I'd feel bad for people like him if they weren't assholes.
49:00 Good thing you guys didn't visit Tommy sounds like there could be a bottle of ranch dressing in one of his ten bathrooms.
It's like watching someone on Judge Judy try and plead their case when they know they're guilty af lol
"I'm telling you this in as convincing a tone as I can, with as many selective details and vagueries and possible. Why don't you believe me?!"
"I can't take criticism? How dare you say that about me!?" Revealing a lot more than he thought with that one
Tommy’s 50 min video is like watching a little dog chase it’s tail for 24 mins, then it stops chases it in the opposite direction for 1 min, and then chasing it again in the first direction for the next 25 mins.
I've watched Tommy's original video on this an embarrassing number of times. (Well, more like listened to it, really. I like to have light background noise on while I work, and something about Tommy's hour of gaslighting works well.)
Watching you two react to the comments I've laughed at and remember so well is a treat.
Tommy: "I don't mind criticism at all" I almost did a spit take on that one!
He doesn't mind it; he just doesn't like when people say something negatively about the Amico. That's all ;)
*Tommy to the Amico cult:* Don’t worry, I’ll turn Pat and Ian around.
*Amico cult:* “…..”
i love the part where Ian is like "I dont" and Tommy is like "Ian, I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree with you on that"
If there was a Guiness Record for "digging your own grave", Tommy would get it... and that's probably the only record that he would have gotten legitimately :P
@@Centrifuze What is the record he still holds?
@@JustinJTime Sorry, I was wrong. He does have two still. It's just that one of them doesn't mention him by name. It only mentions Video Games Live. So he's lost the "Most Prolific (AKA Person Who's Worked on the Most Video Games)" Award thanks to Kat, and that's it so far.
Great to see and hear you guys on this podcast again 👍🏻
Can’t wait for tommy to expose pat for who he really is a lying pedo
@@joeystewart7090 i hope you're joking man
Pat and Ian should rent a Ferrari for the big big big victory laps🏎🏎🏎🏎
Big big! 😂
Living that fat life!
This reminds me of Amy's Baking Company from Kitchen Nightmares. Anyone who saw that episode will know what I'm talking about
😂😂😂😂 That was amusing as hell
Me: I miss Pat and Ian
Pat and Ian: We're back with the Vince McMahon of the gaming world Tommy Telarico.
Me: screaming yes like Daniel Bryan
😊😂
I love how agitated Ian gets EVERY TIME Pat paused the video because I was get agitated too. Lol Love ya guys & thanks for the content. Miss ya xoxoxo
"Don't ever pause again"
This video is amazing, I haven't been watching/listening to you guys recently I will admit, but wow I have to say this video pulled me right back in like Al Pacino in Godfather 3, love you guys keep it up. Tommy is still up to his antics, not surprised. One last thing, what do I need to do to be a "Pasta Pal"?
You know Tommy wasn't angry, just disappointed, because he didn't use any angry emojis while talking
Rewatching this, and it's hilarious that Pat and Ian think the greatest new Tommy soundbyte is "we're not doing things off the cuff".
They had no idea what was coming.
This whole Tommy saga has been like watching a Fyre Festival documentary all over again.
Take a knee guys, Poppa Tommy isn't mad, he's just disappointed.
"And you should be disappointed with yourself, son. Not only did you let yourself down, you let your team members down as well."
Me about 40 minutes in: "OH MY GOD THIS GUY WILL NOT SHUT THE F*** UP!"
I... I think I get it now... I know who Tommy is... when he was young, in the neighborhood he grew up in, among all the other children... he was the Ranch Dressing Kid.
”There are no angry faces here!”
*Video ends freezing on what looks like the angriest face I’ve seen on Tommy*
I really needed this. Thanks for bringing a smile guys!
This video is fascinating. I'd be curious to know who holds the record for the number of times watching it. I think I've watched it 10 times!
I watch and rewatch your Amico videos as this saga is fascinating and entertaining. My favorite quote is by Ian when he said "If we can't trust the information that you put out to the public, then what fucking good is the information that you put out to the public?" Boom! Or should I say, Bewwwwwm! I also love the Atari Age archive where we can see most if not all of his ridiculous posts and promises to people who clearly didn't question him enough. This is the CEO of a multi-million dollar startup, spending hours of his days posting on a retro gaming forum thinking he's marketing a product, thinking that if some investor saw his activity, they would kick in money or buy him out. It's crazy.
"We don't have low EQs"
That and the pasta invite were laugh out loud moments.
This was a funny slap fight.
@56:00 "I worked on the Wii with Miyamoto" laughed my fking ass off so hard.. this guy Tommy is a complete joke, he finds a way to dig his own hole deeper....wow
This could’ve easily have ended in Hbomberguy’s video along with the rest. Though the original got funny enough, this could’ve been deadly hilarious. Is there such a thing as too much funny?
Good call to talk about this video now, rather than when it came out, because it has become so much more hilarious in retrospect.
Get the 🍿😈
You know that pasta dinner was going to be boxed spaghetti and canned sauce at best.
My ears are bleeding from Tommy repeating the SAME thing for a half hour.
Ian: "this is the victory lap"
Pat: "this isn't the victory lap"
Can't wait till see Pat's version of a victory lap. If it wasn't this, then damn, it's going to be rough. 😂
@@Jeffmetal42 I've loved all the coverage, but Pat saying this isn't a victory lap is Petty Pat at its peak. You won. After this, it's time to move on until lawsuits or a documentary happens.
@@joshsimpson79 I thought it was hilarious, screw Tallarico, he deserves to have his name drug through the mud for as long as he remains in the "gaming industry". I don't care how petty it seems, he brought it all on himself for being a mega twat.
Tommy is like the lovechild of Billy Mitchell and Butch Hartman.
His fathers would be very proud! First American to work on the NES with Miyamoto!
I like how Tommy starts out calm, but then goes Super Sayian later on. Lol!!!
I met Tommy when I was a teen at VGL in Saskatoon. I was 16 at the time. I got to go on stage and play Space Invaders. Before getting to play, he asked a little about me. I told him my name and that I was 16. He was taken back like he was SHOCKED that a 16 year old was taller than him. He also said my name sounded like a video game character's or like a football player's.
ALSO, I had a copy of Tony Hawk Pro Skater on PS1 for signing. He signed his name in VERY large on the front manual and used a smaller marker to right in the manual where his studio is mentioned. He writes, "That's ME!" with an arrow pointing to his studio...in which Joey Kuras' name is listed in the credits.
The man cannot handle being five feet tall and cannot stop lying to make himself feel big.
Unbelievable
I found my own joy in how much you guys were enjoying this lol
You are right. Maybe Tommy can even add “he worked on the Switch with Miyamoto” to his credits because I certainly got a lot of Joy from this obvious Con. Particularly in how blatant and exposed this got.
How many times did Tommy say: I'm not attacking you??
there should have been an "I'm not attacking you" counter lol
All I know is that he talked about Pat's book like 3 times.
@@TimmiiGamingChannel Well he had to remind Pat that if someone put out misinformation about his book, he'd want to respond and he would want to contact that person to tell them the truth about his book.
And see how much DJ Slopes regretted giving him a platform. Tallarico doesn't want to talk he wants to pedal his snake oil and lionize himself. The first American to work on Sonic the Hedgehog... his mother is very proud.
There's a reason people like Kira TV doesn't give a platform to scam and scam adjacent people who demand a right to reply.
Any update on the $ 5,000 Guru Larry challenge Pat?
Ok. Just one question. WHY Tommy STILL has this video on his channel???? whyyyyy?
It's hard to find words to describe Pat's face and tone of voice saying "no I'm not coming over your fucking house" at 45:42. It's like an intersection of smug, confusion, and genuine shock.
Stretching 3 minutes of talking points to over 50 minutes is some sort of skill.
That's how Tommy has gotten job opportunities in the biz for all these years.
Nah, cocaine can make that happen without even trying. 😂