I think a lot of Spoony's criticism is indeed for the sake of it being funny. I think Yahtzee (Zero Punctuation guy) once said something along the lines of "nobody wants to watch me say how great a game is, that's no fun" in one of his reviews. This is probably much the same. I've always thought FFVIII was the weakest of the PS1 trio, personally. Never could figure out that junctioning system and whatnot. But I'd still say I enjoyed what I did manage to play of it.

As for Spoony.... meh, his FF reviews were great, as were a -couple- of other game reviews, but most of the rest of the stuff he does is so obscure that I don't watch him that often.