[MThanded]

I just saw the quick look for happy action theater. I need a kinect. Got damn.

[SatelliteOfLove]

Do you really want to watch them shit on dark souls again?

I would reup for another year on the spot if Jeff played that live, cuz when Ryan did that it was classic. This I promise.

The more I play Sleeping Dogs the more irritated I am that the review got pawned off onto Alex. I have nothing against Alex at all, but having the game go to him means the chances of the rest of the crew playing it through and discussing it at length are pretty low. Especially with Borderlands 2 coming soon, which is going to basically kick off the 'season' of major releases through February or March of next year. The game's getting great word of mouth and is apparently selling out at retail, it would be nice if there'd be some good discussion about it on the Bombcast. Right now Sleeping Dogs is my GOTY, without question. And it's going to take a lot to knock it off the top of the list.

I like to think Alex is kinda there defacto reviews guy now since he doesn't do much writing of articles, star in many videos or do many podcasts. He has the time, I guess.

[TheBaronOfNA]

Well, there is a new review by Brad...

[Beast Legacy]

That's...interesting as all their Double Fine reviews are on or below industry average (except Costume Quest which is slightly higher) with Brutal Legend's review 'famously' being the lowest on Metacritic.

Well to be fair to Ryan who reviewed BL it got 3/5 which "translates" to 60 because Metacritic is all sorts of flawed. 3/5 is a decent game which imo describes the game well enough.

But seriously guys, no need to bring in that old review integrity argument. A review is as good and reliable as the person doing it. The GB guys put out enough of their personalities for you to decide who and when to listen.

[Typographenia]

Hooray, Patrick's back!



Oh wow, I totally forgot about CS: GO. I'll be looking forward to that content, if only to see what it is now.

SO MUCH JURASSIC PARK
I can't wait to see that video. It's times like these that make me so happy to have Patrick in the office. He has such great taste in movies/tv.

[Arlecchino]

Well, there is a new review by Brad...

Bradley "5 Stars" Shoemaker strikes again.

[Typographenia]

If you had a great 5-star image to use like that, you'd give out more fives too!

[Majine]

I Love Mondays

Giant Bomb is now about manga.

[Ventilaator]

Bradley "5 Stars" Shoemaker strikes again.

My imcalling.it account doesn't have a problem with it.

[Keyser Soze]

Just stopped by to say... Driver is NOT mediocre. OKAY?

[Dragonzord]

\ The price of nuance in gameplay and the value and joy in learning how to play, then excel is bumbling around like a doofus for X amount of time. They're doing it before god and country live to a bunch of stream monsters with no comprehension of respect. Kinda illuminates the Riposte quote and my response above, huh?

You act like the GB guys are targeted or something. You realize that those streams are full of fanboys who will eat up everything they do? They're surrounded by a chameleon like community of users that will change their opinions quickly on their favorite game based on Jeff saying he doesn't like it.

[Cronen]

Can someone tell me what game Ryan's ringtone is from? I can picture it in my head but the name of the game just isn't coming to mind!

[Sega1991]

I Love Mondays Giant Bomb is now about manga.

No, it's monga. Totally different.

[Blastoise]

Not a fan of the Olympiad. Ryan and Brad seem like the most boring combination (see BR Deadly Premonition Endurance Run). They both seem to lack enthusiasm and charisma, it needs a Jeff or Vinny, even Patrick.

Also I'm in a bad mood this week, so don't take my complaints too seriously.

[Dragonzord]

Maybe Transformers TNT next week? I hope?

I am down to watch Patrick play more Jurassic Park though.

[ZanDatsu]

Can someone tell me what game Ryan's ringtone is from? I can picture it in my head but the name of the game just isn't coming to mind!

Pretty sure it's Fez.

[panda21]

That's...interesting as all their Double Fine reviews are on or below industry average (except Costume Quest which is slightly higher) with Brutal Legend's review 'famously' being the lowest on Metacritic. Oh, and they never reviewed Supergiant's Bastion. But don't let pesky facts get in the way of your tinfoil hat.

you can't compare their scale to metacritic. 4/5 means a good game and iron brigade is not such a thing.

and they were gushing like crazy over bastion even if they didnt review it...

[Shatner's Bassoon]

Can someone tell me what game Ryan's ringtone is from? I can picture it in my head but the name of the game just isn't coming to mind!

Pretty sure it was Fez.

Edit: Pfft, beaten by miles.

[Dragonzord]

I do find Jeff's theory of 'we have a qlex, that's good enough' to be very annoying. Especially when their video content has been hit or miss lately.

[Antiwhippy]

you can't compare their scale to metacritic. 4/5 means a good game and iron brigade is not such a thing. and they were gushing like crazy over bastion even if they didnt review it...

Bastion is pretty damn awesome though.

People like different things. Go figure.

[Jintor]

you can't compare their scale to metacritic. 4/5 means a good game and iron brigade is not such a thing.

Get out of town.

[derFeef]

you can't compare their scale to metacritic. 4/5 means a good game and iron brigade is not such a thing. and they were gushing like crazy over bastion even if they didnt review it...

They do not review those games because they have a close relation to the makers and already cover it heavily.
Also wat.

[Cronen]

Pretty sure it's Fez.

YES! Thank you, had been driving me insane!

[Beast Legacy]

Check vs. Mate surprise battle music is too good.

[Dr. Zombutler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nwRVLQSsk

[bkfount]

Not a fan of the Olympiad. Ryan and Brad seem like the most boring combination (see BR Deadly Premonition Endurance Run). They both seem to lack enthusiasm and charisma, it needs a Jeff or Vinny, even Patrick. Also I'm in a bad mood this week, so don't take my complaints too seriously.

But they're the only ones that seemingly gave a shit about the Olympics. They just need to talk more while Ryan struggles with controls.

[illmatic19]

I hope Jeff doesn't get fired for his Transformers review.

[XANDER CAGE]

For anyone who's been following the whole Polygon thing, I re-edited some old How To Build A Bomb footage into this:

How To Press Reset: The Giant Bomb Story

[Power Glove]

the whole Polygon thing

what?

[XANDER CAGE]

what?

presented by internet explorer

[Gomu Gomu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nwRVLQSsk

Enjoyed that a lot. Thanks.

[Glix]

From the Bummer Morning article:

PopCap has also confirmed layoff reports in a lengthy, surprisingly classy post from co-founder John Vechey.

Emphasis mine.

Do they have some kind of history with this guy? I'm not sure what they are trying to say with that, seems dickish.

[DyslexicAlucard]

For anyone who's been following the whole Polygon thing, I re-edited some old How To Build A Bomb footage into this: How To Press Reset: The Giant Bomb Story

I haven't been. Can you give me a quick link or synopsis of what's going on?

Edit: NM, got it!

[Power Glove]

presented by internet explorer

Oh god.


Good job on your trailer. I loved how to build a bomb back in the day.

[Jintor]

Do they have some kind of history with this guy? I'm not sure what they are trying to say with that, seems dickish.

It's hard to be classy when laying people off. The wording is kinda sucky though.

[Kade]

Cast is uploaded. No page though.

http://media.giantbomb.com/podcast/g...ast-082112.mp3

[Ken]

Cast is uploaded. No page though. http://media.giantbomb.com/podcast/g...ast-082112.mp3

Excellent.

[Slaker117]

Cast is uploaded. No page though. http://media.giantbomb.com/podcast/g...ast-082112.mp3

Thank you.

[Gomu Gomu]

Sooooooo

[LuchaShaq]

and they were gushing like crazy over bastion even if they didnt review it...

And rightfully so, and weren't alone.

It was my favorite game of last year by a large margin, and was highly rated basically everywhere.

You act like they gave some piece of shit like the new Duke Nukem a 5 star review and GOTY.

[brianmcdoogle]

And rightfully so, and weren't alone. It was my favorite game of last year by a large margin, and was highly rated basically everywhere. You act like they gave some piece of shit like the new Duke Nukem a 5 star review and GOTY.

Yup. Just look at IGN and their close ties to some developers and the grossly inflated scores they give out, i.e. Too Human.

[LiK]

what's the fan art thread in GB? kinda curious to see all the stuff there. the search sucks.

[brianmcdoogle]

Alex might be in the GOTY deliberations podcast this year since he reviewed so many games (suggests a question on Jeff's formspring). In other news, GOTY deliberations will suck and be worse than last year's.

[Jintor]

Has anybody seen Cool Baby around the CBS offices? Or Luchadeer?

[Chuck]

Has anybody seen Cool Baby around the CBS offices? Or Luchadeer?

Luchadeer was in a few videos. I believe he's sitting on a table somewhere.

Don't know where that baby thing is. Hope they threw it away.

[zkylon]

Ok, cancelled my subscription (wasn't really using it, never have time for the multiple-hour long videos) and I have 4 more days to watch everything premium I can. Suggestions!

[Havok]

Ok, cancelled my subscription (wasn't really using it, never have time for the multiple-hour long videos) and I have 4 more days to watch everything premium I can. Suggestions!

Most of the best stuff is pretty long, so keep that in mind.

Random PC Games: Phantasmagoria (easily the first choice), Ripper, Wing Commander 3, Outcast, Police Quest: SWAT, Crusader: No Remorse and maybe Daggerfall part 1.

Load Our Last Saves: Freedom Fighters, Brute Force, Psi Ops

All the Talk Radio shows, including Drew Returns from North Korea

All three parts of the Lantern Run, to see friendships deteriorate before your eyes

Breaking Brad: Doom II Part 1

Flight Club: P51 Mustang Beta

Stuff like the Holiday Nostalgiafest and Members-only SNES party are entertaining, but very long.

Jar Time videos are okay, but not really necessary viewing.

Honestly, I'd just save as much stuff to a hard drive as you can and take some time with it. There's a lot of quality content subscriber content that's been made in the past year, and 4 days might not be enough time to hit everything on the list. Lately there's been a pretty huge dropoff, though. Dwarf Fortress didn't really interest me and the Olympiad is actively boring, as far as I'm concerned.

[Arlecchino]

Alex might be in the GOTY deliberations podcast this year since he reviewed so many games (suggests a question on Jeff's formspring). In other news, GOTY deliberations will suck and be worse than last year's.

They need to bring a new challenger to battle it out and take down Deliberation-Time Brad Shoemaker once and for all.

[justjim89]

I don't actually subscribe yet (not much disposable income and Netflix supersedes gaming content) but what are some of the best TNT's that I can find elsewhere? I watched the WWE All Stars one and it was tremendous.

[YoThatLimp]

Man, that part in the bombcast talking about acquiring pornography as kids in the 80's and 90's was amazing.