Sorry if you were joking. Or aren't you? I don't understand. Wash machines aren't that expensive. Or is that the joke?
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Sorry if you were joking. Or aren't you? I don't understand. Wash machines aren't that expensive. Or is that the joke?
Foliorum Viridum
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Yeah, that was the joke.
You go wash your mouth. Jeff is awesome and all, but he's no Jeff!
Oops.
Hot Coldman
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Not even Thursday Night Tested? Bah.
Typographenia
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WORST WEEK EVER GEEZ
shadyspace
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I had already been thinking about what bottle of wine to pick up, *sigh*
SteveWinwood
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Technosteve
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>..> =(
Vire
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Bombcast Mass Effect 3 Edition is out!
"The Master of Mass Effect Casey Hudson stops by to give us the full briefing on Commander Shepard's final mission."
http://www.giantbomb.com/podcast/
"The Master of Mass Effect Casey Hudson stops by to give us the full briefing on Commander Shepard's final mission."
http://www.giantbomb.com/podcast/
Typographenia
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*sigh*
I'm not liking this self-imposed media blackout on ME3 stuff. I feel like I'm missing out on all the fun. Anyone that listens to this, could you say whether or not there's anything spoilery about ME3 in it? I assume there will be, so I don't have my hopes up at the moment.
Note they're standing at the entrance of Club 33. I hear the food there is pretty awesome.
PinkCrayon
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No spoilers.
Random PC Game: Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance (1:15:34) (Vinny / Dave / Drew) [PREMIUM]
Sorry for the double post.
Sorry for the double post.
Putting that Flight Stick to good use. It made me want to re-install my copy, but I'd feel so underwhelmed playing it with no stick, so I guess I'll install Mech Commander 2 instead.
I don't know what this is, but anything involving Vice City is bound to be awesome.
TemplaerDude
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Selection source says "Backtracking: Remembering Grand Theft Auto: Vice City With Retro City Rampage's Brian Provinciano".
firehawk12
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I don't know if this should be in the Bombcast thread, but whatever. There's a bonus episode this week with Casey Hudson. He seems to be doing the podcast rounds this week, since he showed up on GameSpot's podcast and presumably other shows as well.
For anyone who listened, I'm just wondering, was this just a shill episode or did anything interesting happen?
For anyone who listened, I'm just wondering, was this just a shill episode or did anything interesting happen?
Riposte
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Shill episode. Dude shows virtually no personality, though he has a nice voice.
He also dodged one of the interesting questions, because it would have gone into the potential character death problem that ME2 made so much worse. Can't really blame him for not answering it, but it'd still be nice to find out why they went with the suicide mission stuff when it would clearly magnify the issue... They had problems accounting for one character (Kaiden/Ashley) in a meaningful way, what are they going to do with a dozen? Small wonder he didn't give a straight answer there.
Foliorum Viridum
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I'd love to hear someone really push Casey to explain their retarded decisions.
Since that podcast isn't that, I won't be listening.
Since that podcast isn't that, I won't be listening.
Ya, I was hoping they would be addressing some of the issues but it is pretty much a love in. I regret downloading.
Weird, it's like if they like Mass Effect or something.
Foliorum Viridum
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You can like the franchise and still realise that they've made some dumb choices.
I like Mass Effect too, but I am still critical of their decisions with what has happened so far with ME3. I guess I shouldn't be so mad I just hate how no one really presses developers when they have them over for a podcast. I guess if people did that, no more developers on a podcast but if it is always going to be like this than I don't want that.
Have not played the game yet, so I have yet to see what some might call a dumb decision.
Foliorum Viridum
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I've reached the first ep of On The Spot where Jeff is on (Sept 2nd 2004) and he is actually the same. Crazy!
planet scanning is the obvious example.
and, depending on what type of game you were looking for, the way ME2 drastically reduced the level up options and branches and eliminated gear for teammates might be considered "dumb".
He's been in the industry since he was 11?
The Dutch Slayer
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well a little later than that professorially but he did say that he wrote in high school about games and right from their he got into magazines and newspapers covering the industry (age 17/18).
Of course, but isn't it a bit naive to think the guys needed to pressure Casey just because you think some choices are dumb?
Shatner's Bassoon
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No TNT tonight, right? I find this most displeasing.
note that I have not listened to this podcast yet
sure, I agree.
I don't see any reason to be hostile or aggressive during these types of interviews - it'll never make anything better.
I find most developer interviews to be rather pointless as they're almost always devoid of any real info. it's just rehearsed talking points, most of the time.
But it can be good to bring up the perceived shortcomings of a previous game and ask how they've been addressed. And regarding ME3 - the RPG skill progressions and planet scanning have been talked about a bunch as a direct response to those concerns from ME2.
But, as I mentioned before, the answers to these types of questions are almost always rehearsed.
meh.
Foliorum Viridum
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So my hoodie has just arrived but I'm not happy.
I live in the UK and it had a £12 custom tax which I had to pay the postman when he delivered this. Nowhere on the shop did it mention this. I've basically paid 50% extra than my original order.
I paid $15 for shipping, which is £9.40. An extra £12 on top of that is ridiculous.
Anyone else from the UK had this problem?
Who do I contact about this? I expect them to refund me that £12.
I live in the UK and it had a £12 custom tax which I had to pay the postman when he delivered this. Nowhere on the shop did it mention this. I've basically paid 50% extra than my original order.
I paid $15 for shipping, which is £9.40. An extra £12 on top of that is ridiculous.
Anyone else from the UK had this problem?
Who do I contact about this? I expect them to refund me that £12.
The Dutch Slayer
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Next week 4/5 bombcasts will be a suitable replacement
slaughterking
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It's a tax. That has nothing to do with Whiskey.
Perhaps, but it is disappointing nonetheless. They did at least with one question go into the direction; indirectly calling into question a decision Bioware made for ME2. It may not have even been intended considering the way it was asked, but it would have led to discussing the repercussions of having every new character they introduced in ME2 potentially ending up dead by the end of it and what that means for the sequel. I already think ME2 was, story wise, a waste of time. I assume ME3 is only going to affirm that.
Chasing the 'new player' with every iteration of a trilogy is a stupid idea.
As far as I know, sometimes customs stops and checks some packages that are coming into the country at random and if they do so someone has to pay for it, usually the receiver.
You can contact Whiskey about it and if they are really nice they might do something, but it isn't their fault and they don't have to do anything.
shadyspace
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Expect who to refund you? The British government? Good luck with that.
Foliorum Viridum
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Why am I being charged now but not the other two Whiskey shirts I bought, which were more expensive?
I don't think it's right that they can charge you postage and not mention the possibility of hidden fees like this. I don't import from America so I don't have experience with this sort of stuff.
If they stated on the site that this was a possibility I wouldn't have ordered it. It's a great hoodie but I've paid way more than I wanted to now.
I see :\ Well I PM'd Jeff about it on here, but if it's out of their control then I guess that's that.
This has left a bitter taste in my mouth though and I won't be ordering from them again unfortunately. It's a shame because I've been gathering quite a nice collection of WM gear.
slaughterking
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If you don't order from within the EU, you're at risk of paying customs. That's just how it is. You got lucky with your shirts or maybe they didn't exceed an exemption limit, but there's no guarantee you will have the same luck every time. It's not Whiskey's fault.
Foliorum Viridum
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Eh okay, I take back my rage at Whiskey then. I'll jot it down to a learning experience. I genuinely didn't know about custom fees etc, I thought that's what I was paying for with the extra postage.
Felix Lighter
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I'd like to hear some of the questions brought up, particularly the issues that Vinny has brought up in the past, such as, all of the retailer specific preorder bonuses or some of the marketing choices. However, you wouldn't get anything more than standard PR responses and it just wouldn't seem like the appropriate time to corner the guy about things he likely has little control over. I'm sure Casey Hudson is just going on a press tour and expecting Vinny to press him on these things is like expecting Conan O'Brien to throw hard balls at Tom Cruise when he came on to promote Mission Impossible 3.
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Or pretty much what he said.
Yeah, you wouldn't get any real answers even if you asked tough questions. For an illustration of what would happen, look at the recent 1Up interview with Mac Walters where they press him hard on the whole Earth-focused campaign, bring up the lack of consequences for your ME1 choices in ME2, and whether the smaller stuff from ME1 would get payoffs and then gets absolutely no answers.
Eh okay, I take back my rage at Whiskey then. I'll jot it down to a learning experience. I genuinely didn't know about custom fees etc, I thought that's what I was paying for with the extra postage.
Oh wow really? I was wondering why you were so bent out of shape about it. lol
I've gotten lucky in that the two shirts I had off them managed to avoid the tax, maybe customs have started to clamp down.
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