[Chuck]

It's really just a hidden message. Tested servers are moving to Virginia confirmed.

[Dragonzord]

drew was big on diablo so he might make a awesome stand in as well

Random PC Game: Diablo 3

[Yaboosh]

Random PC Game: Diablo 3

Noooo, Diablo original.

[chiablo]

I would love to see a Minecraft Endurance Run.

Watching them build a world every day would be amazing. But I think that their Minecraft candle burned very bright and is now burnt out.

[Typographenia]

That's the real problem. I think that's the real reason why they never get too outraged about this stuff, because what does it really matter if they piss and moan about this stuff if people buy it anyway. That's the only way these practices will ever stop. Every time EA implements some new bullshit, I imagine they get worried about fan reaction for about 15 seconds, then remember the screengrab from that MW2 boycott group on Steam, where almost everyone in the group was playing MW2 the day it came out.

Absolutely. I mean, I don't approve of the majority of what DLC is, but I would be doing the exact same thing in their positions. They're making a killing off of it, and nobody seems to care enough at the end of the day to not support it.

If you don't approve of it, don't buy it. It's not going to guarantee immediate results or a change in business models, but it's a much better chance at doing so than just saying, "Well, that's how things are. I guess I'll just buy it anyway."

[big_z]

I'd always thought that GB's traffic fed into the other sites. I guess its true...

thats how i visited the site on a daily basis. now i only do a quick look at the articles on podcast day. personally i like the broader content coverage as cell phones are boring as shit but it takes little time to read the 2-3 pieces of news each week that interests me. the same could be said about the old sites articles but they had a ton of video content as well which made visiting more often worth while. right now the unique video content is severely lacking.

a lot of the mythbuster fans leave poorly typed comments bashing will and norm. makes me understand why the cast repeats what they're explaining 5 times over on mythbusters before moving on.

[Rez]

what in the world is Time Trotters and where is it from?

[The Dutch Slayer]

what in the world is Time Trotters and where is it from?

An gamespot live crew, idea but they did not have enough support to fully make a season.

[Foliorum Viridum]

I think it was more Gamespot fell apart before they had a chance to do more, wasn't it?

It was like watching On the Spot again watching Time Trotters.

[Megasoum]

Crap...I guess no Max Payne Quicklook today afterall.

[Toodles]

Watching the latest Jar episode, and I'm curious where Jeff (and others in the gaming media) get their opinions on the viewpoints of the average gamer. [...]

Fun fact: 'The 'average gamer' can be split into two groups: one portion of them don't care about or know DLC exists and the rest of them will happily buy DLC if it's something they're interested in. The militant, anti-DLC, let's-go-back-to-how-it-was-in-the-90s gamers are in the minority. They're also, most of the time, kinda dumb.

I also disagree with >90% of your post. Your point about digital games as a whole being something that might cause issues surrounding dusting off consoles from the attic twenty years from now is a fair one, but that's got little-to-nothing to do with what was being discussed.

[a secret-boss]

man that Portal Editor QL was painful once they start playing the levels.

its like watching 2 person figure out how to turn on a tv

[DaBuddaDa]

Ryan's Max Payne 3 review is up - 4/5 stars.

[strafer]

What the hell is up with GB's videoplayer? The quality sucks.

[LiK]

What the hell is up with GB's videoplayer? The quality sucks.

premium member? cuz HD looks fine.

[Cerebral Assassin]

I thought it was shocking that Jeff saw the ability to patch console games as worse than on-disc DLC. But again, I'd imagine day one patches are a bigger hassle for them, since it forces them to go through a game for a second time to check what's fixed if they played it before release.

You think it is worse that a company tries to sell consumers something, than it is to release a game that is broken to a significant minority of gamers(not every console is connected online)?

[cuevas, PhD.]

If consumers didn't buy dlc they wouldn't release it, we only have ourselves to blame.

[I should be doing hw]

Ryan's Max Payne 3 review is up - 4/5 stars.

Max Payne taking itself seriously. How embarrassing with a name like that.

[FStop7]

I still listen to the podcast but I don't really visit the site anymore. And even the podcast isn't even that much of a thing for me anymore. Now I consistently listen to the Vergecast before Tested. That wasn't the case before...

Tested was the only tech podcast I listened to. I tried to like TWiT for years but I gave up on it because it got to be more of an insider circle jerk as time went on. Tested really broke that mold, I found Will and Norm was capable of getting more to the point.

Now I've kind of lost interest. Recently when Will blew off a story about Microsoft investing $300 million into Barnes and Noble it kind of hit me that Tested wasn't for me any more.

PS - This year's summer jam is Cashin' Out by Cash Out.

[LiK]

Tested was the only tech podcast I listened to. I tried to like TWiT for years but I gave up on it because it got to be more of an insider circle jerk as time went on. Tested really broke that mold, I found Will and Norm was capable of getting more to the point. Now I've kind of lost interest. Recently when Will blew off a story about Microsoft investing $300 million into Barnes and Noble it kind of hit me that Tested wasn't for me any more.

their entire discussion last week about film archival was pretty interesting.

[cuevas, PhD.]

their entire discussion last week about film archival was pretty interesting.

I wouldn't know since it hasn't shown up on my insta cast :(((

[sixghost]

You think it is worse that a company tries to sell consumers something, than it is to release a game that is broken to a significant minority of gamers(not every console is connected online)?

You're implying that console games never launched broken before consoles allowed developers to make patches? There's a difference between coming out against games launching busted and being against the ability to patch a game.

[StopMakingSense]

I wouldn't know since it hasn't shown up on my insta cast :(((

Find the new RSS link.

edit: or resubscribe, I guess: use this:
www.tested.com/podcast-xml/

and use the add feed link, it started working for me again when I did that.

[Vinterbird]

I wouldn't know since it hasn't shown up on my insta cast :(((

Weird, shows up fine here. Using the same feed from before the buyout?

[Cerebral Assassin]

You're implying that console games never launched broken before consoles allowed developers to make patches? There's a difference between coming out against games launching busted and being against the ability to patch a game.

Jeff covered that pretty well, games are clearly being released "broken" so they can hit release dates & then are fixed by a early patch & that is far worse than anything to do with DLC.

[SafeinSound]

I can't wait to hear what the guys have to say on the podcast about Max Payne 3

[AcridMeat]

I can't wait to hear what the guys have to say on the podcast about Max Payne 3

I like what they've done with it. I wish they had some more of the strangeness from Remedy. (alt: I miss)

There you go.

[LiK]

i'm more excited for Asura'a Wrath DLC talk

[Hoo-doo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=oJZaNmE4J78

This is amazing.

[theRizzle]

well... this is unfortunate

[Plexirvones]

Fullbright, Clear Eyes, Can't Lose (44:55)

Brad, Patrick, and Ryan sit down with Steve Gaynor to discuss The Fullbright Company, Minerva's Den, and the challenges of going indie.

[firehawk12]

I think it was more Gamespot fell apart before they had a chance to do more, wasn't it? It was like watching On the Spot again watching Time Trotters.

Yeah, Rich left after the video was made and then in the fall, you had the whole Kane and Lynch thing.

[cuevas, PhD.]

well... this is unfortunate

We it's not wrong.

[Hot Coldman]

Fullbright, Clear Eyes, Can't Lose (44:55)

Excellent title.

Whatever Scoops' game turns out to be, it'll be a

[sixghost]

Jeff covered that pretty well, games are clearly being released "broken" so they can hit release dates & then are fixed by a early patch & that is far worse than anything to do with DLC.

Can you name all these games that are broken on release? My 360 isn't connected to the internet and I'm not constantly playing games that aren't finished. Even the games that should be the worst about this, like Fallout 3, New Vegas, Skyrim, worked fine for me.

Like you said, there's plenty of consoles out there that aren't connected to the internet, so it would be crazy to knowingly ship a broken game that a certain percentage of your customers will never be able to fix. I don't believe that the ability to patch games causes more games to ship broken.

[mattiewheels]

Scoops looks so much younger than I pictured him...

[Emitan]

Ryan Davis emailed me today~

It's not about anything interesting though.

[shadyspace]

Ryan Davis emailed me today~ It's not about anything interesting though.

Did he hit on you?!

[Emitan]

Did he hit on you?!

That would be interesting!

[SmithnCo]

Ryan Davis emailed me today~ It's not about anything interesting though.

Emailed to let you know he blocked you?

[daycru]

Did he hit on you?!

Ryan turning heel on his Beyonce?

[Curufinwe]

Jesus, it looks as bad written down as it does said aloud. I really hope Ryan gets married soon.

[kylej]

Fullbright, Clear Eyes, Can't Lose (44:55)

they should rip the audio and put it up on the Bombcast page. Very cool interview.

[Typographenia]

I Hell Mondays - 05/14/2012 - 03:58

Starring Drew, Vinny, Diablo 3, and a mariachi?

[DTKT]

I Hell Mondays - 05/14/2012 - 03:58 Starring Drew, Vinny, Diablo 3, and a mariachi?

I don't understand.

[xxracerxx]

I Hell Mondays - 05/14/2012 - 03:58 Starring Drew, Vinny, Diablo 3, and a mariachi?

French cafe.

[AcridMeat]

I don't understand.

I kind of see what they're going for, but 4 minutes of it is far too long.

edit: Especially when they've been talking about Max Payne as much if not more than Diablo 3.

[Neuromancer]

Ryan Davis emailed me today~ It's not about anything interesting though.

You can't just say stuff like that without telling us what he said you big tease.

[Duffyside]

Are these charts legit? Those numbers seem awfully low to me. Surely only GB have the actual data?

Quantcast is apparently terribly innaccurate unless the sites sign up with them.

The reason I use Quantcast is because Jeff linked to it himself earlier in this thread as a way to say "hey, it's easy to check our traffic!"

[Emitan]

I said it's not interesting~