[CrankyKong]

It sucks that Ryan cut off Patrick during his VLR talk at the late 1 hours mark. :/

Has he talked about VLR at all since his 999 video?

[JPBrowncoat]

Has he talked about VLR at all since his 999 video?

He tweeted that there would be another video later this week.

[TxdoHawk]

Dear Brad: I know I am weeks late on this, but while the iOS market is still fresh and you aren't sick to death of runners, play Punch Quest. That is all.

[FStop7]

The Yelp stuff was so weird, it was this sudden moment of role reversal.

[Antiwhippy]

It sucks that Ryan cut off Patrick during his VLR talk at the late 1 hours mark. :/

Yeah, it was really weird how ryan suddenly started talking about antichamber when patrick seemed like he was in the middle of his talk.

[Rlan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwC6K0b5LA0

Also

[img]http://cdn3.*****.com/pack/b/e/beverlyhil227008l/_-Beverly-Hills-Cop-PS2-_.jpg[/img]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPHI3U3XQ-g

[grandjedi6]

Yeah, it was really weird how ryan suddenly started talking about antichamber when patrick seemed like he was in the middle of his talk.

Maybe it ran too long and Ryan cut it out?

[Haunted]

Never heard of/used yelp, I wonder why anyone would even use this if it's this useless?

They didn't make a good case for why each of them was so knowledgeable about the site and seemed to regularly use yelp in the first place.

[Antiwhippy]

Maybe it ran too long and Ryan cut it out?

Doesn't seem like it did.

Never heard of/used yelp, I wonder why anyone would even use this if it's this useless? They didn't make a good case for why each of them was so knowledgeable about the site and seemed to regularly use yelp in the first place.

It's kinda like metacritic for restaurants.

[FStop7]

Never heard of/used yelp, I wonder why anyone would even use this if it's this useless? They didn't make a good case for why each of them was so knowledgeable about the site and seemed to regularly use yelp in the first place.

Yelp isn't useless, the well written reviews stand out.

[jediyoshi]

Never heard of/used yelp, I wonder why anyone would even use this if it's this useless? They didn't make a good case for why each of them was so knowledgeable about the site and seemed to regularly use yelp in the first place.

Yelp's pretty big in the states, pretty much the standard for that sort of stuff. Not many big name alternatives, only thing I can think of that comes close is maybe reviews on google maps.

[Alucrid]

Yelp isn't useless, the well written reviews stand out.

It helped me express how I had THE WORST meatball sandwich in MY LIFE.

[nbthedude]

Urban Spoon > Yelp

[Phatmac]

This'll probably be the last time that Patrick talks about VLR with the rest of the staff on the bombcast. I really wanted to hear their reactions to if. Oh well.

[bananas]

Obamacare...

[MrTroubleMaker]

I knew I missed something! Thanks :P

[jediyoshi]

Getting past warframe lasers -> Look for ceiling turrets/cameras to shoot down

[JollyWolf]

In some weird twist of fate, people are angry about Patrick being interrupted!

[Crewnh]

Its hard to take opinions on the current state of jrpgs as seriously when the last games theyve really gone through are FFX and FFXIII. But hey at least Brad is giving Ni No Kuni and P4 a shot as is Patrick with Fire Emblem.

[Devilgunman]

I think Yelp is very useful. Maybe it depends on the area. I mostly agree with Yelp reviews of restaurants in Houston area. However, food review is the most subjective thing next to music so don't be surprise if the reviews don't match your taste.

[Jintor]

YOUR ASS CAN'T BARF

jesus christ I died laughing

[SmokyDave]

Well, I know what I'm doing tonight. Wrapping myself in a bombcast and playing some Red Dead. I fucking love Wednesdays.

[Alfredo]

Does Patrick not know about the RE 1.5 revival project that was recently revealed a couple of months ago?

[firehawk12]

It sucks that Ryan cut off Patrick during his VLR talk at the late 1 hours mark. :/

Did he cut him off or was that simply edited for time?

It didn't seem like a natural transition anyway.

[Anatoli Bacharach]

I'm only 22 minutes in and Jeff is already on fire, it's great.

By the way, you guys in your big fancy American cities with your thousands of yelp reviews per restaurant: Count your blessings. Here where I live, there is usually fuck all in the way of information about restaurants and other places. You'll do a google search and all you get back is a phone number and an outdated maps location. It sucks!

[justjim89]

No one is mad a Brad because he called Sleepy Dawgz "casual," right? Thank God.

[chogidogs]

I bought Ni No Kuni as I was listening to this on impulse.

Gonna watch Beverly Hills Cop later by design.

[R1CHO]

To be honest, listening these guys complaining about jrpgs because they are time consuming is at the very least discouraging.

But yeah, thats the way they are, they complain when a lot of games are coming on the "hot weeks" of the year because omg we don't have time to play all that; and they also complain on the "low weeks" of the year because omg there is nothing to play! Whatever.

[jred250]

To be honest, listening these guys complaining about jrpgs because they are time consuming is at the very least discouraging. But yeah, thats the way they are, they complain when a lot of games are coming on the "hot weeks" of the year because omg we don't have time to play all that; and they also complain on the "low weeks" of the year because omg there is nothing to play! Whatever.

I don't think it is the volume of time that gets to them. Personally, jrpgs feel like they have a lot of filler to pad out their length. Also when the paper thin story drags out over 80 hours, and it doesn't matter how much you like the characters or battle system, it is going to turn off a big segment of the potential audience.

Persona seems to be learning some of these design lessons. Persona 4 for the vita cut out a lot of the poor design choices from the fusing system that artificially lengthened the game.

[Wunder]

I'm only 22 minutes in and Jeff is already on fire, it's great. By the way, you guys in your big fancy American cities with your thousands of yelp reviews per restaurant: Count your blessings. Here where I live, there is usually fuck all in the way of information about restaurants and other places. You'll do a google search and all you get back is a phone number and an outdated maps location. It sucks!

Well, where I live, you're lucky if you even get a phone number! You'd spend like 4 hours driving to the place just to find out it closed down 6 months ago.

[Meatvillain]

Been really enjoying the podcast this week, everyone seems to be in the groove.

[Mutagenic]

The turkey baster talk was great.

[Blueblur1]

The Reggae Vampire is coming to destroy everything, mon http://jeffgerstmann.tumblr.com/post...clearly-have-a

Oh my God. Fucking hilarious!

[panda21]

the yelp talk was hilarious, I can't believe that reviewer card thing exists. I looked up some of my favourite restaurants and the reviews don't seem to be so bad here. I'm really tempted to sign up just to see what my facebook friends have been writing though

[Jamie OD]

Is this the earliest appearance of the break music to happen in an episode of the Bombcast?

[close to the edge]

Obamacare...

I was on the tram during this part and actually burst out laughing for a few seconds. Essence panels.

Also, from Jeff's Tumblr:

Very haunting email from an iOS dev: “If you have no time to write the review, we’ll be happy to prepare a post for you, focusing on introduction and instruction. If you only accept Sponsored Review, please let us know your pricing rate. We are open for any possible promotional opportunities.”

http://jeffgerstmann.tumblr.com/post...ev-if-you-have

Christ..

[BearPawB]

I am so sick of halo bitching

[grimshawish]

I am so sick of halo bitching

Halo got the Mario treatment; their just in a bad mood.

[dogmanstaruk]

I've yet to listen to the podcast, but YELP can be handy. It covers the main UK cities here, and I have used it a couple of times.

[DigitalRicket]

I busted out laughing in the backroom at work hearing Vinny's take on Master Chief going crazy and the whole thing happening in his head.

[Jintor]

I am so sick of halo bitching

that's cool, i'm sick of playing it

[Curufinwe]

Persona seems to be learning some of these design lessons. Persona 4 for the vita cut out a lot of the poor design choices from the fusing system that artificially lengthened the game.

Being able to pick which skills to inherit is a godsend, especially for Margaret's S.Link. And if you play P4G on Easy you can really race thru all the dungeons.

On Normal I have my doubts if Brad, Ryan or Patrick will ever finish it since the added content makes it a true 100 hour game.

[LiK]

Dat Brad love for Ni no Kuni.

[Lyng]

Dat Brad love for Ni no Kuni.

Yeah makes me even more hyped for that game. Also maybe Patrick is right about Vinny having to stay away from it :P

[Celegus]

I heard he's leaving soon anyway

What is this madness? Burn the witch!

[CraftySkills]

Surprised they at least didn't mention the whole dead island riptide debacle. Maybe the backlash at Patrick was too much for them to bring it up?

[matics]

Fuuuck the RPG talk has me reminiscing so hard haha.
I remember buying Tobal 2 at StarLand and not knowing wtf was going on because it was in Japanese. But it was so damn awesome.

[Neuromancer]

Surprised they at least didn't mention the whole dead island riptide debacle. Maybe the backlash at Patrick was too much for them to bring it up?

What backlash?

[DTKT]

Surprised they at least didn't mention the whole dead island riptide debacle. Maybe the backlash at Patrick was too much for them to bring it up?

What did Patrick do now?

[Zaph]

What backlash?

What did Patrick do now?

He dared to write an article criticising it. Over-defensive idiots jumped on him because apparently it's "not a big deal" even though it obnoxiously flies in the face of the change the industry is currently trying to achieve.

Edit: But I'm not saying that's why it wasn't in the bombcast. They probably just forgot.