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[Zaph]

Because each podcast has its own discussion to get into rather than fanfiction about who secretly hates who and who'd you want to be your daddy.

Conversely, that's the stuff you usually end up finding in the podcast threads, not the OT.

 

[KingKong]

haha fuck off Dave Lang, you cant talk about Batman so instead you'll talk about it in vague ways and say you understand why people are disappointed

 

[Van Owen]

haha fuck off Dave Lang, you cant talk about Batman so instead you'll talk about it in vague ways and say you understand why people are disappointed

Dave made it seemed like he was shocked when he got the call about Batman being fucked up. I don't see how that's possible.

 

[80s Bad Guy]

Man, Jeff seemed down about fallout 4. Maybe it was just the console version performance?

Edit: Holy crap they reviedws the console version separate and gave it 1 less star. Right on. That's the way you do reviews. Makes everyone else who lumps the versions together look dumb.

 

[Curufinwe]

I find the idea that Jeff never fell while jumping in an Uncharted game very difficult to believe.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Lang, like a true Chicagoan, when asked about best pizza pulls out Pequod's without hesitation. Officially not a monster.

 

[AwakenedCloud]

Wait did they cut a section when Lang is talking about the VR Insomniac game? It sounded like they skipped a bit.

There is, I noticed it too.

 

[killroy87]

Haven't listened to this yet, how is it? Considering how big a release week it is, this is actually the one episode I would have preferred no guests. I love Dave Lang, but I want games talk! Does it deviate a lot?

 

[Curufinwe]

The Xbone is going to fall behind the 360 in launch aligned sales soon enough. The XBone is almost dead in Europe.

If a company stops reporting hardware sales that's a pretty good sign those sales are not good.

 

[brainzelda]

Haven't listened to this yet, how is it? Considering how big a release week it is, this is actually the one episode I would have preferred no guests. I love Dave Lang, but I want games talk! Does it deviate a lot?

Deep game talk. Fallout for like an hour, COD, and Tomb Raider.

 

[firebricks3]

I like Lang's opinions on the fallout 4 fallout. In any large project, the state space can definitely get so big that it would be impossible to see all bugs. I don't even think it comes down to a fair trade off of adding new stuff/making the game world big or fixing the jank. The state space for the jank/bugs is probably so large that if they had spent all their time fixing things and then making a small world to play with, we'd still see jank (less so) and complain about a small game and the jank.

 

[Lelcar]

This was a very fascinating podcast. I completely sided with Jeff throughout the whole show, which isn't always the case, but he was making a lot great points that correspond with my own sensibilities.

I still love Lang and I understand business, but man, Lang was kind of off-putting here. I don't want the weird internet defense force to jump down my throat because of this comment, it's just an opinion, Lang is fine. I do see him a little bit differently now though.

Interesting bombcast, I was very engaged in the discussion this week.

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

Lang is funny so no one cares that he was involved with the batman ficasco lol. Good to be funny I guess.

Jeff is crazy if he thinks aw is better than blops 3.

 

[hipbabboom]

Dave Lang gave props to N3.


I now am officially MORE in love Dave Lang

 

[mcw]

Lang, like a true Chicagoan, when asked about best pizza pulls out Pequod's without hesitation. Officially not a monster.

Pequod's Pizza: Arriving Shortly At LZ

 

[eot]

I like Lang's opinions on the fallout 4 fallout. In any large project, the state space can definitely get so big that it would be impossible to see all bugs. I don't even think it comes down to a fair trade off of adding new stuff/making the game world big or fixing the jank. The state space for the jank/bugs is probably so large that if they had spent all their time fixing things and then making a small world to play with, we'd still see jank (less so) and complain about a small game and the jank.

I think some of the disappointment stems from Bethesda not overhauling their tech, but instead building on it for two whole generations. Of course we don't know the state of their codebase without looking at it, but it's common in situations like that for the code to be a complete fucking mess that makes producing a stable product almost impossible.

 

[LiK]

I love Dave. such a cool guy.

 

[skLaFarebear]

Jeff rightfully sandbagging the beastcast in the podcast is hilarious

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I think some of the disappointment stems from Bethesda not overhauling their tech, but instead building on it for two whole generations. Of course we don't know the state of their codebase without looking at it, but it's common in situations like that for the code to be a complete fucking mess that makes producing a stable product almost impossible.

Isn't it possible it would be even worse if they started from scratch with their tech?

 

[LifEndz]

About the brain talk: spoilers: you've all eaten brains if you've eaten shitty fast food.

Good thing I opt for hot dogs instead of fast food. Good ol' hot dogs, nothing beats that.

 

[ScottSullivan]

How many times did Lang say monked? that becoming part of his vocabulary was my favourite part of his stream,

When did this happen in his stream any idea? I tuned into bits and pieces but missed that heh

 

[Draft]

That prom picture is incredible.

 

[Strax]

The Witcher 3 has the same random moments that Dan/Brad said didn't exist. I've witnessed people praying at idols, guards fighting off Nekkers etc. It's not a Bethesda only thing.

Also, The Witcher 3 is my ideal of breadth and depth.

I beat The Witcher 3 (played in october) and maybe encountered clear random 3-4 things/events. I'm 10 hours in playing Fallout 4 and its over random 4 things/events so far.

OT

When Lang and Jeff aren't goofing around they are really entertaining while talking about games.

 

[danm999]

Dave made it seemed like he was shocked when he got the call about Batman being fucked up. I don't see how that's possible.

Well we still don't know what Iron Galaxy did on the game.

 

[Lingitiz]

Well we still don't know what Iron Galaxy did on the game.

Yeah it's totally possible they may have just provided some minor assistance at some point rather than full port work. I don't want to assign blame to the whole studio without knowing the full picture. They're not High Voltage.

 

[hipbabboom]

Good thing I opt for hot dogs instead of fast food. Good ol' hot dogs, nothing beats that.

Except for the guy statistically likely to be beating off into your hotdog batter

 

[Mechanized]

Except for the guy statistically likely to be beating off into your hotdog batter

Ever handle money? There's jizz, poop, and drugs on everything. Best not to think about it.

 

[hipbabboom]

Ever handle money? There's jizz, poop, and drugs on everything. Best not to think about it.

But I'm not eating money though.

EDIT:

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I'm sure my Ex has had all those things in her at one point so...

 

[pizzacat]

Lang's comments on the Batman shitfest is a perfect example of why greed and corruption runs rampant in this world.

"You don't fuck over your partners even though you are wrong"

get fucked asshole.

Honestly I don't know why Jeff and the crew let him go after this, they should have held him captive the same amount of time Arkham knight was put off of sale

 

[J_Viper]

Jeff is crazy if he thinks aw is better than blops 3.

He's right though.

Blops 3's campaign is a trainwreck, and the MP feels like typical COD but with wall running.

 

[danm999]

Honestly I don't know why Jeff and the crew let him go after this, they should have held him captive the same amount of time Arkham knight was put off of sale

Someone should make a gif of Jeff's face on Batman whilst he interrogates a Riddler informant with Lang's face on it.

 

[steadfast]

When did this happen in his stream any idea? I tuned into bits and pieces but missed that heh

It was constant after the first 90 mins or so of Until Dawn.

 

[AngryMoth]

Is this discussion about Fallout accurate re: there being no real purpose to the settlement building aspect of fallout? Because if so I'm just gonna ignore that part of the game

 

[skLaFarebear]

That pizza question got shut down so quick. Lol Dave Lang is amazing.

 

[Moofers]

Come on guys! You're having a great discussion about fallout four and then you just move right into destiny with no warning. What the hell? There's like 1 million other things to talk about this week and they get hung up on destiny again?

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Odd, I've always heard that the FGC sought to avoid the "eSports" set up as to avoid being subsumed by corporate interests (or at least they as individuals). And SF V and KI

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are arguably that middle ground execution-wise between Smash and GG.

Yeah it's totally possible they may have just provided some minor assistance at some point rather than full port work. I don't want to assign blame to the whole studio without knowing the full picture. They're not High Voltage.

Yeah, the heat IG gets that known hack jobs like them don't really get is...concerning.