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Giant Bombcast - 03/11/2014

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acheron_xl

Member
terrdactycalsrock said:
I havent listened to the show, but this was a bad week for a guest. With two big games out I want the crew to be super in depth with them. But its whateves, we're getting a multipart Dark Souls 2 series.
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Any criticism that starts with 'I haven't consumed this thing, but here's how it's bad' isn't a very salient criticism. As a person who doesn't care about either game, there was more than enough on both. And I'm sure people will be talking about both of them for months (or years in DSII's case) anyway.

And can it be said that I really miss Patrick? Because Dave bores me terribly. He's 20-something going on 60. I don't relate to him at all. He'd be a really great fit on Gamers With Jobs.

edit. I mean Drew, but was quoted, so alas.
 
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jarofbees

Neo Member
acheron_xl said:
Any criticism that starts with 'I haven't consumed this thing, but here's how it's bad' isn't a very salient criticism. As a person who doesn't care about either game, there was more than enough on both. And I'm sure people will be talking about both of them for months (or years in DSII's case) anyway.

And can it be said that I really miss Patrick? Because Dave bores me terribly. He's 20-something going on 60. I don't relate to him at all. He'd be a really great fit on Gamers With Jobs.
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Dave?
 
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Infinite Justice

Member
Antiwhippy said:
Between john drake the grim reaper, the escalation of beef in both australia and the science world, talking about dark souls as teenage girls, car fucking, skatesaurus and jack tretton hunting down the shit smearer, this has been a podcast for the ages.
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Yep that was pretty great.

Australia beef getting worse (if another New Zealander sends a letter shitting on Austrialia then the beef will be full blown lol)
 
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Tobor

Member
I don't hate Drew, but he doesn't have much to add to the gaming discussions and his off topic contributions are fairly boring.

Patrick was much better. Oh well, what can you do?
 
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hamchan

Member
Drew isn't that much of a gaming man. I think he's the most interesting person there, with all the things he does and topics he's interested in but he's probably doing all those things because he doesn't waste his time playing games like the rest of us. So I don't think he's very well suited to gaming talk but he can talk about Formula 1 or North Korea.
 
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Basileus777

Member
At least Drew doesn't force himself into conversations. I won't say that his hobbies are always the most interesting stuff (though a lot of it is interesting to me), but he doesn't really talk much outside of his segment.
 
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Hero_of_the_Day

Member
Tobor said:
I don't hate Drew, but he doesn't have much to add to the gaming discussions and his off topic contributions are fairly boring.

Patrick was much better. Oh well, what can you do?
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I like him, but there have certainly been times where I just wonder why he's on the podcast given how little interest he appears to have in games.

What purpose does someone have being on a weekly gaming podcast when their usual answer to "what have you been playing this past week?" is "nothing"? I enjoy him on Unprofessional Fridays which I presume is the one time of the week he touches a video game.
 
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shiftplusone

Member
hamchan said:
Drew isn't that much of a gaming man. I think he's the most interesting person there, with all the things he does and topics he's interested in but he's probably doing all those things because he doesn't waste his time playing games like the rest of us. So I don't think he's very well suited to gaming talk but he can talk about Formula 1 or North Korea.
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yeah

as someone who's hobbies are video games, pathfinder, boardgames, and comic books, hearing shit like "went to see a decommissioned aircraft carrier" is incredibly fuckin interesting
 
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Antiwhippy

the holder of the trombone
My problem with drew is actually that he doesn't speak enough.

I feel like right now it has turned into one segment about drew and themn the rest of the podcast is just the other three guys talking.
 
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Kerned

Banned
TIMESTAMP FOR DARK SOULS 2 TALK

1:10-1:30

There isn't much talk I would consider spoilery, and I am very sensitive to such things. One boss name is mentioned, some mechanical changes are addressed, but thats about it. Most of it was stuff I already knew about, but if you have been on a total, strict 100% blackout, you may want to skip it.

Also, Brad's "skepticism" about the obvious lighting changes is pure madness.
 
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Hero_of_the_Day

Member
Antiwhippy said:
My problem with drew is actually that he doesn't speak enough.

I feel like right now it has turned into one segment about drew and themn the rest of the podcast is just the other three guys talking.
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I agree, but I feel like that is because he doesn't play any of the games the other guys are talking about. So, he obviously doesn't have anything to add. He'll try on occasion to ask questions, at least.
 
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KarmaCow

Member
Alo81 said:
I'm seconding this.

Anyone?
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I didn't actually listen to the Dark Souls 2 section itself but I think it goes from 1:10:45 to 1:30:25 roughly. Basically after Vinny talking about his old job as a teenager and before the short South Park talk.

And just because I heard it from skimming through, for those that care about the demo vs retail differences in Dark Souls 2 they briefly mention (other people talking about) it at the very end of the Dark Souls 2 talk.

edit: bah beaten.

Kerned said:
Also, Brad's "skepticism" about the obvious lighting changes is pure madness.
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It's not surprising.
 
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gothamghost

Member
Since a lot of the podcast is off-topic conversations anyway, I like Drew's input on activities that the other guys are never going to take part in. It is a different perspective and usually for me an interesting one.
 
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jarofbees

Neo Member
Drew and his hobbies often spark some of the more interesting conversations and his one-liners are usually gold and genuinely hilarious
 
Trumpets

Trumpets

Member
Is may just be my perception but Jeff seems to be increasingly dominating the podcast, to the point where he probably talks more than all the others combined. It can be a bit like listening to 'The Jeff Gerstmann Podcast (with guests).
 
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Blue_Barry

Member
Trumpets said:
Is may just be my perception but Jeff seems to be increasingly dominating the podcast, to the point where he probably talks more than all the others combined. It can be a bit like listening to 'The Jeff Gerstmann Podcast (with guests).
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Not really a bad thing though...?
 
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Curufinwe

Member
Kerned said:
[Also, Brad's "skepticism" about the obvious lighting changes is pure madness.
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For anyone who hasn't followed this issue.

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Alo81

Low Poly Gynecologist
Kerned said:
TIMESTAMP FOR DARK SOULS 2 TALK

1:10-1:30

There isn't much talk I would consider spoilery, and I am very sensitive to such things. One boss name is mentioned, some mechanical changes are addressed, but thats about it. Most of it was stuff I already knew about, but if you have been on a total, strict 100% blackout, you may want to skip it.

Also, Brad's "skepticism" about the obvious lighting changes is pure madness.
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KarmaCow said:
I didn't actually listen to the Dark Souls 2 section itself but I think it goes from 1:10:45 to 1:30:25 roughly. Basically after Vinny talking about his old job as a teenager and before the short South Park talk. \
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Thank you both, hugely helpful.
 
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RepairmanJack

Member
Brad and Vinny's Dark Soul's talk is pretty damn hilarious. "He shot magic on me." "It went all over the place." "He staggered me."

It's really hard waiting for April 25th.

:lol Holy shit, Drake with "My mind went straight to murder, I don't know why."
 
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FStop7

Banned
I'm like halfway through the cast and so far Drake has been delightful. It's weird, I never really enjoy him when he's on streams but on the podcast it's totally the opposite.

Also, Drew is right about that early to mid 90's range for pinball games. Creature From the Black Lagoon, Theater of Magic, Arabian Nights, Addams Family, Twilight Zone, Tee'd Off, Whirlwind, World Cup Soccer 94...
 
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FluxWaveZ

Member
The beginning with the audio problems and Brad's mishaps while flipping a coin reminded me of how the Bombcasts were back in the day, for some reason.
 
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rudds

Name 10 better posters this year
Kerned said:
TIMESTAMP FOR DARK SOULS 2 TALK

1:10-1:30

There isn't much talk I would consider spoilery, and I am very sensitive to such things. One boss name is mentioned, some mechanical changes are addressed, but thats about it. Most of it was stuff I already knew about, but if you have been on a total, strict 100% blackout, you may want to skip it.

Also, Brad's "skepticism" about the obvious lighting changes is pure madness.
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I never said there's no difference, rather that people were acting crazy about it when they hadn't even played the game, which is par for the course on this forum. Since then I've been Twitter bombed and had my integrity and intelligence called into question multiple times. In my mind that just further proves my point.

At 15 hours into DS2, I can only think of one area that doesn't look as good as or better than everything I've seen in the previous games, and on top of that it's an exceptionally good game. If that's not enough for the people who are raging about the preview footage, it's their prerogative not to play it, but they're seriously missing out.

Celegus said:
I'd like to know too, they didn't even allude to what it does, let alone the name of it. Where art thou, Bradley?
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Not sure which ring you guys are talking about -- what was the context of the discussion? May have been DS2's equivalent of the
Cling Ring
from Demon's Souls.
 
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Grief.exe

Member
Just a little advice when you are dealing with people on Twitter, forums, etc. Have some class.

Spewing vile, at a third grade English level will not only get you ignored, but people will not take your point seriously from that point forward.

Honestly, I can see why Journalists, Developers, etc treat us like a joke. Go and browse Steam forums, Twitter, Youtube comments for 5 minutes, the average gamer is far below average levels of intelligence.

I'm not calling anyone on GAF out, just make sure you treat people with respect when directly communicating with them.

EDIT: Just kidding, never go to Steam forums. I couldn't wish that on anyone.

rudds said:
I never said there's no difference, rather that people were acting crazy about it when they hadn't even played the game, which is par for the course on this forum. Since then I've been Twitter bombed and had my integrity and intelligence called into question multiple times. In my mind that just further proves my point.

At 15 hours into DS2, I can only think of one area that doesn't look as good as or better than everything I've seen in the previous games, and on top of that it's an exceptionally good game. If that's not enough for the people who are raging about the preview footage, it's their prerogative not to play it, but they're seriously missing out.
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Actually meant to post this in another thread, point still stands.
 
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