Same here. I never received a postcard. Chris, are you still sending them or should we presume that they were lost in the mail?
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Same here. I never received a postcard. Chris, are you still sending them or should we presume that they were lost in the mail?
The game spoils that itself by showing you silhouettes of creatures you have yet to unlock. It's obvious what they are.There's a slight but (what feels to be) pretty major Tokyo Jungle spoiler from the non-Thumb at around 45:00-50:00 min or so (I can't remember). Spoils one of the end-game unlockable animals that plays a part of the story :/
Ah, I hadn't actually looked that far through all the animals. And besides, I wouldn't have thought a
robotic dog
Did they mention that? I thought you were referring to the dinosaurs.
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This might be one of those things that only seems like a spoiler if you already know what happens. Had nobody mentioned to me that it was a spoiler I wouldn't have thought twice about it, not having played the game.
Yup, Scoops did.
It may or may not be. Having played enough to unlock a (very) small part of the story, I think it will be something I'll always have in the back of my mind, and once there's the slightest hint of it being alluded to during progression then the rest of the (story-based) game could become predictable and practically moot.
But if you've genuinely no idea what the story is to start with when hearing it then it may not make much difference, like you said.
And it may not even be that big of a deal, but I get the impression that it is... especially considering I've been following the game (and the GAF thread) since it's release in Japan and I hadn't heard a single thing about that specific plot device until now.
I mentioned it briefly in the TJ thread (only because it was a major topic in the 'cast) so it'll be interesting to see if anyone chimes up about it or not.
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That was a crazy episode. Chris, you should make more dance mixes of the stuff Jake says. Baby/twitter is still one of my favorite crazy things you've done.
Wow, Patrick Klepek is in this episode?
Yeah, when he spoke I was like "uh, wha-, buh that's not Steve Gaynor!", it took me more than a second to figure out it was Klepek, ashamedly. He's only there for one segment though.
I am a liar and everything in this post is a lie, but I can assure you that I haven't lied about my lying.
I speel my dreenk
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After the last Bombcast and now this, I'm certain that I need to play Tokyo Jungle. It's just too unique and weird to pass up.
Having Patrick on was great. Hopefully, guests will continue to materialize within Thumbs HQ!
Having Patrick on was great. Hopefully, guests will continue to materialize within Thumbs HQ!
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What's was going on at the end? Trying to figure out if that was just Chris fucking around or if there a
are some brutal dark sounding dance tracks on the way.. Also it's 1:30am.
are some brutal dark sounding dance tracks on the way.. Also it's 1:30am.
I was cracking up on the train during the Tokyo Jungle discussion. I love it when ya'll are just... enthusiastic about a game. It also helps that TJ is god damn weird as shit.
Boost, there was a two-part question last week in emails and one of them was about Dark Souls and you didn't answer it. I assume you haven't had a chance to check it out?
Boost, there was a two-part question last week in emails and one of them was about Dark Souls and you didn't answer it. I assume you haven't had a chance to check it out?
I'm hoping XCOM, Dishonored and AC3 will be dominating the discussion in the coming weeks. Since the podcast has come back I've been noticing less and less of an overlap between the games I play and what Idle Thumbs plays. I don't play games on the pc, so there's always been that gap and I didn't really mind that. I guess what I'm wondering is if games like Mirror's Edge, Just Cause 2 and Red Faction(to name a few I distinctly remember being discussed) have been completely phased out of the repertoire.
Maybe it's just the season and so on, but I wonder just how large a disconnect I can stand before I really start to lose interest in the podcast. What prompted this post is that Tokyo Jungle was mentioned this week and it just struck me that I can't recall the last console centric release that I remember being discussed before that. Chris mentioning that he hasn't turned on a console in a long while(paraphrasing here, sorry if I'm not remembering correctly) was another warning going off. I'm starting to wonder if something like the "Remember the air field?!" episode or the RE5 multiplayer discussion just won't happen in the future, replaced by some indie pc game discussion that I can't really relate to on the same level.
Maybe it's just the season and so on, but I wonder just how large a disconnect I can stand before I really start to lose interest in the podcast. What prompted this post is that Tokyo Jungle was mentioned this week and it just struck me that I can't recall the last console centric release that I remember being discussed before that. Chris mentioning that he hasn't turned on a console in a long while(paraphrasing here, sorry if I'm not remembering correctly) was another warning going off. I'm starting to wonder if something like the "Remember the air field?!" episode or the RE5 multiplayer discussion just won't happen in the future, replaced by some indie pc game discussion that I can't really relate to on the same level.
haha i have the exact same problem re: taste. i don't mind though, i think it's way more conducive to interesting discussion when they talk about what they care about most and their conversations on specific games are regularly illuminating on game design in general even if i'll never play torchlight 2 or whatever.
i mean i have no interest in max payne 3 [the last console focused release talked about] but chris' comment about the golden gun pieces was immediately applicable to loads of games i do play, as well as making you consider broader ideas about how fiction and traditional gameplay hooks clash as games become more story based.
i mean i have no interest in max payne 3 [the last console focused release talked about
] but chris' comment about the golden gun pieces was immediately applicable to loads of games i do play, as well as making you consider broader ideas about how fiction and traditional gameplay hooks clash as games become more story based.Chris Remo
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It's definitely something we think about. In my specific case, it's been a long time since I played console games regularly. (Even with the examples you cite, with RE5 that was when the PC version came out, and with the Airfield discussion, only Steve had really played much of the single-player game.) I don't actually have access to consoles right now, for various complicated reasons, and in general I've been less interested in spending time on big spectacle-driven action games and the like. That's definitely a big reason I'm glad that XCOM and Dishonored are coming out; they seem pretty mainstream but they overlap a lot with the kinds of games I'm more interested in playing these days, which hopefully makes for a good fit on Thumbs.
I'll be looking forward to the XCOM and Dishonored stuff and I'm glad to hear it's a point you're aware of. I've been tuning in for a long time, actually you've talked about a post of mine(from one of the threads here) a while ago on the cast... look at me reiterating this while it's plainly obvious from my references in the last post. Anyway, my larger point is I have no yearning desire for you to dissect the latest Call of Duty roller coaster set piece, I'm just concerned you(the whole cast) swung so completely into a niche that there's little room for anything else.
I'll just wait until more interesting mainstream games start showing up, there seems to be a lull right now, to see what your reception/lack thereof is on the cast. No real need for the doom and gloom yet.
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The Scoops thing was amazing. I'm also completely sold on Tokyo Jungle.
Maastricht
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The length of the podcast + 15 minutes.
Maastricht
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Yes, Child of Eden is Move compatible, and also supports 3D on PS3, which is apparently quite good. I picked it up just last week but haven't tried it yet, because I also picked up Rocksmith and have basically been playing that all week ...
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Let's just say I would be pretty P.Y.S.T. if those Idle Thumb X-Fools decide not to play Whack the Ewok on Saturday's stream.
And yeah I mean that.
And yeah I mean that.
The 3D and Move support is actually pretty good on PS3, but it still doesn't feel as immersive as the Kinect. I'd kill for a 3D-Kinectified version of it. Or Rez. I'd be happy either way.
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Cloud Atlas
It's a shame Jake wasn't on the podcast.
Hearing that Mitchell explicitly calls out the reincarnation thing in Cloud Atlas is bizarre. As I was reading the book, the Luisa Rey - Cavendish transition felt like Mitchell explicitly forcing the reader to not take the connections between the characters literally. It felt like his way of saying that the explicit connections weren't the point. It was reinforcing the "islands" theme that was mentioned on the podcast. Different people in completely different contexts having experiences that are the same only by virtue of the characters being human, in every sense of the word.
Are we sure Mitchell wasn't being a little cheeky in that interview?
Also, it's interesting to hear the fictional city criticism as an Australian. I've grown up hearing names of cities -- mostly American, I suppose -- that might as well be fictional to me. The cities I'm most familiar with aren't represented in the fiction I consume even remotely as frequently as, say, New York. Luisa's city didn't phase me for a second. "Oh, another foreign city, ok!" I didn't even realise it was fictional. Maybe that's a failing on my part rather than a locality thing.
Are we sure Mitchell wasn't being a little cheeky in that interview?
Also, it's interesting to hear the fictional city criticism as an Australian. I've grown up hearing names of cities -- mostly American, I suppose -- that might as well be fictional to me. The cities I'm most familiar with aren't represented in the fiction I consume even remotely as frequently as, say, New York. Luisa's city didn't phase me for a second. "Oh, another foreign city, ok!" I didn't even realise it was fictional. Maybe that's a failing on my part rather than a locality thing.
It's a shame Jake wasn't on the podcast.
So, I was listening to an old, old episode of the cast, and a few things:
1) Chris Kohler is awesome. You guys should get him back.
2) http://yearoftheps3.info/
3) Tiesto?
Oh, this is a thing as well:
4) http://www.idleballad.com/ (it's good)
1) Chris Kohler is awesome. You guys should get him back.
2) http://yearoftheps3.info/
3) Tiesto?
Oh, this is a thing as well:
4) http://www.idleballad.com/ (it's good)
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Loved the bookcast, but missed Jake's perspective. Have any of you read Ghostwritten, number9dream or Black Swan Green? Ghostwritten has some problems, but n9d and BSG are both fantastic through and through.
Also, the trailer discussion was kind of gross. A lot of false assumptions being thrown around.
Also, the trailer discussion was kind of gross. A lot of false assumptions being thrown around.
50 shades of Grey.
Antiwhippy
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So when is the ruinationcast again?
Sunday at 11am Pacific I believe.
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The next book is Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon and after that Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins.
Watching, but its super laggy. Damn.
I've never listened to that before. Oh wow, that was great.
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