Keyser Soze
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Giant Bomb Thread #5 - We love you, Ryan Davis
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I wouldn't call it objective critique. Just because something is more fun doesn't mean it can't be subjectively inferior. It just depends on your criteria.
wait is this a real GTAV spoiler? I hope you're not that dumb and I'm just missing some in-joke.
Keyser Soze
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The only GTA content i looked at in the past year is the map layout.- I know nothing else
it is just a reference to what Darklord said a few posts up.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I just now saw the Hatsune Miku QL. Good god. I haven't laughed that hard since....I dunno
Keyser Soze
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Looking at Bombing in the AM, Jeff seems to be in yet again another meeting.
For the love of fuck, how many meetings does CBS need? They seem to force one a day
Their meetings are now been scheduled over what could have been interested too
Been forced into that many meeting, would personally drive me mad.
For the love of fuck, how many meetings does CBS need? They seem to force one a day
Their meetings are now been scheduled over what could have been interested too
Been forced into that many meeting, would personally drive me mad.
That's why you bring chipotle in to the meetings.
SteveWinwood
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where have you worked before
welcome to office job, corporate america
Keyser Soze
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Seriously, I do not understand how constant meetings can help the site. I understand it for finance reason - and raising questions about getting better gear to work with to produce better content, and talking about the overall vision for the site
But constant updates about what Giant Bomb is doing cannot help...
I am trying to imagine Corporate Jeff explaining why their 50 minute video of a non-existent Japanese pop idol was their most "socially active" content for the week generating "over 500 instances of community discussion"
That makes no sense to anyone. It is unexplainable in meeting format as to why Hatsune Miku is good for business.
But constant updates about what Giant Bomb is doing cannot help...
I am trying to imagine Corporate Jeff explaining why their 50 minute video of a non-existent Japanese pop idol was their most "socially active" content for the week generating "over 500 instances of community discussion"
That makes no sense to anyone. It is unexplainable in meeting format as to why Hatsune Miku is good for business.
Eh, the meeting is most likely a weekly update with his boss and the boss's teams. He's probably one cog of the meeting and different other parts of the department are there too. He's basically the head of a Giant Bomb division, so has to keep passing that info up and listening to the other guys talk about their team's week.
Chance Hale
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Pencil stashes are the worst, though tight hugging jeans are great though.
Keyser Soze
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In other news, the GTA V Quick Look is coming in 8 Hours.
Hot Coldman
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He's Irish, so all their meetings take place in the pub after work. Naturally, he doesn't remember having them.
My family is Irish too don't hate me
Keyser Soze
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Worked in lots of places. Worked at a Newspaper for a while - which is probably the most directly comparable.
For that job, I remember sitting in a meeting where it took 50 minutes to decide if we should use more "blue tones" on the front page, as someone had a graph that showed "higher instance of sales" for publication that had "prominent blue tones"
I think that meeting broke me.
Unfortunately this is what happens when your on-screen talent is also a direct report.
Usually you keep your talent churning out content, and have a producer/manager take most of the non-editorial meetings. But unless you want a 'suit' installed as Jeff's superior at Giant Bomb, he's got to take that role.
Usually you keep your talent churning out content, and have a producer/manager take most of the non-editorial meetings. But unless you want a 'suit' installed as Jeff's superior at Giant Bomb, he's got to take that role.
funkystudent
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My 2nd download from PSN should be finished by then.
Never doing this shit again and screw wanting to have the game on my HDD.
Never should have cancelled that Amazon order.
John Rabbit
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Felix Lighter
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Those responsible for deliverables on deadlines hate meetings. Sales and Management seem to love them, even when they are the same damn thing week after week after week, to the point that they crack jokes about how it's always the same damn thing!
Keyser Soze
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Over the years, I got that install error quite a few times on PS3 and Vita on any games over 500MB. I learned it happens because my internet is inconstant, and one small broken connection leads to the file getting corrupt, It turned my away from ever trusting Playstation downloads.
Would not be surprised if some people have problems with their second download too - if that happens you, I am very sorry!
Listening to Bombing in the AM and having read Jeff's GTA review earlier, I'm not really sure about the comments regarding the general world satire. Alex kept saying that the joke formula was more or less hitting the same notes and filling in today's controversial headlines, but can't that be said about political/cultural satire in general?
Colbert is the pretty much same shtick today as 5 years ago with different headlines and people continue to enjoy it, makes me curious what it is about GTA's brand of satire that felt sort of stale.
(For the record I like Colbert and haven't really played much GTA before I get V tomorrow. Just genuinely curious if this opinion is Jeff's alone or a general feeling among fans of the series)
Colbert is the pretty much same shtick today as 5 years ago with different headlines and people continue to enjoy it, makes me curious what it is about GTA's brand of satire that felt sort of stale.
(For the record I like Colbert and haven't really played much GTA before I get V tomorrow. Just genuinely curious if this opinion is Jeff's alone or a general feeling among fans of the series)
HamPster PamPster
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Whenever I don't want to talk to someone I say I have to go to a meeting. Just putting that out there...
Jeff probably just made up a meeting because he didn't want to skype in. He is saving the good stuff for the bombcast.
Seriously though, it could just be a regluar Monday meeting. They managed to record two quick looks and tape a podcast today so it isn't like he is in a constant kafkaesque meetings hell.
Seriously though, it could just be a regluar Monday meeting. They managed to record two quick looks and tape a podcast today so it isn't like he is in a constant kafkaesque meetings hell.
Hey guys, have you seen young Drew?not actually young Drew
The gold chains got me.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
Please, no meat touching ma'am.
MiniBossBattle
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Man, Alex's mic volume is ringing in my ears. Every new sentence he makes is like he is hitting the peak volume. His voice has no nuance on how he talks then he stops almost abruptly. Also, its better to not say "like, you know, AH" loudly when you are trying to form a thought.
Looks more like a young brad before DOTA.Hey guys, have you seen young Drew?not actually young Drew
From a streets of rage character to a high elf wizard thing.
I also see more of a Brad resemblance.
I maintain that Drew bares a resemblance to Ted Prior in Deadly Prey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EejHWD6cygo
All he needs to do is get super buff and walk around wearing only a pair of cutoff shorts.
I'd say Vinny could go, but I'm sure Vinny's busy with lots of things. Him and Drew are always busy it seems.
Video work is stupid time consuming, especially if you have to do editing on it. Editing takes a while to get good results, then you have to render which takes a long time and eats up a lot of computer processing power and it's not long enough that you can just go do something else and put solid effort into it, but it's so long that you can't help but think "oh my goddddd this takes foreverrrr" it's a real bitch!
RobotMafia
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Vinny and Drew do actual work. Jeff has to deal with dealing with the bullshit of dealing with a corporate overlord and Brad....Well Brad browses Gaf and plays DOTA (at least he used to).
Hi Brad.
Colbert pulls it off because the show's daily so it stays fresh and he has a massively talented pool of writers, not to mention his own talent. Dan Houser isn't in the same league. Not even the same sport.
Honestly I find Colbert and Stewart repeating the same jokes madlibs style pretty stale. If you watch their shows enough, you can predict the joke before they say it.
Nefarious and Vitriolic. Patrick's favorite words.
hahaha so true.
Fixed.
lol
Mushroomer25
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That has more to do with them producing 30 minutes of content, 4 days a week. On the drier episodes, you can kind of see the cracks in the veneer. Rockstar took several years to write GTA V - them relying on such a cookie-cutter format speaks to their weaknesses as comedy writers.
If we're going to invoke math, the average ep is like 21 minutes, and that includes the guest and sometimes second interview session which isn't as scripted. We're talking 10-15mins of material per episode, four days a week, with them taking two week breaks every three months. That's not a ton of material. While GTA V is an expansive game that'll probably take 30+ hours to complete. Sure, only a small portion of that is the satire, but the Housers and other writers had to have their fingers in everything else too, and just because it's been years since the last GTA doesn't mean they've been working on it nonstop since.
Just pointing out that Jeff seems like the person least likely to give a fuck about whether or not a game is objectively good.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
I think it's emblemic of a greater issue.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well, it is possible.
"This game doesn't crash, so that's good."
"It features shooting and driving which is part of the core gameplay."
"There are music of different varieties."
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