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[Antiwhippy]

Potato IS actually a healthy vegetable. Dan is right here.

Seriously yeah. Not all starches are bad.

Don't overload it with butter or fat and a potato is pretty good for you.

 

[KingKong]

Boy I wish someone on the Beastcast watched TI5 so they could have a good discussion instead of Brad repeating half truths he read on reddit (EG was one of the favourites, there's no confirmation that Valve pays taxes, max viewers was 4.5 mil not 3)

 

[so1337]

"I was holding a copy of [game name] less than 24 hours ago." - Jeff Gerstmann

 

[Antiwhippy]

Boy I wish someone on the Beastcast watched TI5 so they could have a good discussion instead of Brad repeating half truths he read on reddit (EG was one of the favourites, there's no confirmation that Valve pays taxes, max viewers was 4.5 mil not 3)

The same beastcast that repeats wrong stuff about evo?

 

[NumberThree]

"I was holding a copy of [game name] less than 24 hours ago." - Jeff Gerstmann

I think he does some kind of ritual and goes through every single game in his house every weekend.

 

[HK-47]

Boy I wish someone on the Beastcast watched TI5 so they could have a good discussion instead of Brad repeating half truths he read on reddit (EG was one of the favourites, there's no confirmation that Valve pays taxes, max viewers was 4.5 mil not 3)

Brad is a bad Dota fan if he didnt know EG was one of the favorites. The tax rumor is a classic.

 

[pantsattack]

Time to wrestling: 16:55

 

[Curufinwe]

D3 is a great co-op game on PS4. My wife and I both got the platinum, so I'm sure Dan and his lady could get it if they stick with it.

Seriously yeah. Not all starches are bad.

Don't overload it with butter or fat and a potato is pretty good for you.

Boil it, mash it, stick it in a stew.

 

[so1337]

I think he does some kind of ritual and goes through every single game in his house every weekend.

Someone has to. These games aren't gonna hold themselves.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

Loved the money laundering seminar.

A gym or a restaurant or dry cleaner would be much better.

 

[Risible]

"I was holding a copy of [game name] less than 24 hours ago." - Jeff Gerstmann

Holy shit I'm glad someone else noticed this. It's like Jeff is in an never-ending loop of trying to arrange and clean his game collection and ends up touching every game at least once every six months. He cracks me up.

I have this mental picture of Jeff's house. It's full of strange roommates that are constantly just fucking his house up, spray tanning in the bathrooms or dumping smelly shit on the carpets, putting locks on doors, all sorts of strange shit. Meanwhile the other rooms are full of TVs, consoles, and boxes upon boxes of games and gaming related items. It's a madhouse.

 

[Fjordson]

Awesome that Dan is liking TNG. Great show.

Does anyone know if the remastered TNG episodes are on any streaming services? Like Amazon Prime?

 

[LiK]

"You have shitty dreams, Dan Ryckert!" - Jeff

Best quote evar.

 

[Resident4t.]

Pecan pie is gross.

 

[Brandon F]

Reminds me that I need to keep a close watch on blu ray collection prices for TNG. been wanting those for years but so overpriced.

 

[Curufinwe]

Jeff's wrong about cross platform Xbox games not looking as good as Xbox exclusives. Chaos Theory looked as good as anything on the Xbox.

 

[eznark]

I could listen to Brad espouse the virtues of healthy eating all day long.

 

[LiK]

Reminds me that I need to keep a close watch on blu ray collection prices for TNG. been wanting those for years but so overpriced.

same, was hoping for a sale by now but not low enough for me.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Did I miss anyone posting a link to the Star Trek guide Dan was talking about?

EDIT: Awesome thanks!

 

[Volcynika]

Did I miss anyone posting a link to the Star Trek guide Dan was talking about?

I think it's this: https://medium.com/maxistentialism-blog/star-trek-the-next-generation-in-40-hours-c4a6762cbd3

 

[razgriz417]

Costco Kirkland chocolate chip cookies are GOAT

 

[Ninja Scooter]

after never having watched TNG based on their conversation (and that Max Tempkin guide) I decided to watch that episode where they send Ryker to go work for the Klingons in some "officer exchange program" and, you know what? I think I'm going to keep watching.

 

[razgriz417]

Was dying at wario and luigi being clones of Mario

 

[Gowans]

Listening now and absolutely loving the Star Trek talk from Dan.

I really hope we get weekly updates.

 

[LiK]

if Dan can get more people to watch TNG, then he's a pretty cool guy.

 

[No_Style]

You have shitty dreams, Dan Ryckert!

LOL. <3 Jeff's one liners.

after never having watched TNG based on their conversation (and that Max Tempkin guide) I decided to watch that episode where they send Ryker to go work for the Klingons in some "officer exchange program" and, you know what? I think I'm going to keep watching.

Riker. But now I'm envisioning a picture of Dan in Riker's uniform. I don't know how I feel about this.

 

[SPCTRE]

LOL. <3 Jeff's one liners.



Riker. But now I'm envisioning a picture of Dan in Riker's uniform. I don't know how I feel about this.

At this point I would probably not call you crazy if you told me Dan Ryckert was actually in an episode of TNG as a 4-year-old.

 

[m_shortpants]

Lol the part where Brad was reading the email about Birdos head orifice, he took a pause and Jeff goes "go on." I don't know why but that cracked me up.

Also, Les Enfants Teriblylyly

 

[razgriz417]

Lol the part where Brad was reading the email about Birdos head orifice, he took a pause and Jeff goes "go on." I don't know why but that cracked me up.

Also, Les Enfants Teriblylyly

so many great 1 liners this ep

 

[soundscream]

If Dan wants to see Worf kick ass he should definitely watch DS9, plus there is a whole T1000 like alien race.

 

[so1337]

Jeff's wrong about cross platform Xbox games not looking as good as Xbox exclusives. Chaos Theory looked as good as anything on the Xbox.

Actually he's right. Chaos Theory is an exception because the Splinter Cell games were developed with the Xbox as lead platform.

 

[Fjordson]

I'm surprised none of them seemed too keen on DS9. It's pretty different from other Trek shows, but damn is it good imo.

after never having watched TNG based on their conversation (and that Max Tempkin guide) I decided to watch that episode where they send Ryker to go work for the Klingons in some "officer exchange program" and, you know what? I think I'm going to keep watching.

It's a great show overall for anyone even mildly interested in sci-fi. S1 is mostly dull, but it picks up in a major way after that.

 

[KarmaCow]

If Dan wants to see Worf kick ass he should definitely watch DS9, plus there is a whole T1000 like alien race.

The Jem'Hadar? They're like the terminators in the future scenes that get punked by starving humans in the wasteland.

Or do you mean the Changelings because they're way more interesting than a mindless, mass produced robot.

 

[soundscream]

The Jem'Hadar? They're like the terminators in the future scenes that get punked by starving humans in the wasteland.

Or do you mean the Changelings because they're way more interesting than a mindless, mass produced robot.

Yes the changelings, I was breaking it down to a Dan level.

 

[ratcliffja]

Just finishing up the podcast today. All nuts are gross. There I said it.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Everyone: Watch the episode "Darmok." Doesn't matter whether you're a fan of The Next Generation, a fan of Star Trek or even a fan of sci-fi in general. Just watch it. I think it's free online in an official capacity.

 

[Nintenyearold]

If its working for Dan maybe I could follow this guide to watch TNG with my fiancee. She likes other scifi but she hasn't watched any Star Trek and I don't know if she'd appreciate the schlockier episodes much.

 

[thepotatoman]

DS9 and Enterprise had the same problem TNG had. The first two seasons sucked. It's just that by that point everyone was jumping into the series from the very start, unlike TNG where a lot of people started getting into it midway.

Jeff, Brad, and Jason probably weren't old enough to care about the bad quality of TNG in 87-88 and write off the series based on those poor seasons. Otherwise they probably would have written TNG off for the same reasons they wrote off DS9 and Enterprise.

On the other hand, Voyager was subpar front to back. There's no defending that one.

 

[shadyspace]

I miss Ryan always being the voice of reason whenever DS9 came up to counter Jeff and Brad's bad opinions.

 

[Vlitra]

Does anyone else listen to the Bombcast on the Stitcher app? It didn't upload this week on mine. Wondering if it was just me.

 

[SPCTRE]

I miss Ryan always being the voice of reason whenever DS9 came up to counter Jeff and Brad's bad opinions.

I was thinking the same thing during that segment :/

 

[SlickVic]

I loved the Star Trek talk considering I just started watching TNG this summer (currently making my way through Season 4). I didn't follow the guide as I suppose I'm one of the crazy people who actually didn't mind the first couple seasons (though I can fully admit the show comes into its own Season 3 onwards). I somewhat regret not being a fan of the show earlier, as I never paid much attention in the past when Ryan and Jeff used to talk about Star Trek on the Bombcast. Would've liked to have heard more of Ryan's thoughts on the shows, but those earlier podcasts are just a blur now.

Also, if you want to watch TNG and got Amazon Prime, make sure you watch it on Prime Instant. Netflix only has them in crappy SD quality, whereas Amazon has the episodes in HD remastered (not 100% on the later seasons as I haven't got there yet).

 

[Keyser Soze]

Early DS9 is some of the roughest TV ever. I am not surprised many gave up on it, It is markedly worse to get through than early TNG was. Nana Visitor basically could not act in Season One.

I am not sure what point it changed but at it got great after that rocky start. Later on the whole Dominion Wars plot kick in, and they had a 60+ episode run on amazing content spanning several seasons.

Kira Nerys even become one of the best characters on the show, after I wished hope she would be killed off in Season 2.

 

[Zoggy]

smh star trek NERDS

 

[StopMakingSense]

Early DS9 is some of the roughest TV ever. I am not surprised many gave up on it, It is markedly worse to get through than early TNG was. Nana Visitor basically could not act in Season One.

Oh Season 1 is actually not that bad if you go back to rewatch it. Even has one of the nest episodes of the entire series in Duet.

Except for If Wishes Were Horses, that was trash.

But DS9 season 1 is MILES better than TNG season 1.

 

[eot]

Boy I wish someone on the Beastcast watched TI5 so they could have a good discussion instead of Brad repeating half truths he read on reddit (EG was one of the favourites, there's no confirmation that Valve pays taxes, max viewers was 4.5 mil not 3)

Anyone who doesn't know those things already doesn't care.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Early DS9 is some of the roughest TV ever. I am not surprised many gave up on it, It is markedly worse to get through than early TNG was. Nana Visitor basically could not act in Season One.

And yet, for me, Duet was the best episode of the show.