VGChampion
Member
Maybe I'll give it a try. After GFW Radio ended I haven't really listened to any podcasts. Well, used to listen to Geekbox but stopped after everyone kept leaving and Justin Haywald kept showing up. :/
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The Best of Idle Thumbs [370 minutes that will blow you away-IGN.com]
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Rodney McKay
Member
Intelligent discussions are not allowed to be fun and must adhere to strict Politically Correct guidelines at all timesAShep said:
I speel my dreenk
Member
Chris, what are the chances of you guys pulling another Conf Grenade, Expansion PAX, or even a Tokyo Gamegoldblum out of your asses?
ProtoCents
Banned
YA GOTTA HAVE THE SPICE
snoopeasystreet
Member
My other car is a booth babe.
was this an idle thumbs quote? Hopefully, cause it's rad
Nah mate, my love for the Bombcast, Brodeo and 1up Yours would suggest that humour and the occassional bout of political correctness aren't a problem for me.Rodney McKay said:
Personally I just feel that constantly beating in-jokes into the ground and using "retarded" as a proxy for stupid or unenjoyable just becomes obnoxious after awhile.
Chris Remo
Member
This was actually a slogan printed on some Idle Thumbs merchandise that was sold years ago, before the podcast started. I'm impressed you are aware of it, because searching for "my other car is a booth babe" in quotes in Google doesn't even turn up any results.snoopeasystreet said:
MiniBossBattle
Member
Forgot about the J. Allard stuff.
Man, I wish there was a new Idle Thumbs.
Man, I wish there was a new Idle Thumbs.
snoopeasystreet
Member
Was it a t shirt? I remember wanting a thumbs shirt back when the site had more words on it but the postage to Ireland was either too dear or it couldn't be delivered.Chris Remo said:
Chris Remo
Member
Yeah, it was a shirt, and I think also other things.snoopeasystreet said:
The Dutch Slayer
Member
OMG LOVE !!! 
so awesome will listen to it again and again and again.
But one of my fav moments from thumbs is that THEY predicted the tony hawk ride board that is just insane.
Also the Nintendo horseback thing omg that was so hilarious.
so awesome will listen to it again and again and again.But one of my fav moments from thumbs is that THEY predicted the tony hawk ride board that is just insane
.Also the Nintendo horseback thing omg that was so hilarious.
You know, everyone points out how Thumbs predicted Left4Dead 2 and the Tony Hawk controller, but in one of the 'casts they actually predicted the entire Infinity Ward fiasco, like, one year before it happened. I need to figure out which one it was, but relistening to it a few weeks ago I was like "Seriously, they are Nostradesque"
It's a legitimate HUGE honor to have a This Year made from our podcast! Holy shit.
That was always surprising, and really entertaining. Our general strategy of trying to crack each other up, by proposing the most insane spun-out hypothetical situation possible, came back on us surprisingly often by the games industry actually doing it.randomwab said:
In hindsight I definitely regret some of the language used on Thumbs, but I don't regret the laughter. I guess "it's not professional to laugh at your own jokes" is the official saying, but I think that applies more to stand-up and sketch comedy -- shows based on prepared material -- than it does to improv, radio shows, and to podcasts, which are often actual unprepared, off the cuff interactions between friends. It's rarely "laughing at your own jokes" as much as it is "cracking up your friends," which I think is very different.AShep said:
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
"Intellectually disabled" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.AShep said:
Horsebag, I think you meantThe Dutch Slayer said:OMG LOVE !!!
But one of my fav moments from thumbs is that THEY predicted the tony hawk ride board that is just insane
Also the Nintendo horseback thing omg that was so hilarious.
Enjoyed Idle Thumbs more than Brodeo. These two shows were genuinely more funny and interesting than vast majority of the professional entertainment that i pay for today. I've stopped listening to podcasts after "the idle thumbs" podcast. That shows how devasted i was.
p.s i won't be needing this as i occasionaly visit older episodes anyway.
p.s i won't be needing this as i occasionaly visit older episodes anyway.
Jake said:
That's fair. I guess it was just sometimes that I felt like the cracking up with your friends was getting in the way of the discussion which i actually tended to enjoy more often than not. I do appreciate the difference between that and the "haha I'm oh so funny" laughter you refer to.
I also just have a personal bugbear about the perjorative use of "retard" so I'm glad you can at least see where I'm coming from.
On the whole, I did actually very much enjoy the podcast despite the tone of my earlier posts!
Chris Remo said:
From an old super pre-podcast Thumbs CafePress store:
Most all of that stuff was stupid as hell. All of it is from ~2005, nearly all of it is related to forum and frontpage injokes from that time. I think we started this store as a joke when the whole staff was in town together right before E3 2005, and yet still ordered everything from it. I think I still have the clock made of Idle Forums avatar smileys... Kill me.
Iron E Man
Member
Best part of Quakecon this year was meeting Nick.
Good thing I have a trip soon nice way to spend my time.
Good thing I have a trip soon nice way to spend my time.
ZanzibarBreeze
Member
Jake said:
That's our back-of-the-box quote now.
MaritalWheat
Member
God, I wonder if any of those ridiculous domain names are still around--the only one I remember offhand is 8bitcock which I'm too scared to try haha. Miss this show.
Also, I would buy that wizard puffin thumbs design (above) on a shirt so fast.
Also, I would buy that wizard puffin thumbs design (above) on a shirt so fast.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ooo, next year for the GFW ones? Should be awesome to revisit some of those episodes.
MaritalWheat said:God, I wonder if any of those ridiculous domain names are still around--the only one I remember offhand is 8bitcock which I'm too scared to try haha. Miss this show.
Also, I would buy that wizard puffin thumbs design (above) on a shirt so fast.
I can confirm that WonderBoner.info does NOT work as intended anymore.
Chuckpebble
Member
Yeah, get your ludonarrative dissonance and emergent gameplay on, people!
I just wanted to add a thanks for compiling this to ZanzibarBreeze and a thanks to the Thumbs for my favorite podcast of all time. To be honest just having a PC focused gaming podcast puts you guys in the top five, but it helps that you were incredibly funny, insightful, and occasionally nonsensical (puffins!). I look forward to once again thinking I'm about to be pulled over on my way to work tomorrow because of the cops driving by Chris's apartment.
StevePharma
Member
Piggo said:
I NEED this in high res ! Anyone know if it's available somewhere online by the great fan who made it? Couldn't find it with my limited search skills.
Also big props to ZBreeze for doing this. I have listened to the entire run of Idle Thumbs 2 times now and I seriously wouldn't know where to begin a compilation, so many good moments.
Nappuccino
Member
....
Damn it, now I'm sad again.
Damn it, now I'm sad again.
JasonUresti
Member
I'd have to agree on the retarded thing. I have younger brothers who are mentally disabled, so it would often make me cringe when they'd drop it so casually.
For me, and others, using retarded like that has the same effect that calling something bad or negative "gay" or someone acting poorly a "faggot" does to others.
Of course the meaning and use of retarded isn't confined solely to disabled persons, but it's pretty clear by the Thumbs use and tone where it was coming from.
Not a huge deal, I myself used "that's gay" longer than I should have as a negative. It just seems that guys as smart as the Thumbs crew should have probably phased out that word usage before reaching, or nearly so, the age of 30.
For me, and others, using retarded like that has the same effect that calling something bad or negative "gay" or someone acting poorly a "faggot" does to others.
Of course the meaning and use of retarded isn't confined solely to disabled persons, but it's pretty clear by the Thumbs use and tone where it was coming from.
Not a huge deal, I myself used "that's gay" longer than I should have as a negative. It just seems that guys as smart as the Thumbs crew should have probably phased out that word usage before reaching, or nearly so, the age of 30.
Calavera520
Member
It's really worth listening to whole run of Idle Thumbs. Speaking of excellent podcasts, does anyone know where I can download the "out of the game" podcasts? they seem to have vanished from the internet.
rollingstart
Banned
the seaman/milo/natal joke better be in there
This will be excellent.
Odious Tea, The Dreamcast and its timing (I swear I could hear the shit eating grins over the mics at the beginning of that segment), hearing Chris mispronounce my last name (Woo XCom remake emails at 2am!)... so many memories from the various incarnations of the show...
And then he drove to the MOON (Bioshock 5: Bioshock on the Moon: Moonshock)!
Odious Tea, The Dreamcast and its timing (I swear I could hear the shit eating grins over the mics at the beginning of that segment), hearing Chris mispronounce my last name (Woo XCom remake emails at 2am!)... so many memories from the various incarnations of the show...
And then he drove to the MOON (Bioshock 5: Bioshock on the Moon: Moonshock)!
MikeE21286
Member
Listening to the Flower talk right now and legitimately sitting here laughing out loud.
Chris: "....also the people complaining about it being $10 not $5, screw you."
Jake: "that's like two fucking volcano tacos"
I lost it.
Chris: "....also the people complaining about it being $10 not $5, screw you."
Jake: "that's like two fucking volcano tacos"
I lost it.