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[Lijik]

Quick Look: Fighters Uncaged

That game has some expert timing.
*discussion on repeating the same line twice in a row*
"Watch myWatch myWatch my feet"

 

[Dead Prince]

okay. i just watched Motion Sports :lol epic lulz.

 

[LiK]

fuck me, the motion sports quicklook is possibly one of the funniest things ive seen: 'let me introduce....' :lol

OH PLEASE!

 

[Zero-Crescent]

Quick Look: The Biggest Loser ULTIMATE Workout

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Anyone hoping Ryan had a moment of clarity after playing this is going to be disappointed. He posted this on his Twitter today:

 

[xanavi]

What's so wrong with two eggs, a strip of bacon and some garlic bread?

 

[AcciDante]

That looks so good right now...

 

[Keyser Soze]

YUM... hungry now.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Anyone hoping Ryan had a moment of clarity after playing this is going to be disappointed. He posted this on his Twitter today:

Only one piece of bacon

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

"I WANT TO MARRY THIS GUY"

:lol WTF?

 

[Zombie James]

That egg looks pissed off:

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

man I'm hungry

 

[Keyser Soze]

That egg looks pissed off:

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

What's so wrong with two eggs, a strip of bacon and some garlic bread?

Personally I never paid attention to the physical condition of the Giant Bomb guys but after seeing that Kinect marathon it was kind of scary how out of shape they were.

 

[jediyoshi]

Personally I never paid attention to the physical condition of the Giant Bomb guys but after seeing that Kinect marathon it was kind of scary how out of shape they were.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say 9+ hours of doing strenuous activity and presenting would wear anyone out.

 

[supermackem]

He earned that, he aint a small dude all that kinecting will have wore him out. I was tired just thinking of that crazy marathon session they did.:lol

 

[big_z]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say 9+ hours of doing strenuous activity and presenting would wear anyone out.

ryan and jeff are both extremely out of shape. anyone thats been watching giantbomb stuff for a while should have noticed they'll break a sweat just standing for a period of time.

 

[jax (old)]

Personally I never paid attention to the physical condition of the Giant Bomb guys but after seeing that Kinect marathon it was kind of scary how out of shape they were.

brad and vinny are normal for the most parts, but the other 2 are chronically obese. Which make all the sugary drinks discussions they had a while back all the more disturbing. Plus I think jeff was saying how one day he woke up and all he did was drink pepsi or something. For lunch. I was like egads!

 

[Mr. Enigma]

brad and vinny are normal for the most parts, but the other 2 are chronically obese. Which make all the sugary drinks discussions they had a while back all the more disturbing. Plus I think jeff was saying how one day he woke up and all he did was drink pepsi or something. For lunch. I was like egads!

Not to mention that one quick look they put up during Halloween weekend where Ryan is eating candy the entire 20 minutes. He's always talking with his mouth full and you can constantly hear him unwrapping candy. Got pretty gross after a while. I wasn't too shocked when he said he weighed 305 pounds at 5'10''.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

They're both heart attacks in the making.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say 9+ hours of doing strenuous activity and presenting would wear anyone out.

Strenuous... :lol

 

[Jb]

Not to mention that one quick look they put up during Halloween weekend where Ryan is eating candy the entire 20 minutes. He's always talking with his mouth full and you can constantly hear him unwrapping candy. Got pretty gross after a while. I wasn't too shocked when he said he weighed 305 pounds at 5'10''.

Thats a BMI of 43.8 :/
At times i'm genuinely worried about their health. It's not even like they're "bon vivants", all they seem to eat is junk food, and a lot of it. I really like these guys so I would love to see them take steps towards a more balanced diet. At the same time I realize it's probably their choice to live the way they do.

 

[rezuth]

ryan and jeff are both extremely out of shape. anyone thats been watching giantbomb stuff for a while should have noticed they'll break a sweat just standing for a period of time.

Worst part is when they are breathing heavily into the mic, freaks me out. Its a shame they seem oblivious to their problems.

 

[Rufus]

Worst part is when they are breathing heavily into the mic, freaks me out. Its a shame they seem oblivious to their problems.

Ryan tugs on his shirts way too much to be oblivious about his weight.

 

[hamchan]

Worst part is when they are breathing heavily into the mic, freaks me out. Its a shame they seem oblivious to their problems.

I don't think they're oblivious to it :lol

 

[benny_a]

Ryan tugs on his shirts way too much to be oblivious about his weight.

Rufus knows the secret.

Isn't Jeff losing weight at the moment? I can only remember a few things from various podcasts where he says "I used to do that" "currently I'm not" regarding food items.

Anyway, if Ryan lost a lot of weight and got a more average build he would be the best looking of the bunch.

 

[big_z]

Not to mention that one quick look they put up during Halloween weekend where Ryan is eating candy the entire 20 minutes. He's always talking with his mouth full and you can constantly hear him unwrapping candy. Got pretty gross after a while. I wasn't too shocked when he said he weighed 305 pounds at 5'10''.

i was surprised he was 305 pounds... i was expecting more considering jeff is only 20 odd pounds less but looks a fair bit smaller.

they should do the nike+ walk to run program. im sure they all have iphones or at least an ipod and its good motivation to keep exercising. they could also get those desk bikes so they can burn some calories when working or gaming. example:

Isn't Jeff losing weight at the moment? I can only remember a few things from various podcasts where he says "I used to do that" "currently I'm not" regarding food items.

i recall him mentioning it months back but it seems like he's back to his old ways and has been for a while now.

 

[rezuth]

Ryan tugs on his shirts way too much to be oblivious about his weight.

I meant more ignorant than oblivious. They keep stuffing shit in themselves, I think its a shame because they truly are some of the most talented "gaming journalists" out there

 

[Mr. Enigma]

i was surprised he was 305 pounds... i was expecting more considering jeff is only 20 odd pounds less but looks a fair bit smaller.

they should do the nike+ walk to run program. im sure they all have iphones or at least an ipod and its good motivation to keep exercising. they could also get those desk bikes so they can burn some calories when working or gaming. example:

i recall him mentioning it months back but it seems like he's back to his old ways and has been for a while now.

According to the stuff they entered, Ryan is 5'10'' and weighs 306. Jeff is 6'2'' and weighs 272.

 

[jax (old)]

Not to mention that one quick look they put up during Halloween weekend where Ryan is eating candy the entire 20 minutes. He's always talking with his mouth full and you can constantly hear him unwrapping candy. Got pretty gross after a while. I wasn't too shocked when he said he weighed 305 pounds at 5'10''.

:lol :lol :lol

yeah, the bombcast guys. God bless them, They're funny but ... eat a salad or something.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

I meant more ignorant than oblivious. They keep stuffing shit in themselves, I think its a shame because they truly are some of the most talented "gaming journalists" out there

Because what you eat affects your journalist talent!

 

[rezuth]

Because what you eat affects your journalist talent!

It certainly affects it if you are dead or get a heartattack/stroke/etc

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

It certainly affects it if you are dead.

Everyone dies.

 

[rezuth]

Everyone dies.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Everyone dies.

Well being overweight is only gonna make it come sooner.

 

[hamchan]

Because what you eat affects your journalist talent!

I think he means that they're really good, entertaining journalists so it's a shame that they're unhealthy and prone to earlier deaths when we could use more people like them. So he's complimenting their journalist talent, not criticizing it.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Vinny totally Shoemaker'd that Dance Central QL :lol

 

[rezuth]

Vinny totally Shoemaker'd that Dance Central QL :lol

I wish he would do more QL, he always seems to be in the background these days.

 

[slaughterking]

Jeez, you guys are talking like Ryan has mere weeks to live. :lol

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Well being overweight is only gonna make it come sooner.

Or later.

 

[rezuth]

Or later.

How is being obese going to make him live longer?

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

How is being obese going to make him live longer?

I'm saying it might not fucking matter. My gramps is big and he's pushing 92.

My friend's father was thin and not out of shape ad he dropped dead at 40.

You guys act like being overweight means he's assured a heart attack at 45. Shit doesn't work like that.

EDIT: I'm aware it raises the risk, but that doesn't mean he'll drop dead tomorrow because he's overweight and you'll live to be 80 because you aren't.

 

[Gowans]

Not that I'm complaining as I loved the footage for Kinect but what's up with the Live show this week, I guess it's running late for the archive upload?

 

[supermackem]

Ryan tugs on his shirts way too much to be oblivious about his weight.

This, im around his size trust me he wont be oblivious to it. Lets stop having a go people we dont know him or his shit at all lets not judge the bloke off what little we see of him on quicklooks and podcasts.

 

[Jb]

Not that I'm complaining as I loved the footage for Kinect but what's up with the Live show this week, I guess it's running late for the archive upload?

The Whiskey Media show? It's not on the homepage, you'll find it in Videos -> Features.

 

[Haunted]

wowowow just powered through most of their Kinect videos, didn't make it to the end of most of them.


I'll try to be diplomatic. That launch lineup is shit. Wow is that shit. I'm actually shocked at how bad pretty much every single game was. Like, seriously, wow!

Unsurprisingly, the only games that are not totally broken seemed to be Rare's Joyride and Kinect Sports. They didn't really look fun, either, but at least they were playable. But then I watch stuff like Dance Masters or Fighters Uncaged and it's a total Activator/Power Glove flashback, so bad. Ryan's and Jeff's performances in the fitness games were ranging from sad to painful to watch as well, but that's not really the fault of the games.

And you guys were right, the Motionsports video was great, sometimes you need a pos like that to create a fun video. :lol


Pass pass pass. Kinect as a technology has a lot of potential, but with shitty content like that... bah! Kudos to the GB guys for doing this whole thing, though. Launch lineup done in one [night].

 

[Oxx]

I thought the fitness games looked decent. And I haven't checked the KInectimals or Dance Central videos yet.

What strikes me is how laboured and slow menu navigation with the Kinect is.

 

[LCfiner]

I thought the fitness games looked decent. And I haven't checked the KInectimals or Dance Central videos yet.

What strikes me is how laboured and slow menu navigation with the Kinect is.

a lot of that is due to developers piling on too many menus an using the "hold" method of activating choices.

even dance central, which has a better selection method (swiping), has too many layers from song choice to actually playing.

I think future kinect games will pare down the layers of menus and use faster selection methods. it's a dev choice, not a tech limitation.

Oh, and several of the games shown in the quick look are more fun to play than to watch.

... and some of them even looked fun to watch (like Kinect Sports and, imo, Kinectimals)

 

[Haunted]

I thought the fitness games looked decent. And I haven't checked the KInectimals or Dance Central videos yet.

What strikes me is how laboured and slow menu navigation with the Kinect is.

Haven't watched Kinectimals either.

And yes, that's a real bummer. I thought menu navigation was always the coolest part about Kinect but it's so slow and deliberate (in the instances where it's really working) that it's just a drag at the moment. Especially if you can't get out of the memory card selection screen for several fucking minutes.

 

[def sim]

I've gotten to play Dance Central. It works fantastic and is probably one of the only 2(3? nah) games worth playing on Kinect.

 

[Haunted]

a lot of that is due to developers piling on too many menus an using the "hold" method of activating choices.

even dance central, which has a better selection method (swiping), has too many layers from song choice to actually playing.

Well, both have their [dis]advantages. Motionsports used swiping and it made them skip the tutorial by accident. Using hold, even if fucking slow makes sense because the cursor/sensor is all over the screen sometimes. Waving your hand for the Ubi games (I think) wouldn't work otherwise as you'd accidentally select/swipe all over the place.


But yeah, there's a lot of potential there. Hopefully future releases will do a better job. The ones that are out now are terrible (hello Sonic Riders!). Making the menu navigation a chore is a horrible thing.