Giant Bomb #8 | It's a Hit!

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TraBuch

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UPF is, to me, consistently the funniest thing they do all week. I'd be highly disappointed if they stopped it unless they did something similar in its place, but then why replace it in the first place?
 

Jintor

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I rest my case

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...compelling argument
 

daydream

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I'd be ok with them giving up on UPF if they established some other regular show before doing so.

They're probably in the midst of working out Premium content.
 
It'll just be another show about them playing random games though.

Although it would be on a random day (random time) - at least I hope it would.

The routine of them having to do a live show every Friday was the main reason they stoped Happy Hour - they talk about this quite a lot during the SNES Party Live Show. They got burned out with that, and felt the content was no longer interesting. Stopping it really did open up loads of opportunities for great new stuff.

I fear they are now falling into that trap again - although UPF can still have fantastic moments.
 

Zaph

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I think UPF needs to stay (but maybe change the day/time if it's a hassle) - it's good to have a reliable couch feature given the rest have disappeared. And I can't think of a more effortless feature than playing any random games and drinking for a couple hours. If that's too much of a chore for them then I don't know what to say.
 
Although it would be on a random day (random time) - at least I hope it would.

The routine of them having to do a live show every Friday was the main reason they stoped Happy Hour - they talk about this quite a lot during the SNES Party Live Show. They got burned out with that, and felt the content was no longer interesting. Stopping it really did open up loads of opportunities for great new stuff.

I fear they are now falling into that trap again - although UPF can still have fantastic moments.

I think they less structured nature of UPF means that's less likely to happen. With the Happy Hour they needed to plan and schedule like 3-4+ segments every week. UPF they just need to have at least 3 of them pick a game each & they can sit down and fuck around.
 

hamchan

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UPF is literally a show where they can broadcast anything they want, complete freedom. If they can't make it a good segment then that's a pretty huge problem. Good thing I think it's gotten much more fun with Dan around. Sorry Drew, I think your segments are a bit boring.
 

daydream

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UPF is literally a show where they can broadcast anything they want, complete freedom. If they can't make it a good segment then that's a pretty huge problem. Good thing I think it's gotten much more fun with Dan around. Sorry Drew, I think your segments are a bit boring.

I really like Drew's oddball picks like Blinx and T&E for the Xbox or that Planet of the Apes GBA game (even though he was pretty bad it). The PC stuff is hit-or-miss, for sure.

Drew should visit the archive more often.
 

Norns

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I'm enjoying dipping my toe into Formula 1 thanks to the alt+f1 podcast.

Not game related but holy shit I picked a fun season to start with. Watched the Melbourne race so far. Why did it take me 32 years to discover this...
 

Cronen

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Would you recommend that Alt+F1 is easy for those that have never watched F1 before? Could I ideally jump in to the latest episode of the podcast and go from there?
 

Antiwhippy

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Would you recommend that Alt+F1 is easy for those that have never watched F1 before? Could I ideally jump in to the latest episode of the podcast and go from there?

I dunno. I gave it a chance but if you don't care about F1 they pretty much just talk about F1.
 

Norns

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Would you recommend that Alt+F1 is easy for those that have never watched F1 before? Could I ideally jump in to the latest episode of the podcast and go from there?
Dunno. I started from the first episode and am watching the races that line up with each episode.

I watched a couple documentaries and read up and watched some coverage about this seasons rule changes as well.
 
Would you say it's a good way to get in to F1? It just seems like a rather convenient way to jump in to it all I guess.

They explained just about all the concepts in the first podcasts to ease people in, but if you just pick up the latest episode it's not going to be easy to get into.
I think pretty much the only reason anyone watched this show was because Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan wore the most ridiculous revealing outfits
This may have influenced my decision to watch the show as a teenager.
 

KingKong

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I like Charmed. Terrible show overall (bad story arcs), but has pretty fantastic one off episodes when they felt like it.

I applaud any show that has the gall to do a black and white episode

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I think pretty much the only reason anyone watched this show was because Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan wore the most ridiculous revealing outfits
 
Vacation, though it gets weird when they end up getting content out of it via him reporting on his experience on the podcast.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing when Jeff made the comments about not paying but getting content. oh well Brad is having a blast, leaving GB has given him more energy then ever
 
I hope we get some long term features back soon. Even Patrick has stopped doing them and I'm not sure why...

They were always the best part of the site and we have none other than UPF at the mo (which is struggling with just Jeff, Dan, Brad and Drew. You need a Vinny or Patrick on the show.)
 
I really want to see the GB guys push to do more travelogues/remote segments. Like I'm not even thinking crazy stuff on the scale of traveling to Iceland and making Drew spend 50 hours editing together the video for it. That stuff is fantastic but I know they're limited by staff size. But maybe more local conventions, tournaments, oddities, etc.

Like how cool would it be if they went out and shot a quick segment at that Mike Tyson Punchout Bar Dan was discussing on the podcast? Something similar to GBEast's video with the cool game store they found in NYC.
 
I think pretty much the only reason anyone watched this show was because Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan wore the most ridiculous revealing outfits

Pretty much why I watched it back in the day. lol
Don't forget Shannen Doherty.

Only episode I remember is the last one, where they travel into the future where Witches are sent to jail or some shit? I dunno it was ridiculous.
 
I hope we get some long term features back soon. Even Patrick has stopped doing them and I'm not sure why...

They were always the best part of the site and we have none other than UPF at the mo (which is struggling with just Jeff, Dan, Brad and Drew. You need a Vinny or Patrick on the show.)

I definitely feel like Dan will be pushing hard for a new Replay/Endurance Run style of content in the near future.
 
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