Giant Bomb #8 | It's a Hit!
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I have a friend that is similarly out of touch but with pop-culture. Didn't know who/what Iron Man was (after the 3rd movie came out). Sometimes information just misses you. Still hilarious when it comes from Dan.
Jimmyfenix
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I demand to see Bodegas butt barn one more time
Antiwhippy
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I wouldn't call not knowing what Oceania is as out of touch with pop culture. It's more of a geographic problem. 
Swords and lightning: I'm screaming SHAMAN over here. It's driving me insane. Control the elements Dan!!!!
yeah that's what I was thinking, a nice Enhancement Shaman would probably be what he wants. I was thinking maybe Paladin too.
I really regret maining a Warrior back when I played. Should've played someone fun like a Warlock or a Priest.
NumberThree
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Enhancement shaman is the best character I've played in any MMO. So much fun.
Fury warrior was fun in Vanilla, haven't played it after that.
Fury warrior was fun in Vanilla, haven't played it after that.
I wouldn't call not knowing what Oceania is as out of touch with pop culture. It's more of a geographic problem.
I've never seen it called Oceanic though. Always Oceania. Wikipedia has "Oceanic" as a demonym, like African, European etc., while the other locations are just United States, Latin America and Brazil.
It confused me at least. Maybe I'm just dumb, and/or confused by English not being my first language.
bemusedchunk
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Hearing Jeff explain the trinity makes me want to return to WoW so bad.
It's been 4 months since I was in Azeroth. Please help me duders.
It's been 4 months since I was in Azeroth. Please help me duders.
Hearing Jeff explain the trinity makes me want to return to WoW so bad.
It's been 4 months since I was in Azeroth. Please help me duders.
You could be playing Windjammers instead!
stump sock
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and here I've been looking for a cheap CD-i for years. all I had to do was walk down the street...
bemusedchunk
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WoWJammers.
Ah, I remember the UI for 40 man raids back in the day. I played as a healer, and that shit filled up pretty much the whole screen. Good times.
edit: Pretty much this:
Ah, I remember the UI for 40 man raids back in the day. I played as a healer, and that shit filled up pretty much the whole screen. Good times.
edit: Pretty much this:
dats MoP tho
Heh, sounds like a very "Jeff" choice.
Fuck yes it is. Great damage, great utility, and never waiting around for auto attacks or cast times.
I know, but the looks of the UI hasn't changed much. Still health bars and other shit over the whole damn screen.
I played a ton of classes in my time with WoW, but I think the best time I've had is with my Druid, who I played both as a Boomkin and Resto (I could never play feral), and once you have fucking flight form... You can never go back to a regular character. My god, flight form was glorious.
bemusedchunk
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UI is still customizable as ever.
Yeah, when I healed I used Grid and the bars took up a small section of my screen. No idea how anyone can play like the guy in the screenshot.
Heh, I pretty much played like that. Not as extreme, but close. You could probably trim it down a lot back in the day too, but I was too lazy to do it.
I think Dan mentioned on the podcast that he had talked about it on some video or something. This is probably it.
bemusedchunk
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I hope Dan finds a bingo addon for wow.
Dan did talk about liking WoW for "clicking a bunch of bullshit in the background while you do something else" during the bombcast, so yes.
Brewster's Wallet
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I'm really looking forward to watching the WoW video, especially as someone who was in the same camp as Dan (well, I played 2 hours before being incredibly bored).
After watching this with their commentary, WoW has aged terribly in regards to showing new players what the game is. The low level gameplay in this video is so unrepresentative of what the 'real game' (high level) is. Actually having to think about your abilities in dungeons/raids/PVP is so different from low level questing.
They recorded this video like two weeks ago I think!
Yeah also the conversation about 2nd monitors was practically the same as somewhere else.
I think Ryan once said of Saints Row 3 that "it's like it takes place inside Dan Ryckert's mind", or something like that.
Dan is an employee of GB, Danny is a regular guest on UPF and the regular European when needed for European QLs.
TheNamelessOne
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So are Dan and Danny regulars on GB now? I like Danny's personality and he seems like a cool dude, but after watching this WoW-video it blows my mind how someone so oblivious to gaming and the buisness as a whole can work in it. He's worked at Game Informer, but has no idea that Blizzard are developing a MOBA. It just feels like he doesn't contribute anything but being a way for Jeff to explain his infinite knowledge of the buisness to him.
Dan is part of Giant Bomb, Danny still works for Gamespot and makes occasional appearances.
TheNamelessOne
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There's rarely any enthusiast journalism where a single person can know everything. Nor is there any value at all in that to begin with. No one needs to know about MMO's, Blizzard or MOBA games to interview an FPS developer or review a sports game.
ThreePiMatt
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Oooh, interested in seeing the Firefall QL. I played in three different iterations of the beta for that game and they all sucked ass.
stump sock
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I've never played or watched someone play WoW so it might be interesting to see someone somehow even more clueless than me give it a shot.
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