Giant Bomb #9 | More Dan Meets The Eye
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TharpDaddy
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Why no pictures of The Striker? Jason needs to be more active on twitter, how can i measure him up as a dad otherwise?
Exactly
I don't want to summon a fucking tornado.Guys, we should stop criticizing/defending Dan. Let's put that aside and all eat the best food ever at Taco Bell, then play bingo at a bar, drink a lot, and watch Star Wars at 2 in the morning. We're all friends here
Goldust came back to the WWE in a big way and they formed a tag team. Cody Rhodes became Stardust.
It's the best thing that's happened in the WWE in years.
Yes.
The Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart on the left in the top picture. Dunno who it is on the right.
In the second pic it's Daniel Bryan, the Internet's 2013 obsession.
idk. I can't look at people wearing facepaint. It makes me uncomfortable
Freedom = $1.05
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If my memory holds up, you should feel uncomfortable when it comes to goldust. It's having the intended effect.
The wrestling men class.
Stardust is supposed to be Cody Rhodes on bath salts (I think) so that works. Even Goldust is freaked out.
Jimmyfenix
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No one remembers bluedust?
I went into a tea shop a little while ago and all the girls working there were excitedly talking about the current WWE.
Jimmyfenix
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santeesioux
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Wasn't Patrick going to do a video about Dynasty Warriors? Maybe he hated it so much he dropped the idea.
Ventilaator
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Jeff about the mysterious piece of content we've been teased:
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As of Spookin' with Scoops he hasn't even played it yet.
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As of Spookin' with Scoops he hasn't even played it yet.
This seems like a case of gaming journos making their bed, and how having to lie in it. For decades they've basically been an extension of the publisher PR machine and have printed/posted whatever non-story gets sent in a press release without any critical thought.
Now when the occasional executive or publisher lets slip the overtness of the relationship and how little respect they have for the press (like when Randy Pitchford got mad at a journalist breaking news and 'ruining' their marketing), the press gets defensive and riled up like they're some sacred institution.
Patrick is usually far more thoughtful, as well as a few others like Jason Schreier, but they cannot pretend their industry didn't play a hand in creating an atmosphere where misleading the press is acceptable.
I don't follow wrestling but this is amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe9lPFOWaiA
This Pyongyang video is pretty nifty btw, and I recognised stuff from Drew's travelogue.
MrTroubleMaker
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Has Vinny got all his new equipment yet? It still seam like he doesn't, all the QL so far have been games that run on that laptop he has. 
stump sock
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in a lot of ways it's better now than it has been in a decade. i mean, not to the point where i'd go around telling people to watch it, but it's nice to see it on the upswing a little.
It seems like it, anecdotally I've heard more wrestling talk around than I have in probably a decade.
Wrestling has always crept in and out of the borders of the mainstream zeitgeist. Every time a big event happens in WWE, you'll probably run into it just by being on the internet. In the past few years, A LOT has happened.
Summer 2011: CM Punk cuts a scathing promo (basically talking shit on the mic to sell a match/angle) on the state of the WWE. He said a lot of what was on the minds of long time pro wrestling fans and most people wondered if it was a "work" (pre-planned) or a "shoot" (not planned and speaking truth). The story that is told on his DVD states that it was a bit of a mixture of both, but his words were pretty much a shoot.
End of 2013 - Early 2014: The super fast rise in popularity of Daniel Bryan. Riding high on the back of the most obnoxious catchphrase since Austin's "What?" he won fans over by putting on great match after great match to the point where the decision makers in WWE could no longer ignore him, so they gave him a run at the top. Sadly, his time at the top has been cut very short due to a neck injury that required surgery and he is currently recovering from.
All of 2014 so far: The launch of the WWE network. It is perceived as a fantastic value at $10 a month, because WWE has a fucking insane catalog of pro wrestling content. Investors were very excited at launch and their stock went up, but everyone overestimated how many people were going to buy into it in the first few months. Despite the great value, most people just don't want to add another monthly subscription, so the WWE has been hurting really bad. Thing is, they are fully committed to this thing now, because there is no future in the Pay Per View market, so they are (annoyingly) shoving this thing down people's throats during their TV shows and hoping to turn things around.
So yeah, with all of that craziness going on, of course you're gonna hear a lot more about it.
Bluedust AKA The Blue Meanie.
One part of the Blue World Order.
Huh, thanks
Daria Morgendorffer
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So I finally finished watching the Persona 4 endurance run, what a great ride that was, I loved the commentary and their versions of the characters.
It is a Take 2 event I believe. The wrestlers will be contractually obliged to be there. They have run a box for the press at events before.
EmCeeGramr
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okay, the next time that we get into one of these stupid angry slapfights about one of the guys (especially near the start of the weekend), this thread will be locked for a period of my choosing
Freedom = $1.05
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so i've been listening to the early bombcasts at work and boy, 2008 brad had a lot more of a california-surfer-dude tone and disposition than he does now. Like, i wonder if he was heavily into jazz cigarettes at the time or something.
It sounds super weird, haha.
It sounds super weird, haha.
Jimmyfenix
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I wonder who will get fired this time.
I miss JR
I don't know what to think of My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant
You can get more JR than you probably would ever want on his podcast. He damn near comes off as a bitter old man at times, but it's still worth a listen.
Jimmyfenix
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Yup his Podcasts are great. I think Austin's Podcast is superb.
super-famicom
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Probably just older and jaded now. 1000s of hours of DOTA will do that to you.
Haunted
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petethepanda
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Laughed when I saw this in my email.
Zen_Arcade
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It's better then it has been in years, but it's still not that good.
Jimmyfenix
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Laughed when I saw this in my email.
I hope they have decided on the name of the game.
Haunted
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wowLaughed when I saw this in my email.
Backfoggen
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I hope Rorie is in charge of putting together the lists again.
Laughed when I saw this in my email.
Hahahaha
Hot Coldman
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Oh sweet, more time before I have to make the next one! Quick, let's bitch about Jason.
MrTroubleMaker
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Johnny V!
How dare he point out things while he's recording QLs, let the guys discover things for themselves.
GB OT | Jason, we need more game audio
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