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[StevePharma]

It looks a bit washed out on my end though?

Maybe a little bit, but the quality is unprecedented. People always bitch how games look bad when upsized on monitors, but this footage fullscreen on 720p actually looks pretty nice and in NO WAY not good enough for a video review.

 

[wolfmat]

 

[Zabka]

Actually, there's only one. I think that over-the-shoulder stuff looks like shit. So I decreed that we weren't going to do any more of them past the launch window. When (if?) we get our hands on hardware that lets us capture proper Vita footage, we'll dedicate more time to Vita coverage. Producing crappy-looking videos that don't convey what the games really look like doesn't do anyone any good.

I also love the idea that there's some shadow force of "bosses" that give a shit about things like video quality. Like someone would come to me and say "hey, that video you ran last week, the camera was a little too shaky for my tastes!" Hilarious.

File photo:

Those who would increase resolution without increasing bitrate to match are bound to the Loom of Fate for all eternity.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Quick Look: Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 (Patrick and Ryan 48 min)

 

[Ventilaator]

Holy JRPG innovation. So many cool ideas in that game.

 

[Patryn]

Quick Look: Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 (Patrick and Ryan 48 min)

A wild Drew appears!

So strange to hear him suddenly pipe in.

 

[Majine]

What, I thought I heard that Penny Arcade never wanted to make an Episode 3. Guess they changed their minds.

 

[SmithnCo]

Quick Look: Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 (Patrick and Ryan 48 min)

Looks awesome. Wonder if it will come to PS3 eventually.

 

[Hot Coldman]

What, I thought I heard that Penny Arcade never wanted to make an Episode 3. Guess they changed their minds.

Tycho probably had to write like 50% less stuff for this one, just to guess.

edit: actually, maybe not

 

[Htown]

Dat class system.

 

[OMG Aero]

Quick Look: Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 (Patrick and Ryan 48 min)

Haha, when they were fighting those pirates I thought to myself "they probably could have done a pun combining mute and mutiny" then Drew appears and says the exact same thing.

 

[I should be doing hw]

Quick Look: Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 (Patrick and Ryan 48 min)

Listening to Ryan and Patrick pretending to laugh at written jokes they are reading out was Quick Look poison. Game looks fun but sitting through that wore thin by the 5 minute mark.

 

[jett]

Then how did they record This video review of Gravity Rush?

Because if that's offscreen it looks mighty impressive. No OTS bullshit. Watch the 720p version btw, it looks almost exactly like that on your Vita.

That's direct feed indeed. It looks to me the footage is from Sony themselves, with the text popping up explaining the game and whatnot.

I'm surprised to learn the Vita doesn't have a video-out option at all.

 

[Lijik]

Listening to Ryan and Patrick pretending to laugh at written jokes they are reading out was Quick Look poison. Game looks fun but sitting through that wore thin by the 5 minute mark.

Yeah I couldnt get past the opening scene. Listening to people in a video read aloud rpg text is jut not my cup of tea.

 

[vitaminwateryum]

Listening to Ryan and Patrick pretending to laugh at written jokes they are reading out was Quick Look poison. Game looks fun but sitting through that wore thin by the 5 minute mark.

"Can't go wrong with 69, haha!"

Egh....

 

[I should be doing hw]

"Can't go wrong with 69, haha!"

Egh....

Don't quit your day job Patrick, whatever that is.
But seriously, Drew was the only worthwhile thing in that QL, I can't believe I sat though 30 minutes of it.

 

[slaughterking]

The game looks cool, though. Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII were pretty neat and so were the PA Adventures. Looks like this mix works, too.

 

[LiK]

Quick Look: Dirt Showdown 37:25 (Ryan/DREW)

 

[I should be doing hw]

I think you made a guest appearance in that last QL, LiK as a steam notification. Is such a thing possible?

 

[slaughterking]

Only Ryan and Drew? I think that's a first.

 

[Megasoum]

Only Ryan and Drew? I think that's a first.

Every other Dirt and F1 games were Drew and Ryan.

 

[InertiaXr]

Every other Dirt and F1 games were Drew and Ryan.

Even Dirt 3 when it was actually Drew/Vinny?

Ryan played Dirt 3 for TNT that might be what you are thinking of.

 

[LiK]

Quick Look: Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 (Patrick and Ryan 48 min)

wow, the music is fantastic! does this mean I have to play Ep 2 for the story/references? I only played the first one.

I think you made a guest appearance in that last QL, LiK as a steam notification. Is such a thing possible?

sorry about that.

 

[ArjanN]

Listening to Ryan and Patrick pretending to laugh at written jokes they are reading out was Quick Look poison. Game looks fun but sitting through that wore thin by the 5 minute mark.

They were clearly really amused.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Am I looking at a molecular diagram here.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Am I looking at a molecular diagram here.

I have 3 years of organic chemistry and biochem under my belt. I can say with confidence that yes, this is some sort of advanced chemical.

 

[Curufinwe]

A wild Drew appears!

So strange to hear him suddenly pipe in.

I still remember when he spoke up to save Jeff and Vinny from losing to shadow Teddie in the P4 ER.

 

[chubigans]

Someone needs to build that thing and mail it to Jeff. Then we'll get Vita quicklooks aplenty!

 

[Tucah]

DREW! This week is great for GB content.

 

[DyslexicAlucard]

It may just be me, but Ryan and Patrick found the PA game waaaaaay funnier than I did. I mean, there were a couple of lines that made me smirk, but Ryan and Patrick were just busting a gut over and over.

Not really a critique; I just find it interesting how different their sense of humor must be from mine.

Edit: Like openly laughing at "mime-o-pus"? That's literally the least creative name I can think of. Like I said, there are some good jokes out there, but that one's pretty sub-par.

Listening to Ryan and Patrick pretending to laugh at written jokes they are reading out was Quick Look poison. Game looks fun but sitting through that wore thin by the 5 minute mark.

Pretty much this, though I didn't think it was quite that grating.

 

[TheOddOne]

Quick Look: Dirt Showdown 37:25 (Ryan/DREW)

I respect based Drew. He know gud games.

 

[Gandie]

I'm thoroughly disappointed by the direction the Dirt franchise is taking. Although I know Showdown is not supposed to be part of the Core franchise, but still Dirt 3 was a massive disappointment already and this is even worse.

Edit: The first track is literally a straight with two turns at each end.

 

[jediyoshi]

Edit: The first track is literally a straight with two turns at each end.

Weird, imagine if the openings of games were easier and got more complex over the course of the game.

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

Every other Dirt and F1 games were Drew and Ryan.

The last F1 game QL didn't have Ryan in it.

 

[Gandie]

Weird, imagine if the openings of games were easier and got more complex over the course of the game.

Except he's already on the second tier of events and no, I don't think we need to teach players how to take a turn at the start of every racing game.

 

[Fjordson]

wow, the music is fantastic! does this mean I have to play Ep 2 for the story/references? I only played the first one.

That's what I was thinking. Fuckin' great music in there.

And I'm wondering that also. Never played the second game, would love to pick this up, though.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

Dirt Showdown looks nice to me. I haven't completed Dirt 3 though. We need a gif of Ryan's flip jump in that open park challenge.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

Dirt Showdown looks nice to me. I haven't completed Dirt 3 though. We need a gif of Ryan's flip jump in that open park challenge.

Wheres the gif of the barrel roll vinny or drew did? I loved that.

 

[Fjordson]

I'd love a Vinny Quick Look for Resonance. I remember his QL for Gemini Rue (another adventure game this reminds me of) is what sold me on that last year.

 

[Proven]

The Penny-Arcade guys say that the game comes with an opening video that should bring you up to speed on everything that happened in the last two episodes. Time to get a look at that quick look.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Quick Look: Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 (Patrick and Ryan 48 min)

lol Drew is the better writer!!

 

[jediyoshi]

Except he's already on the second tier of events and no, I don't think we need to teach players how to take a turn at the start of every racing game.

Watch the QL again, let that menu really sink in this time.

 

[Salsa]

Penny Arcade looks fucking fantastic

 

[wolfmat]

Am I looking at a molecular diagram here.

I come from an advanced civilization. We are spacefaring people and know how to capture Vita footage. We've also solved the problem of magic support beams to hold mirrors and camera phones.

(Clamps? Iunno)

 

[Papercuts]

I'd love a Vinny Quick Look for Resonance. I remember his QL for Gemini Rue (another adventure game this reminds me of) is what sold me on that last year.

There's one coming for the game tomorrow. Hopefully Vinny is in.

Then again, hopefully vinny is in every QL.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I come from an advanced civilization. We are spacefaring people and know how to capture Vita footage. We've also solved the problem of magic support beams to hold mirrors and camera phones.

(Clamps? Iunno)

Doesn't that assume that the person holding the vita wouldn't have any handshakes or move the vita at all while holding it?

I dunno, seems like alot of trouble for off screen footage.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Doesn't that assume that the person holding the vita wouldn't have any handshakes or move the vita at all while holding it?

I dunno, seems like alot of trouble for off screen footage.

That solution looks perfectly reasonable.

 

[Dany]

They shouldn't' bother wasting their own time if Sony is going to make a simple solution difficult. Sony should just play ball on this, its completely absurd that they don't offer direct video out.

 

[Antiwhippy]

That solution looks perfectly reasonable.

If they really want to get vita footage sure. If I have to do it I would get a custom fitted clamp for the vita which will hold it on a table at a comfortable height that won't move around at all, a mirror that fits the vita's screen perfectly, and then a properly lighted studio so that the colours won't be washed out or create any glares on the vita's screen.

For them I would guess them that doing such a thing would not be reasonable for what they can do, and that a unit with video out would be even more reasonable.

 

[Gandie]

Watch the QL again, let that menu really sink in this time.

The race Ryan's selecting is in the first difficulty thing but clearly in the second tier of events.
This still doesn't change a thing about me not desiring a straight-turn-straight-turn track in a Dirt game.