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Because no one has played it yet?
Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad
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Because no one has played it yet?
Probably Jeff will be the only one to play it in time.
Prety sure Patrick and Vinny will both favor TWD over Journey.
I think the only one who possibly won't really care for TWD is Jeff, because A. Zombies and B. not much focus on gameplay. Then again Jeff and Ryan's opinions generally tend to dominate the discussions.
The most interesting GOTY stuff is generally the more unusual categories anyway.
Crimson Clown
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Doesn't seem like there are any plans for a City of Heroes shutdown stream. 
Brad is playing it for review so no...Jeff will not be the only one.
StopMakingSense
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Ryan loved The Walking Dead. I think he would be down with either it or XCOM
HamPster PamPster
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Giantbomb's GOTY? What a boring and predictible discussion. The only award that matters is the Hardcore Dave Hardcore PC Game of the Year Award
Heavy's Sandvich
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Following ryan's method from last year, the game of the year will be given to something no-one from giant bomb has played.
Isn't that just perpetually Wizardry 8?
Foliorum Viridum
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Kinda sad Borderlands 2 is being overlooked in this thread, as well as probably on GB :'(
The DLC is letting it down a bit, though.
The DLC is letting it down a bit, though.
denshuu
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Dude, seriously?
We're not even going to play games before saying they're GOTY now?
It's got Far Cry in the title you guys. That's a wrap.
Hey, it's my personal GOTY, but both Jeff and Brad has expressed the opinion that they know that it's a solid game but it didn't hook them in the same way. They felt it was too much of a rehash of Borderlands 1.
Freedom = $1.05
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And that sums up perfectly how i feel about bl2: great game but i cant shake the feeling that i've been there, done that. I'm not sure it warrants getting any rewards, really.
I think GOTY should be a fight between XCOM and The Walking Dead, both games have probably altered the landscape in terms of what games will get made and what people will buy.
But for me The Walking Dead wins hands down because XCOM feels like a throwback experience (though a great one that I want to see more of) while TWD honestly felt like something that's never been accomplished before.
I'm interested to play Far Cry 3 though, sounds like it's really good.
But for me The Walking Dead wins hands down because XCOM feels like a throwback experience (though a great one that I want to see more of) while TWD honestly felt like something that's never been accomplished before.
I'm interested to play Far Cry 3 though, sounds like it's really good.
Sounds like both Jeff and Brad really like Far Cry
Polygonal models sounds racist to me, Ryan Davis.
Polygonal models sounds racist to me, Ryan Davis.
Wii Mini 2012!
Typographenia
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I would expect nothing less from the resident anime editor.
Where exactly did Brad pick that up from? Was it one specific instance, or what was the deal?
RobotRocker
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Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a lock for sure.
Meatvillain
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This whole no content thing sucks.
Asura's Wrath
Agreed. Mayhaps there will be a 4 hour bombcast this week.
Typographenia
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That recent? I could have sworn that the joke had been around for much longer than that. Oh well.
It has. Can't remember when it originated, but Jeff has been saying it for years whenever anime comes up in bombcasts, live shows etc.
Coldnoodle
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Persona 4 Golden GOTY.
Hellsing321
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I imagine it came from Brad once saying he kind of liked this one anime and the guys have been giving him crap for it ever since.
shadyspace
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I like to think Brad made an off-hand comment about some anime looking potentially interesting one day in the office and being haunted by it ever since.
edit: hellsing's got it
edit: hellsing's got it
JeTmAn81
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This strikes me as possibly the perfect word to describe Brad's behavior on a typical GOTY set of Bombcasts.
Live stream tomorrow.
Ugh, was just reading Kotaku's really good compilation of yesterday's #1reasonwhy tweets and what do I see half way though? Leigh Alexander taking the opportunity to co-opt the discussion into a multi-tweet rant about her treatment following that Bombcast.
Apparently, if she were a guy her performance would have been "badass, cool and hilarious" instead of "a disrespectful, loudmouthed bitch".
A lot of the vitriol directed towards her was disgusting and the absolute worst of the GB community, but how can she really think a guy doing the same thing would be well received?
Apparently, if she were a guy her performance would have been "badass, cool and hilarious" instead of "a disrespectful, loudmouthed bitch".
A lot of the vitriol directed towards her was disgusting and the absolute worst of the GB community, but how can she really think a guy doing the same thing would be well received?
Foliorum Viridum
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Every time she plays the gender card my blood boils a bit more.
Because she is a delusional idiot hiding behind the fact that she has a vagina. She thinks that gives her the right to say stupid shit and get away with it because when you criticize her, you are actually hating on women.
Clearly if it was a drunk guy shouting "fuck Boston" for 5 minutes in a very confrontational way, we would still be high-fiving him for his awesomeness. Even people from Boston would find him hilarious, just because he has a penis.
seriously?! what for?
shadyspace
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Man that livestream was fucking crazy. Was that the same night that girl was all over Brad.
On I love Mondays they made mention of a live stream on Tuesday, didnt elude to what game but I'm sure it will be something new and relevant. Maybe more WiiU stuff?
livestream today?
SPOILER Drunk obnoxious people are drunk and obnoxious regardless of gender. You can be drunk and funny. She wasn't. Its ok, we have all been drunk A-holes a time or two. It happens to the best of us. But apologize, and move on.
People like her are why too many people dismiss real sexism. They see accusations and assume it's some talentless nutjob like her.
I don't think there should be a single Game of the Year game, eschew that for [genre/catagory] Game of the Year. Some games just can't really be compared to one another or are too different to be in contention for one slot. They can even make up categories like "Game that felt like the biggest dickslap in the face (for better or for worst)". Gotta keep that Giantbomb immaturity and crassness.
JeTmAn81
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So Leigh Alexander feels that men are allowed to be drunk and obnoxious but women aren't...and this stems from the fact that her drunken behavior with the Bomb crew was not appreciated? Was there any overt indication that their feelings were based on her gender rather than her behavior? Or is she just jumping to conclusions?
Dark Schala
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This had very little to do with gender. Other females been on GB streams before and they've been well-received. It's because she was behaving brazenly irritating and constantly tripped over herself in an effort to try to make points which weren't exactly valid (ex: 775 million). To be somewhat fair, she didn't seem very lucid, but... her overall behaviour during the stream and after the stream on twitter did not reflect well on her at all.
My overall respect for her, speaking as a female, plummeted after that. Compromise, apologize, and move the fuck on instead of heaping on this dramarama.
She knows perfectly well that isn't true but the argument she's making is the only thing she has other than admitting the truth. She's some kind of narcissistic freakshow.
Sloppy, loudmouthed, obnoxious drunks suck, regardless of gender. Deal with it. Pachter was halfway down that road during this year's E3 bombcast, as a matter of fact. His half slurred, weepy tirades about NeoGAF were pretty sad.
Ventilaator
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To: Leigh Alexander
Re: Sexism
If all you got from the incident was "They hate me because I'm a girl", you are absolutely pathetic.
Sincerely,
Ventilaator
Re: Sexism
If all you got from the incident was "They hate me because I'm a girl", you are absolutely pathetic.
Sincerely,
Ventilaator
Oh, are we ganging up on Leigh Alexander again? Probably the most unpleasant (and sexist) part of the Giantbomb thread-cycle.
People really continually hate and harass her, just because she was drunk one time (on a stream where plenty of other drunk people were obnoxious as well). It's not like the GiantBomb crew acted all to classy in that stream, making fun of her as soon as she turned her back really isn't something they should be proud of.
If any of you actually bothered to read Leigh Alexanders work, you'd see that she actually does write insightful articles and columns: She is a great gaming journalist.
Why does she have to apologize? Why does this come up constantly in the GiantBomb community? Get over it, she didn't harm you in any way.
People really continually hate and harass her, just because she was drunk one time (on a stream where plenty of other drunk people were obnoxious as well). It's not like the GiantBomb crew acted all to classy in that stream, making fun of her as soon as she turned her back really isn't something they should be proud of.
If any of you actually bothered to read Leigh Alexanders work, you'd see that she actually does write insightful articles and columns: She is a great gaming journalist.
Why does she have to apologize? Why does this come up constantly in the GiantBomb community? Get over it, she didn't harm you in any way.
The irony is thick with this one
Something funny about the whole Radec thing in Sony Smash Quick Look then calling Faith a memorable character.
It was more than once. And there's also plenty of articles with her being outright wrong, but I guess if anyone writes anything long enough, someone out there will be impressed by it regardless of its content.
It was more than once. And there's also plenty of articles with her being outright wrong, but I guess if anyone writes anything long enough, someone out there will be impressed by it regardless of its content.
The response/harassment directed towards her afterwards was absolutely gender based and filled with some really nasty misogyny. It was inexcusable.
But I really take issue with the assumption that her actions would have been well received had she been male. That's off-the-charts delusion.
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