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[DinnerRevealer]

This mailbag is great. At what point are people going to send them straight up garbage?

I wonder when someone will try to mail themselves to GB

 

[Chuck]

I'm waiting for someone to send them $50,000 in cash.

 

[Zaph]

It's only a matter of time until they receive a live animal.

 

[Hot Coldman]

hey guys I'm gonna wrap myself up and post myself to the office

and I'm bringing a copy of Binary Domain with me

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Did Ryan make an argument for Super Mario Galaxy 2 at any point during the 2010 deliberations? He did give it a 5-star review.

Spoiler

And it's possibly one of the greatest games of all time.

No, he specifically said that it "couldn't hang with [Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Red Dead Redemption, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and Mass Effect 2]."

I remember the exact wording because that was the precise moment that I knew once and for all that Ryan Davis is history's greatest monster.

 

[Serra]

I need to use their website. I've been a fan of Jeff ever since he gave an honest review and was fired for it and left with pride. I was a regular GameSpot reader until that day, which was when I immediately stopped.

I had heard they were starting GiantBomb. I visited it once or twice. Didn't really pull me away from Kotaku.

I'm now listening to their podcasts because I need something to listen to at work and these guys are great. I KNEW IN MY HEART IT WOULD BE TRUE.

Anything cool about the website besides just reading their updates/articles, though? I think that's what I was confused about when I visited the site in its early days. There were all these game pages and all this functionality and features and not a lot of actual content or users.

Its all about videos. I hardly read the articles.

 

[Hot Coldman]

No, he specifically said that it "couldn't hang with [Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Red Dead Redemption, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and Mass Effect 2]."

I remember the exact wording because that was the precise moment that I knew once and for all that Ryan Davis is history's greatest monster.

Oh, so that's why I knew I needed to buy that FUCK RYAN DAVIS shirt.

 

[FStop7]

This mailbag is great. At what point are people going to send them straight up garbage?

People Can Fly / Epic sent them a package of rotten ground beef laced with spent shell casings and a grenade pin. Does that count?

 

[Sleeplessnights]

Us GB fans, huh?

Look duder, anime is for jerks.

Spoiler

There's a meme wiki, it's not really that amazing to be in-the-know

 

[Ventilaator]

I'd really like to know how often, after the cameras are turned off, do the guys rant about the utter crap that they just got.

 

[funkystudent]

I'd really like to know how often, after the cameras are turned off, do the guys rant about the utter crap that they just got.

I bet they just toss it into the box pile and move on.

 

[Xater]

I'd really like to know how often, after the cameras are turned off, do the guys rant about the utter crap that they just got.

Well the old games are probably welcome. Especially the dumb CD_ROM games from the early 90s are a goldmine for live content.

 

[sixghost]

People Can Fly / Epic sent them a package of rotten ground beef laced with spent shell casings and a grenade pin. Does that count?

Only if a copy of Bulletstorm was included

 

[Beast Legacy]

At the end of the day, while it's just Game of the Year stuff that ultimately means nothing, I'm glad I don't really have a horse in the race this year and really want something from the past 12 months to get recognition. I can enjoy all the videos and podcasts without the SR3 gut punch from last year.

 

[rudds]

No,

Spoiler

a huge portion of each specie's military fleets and the Quarians would be stuck in our solar system. Other species would be stuck in whatever system or cluster they were in. Space travel and communication across systems would be almost impossible in any kind of reasonable time without just recreating the Mass Relays or something that achieves the same goal.

Again, I don't think they even thought it out that far though. It's not mentioned or reflected on. It's just the inevitable repercussion.

This is just silly. Not to get all codex-y here, but conventional propulsion in the ME universe allows you to travel many times faster than the speed of light, so even in the absence of the mass relays, you'd still be able to cover vast distances, albeit not at the apparently near-instantaneous speed you do through a relay. And they use quantum entanglement for communication which has nothing to do with the relays at all and, as it's currently understood, is more or less instantaneous regardless of distance.

 

[jediyoshi]

alright, which one of you hacked brad's account

 

[Hot Coldman]

This is just silly. Not to get all codex-y here, but conventional propulsion in the ME universe allows you to travel many times faster than the speed of light, so even in the absence of the mass relays, you'd still be able to cover vast distances, albeit not at the apparently near-instantaneous speed you do through a relay. And they use quantum entanglement for communication which has nothing to do with the relays at all and, as it's currently understood, is more or less instantaneous regardless of distance.

 

[darkressurection]

Brad "Space Travel/Anime Editor" Shoemaker

 

[Data West]

Brad can't mock 40k books anymore.

 

[Lombax]

alright, which one of you hacked brad's account

the account was not hacked it was passed to "new Brad".

 

[inky]

This is just silly. Not to get all codex-y here, but conventional propulsion in the ME universe allows you to travel many times faster than the speed of light, so even in the absence of the mass relays, you'd still be able to cover vast distances, albeit not at the apparently near-instantaneous speed you do through a relay. And they use quantum entanglement for communication which has nothing to do with the relays at all and, as it's currently understood, is more or less instantaneous regardless of distance.

But comm buoys do, I think:

Comm buoys are maintained in patterns built outward from each mass relay. The buoys are little more than a cluster of primitive, miniature mass relays. Each individual buoy is connected to a partner on another buoy in the network, forming a corridor of low-mass space. Tightbeam communications lasers are piped through these "tubes" of FTL space, allowing virtually instantaneous communication to anywhere on the network. The networks connect across regions by communications lasers through the mass relays.

The time to cross the Milky Way, end to end, at 10 times the speed of light is 10 000 years.

That too. It's not like

Spoiler

the ships stranded in Earth's space, or the troops grounded on the Earth's surface have unlimited resources either.

 

[Rapstah]

This is just silly. Not to get all codex-y here, but conventional propulsion in the ME universe allows you to travel many times faster than the speed of light, so even in the absence of the mass relays, you'd still be able to cover vast distances, albeit not at the apparently near-instantaneous speed you do through a relay. And they use quantum entanglement for communication which has nothing to do with the relays at all and, as it's currently understood, is more or less instantaneous regardless of distance.

The time to cross the Milky Way, end to end, at 10 times the speed of light is 10 000 years.

 

[Darkflight]

Quantum Entanglement doesn't need the relays, but how many ships other than the Normandy have a QE device?

 

[slightconfuse]

its a voyager situation it would take a fuck long time to get any where

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

The time to cross the Milky Way, end to end, at 10 times the speed of light is 10 000 years.

Yeah, you try going across the Milky Way at that sort of speed in Space Engine and you go no where fast.

 

[netBuff]

its a voyager situation it would take a fuck long time to get any where

There's always the option of using nucleogenic aliens for fuel - but Captain Janeway just couldn't get over herself. *Captain Ransom rant*

 

[rudds]

Oh god. I just imagined him saying that the game is too buggy to be GOTY and me facepalming a dent in my head because Skyrim happened last year.

...Oh wait I already did that last year when he went "The game is not technically perfect" as a knock against Saints Row 3...while defending Skyrim.

Faulty logic. XCOM bugs stopped me dead in my tracks multiple times, to the point that I didn't even finish it. Nothing like that ever happened with Skyrim. Hell, a lot of that game's bugs end up being funny or endearing.

 

[Empty Space]

This is just silly. Not to get all codex-y here, but conventional propulsion in the ME universe allows you to travel many times faster than the speed of light, so even in the absence of the mass relays, you'd still be able to cover vast distances, albeit not at the apparently near-instantaneous speed you do through a relay. And they use quantum entanglement for communication which has nothing to do with the relays at all and, as it's currently understood, is more or less instantaneous regardless of distance.

IIRC the distance to the

Spoiler

Quarian world

would take nearly 300 years to traverse. Taking everything into consideration. In contrast the shortest distance that would need to be traveled, the

Spoiler

Krogan world

is about 10 years away.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Yeah I remember the batman vs Uncharted debate but I dont remember what was up against ME2. I think they did have some runner ups but I think by the time they got to GOTY everyone just went "yeah Mass Effect wins" then they talked about how awesome mass effect was.


Also I love how people are now CLEARLY just clearing out the junk from their closets and sending it to GB.

Pretty sure it was Red Dead.

 

[MG310]

I'm surprised nobody tried to make Ryan a life size Koffing after he said he wanted one.

 

[I should be doing hw]

Faulty logic. XCOM bugs stopped me dead in my tracks multiple times, to the point that I didn't even finish it. Nothing like that ever happened with Skyrim. Hell, a lot of that game's bugs end up being funny or endearing.

Yes, I'm sure PS3 owners thought they were all very hilarious.

 

[Rapstah]

Yes, I'm sure PS3 owners thought they were all very hilarious.

I think they excluded the PS3 version from their GOTY.

 

[newjeruse]

Feed me my podcast. I've got a feeling it's going to be a good one.

 

[LCfiner]

The time to cross the Milky Way, end to end, at 10 times the speed of light is 10 000 years.

but that's based on the clock of the people who are not travelling - the people back home on Earth (or Omega or wherever).

Due to time dilation effects, people travelling at physically possible speeds of 99.999% the speed of light could travel the galaxy in a few decades of their time. we don't even need to invent superluminal speed loopholes.

Of course, they would get home and their family and friends would be dead for thousands upon thousands of years. but nevertheless, at super high speeds close to the speed of light, navigating the galaxy is possible in one's lifetime.

... this has zero to do with ME3 but I just want to point out that zipping across a galaxy doesn't need wormholes or generational ships or FTL travel if you can get really, really close to the speed of light

 

[pax217]

Also I love how people are now CLEARLY just clearing out the junk from their closets and sending it to GB.

Yeah, that was the most worthless mailbag I've seen. Some moron just getting rid of his junk and thinking he'd be doing GB a favor by filling their trash can?

I'd say the mailbag disappears pretty quickly from here on out; unless they know who it is who sent it, or they'll open it ahead of time and then film it after finding out whether or not it's worth their time.

People are idiots.

 

[Rapstah]

but that's based on the clock of the people who are not travelling - the people back home on Earth (or Omega or wherever).

Due to time dilation effects, people travelling at physically possible speeds of 99.999% the speed of light could travel the galaxy in a few decades of their time. we don't even need to invent superluminal speed loopholes.

Of course, they would get home and their family and friends would be dead for thousands upon thousands of years. but nevertheless, at super high speeds close to the speed of light, navigating the galaxy is possible in one's lifetime.

... this has zero to do with ME3 but I just want to point out that zipping across a galaxy doesn't need wormholes or generational ships or FTL travel if you can get really, really close to the speed of light

ME3 doesn't care about time dilation, Reapers and everyone travel at more than the speed of light all the time and no one gives a shit.

 

[netBuff]

but that's based on the clock of the people who are not travelling - the people back home on Earth (or Omega or wherever).

Due to time dilation effects, people travelling at physically possible speeds of 99.999% the speed of light could travel the galaxy in a few decades of their time. we don't even need to invent superluminal speed loopholes.

Of course, they would get home and their family and friends would be dead for thousands upon thousands of years. but nevertheless, at super high speeds close to the speed of light, navigating the galaxy is possible in one's lifetime.

... this has zero to do with ME3 but I just want to point out that zipping across a galaxy doesn't need wormholes or generational ships or FTL travel if you can get really, really close to the speed of light

A drive technology that is capable of operating at above-light speed would probably make the ship not be affected by time dilation when operating above c.

 

[slightconfuse]

A drive technology that is capable of operating at above-light speed would probably make the ship not be affected by time dilation when operating above c.

yes this is true and impossible. you can't go faster than the speed of light.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I thought the podcast was already recorded?

Goddamnit Davis.

 

[Megasoum]

Yes, I'm sure PS3 owners thought they were all very hilarious.

That reminds me the fact that reviewers are complaining about Far Cry 3 performance on console... Sure the performance are not good, I agree... But where were you when Assassin's Creed 3 came out? For me AC3 is a lot worst than FC3 on console. It was barely playable when I played through it on 360.

 

[Messofanego]

Yeah, that was the most worthless mailbag I've seen. Some moron just getting rid of his junk and thinking he'd be doing GB a favor by filling their trash can?

I'd say the mailbag disappears pretty quickly from here on out; unless they know who it is who sent it, or they'll open it ahead of time and then film it after finding out whether or not it's worth their time.

People are idiots.

Yikes, overreaction to just one mailbag much?

 

[Megasoum]

Yikes, overreaction to just one mailbag much?

All the latest mailbags were like that. It's funny once but at some point it's just stupid. Why would they want all that crap? It's not like they will be doing a live stream with coleco vison Adventure...

 

[Anth0ny]

woah

are those ryan's famicom tapes on the desk in the mailbag video?

 

[netBuff]

yes this is true and impossible. you can't go faster than the speed of light.

That's why writer invented warp drives, jump drives and other plot facilitators: They all allow spaceships to travel distances at faster-than-light speeds (when viewed from the outside) while not actually having the vessel move at a speed faster than light.

This is why time dilation is irrelevant in the context of Mass Effect's "FTL" capabilities - such a drive would necessarily not be affected by it.

That reminds me the fact that reviewers are complaining about Far Cry 3 performance on console... Sure the performance are not good, I agree... But where were you when Assassin's Creed 3 came out? For me AC3 is a lot worst than FC3 on console. It was barely playable when I played through it on 360.

I haven't played AC3, but FC3 is most certainly barely playable (PS3 in my case, but apparently its performance is pretty much equal to the 360 version) and very unenjoyable due to the high reaction time necessitated by bad performance.

 

[Antiwhippy]

That reminds me the fact that reviewers are complaining about Far Cry 3 performance on console... Sure the performance are not good, I agree... But where were you when Assassin's Creed 3 came out? For me AC3 is a lot worst than FC3 on console. It was barely playable when I played through it on 360.

Well to be fair AC4 hasn't come out yet. Only then would brad finally be able to finish AC: revelations.

 

[Felix Lighter]

This is just silly. Not to get all codex-y here, but conventional propulsion in the ME universe allows you to travel many times faster than the speed of light, so even in the absence of the mass relays, you'd still be able to cover vast distances, albeit not at the apparently near-instantaneous speed you do through a relay. And they use quantum entanglement for communication which has nothing to do with the relays at all and, as it's currently understood, is more or less instantaneous regardless of distance.

I guess I'll have to dig back into the codex.

Spoiler

My understanding was that the interstellar communication in the Mass Effect universe relied on the Mass Relays. As for space travel, there are massive new obstacles to overcome now that getting anywhere takes decades to centuries. Just before discovering the Mass Relay and entering the galactic stage in Mass Effect, man kind was only traversing the solar system. That was just decades prior. Remember, Anderson was born before man discovered their first Mass Relay. They were traversing the solar system and then, practically overnight, they were able to travel across the galaxy. There should be a massive gap left in technology for Mass Relayless interstellar travel.

 

[LCfiner]

ME3 doesn't care about time dilation, Reapers and everyone travel at more than the speed of light all the time and no one gives a shit.

absolutely true.

A drive technology that is capable of operating at above-light speed would probably make the ship not be affected by time dilation when operating above c.

yup, also true.

I guess I was just in the mood to talk general science for a second when I saw that post, lol. it's really not applicable to ME3 since they got FTL stuff going on outside the relays.

Off topic Star trek thing: I remember the old TNG tech manual made a point that ships try to avoid spending too long at high impulse speeds because of the effects of time dilation at very high, yet sub-c speeds.

 

[slightconfuse]

That's why writer invented warp drives, jump drives and other plot facilitators: They all allow spaceships to travel distances at faster-than-light speeds (when viewed from the outside) while not actually having the vessel move at a speed faster than light.

This is why time dilation is irrelevant in the context of Mass Effect's "FTL" capabilities - such a drive would necessarily not be affected by it.



I haven't played AC3, but FC3 is most certainly barely playable (PS3 in my case, but apparently its performance is pretty much equal to the 360 version) and very unenjoyable due to the high reaction time necessitated by bad performance.

yea the Normandys engine is one fo the fast iirc. so that stuff doesnt apply. but travering galaxys with out a mass relay is out of the question

 

[Typographenia]

All the latest mailbags were like that. It's funny once but at some point it's just stupid. Why would they want all that crap? It's not like they will be doing a live stream with coleco vison Adventure...

I don't think Jeff would be one to turn down free games. I mean, it would probably really depend on what it was if he did, but I think giving it to GB isn't a bad idea. They could always do something with them, give them away in an event/prizes, or something. Better than just letting them sit in some pawn shop or in a trashyard.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

I need to use their website. I've been a fan of Jeff ever since he gave an honest review and was fired for it and left with pride. I was a regular GameSpot reader until that day, which was when I immediately stopped.

I had heard they were starting GiantBomb. I visited it once or twice. Didn't really pull me away from Kotaku.

I'm now listening to their podcasts because I need something to listen to at work and these guys are great. I KNEW IN MY HEART IT WOULD BE TRUE.

Anything cool about the website besides just reading their updates/articles, though? I think that's what I was confused about when I visited the site in its early days. There were all these game pages and all this functionality and features and not a lot of actual videos or users.

Here ya go.