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Giant Bomb Thread #5 - We love you, Ryan Davis

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I like Patrick but a one person Quick Look just doesnt work

I too appreciate the effort but he's missing the point by doing solo QL. Without any back and forth jokes and discussion with another dude the format loses 80% of its entertainment value.
 
Jeff tweeted about Salty Bet yesterday and I see him betting this Sunday morning.
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There are still some of the "good" FMV games they haven't tried like Tex Murphy, 7th Guest or Gabriel Knight 2. What I really want to see Vinny play is Spaceship Warlock - First game I ever saw running off a CD-rom, good luck finding a decent copy and running it on a modern PC though.

Spaaaaaaaace Shiiiiiiiip Warlock!
 
Not for me it isn't. The silence is killer and the backandforth is like 99% of why QL's work.
Yeah, reminds me of those first few QL's they ever put up (and quickly realised wasn't working).

There are still some of the "good" FMV games they haven't tried like Tex Murphy, 7th Guest or Gabriel Knight 2. What I really want to see Vinny play is Spaceship Warlock - First game I ever saw running off a CD-rom, good luck finding a decent copy and running it on a modern PC though.

Spaaaaaaaace Shiiiiiiiip Warlock!
To this day I am disapointed they didn't QL Darkstar: The Interactive Movie. Look at it!

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Released in 2011 too, and featured the MST3k cast.

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If they needed any other reason:
- 23-minute blooper reel
 
I just realized this cause it's gonna affect me too, but the bart strike is going to kill Vinny this week. Good thing Alex is coming to help I guess? :/

BART Strike again? yikes

I agree. Part of what makes Quick Looks work is that (at least most of the time) one person has played a good bit of the game, and the other is coming in fresh.

eh it works when both don't have much idea either, I think its the back and forth is what is important for me, especially when the game isn't that great or fucking horrible.

Jeff seems to be the one that can make it work by himself (the funky barn stream is a nice example but that wasn't labeled as a ql and the actual ql had brad).
 
Boxee is sadly dead, mate. On Friday I couldn't get the stream to run smooth, constantly buffering. I don't know how long they'll keep updating it.

At least you could see the stream! I get nothing when I load the app on my Boxee. It would be a sad day indeed if the app has been left for dead.
 
Yeah, reminds me of those first few QL's they ever put up (and quickly realised wasn't working).


To this day I am disapointed they didn't QL Darkstar: The Interactive Movie. Look at it!

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Released in 2011 too, and featured the MST3k cast.

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If they needed any other reason:

I bought and played about 2 hours of Darkstar. The FMV stuff is really cool, but the part where it's a Myst- style adventure game is really frustrating. It has some of the most baffling gating I've ever seen in an adventure...and I liked the Myst games.
 
Anyone else find it kinda weird there was little fanfare for the 5-year anniversary of the site launch?

Did it even get mentioned in this thread?
 
Anyone else find it kinda weird there was little fanfare for the 5-year anniversary of the site launch?

Did it even get mentioned in this thread?
I think everyone's minds are elsewhere right now. That being said, I did create my account the first day account creation was available.. It's been a while.
 
The CryptWold QL really made me interested in the game. I don't know how long I would personally stick to playing it, but I had a great time watching Patrick tackle the game. I hope it becomes a semi-occurring thing.
 
Minus the Beat 'em Up game that I skipped, great UPF, and great ending (especially for those that feel Alexis has been pushing himself more and more into content).
 
How does anyone know Alexis has been "pushing himself into content?" Has it been mentioned on the site by the other main staff? How does anyone know that he wasnt approached by jeff or someone to help fill an on camera presence now that they are down a couple of people (including patrick as he cant really jump on the couch for an UF)
 
How does anyone know Alexis has been "pushing himself into content?" Has it been mentioned on the site by the other main staff? How does anyone know that he wasnt approached by jeff or someone to help fill an on camera presence now that they are down a couple of people (including patrick as he cant really jump on the couch for an UF)

I've read comments in this thread and on their site proper that suggest people feel that he's been insisting himself more into the coverage of the site, from mailbags to ILM and so on into places where you would normally not find him.

I'm not agreeing with it, I was just referencing it. Didn't mean to give it more cause than it deserves.
 
I've read comments in this thread and on their site proper that suggest people feel that he's been insisting himself more into the coverage of the site, from mailbags to ILM and so on into places where you would normally not find him.

I'm not agreeing with it, I was just referencing it. Didn't mean to give it more cause than it deserves.

Hey thats cool not really directed at you just annoyed how people form group opinions that become "fact".
 
Wow so i had this dream, it was a good idea to gift brains of a dead person for some reason. Cue me, cutting up someones head (who was alread dead) to get chunks of brains out. That someone was ryan davis. After i was done collecting brains, i kept them somewhere safe in a jar, and saw the corpse move. Oh shit, i thought, he wasnt really dead! Ryan davis gets up all pissed like yo what the hell did you do man, and i ran, and ryan ran after me. I ran into my girlfriend and told her what had happened to which she responded well duh, that was pretty dumb of you, and she went away. I locked myself in my house and peeked through the window and saw ryan coming up to the window. I asked him how bad it was, and he showed me a tiny cut in his neck. We both looked at each other and thought hey thats not so bad actually and i opened the door and we went on with our lives
 
He works at GB, something that is casually produced as ILM or the friday show means that anyone can just walk in and join if they want.
 
You know I've been bugging patrick on twitter for like a year to play Goblet Grotto and now he does a full on quick look of this... this... imposter???

Really hurt feelings. Really hurt.
 
I like how they are changing around the quick look formula a bit.

First three man QL - which really helps for the more boring games - and now with Dragon's Crown they have brought in a ringer from gamespot (Peter Brown?) because they admit that nobody on GB has really played much of it and Brad doesn't really care for it. Much preferable to them just fumbling through the beginning of the game and being all down on it. Hope they do it again in the future.
 
People have the right to be offended. Doesn't mean you necessarily have to change something just because they are.

With DC I can see why some would be offended. It is a bit much for me. I also think if they had toned it down a little then people would be talking about how great the art style it rather than if it is offensive or not. Bad business.
 
People have the right to be offended. Doesn't mean you necessarily have to change something just because they are.

With DC I can see why some would be offended. It is a bit much for me. I also think if they had toned it down a little then people would be talking about how great the art style it rather than if it is offensive or not. Bad business.
I personally think artists should make the art they want to make, and not pander to a certain audience.
But that's another discussion.
 
This talk about the depiction of women in videogames is getting really fucking dumb, apparently that's the new trend, to complain about everything related to women in videogames.
 
I'm glad the guys highlighted what's good (and bad) about DC, while handling the art style fairly. It was a good idea to get an expert in, as the game has much more to it than meets the eye.
 
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