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Giant Bomb #11 | Thanks for the Spelunkin', the Spookin', and the Scoopin'

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funkystudent

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Keyser Soze said:
You judge...

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That was way better then I expected.


Also they did keep making UMD movies for a shocking amount of time. I think it was mostly big kids movies that made easy pack ins after it became clear it was a dead format for that stuff but they had new stuff every year for xmas bundles.
 
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Zaph

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Ikea now sell a very affordable powered standing desk (prior to this they were all £1.5k-ish) if any of you guys made a fitness related New Year's resolution. Takes some getting used to, but it's such an immediate and lasting quality of life improvement (and when you get tired, you can just press a button and sit down rather than fussing with your desk).
 
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SteveWinwood

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Zaph said:
Ikea now sell a very affordable powered standing desk (prior to this they were all £1.5k-ish) if any of you guys made a fitness related New Year's resolution. Takes some getting used to, but it's such an immediate and lasting quality of life improvement (and when you get tired, you can just press a button and sit down rather than fussing with your desk).
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link?

also i have lots of shit like papers and generic office stuff does it have a drawer or two?
 
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Ketch

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Wunder said:
Going from the Tetris Ultimate QL to AGDQ Tetris: The Absolute Grandmaster exhibition is fucking hilarious
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Yea I was just thinking that these guys might be good at this arcade game version... but I bet they haven't tried ULTIMATE tetris.
 
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hamchan

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Ketch said:
I've played a lot of warframe in the past, and I think it's a pretty good game with some fundamental issues.

The gameplay itself is actually really good, but it is fairly repetitive. They are constantly adding new maps/tilesets/mission types/events whatever, but you'll have to play each one multiple times.... multiple, multiple, multiple times.

The systems are all really well done aswell. Leveling, modding our your gear, farming new gear, customization, crafting, scanning, pets, factions... it all feels pretty good while you're doing it.

The problem is that there's really not much to actually do besides just acquiring gear and grinding out levels on it. Like there's half dozen or eight different mission types (although they just keep adding more) so eventually it's like "well now I'm gonna defend the core with a grenade launcher" because you've already maxed out all you're other gear and now you just have to do it all over again with a grenade launcher.... or new sword, or warframe, or whatever.

There are some higher level mission types, but it's mostly just more of the same cranked up to 11 on the difficulty meter. And even then they typically aren't that hard. They just keep adding more and more hitpoints to the same enemies until you can't win. It's not a matter of skill, you just hit the wall that you're current gear can take you too, and it's impossible... but if you grind out some more then it'll be back to super easy breazy sunday morning.

So eventually it starts to feel like it doesn't matter what warframe you're using, which weapons or mods you have equipped, it's just kind of all the same... sprint through missions blasting everything until the game says no, and then you either switch out for completely fresh lvl 1 gear and start the grind over, or grind out a jillion more misions to get your mods from level 14 to 15 so you can breaze past this wall and slam into the next one.

But being a space ninja is fun, and you can play completely free and have a blast. I think in total I put like $15 into that game and got well over 100 hours of enjoyment out of it.

Not sure if anybody cares what I think about it, but there you go.
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Sure sounds like Destiny alright.

EDIT: I think Jeff has convinced me in this QL how much better Warframe is than Destiny and that I should play it.
 
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Alucrid

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after watching the warframe quicklook jeff is the definition of a whale. wonder how much he spent on that shitty wrestling game
 
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Jintor

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Alucrid said:
after watching the warframe quicklook jeff is the definition of a whale. wonder how much he spent on that shitty wrestling game
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Personally I've been trying to think of a way of transitioning his love/hate/dangerous obsession with supercard into making him try the Love Live idol game

It's more or less the same thing but with s decent rhythm game attached
 
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daydreaming said:
So, what does 'whale' mean exactly in the context of IAP? Just someone who drops a lot of cash on these games?
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Whales are that tiny percentage of players that provide the vast majority of revenue. Unless Jeff is dropping hundreds of dollars into the game periodically I don't think he'd qualify as a true whale.

In industry terms Jeff is clearly a narwhal. He is, perhaps, a rare individual that spends tens of dollars on microtransactions, but far less than a whale. The company doesn't target him, but they appreciate him nonetheless.
 
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daydream

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LurkerPrime said:
Whales are that tiny percentage of players that provide the vast majority of revenue. Unless Jeff is dropping hundreds of dollars into the game periodically I don't think he'd qualify as a true whale.

In industry terms Jeff is clearly a narwhal. He is, perhaps, a rare individual that spends tens of dollars on microtransactions, but far less than a whale. The company doesn't target him, but they appreciate him nonetheless.
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I see, thanks. I assume some shitty person in a suit came up with the term because it makes no fucking sense (unless it's supposed to be way dark and cynical, as in 'our goal is to go after the whales, not the small fish').
 
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Wunder

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Dany M said:
I hate grad school.

I have no time for giant bomb anymore.

SHould I drop out gaf?
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you could become a professional Drew watcher

daydreaming said:
I see, thanks. I assume some shitty person in a suit came up with the term because it makes no fucking sense (unless it's supposed to be way dark and cynical, as in 'our goal is to go after the whales, not the small fish').
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I think that's the idea. Huntin' for big fatties in the ocean
 
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SatelliteOfLove

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LurkerPrime said:
Whales are that tiny percentage of players that provide the vast majority of revenue. Unless Jeff is dropping hundreds of dollars into the game periodically I don't think he'd qualify as a true whale.

In industry terms Jeff is clearly a narwhal. He is, perhaps, a rare individual that spends tens of dollars on microtransactions, but far less than a whale. The company doesn't target him, but they appreciate him nonetheless.
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Warframe doesn't seem to be built that way, either. It seems closer to the nice end of the spectrum.

daydreaming said:
I see, thanks. I assume some shitty person in a suit came up with the term because it makes no fucking sense (unless it's supposed to be way dark and cynical, as in 'our goal is to go after the whales, not the small fish').
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When whalers went whaling, they either got one big haul for great profit or none at all. It's different from fishing or hunting where you'd perhaps get more than one success.
 
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fleck0

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I hope Alex comes back to a future AGDQ run. A travelogue with a cameraman showing the inner workings of that event would be pretty neat.
 
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Anjin M

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daydreaming said:
I see, thanks. I assume some shitty person in a suit came up with the term because it makes no fucking sense (unless it's supposed to be way dark and cynical, as in 'our goal is to go after the whales, not the small fish').
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I'm relatively certain that the term "whale" came out of the casino business. They are the players that you comp all of the drinks and rooms for because they will stay and blow all of their money that the tables.

Dany M said:
I hate grad school.

I have no time for giant bomb anymore.

SHould I drop out gaf?
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Don't drop out. Then you have all the debt and no degree to repay it with.
speaking from experience
 
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Anjin M

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More dark thoughts from a man who should really just go to bed:

I'm semi concerned about the GBeast office tonight. Vinny really is the linchpin that will make that work. He insures there are ties to the main office and makes it feel like Giant Bomb. If he's not there, it's just Alex, the news person, and a new replacement person. What happens to the culture of the office then? Will they mesh well with the SF office? Will E3 and GOTY be these awkward meet ups, like distant cousins who have nothing in common being told to play together at the reunion?

Eh, I'm sure it will be fine, but I should go to bed.
 
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Basileus777

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Anjin M said:
What happens to the culture of the office then? Will they mesh well with the SF office? Will E3 and GOTY be these awkward meet ups, like distant cousins who have nothing in common being told to play together at the reunion?
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Why is one new hire in NY going to fundamentally change any of this? And does it really matter, they will only be in content together a few times a year.
 
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daydream

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Anjin M said:
More dark thoughts from a man who should really just go to bed:

I'm semi concerned about the GBeast office tonight. Vinny really is the linchpin that will make that work. He insures there are ties to the main office and makes it feel like Giant Bomb. If he's not there, it's just Alex, the news person, and a new replacement person. What happens to the culture of the office then? Will they mesh well with the SF office? Will E3 and GOTY be these awkward meet ups, like distant cousins who have nothing in common being told to play together at the reunion?

Eh, I'm sure it will be fine, but I should go to bed.
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it'll be fiiiine

nighty-night

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strafer

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Will you people stop with the leaving shit, its not funny, i cant take it anymore.

And if Vinny leaves they might as well shut down GB.
 
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Ketch

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hamchan said:
Sure sounds like Destiny alright.

EDIT: I think Jeff has convinced me in this QL how much better Warframe is than Destiny and that I should play it.
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Well, it's totally free, so you should definitely play it.


Has alex already done is AGDQ yet? or is it coming up shortly?
 
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