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[jaina]

if that's 50 bucks a pop that's million bucks

Haaaaaaaaa

Thanks, now I remember the reference. My initial reaction was like Vic Tokai's.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

 

[stump sock]

I don't know why that's still funny but it really is.

 

[Myggen]

Oh yeah, now I remember that reference.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

hahah.

Guys the head transplant thread on gaming really went crazy.

 

[Vic Tokai]

Sure, but take into account ad revenue it goes a long way to explain why GB was allowed to run more or less unchanged after being bought by CBSi; it's a steady money flow from subscriptions, which is incredibly hard to get when running a website. I'm also assuming that they're well past 20k subs now (the service launched in September 2010, which puts the 2012 BLLSL two years after the launch), but you also have to take into account that a lot of people have bought their subs for $35.

Oh, absolutely, I'm sure the site is profitable. I would actually think 1 mil/year would be on the LOW end of potential subscriber income estimates, and there's ad revenue on top of that, like you said. I just think people sometimes forget that while $1m is a lot of money for a person, it ain't all that much for a business, even a small one, and that the biggest cost for any business is paying employees.

EDIT: and I see that I've jumped back in after the conversation has moved on to the joke I missed. That's what I get for trying to GAF during scattered free minutes at work. Doh! Just ignore me for now.

 

[Archaix]

I stumbled into this...

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/unprofessional-fridays-05-24-2013/2300-7417/

One of the best UPFs, easily. Patrick playing horror games, Jeff with Rift, and Vinny bringing 100 terrible great games.

Plus it starts out with Vinny doing his Hall of Fame impression. Can't beat that.

 

[jaina]

EDIT: and I see that I've jumped back in after the conversation has moved on to the joke I missed. That's what I get for trying to GAF during scattered free minutes at work. Doh! Just ignore me for now.

Thanks for your contribution, you're always welcome when the next free minutes occur

 

[Patryn]

Big Jeffrey some time ago talked about starting a wrestling site...

That was in reference to back in the Whiskey days.

 

[hamchan]

It's bad that the Doctor head transplant thing being a Kojima thing seems believable to me.

 

[popo]

The member shirt and transaction fees also come out if the $50. I would bet that GB barely breaks even - but given most VG sites *cough Polygon* run at a heavy loss, this is good going.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

hahah.

Guys the head transplant thread on gaming really went crazy.

It started crazy.

 

[Jeevesmeister]

I don't know what y'all are talking about. Makes perfect sense to me.

 

[strafer]

So guys, I just caved and bought Injustice: Gods Among Us for the PC.

So far I'm really enjoying it. So many cool characters.

The cutscenes are pretty awesome too.

 

[Myggen]

So guys, I just caved and bought Injustice: Gods Among Us for the PC.

So far I'm really enjoying it. So many cool characters.

The cutscenes are pretty awesome too.

Yeah, I enjoyed my time with Injustice. The story is dumb in a good way.

do u bleed

The trailer's similarities to The Dark Knight Returns, probably my all time favourite comic, had me kinda excited...but then I remembered that Zach Snyder is the director.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

do u bleed

 

[Jeevesmeister]

Man, whatever. Everyone hates on that line but in the context of that story (based on Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns, which as much as I can't stand the dude's politics is still a classic) it works.

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

Finished the MKX story this morning. Doesn't live up to MK9's story, but still a pretty good follow up.

 

[KingKong]

I hope we get a Postal 2 expansion quick look

 

[Myggen]

I hope we get a Postal 2 expansion quick look

There's an expansion to a terrible game released in 2004 or something?

Strange.

 

[NumberThree]

There's an expansion to a terrible game released in 2004 or something?

Strange.

2003 actually, and yes. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Like chlamydia!

 

[stump sock]

There's an expansion to a terrible game released in 2004 or something?

Strange.

my biggest complaint with Postal 2 is that you should, in theory, be able to beat the game via a pacifist route, by suffering through long lines and what have you. but they didn't really follow through with that and you have to still attack people (even if you kind of bypass the morality standpoint by using non-lethal weapons)

the game could have almost been amusing satire if they had just accounted for that angle.

that said, making an official expansion 11 years later for a game that was crappy even when it came out is the kind of stupid bullshit that I can't help but appreciate

 

[ThreePiMatt]

I stumbled into this...

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/unprofessional-fridays-05-24-2013/2300-7417/

There is some great sleepy Brad in this video.

 

[Twin Tails]

hahah.

Guys the head transplant thread on gaming really went crazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JuK1Yr35Io

 

[Myggen]

my biggest complaint with Postal 2 is that you should, in theory, be able to beat the game via a pacifist route, by suffering through long lines and what have you. but they didn't really follow through with that and you have to still attack people (even if you kind of bypass the morality standpoint by using non-lethal weapons)

the game could have almost been amusing satire if they had just accounted for that angle.

that said, making an official expansion 11 years later for a game that was crappy even when it came out is the kind of stupid bullshit that I can't help but appreciate

Yeah, that dev is so desperate that it even tried the "support gamergate" angle at one point to get some support, so I shouldn't really be surprised that they decided to release an expansion to their bullshit game now.

edit: Running With Scissors' "Awards and Honors" section on Wikipedia is hilarious

2003, IGN, Runner-up Best Booth - Running With Scissors

 

[Archaix]

There's a Postal 3, right? Is this expansion just accepting that not even Postal fans want to play Postal 3?

edit: Oh, they already did that.

On August 25, 2012 developer and Postal franchise owner Running With Scissors removed Postal 3 from their store, stating that it was "in the best interest of the Postal Community" and encouraged gamers to instead purchase their earlier titles, stating that they are "a far superior product for a lot less money"

 

[Glitchesarecool]

I stumbled into this...

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/unprofessional-fridays-05-24-2013/2300-7417/

 

[firehawk12]

Yeah, that dev is so desperate that it even tried the "support gamergate" angle at one point to get some support, so I shouldn't really be surprised that they decided to release an expansion to their bullshit game now.

edit: Running With Scissors' "Awards and Honors" section on Wikipedia is hilarious

These are great:

2003, Krawall Gaming, Best Press Releases of 2003 - RWS and Postal²
2003, GameSpot, Most Embarrassing Game Nominee - Postal²

 

[Myggen]

There's a Postal 3, right? Is this expansion just accepting that not even Postal fans want to play Postal 3?

Seems like it, yes. I had to look it up to make sure that Postal 3 was actually released.

 

[stump sock]

there's even QL for it.

and boy does it look like poop

 

[Jimmyfenix]

PORTAL 3!?

 

[Myggen]

there's even QL for it.

and boy does it look like poop

Oof, I remember watching that porn store section and actually getting a bit sick.

 

[Incandenza]

PORTAL 3!?

DAE READ THAT AS PORTAL 2 DLC

 

[Data West]

Postal 2 is pretty fun. Postal 3 is not.

If you beat the new expansion for Postal 3 the achievement is called, 'Better than Postal 3'

 

[KingKong]

the postal 2 expansion looks like a winner to me

 

[Antiwhippy]

Wait, is that some weird burn on Spacebase DF9?

 

[Sakwoff]

Yeah, that dev is so desperate that it even tried the "support gamergate" angle at one point to get some support, so I shouldn't really be surprised that they decided to release an expansion to their bullshit game now.

Blech, I remember that.

Tipped me over from "it's crass, but in a goofy, kinda subversive/satirical way" to "fuck those guys."

So yeah. Fuck those guys.

 

[Chance Hale]

I don't know, Portal Dude definitely strikes me as a gator before his time so I could see his entry into the movement as working.

 

[Myggen]

Wait, is that some weird burn on Spacebase DF9?

Yep. Double Fine deserves some shit over that, but as noted it's more likely connected to RWS's connection to Gamergate and their hatred for Tim Schafer.

 

[Sakwoff]

I don't know, Portal Dude definitely strikes me as a gator before his time so I could see his entry into the movement as working.

Yeah. In hindsight definitely.

I used to take Postal as also satirizing that angle though... which was mostly wishful thinking on my part as it turns out.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Of I agree that double fine deserved all the criticism it gets from that debacle. Just weird that it came from postal of all games.

 

[TharpDaddy]

We all hate Tharpdaddy.

For reasons

 

[LurkerPrime]

the postal 2 expansion looks like a winner to me

Desperate grasps at relevance are what Postal is all about.

For such a horrible game, every GB look at Postal has been oddly painful. I guess because they intentionally suck there's no actual fun to be had in them, at least from a Quick Look viewpoint.

 

[Chance Hale]

They've only looked at Postal 3 which was a broken game released in an alpha state that RWS have long since disowned.

Yeah. In hindsight definitely.

I used to take Postal as also satirizing that angle though... which was mostly wishful thinking on my part as it turns out.

I still feel that it works but some of the developer posts make it seem as if they might actually be GGs which puts another spin on it I suppose. Still, for as childish as Postal 2 can be it still creates such a bizarrely fucked up and crude world that I think it's worth messing around with, especially with all of the weird interactivity. Game is seriously weird.

 

[chaobreaker]

So what's does this BLLSL entail? I saw the link to the one thread an all I see is that Brad won something and was happy about it. That great btw, I'm happy when Brad's happy.

 

[Myggen]

So what's does this BLLSL entail? I saw the link to the one thread an all I see is that Brad won something and was happy about it. That great btw, I'm happy when Brad's happy.

It's a day long stream with various guests with the goal of selling more premium subs. Nothing fancy.

And yeah, the Team Brad stuff was something else

 

[klonere]

I wish they had stuck with the tone of the first Postal, unrelenting dark, disturbed and depressing. Instead they went for perhaps the easiest, cheapest satire possible.

Then again if they had gone with the first Postal as a blueprint I'd say the game would have been even more widely vilified/banned/help up as a "murder simulator". Actually thinking about it that top down shooter thing that was on Greenlight a while back is pretty much that in a sense.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

So what's does this BLLSL entail? I saw the link to the one thread an all I see is that Brad won something and was happy about it. That great btw, I'm happy when Brad's happy.

i forgot you are a n00b fan chaobreaker

 

[HappenstanceUK]

That Team Brad moment was one of my favourite things the Internet has ever produced. It felt like everyone was getting behind him, willing him to beat that level.