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Giant Bomb #14 | I'll Never Forget This!
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giant_frying_pan
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Any time anyone is bummed about Jeff, who is just one person, seeming unenthusiastic about a game they like (or want to like) just remember this:
He dislikes Red Dead Redemption.
It just one man's opinion! I would describe Jeff as skeptical rather than jaded.
He dislikes Red Dead Redemption.
It just one man's opinion! I would describe Jeff as skeptical rather than jaded.
Don't tell that to anyone in review threads.
Jeff's skepticism is the best thing about his style. There are way too many blind followers playing games nowadays
Glitchesarecool
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The whole situation is especially weird to me because he's one guy, not even doing this for a review.
It would be like if someone found my nonexistant Twitter where I said I didn't like the game and freaked out about it.
It would be like if someone found my nonexistant Twitter where I said I didn't like the game and freaked out about it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
He liked skyrim!
Game A has
✓ Graphics
✓ Sound
✓ Gameplay
Game B has
✓ Graphics
✓ Sound
✓ Gameplay
✓ Racing Wheel compatibility
Game B is objectively superior because it has more check marks.
✓ Graphics
✓ Sound
✓ Gameplay
Game B has
✓ Graphics
✓ Sound
✓ Gameplay
✓ Racing Wheel compatibility
Game B is objectively superior because it has more check marks.
Risible
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Agreed, but people seem to think there are and for some reason expect GB to adhere to this mythical thing.
LurkerPrime
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If you take a masterwork sculpture of indescribable beauty and shave off all the sharp edges from it all you're left with is a ball that people can play with. This is what mass-marketability is, and why Skyrim is so broadly appealing.
It's a bit of a bummer, really.
Glitchesarecool
Member
"This is the reveal stream for Assassin's Creed. Also this is the reveal stream for Assassin's Creed games in 2016 and 2017."
Do you have a site I could follow? I'm so sick of jaded and bought-off reviewers.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
What if someone made the game equivalent of 4′33″ man.
Where's it's all about what's not there.
It'll like, break down the walls of objectivism man.
Glitchesarecool
Member
How far of a commute does Jeff have? Assuming low traffic.
stump sock
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Frog Fractions 2
LurkerPrime
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No one else will be arguing for it. They'll have it on the list, and then Jeff or Brad will challenge it going "I finished this game I like, did anyone finish Witcher 3?" to which point Brad will slip DotA 2 into the top ten somehow.
Brad, you monster.
giant_frying_pan
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Yep. In Jar Times and other avenues where he broaches the issue of trusting reviews, Jeff is always quick to recommend building knowledge of any particular reviewers likes or dislikes and use that to inform how useful a review is.
Personally, I'm surprised Jeff still resists against just abolishing scores. The five point system is decent, but I guess he realises there's still a contigent that doesn't place value on a buyer's guide that doesn't have that quantifiable metric at the end.
Anyway, the first two Witcher games never grabbed me either, but I'm still excited for this one, preloaded and ready to go. If nothing else, I feel partially obligated to support CD Projekt's consumer-friendly approach and old-school ethos.
SatelliteOfLove
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Shiny Llama
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Oh my god I finally heard Jeff's weird pronunciation of "channels" that i'd heard talked about before and what?
Is that a CA accent thing?
Is that a CA accent thing?
At least it won't be Destiny.
HamPster PamPster
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Oh lord the bombcast thread is going to be a complete shit show this week isn't it?
Glitchesarecool
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Isn't it always?
Game Room was so great. Like 95% of the games should have been free for opening the damned thing. They never got to a point where they were releasing games from a time where games are still actually playable, it was full of terrible home ports of arcade games that themselves aren't great to play but were at least influential, they fucking sold Venetian Blinds for money, everything about Game Room is a fever dream.
Is water wet?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Kinda bummed it seems like the most W3 coverage we'll get is out of GBeast, but it sure seems like a Vinny game. So as mentioned, we'll get 10 minutes or so on the Bombcast and a QL out of GBeast. Then, when GOTY rolls around, it'll be one of those things that get kinda passed over cause Jeff didn't care for it and no one else played it substantially. But hey, them's the breaks.
Also, this is my first time listening to Jeff's mixlr and holy shit, it's like a concentrated version of his already substantial cynicism. It makes me kinda feel bad for him. Then again, nobody is likely to be psyched on their way to work.
Also, this is my first time listening to Jeff's mixlr and holy shit, it's like a concentrated version of his already substantial cynicism. It makes me kinda feel bad for him. Then again, nobody is likely to be psyched on their way to work.
HamPster PamPster
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Not when Jason is on!
EmCeeGramr
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the best part about the game room quick looks is that IIRC, you could play a trial mode of any game, and yet jeff still bought all of them so he could play them for like 8 minutes and then never turn them on again
SteveWinwood
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and at least once an episode he reminded you that it was his own money
LurkerPrime
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I'd forgotten about the trials.
Jeff paid $3 for a tech demo made solely to say "Fuck you" to a lawsuit from three decades prior. He paid real money for an emulated version of a sarcastic response to a subpoena, when there was an option to get the entire experience for a free trial.
And they say he doesn't love video games.
nobodyshero
Banned
Sure hope the Bombcast has copious amounts of Witcher talk!
giant_frying_pan
Member
Sunset Riders is still coming, mark my words!
Incandenza
Banned
The episode where they had to blur out his credit card info as he added points to his account to buy more Game Room games is a particularly choice cut.
I believe that's also the one where everyone was evacuating the office as they were recording due to it smelling like swamp gas.
I'd rather Destiny be in the top 10 again than Witcher 3.
stump sock
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as far as I'm concerned, $50 (60?) for Star Wars Angry Birds on XBO is the peak of Jeff making bad fiscal decisions for video purposes
BreezyLimbo
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Honestly, I didn't like Gamespots coverage of the Witcher 3. Yeah, GS may have paid for their own transportation, but CDPR probably invited them, and the whole coverage that GS had is just one big PR setpiece.
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