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[Brakke]

My issue is more with people being anti intellectual.

He's not showing off that he has a degree, he's getting joy from writing.

Yeah the best thing about Austin's writing is he's so obviously just super enthused about things. Even when he's being critical or deconstructing something he's like really sincerely interesting in understanding it. He just comes at things with such a lovely attitude.

I like his non-GB podcast Friends at the Table where he's DM-ing a campaign set in this Anime Space Noir world. It's Peak Austin and it's great.

 

[LiK]

MGS4 ep 9 was great. Drew did pretty well.

 

[Myggen]

Sorry I mentioned it.

Didn't mean to attack you, so sorry if I did.

 

[ratcliffja]

MGS4 ep 9 was great. Drew did pretty well.

Yeah he's pretty good at getting quick kills when he needs them. Essentially, if he can get through a scenario by taking out guys from afar, he does great. It's the times where he has to use CQC or constantly move to avoid enemy fire that he really struggles.

 

[Jintor]

Nooo don't tell me that! Just lie to me, sheesh.

That Deeper'n'Ever Turnip'n'Tater'n'Beetroot Pie though...

They're still amazing books for their target audience I reckon.

EUUUULLLLAAALIAAAA

 

[TraBuch]

I wish Jeff didn't answer that last question on tumblr. Now I'm gonna be eagerly waiting for them to commentate over Konami's 2010 conference and will be disappointed when it never happens.

 

[Bacon]

I wish Jeff didn't answer that last question on tumblr. Now I'm gonna be eagerly waiting for them to commentate over Konami's 2010 conference and will be disappointed when it never happens.

That's actually a really cool idea. It would be interesting to hear the guys stories about what they were thinking at the time and their thoughts on how things ended up.

 

[strafer]

Looks like we will have to wait until the night of Tuesday to Wednesday for the cool end-of-act-3 cutscene.

All I wanna see is Drews reaction to the cemetary scene in the end.

That's my all time favorite cutscene.

Spoiler

This is good...isn't it...

 

[popo]

Gamespot is paying too much if Danny can afford to pay hotel bar prices. 5 euros for a fookin pint? You changed man.

 

[Myggen]

Gamespot is paying too much if Danny can afford to pay hotel bar prices. 5 euros for a fookin pint? You changed man.

Here in Norway a pint costs the equivalent of 10 euros.

 

[AuthenticM]

Here in Norway a pint costs the equivalent of 10 euros.

You're in Norway? My friend and I are planning to visit Tromso eventually. The plan is to arrive there before the last sunset of the year and leave after the first sunrise.

 

[Myggen]

You're in Norway? My friend and I are planning to visit Tromso eventually. The plan is to arrive there before the last sunset of the year and leave after the first sunrise.

Yeah, and that sounds like a great idea. Tromsø in the winter is one of the most beautiful places on earth.

 

[AuthenticM]

Yeah, and that sounds like a great idea. Tromsø in the winter is one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Pictures depict it as a fairy tail. It's beautiful.

Do you know if there are many people there who speak either English or French ?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

You're in Norway? My friend and I are planning to visit Tromso eventually. The plan is to arrive there before the last sunset of the year and leave after the first sunrise.

how long is that? Myggen do you live in perpetual darkness for like, months of a year? Is Norway really the vampire land?

 

[AuthenticM]

how long is that? Myggen do you live in perpetual darkness for like, months of a year? Is Norway really the vampire land?

About a month, from mid-december to mid-january. We'll get to spend Christmas and the New Year there.

I cannot wait. It's still some years off though. I don't have money.

 

[Mister Negative]

backtracking is a bad thing in video games and i hate it.

I already decided I wasn't gonna play MGS2 at all because of it and this part of MGS1 is a nightmare with backtracking

 

[daydream]

wrote up a long-ish post on this and discarded it but i still feel the need to say that austin's review is very disappointing. he obviously didn't think through any of his points or felt the need to structure them coherently

 

[Myggen]

Pictures depict it as a fairy tail. It's beautiful.

Do you know if there are many people there who speak either English or French ?

Everyone in Norway speaks English, so no worries there.

how long is that? Myggen do you live in perpetual darkness for like, months of a year? Is Norway really the vampire land?

In addition to what AuthenticM mentioned, that's only in the north of Norway. In the south where I live don't get any of that. "Winter depression" is a very real thing for people who live way up north here, especially people who move from the south to the north: Some people just can't handle how dark it gets in that period, and have very real reactions to living there for longer periods.

 

[AuthenticM]

Everyone in Norway speaks English, so no worries there.

Fantastic. I was scared I would have to learn one of the two Norwegian languages. Not that I would mind, but I'm already trying to learn Portuguese, ha.

 

[popo]

Here in Norway a pint costs the equivalent of 10 euros.

Well that is a nanny state for you

A nice bottle of wine would go great with this herring. Lets all go down to the Vinmonopol! oh fuck, it is after 3pm on a Saturday. So much for the weekend.

 

[Brakke]

wrote up a long-ish post on this and discarded it but i still feel the need to say that austin's review is very disappointing. he obviously didn't think through any of his points or felt the need to structure them coherently

🔥💣🔥💣🔥

 

[BreezyLimbo]

About a month, from mid-december to mid-january. We'll get to spend Christmas and the New Year there.

I cannot wait. It's still some years off though. I don't have money.

In addition to what AuthenticM mentioned, that's only in the north of Norway. In the south where I live don't get any of that. "Winter depression" is a very real thing for people who live way up north here, especially people who move from the south to the north: Some people just can't handle how dark it gets in that period, and have very real reactions to living there for longer periods.

Huh. Interesting. Winter depression @_@

 

[Myggen]

wrote up a long-ish post on this and discarded it but i still feel the need to say that austin's review is very disappointing. he obviously didn't think through any of his points or felt the need to structure them coherently

The parts about nostalgia you have a problem with?

Well that is a nanny state for you

A nice bottle of wine would go great with this herring. Lets all go down to the Vinmonopol! oh fuck, it is after 3pm on a Saturday. So much for the weekend.

It's 6pm on Saturdays, but point well taken. It has driven Norwegians to drink a lot in a short time to avoid having to buy drinks when going out because it's so damn expensive, which can't be very healthy.

 

[popo]

Old Games Show got fucked over again. Although the last two Rankings ... could be classed as OGS.

 

[No_Style]

I'm hyped for Armello after that Quick Look. Very rad.

 

[ratcliffja]

Old Games Show got fucked over again. Although the last two Rankings ... could be classed as OGS.

OFGS. Finally there will be a fighting game that is neither the best nor the worst ever.

 

[Myggen]

I'm hyped for Armello after that Quick Look. Very rad.

Yeah, the presentation is just fantastic.

 

[LiK]

The most recent VinnyVania might be the most grueling so far. I'm talking GameCenter CX-style brutal. lol

 

[daydream]

The parts about nostalgia you have a problem with?

yeah, that's a big part of it. i hate to leave it at that but a message board is too cumbersome a platform to go into detail. obviously austin is capable of writing a much more respectable piece but i also understand that, at some point, it's kinda not worth the effort, considering where it'll end up

 

[skLaFarebear]

You should re sub and then play both at the same time, need to maximise your video game time!

Considering I play DPS as a Bard, I probably could if i wanted to

 

[EdReedFan20]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

 

[Zombie James]

The next 3 MGS have been added to the scedule.

Fuck yeah, can't wait to see Drew's reaction to Act IV.

 

[LiK]

LOL, got up to the part where even Vinny got fed up with comments from chat. Austin closed that laptop asap. XD

 

[popo]

The most recent VinnyVania might be the most grueling so far. I'm talking GameCenter CX-style brutal. lol

The boss rush one? Episode before that was way more brutal. Almost no forward progress until the end and Vinny was almost broken. End of ep spoilers

Spoiler

Chat totally tells him how to cheese the boss at the end of this ep too.

 

[LiK]

The boss rush one? Episode before that was way more brutal. Almost no forward progress until the end and Vinny was almost broken. End of ep spoilers

Spoiler

Chat totally tells him how to cheese the boss at the end of this ep too.

Equally brutal, I can see Alex almost cracking in both eps lol

The SNES game is gonna be such a relief.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

I'm not caught up yet but how did Dan feel about Act III's weird city stealth rubbish?

\In addition to what AuthenticM mentioned, that's only in the north of Norway. In the south where I live don't get any of that. "Winter depression" is a very real thing for people who live way up north here, especially people who move from the south to the north: Some people just can't handle how dark it gets in that period, and have very real reactions to living there for longer periods.

you have to help your mind and your skins

 

[Renpatsu]

yeah, that's a big part of it. i hate to leave it at that but a message board is too cumbersome a platform to go into detail.

What gif best encompasses the full breadth of your feelings?

 

[LiK]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

Wow, MGS4 going full speed. Ep 9 revelations probably ignited Drew's curiosity!

 

[Myggen]

I'm not caught up yet but how did Dan feel about Act III's weird city stealth rubbish?

He's not a fan

Also, that video is probably accurate to how my friend who lived in Iceland for two years experienced winter there.

 

[Incandenza]

So I finished the Bloody Baron questline in Witcher 3...

Spoiler

Am I a complete fucking monster for causing Anna's and the Baron's death or is the other path equally brutal?

 

[strafer]

You can tell Drew is enjoying MGS4 a lot more. Hopefully they'll do Ground Zeroes before TPP release.

 

[Mister Negative]

So I finished the Bloody Baron questline in Witcher 3...

Spoiler

Am I a complete fucking monster for causing Anna's and the Baron's death or is the other path equally brutal?

spoilers for bloody baron quest:

Spoiler

the other path involves ends with the baron taking his wife to the mountains to find a medicine man to cure her. it also ends up with the crones eating all those children, so...

 

[daydream]

What gif best encompasses the full breadth of your feelings?

 

[Incandenza]

spoilers for bloody baron quest:

Spoiler

the other path involves ends with the baron taking his wife to the mountains to find a medicine man to cure her. it also ends up with the crones eating all those children, so...

...Okay, I can live with that trade off then.

 

[squadr0n]

Does anyone here have any Idea which Game Database/ Catalog app or program Jeff is using?

 

[Megasoum]

Does anyone here have any Idea which Game Database/ Catalog app or program Jeff is using?

http://www.delicious-monster.com/

 

[Mister Negative]

im going to find hideo kojima and im going to make him fight me on top of a metal gear using shitty controls

fuck you kojima

AND JUST WHEN HE THINKS HE BEATS ME IM GOING TO HEAL A LITTLE BIT FOR NO REASON

 

[BreezyLimbo]

im going to find hideo kojima and im going to make him fight me on top of a metal gear using shitty controls

fuck you kojima

AND JUST WHEN HE THINKS HE BEATS ME IM GOING TO HEAL A LITTLE BIT FOR NO REASON

WHAT'S WRONG.

*Health goes up*

YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIIIIIIME

*Health goes up*

 

[Felix Lighter]

Everyone in Norway speaks English, so no worries there.

I knew that English speaking was prevalent in scandinavian countries but I was surprised when several scandinavian callers called into to one of Giant Bomb's call in shows with an accent that was almost indistinguishable from a normal American accent. Then I saw a speedrunner from Denmark, the same thing. He actually had to keep telling people he wasn't American.

 

[Mister Negative]

WHAT'S WRONG.

*Health goes up*

YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIIIIIIME

*Health goes up*

*charges at you with a spear attack that has a hitbox twice the size of my model*

wow this is GOOD im having FUN what a GREAT WAY to close out my time with this game

hahaha i just depleted his lifebar completely and then he turned around and killed me while his lifebar was empty