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[tuxfool]

Dan has been on record saying he'd like to be reborn as a monkey.

Reminds me of the joy he got from Drew's Ecuadorian monkey story.

 

[tuxfool]

Hey now, it's a good anime.

Honestly, I'd have to agree. But to know what it is about one has to stick with Madoka for more than one episode.

 

[Hot Coldman]

cowboy bebop is a classic for a reason and it's not super long.

if want a show that will take you like 2 years+ to get through, try Gintama

Spoiler

don't watch madoka

The Cowboy Bebop Blu-Ray was the best purchasing decision I've made this year, if noy this decade.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Yeah Dan says that in MGScanlon 4 part 14 (I know because I just watched it last night)

 

[hiphoptherobot]

Hey glad you're here, pick one of these for me to watch.

Cowboy Bebop
Anohana
Code Geass
Madoka
Gintama
Suzumiya Haruhi

Cowboy Bebop and Haruhi are both awesome.

 

[hamchan]

Honestly, I'd have to agree. But to know what it is about one has to stick with Madoka for more than one episode.

Honestly, wouldn't recommend Madoka to newbies. They'll drop it so fast just thinking it's a generic magical girl series.

 

[daydream]

I need a new manga to read, what's a good gb-gaf recommended manga

i've only ever read conan, fairy tail and punpun so, uh, those

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I need a new manga to read, what's a good gb-gaf recommended manga

Do you want something that's actually good or total garbage?

 

[call_kotaku]

I need a new manga to read, what's a good gb-gaf recommended manga

yotsubato is probably the best ongoing manga right now

 

[daydream]

Chibi Robo is developed by Skip, not Nintendo, Dan! Geez!

it's a game on a nintendo platform

research not necessary even less necessary than usual

 

[Curufinwe]

yotsubato is probably the best ongoing manga right now

Still waiting for vol. 13.

 

[Myggen]

Dan's reaction to Brad never having had Airheads was fantastic.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!"

 

[Piston Hyundai]

to be fair I don't know how you get through childhood without at least being given one airhead (bar? stick?) for free

 

[Bacon]

Honestly I'd go to town on some watermelon airheads right now to this very day. Those things were dank as fuck

 

[stump sock]

Do you want something that's actually good or total garbage?

valid question! actually good.

I've plowed through most of Junji ito's stuff over the last week in a state of mourning over Silent Hills. kind of in the mood for more good stuff and not the usual trash I read

yotsubato is probably the best ongoing manga right now

oooh, this is the Azumanga Daioh guy? sold

 

[Twin Tails]

Vinny Vs Turret

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

you guys better not be passing on that bundle. It's $5 for a bunch of really cool games including contradiction.

gotta pay them fine brits for their hard work

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

I only want Contradiction. It's still worth it, I suppose.

 

[Tubobutts]

I used to eat airheads like Dan ate starbursts.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Honestly, wouldn't recommend Madoka to newbies. They'll drop it so fast just thinking it's a generic magical girl series.

Didn't realize that was a question of someone trying anime for the first time.

That'd be a hard first anime to get in to.

 

[kvothe]

Oh, look, another sub-20 minute quick look headed by Dan. Is it a pattern yet or am I still just seeing things?

 

[Twin Tails]

you guys better not be passing on that bundle. It's $5 for a bunch of really cool games including contradiction.

gotta pay them fine brits for their hard work

I will never play any of the games but Contradiction is a nice price. I'll pick it up.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

valid question! actually good.

I've plowed through most of Junji ito's stuff over the last week in a state of mourning over Silent Hills. kind of in the mood for more good stuff and not the usual trash I read

Pluto
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

I can't believe you haven't read Yotsuba

 

[repeater]

Brad dropping the Knack meme in the PS+ discussion on this week's Bombcast shows that secretly he is GAF's one true chosen champion

Dan will have to step up his game

Spoiler

i.e. post more frequently in this thread

 

[Myggen]

Oh, look, another sub-20 minute quick look headed by Dan. Is it a pattern yet or am I still just seeing things?

I mean, it didn't really feel like he failed to show off much of that game in 20-ish minutes. It's probably the Game Informer in him that makes him keep these kind of QLs short.

 

[kvothe]

you guys better not be passing on that bundle. It's $5 for a bunch of really cool games including contradiction.

gotta pay them fine brits for their hard work

Wait, what bundle are you talking about?

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I will never play any of the games but Contradiction is a nice price. I'll pick it up.

Malebolgia is actually a kinda neat Dark Souls-like done my a gaffer. it has an unfinished on the site

Blues and Bullets - Episode 1 had a quick look, too

and of course we all know about contradiction

Wait, what bundle are you talking about?

this one!

 

[stump sock]

I can't believe you haven't read Yotsuba

I usually read horror/mystery/survival stuff

Brad dropping the Knack meme in the PS+ discussion on this week's Bombcast shows that secretly he is GAF's one true chosen champion

value perceived is value achieved!

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

I like short quick looks

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Oh, look, another sub-20 minute quick look headed by Dan. Is it a pattern yet or am I still just seeing things?

The game really didn't warrant any longer than that.

 

[DanRyckert]

Oh, look, another sub-20 minute quick look headed by Dan. Is it a pattern yet or am I still just seeing things?

With certain games, it's easy to cover all of the main talking points in far less than 20 minutes. It's not that I try to make them short or anything, it's that I tend to cover a lot of platformers and simpler games that don't require 45 minutes to explain and show off. I don't think an extra half hour of Chibi-Robo jumping on stuff would add much in the way of entertainment or helping with a purchasing decision, for example.

 

[DamnBoxes]

Didn't realize that was a question of someone trying anime for the first time.

That'd be a hard first anime to get in to.

I've only seen... Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Attack on Titan, and Durarara!!

Also I've seen Paprika and that was so goddamn awesome.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

With certain games, it's easy to cover all of the main talking points in far less than 20 minutes. It's not that I try to make them short or anything, it's that I tend to cover a lot of platformers and simpler games that don't require 45 minutes to explain and show off. I don't think an extra half hour of Chibi-Robo jumping on stuff would add much in the way of entertainment or helping with a purchasing decision, for example.

 

[stump sock]

Paprika is a masterpiece and everybody should watch it, regardless of their stance on anime

e: all of Kon's movies honestly

 

[tuxfool]

Paprika is a masterpiece and everybody should watch it, regardless of their stance on anime

e: all of Kon's movies honestly

 

[kvothe]

With certain games, it's easy to cover all of the main talking points in far less than 20 minutes. It's not that I try to make them short or anything, it's that I tend to cover a lot of platformers and simpler games that don't require 45 minutes to explain and show off. I don't think an extra half hour of Chibi-Robo jumping on stuff would add much in the way of entertainment or helping with a purchasing decision, for example.

Thanks for the reply, Dan. Maybe I'm just too used to Quick Looks erring on the side of showing too much rather than too little? Or more shooting the shit going on? You seem much more concise than the other GB members, and maybe that's something I just need to come to appreciate.

Either way, thanks for the work you do.

 

[Patryn]

With certain games, it's easy to cover all of the main talking points in far less than 20 minutes. It's not that I try to make them short or anything, it's that I tend to cover a lot of platformers and simpler games that don't require 45 minutes to explain and show off. I don't think an extra half hour of Chibi-Robo jumping on stuff would add much in the way of entertainment or helping with a purchasing decision, for example.

For what it's worth, I think you're right, Dan.

As long as you don't shortchange the games that do deserve the longer coverage.

 

[Teddified]

Dirty Dan Ryckert is gonna kill Patrick one of these days.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

i have no issues with how short that QL was. You pretty much got all of what you needed to know about the game in the duration of the QL.

You gotta remember, QLs used to be an under 20 minute thing, sometimes even under ten minutes back in the day. These longer QLs are a more recent trend on the site, really.

 

[Heimbeck]

i have no issues with how short that QL was. You pretty much got all of what you needed to know about the game in the duration of the QL.

You gotta remember, QLs used to be an under 20 minute thing, sometimes even under ten minutes back in the day. These longer QLs are a more recent trend on the site, really.

I mean, you would think something called a quick would only be about 30 minutes.
Some of the long QLs are the best though.

 

[DanRyckert]

For what it's worth, I think you're right, Dan.

As long as you don't shortchange the games that do deserve the longer coverage.

I don't think that's a risk. When I'm covering a bigger game, I like to show everything it has to offer. That's how I determine when it's time to end a Quick Look. If I've shown and talked about everything worth talking about, I wrap it up. Sometimes that happens at 20 minutes, sometimes it can be closer to an hour.

 

[Archaix]

i have no issues with how short that QL was. You pretty much got all of what you needed to know about the game in the duration of the QL.

You gotta remember, QLs used to be an under 20 minute thing, sometimes even under ten minutes back in the day. These longer QLs are a more recent trend on the site, really.

It isn't that recent a trend. It's been the way for more of the site's existence than it hasn't. I don't have a problem with short quick looks for simple games though. Longer videos for slow developing and complex games make sense. For small and straightforward games it just feels like an iOS UPF segment where everybody gets the point and nobody seems to get anything out of the longer coverage. It might even hurt games because they seem boring by the end even if the game itself is fun. The real short quick look for Airscape got my attention (even if NOBODY bought that game unfortunately) and I don't think it would have been better served by more time, for example.

 

[killroy87]

I don't really think Chibi Robo should be the game to spark a discussion about quick looks being longer. Did you actually watch the thing? You could have shown off everything in like 90 seconds.

 

[skynidas]

I don't think that's a risk. When I'm covering a bigger game, I like to show everything it has to offer. That's how I determine when it's time to end a Quick Look. If I've shown and talked about everything worth talking about, I wrap it up. Sometimes that happens at 20 minutes, sometimes it can be closer to an hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSVDcw6iW8

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

It isn't that recent a trend. It's been the way for more of the site's existence than it hasn't. I don't have a problem with short quick looks for simple games though. Longer videos for slow developing and complex games make sense. For small and straightforward games it just feels like an iOS UPF segment where everybody gets the point and nobody seems to get anything out of the longer coverage. It might even hurt games because they seem boring by the end even if the game itself is fun. The real short quick look for Airscape got my attention (even if NOBODY bought that game unfortunately) and I don't think it would have been better served by more time, for example.

Well, i mean the trend of every QL being like 45-90 minutes long has been a more recent thing overall. Its to the point where whenever a QL isn't an hour long it's starting to feel weird.

and yeah, if only they would do 10-15 minute QLs of those ios games instead of half a UPF. Please, for the love of good pizza dont spend more than ten minutes on an ios game regardless of how great it is.

 

[DamnBoxes]

That Chibi-Robo QL was the perfect length. Another five minutes or so and..

 

[Wunder]

you're my favorite gif person

 

[kvothe]

Look, everybody, it's not that I'm here yearning for more chibi-robo coverage specifically. When the Uncharted QL went up last week, I noted that it felt a bit short and that it seemed to be a trend for Dan to make short Quick Looks. That's another game that doesn't necessarily warrant a lot of coverage, as it's just a re-release of old content but it just seemed like another example of a short Dan-fronted quick look to me. People acted as if it wasn't a pattern for Dan when I said that, so now that the Chibi-Robo QL went up, I thought I'd note that it's yet another short QL.

This is more about the overarching pattern than this specific QL. But, as Dan has already read my concern himself, further conversation about this seems fruitless.

 

[repeater]

That Chibi Robo game seems so empty and uninspired. :/

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

you're my favorite gif person

She does the real work, I just disseminate it when appropriate!