Oh god I remember that. That might have been the last time I watched wrestling until this year.
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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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Oh god I remember that. That might have been the last time I watched wrestling until this year.
skLaFarebear
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TheMrPliskin
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Sounds like the sequel that Xenocross deserves.
Mister Negative
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I guess it's not to their taste, but I'm surprised none of the guys recognized the Alt-J at the beginning of Episode 2 of life is strange. They're a fairly well known band.
Edit: I guess Alex did recognize it eventually.
Edit: I guess Alex did recognize it eventually.
skLaFarebear
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Blocked.
I might not have gotten enough sleep or something's not displaying right on my phone but what am I looking at here
TheMrPliskin
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Video of a YouTuber denying that Ubi bought his opinion on AC:Syndicate, followed by him confirming that they paid to fly him to an event.
ratcliffja
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I don't have ANY time for another Xenoblade game when I'm still working on Xenoblade 3DS. I'll probably still get it, though. Has anybody invented a way to stop time yet?
nckillthegrimace
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CoolBatteryCharge
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bigwinnerx
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Re: LR, I worked w/ Doug Smith remotely. He was in Washington state, me outside of DC. We were on the same project. Very nice guy.
Sleeping Lesson
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Jeff Lode Runner Bombcastica on Thursday.
Heck yeah! Can't wait for it.
Remember to check the job board also every few days once you've increased your Courage.
Good luck though.
Good luck.
Felix Lighter
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TECHnically
Yes you can. I'm subscribed to the HD video RSS on my desktop PC, to automatically download every video.
Nice. Can't wait to subscribe then.
Death Metalist
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I love how we'll be probably getting random, awesome things now till they settle in the new studio. Hoping for the best for the duders.
I've been watching this win an island thing for JC3 and when the video ended I clicked my other tab to continue browsing then I suddenly hear Brad and Jeff's voice, came back to the page and was greeted with this.
I've been watching this win an island thing for JC3 and when the video ended I clicked my other tab to continue browsing then I suddenly hear Brad and Jeff's voice, came back to the page and was greeted with this.
LurkerPrime
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Listening to old Bombcasts reminded me of something: did Jeff ever explain how he kicked his crippling Flintstones Vitamins habit?
Good luck Anjin!
The idea the best thing we can say about a sequel to Xenoblade is 'it's funny because the localization folks embraced the stupid' and 'it's entertaining in the same way Deadly Premonition is' is legit depressing. That game should be so much more than just so dumb it's hilarious.
TheMrPliskin
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FWIW it sounds like Austin is enjoying it, he said he's sunk around 35 hours into it.
nckillthegrimace
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I think Austin's take says very little about the actual game, so maybe you should wait for the game to actually come out before sinking into the depths of despair.
It's fine that he enjoys it for what it is and it sounds like 8-4 did a fantastic job salvaging what seems like might be a complete train wreck otherwise. I still have zero plans to play it because it is the exact opposite of everything I loved about Xenoblade.
Eh, it wasn't just Austin's opinion that pushed me against looking forward to XCX. Everything I've heard from people who've imported already prepared me for the worst. Austin just has reinforced that those people aren't crazy. I'm interested to hear more impressions, but I don't expect much.
BreezyLimbo
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You know what else sunk? The Titanic.
I just really wanted to make that joke, don't kill me
skLaFarebear
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If you're interested in playing a Xeno game with a heavy focus on story/characters, you really should give Xenogears/saga a shot. They blow Xenoblade out of the water comparatively, especially Xenosaga 3.
As for the game itself, he didn't say that "the best thing we can say about it," it was just something interesting to note in the short time they usually give to the "what have we been playing" segment.
I'm definitely going to give Gears a shot one day. Saga is a bit daunting because of how huge it is and I've heard not so great things about parts of it.
Xenoblade worked so well for me not only because the story was fun, but also because the gameplay is great and the world is unique and cool as well. It's really sad that XCX throws out 2/3rds of what I liked about the original.
skLaFarebear
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As much as I like Xenoblade and the whole franchise, I think its the worst of the three main Xeno entries. While Xenogears and Saga are much more scripted in what you can explore in the world, the universe and the writing in general are far more interesting and ambitious in what the games both set out to do. The mecha combat in Gears and Saga adds such a large amount of style and depth to the combat which keeps it really interesting. Xenosaga 3 especially with its dynamic camera angles and mecha customization (rockets, gattling guns, one sword, dual wielding, engines, frames, and so much more) makes it feel like you're actually playing a Gundam anime (which was Takahashi's main inspiration for the mechs and their designs in these games).
Xenogears is an easy recommend, but Xenosaga like you said is much more daunting. That game had some serious development issues in its first two outings, but man that third game is really something special.
Xenoblade is a fantastic game and easily a top 5 game on the Wii, but between the gameplay, writing, universe, art, story, characters, and especially music, its a pretty massive downgrade from Xenosaga 3.
Edit: I don't wanna come off like I'm bashing on Xenoblade because I have way more positives to say about that game than negatives, but I'll just say my biggest issue with the game is how it turned a franchise known for being a sci-fi RPG with some fantasy elements into a fantasy RPG with sci-fi elements. We don't get enough sci-fi RPGs in comparison and I'm glad more than anything that Xenoblade X is returning to a more sci-fi themed experience.
BUNTING1243
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i'm gonna be honest, i didn't know about the two sith thing either and i've probably watched the star wars movie dozens of times
bigwinnerx
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Yoda drops that knowledge in the PT and I'm not surprised if it's not retained by the viewer because WHO CAN BLAME THEM.
skLaFarebear
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I didn't say Xenogears OST was better, though I think they're pretty even since I love Mitsuda's work, but the OST is pretty small and can get repetitive in the first half of the game. I was talking about Xenosaga since Yuki Kajura composed the score for Xenosaga Episode II's cutscenes and the entire score for Xenosaga Episode III. Though I'm kind of biased on this because I'm a huge Kajura fan and she's my favorite composer.
I'll just link this for an example. Probably one of my top 5 songs in the series
skLaFarebear
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Its fine. Admittedly, I know way more (and probably care way more) than I should about the universe and development history of the series.
But I've never seen a Star Wars or Alien movie before so I guess my sci-fi knowledge just balances itself out.
Mister Negative
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I'm so unreasonably upset over all the shit they're getting wrong in this scene of Life is Strange.
Edit; they fixed it.
Edit; they fixed it.
Played and finished Xenogears earlier this year. That game has aged pretty badly.
The camera is terrible, the poor designs of some of the dungeons lead to getting lost way too often, the text speed is super slow with no option to speed it up, disc 2 mainly consists of large amounts of text of screen describing what is supposed to be happening in a cutscene.
Though the overall story and music are pretty good.
skLaFarebear
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Disc 2 got some really bad budget cuts that resulted in what you saw
SatelliteOfLove
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Good people do not recommend Xenosaga ep. 1 or 2.
Yeesh, that's money I ain't never getting back...
And 'Gears' best part was its music.
Yeesh, that's money I ain't never getting back...
And 'Gears' best part was its music.
Antiwhippy
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Nah, let's talk about ar tonelico 2 instead.
It actually does social links better than persona!
Also speaking about dope jrpg music, a game based around song magic has great music. Big surprise.
It actually does social links better than persona!
Also speaking about dope jrpg music, a game based around song magic has great music. Big surprise.
skLaFarebear
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I need to find some time to play the Ar Tonelico and Ar Nosurge games. I know one of them is more of a VN with an english translation on the internet, but they always seemed real interesting.
Eh. I remember Jeff talking about getting flown out to events and it being more of a a hassle than anthing else. I think this was back when Capcom would fly the gaming press to Hawaii, for example. Or remember Ryan and Vinny in Liverpool for some racing game? That guy might be a little naive about it, but this isn't exclusive to youtubers either.
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