doesn't want the cops to come and get him for playing roms
now they'll apprehend les moonves instead
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Giant Bomb 18: Everything is always a surprise on some level
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doesn't want the cops to come and get him for playing roms
now they'll apprehend les moonves instead
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Deleted member 30609
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Giant Bomb's video player has been making mylaptop run hot recently. I don't know if this is a recent thing or just something I never noticed before.
Twin Tails
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Alex Navarro Nobody has to do anything, what is we didn't do anything. Wouldn't that be great.
Video bombcasts give a lot of people what they have been asking for. Seems like it has been requested for years. Unless they fundamentally change how they do things, I doubt it will hurt the audio product. If they all sit around with full size mics, headphones and pop screens in front of them then it is unlikely to have any significant visual component. Even then, I am sure any highlights would end up on youtube.
I can see it being a case of giving people what they want - only to find out that people don't really want it. Large bandwidth considerations and file sizes - I can see the video podcast having very niche appeal once the novelty has worn off.
It is around the same time every year. 2014 and 2012 were 26-30th. 2013 was a little earlier 24-28th. Seems like they like it to finish close to new years. Most people have at least new years off and a lot take that whole week after christmas. It is a quiet time so I imagine it works out well for most. Having it run after the 25th gives them a cushion too as I think I remember one year it broke and Vinny had to trek in to the office.
I can see it being a case of giving people what they want - only to find out that people don't really want it. Large bandwidth considerations and file sizes - I can see the video podcast having very niche appeal once the novelty has worn off.
It is around the same time every year. 2014 and 2012 were 26-30th. 2013 was a little earlier 24-28th. Seems like they like it to finish close to new years. Most people have at least new years off and a lot take that whole week after christmas. It is a quiet time so I imagine it works out well for most. Having it run after the 25th gives them a cushion too as I think I remember one year it broke and Vinny had to trek in to the office.
Twin Tails
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This recent livestream.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I really have no use for video podcasts. I like listening to the bombcast over the week, and not in one sitting right after it's released. Also, on the go.
But cool for people who want that.
But cool for people who want that.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Will the video Bombcast replace the premium podcast or will it be free?
N
Noray
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same, don't really get the appeal.
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
Who needs video podcats, they should just hire that bat vs knife youtube video guy from a few pages back and have him animate occasional bombcast segments Ricky Gervais Show style
Ninja Scooter
Member
Jeff lives in the office. All those stories he tells about his "house" are made up.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Yeah chopping it up into parts or putting it behind premium is what i think they will do.
remember the smelling salt upf
what exactly is this? what does it smell like?
giant_frying_pan
Member
I've never really seen much of a clamour for a video Bombcast. It doesn't interest me in the slightest to be honest.
I can though, see the advantages to the company from an advertising standpoint. Less need for Jeff to always have to spell out "Leesa" for example.
I can though, see the advantages to the company from an advertising standpoint. Less need for Jeff to always have to spell out "Leesa" for example.
Nose Tork, which is based on smelling salts. It doesn't really have a smell so much as a physical sensation when it hits your nostrils.
I generally play stuff while I'm listening to the bombcast, if I'm playing an RPG or something that might require some repetitive actions with not much happening, so a video cast doesn't interest me either.
But I can't imagine only listening to small bits and pieces of a single podcast over a few days or a week, I feel like that would be way harder to really get into or keep up with.
At most I've broken a podcast into like halves over 2 days or later the same day.
Turok 1? I heard that game is gonna get re-released on Steam along with its sequel Seeds of Evil.
I really want to play Seeds of Evil, both to relive my nostalgia (or crush it) but to also understand it. It was a really weird game iirc, with multiple story paths and a hub world and I'd like to experience that now that I'm not a stupid kid.
He was playing the Steam version.
sammyCYBORG
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I just went on Tested.com (to watch an old video, don't worry, I'm not a maniac) and noticed Will had left. Any idea what he's doing with his new gig?
RepairmanJack
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Some start up charged with making VR presentable or something like that.
The Dear Leader
Banned
If you've ever smelled ammonia or bleach you know that burn you get right in the nose hole, it's like that except way more intense, I smelled some before and it's the worst.
EDIT: Correction, I ran my nose by the lid of a smelling salt bottle and that was enough to mess me up, I'm pretty sure actually getting a full on inhale would kill me.
Cool. I'll get to it in time, I am drowning in games right now.
Twin Tails
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We will see Drew standing for 3 hours. Sweet.
sammyCYBORG
Member
Seems like a bit of a waste, but hopefully he enjoys it.
BolognaSoup
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Watched the solution to Armageddan and I'm sorry to say there's just no way Patrick will beat this stage. Even if he viewed the editor he probably wouldn't get it.
Wanna bless us with that link friend
Twin Tails
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I cant wait for that 10 page book report on a wwe event.
RepairmanJack
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Haha, Dan's a monster.
CoolBatteryCharge
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I used to watch G4's video podcast back in the Patrick Klepek era.
It is early stages so who knows but I see there being two approaches.
1. Premium only. This justifies some of the bandwidth costs of hosting. However, as premium members are more likely to consume HD video (Jeff said as much on tumblr when HD video came out from behind the paywall) it will still be expensive. Is a video podcast enough of a premium selling point to justify the costs?
2. Free for everyone. This mitigates some of the bandwidth costs as a proportion will watch on youtube. However, greater exposure would help ad sales. Greater audience. Downside - they promised no ads for subscribers. Does this mean they would have to host two versions of every video podcast on the site?
Personally I would chop up the regular podcast (with ads) and put it only on youtube. Not on the site at all. That way anyone who wants it can get it. Bandwidth costs are negligible and because it is not on the site they would not need to put out an ad free version.
It used to be that they wanted everyone to watch on the site as a preference. They controlled the adverts and kept all the money. However, Jeff has suggested lately that with ad revenues down and hosting costs up (as file sizes get bigger) - youtube is looking just as viable an option for them.
Total waste. However, you cannot deny that a fair amount of people have been asking for it for a long time. It is hard to say if they are a vocal minority or not. If the new studio is already set up to do video without too much hassle then they might as well try it. They will soon know if anyone actually wants it by tracking the numbers. I suspect the numbers will be high for a month or so and then trail off to a small hardcore once they have got past the novelty appeal.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Weird, I thought I totally heard you say "In my playthrough"
yeah, this one's gonna be tough
just enough puzzles & tough platforming and it's a long one, too
good luck, patrick
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I think you're massively overstating how difficult it looks. Patrick has to master the cape again, but it only relies on transporting two different types of things, he'll pick up on that pretty quickly and none of the solutions are particularly obtuse, he just has to spend a lot of time prodding at it
it honestly looked easier than The Ryckoning to me (but then the Ryckoning was such absolute BS)
RepairmanJack
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It seems like it'd be insanely hard to figure out getting the cape, then the helment, then yoshi then a spring just to get through that first part. So much repetition. That would be so damn frustrating.
NumberThree
Member
Damn. What am I missing at 4:30, it looks like he takes damage but keeps the cape?
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Getting and keeping the cape is the hardest part. Once you have it I think the rest flows, if not naturally, than at least in a reasonable progression.
The thing is, none of the parts of this stage really seem to have "how do you do that?" puzzles. It has a lot of "where do I get X" puzzles but it seems pretty obvious in most cases what you need
you're invincible when you slam down with the cape while flying
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay that will fuck Patrick up. Is he allowed to look up just how game mechanics work at all?
This is disgusting.
Wow, I really don't see Klepek beating this one, there's just so many steps and they are so obtuse. That and you need to know Mario mechanics pretty well.
A thought: If Dan Ryckert loves cheese so much, why does he hate it in his levels?
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