Support NeoGAF

[Maklershed]

In hour 7 of the archived Vive stream (I watch a bit each day during my lunch break) and this shows that VR must be pretty convincing - Jeff reached out to support himself against the wall in the game, thinking it was real and tipped over.

And speaking of convincing, Jason total got me during UPF with the video of him on the couch with everyone. I did wonder at first who was running the show with him AND Drew in the studio but figured there must be an 'auto-pilot' mode or something. And then I started to wonder why he wasn't talking and finally noticed the video loop. The bit later where Dan and Drew were interacting with the fake Brad was hilarious.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

As I'm reading this, all I'm thinking is:

Please don't fuck up Borderlands 3
Please don't fuck up Borderlands 3
Please don't fuck up Borderlands 3

They've kind of made a habit of blowing it after the first Borderlands.

 

[TurboButts]

Paragon has me interested, but I'll wait 'til it's out of pay-to-play Beta.

Yeah Paragon was the one out of all theses hero shooters/MOBAs that I had my eye on but there was no way I was going to pay to play a free-to-play game early. What the heck.

But they had a free weekend and it's really fun. As someone who has never played a MOBA though, I'd like a more thorough explanation of like... how exactly to play? But they do have a short tutorial video for each character which I found very helpful.

 

[Zaph]

In hour 7 of the archived Vive stream (I watch a bit each day during my lunch break) and this shows that VR must be pretty convincing - Jeff reached out to support himself against the wall in the game, thinking it was real and tipped over.

Yup, those accidental moments of over-immersion are becoming increasingly common among VR users. Really makes you wonder how incredible the software will be in 5 years or so.

 

[Strax]

Another crazy golf game. Nuclear Golf

ugh

 

[Myggen]

In hour 7 of the archived Vive stream (I watch a bit each day during my lunch break) and this shows that VR must be pretty convincing - Jeff reached out to support himself against the wall in the game, thinking it was real and tipped over.

Jeff yelling to communicate with Dan when Dan was far above him in that rollercoaster VR game was another one of those moments.

 

[Data West]

Another crazy golf game. Nuclear Golf

There is only one golf future

 

[Incandenza]

Every single one of those VR games seems either a) terrible, or b) too simple to be worth money.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Data West is on the right side of history.

(but also stuff like Hot Shots and Neo Turf Masters is good too)

 

[RepairmanJack]

Every single one of those VR games seems either a) terrible, or b) too simple to be worth money.

Yeah, still feel the exact same that they did 2-3 years ago. People keep saying give it time, but I feel like there's not even one thing to point at as saying this is VR realized in a full fledged game. Or at least in a given direction.

 

[Meneses]

VR continues to be totally unappealing.

 

[Strax]

I understand why people like the idea of VR but we are at least 10 years from it being a thing

 

[Data West]

I give VRodeo 2 episodes

 

[Maklershed]

Every single one of those VR games seems either a) terrible, or b) too simple to be worth money.

Yeah, I've watched all of the Occulus stream and 7 hours of Vive and wouldn't be interested in anything except for maybe Job Simulator. And even that I wouldn't pay much for. Assuming VR as a way to play games isn't just another '3D' I am intrigued to see how devs learn from all these early experiences and how they adapt and evolve things. There's a lot of potential but right now its pretty lackluster.

 

[stump sock]

lol this dude in the first game in VRodeo

 

[Salarians]

Rez Infinite remains the only VR thing I'm interested in.

 

[hamchan]

Every single one of those VR games seems either a) terrible, or b) too simple to be worth money.

"How about we charge $40 for this game that would be $1 on mobile because it's VR."

This is how I imagine a lot of the developers think.

 

[stump sock]

I just spilled coke on myself when jeff threw the maracas

e: "I've got a drone. Peace out."

 

[Data West]

Did Austin get Personified before Dan and Jason? That's messed up

 

[avengers23]

Rez Infinite remains the only VR thing I'm interested in.

Doom VR though.

 

[PushTheButtonMax]

From Vrodeo:

Brad: "We need to stop this right now."

Dan: "No, we need to listen."

That's so Dan.

 

[kulapik]

I just got yearly premium and I'm still getting ads. maybe it takes a while to apply?

 

[Myggen]

I just got yearly premium and I'm still getting ads. maybe it takes a while to apply?

Log in and out, should fix it.

 

[oti]

I thought the same thing during the tutorial (that it was the character that best embodies what Jeff prefers in a shooter) but it sounds like even that wasn't enough to make this game playable for him as he "disliked everything" about Overwatch. Just not a team-based shooter guy, ever.

Jeff likes "PowPow" shooters like CoD, in which you are dead in mere seconds. I'm not a big fan of those so whenever Jeff doesn't like a shooter, I'm more inclined to give it a closer look. And Overwatch is a lot of fun. Just not 60€ fun for me at least.

 

[Data West]

Jeff likes "PowPow" shooters like CoD, in which you are dead in mere seconds. I'm not a big fan of those so whenever Jeff doesn't like a shooter, I'm more inclined to give it a closer look. And Overwatch is a lot of fun. Just not 60€ for me at least.

You are dead in mere seconds on Overwatch pretty regularly

 

[Sakwoff]

They've kind of made a habit of blowing it after the first Borderlands.

BL2 sold like hot cakes and has a super devoted fandom though. Dunno. Always seemed to me that Jeff's opinion wasn't very representative of the game's reception in general.

For what it's worth, as a not-fan I also think the writing is better than he gives it credit for. The referential humor isn't that egregious (or, for that matter, frequent), and I'll always applaud their willingness to be admirably progressive in the focus-tested to death AAA space.

Anthony Burch isn't at Gearbox anymore though, so who knows what will happen. I think BL2 might have been the only game he's written?

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I was going to list which Overwatch characters I enjoy playing as the most but then I realized it's almost the entire cast.

Reaper = trash btw

Reaper is a cool bird ghost man who teleports, do not insult him

 

[demidar]

You are dead in mere seconds on Overwatch pretty regularly

Yeah, a shotgun blast at close range is enough to one-shot 1/2 of the classes.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Still haven't touched Overwatch but I've been enjoying the gifs.

 

[M.D]

VR looks... not ready for prime time

 

[Myggen]

Virtual reality games are actually great

 

[Doop]

Reaper is a cool bird ghost man who teleports, do not insult him

Reaper will only be cool when they make his mariachi skeleton skin the default.

 

[Salarians]

Still haven't touched Overwatch but I've been enjoying the gifs.

Yeah Blizzard's got great animators.

 

[Myggen]

Austin is a guest on this week`s Three Moves Ahead (strategy game Idle Thumbs show) episode on Stellaris.

 

[oti]

You are dead in mere seconds on Overwatch pretty regularly

I like the Dhalsim dude.

 

[Myggen]

Watching VRodeo, every time Jeff interacts with randoms on video is gold.

 

[Zaph]

MPP!

 

[MadLaughter]

 

[Liamc723]

https://twitter.com/jeffgerstmann/status/729747960221700096

Jeff:

"Hello, I'm going to tweet this before Dan can: Mario Party Party this week."

Woohoo!

 

[MassiveNights]

YESSS

 

[Teddified]

Yay! Finally.

 

[oti]

Da Hoop God is REAL

 

[DrFunk]

oh god

oh god

 

[Salty Catfish]

Praise be.

 

[Myggen]

 

[jaina]

What's that 'ma here' meme Brad and Jeff talked about on VRodeo? I'm confused that I don't know it.

 

[tchocky]

Guess it is time to subscribe again.

 

[Wunder]

Yesssssssssssssssssssss

 

[DrFunk]

 

[LiK]

Finally!