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Giant Bomb #23 | See you Space Cowboy...
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DigitalRicket
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Same here. Had someone tell me maybe I built up a tolerance to caffeine's effects considering I've been drinking coffee since I was a little kid and I used to drink a ton of soda. Though nowadays I'm 95% of the time drinking water, and only drinking a Diet Coke with dinner maybe twice a week if not less. I still do about one cup of coffee a day. But yeah, I could sleep right after a cup, and sometimes drink some at night for that cozy effect.
Salty Catfish
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Yep, I did the same. If you're hooked on the fizzy sensation, that's a good way to kick the sugar while still drinking some reasonably tasty stuff.
Glitchesarecool
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Can't beat Dr. Pepper. Also seltzer tastes terrible.
NumberThree
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You played WoW in 2013??
I've played WoW every year since 2005.
edit: Jesus, more than a decade. This fucking game...
Space Wanderer
Banned
Does the premium Bombcast have ads now? I can't tell which one is which but I have two Bombcast feeds in my podcasts app and both of them have ads in the beginning.
Sleeping Lesson
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Just finished the Dan Ryckert episode of 10% Happier. Great podcast, I encourage everyone to give it a listen. It's only 50 minutes.
Hearing that Dan is pre-diabetic was kind of a surprise because even if he does eat some shitty stuff, it also sounds like he exercises (or at least runs) a good deal. Hearing he's downing 10 sodas a day tho sure doesn't help.
Replace the cakes with taco bell and you have a winner.
Ryckert's Market?
Replace the cakes with taco bell and you have a winner.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Salty Catfish
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Well yeah, purely on a taste level flavored seltzer can't even compare to soda, but I think it's a healthy alternative if you just absolutely have to have carbonation (which is a key part of the soda addiction for quite a lot of people).
Yes, I did. I see Brad gave it 3 stars. I guess I'll give it a shot.
If it does it's a mistake, happened once with the Beastcast.
Space Wanderer
Banned
Hm, I think I just had to resubscribe to the feed. It must have defaulted to the regular feed when my premium subscription lapsed for a couple days.
stump sock
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it's fine. especially if cheap. just don't expect a proper open world and you'll have a decent time.
Piston Hyundai
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It's like L.A. Noire in that it's a narrative-driven game in an open world for some reason.
Unlike L.A. Noire, though, the gameplay is solid.
Keyser Soze
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If mediation truly does make you 10% happier, I am pretty sure WWE makes you 10% unhappier, so it is good to have balance in your life.
TheMrPliskin
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Also unlike L.A. Noire, the narrative is solid.
Human Trashcan
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Don't even get me started. I was so fired up about that game, at first because I thought it was really cool, and then because it revealed that no matter what you do, you can never make the correct choices in that game. What a massive fuck you. And it's not like some Spec Ops The Line "that's the point" situation either, it was just a poorly conceived game.
Just replayed the story, it's stellar. Really good. The gameplay is decent, driving is horrible.
"10% Unhappier" should be the new name of the Powerbombcast.
ShockingAlberto
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Not to spoil the game too hard, but the end of the Murder desk made me so angry.
That is not good video game design or narrative design. It was just all downhill from there, but that was a real crescendo of shit there.
That's how I feel too.
Piston Hyundai
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I was basically on auto-pilot by the time I hit the arson desk, using guides to know the "right" thing to say
Salty Catfish
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Yeah, it's absolutely a game that's less than the sum of its parts. I'd love to see them revisit it someday with a fresh approach and some lessons learned but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen now that Whore of the Orient is confirmed dead.
Now I'm hyped.
I never finished Mafia 2 even if Mafia 1 is one of my favorite game ever.
Maybe I should do that someday. I dunno, I just got super bored playing Mafia 2. It was just driving to the next mission, do a bit of shooting, drive to the next mission and repeat until the end of the game.
It's an open world with nothing to do in it.
I heard about what they did to link it to the first game tho and this sounds great. Yeah, I really need to give it another try.
Maybe I should do that someday. I dunno, I just got super bored playing Mafia 2. It was just driving to the next mission, do a bit of shooting, drive to the next mission and repeat until the end of the game.
It's an open world with nothing to do in it.
I heard about what they did to link it to the first game tho and this sounds great. Yeah, I really need to give it another try.
Piston Hyundai
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If Mafia 1 really is one of your all-time favorites, it's very much worth going through the game to get to those moments.
Plus, the game takes some unexpected turns that are worth checking out. Namely,
you go to prison and actually spend time in the game doing things there
Yeah, I really hope they go all-in on the stuff they've talked about, and manage to make a decent open world this time.
tryagainlater
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All this talk about Mafia has reminded me that Mafia 3 is out soon and looks awesome.
BreezyLimbo
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GiantBomb should have Mega64 on again
Listening to the 2010 GDC podcast, this is great
Listening to the 2010 GDC podcast, this is great
"we're having a Hunan revoluiton"
EdReedFan20
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ScaryShark
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+1 Really great stuff and even if you have passing interest it's worth your time IMO.
Dan has helped my life immensely since he came on to Giant Bomb and talked openly about his anxiety (along with the book) which led me to understanding my own undiagnosed problems for the first time.
Dan represented GB and 'gaming' very well for an audience that is probably mostly uninitiated with that hobby/industry.
Zeouterlimits
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Bit frustrated by their reaction to 3rd person VR.
I think the 3rd person stuff has been oddly great feeling, Lucky's Tale being a prime example of it.
Different strokes of course, they just seemed, Dan in particular to dismiss the idea out of hand.
I think the 3rd person stuff has been oddly great feeling, Lucky's Tale being a prime example of it.
Different strokes of course, they just seemed, Dan in particular to dismiss the idea out of hand.
CoolBatteryCharge
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Got home to a new VRodeo wooooo!
you meant to say vroooooom
I'm kinda with them honestly. Unless it's a diorama style third person, behind the back stuff just does nothing for me in VR. It also probably doesn't help that in my case, it makes me feel queasy, so I may not be the best judge. Pretty much any camera control that isn't my head doing it makes me feel bad. I could only take about 30 minutes of Lucky's Tale before needing to stop, and even then, I probably should have stopped sooner.
Edge of Nowhere itself just doesn't look interesting at all to me, or at least, it doesn't seem like it needs to be in VR at all (at least with the little bit Jeff played). The story stuff might be cool though, and I generally like Insomniac's stuff. Also, wall climbing sections like what's in that game suck unless they are short, and they did not look short in Edge of Nowhere.
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