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[popo]

yuk! I had to check Clear Type had not defaulted back to "on". What with this and Chrome forcing DirectWrite - it is a bad time for those of us super sensitive to heavily aliased fonts. Good job I don't actually read much on the GB site.

 

[daydream]

bombcast thread

 

[tonka]

yuk! I had to check Clear Type had not defaulted back to "on". What with this and Chrome forcing DirectWrite - it is a bad time for those of us super sensitive to heavily aliased fonts. Good job I don't actually read much on the GB site.

I thought the idea of most modern fonts was that they were vector based and the aliasing was done by the application?

 

[Piston Hyundai]

fun fact: there were three premium videos released in the month of august that were not Unprofessional Fridays or Bombcast videos

july had six, and june had two

just a fun little bit of trivia for you folks, with no agenda at all

 

[mnz]

One of the Hitman videos wasn't premium for some reason. Might've been a mistake.

 

[MassiveNights]

One of the Hitman videos wasn't premium for some reason. Might've been a mistake.

The elusive targets are premium (basically a spin off UPF segment) and the Quick Looks of new levels/updates are free.

 

[popo]

I thought the idea of most modern fonts was that they were vector based and the aliasing was done by the application?

That is over my head, all I know is that the modern love of font smoothers like Clear Type and DirectWrite looks like a bleary headache inducing mess to a minority of users - and I am, unfortunately, one of those users.

I can get around it by disabling Clear Type in windows and used to disable DirectWrite in Chrome (latest Chrome removed the option to disable, luckily there are Chromium forks that put it back in).

With all those smoothing options off - and rendering in good old GDI - the GB site new font now looks a lot like those smoothed fonts were on. No idea of the tech behind why. Likely would not bother anyone already using the default font renderers.

 

[wild_fire987]

I found quite a few youtube clips of people splicing in Waluigi into songs... Maybe I'm late to the party, but here's a few "highlights"

Waluigi Funk! (Uptown Funk from Bruno Mars ft. Waluigi) <-- my personal "favorite"

It's a Cold and It's a Broken Waluigi Sorenova

Waluigi The Dancing Queen

 

[Tubobutts]

I found quite a few youtube clips of people splicing in Waluigi into songs... Maybe I'm late to the party, but here's a few "highlights"

Waluigi Funk! (Uptown Funk from Bruno Mars ft. Waluigi) <-- my personal "favorite"

It's a Cold and It's a Broken Waluigi Sorenova

Waluigi The Dancing Queen

Dan has a lot of YouTube accounts.

 

[Twin Tails]

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I found quite a few youtube clips of people splicing in Waluigi into songs... Maybe I'm late to the party, but here's a few "highlights"

Waluigi Funk! (Uptown Funk from Bruno Mars ft. Waluigi) <-- my personal "favorite"

It's a Cold and It's a Broken Waluigi Sorenova

Waluigi The Dancing Queen

I'm ashamed to admit that I initial read "Waluigi Funk" as "Waifu Funk."

 

[GuyKazama]

fun fact: there were three premium videos released in the month of august that were not Unprofessional Fridays or Bombcast videos

july had six, and june had two

just a fun little bit of trivia for you folks, with no agenda at all

This would be the best time for GB to absorb GS before they lose any more editors and/or find themselves irrelevant to publishers in a world dominated by youtube influencers.

 

[Salarians]

I'm ashamed to admit that I initial read "Waluigi Funk" as "Waifu Funk."

Stinky waifus?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Stinky waifus?

Oh yeah.

Oooooh yeah.

 

[Incandenza]

fun fact: there were three premium videos released in the month of august that were not Unprofessional Fridays or Bombcast videos

july had six, and june had two

just a fun little bit of trivia for you folks, with no agenda at all

Want some more trivia? Start looking at the back catalog and notice how from August - October of 2012 we got:

Thursday Night Throwdown
Spookin' With Scoops
Jar Time With Jeff
Random PC Game
Breaking Brad: Doom II
The Olympic Games Olympiad
Pokemon Snap and Friends!
On the Green with SimGolf!
Big Live Live Show Premium

 

[wild_fire987]

fun fact: there were three premium videos released in the month of august that were not Unprofessional Fridays or Bombcast videos

july had six, and june had two

just a fun little bit of trivia for you folks, with no agenda at all

The PAX week of drought is turning into the PAX month of drought

 

[Lunar FC]

The PAX week of drought is turning into the PAX month of drought

Unlucky for us it came after the 6 month drought for the video podcast nobody asked for.

 

[Ketch]

Here's a suggestion for premium content.


Coast to coast, Brad/Jeff vs Alex/vinny in the new worms game.

 

[Salarians]

Professional Wednesdays

 

[Mr. F]

Professional Wednesdays

We don't speak of that

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I think I've reached my breaking point with Paxrumble

It's just stupid

And like, not stupid in a funny way. I like funny stupid. It's like jumped the shark.

 

[KingKong]

Professional Wednesdays

Fucked Up Thursdays

 

[Salarians]

What if Alex plays Mass Effect 2 while Vinny explains lore to him

 

[hamchan]

A Paxrumble without a swerve would be the actual surprise.

 

[petethepanda]

Man, the end of Iwata's segment on Game Tapes.

 

[Mr. F]

I think I've reached my breaking point with Paxrumble

It's just stupid

And like, not stupid in a funny way. I like funny stupid. It's like jumped the shark.

I've always found it kinda self-indulgent and like being subjected to someone else's inside joke they insist is super funny. But it still draws crowds so what do I know

 

[Mister Negative]

I've always found it kinda self-indulgent and like being subjected to someone else's inside joke they insist is super funny. But it still draws crowds so what do I know

Dr. Tracksuit is pretty much the only good thing about Pax Rumble. And that's not worth the rest of it. But it's a fun thing they get to do with their industry friends, so whatever.

 

[wild_fire987]

I think I've reached my breaking point with Paxrumble

It's just stupid

And like, not stupid in a funny way. I like funny stupid. It's like jumped the shark.

I loved it at first, but grew tired quickly... I haven't even watched last PAXs thing, but I'm not a wrestling fan at all so I probably grew tired faster than some. But the people involved with it seem to love it, and it seems like it's more for them than it is the people in the crowd, so I'm not upset that they're continuing to do it.

 

[Rainmaker]

Unlucky for us it came after the 6 month drought for the video podcast nobody asked for.

I asked for it and I watch it every week with a smile on my face. Thanks though!!

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I've always found it kinda self-indulgent and like being subjected to someone else's inside joke they insist is super funny. But it still draws crowds so what do I know

Yeah, the phrase that comes to mind is self-masturbatory...

And I'm sure the crowds are there to see their favorite internet personalities more than anything else >_>; If I were to go, it'd be to see GB.

 

[Antiwhippy]

It's based on wrestling so I already assume that it's bad.

 

[Tubobutts]

I'm tired of all of pax.

 

[Antiwhippy]

A pox on pax.

Content Apaxalypse.

 

[Salty Catfish]

I loved it at first, but grew tired quickly... I haven't even watched last PAXs thing, but I'm not a wrestling fan at all so I probably grew tired faster than some. But the people involved with it seem to love it, and it seems like it's more for them than it is the people in the crowd, so I'm not upset that they're continuing to do it.

Yeah, that's kind of my thought as well. It's dumb and has way too many people involved now but it's a silly thing that only lasts about an hour and, for a lot of the folks involved, is one of maybe two or three times a year they'll get to see each other, so whatever. It's harmless.

 

[pizzacat]

Man, the end of Iwata's segment on Game Tapes.

I kinda want to put the iwata logo on my avatar now

 

[Death Metalist]

Dr. Tracksuit is pretty much the only good thing about Pax Rumble. And that's not worth the rest of it. But it's a fun thing they get to do with their industry friends, so whatever.

Yeah, that's kind of my thought as well. It's dumb and has way too many people involved now but it's a silly thing that only lasts about an hour and, for a lot of the folks involved, is one of maybe two or three times a year they'll get to see each other, so whatever. It's harmless.

Pretty much, I'm not into wrestling but I mainly watch/read about Pax Rumble for the GB duders. Heck, I only get my wrestling updates from GB lol. I'm a UFC guy but I'm not into it's community.

Man, the end of Iwata's segment on Game Tapes.

"The idea of a single device transporting us to the first Excitebike, Earthbound or Punch-Out. Should make us all feel young again, atleast for a while."

He will be dearly missed.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Unlucky for us it came after the 6 month drought for the video podcast nobody asked for.

Actually a lot of people asked for it, it's why they are moving ahead with this live broadcast stuff.

 

[Tubobutts]

The good thing about Pax is that the Q&A stuff usually makes me want to kill myself and that should line up nicely with some other stuff this year.

 

[FStop7]

What if Alex plays Mass Effect 2 while Vinny explains lore to him

I misread that as "while Vinny explains love to him" and I still think it would be amazing.

Want some more trivia? Start looking at the back catalog and notice how from August - October of 2012 we got:

Thursday Night Throwdown
Spookin' With Scoops
Jar Time With Jeff
Random PC Game
Breaking Brad: Doom II
The Olympic Games Olympiad
Pokemon Snap and Friends!
On the Green with SimGolf!
Big Live Live Show Premium

Looking back, I think the theft of their equipment at E3 2013 was a really hard hit for the site and then Ryan's passing was devastating.

 

[Chuck]

The good thing about Pax is that the Q&A stuff usually makes me want to kill myself and that should line up nicely with some other stuff this year.

I'm hoping for three things.
1: someone mentioning a years old giant bomb meme
2: bad question about how stupid Dan is that is very awkward
3:

Spoiler

endurance run

 

[pizzacat]

4. The idiot who's going to mention a drought or something

 

[Glitchesarecool]

5. The "Game of Skill" Guy.

 

[Lunar FC]

Dan starts ep. 3 on mgscanlon3 saying people are complaining that he needs to stop telling Drew what to do. Then he continues telling him what to do the rest of the ep.

 

[Oxirane]

Fucked Up Thursdays

Tabletop Tuesdays (Unplugged)
They can do it straight after the podcast on the felt top table they are sitting at.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Dan starts ep. 3 on mgscanlon3 saying people are complaining that he needs to stop telling Drew what to do. Then he continues telling him what to do the rest of Drews life.

ftfy

 

[Ketch]

6. The idiot with some passive aggressive attempt to get Jeff to say something gamer gate related.

 

[Salarians]

I'm anime

Edit:
My beautiful child

 

[repeater]

4 minutes into the Bombcast and this seems like it's gonna be a really good one.

EDIT: Giant Bomb #24 | Shoutout to all the Pears

 

[Piston Hyundai]

so what is it about japanese video games sneaking their copyright information into their screenshots

 

[BreezyLimbo]

so what is it about japanese video games sneaking their copyright information into their screenshots

Copyright laws are way different over there.

For example, trying to stream some Japanese originated games will sometimes mute either the music, the voices, or everything because of how contractual obligations work with either the composers of music and voice actors.