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Giant Bomb #25 | A Fun Time with Friends
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BreezyLimbo
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Like alot of you said
Esp. with austin and patrick, their opinions are too similar for them to create an interesting topic. And there is a sort of broken record sense of 'I agree, because x and y', and someone else will chime in 'yeah, y and x is a good reason.'
They need some friction. Like, Alex, Vinny, and Jeff Bakalar tend to disagree on stuff, and because of that a discussion can be formed around that.
Esp. with austin and patrick, their opinions are too similar for them to create an interesting topic. And there is a sort of broken record sense of 'I agree, because x and y', and someone else will chime in 'yeah, y and x is a good reason.'
They need some friction. Like, Alex, Vinny, and Jeff Bakalar tend to disagree on stuff, and because of that a discussion can be formed around that.
OdysseusVA
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Has Blood and Wine won GOTY yet?
BreezyLimbo
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I like Tangents. Some of the best discussions have come from Tangents(IE Dans 'Can I ask you something I ask everyone?'.)
nah the Wikipedia recap says it's stupid
Has anyone even played it? Vinny maybe?
Lets go with a game that doesn't have shite gameplay instead.
UC4 isn't even making my top 10 and I only played 14 games this year.
OdysseusVA
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no u
I did and its fantastic. Should win next years too
I think you meant to post this in a Bethesda thread
that's a pretty good post tbh
Sleeping Lesson
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Will Smith's The FOO Show now has a stretch goal to have Danny Baranowsky do their music (or to be their "band leader" in the metaphor of a talk show). In the update, Will included a picture the first time they met:
GOTY 2015 moment: Dan trying to get the Witcher 3 out of the top 10 on the basis that no one had finished it so clearly their 40 hours already into the game was worthless, while also egging Drew to agree on MGSV being one of the best of games of the year while he was still in the middle of playing it.
Piston Hyundai
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that whiskey media set was so good
Sleeping Lesson
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Those will always be the Golden Years for me. Loved the frequent Tested/Giant Bomb crossover stuff, loved the Happy Hour especially.
Twin Tails
Member
is there a stream today ?
HamPster PamPster
Member
More curious about people's opinion of the Glixel podcast myself. Seems to have no following on gaf
I still love you John!
lolol
No, the best moment was when Jeff asked if anyone would place Rocket League above Mario Maker, and about half the staff immediately agreed, and Jeff quickly changed the subject and pretended that little conversation never happened.
Video content is so 2015. We are in a post streaming world.
The Right Deal
Banned
Him quickly renaming every game remaining and leaving out Rocket League was a touch of genius.
funkystudent
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God. I forgot about that.
If Jeff tries that shit again someone needs to shut him down because fuuuck.
Oh the dirty tricks. Moment 2014: When Brad snuck Destiny onto the final game cut list after many many games had already been cut and managing to get it as no 10 GOTY.
LurkerPrime
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So where is the sequel to Giant Bomb's 2012 Game of the Year landing? I am, of course, referring to XCOM 2.
After all, it checks all four boxes Giant Bomb wants in a GotY candidate:
After all, it checks all four boxes Giant Bomb wants in a GotY candidate:
- Released in specified year
- Developed by a AAA studio
- Playable humans
- Shooting
None of them played Mario Maker when the buzz was at its peak.
I never really get why you guys get so into the GOTYcasts. It's like the most skippable time of the year for me because none of it matters. Sometimes the skits are fun but all it boils down to is Brad and Jeff if he's really behind something. No one else is as persistent or headstrong about their choice. Everyone else always concedes and its just nonstop dogpiles.
The Right Deal
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I don't think similar shenanigans will happen this year, everyone seems to be in agreement on the top couple of games, maybe a push for Gears 4?
They didn't even play the expansion to Enemy Unknown.
In fact I don't think XCOM's even been mentioned on the site since it won GOTY.
The shooting is my favorite part of Mario Maker.
Well, okay, but only about half of them played Mario Maker at all, and even then, Brad and Vinny didn't like it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Because i love watching the things i love tear themselves apart.
funkystudent
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Gears 4 will make the list, Uncharted 4 wont.
Thats my not so bold prediction.
Uncharted 4 will get Bloodborne'd where Jeff will make the top 10 list by just listing random games and set it in stone. Then mention the game but by then no one will be willing to fight for it and just want to move on.
I predict a boring year too. No arguments, everyone agreeing.
The ranking thing is a useless excercise which they admit themselves and that part of the conversation is usually not so good but looking back at the year and the games can produce some good discussions. And the list usually looks at least a little original compared to most publications'.
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