That's a shame. The old Podtoid with Anthony Burch, Aaron Lindee, Brad Nicholson, Jim Sterling, and Sports Sarkar was really an amazing show. Those guys just had so much chemistry together. I guess it makes sense that, individually, you lose a lot of the charm. But Brad's tangents about going to the gym and lifting and the injoke being that Brad was the strongest person in the world really went places. Kind of wish those guys managed to stay together, what they had was special. The moment they all went their separate ways was the moment I stopped going to destructoid.
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Giant Bomb #6 | You'd be hard pressed to find 10 better threads this year.
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That's a shame. The old Podtoid with Anthony Burch, Aaron Lindee, Brad Nicholson, Jim Sterling, and Sports Sarkar was really an amazing show. Those guys just had so much chemistry together. I guess it makes sense that, individually, you lose a lot of the charm. But Brad's tangents about going to the gym and lifting and the injoke being that Brad was the strongest person in the world really went places. Kind of wish those guys managed to stay together, what they had was special. The moment they all went their separate ways was the moment I stopped going to destructoid.
Ironically, as I recall, he continued those tangents about going to the gym and working out to Giant Bomb, which was one of the major criticisms of him. As someone who didn't know about all that stuff, it felt really random and egomaniacal (As I recall, I kept wondering why I should care about the workout schedule of this random guy).
I look forward to any upcoming Nidhogg coverage: https://twitter.com/bradshoemaker/status/422823776691027968
Punchy4486
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Finally, an armchair psychologist to diagnose the Giant Bomb crew and tell us all how they really feel.
The main issue was that he only wrote a handful of news story a week, and usually a days late. They were short blurb articles like you'd see on Destructoid or Joystiq, with no editorial or insightful information, either. At that point, no news is better than what he was producing.
Not necessarily his fault, as that's what he was hired to do, and it was just freelance, but they were pretty pointless articles that were posted pretty late, so I don't really miss his contributions.
The heartbreak on Patrick's face is priceless. Sad, but priceless. Leave the spiders be, Scoops.
Haha, Tricky's face is adorable.
funkystudent
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They really should port Spelunky to PS4 and I guess XB1.
Share button + daily challenges seems like a good mix.
Share button + daily challenges seems like a good mix.
The heartbreak on Patrick's face is priceless. Sad, but priceless. Leave the spiders be, Scoops.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
The heartbreak on Patrick's face is priceless. Sad, but priceless. Leave the spiders be, Scoops.
From which episode is this? I must have missed it.
Man his face.....this is hard to watch. Poor Patrick
Ventilaator
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What's the game on the image there?
Backfoggen
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Is it Demon's Souls?
It was today's.
Ventilaator
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Doesn't look like a Souls game to me for some reason, and it can't be the Diablo 3 expansion because they probably wouldn't make a premium show out of a new release.
Knowing the guys, it less likely a tease and more that they currently have no idea what they will be playing in the dark souls old slot.
EmCeeGramr
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It's Demon's Souls.
(reverse image search is your friend)
(reverse image search is your friend)
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Who would play it though? Vinny already beat it. Rorie? Je.....oh my god. It's going to be Jeff, isn't it?
Ventilaator
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During Extra Life, Brad promised to play 24 hours of Dark Souls. He later confirmed it on tumblr.
Considering Vinny already did that and Patrick is also in the process, I can see him throwing in Demon's Souls instead to mix it up.
Considering Vinny already did that and Patrick is also in the process, I can see him throwing in Demon's Souls instead to mix it up.
Ventilaator
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But that image though. Who is the dude in the background? There were random zombies walking around during that boss fight, and the main boss itself didn't look like that. Or am I just totally remembering it wrong.
funkystudent
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Jeff Demons Souls playthrough incoming!
Right after the Yakuza 3 Endurance Run and the return of TNT.
Right after the Yakuza 3 Endurance Run and the return of TNT.
Maybe it's from an early build or something. The book is the same, but the rest of the model is different.
EmCeeGramr
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It's possible that the screenshot is from an early version and they just picked a shot from the gallery.
yup, played it at launch. Just had a better world and bosses to me.
The dude is the boss, Fools Idol.
You can see one of those zombie guys at the feet of the player.
Please be Brad. I want Brad tears.
Die Squirrel Die
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Speaking of Demons' Souls, in the last LOLS Ian said that because Demons' Souls NG+ skips the tutorial there's an item you can't get because you can't fight the boss again, but doesn't that boss show up again in 4-1? Is it a slightly different version with different drops?
Antiwhippy
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All the breaking brads are worth it.
UpsideDownAce
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According to the Demon's Souls wiki
"After killing Vanguard you get 4 Full Moon Grass, 3 Renowned Soldier's Souls, 3 Shard of Hardstone, and 3 Shard of Sharpstone in addition to a Grey Demon's Soul and a cutscene of you getting a beatdown."
If you kill him in 4-1 you just get the Grey Demon's Soul
It's been a while since I played Demon's Souls, but if I remember correctly none of those drops is anything you can't already get somewhere else in the game.
yea, it's just bonus items for being a badass.
Fotheringay
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But first, Dave comes back to finish Blade Runner.
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