Giant Bomb #6 | You'd be hard pressed to find 10 better threads this year.
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Fotheringay
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Patrick needs to hit up the lotto. You can't let that sort of luck go to waste.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Highly enjoyed bombin' with zoe. Really enjoying the new format of every other bombin' being an interview with a game dev. Obviously it won't work with every developer, but I think that it's a new piece of content that is pretty great.
eot
Banned
On my first playthrough of Dark Souls I barely dodged any boss attacks, I just blocked everything even though I mostly used light armor. I think Patrick played well, it's not like he was running around with the Greatshield of Artorias and using Iron Flesh in every fight. The problem isn't with the mechanics in my opinion, it's that you just get way more souls than they initially balanced for. One free level from each boss = 25+ levels higher by endgame. It's not a slight to Patrick, but it is easy to end up OP after Anor Londo. Previously you had to go out of your way to grind if you wanted to brute force your way through the game.
The one with the guy who made "I get this call every day" was kinda depressing. Guy is kind of a mess at the moment it seems. Intelligent, but in a bit of a mess.
I can't control my jealously when watching that bed of chaos gif. That stupid boss has killed me so many damn times while making the jump. The thing practically grabs patrick and carries him to freedom.
Yeah. IMO one of the best things to come out of indie game industry is how open and accessible the devs are.
Sites like Giant Bomb, with lots of personality and video content, must get insanely frustrated by how off-limits most developers are without massive amounts of PR hoop-jumping first - which is one of the main reasons you often see the same faces on the couch. It probably took one email or tweet to get Zoe on Bombin.
Eventually, if publishers want to get in on this organic and human profile raising (which also leads to hundred of millions in crowd sourced funding and Stream top 10), they're going to have to ease the iron grip on their developers and accept that occasionally the wrong thing might get said but it's not the end of the world.
He was some real crazy luck in spelunkey the first two days or so. I couldnt believe some of the shit that was happening.
I loaded up my old save in Demon's Souls. I don't know what the fuck I was doing with that character. Soul level 100 and something, I had left off in 1-4 (I think that's where the final, or the penultimate boss is?), and I'm just getting murdered by even the damn crossbow dudes. I don't seem to have upgraded armour or weapons, apart from the Morion blade I had equipped. No wonder I quit the game when I did. Gonna start a new character I think.
I find it so weird when people say demon's souls is more difficult than dark. I went back and played it and it wasn't even in the same league for me. I know I now have all the skills of 100+ hous of dark souls benefiting me but I still die way more on any random playthrough of dark souls than I did on this first time through Demon's. And you have to keep in mind I know where every enemy and trick is in dark souls an I knew nothing about demon's other than how to play a souls ham. I think it took me until my 3rd stage to experience my first death. I spent more time in human form in that game than soul and not cause I used ephermal eyes but because I pretty much never died in a level until I fought the boss. I have never steam rolled through dark souls the way I did through demon's even now with 4 completed playthroughs under my belt.
symphonask
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RE Patrick's stream: Let's not forget the amazing moment when an invader left him poop and peaced out. Truly an invasion for the ages.
That was a pretty funny suicide.
I was really surprised Patrick beat DS already, seems like he plowed through it?
I only watched him play through a few times and he is way more bold at it than I am, I basically creep around with a shield up at all times and grinded like fuck to get my weapons all maxed up early. But he didn't seem all that great with the combat every time I watched, getting hit a lot, using flasks all the time. Though I guess he made it through and I haven't so that says it all.
I only watched him play through a few times and he is way more bold at it than I am, I basically creep around with a shield up at all times and grinded like fuck to get my weapons all maxed up early. But he didn't seem all that great with the combat every time I watched, getting hit a lot, using flasks all the time. Though I guess he made it through and I haven't so that says it all.
Jeff retweeted the Ars story yesterday. he also has mentioned concerns about the Youtube business before, so I would say they will talk about it.
only if they have enough time to talk about windjammers and/or dota, fast food and that thing you like that jeff hates
SuperSonic1305
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Patrick doesn't report on negative Microsoft news remember?
What's the fiasco?
Same. It's basically a suicide stick. Luckily you only have to carry it to 4-2.
funkystudent
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It would be crazy if he wasnt doing it consistently for the past 2 years.
Sometimes I wonder what people who discover GB recently on youtube must think the site is since free content is 75% Patrick now.
You can fire it as long as there are valid targets around. He was the only living thing in the area, he was asking for it. It can be really helpful to take it near the bottom of the level and kill the shopkeeper before unlocking the door, so you have a shotgun to take into 4-3.
This is my favorite thing to listen to on Bombcasts.
Soon.
Rodney McKay
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I ended up doing the dame thing with the final Dark Souls boss. Learning how to parry him and *poof* done. I got him down to half health once just trying to fight him straight, but he'd always destroy me soon after that.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
They cancelled the Bombcast. Mail.com ads weren't doing well enough.
Fotheringay
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Apparently not, since it's stamps.com. Jeff and Vinny confirmed for bad pitchmen.
But the ads are my favorite thing! And it's Stamps.com you monster.
They all got the flu since no one got a flu shot
eot
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It's a pretty fun fight if you don't parry him, just use the pillars to heal.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
Those ads are totally working.
A while, I'd guess it'll be a late one today since they were probably out yesterday because of the holiday and still have to record it.
To be fair he is just playing the games he wants to and streaming it. The others could do that but being in an office means there are a lot of other things that require your attention. Being off site there is little excuse not to fill the void.
I speel my dreenk
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RIP in pieces "rippin'" Box City, city of boxes
Rodney McKay
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4 hour old LIES! D:<
Did that, would still get smoked after getting a hit or two into him. I blame my proportionately low endurance. for not letting me block/dodge as much as I needed to.
Felt fantastic to parry his giant leap attack and just bash his rib cage in with my great sword.
shadyspace
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razgriz417
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Really hoping we do get the bombcast today. According to Jeff's Twitter earlier, they seemed to have internet issues in the CBSi building today
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