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Giant Bomb #6 | You'd be hard pressed to find 10 better threads this year.
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BUNTING1243
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That was probably the most embarrassing GAF thread I've ever seen. Some people get waaaaayyyyy too attached to resolution
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
greg sewart has been my boy since the EGM golden years
thanks for posting will check it out
funkystudent
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I also had a similar Rambo experience to Jeff.
I saw the other movies first then saw the first film. I dont know how the heck they went from the first movie to the rest.
I saw the other movies first then saw the first film. I dont know how the heck they went from the first movie to the rest.
Eh, resolution? I'd wager that thread wouldn't have been nearly as huge if the people involved hadn't taken to twitter to downplay and mock their audience, as is sadly commonplace now (hi Brad!). "I was wrong? So what, get over it nerds".
The fact we even had an IGN staffer openly asking Phil Spencer for a job was pretty hilarious though.
BUNTING1243
Banned
It was still pretty big before that Twitter picture was posted. I meant more it's kind of ridiculous that so many people were arguing that telling the difference between 720p and 1080p was somehow the be-all-end-all to being qualified to write about games.
But yeah, the Phil Spencer thing was kinda funny. Since the OXM podcast Ryan McCaffrey has always been really unabashedly a fan of the Xbox.
To me it's not about the resolution, it's about a troubling pattern of dishonesty from certain gaming journalists who feel it's their duty to aid and abet Microsoft's campaign of spreading fud about resolution differences and the power gap.
EmCeeGramr
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This is a cool discussion about H T T P S colon slash slash W W W dot Giant Bomb dot com.
SteveWinwood
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do we call it a slash or a forward slash
also no dot before the w's
edit mods covering their tracks im on to you
also no dot before the w's
edit mods covering their tracks im on to you
EmCeeGramr
Member
look sometimes when you're passively aggressively warning people the little things slip your mind
except for calling a slash a slash. that's a big thing. why do we have to bow down to the backslash lobby and call it a "forward slash." it's a slash, my great grandpappy called it a slash, and by god i'll call it a slash
except for calling a slash a slash. that's a big thing. why do we have to bow down to the backslash lobby and call it a "forward slash." it's a slash, my great grandpappy called it a slash, and by god i'll call it a slash
EmCeeGramr
Member
well McG did produce supernatural so maybe you're onto something here
The Dear Leader
Banned
Yeah that would be great, the 4 player games always seem to be the funniest.
Have you seen the 8.8 thread?
BUNTING1243
Banned
I haven't actually, that's probably incredible.
This new Rambo light gun game has nothing on Sega's light gun Rambo game which had a full on Rambo rap soundtrack
All that bellyaching for a "too low" score which was probably, in all honesty, too high.
very surprising. Thought it would absolutely grab vinny or drew. Maybe even jeff.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Nice! that rambo QL and Alex vid is up, going to watch it!
lol me too!
I hadn't seen that resolution thread.
Only looked at the first post and the dudes tweets. Yeesh.
It just seems so weird to say "Alright what I said was wrong, get over it" as a journalist instead of "It was a mistake, I should have looked into it more, my bad" then try to ridicule people by saying "Go outside and don't waste your time." Yeah. I don't know. Just own up to the mistake without trying to act like the people being upset with it are lesser for being upset. It does seem really weird when journalists are gladly saying stuff like this without actually investing stuff into it. It's the type of thing that makes you feel the need to be wary of any gaming news you read.
That 8.8 thread was pretty heinous though.
whoaaaaa
You know what bothers me the most about that Rambo game?
The cops taunt him by name and call him "soldier boy" before he kills the cop in the helicopter. Yet it isn't until after that when the cop standing at his car says "Hey I just heard over the wire that this John Rambo was a Vietnam vet, a Green Beret!"
The cops taunt him by name and call him "soldier boy" before he kills the cop in the helicopter. Yet it isn't until after that when the cop standing at his car says "Hey I just heard over the wire that this John Rambo was a Vietnam vet, a Green Beret!"
shadyspace
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Finally finished Bioshock Infinite, went back to watch their spoiler video of it and really surprised by the fact that I still can't seem to handle watching anything with Ryan in it. Was not prepared for that.
NumberThree
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I'm pretty sure Giant Bomb isn't offered over HTTPS.
ditto
Oh this is still going? I thought it died when Dr. Sparkle started covering the Genesis in Chronsega.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
I hope we get a quick look for Drunken Robot Pornography or at least have it featured on UPF.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Every time Jeff says that the Genesis sounded better than the SNES I die a bit inside.
Ventilaator
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Thinking about this question, I tried to make SNES and Genesis music play in my head to compare them. Beautiful melodies for the SNES, robot farts for the Genesis.
Not even a question in my mind.
ThreePiMatt
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Yeah, I never understood their fascination with the Genesis sound hardware. I don't think it sounds particularly good at all. Nothing on Genesis could even approach the music and sounds of Square's SNES offerings.
randomlyrossy
Member
Streets of Rage alone stomps all over most of the SNES offerings. Though I honestly enjoy a lot of stuff from both the Mega Drive and SNES, Mario World and Chrono Trigger are both some of my all time fave soundtracks.
I think both libraries have their strengths, and have distinct sounds, which I like. Better than them both just sounding the exact same.
Shinobi walks over and stomps a mudhole into any of Square's 'snes offerings'
AuthenticM
Member
I think it's because the genesis' sound has a "signature"; as in, it sounds distinct, whereas the SNES doesn't have any particularities.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
But it sounds distinctly worse.....
AuthenticM
Member
Does it, though ? I don't recall ever thinking this. Maybe for multiplatform games, which were probably designed for the SNES and then ported to the Genesis, and then the sounds would be worse because they hadn't been produced with the Genesis' sound chip in mind ? I recall Genesis-exclusive games to have badass soundtracks.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Simple: They are all clones. Haven't you watched First Blood? Geeeez
ThreePiMatt
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Genesis music all tends to sound tinny and harsh. I can't imagine why anyone would think that it's "better."
SteveWinwood
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Yep. Genesis sound came out of a tunnel full of dicks. It's trash.
SatelliteOfLove
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Gozer the Gozerian
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Peter Gabriel Genesis > SNES Audio > Phil Collins Genesis
I remembered to go back and listen to some of the GOTY podcasts after playing through Bioshock and Last of Us but forgot they did a spoiler video for Bioshock Infinite, so thanks for reminding me that they did that.
It was good to see Ryan again, especially in something I haven't seen before. Now that I think about it I don't think I ever listened to the MGS4 podcast they did forever ago. Might have to give that a listen.
BUNTING1243
Banned
They did a Modern Warfare 2 spoilercast too. It's really funny hearing them talk so passionately about a Call of Duty plot
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