TheBaronOfNA
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That events were public and streaming in the Internet.
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Giant Bomb #6 | You'd be hard pressed to find 10 better threads this year.
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That events were public and streaming in the Internet.
Written by the guy on the east coast who is hardly in any livestreams or podcasts.
Seriously, this is how they operate, I don't understand how this is still such a hard concept to get.
Spoiler alert for the 10/28 Bombcast: "So Jeff, what did you play this weekend?" "Well, it wasn't over the weekend, but I did go to this playstation event" and there you go, there's your coverage.
Vire
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These events were not public.
http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/giant-bomb-the-microsoft-spring-showcase-2012/2300-5767/
http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/giant-bomb-the-ea-summer-showcase-2011/2300-4507/
That's all I'm asking for, a tiny 5 minute video like that, that briefly goes over what they saw and what they liked. Is that so hard? Tell me about The Witness, give me controller impressions, do the games look next generation? I probably wouldn't have even mentioned my disappointment if Jeff was on the podcast this past week to talk about what was there.
Jesus, I don't see the problem in giving some constructive criticism.
Just as a heads up, whenever you have Drew or Vinny tag along to the events, then you can usually expect the video coverage. Only Jeff and Brad were out on assignment, so it's not unusual for no coverage.
I miss a good bridge builder with kickass physics for PC. Recently, either this game or another bridge building game was on a bundle and I skipped it because I remember playing a better one in the past.
Haunted
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Yeah, it's been a real wasteland for bridge building games.
EvilKatarn
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Bridge It just recently came out on Steam. It's a really old one but if you originally missed it it's worth going back to.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
I always wondered how much Patrick is getting paid. The dude definitely works hard, I'm just wondering how jealous I should be considering he works at home and probably doesn't put in 8 hour work days.
My second-favorite perfectly-normal human dad.
Dark Octave
Banned
They probably pile it on him. My wife worked from home for a game company and she couldn't cheat the system if she tried to.
Haunted
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It's arguably the best looking bridge builder out there.
And to put this in perspective, Bridge It is from 2003.
That's the kind of wasteland we're talking about here.
It's arguably the best looking bridge builder out there.
And to put this in perspective, Bridge It is from 2003.
That's the kind of wasteland we're talking about here.
Elefunk on PS3 was 2007 I think. I like the way it looks.
Cannon Goose
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Ok, I'm halfway through the latest Volgarr. Please, someone tell me that Brad discovers the toggle zoom at some point. It makes the game so much easier!
He knows it exists, he just doesn't use it I think. I remember him showing it off in Volgarr 1
There's an option to permanently zoom the camera out, which helps a ton. The FoV is just way too small by default.
Cannon Goose
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Someone needs to make a music video from Load our Last Souls using this.
Actually from what I understand from his videos they're actually pretty hands-off Patrick just has way too much work ethic to be a slacker. To be honest it seems like he works much harder than most of the of Giant Bomb guys.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Goddamnit vinny do you understand the concept of distributing weight on the stress points?
The physics of that game were shit regardless.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well yeah, but still, adding extra weight without any support is never a good idea.
Hot Coldman
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Sick jumps >>>> proper weight distribution
runningjoke
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Watching someone solve the puzzles wouldn't be very interesting. Vinny QLs are funny because he's breaking the game rules with surprising results
Cannon Goose
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I think I'll just wait till it's all in podcast form like I have for the other two.
Obviously Jeff being out on assignment this week was just another part of the anti-Sony conspiracy at Giant Bomb.
As an outlet you likely have to send people to these preview events to stay on the PR lists. Like when a dev comes around with preview builds. You might not be at all interested but if you don't make time for them, then next time you will not get the option. At least it was local and they likely got to network with Sony people off the record.
Jeff spending a whole week at a review event seems a bigger waste of time. Although if it is the game everyone assumes it is - the same event this time every year - then the traffic a day one review will bring leaves them little choice but to play along.
Maybe an hour or two here and there. I usually throw them a few bucks. I generally catch up on the highlights over the proceeding month. Some of those late night hours with no guests can be a bit painful.. Especially as Will gets louder as the fatigue sets in.
Jeff spending a whole week at a review event seems a bigger waste of time. Although if it is the game everyone assumes it is - the same event this time every year - then the traffic a day one review will bring leaves them little choice but to play along.
Maybe an hour or two here and there. I usually throw them a few bucks. I generally catch up on the highlights over the proceeding month. Some of those late night hours with no guests can be a bit painful.. Especially as Will gets louder as the fatigue sets in.
I wish Alexis would get around to sub-categorising their premium videos too.
Not live this year. I'm playing AA5 instead.
I'll watch live as much as I can and write down which segments I watched, so I can watch the others later.
That's actually sort of what it is.
The start of the Blair Witch game with the supernatural secret agency is a crossover with another game by the same developer called Nocturne. (And also Bloodrayne I think)
The lighting and such was pretty impressive for the time, it was always janky though.
The Dutch Slayer
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This weeks dark souls play trough was fantastic again loved it!
really funny and well done.
really funny and well done.
Ah, so I was right. Thank you.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Jeff is now talking about limp dick music.
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