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Keyser Soze
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I am all for Patrick's new video making venture.
When we live in a world where asking people to even read 1000 words seems like a big ask (where some would rather 'skip to the end' to just digest a conclusion paragraph, and mistakenly take it as you full opinion on a subject), condensing those same words into a video - which itself was well paced and entertaining in it's own right - seems a clever idea.
To be perfectly honest - I don't think many would have been too interested in a written price of content about the hassles of using voice control interaction; so to produce a piece of content on the matter that was interesting and informative is a job well done.
When we live in a world where asking people to even read 1000 words seems like a big ask (where some would rather 'skip to the end' to just digest a conclusion paragraph, and mistakenly take it as you full opinion on a subject), condensing those same words into a video - which itself was well paced and entertaining in it's own right - seems a clever idea.
To be perfectly honest - I don't think many would have been too interested in a written price of content about the hassles of using voice control interaction; so to produce a piece of content on the matter that was interesting and informative is a job well done.
If we are picking people who have 0% chance of happening, then I think Jeff Green trumps all these scrubs. He has the absolute best chemistry with the rest of the group and I would love to hear more Vinny/Jeff Green dad-related interactions.
I don't think Jeff really knows anything about JoJo, I think his only experience is some time with the capcom game.
I completely agree, a video made much more sense than an article in this case. He also got to test out his recording equipment or whatever, so.. more GB Chicago content coming, I guess. I'm all for it.
TheBaronOfNA
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Thats why I'm saying it. Just I expect tons of E-mails telling him stuff after that QL of the Capcom game digital realese.
That video was the best thing to come out of Patrick in a long time; I'd completely lost interest in most of what he's been doing. This was interesting and just nicely put together all around. It is a bit strange having his voice disembodied and scripted, but it totally worked for me. I look forward to seeing what else he does with this format.
I remember watching the HD quick look and being very disappointed that Jeff didn't use DIO.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I kinda want giantbomb to do news with a faux on scene reporter look.
Patrick needs to buy a green screen.
Patrick needs to buy a green screen.
I think we still need Retsuprae where it is. It's an important thing.
NumberThree
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This week on The Point...
They're all just Vinny playing Castlevania 1. Each episode starts with him in the first stage, and going through most of the game only to reach a serious chokepoint and have to call it a week. There's a sort of player narrative in the sense that it takes him up to Episode 2 to reach Dracula, for instance, but it's not like you're technically missing any of Castlevania's content by skipping an episode. You see virtually all of it in each of the three episodes.
That said, the third one is more than an hour of Dracula attempts. It takes a special love of Castlevania and Giant Bomb to get through its latter half.
It's almost TWO hours of Dracula attempts! Holy shit I hated that boss when I was young, never beat the second form (holy water is where it's at with that guy apparently).
NumberThree
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Computer clock (Sir Quick Look hits in 2 hours).
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Vinny NEEDS to play more Animal Crossing and talk about it on the Bombcast. This should be a law.
cheers.
this is amazing
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Is Sir quick look the gentleman who quick looks from the rich and gives it to the poor?
Did he say that thats what they are going to do or thats what they need to do?
I haven't listened to the Bombcast yet, but is that really so crazy? Here in the UK, the PS4 and XONE bundles basically have price parity now. Maybe MS does the maths and finds taking the hit now will cost them less than the costs of involved with having an increasingly distant second place console (third party exclusives cost more, DLC costs more, co-marketing deals get more expensive etc)?
Well on "value" in theory it's already doing that with all the rebates and packed-in games. I doubt they would lower the official MSRP lower than the PS4 unless they take out the Kinect tho
When did he say that?
It's the latter.
A Dark Room is not a Candy Crush clone. It's vaguely in the same genre as Candy Box though.
rakkadakka
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Yeah his video was great and ultimately a better method of delivery.
Who wants to read a 1000 word article on how the Kinect doesn't work?
Save that for behind the scenes stuff that we aren't privy to already via other news sites/forum postings etc..
Baron_Calamity
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Jeff Green would be an awesome addition.
Which is why it will never happen.
Which is why it will never happen.
I think Patrick's strenghts are better suited for scripted content, actually. That kinect video was pretty awesome.
Yup, very well suited. I got a slight This American Life vibe from it.
I concur. I hope he does something similar the next time he has another genuine well researched story. He would probably reach more people this way.
I agree. I enjoy him shitting on it.
Agreed, much better there. Avoids the problem of constantly reiterating or repeating his core thought processes with slightly different verbage sometimes in multiple sentences, its like he sometimes repeats the same point spoken, even by others in the same conversation to further emphasize the point. The scripted content allows him to avoid the issue of repeating what he himself, or others have stated for enhanced dramatic effect or to really grind the point into the ears of the audience.
But yea, it was a well produced video that tackles both the pros and cons of the XBO Kinect search utility in a concise manner with a bit of humility and great use of examples. As someone that has yet to use a Kinect or XBO, it was a nice glimpse at the current state of the feature in popular apps that podcasts have had a bit of difficulty describing.
maquiladora
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I'm think its only the intern position they mentioned filling quickly (by mid-June).
Infinite Justice
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i also liked the Patrick video but i think this topic really benefited from the video aspect since it shows the viewer what it's actually doing/not doing and how those issues really undermine a very interesting feature.
If he's gonna do more hopefully its with that point in mind tbh.
If he's gonna do more hopefully its with that point in mind tbh.
Wuthering_Heights
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