SatelliteOfLove
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I'm sure these tweets have already been posted but I screencapped this from twitter.
He stole Tom Siddell's avatar!
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He stole Tom Siddell's avatar!
Brad & Jared's Giant Bomb Desu Ne
Hydranockz
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That was great!
46 degree soda?
I think it was meant to be more for Vinny than anyone else. He wanted to get some multiplayer game action in since he won't be able to do it like that in NY.
Sure but if they stream it out it's also meant to be something for my entertainment and I don#t think this format works well. I think the same when they have segments like this on UPF.
The Yahwg is the only thing that seems to work well since it's not an action game.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
SuperTurboMan
Neo Member
That's kind of the way it goes with multiplayer games. Samurai Gunn/Nidhogg/Towerfall/Gang Beasts are all great games and you can see that the crew is having fun playing those games (which is good for the games cause it makes people want to go out and buy them), but it doesn't ever really make for the best viewing content.
With single player games, the viewer has one character to focus in on, with competitive games you have to zoom around constantly to four different places to see where the fun is happening. Plus the commentary is all over the place because of this.
I've watched way too many Giant Bomb videos.
Ah, you're the guy that makes those? Great work, they're really enjoyable.
You're killing me man.
My Name Is Luke
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New hires confirmed to be the Best Friend Zaibatsu.
SteveWinwood
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I get just as excited as they do with stuff like gang beasts and samurai gunn.
Rorie on Nidhogg was a blast.
From the Pizza Show, Nidhogg and Gang Beasts are probably the exciting ones to watch.
Nidhogg because every single confrontation is like a unique battle, and crazy stuff pops off all the time. Gang Beasts because every moment something ridiculous is happening because that game is so fuckin CRAZY with it's controls.
Guys Gang Beasts is so great.
Nidhogg because every single confrontation is like a unique battle, and crazy stuff pops off all the time. Gang Beasts because every moment something ridiculous is happening because that game is so fuckin CRAZY with it's controls.
Guys Gang Beasts is so great.
giant_frying_pan
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I don't think you can fully judge how a new hire will be on mainly Twitter. Matt and Ryan come across very differently on Twitter than they do in print or on camera.
They probably haven't recorded it yet. Public holiday on Monday and a packed day for Drew yesterday with the Bombcast and live stream.
OdysseusVA
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Vinny took all the equipment when he left.
NumberThree
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Have the guys ever played Starwhal? We had a LAN party last week so I brought a bunch of couch games with me (mostly stuff I've seen on UPF), and while just about all of them were successful Starwhal ended up being the most popular. Proper stupid fun.
edit: And now I get to the point in last night's stream where they ask "Wanna play Starwhal?"
edit: And now I get to the point in last night's stream where they ask "Wanna play Starwhal?"
Purple_Tentacle
Neo Member
I guess Karen's moving to the east coast also? Poor Dave. At least Webhook looks super rad.
Quick Looks he absolutely will, it sounds like Brad, Jeff and Drew will be doing them as a group and then Alex and Vinny will be doing them as a group. Vinny mentioned studio space on the bombcast this week.
firehawk12
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The thing is that they need someone running the boards, so the new video guy may allow Drew to appear on QLs, but unless they have someone in NYC or they have a different set up, I'm not sure if we'll see Vinny and Alex on a QL at the same time.
Presumably they can just set up a console next to the mixing/recording set up so it's not as awkward as the Giantbomb set where Drew/Vinny had to constantly run back and forth just to control everything... but if Vinny is playing a game, that means Alex needs to know how to control the production.
I guess, come to think of it, Vinny and Drew have been on QLs together. I wonder if they just leave the whole set up unmanned at that point and hope nothing screws up.
They actually just played it during Vinny's farewell party to bad pizza. Nobody really liked it. Brad thought he did, but he was quickly convinced that he didn't and he actually just liked winning.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Eh, do they? Alex and Patrick do quick look solos just fine.
Purple_Tentacle
Neo Member
Vinny can revive the random PC game videos without anyone running the board.
Please revive random PC game.
Vinny needs to do more adventure game QLs, they're always great
I'm sure these tweets have already been posted but I screencapped this from twitter.
Oh I hope not. I only know his work from the Indie Statik article about the Indie Game Jam catastrophe. That was a fascinating tale, but a very badly-written story.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
What they're doing is basically a home set up with like some low end capture kit though.
I imagine the point of having Vinny do videos is to make sure things like mixing and sound quality are better than they typically are on the solo videos.
NumberThree
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Yeah, just got to that point. I guess it's because Jeff's lost his enthusiasm lately.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yeah, but you can do that in post production. You don't need people doing that live.
So everyone not liking a game is also Jeff's fault now?
NumberThree
Member
Yes.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I don't know their exact set up, but when they do QLs, they are recording at least three versions for redundancies in case something fucks up. So they have someone constantly monitoring those recordings to see if anything needs to be corrected as they are playing the game. It's why, typically, when you here Drew on a QL where Vinny is driving or on the couch, he comes in as "voice of God" since he is on the controls.
Again, who knows what they'll do in NYC and whether Vinny will set up the same work flow. But if they want the quality to match the SF office, then I would expect that he'd want to have a similar set up. I'm sure he's experienced enough to be able to talk to Alex and monitor controls at the same time though, but if he's playing a game, then it would be up to Alex to be the "Drew" in that situation.
Like those recent FTL videos where Alex' video had much better quality!
Guys, maybe Jeff didn't mean to say senior editor, but señor editor. GB Mexico confirmed!
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Well look at how SOCOM turned out...
And the community was right in that case. Everything post PS2 was trash. MAG was legit though.
SuperTurboMan
Neo Member
(but they were right)
I'm excited if it's Jared, he has a lot of connections to "Famous Youtubers" that could be beneficial to Giant Bomb. Those top 5 countdown videos do make me nervous though.
A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms, enthusiasms, ... enthusiasms. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sV-O2-jCY
I believe Jeff also mentioned on his Tumblr a possible idea of expanding UPF to three hours and doing an hour at each site: So an hour of GBNY, an hour of GB Chicago, and an hour of GBSF.
SteveWinwood
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nvm not worth it lol
Jimmyfenix
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An hour each seems like a good idea.
SlowRevolution
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it seems like it would be a huge hassle to coordinate that.
Reminds me of the Whiskey Media Happy Hour.
Three opportunities to run 45 minutes late.
Hot Coldman
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only because Dave Lang needs to get his god damn act together
BIG KNOB MAN, BIG KNOB
If this leads to "Let's see what's going on in the GBNY offices!" throws from one location to another, I'm for it.
Bonus points if they're prerecorded segments that they pretend are live via satellite, to give it that real authentic late 80s/early 90s rasslin feel.
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