And Danny to gb? That would be a good move lol
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mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Did Carrie leave Gamespot before Jeff lost his job? Because I could see her being one of the original GBers, I know she went into development though.
Scott Hall called out the Macho Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLt7oSVJuSM and the Macho Man joined the nWo anyway.
If you want to see Dan in action, here he is on this E3 bombcast edition on the last part. But I highly recommend watching/listening to this again, the middle segment is great with Adam Boyes, John Vignocchi, Dave Lang, Ed Boon, Rocco and Totilo.
http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/320619357
http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/320619357
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Interesting. Going from press to development seems to be a one-way street, has there ever been a notable case of someone coming back?
Alex?
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Rorie also right? Even though I think he was "only" community manager?
funkystudent
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I played Shadow Tower after enjoying Dark Souls, but you really, really need to go into those games with the right expectations. It's awesome to see the games FROM made that eventually led to the souls games, but the controls are ridiculous and if you thought the souls games were intentionally vague with information on the systems, Shadow Tower is 100x worse. There were something like 20 different stats to level up, all of which were shortened to three letters in name. I didn't have the manual and found almost zero information about the game online, so I was basically guessing what the stats did. Also, it doesn't help that it's really easy to get lost or have your progress halted because you forgot to pick up some item 10 hours back.
I enjoyed it but man those games are a product of their time.
Zero-Crescent
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Well he is Heading to San Francisco.
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Oh, I see what's going on. Ryckert is just a smokescreen for the real new hire: Ric Flair. Not only that, but the scoring system's gonna change:
1-star -> Stomp, strut, and Elbow-drop the game's disc/Case/USB Drive
2-star -> Shouting a random rant
3-star ->
4-star -> Strip down to boxers, followed by random rant ending in "Woo!"(s)
5-star -> All of the above
Fair point, CM is a bit of a weird no man's land of ex-press and women who publishers can put on camera so it's not obvious the team is 90% male.
Haunted
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What is that sign they're making with their hands?Well he is Heading to San Francisco.
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Is Dan Ryckert a gang member? Is he, as youths today would say, a "gangster"?
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I forsee content with Dan's dad and Vinny's dad. I'd subscribe.
Haunted
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Ever since Jared Rosen was totally confirmed as the new hire.
Jesus christ. Rich and Ryan look like fucking infants.
Jeff, on cue, immediately makes me crack up. Goddamn he's a funny motherfucker.
Backfoggen
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Now I have to watch a couple of those.
ThreePiMatt
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That's what he wants you to think. Then Jeff is walking through a parking lot at the LA Convention Center and gets hit by a car and when you freeze frame the video you can make out Dan Ryckert behind the wheel.
Mushroomer25
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Really? Damn. That means they're probably not confirming the hire until post-E3. That's WEEKS of speculation.
If there's one thing better than Dan joining GB, it's them cutting a promo for when Dan joins GB.
OdysseusVA
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Yay Patrick liked my idea! I think that could be a really cool feature. Even if it i just one for ever game.
I had that same idea after Dark Souls, and did exactly that myself. I don't think he'll be able to adjust to the control scheme.
Sleeping Lesson
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Just watched the Watch Dogs Quick Look. It's too bad Jeff didn't understand the Invasion mechanic, and wrote it off as a "waste of time." It's probably the best part of the game.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Dan just tweeted this
The plot thickens.
It WAS a waste of time in the QL. Dude just drove him over, than realised that that's not what he was supposed to do and drove away. And that's happening to me almost constantly.
You know who hates Smash Bros and therefore has probably little to no experience with it? Jeff.
The plot thickens.
It WAS a waste of time in the QL. Dude just drove him over, than realised that that's not what he was supposed to do and drove away. And that's happening to me almost constantly.
Hot Coldman
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I bet Dan will be a Villager player.
paradox121
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Oh man reasons like this are why this speculative talk about Dan joining have got me hyped. Like everyone says, I loved the guy for years and he seems like the perfect fit.
Plus he'd not only be amazing with Jeff on Wrestling quick looks, but he knows just enough about sports to be inducted into the Giant Bomb Sports Club subbing in for Vinny.
Also part of me wants to see what a Dan/Brad quick look would be like since they're pretty much as opposite in personality as is possible to be. Love if he ends up treating Brad like Phil.
Sleeping Lesson
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It was only a waste of time because Jeff didn't understand how the mode works. He had ample opportunity to kill the guy, instead he let the hacker run him over.
NumberThree
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I don't know, I think Kyle Bosman's approach to E3 would fit the crew much better, what with Jeff having lost his enthusiasm and all.
The face of death.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I just looked it up again, and that's really not what happened. The invader immediately tried to ran Jeff over, missed once and then hit him. Jeff tried to kill the guy but missed cause he ran him over. Then the guy just drove away. The invader guy just had no idea what he was doing.
Sleeping Lesson
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I don't know how you are seeing something completely different, because Jeff stands there as the invader runs into a wall, backs up, runs into the wall again, backs up, then Jeff draws his gun and it's too late at that point to get a good shot. Then he runs away from the fast sports car (yellow) and gets into the little one.
Yeah, the invader didn't know what they were doing, which is why killing him could have been easy. I probably would have done the same thing if I didn't know how the mode works, but I just hope he didn't write off the whole mechanic because of that experience in the Quick Look. In the review he mentions it briefly, but he calls it a "bad implementation of a decent idea," which I don't think it is.
Oh man, Brad will be getting trolled all day long.
tryagainlater
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I didn't really have any exposure to Dan Ryckert until his videos people are posting in this thread and he seems fantastic.
Honey Bunny
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That PSP hype
I would expect the controls to be archaic but that's part of the fun.
Those poor people.
Alex was CM, but I believe Rorie was a producer at Obsidian. He's said he was bad at it, and didn't really enjoy the work (though I apologize if I'm misparaphrasing him).
funkystudent
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Hey. The PSP had a real good year or two before things went sideways.
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