Giant Bomb #9 | More Dan Meets The Eye

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I'm really starting to think that this is a very popular premium feature. They're churning out pretty long episodes.

this would be Dan as a child
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isn't that clearly a goose, not a duck

the man didn't know that pigeons can fly

I mean really I don't know what anyone was expecting

I remember Jeff saying that the both the Demon's Souls and the Dark Souls playthroughs were immensely popular.

Vinny playing Dark Souls is one of my favorite things on the site. The way that he plays games and the way that game needs to be played combined in a way that almost made it better than the sum of its parts.
 
Vinny playing Dark Souls is one of my favorite things on the site. The way that he plays games and the way that game needs to be played combined in a way that almost made it better than the sum of its parts.

Totally. I remember a lot of HE'S PLAYING THE GAME WRONG, HERE'S 400 WORDS TO EXPLAIN WHY comments both here and on the site when each video hit though. People saying he was cheesing the game by going all out on a tank build :P

Also, I looked up Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery: Episode 01 on YT when I saw it on the schedule. That game looks weird.
 
Roll-dodging around like a goofball (like I did) is every bit as "cheesing" as tanking. Some people won't be happy unless someone is doing a naked run and only parrying attacks.
 
I don't know why, but it really bothers me you can run over people in roundabout.
It would be one thing if they just bounced off your car and got up and ran away, but them exploding into blood stains just feels weird and clashes with the style of the rest of the game.

Not really feeling the rest of that game though, I think FMV games were a product of an era, and should have stayed there.
 
I don't know why, but it really bothers me you can run over people in roundabout.
It would be one thing if they just bounced off your car and got up and ran away, but them exploding into blood stains just feels weird and clashes with the style of the rest of the game.

Not really feeling the rest of that game though, I think FMV games were a product of an era, and should have stayed there.

The best FMV games are adventure games anyway, if indie devs want to do FMV games they should look at those games. Like Phantasmagoria 2, the best FMV game ever.
 
The Hatoful Boyfriend QL sold me on the game. I now understand the interest in such a bird-brained concept. The writing, style... everything goes together so well to make such a work of art. That's right, Hatoful Boyfriend irrevocably proves that video games are an art form.

Perhaps by Christmas I can find the time for such insanity...

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I'm really starting to think that this is a very popular premium feature. They're churning out pretty long episodes.

Incredible. It was nice of Dan to share it!

Now we just need Danny to present proof that the pigeon he kicked is still alive.
 
The Hatoful Boyfriend QL sold me on the game. I now understand the interest in such a bird-brained concept. The writing, style... everything goes together so well to make such a work of art. That's right, Hatoful Boyfriend irrevocably proves that video games are an art form.

Perhaps by Christmas I can find the time for such insanity...



Incredible. It was nice of Dan to share it!

Now we just need Danny to present proof that the pigeon he kicked is still alive.

Yes, more people need to join the Hatoful Boyfriend train.
 
I've been watching Danny's videos and looking at the Wiki page for the synopsis. It's a good deal funnier sine they're edited shorter for the first few. Danny does all the voices of the pigeons, it's hilarious.

Here are some links:

Part 1

Part 2

Hatoful Boyfriend: Christmas Chapter 1

Hatoful Boyfriend Christmas Chapter 2

Hatoful Boyfriend Christmas Chapter 3 (2 hour long)

HAtoful Boyfriend Christmas Chapter 4?

Hatoful Boyfriend Last episode (1 hour long)

There are two or three games, Danny covered two: Hatoful Boyfriend and Hatoful Boyfriend :Christmas. The latter has 4 chapters which are self contained stories. It's bonkers.

EDIT SPOILERS FOR BACKGROUND STORY:
There is a bird flu virus that kills off most off the human population in the late 21st century. But it also has the side effect of increasing the intelligence of pigeons and evolving them ala Planet of the Apes. Humans are now in the remnants relative to pigeons and live in a apartheid state where pigeons are the superior race.

Thank you for this. I had to look up the part 2 on youtube though.

Danny is the best. He's like, so good even alone.
 
Wow... I'm only 5 mins into the Hatoful QL.... I honestly can't imagine why the hell anyone would play this game. I'm getting kinda sick of the whole "it's so bad, so lets play it to be ironic" games. I've seen this game EVERYWHERE and it's not even funny bad. It's just plain bad. Anyways, rant over. I'll have this QL on in the background since I'm doing nothing else really, but man.... This is just stupid.
 
Wow... I'm only 5 mins into the Hatoful QL.... I honestly can't imagine why the hell anyone would play this game. I'm getting kinda sick of the whole "it's so bad, so lets play it to be ironic" games. I've seen this game EVERYWHERE and it's not even funny bad. It's just plain bad. Anyways, rant over. I'll have this QL on in the background since I'm doing nothing else really, but man.... This is just stupid.

Nah, it's a fucking great game.
 
Wow... I'm only 5 mins into the Hatoful QL.... I honestly can't imagine why the hell anyone would play this game. I'm getting kinda sick of the whole "it's so bad, so lets play it to be ironic" games. I've seen this game EVERYWHERE and it's not even funny bad. It's just plain bad. Anyways, rant over. I'll have this QL on in the background since I'm doing nothing else really, but man.... This is just stupid.

I like that you went on this rant and then you're still watching the damn video lol
 
Wow... I'm only 5 mins into the Hatoful QL.... I honestly can't imagine why the hell anyone would play this game. I'm getting kinda sick of the whole "it's so bad, so lets play it to be ironic" games. I've seen this game EVERYWHERE and it's not even funny bad. It's just plain bad. Anyways, rant over. I'll have this QL on in the background since I'm doing nothing else really, but man.... This is just stupid.
At least it's not Destiny.
 
Wow... I'm only 5 mins into the Hatoful QL.... I honestly can't imagine why the hell anyone would play this game. I'm getting kinda sick of the whole "it's so bad, so lets play it to be ironic" games. I've seen this game EVERYWHERE and it's not even funny bad. It's just plain bad. Anyways, rant over. I'll have this QL on in the background since I'm doing nothing else really, but man.... This is just stupid.

you sound like a real fun guy
 
I watched about 30 minutes of the Second Life documentary on Netflix that Jeff talked about on the podcast. Second Life is incredibly disturbing yet weirdly fascinating.
 
Wow... I'm only 5 mins into the Hatoful QL.... I honestly can't imagine why the hell anyone would play this game. I'm getting kinda sick of the whole "it's so bad, so lets play it to be ironic" games. I've seen this game EVERYWHERE and it's not even funny bad. It's just plain bad. Anyways, rant over. I'll have this QL on in the background since I'm doing nothing else really, but man.... This is just stupid.

It's just a neat visual novel. Part of the fun is the writing, with the crazy plot twists and what not. I think it gets attention because of its absurd premise. I don't think it's actually bad.

After reading how dark the game gets and watching Danny get the ending in which
the doctor bird tricks the protagonist into eating one of her friends, and then proceeds to decapitate her
, I'm genuinely interested in playing it.

Devolver should totally put this game on Vita!
 
Wow, I just looked at the wikipedia page of Hatoful Boyfriend and man, that story goes places. The quicklook video is really barely scratching the surface.
 
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