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Giant Bomb #9 | More Dan Meets The Eye

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Sleeping Lesson

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Antiwhippy said:
Eh, I honestly have very little interest in cinema as an entertainment medium.
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Shosai said:
I watched North by Northwest for the first time recently and realized that I already seen 75% of the film in the form of Simpsons references

Sort of like the time I saw Aliens, after playing Starcraft. That game contains half the script
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This is what a cornfield looks like, honey.
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I know there are major differences - solo, at night, in the dark vs. with a friend, during the day, in the office. But I can't help wondering if Patrick would have been scared playing that Hat man game for Spookin' or is it really as dumb and unscary as it seemed in the QL?
 
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popo said:
I know there are major differences - solo, at night, in the dark vs. with a friend, during the day, in the office. But I can't help wondering if Patrick would have been scared playing that Hat man game for Spookin' or is it really as dumb and unscary as it seemed in the QL?
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The combination of bad VO and dumb looking monsters/ghosts I think would ruin any scariness for him. Those ghosts things they're shining the light on look like something out of MS paint.
 
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This hat man quick look so far... great voice acting.

I'm always amazed at Drew's ability to use movie quotes in every single video, ever.

also the tearing on this video, yikes.
 
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Shosai said:
I watched North by Northwest for the first time recently and realized that I already seen 75% of the film in the form of Simpsons references

Sort of like the time I saw Aliens, after playing Starcraft. That game contains half the script
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Reminds me of when I finally got around to watching the original Planet of the Apes last year and had the 'Dr Zaius' song from the Simpsons stuck in my head the whole time.

That show really was like a pop culture education for me without even knowing it.
 
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Shosai said:
I watched North by Northwest for the first time recently and realized that I already seen 75% of the film in the form of Simpsons references

Sort of like the time I saw Aliens, after playing Starcraft. That game contains half the script
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Same thing happened to me with Citizen Kane. The Simpsons episode Rosebud was basically Citizen Kane.
 
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paradox121 said:
Reminds me of when I finally got around to watching the original Planet of the Apes last year and had the 'Dr Zaius' song from the Simpsons stuck in my head the whole time.

That show really was like a pop culture education for me without even knowing it.
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Which was also a reference to Rock Me Amadeus
 
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TharpDaddy said:
Seems they recorded the podcast before the Titan cancellation news. Would have liked to hear their thoughts on it!
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What would they even say about it? There's literally no information out there besides the fact that it was an MMO. They've had the "MMOs are dead" conversation a few times over the last 3 or 4 years. This is just the death knell.
 
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I'm feeling really good about Metal Gear Scanlon right now. The game is starting to click quite a bit better for Drew and he seems to be genuinely engaged in the story now that shit is starting to pop off.

He's still going to have trouble with REX and Liquid because they're pretty tough fights, but I still think he'll be done by the end of next week, and hopefully ready/willing to check out MGS2. I really want to see them play MGS2.
 
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Shame they recorded it after the Titan news. Any time Blizzard was brought up on the podcast Brad always mentioned he was excited for it because he was tired of where MMOs are now and the creators of World of Warcraft would not just make another World of Warcraft.
 
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Sleeping Lesson said:
Well maybe over the next week we'll get some details and the conversation will be that much more informed?
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Doubt it. I bet they lock that down tight. Putting design stuff out for cancelled projects has little commercial benefit. Stuff could leak eventually but that is another thing.
 
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The Simpsons was really good at picking out movie references that also doubled as perfect non-sequiturs for the uninitiated. The cropduster gag is a perfect example of that.
 
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LiK

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Listened to yesterday's Bombin'. Super happy Patrick is enjoying DanganRonpa 2. His mind is gonna be blown so hard. Puhuhuhu
 
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SuperSonic1305 said:
Dan is the greatest gift mankind has given us.
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Dan is a singularity of intelligence and ignorance creating a fully functioning and happy human being. He has published multiple books yet at one point didn't know which part of the egg to cook. I love Dan and the spirit and enthusiasm he brings to GB but my co-worker hates him and worries for the influence he is putting into Brad and Jeff's health.
 
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TheBaronOfNA said:
The dead of the modern MMORPG fever that companies where betting on a decade ago.
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Didn't we already know that?

I guess I just don't see much value in a conversation about this with so little info out, except for a confirmation that the cancellation just happend, and yes, the subscription model seems pretty dead outside of WoW. I dunno, we knew fuck all about the game.
 
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Gexecuter said:
My condolences to Jeff, i dunno how it is in America but i hope the company can give him some time off to properly grieve. Still i know Jeff will be allright in the end.
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Usually that's how things go, but it's also up to the affected to decide how they want to deal with loss. Sometimes they choose to come in to work and get their mind off of it all for a few hours.
 
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MiniBossBattle said:
Dan is a singularity of intelligence and ignorance creating a fully functioning and happy human being. He has published multiple books yet at one point didn't know which part of the egg to cook. I love Dan and the spirit and enthusiasm he brings to GB but my co-worker hates him and worries for the influence he is putting into Brad and Jeff's health.
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okay so i want you to go to amazon and start reading the free preview sections for the air force gator books
 
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Myggen said:
Didn't we already know that?

I guess I just don't see much value in a conversation about this with so little info out, except for a confirmation that the cancellation just happend, and yes, the subscription model seems pretty dead outside of WoW. I dunno, we knew fuck all about the game.
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I think the conversation would be less about MMOs and more about what Blizzard is going to become. They said they are more free to focus on smaller games, and that they don't have any plans for an MMO now. That could lead to an interesting podcast discussion about how the industry and companies change over time.
 
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TharpDaddy said:
I think the conversation would be less about MMOs and more about what Blizzard is going to become. They said they are more free to focus on smaller games, and that they don't have any plans for an MMO now. That could lead to an interesting podcast discussion about how the industry and companies change over time.
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I didn't see that part. Okay yeah, that would've been pretty interesting. I guess Hearthstone is doing well for them then.
 
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It's blowing my mind watching Metal Gear Scanlon and seeing how skewed my memories are of that game. The fight with
Sniper Wolf in the snow
seemed so epic and huge in scale when I played it as a kid. Now I realize the battlefield is like 50 feet long.
 
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Myggen said:
I didn't see that part. Okay yeah, that would've been pretty interesting. I guess Hearthstone is doing well for them then.
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Here's the quote if you're interested:

Throughout the interview, Metzen and Morhaime suggested that the recent trend of smaller-scale Blizzard releases like Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm has played a part in the company moving away from Titan.

Canceling Titan was the ultimate proof of Blizzard's strength, not a weakness
"I think the lesson that comes around again is just making damn sure that the things we commit to do and the things we burn calories on and the things we commit to our community that we will do are coming from a place of focus and inspiration," Metzen said.

He explained that Hearthstone had helped the studio realize that they don't need to fit themselves into the box of only making products of a certain scale.

"Maybe we can be what we want to be and inspire groups around the company to experiment, get creative, think outside the box and take chances on things that just might thrill people," Metzen said. "Maybe they don't have to be these colossal, summer blockbuster-type products."
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the next part of the book is Air Force Gator digging into Osama's compound like Bugs Bunny (and when someone points out that gators can't dig like that, a soldier says that Air Force Gator is special, which I'm assuming was taken from an actual real life conversation Dan had while describing his book) and then he catches Osama watching porn and he rips his arms off and Osama has a tiny dick and he rips off Osama's dick and he says great one liners like "I'm gonna rip your dick off, and then I'm gonna kill you" and then he blows up the place

This all happens in 2005 so I'm sure that Dan deftly handles the political and historical implications of Osama being killed during George W. Bush's second term
 
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EmCeeGramr said:
the next part of the book is Air Force Gator digging into Osama's compound like Bugs Bunny (and when someone points out that gators can't dig like that, a soldier says that Air Force Gator is special, which I'm assuming was taken from an actual real life conversation Dan had while describing his book) and then he catches Osama watching porn and he rips his arms off and Osama has a tiny dick and he rips off Osama's dick and he says great one liners like "I'm gonna rip your dick off, and then I'm gonna kill you" and then he blows up the place

This all happens in 2005 so I'm sure that Dan deftly handles the political and historical implications of Osama being killed during George W. Bush's second term
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I'd love to have been there during the workshop seshs he had.
 
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