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[Incandenza]

This guy is obscenely good at Tetris Battle Gaiden.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Finally a good co-op QL with Evolve, something I wanted them to do for a long time, and a very competent Monster Hunter QL thanks to Jason. Also, just a lot of content in general. Great week.

Due to been really busy at work my list is now stacked with stuff.

feels good man.

 

[Antiwhippy]

The battle gaiden video is kinda weird. It's cool to see brad chilling with his friend, but then dan is just there being intense at the game or being silent.

 

[Myggen]

The battle gaiden video is kinda weird. It's cool to see brad chilling with his friend, but then dan is just there being intense at the game or being silent.

I thought of it more as Dan learning the game, he asked a bunch of questions when he was playing.

 

[randomlyrossy]

Dan starting out saying Nuts and Bolts is a better Banjo-Kazooie game than the original two makes me sad.

It's a good game but it's not really a BK game.

Whether it's like the first two games or not doesn't really have any bearing on whether it is a better game.

 

[Fattony12000]

 

[Aerobatics]

I can't be the only person who thinks dan sitting alone in a room playing punch out for 30 minutes a day sounds like an insanely unappealing feature.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

I can't be the only person who thinks dan sitting alone in a room playing punch out for 30 minutes a day sounds like an insanely unappealing feature.

Dan has charisma he will pull it off!

 

[Zaph]

I can't be the only person who thinks dan sitting alone in a room playing punch out for 30 minutes a day sounds like an insanely unappealing feature.

Sounds like a feature where the meta surrounding it will be more fun than the feature itself - like the stats and gifs the community comes up with, the guys teasing him about it in other features, bombcast rants etc. That is assuming it goes on for a while.

 

[funkystudent]

I was wondering about the origins of GB's obsession with Tetris Battle Gaiden the other day.

Now I know.


Edit: This dude totally knows his Tetris Battle Gaiden

 

[daydream]

I can appreciate this video for the hot strats alone.

 

[NightmareTrigger]

The Hot Strats

That's the name of my new band.

 

[Myggen]

I can't be the only person who thinks dan sitting alone in a room playing punch out for 30 minutes a day sounds like an insanely unappealing feature.

Nah, it sounds like Breaking Dan which is alright in my book!

Anyways, going out drinking on Valentine's Day now. Forever alone!

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Very entertaining Bombastica. Dude knows his stuff.

 

[Xater]

Nah, it sounds like Breaking Dan which is alright in my book!

Same here that seems alright.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I can't be the only person who thinks dan sitting alone in a room playing punch out for 30 minutes a day sounds like an insanely unappealing feature.

It won't be if Jason continues to mock him like he did on the Bombcast. I want to see angry Dan.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

You won't like him when he's Dangry.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

You won't like him when he's Dangry.

That would actually be a good name for this video series.

 

[Bacon]

I can't be the only person who thinks dan sitting alone in a room playing punch out for 30 minutes a day sounds like an insanely unappealing feature.

Yeah I'm skeptical. If it was jeff I would have no worries as that dude can entertain all by himself. Hopefully Dan isn't basically silent the whole time.

 

[Frith]

I can't be the only person who thinks dan sitting alone in a room playing punch out for 30 minutes a day sounds like an insanely unappealing feature.

i either want it to be over in the first week or go on till christmas

 

[BearPawB]

Dan has tried this before. And it was amazing


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9F2fDNfNC0

 

[nobodyshero]

In terms of entertainment and actual value, that Evolve QL was really up there with the best of them. Lots of fun, and super informative.

 

[Sakwoff]

Sounds like a feature where the meta surrounding it will be more fun than the feature itself - like the stats and gifs the community comes up with, the guys teasing him about it in other features, bombcast rants etc. That is assuming it goes on for a while.

And then Dan beats the guy first day.

I would love that. Nothing better than a good anticlimax.

 

[Seventy70]

The battle gaiden video is kinda weird. It's cool to see brad chilling with his friend, but then dan is just there being intense at the game or being silent.

I think Dan saw the long hair and tye dye and instantly assumed the guy was a hippy. That's my theory

 

[Jimmyfenix]

So the new console Tony Hawk game will be a Pro Skater game

pls be good

 

[Incandenza]

So the new console Tony Hawk game will be a Pro Skater game

pls be good

Don't break my heart again, Tony. I would take a new, quality THPS game over just about anything. "To be released this year" worries me though considering it's barely even been announced. Unless they've been doing this on the low for a while.

 

[Moldiver]

I want those Tony Hawk highs again.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

http://youtu.be/kRocfCMewpA?t=23m36s

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Just put the best tony hawk

Spoiler

underground

on psn/xbl/steam and be done with it.

 

[shadyspace]

Just put the best tony hawk

Spoiler

underground

on psn/xbl/steam and be done with it.

Oh wow you're really dumb.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Yeah I'm skeptical. If it was jeff I would have no worries as that dude can entertain all by himself. Hopefully Dan isn't basically silent the whole time.

Jar time, bombasticas, NDX (even without the Ricker episode tbh), random streams like Funky Barn, etc

Yep Jeff has a gift i would say, but i think Dan can also pull something off giving his history.

Though will his brand of entertainment resonate near as much as Jeff's (again given his history and hell even current stuff) is the major question.

We'll see

 

[KingKong]

I think Dan saw the long hair and tye dye and instantly assumed the guy was a hippy. That's my theory

he was playing it cool so he wouldn't get offered any drugs

 

[giant_frying_pan]

I can see Dan having a different foil every now and then similar to the Game Room videos for example. I think there's fun to be had with each staffer winding him up a slightly different way.

Then he'll do an episode with Eric Pope and succeed.

[EDIT - Didn't mean to quote.]

 

[Incandenza]

Honestly I could see cases for any of 3, 4, or Underground being the best Tony Hawk. Maaaaybe Underground 2 if you just wanna argue that it was the furthest they went with that gameplay before fucking it up.

 

[funkystudent]

I think Dan saw the long hair and tye dye and instantly assumed the guy was a hippy. That's my theory

I think Dan would know not to judge people on their shitty hair

 

[LiK]

I think Dan would know not to judge people on their shitty hair

wtf Dan

 

[Lelcar]

So, is Tetris Battle Gaiden or Puyo Puyo Tetris the Windjammers of 2015?

 

[OdysseusVA]

Link : Image
http://youtu.be/kRocfCMewpA?t=23m36s

Happy Valentine's Day!

WTF
I thought it was Vinny

 

[Ketch]

I liked the encyclopedia bombcastica, but it didn't really feel like it fit the name of the video series. the BE's that jeff and alex did were alot more about the games themselves, their history and why they were important and stuff... this was more like a UPF or quicklook EX or something. They didn't really talk much about tetris battle gaiden except for how to play.

It's probably just because nobody around really knows much of anything about the history of game or it's developement, but whatever.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

So, is Tetris Battle Gaiden or Puyo Puyo Tetris the Windjammers of 2015?

Puyo because Windjammers was the TBG of its year.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Patrick & brad best friends forever

 

[Lelcar]

I liked the encyclopedia bombcastica, but it didn't really feel like it fit the name of the video series. the BE's that jeff and alex did were alot more about the games themselves, their history and why they were important and stuff... this was more like a UPF or quicklook EX or something.

I'm actually surprised that they made it an Encyclopedia Bombastica, because in Jeff's tumblr post I get the impression that he's been trying to get away from that term for a while and figure out a new way to do retro videos.

In retrospect though, Brad's friend was almost literally an encyclopedia for that game.

 

[NumberThree]

Don't break my heart again, Tony. I would take a new, quality THPS game over just about anything. "To be released this year" worries me though considering it's barely even been announced. Unless they've been doing this on the low for a while.

The early THPS games were sort of like all the good NES sports games in that you didn't really need to give a crap about the skating and the culture surrounding it to enjoy the games. I'd probably give a new "old school" THPS game a try, and I couldn't really care less about skating.

Patrick & brad best friends forever

Patrick's history is weird.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Someone should just give roll7 (olliolli)
Millions of dollars and they will make the best thps game

 

[DoktorEvil]

I think Dan would know not to judge people on their shitty hair

 

[Hot Coldman]

I really like that Tetris Battle Gaiden video. The secret origin story of Bradley Shoemaker has nowhere near as much exposure as Jeff and Dan.

 

[demidar]

I really like that Tetris Battle Gaiden video. The secret origin story of Bradley Shoemaker has nowhere near as much exposure as Jeff and Dan.

I wonder how baby Patrick convinced his dad to let him hang out at some dude's house that he met online.

 

[KingKong]

The early THPS games were sort of like all the good NES sports games in that you didn't really need to give a crap about the skating and the culture surrounding it to enjoy the games. I'd probably give a new "old school" THPS game a try, and I couldn't really care less about skatin

They were basically just arcade games, get a high score by doing combos and completing objectives in 2 minutes. I'd take a new Skate game in a heartbeat though

 

[FStop7]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MXUMEZ4/?tag=neogaf0e-20

I can't stop myself from staring at the add to cart button.

 

[tchocky]

Does anyone know if this concert footage still exists somewhere online.

Jeff Gerstmann
8/28/99


GERSTMANN-MANIA OVERTAKES NEW YORK!
Go to www.playstation.com and look for the Um Jammer Lammy live concert.
Then scroll ahead to around the 23 minute mark. Then watch me stand on a
stage in a fairly drunken stupor.

(I even raise the roof, yo!)

Actually, you should just watch the entire show, because it's really quite
impressive. But that's neither here nor there.

--
Jeff Gerstmann

IGN writeup

Jeff Gerstman from Videogames.com and Greg Off from PS Extreme were called up on stage to compete in a surprise contest of head-on-head um Jammer Lammy. (Yes, the small, insignificant IGNPSX was shoved off to the side yet again, ho hum...) The contest wasn't just for bragging rights, however, as the winner received a $300 custom, battery-powered guitar, with a built-in speaker and images of Lammy painted all over it. Gerstman won it, and Off took second (last?) placce with a stuffed Lammy Doll. No offense to either, but neither of them won with a respectable standing. Let's just say the winner didn't even get a "Good" (which leaves "Bad" and "Awful"...), which must have meant both contestants were having way too much fun playing pool and dancing the night away...way far away, probably nearest the closest dojo...the mind...the dojo...the mind...