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Giant bomb "dot com" official thread 12 - anime + waluigi discussion webzone
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The original series' ending is admirable in a weird sort of way. "Hey, we ran out of money, but before we go we're going to drill it into your brains how much this show has nothing at all to do with giant robots and if that disappoints you, you should feel bad." There are a couple good sequences in those last two episodes that keep up with the classic Eva trend of creating miracles out of production poverty (elevator scene, the death of the last angel), but overall it's not especially watchable once you get past the initial "what the fuck is going ON in this show??"
The End of Evangelion is a masterpiece. A freshly-budgeted Gainax delivering the finale that Evangelion had always deserved-- and it still has nothing at all to do with giant robots and if that disappoints you, you should still feel bad.
One half of it is The MGS2 of Anime-- a subtextual condemnation of a fanbase that's too stupid to realize how much of it is actually about how disgusting they are. The other half is history's most earnestly-overblown finale to a clever and engaging character drama, taking their roster of characters who have proven themselves to be broken in the most tragic-yet-compelling of ways and making the figurative apocalypse within each of them literal-- ending the world with a sudden downpour of all the crazy imagery, weird sexual tension, body horror, superfluous religious iconography and general incomprehensibility that Eva does best.
If someone ever convinced Dan to make Neon Genesis EvangeliDan happen, I'd be sure to give it the MGS2 treatment and write a way-too-long dissertation on why it's the greatest shit ever and I will fight anyone who disagrees and post it here.
LurkerPrime
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So that third game in Drew's Superbowl Mobile Massacre was a disgusting rip of DotA characters in all but name. I bet Brad would love it, in much the same way that Jeff loves Supercard.
I'm pretty sure it's not the website itself, but, is anyone else having issues getting to the site during normal hours? Since Tuesday I've had major issues connecting to it. After 11pm everything is fine, and it only seems to be effecting GB and maybe Gametrailers.com. Though with GT I rarely check the site so it could be the norm there.
Haven't had any problems.
I have a hard time finding it "disgusting". DotA characters are, themselves, all rip-offs.
stump sock
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You're alright by me.
LurkerPrime
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Ripoffs of what? (Unless you mean the Valve-Blizzard split.)
That mobile game (does it have a name? Probably.) directly lifts the concept and skills of DotA's heroes. It goes beyond generic concepts like "pirate," or "goblin," into direct, consecutive parallels with DotA's heroes - ranging from appearance to ability set. Every hero in the quick look had a direct and obvious DotA counterpart.
It was sad when WC3 custom map-makers directly lifted DotA's skill sets or heroes, but when a commercial company does it the practice falls beyond sad, into grotesque territory.
Any duders watching WWE FastLane?
This appears to be the crowd right now.
Yeah, it's not very good. I decided to turn it off and go to bed instead, have to go to work in 6 hours so that was probably a good decision.
Jimmyfenix
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Any duders watching WWE FastLane?
This appears to be the crowd right now.
Yip that is me right now. 2am as well why am I watching this!?
Us UK guys get the short straw, a crappy show AND a late night!
Mostly. They're all just "things that were in Warcraft 3".
Though I will always have issues with "Lina the Slayer" with her goddamned Dragon Slave and "Laguna" Blade.
shadyspace
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Are they shooting bullets out of a bat in the wrestling show?
EmCeeGramr
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patrick's in a happier place now
he escaped the darkness that is slowly claiming dan
Maiden Voyage
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I want to play the new Kirby game. Sounds great for unwinding after work.
7DollarHagane
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is there a way to subscribe to the subscriber only podcasts through a podcast app like podkicker?
Use the RSS feed link on the page and including your username at the beginning
So
Http://username:password@rssfeedaddress
7DollarHagane
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thanks
Jeff in a long form premium content? Hah
They really need to start doing them a few days after the PPV and not before. Usually by the time they record the anger has subsided and Dan is usually back in optimistic mode.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Guys Im going to wrestlemania for the first time but haven't watched wrestling in like 10+ years, besides random ppvs at my friends house. Will I be sad at what I see?
Oooo a new jartime.
Oooo a new jartime.
soundscream
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Jeff all domesticated with the pink sheets and pillow cases.
santeesioux
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I can't believe Boyhood didn't win best picture, did you know it took 12 years to make?!?
a secret-boss
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i just figured it out Jeff's umm moment is
"I don't know"
"I don't know"
NightmareTrigger
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I can't believe Duke Nukem Forever didn't win GOTY, did you know it took 15 years to make?!?
BreezyLimbo
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In the UPF they say they're doing it. They've been teasing us. This is like the 10 minutes before sex
I hope
nckillthegrimace
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I fucking love Boyhood!
IndieJones
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Never! Dan never shuts up about it, and I bet it's made them a ton of premium memberships. ..
soundscream
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Yes because Drew is leaving, to join Alexis at Twitch.
No its not, they just recently said its happening soon
broncobuster
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A Duke Nukem Forever that chronicled 15 years of FPS game design would be fascinating.
It all
returns
to nothing...
It all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down...
Ah, what a way to just completely crap all over the people who still didn't get that Evangelion was about how horrible fans can be. Anno you may have gone completely nuts but it was worth it
soundscream
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Should put a NSFW on that jar time link. Cat is just going to town on itself ~36min mark.
NightmareTrigger
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Didn't Brad play a game like that on UPF once? An FPS that slowly got more modern?
MickeyKnox
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yeah
NumberThree
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Sounds like it should've won 12 of them, really.
avengers23
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You'll never guess which Ryan-led Kinect QL I couldn't sit through then.
NumberThree
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Why can't Jar Time get an audio version? There's no place for video in my daily commute, especially with these rumours of cat erotica.
That cat is pretty chill, yo
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