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[Zaph]

That's a pretty good cover

 

[Jintor]

hella good cover

 

[strafer]

Woah, Dan is a writer?

 

[OdysseusVA]

Woah, Dan is a writer?

He only wrote the critically acclaimed Air Force Gator books...

 

[strafer]

I heard about that but I just assumed he was kidding around

oh well

 

[danm999]

He only wrote the critically acclaimed Air Force Gator books...

Foreword by Jose Canseco.

 

[Smash88]

Retired pornstar

And unless you exclusively date virgins, your potential wife has been 'jizzed on' by multiple guys too.

That's fine and all, it's the whole daily dose of jizz - I searched up Lexi Love and she had like 5 dudes doin' the dirty. I don't know it's just weird for me I guess. It's different when you have a partner and different when you got 5 dudes bustin' a nut and you are garglin' on camera for the world to see. Just sayin'.

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She'd probably find your insecurity amusing anyway.

Maybe so, but I wouldn't want a girl like that anyways. I'm not saying I'm looking for some holy clean women, but the shit she did on camera is not exactly what you see every day.

She probably wouldn't be your girlfriend or future wife if you'd be that uneasy about her career choice.

True, and that's why I said I would be uneasy knowing my girlfriend banged 5 dudes in some mass orgy on camera. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[skynidas]

stop talking about dan's personal life. seriously. it's weird, specially knowing that he will read this.

 

[danm999]

Just watched the Hotline Miami 2 QL with Alex and Vinny and liked (mostly) what I saw, so I wanted to buy it.

Plot twist; I'm in Australia, so my Steam Client doesn't let me buy it, the game being banned and all (or refused classification or whatever).

But then, I went to the Steam Store through Chrome, selected Hotline Miami 2 for purchase, got to the payment options, logged in, and I was able to buy it in AUD no problem.

Honestly, it makes me suspect Steam is taking the piss, and like myself and most Australians they basically have no respect for our current government.

 

[SlowRevolution]

stop talking about dan's personal life. seriously. it's weird, specially knowing that he will read this.

he kind of brings it on himself.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I find it kinda hilarious how concerned people are about Dan's relationship with some girl. Who cares? Not my concern. If he is happy, let him be.

Just watched the Hotline Miami 2 QL with Alex and Vinny and liked (mostly) what I saw, so I wanted to buy it.

Plot twist; I'm in Australia, so my Steam Client doesn't let me buy it, the game being banned and all (or refused classification or whatever).

But then, I went to the Steam Store through Chrome, selected Hotline Miami 2 for purchase, got to the payment options, logged in, and I was able to buy it in AUD no problem.

Honestly, it makes me suspect Steam is taking the piss, and like myself and most Australians they basically have no respect for our current government.

Whatever, in exchange you get to perform at the Eurovision.
Also the game is kinda disappointing for me. Buy the soundtrack though.

 

[danm999]

Whatever, in exchange you get to perform at the Eurovision.
Also the game is kinda disappointing for me. Buy the soundtrack though.

We're sending Guy Sebastian though. We might as well not be going at all.

 

[Maklershed]

Watch UPF - this virtual arcade thing looks awesome.

 

[danm999]

Watch UPF - this virtual arcade thing looks awesome.

It looked cool as shit.

I was a little confused on the whole ROM aspect of it though; obviously some of the stuff on there was still copyrighted (Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong Country 2), and some of it appeared to be abandonware?

 

[Fantastapotamus]

We're sending Guy Sebastian though. We might as well not be going at all.

Welcome to Eurovision. Where everybody thinks "Oh god, we sent the worst person imaginable."

 

[danm999]

Welcome to Eurovision. Where everybody thinks "Oh god, we sent the worst person imaginable."

Cards on the table, I wanted someone stranger to go.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Giant Bomb should do an unfinished for Yandere Simulator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18refFZ8FoI

 

[| Praxis |]

It looked cool as shit.

I was a little confused on the whole ROM aspect of it though; obviously some of the stuff on there was still copyrighted (Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong Country 2), and some of it appeared to be abandonware?

Most of it is copyrighted. When you run it for the first time it links you to a download mirror of the rom pack. Then you just put it in the right folder. Shady as hell, but I highly doubt anyone is going to play through any of the games on this to completion. It's more of a showpiece, rather than a replacement emulator.

 

[Strax]

I wonder why the I in into and the A are lower case, looks really strange.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Cards on the table, I wanted someone stranger to go.

That's the fun thing about not listening to any songs in advance. Cause with Eurovision there are really only two possibilities:
It's either really, really weird or incredibly boring. Our (Austria's) song this year is really, really, really, REALLY boring.

I was hoping for somebody dancing around with Kangaroos and a Didgeridoo and maybe some more stereotypes for Australia. Doesn't sound like it though :/

 

[Hot Coldman]

Abandonware doesn't REALLY exist, fyi. It's basically just a term for "well I guess all the companies that did own this once don't exist soooo don't feel bad about pirating this shit".

Most stuff considered abandonware is probably owned by banks.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Don't worry emcee's post about not being a jerk is already at the top of my OT. It should you what is fair game in this thread and what isn't.

 

[Zaph]

I wonder why the I in into and the A are lower case, looks really strange.

It does look odd, but that's proper headline capitalisation.

It's probably due to the sans serif typeface. The eye is more used to seeing capitalised decks/headlines in a classic serif, which compliments a sans serif title.

Typical example which looks more natural:

 

[danm999]

Abandonware doesn't REALLY exist, fyi. It's basically just a term for "well I guess all the companies that did own this once don't exist soooo don't feel bad about pirating this shit".

Most stuff considered abandonware is probably owned by banks.

Interesrting. Explains something like the No One Lives Forever remake failure they talked about on the Bombcast a few weeks ago I guess.

Maybe half the reason nobody wanted to give Night Dive the time of day was because they themselves weren't sure they owned all of it.

Most of it is copyrighted. When you run it for the first time it links you to a download mirror of the rom pack. Then you just put it in the right folder. Shady as hell, but I highly doubt anyone is going to play through any of the games on this to completion. It's more of a showpiece, rather than a replacement emulator.

Ah ok, so they're basically throwing their hands up in the air.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Also what did shadyspace do?

 

[tchocky]

Also what did shadyspace do?

He posted a thread begging for Shadow Complex to be ported.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Cards on the table, I wanted someone stranger to go.

Send brett lee, the quintessential australian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48eHkZfnGug

 

[danm999]

Send brett lee, the quintessential australian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48eHkZfnGug

Holy shit how had I not seen this?

Shane Warne's baldness ads are starting to look way more dignified.

 

[Gintoki]

Don't worry emcee's post about not being a jerk is already at the top of my OT. It should you what is fair game in this thread and what isn't.

No one reads OPs though

 

[Volotaire]

It does look odd, but that's proper headline capitalisation.

It's probably due to the sans serif typeface. The eye is more used to seeing capitalised decks/headlines in a classic serif, which compliments a sans serif title.

Typical example which looks more natural:

A classic, Piketty. Nice choice Zaph.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

He posted a thread begging for Shadow Complex to be ported.

Oh , He should have known better

No one reads OPs though

The harsh reality

 

[Dany]

Last two danswers is good.

whats the email again?

 

[Myggen]

Last two danswers is good.

whats the email again?

askdanswers@gmail.com

 

[strafer]

askdanswers@gmail.com

xhamster or Pornhub

 

[randomlyrossy]

askdanswers@gmail.com

I still find it odd that they don't have an @giantbomb.com email address.

 

[Dany]

askdanswers@gmail.com

sweet

edit: I promise my email is about my love for an internet personality...

 

[Myggen]

I still find it odd that they don't have an @giantbomb.com email address.

Don't want to dirty up the good @giantbomb.com name with that filth!

 

[No_Style]

What weird revelations were unearthed over the past few days. I haven't listened to Danswers so I didn't know about Dan's date. Dan is living!

 

[Sakwoff]

I'm freaking crying tears of laughter at the chocolate bunny video Vinny brought for the 404 panel.

 

[Myggen]

Watching the production panel now.

"I'm Drew Scanlon, video producer at Giant Bomb, I do a lot of things."

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Watching the production panel now.

"Hey, I'm Drew Scanlon from Giant Bomb, I do a lot of things."

if i was there i would have asked drew if he plays games

 

[Myggen]

if i was there i would have asked drew if he plays games

Do you game, bro?

 

[mattp]

I still find it odd that they don't have an @giantbomb.com email address.

probably because danny doesn't work for giantbomb and he checks the emails

 

[Anastasia]

the artist behind the GB x Puyo Puyo art put the cards up for sale. only 140 sets and 1 per customer. i picked up a set. ^^

http://aurahack.storenvy.com/products/12438144-puyo-puyo-x-giant-bomb-trading-cards

I was contemplating buying this last night, but finally caved in today.

I am weak ;_;

 

[Glitchesarecool]

That's a pretty good cover

That's a really good cover.

I'm curious to read it. I get panic attacks on and off but I don't have long lasting anxiety problems as far as I know.

 

[Myggen]

From Vinny in the comments on the production panel, I found it interesting at least!

He responded to this comment:

Like Vinny said, if you are doing this with one web-camera, mic and capture kit - it is easy. But add more to that and you have things like potential audio sync issues, framerates not matching up and signal delay.

Edit: But now that I think about it, does GBeast really need more than capture kit, two mics and mixer for what they are doing?

With this:

For QLs you really don't need much more than that. You still have to extract your gameplay audio and mix it back into your vocal audio and then mix that back into your video. Could do it all in post if you want. This is not far off from what we were doing in NY when we first started recording.

When talking about 1080p 60 the part that many people forget about is data rate. 1080 is the resolution or size. 60p is the framerate or speed. Lastly, you need to set how much information or data you'll be recording each frame. The less data the crappier the picture. So you can easily achieve 1080p 60 with a low data rate. 720p 60 with that same data rate will look better. Put your data rate too high and nobody can stream it. Put it too low and it looks like garbage. With a large audience you have to split the difference to give the most people the best experience. Most consumer 1080p 60 stuff is compressed to high heaven so that the data rates are small. At that point USB can carry the signal and hard drives can write it. As you dial down the compression for a cleaner signal you need higher bandwidth cabling to carry the signal and faster recording devices. It all depends on your needs.

We've always kept very high resolution masters of our recordings so that as consumer bandwidth gets cheaper we could (in theory) re-encode our library and offer better quality versions. It's something that is expensive though, so each year I make the judgment call. Video and tech is a moving target, but gear can be very expensive and that makes pivoting very hard. If we suddenly said everything must be 1080p 60 today we would have to sideline about 80K worth of equipment that doesn't support that format (cameras, switchers, converters).

So yeah. video games.

 

[jaina]

thanks for catching the comment, Myggen

 

[GavinGT]

Will Drew ever be on Danswers? It seems like we never hear about his personal life, but he's no doubt drowning in poon.

 

[Jetlag]

 

[FStop7]

Also what did shadyspace do?

He posted a thread begging for Shadow Complex to be ported.

Fuckin' seriously? Is this accurate? That got him a ban? Meanwhile, we have a 3 page viral marketing thread dedicated to a Youtuber because he bought a new computer?

"Port begging" is what brought Valkyria Chronicles to the PC, and... fuck it. I'm starting to understand GAF less and less any more.