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[stump sock]

im going to make up what i think spicebox should be and then believe its that

 

[Xater]

I saw a meat box. Shit is weird.

It seems like a service to get gifts every month because you don't get any. Problem is you just get tack. I'd rather just buy stuff I want.

 

[danm999]

I don't know what kind of person Ralphie May is but I'm assuming he's an extremely unfunny comedian if Jeff apparently was cold reading an ad for one of his specials.

Yeah...

One of the subjects mentioned as a highlight for his stand up in the ad (which Jeff had obviously been sent via script) was "airline travel", and I remember thinking "it's 2015, right? Which fucking comedians are still making air travel jokes?".

 

[bigwinnerx]

Spicebox is nice if you're in a relationship.

But, after a 6 month sub, you and you partner will be wondering "what the hell are we going to do with all these .... "

 

[stump sock]

I literally thought they sent you spices each month

me.

I thought that.

 

[chaobreaker]

Yeah...

One of the subjects mentioned as a highlight for his stand up in the ad (which Jeff had obviously been sent via script) was "airline travel", and I remember thinking "it's 2015, right? Which fucking comedians are still making air travel jokes?".

Yeah, you'd think any comedian worth his or her chops would get the picture after the nth "what's the deal with airline food" joke.

Really, the most offensive thing about the 40 second I watched of that guy was the terrible impression of the yodeling from the Price is Right.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Yeah...

One of the subjects mentioned as a highlight for his stand up in the ad (which Jeff had obviously been sent via script) was "airline travel", and I remember thinking "it's 2015, right? Which fucking comedians are still making air travel jokes?".

Knowing very little about Ralphie May, I'm going to guess the airline travel stuff is going to have something to do with him getting caught, what feels like, five times with weed getting on or off planes.

I think the guy just travels by RV Madden style now.

 

[stump sock]

Skoshbox is actually pretty cool, and if I lived somewhere I didn't have regular access to asian groceries/snacks, I'd probably sign up

 

[jaina]

I want to thank Ralphie May for bringing us closer to "OT #13 | Stop missing Vinny, he's in several QLs per week"

edit: ffs, how may ...box services are there? Most of them just deliver to SanFran I guess.

 

[danm999]

Yeah, you'd think any comedian worth his or her chops would get the picture after the nth "what's the deal with airline food" joke.

Really, the most offensive thing about the 40 second I watched of that guy was the terrible impression of the yodeling from the Price is Right.

Thank god cell phones and streaming services killed off the general relateability of "I can't set my answering machine/VCR" jokes.

 

[kvk1]

I literally thought they sent you spices each month

That's what I was hoping.

I know I'm always running out of Old Bay when I need it the most.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Anybody curious how Dan's guesting on The Comedy Button will go? That seems like an odd fit to me, though they will probably just talk about wrestling the whole show which wouldn't really be their normal thing.

 

[popo]

I literally thought they sent you spices each month

me.

I thought that.

spicebox.co.uk is just that, indian spices to your door. The US .com version is just a box of dicks, which makes perfect sense really.

 

[stump sock]

I know I'm always running out of Old Bay when I need it the most.

you just described my recurring nightmares

 

[Jothel]

I literally thought they sent you spices each month

me.

I thought that.

wait that's not what they do?

 

[RepairmanJack]

I just thought of a cool box gimmick I would subscribe to instantly. Weird japanese candies and snacks. Please tell me something like this exists.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

batman with a baseball bat

 

[LiK]

I just thought of a cool box gimmick I would subscribe to instantly. Weird japanese candies and snacks. Please tell me something like this exists.

I think you can sub to something like that. JList offers something similar but it's not cheap.

 

[Patryn]

Thread's back to a place I can understand what's going on? Great.

I think we'll get a Dan Bloodborne review in the back half of this week, and at least 2 videos on it.

I think if there will be a Pillars QL, it won't be this week. I tend to agree that if anyone drives it, it'll be Rorie, and even if they got a copy early it sounds like he's still on the mend so I'm not sure if he's gotten anywhere in it.

When does Axiom Verge come out?

For that matter, when does Galak-Z come out? When I first watched the mailbag before watching UPF, I somehow convinced myself the Spelunker game was actually Galak-Z and got all excited that maybe it would actually be released soon.

 

[chaobreaker]

The average person isn't using up their batch of assorted spices in a monthly basis.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Thread's back to a place I can understand what's going on? Great.

I think we'll get a Dan Bloodborne review in the back half of this week, and at least 2 videos on it.

I think if there will be a Pillars QL, it won't be this week. I tend to agree that if anyone drives it, it'll be Rorie, and even if they got a copy early it sounds like he's still on the mend so I'm not sure if he's gotten anywhere in it.

When does Axiom Verge come out?

For that matter, when does Galak-Z come out? When I first watched the mailbag before watching UPF, I somehow convinced myself the Spelunker game was actually Galak-Z and got all excited that maybe it would actually be released soon.

31st for axiom verge

Galak-Z sometime this year

 

[stump sock]

I just thought of a cool box gimmick I would subscribe to instantly. Weird japanese candies and snacks. Please tell me something like this exists.

Skoshbox is actually pretty cool, and if I lived somewhere I didn't have regular access to asian groceries/snacks, I'd probably sign up

unless this was a joke I didn't understand

 

[ratcliffja]

I'm half Scottish. It's a beautiful thing.

 

[Jeevesmeister]

im going to make up what i think spicebox should be and then believe its that

It's about sex.

Also hello Giant Bomb thread! Long time lurker, finally able to post-er.

 

[RepairmanJack]

unless this was a joke I didn't understand

Nope, just stupid on my part. Completely missed that somehow.

 

[jaina]

Nope, just stupid on my part. Completely missed that somehow.

Totally reasonable life decision to not read the past pages in this thread.

Also hello Giant Bomb thread! Long time lurker, finally able to post-er.

Hello fellow Junior!

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

It's about sex.

Also hello Giant Bomb thread! Long time lurker, finally able to post-er.

who is your favorite giant bomb dad and why do you dislike rorie so much?

 

[stump sock]

Totally reasonable life decision to not read the past pages in this thread.

or to not click on links in my posts, I guess. I did that to myself.

 

[Incandenza]

Subscribe to stump sock's box service and every month you will receive a new, hand-selected siscon manga in the mail.

 

[Strax]

I was 15 when Ralphie May was on Last Comic Standing and thought he was great back then. I checked out his DVDs last year and he has good stuff, I'd give it 6-7/10

 

[Jimmyfenix]

oh noooo

 

[Jeevesmeister]

who is your favorite giant bomb dad and why do you dislike rorie so much?

My favorite Giant Bomb dad is Jeff, proud father of Cat. Rorie sucks because, uh, uhmm... World of Warcraft?

 

[LiK]

Latest Demo Derby was a dud. Most of the demos were pretty bad and short with no fun videos to mock. Really annoyed they didn't let Drew see the Airship Battles in Skies of Arcadia. I was curious what he thought of them.

 

[Strax]

Latest Demo Derby was a dud. Most of the demos were pretty bad and short with no fun videos to mock. Really annoyed they didn't let Drew see the Airship Battles in Skies of Arcadia. I was curious what he thought of them.

Yeah this was def. the weakest Demo Derby but I still liked it.

 

[TylerD]

I'm just glad they're not advertising MEUNDIES like every other goddamn podcast out there (okay just MBMBM and Idle Thumbs)

MeUndies are a quality product. The trunks I picked up are fantastic.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Latest Demo Derby was a dud. Most of the demos were pretty bad and short with no fun videos to mock. Really annoyed they didn't let Drew see the Airship Battles in Skies of Arcadia. I was curious what he thought of them.

They're saving it for Skies of Drewcadia to start after MGScanlon.

 

[stump sock]

Latest Demo Derby was a dud. Most of the demos were pretty bad and short with no fun videos to mock. Really annoyed they didn't let Drew see the Airship Battles in Skies of Arcadia. I was curious what he thought of them.

as happy as I was that they showed Dynamite Cop, it somehow showed the least amusing part of the entire game. Those discs were really crappy.

I enjoyed it. The Dreamcast internet segment and that hoverboarding segment were both really funny and the Kiss segment was funny too.

no I think the guys did well for what they had to work with, I just think the discs themselves were really poor.

 

[Bacon]

Latest Demo Derby was a dud. Most of the demos were pretty bad and short with no fun videos to mock. Really annoyed they didn't let Drew see the Airship Battles in Skies of Arcadia. I was curious what he thought of them.

I enjoyed it. The Dreamcast internet segment and that hoverboarding segment were both really funny and the Kiss segment was funny too.

 

[FStop7]

I'm surprised no one has commented on this from Jeff's blog yet:

What do you think are the companies that Jeff felt iffy about but still accepted as sponsors?
It's gotta be

Spoiler

UNLIMITED ANIME!!!!!!!!!!

, right?

I want to see the receipts on Nature Box. I've checked their website a few times and can't find any published nutrition info on their products.

 

[Kelas]

to announce that Jeff Green is the newest member of the bombcrew

that's the dream

 

[LiK]

yea, internet segment was fun. I was just annoyed they didn't check every mode for Skies of Arcadia. one of the rules they made for Demo Derby was to check everything on the discs and they didn't do that. c'mon Dan.

 

[Myggen]

I enjoyed it. The Dreamcast internet segment and that hoverboarding segment were both really funny and the Kiss segment was funny too.

Yeah, agree. It's pretty clear that the Playstation discs will have the most crazy stuff on them in general because they're so elaborate, but I wouldn't call this Demo Deby a dud by any means.

yea, internet segment was fun. I was just annoyed they didn't check every mode for Skies of Arcadia. one of the rules they made for Demo Derby was to check everything on the discs and they didn't do that. c'mon Dan.

Well, the rule isn't to check out everything inside the demo, just to check out every demo. He climbed the ladder and scrolled through some dialog, so they at least followed the letter of Demo Derby law with that one.

If I remember that game correctly, that mode isn't very exciting at all so you didn't miss much. It's not a game that lends itself to a demo, like pretty much every jrpg of that era.

Speaking of Skies of Arcadia, I actually tried to go back to that game a couple of years ago when I bought a Dreamcast. Turns out that my patience for random enounters is not what it once was. Holy shit there's a lot of random encounters in that game. I heard later editions of the game toned that down a bit, which can only be a good thing.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

The "worst" part of any Demo Derby is when they actually play the demos. There, I said it.

She might forget that she has to show up to announce that Jeff Green is the newest member of the bombcrew. I wouldn't want her to miss it.

Now I'll probably be disappointed when they announce who the new hire is :/

 

[hamchan]

Ever since some guy at PAX Q&A said "hire Cara Ellison" I now want them to never hire Cara Ellison.

 

[NumberThree]

I'm gonna set up a new service called Box Crate. Every month you receive a random box from one of the box services.

 

[LiK]

Yeah, agree. It's pretty clear that the Playstation discs will have the most crazy stuff on them in general because they're so elaborate, but I wouldn't call this Demo Deby a dud by any means.



Well, the rule isn't to check out everything inside the demo, just to check out every demo. He climbed the ladder and scrolled through some dialog, so they at least followed the letter of Demo Derby law with that one.

If I remember that game correctly, that mode isn't very exciting at all so you didn't miss much. It's not a game that lends itself to a demo.

most of the DC demos didn't have music either so that didn't help. those publishers really cheaped out on them. hopefully they go back to PS Underground.

and I disagree, Airship Battles in Skies was fun and had a fantastic battle theme. get out.

 

[Patryn]

I'm beginning to wonder if the new hire will be announced during the BLLSL.

Seems like an opportune time to do so.

 

[shadyspace]

Ever since some guy at PAX Q&A said "hire Cara Ellison" I now want them to never hire Cara Ellison.

If there's one thing you can count on Jeff to not do it's something that the community has requested of him. That guy sealed Cara Ellison's fate with that question.

 

[stump sock]

I'm gonna set up a new service called Box Crate. Every month you receive a random box from one of the box services.

I'm gonna set one up called Super Crate Box Crate where every month I send you 5 steam keys for Super Crate Box

 

[Myggen]

most of the DC demos didn't have music either so that didn't help. those publishers really cheaped out on them. hopefully they go back to PS Underground.

Yeah, from what little I remember of the Dreamcast it usually had pretty shitty demos, at least the ones I played growing up.