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Fantastapotamus

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You know what would be dumb? Not hiring somebody because of the games he or she likes.
"Oh, you like fighting games? Sorry, we already have a guy here who likes them. Come back when you are into visual novels, bye"
 
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Master_Funk

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Listening to the beastcast and dan puts way too much trust into doctors doing things to him. They're still just people and can make mistakes dan.
 
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Data West

coaches in the WNBA
Quantum Break was a nothing game. Which is the worst thing something can be. like I remember nothing about that game because it was so vanilla.
 
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daveo42

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Fantastapotamus said:
You know what would be dumb? Not hiring somebody because of the games he or she likes.
"Oh, you like fighting games? Sorry, we already have a guy here who likes them. Come back when you are into visual novels, bye"
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Glad they hire based on personality and skill set then. So, when's Brad leaving again?
 
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Death Metalist

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Data West said:
Also I don't really understand why people give Phil Spencer so much credit of 'he's the guy they need to be up front' and 'hes the right guy representing xbox' like yeah he's not a dick or a guy who looks like he doesnt want to be there like the last one but what has Phil Spencer done for Xbox other than a lot of lip service? As the head of Xbox what has he done other than pander to gamers without putting out actual games they want and giving PC gamers less of a reason to buy the product his brand officially puts out.
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HappenstanceUK

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Data West said:
good news

you have several people who go against dota on giant bomb

also the 'voice is incredibly grating' was totally random and seems like a personal problem
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I know the others go against Dota, that wasnt the point. I was just hoping for someone who's gaming interests would actually expand the kind of content we see. Its still possible that they will, I certainly hope so. I'm just going off the initial impression.

As for the voice comment, yeah it was kind of random but its just an aspect of Ben that I find annoying and something I wanted to say in the moment. I know its not his fault.
 
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Data West

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Super Rude Bear and Rivals of Aether dont seem like gtames they would have looked at if Ben wasnt there

Ben is also the only person providing Persona 5 coverage on the West Coast
 
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RepairmanJack

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Weird thing during the Beastcast, but Abby was saying something and went "mmmm...?" mid sentence almost like a question that reminded me so damn much of Austin. He does that a lot.
 
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LiK

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Super happy Vinny is starting to get into P5 some more. He got a lot of party members already. More P5 talk, woot.
 
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Death Metalist

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Data West said:
Quantum Break was a nothing game. Which is the worst thing something can be. like I remember nothing about that game because it was so vanilla.
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There's some fun to be had when you upgrade and unlock most of your skills. It still isn't enough, they could have done way better because the combat scenarios weren't interesting. I also hope that Remedy stops with putting important story shit into collectibles. Both Alan Wake and Quantum Break do that shit where there is tons of important material that concerns the story but it could only be found in collectibles.

The best things about that game were

1. Frozen time sections
2. Beth Wilder
3. TIME KNIFE
4. RETURN
 
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MadLaughter

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Abby was great on the Beastcast. A bit quiet during the game's talk, but a lot of that was industry-specific and that might not have been her jam. Vinny did a good job of shifting conversation to her own experiences at a few points. Deeper the podcast went, more comfortable she seemed to be, and that was great.

Hopefully she continues to be on the show, and the 'video producer cave exile' thing was more about what she'd be doing that day after the podcast recording.
 
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RepairmanJack

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I am really curious as to what made PUBG grab on so much and why H1 King of the Hill, or whatever it is, didn't. At least with the actual games journalists and not just Twitch and other places.

I haven't played either but feel like I've seen the H1 King game forever but everyone is acting like PUBG is something so new. Just seeing it from time to time they seem very similar.

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The contents of today's Megadate will determine whether or not I resubscribe. Don't let me down Vinny!
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They just had a sale, why wait until today?

Hopefully it's still going.
 
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Death Metalist

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RepairmanJack said:
I am really curious as to what made PUBG grab on so much and why H1 King of the Hill, or whatever it is, didn't. At least with the actual games journalists and not just Twitch and other places.

I haven't played either but feel like I've seen the H1 King game forever but everyone is acting like PUBG is something so new. Just seeing it from time to time they seem very similar.
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Because PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is a very focused experience. It's giving you exactly what you want in a very condensed manner while stripping away all the crafting and whatever BS. It also is on the fine line of being polished and extremely janky while still looking good enough, atleast better looking than those other games.

e: The sale is also still going. Rorie said on yesterday's stream that it'll probably end on Saturday.
 
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Data West

coaches in the WNBA
RepairmanJack said:
I am really curious as to what made PUBG grab on so much and why H1 King of the Hill, or whatever it is, didn't. At least with the actual games journalists and not just Twitch and other places.

I haven't played either but feel like I've seen the H1 King game forever but everyone is acting like PUBG is something so new. Just seeing it from time to time they seem very similar.
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H1Z1 is way more manic

and if you hear them talk about it on the bombcast, that's not how they play the game.
 
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RepairmanJack

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Death Metalist said:
Because PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is a very focused experience. It's giving you exactly what you want in a very condensed manner while stripping away all the crafting and whatever BS.
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I don't think the H1 King of the hill has any of that either though?

I could be completely wrong. They just seem like the exact same games, but one has grabbed more attention seemingly moths after the other one.

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H1Z1 is way more manic

and if you hear them talk about it on the bombcast, that's not how they play the game.
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Ahh. I can see that. The few times I have seen that one it does seem like people are just running around with shotguns the whole time.
 
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HappenstanceUK

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Does anyone know if Ben was an intern the last time they played the Saturn properly? It was a holiday stream in the Whiskey Media days if I remember right.
 
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