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Giant Bomb |OT31| I Think it Might Be for Show
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Fair. Jeff does seem like the kind of guy to channel his nervous energy through humour.
Taking a walk in the city is different. I'd rather listen to a podcast than city noises.
petethepanda
Member
Good to hear about Jeff's wife.
I often have to keep myself in check when cancer comes up with family members (it's bewilderingly common amongst my friends & family and we lost someone a little while ago) since my default reaction / coping mechanism is "intensely fucking dark gallows humor" and the rest of my family is nooot quite on the same wavelength, lol.
I often have to keep myself in check when cancer comes up with family members (it's bewilderingly common amongst my friends & family and we lost someone a little while ago) since my default reaction / coping mechanism is "intensely fucking dark gallows humor" and the rest of my family is nooot quite on the same wavelength, lol.
"I guess now we'll never get that Assassin's Creed review"
Oh yeah, happened to me as well. But if you want to make jokes all the time it's gonna happen at some point... I know some people you can't talk to about specific subjects because every answer is going to be sarcastic or funny... sometimes its just not appropriate. Of course he regrets it and I felt sorry for him as well to some degree, but as I said... don't overdo it.
tryagainlater
Member
Fuckin A. I'm happy for Jeff and Mrs. Jeff.
Twin Tails
Member
God of war review
Right.
Young Liar
Member
thank goodness for the gerstmanns
Glass Shark
Banned
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But they weren't talking about the subject at all. It's not like it was in the middle of the conversation about Jeff's wife. It was much later and clearly unrelated. A similar situation could've happened if someone later brought up a story of a game or show that involved deadly tumors and then they suddenly realize how that could stress Jeff out and feel badly for it. Doesn't really have anything to do with an inability to take things seriously.
The Q and A segment is the heart of Giant Bomb's PAX presence.
Aren't they doing one every year? That's a big part of the appeal for many I'd assume.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Some things in life are more important than dan doing dumb shit.
I think it's time we go back to talking dumb shit. I can't let Dan start rinsing food like a monster.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Fwew, he doesn't need any more of that in his life.
Now, PAX Antics!
Now, PAX Antics!
VeryGooster
Banned
Man my heart literally started racing. So happy for them!!
SunDimension24
Member
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
You can tell Pathologic 2 is an Ice Pick Lodge game cause you use the K button to knock on doors (not a lot of excitement for that game on GAF apparently, but I'm hyped)
Edit: Wrong thread
Edit: Wrong thread
way to go and activate the sleeper agents
It's too late. I'm already being reminded how that's another thing I've meant to play for years but haven't.
I even have the HD version from backing the Kickstarter; I should find some time for that...
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Nobody cares about my thread which makes me really, really sad.
Pathologic is such a weird and awesome and WEIRD game. It deserves more attention. Certainly more than all the other boring survival games out there
I don't want to stretch this as much out, but you would have to think that subject is on Jeffs mind the whole time. You could see it in the reactions from all of them that it was ill-timed - no idea why anyone would deny that.
Anyway, happy for Jeff and his wife and that's the most important part.
It seems like the exact kind of janky weird thing I love! Which is why I've meant to play it for years; I really have no excuse thanks to the HD version making it slightly less obtuse as well. I'd like to get to it before the new version/remake/whatever comes out at least, which is why I backed it.
But that as a reason to play it soon's worked about as well as backing La Mulana 2 did, so...
Incandenza
Banned
Heck and eff yeah, Jeff!
Death Metalist
Member
Seems like Journey. You could play the game offline but the meat and potatoes as they say is in the multiplayer portion mixed in with the campaign. That's how I read it.
I don't think I've ever heard of Pathologic, but if it's an attempt at being scary from the people who made Cargo when they weren't trying to be scary, I'm already scared.
Based on what I saw of the OT + a couple reviews I read, it seems like there's a short <5 hour campaign that's basically just a tutorial for then doing multiplayer. You can encounter people out in the wild or specifically choose to enter PvP fights.
It seems pretty cool but I don't think I have it in me to actually learn how to be good at the fighting, particularly as I'm neglecting enough multiplayer games as is, so I'm passing on it.
MontyBrown
Banned
Drew's Chernobyl documentary was real good.
He should just drop the gaming aspect and have it be a travel show tho.
He should just drop the gaming aspect and have it be a travel show tho.
funkystudent
Member
I wish Drew did a podcast interview with that tour guide.
The gaming aspect feels like its barely there anyway. But I guess it really only acts as the jumping off point so whatever.
Wonder when trip 2 will be. I kinda need at least 2 of these trips to sorta judge the format.
The gaming aspect feels like its barely there anyway. But I guess it really only acts as the jumping off point so whatever.
Wonder when trip 2 will be. I kinda need at least 2 of these trips to sorta judge the format.
I haven't kept up with his clothmap, has he been making good on the gaming angle of the premise? When he was pitching it on Patreon I liked the sentiment behind what he was going for but it felt like it would be kind of difficult to execute or find stories that fit the bill.
and to be fair, everyone was making chiding little jokes on the Ryan memorial podcast. I think everyone knows how each other handles these situations.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yeah pretty much. At some point those guys are probably close enough (Ben is pretty new but goes way back to the intern days) that they can decide what's appropriate or not for their group.
Death Metalist
Member
I felt like the end of that video wrapped up the idea of gaming and Chernobyl in a poignant way. It is better with than without it.
eat bananas and everything will be ok
eat bananas and everything will be ok
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Today I managed to lose 10 matches of Absolver in a row, started XCOM2 campaign only to discover 3 hours later the new expansion needs you to pick a different option at launch, then I overwrote my most popular FirePro workshop item and can't get it back.
Damnit!
Edit: Still happy to hear the news about Mrs. Gerstmann!
Damnit!
Edit: Still happy to hear the news about Mrs. Gerstmann!
My point was that it was clearly an accident. The way you compared Ben to someone who you simply can't talk about serious subjects with implies that he intentionally disregarded Jeff's situation for the sake of a joke. What actually happened was he made a one-line pop culture reference 2+ hours after the conversation about Jeff's situation had ceased. Once he realized the connection, he clearly regretted it. It's not some character flaw in Ben, it was just an accident.
Death Metalist
Member
Grandiose and wrongheaded interpretations or wild conspiracy theories based on like off hand comments here and there is a whole separate can of worms that I don't know if I want to get into. People read a lot of what they want and read into things that are said or not said or you know just goofy glances or whatever, I mean, it's a weird thing. I really don't know how to approach that stuff. People come up with some wild ideas. - Brad Shoemaker