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[daveo42]

Speaking of Steins;Gate (ending spoilers)

Dammit, need to make them codec calls then.

No he just needs like 5 frames of animation to hold his interest.

 

[Infinite Justice]

*facepalm* @ Dan's Walmart shilling

double *facepalm* @ this Pharmacy talk

 

[Phatmac]

Speaking of Steins;Gate (ending spoilers)



No he just needs like 5 frames of animation to hold his interest.

I wasn't a big fan of Steins;Gate 0, so hopefully the anime can make some changes to make it better. I'm not even sure which routes it'll cover. Animated Maho will be great so looking forward to it.

 

[LiK]

No he just needs like 5 frames of animation to hold his interest.

lol, ok, that made me laugh.

I wasn't a big fan of Steins;Gate 0, so hopefully the anime can make some changes to make it better. I'm not even sure which routes it'll cover. Animated Maho will be great so looking forward to it.

Animated Miho is gonna be what I'm looking for the most as well. Curious who will voice her.

 

[kiguel182]

Dan has written four books yet reading doesn't hold his interest.

He is a mysterious man.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I'm not even out of the easy stages of DJ Max.

And my arms hurt.

Man I'm so rusty. Can barely do appreggios.

Then again it's fucking tough to do appreggios on a fucking DS4, but man is it so much fun.

 

[daveo42]

I wasn't a big fan of Steins;Gate 0, so hopefully the anime can make some changes to make it better. I'm not even sure which routes it'll cover. Animated Maho will be great so looking forward to it.

I'm sure there won't be any major changes (much to the chagrin of Okabe haters), but I'm more curious how they'll handle the

Spoiler

the timeline split between answering and ignoring the call from Amadeus early on in the game, especially because they happen at about the same time while also being radically different. Plus all the extra stuff with Judy and Kagari.

I'm still interested in seeing what they do even if S;G 0 was better as a way to revisit the characters than anything else.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Dan has written four books yet reading doesn't hold his interest.

He is a mysterious man.

I'm pretty sure Dan would consider FLOOD to be a well written character (along with everyone in MGS) The man's an enigma.

 

[ev0]

Please kindly tweet articles about Wal-Mart's dark practices to Dan. This is the newest frontier on the 'make him a decent human' war. We have made progress so far, but the fight is not yet over.

I'm pretty sure Dan has regressed and New Dan is completely gone.
I've def noticed a rise in complaining about Dan's "bad" taste and him making definitive yet hypocritical statements regarding things.

That said, better than Dota

Spoiler

maybe

 

[Antiwhippy]

I'm pretty sure Dan would consider FLOOD to be a well written character (along with everyone in MGS) The man's an enigma.

Pls.

FLUDD.

Get it right gawd.

 

[daveo42]

Hearing Dan say he'll be the one playing the other Yakuza games sounds like it's a series that won't go past 0. I really hope that's part of the joke.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

Pls.

FLUDD.

Get it right gawd.

My apologies to Miyamoto San.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Man ended the night battling this song.

And I'm not even past the easy section. ;~;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0B2FxB7fs

 

[Bacon]

Dan has written four books yet reading doesn't hold his interest.

He is a mysterious man.

Writing books means he gets to talk about himself more. Reading means he has to learn about other things and people.

 

[soundtest]

Dan might have written a bunch of books but the air force gator series is basically stupider metal gear.

and that's saying a lot

 

[peaceland]

New Dan was a work.

 

[oti]

The worst thing about the Castlevania show is the terrible VO.

 

[kiguel182]

I don't think you need to read a ton to write books but the dismissive manner he talked about was definetly odd.

"If it's not cinematic and animated I'm out". Just weird. But well, tastes and all.

Also, off time in a game can definetly be worth discussing altought it's less about reading and more about being passive and I would put cutscenes in the same basket as reading while Dan loves cutscenes but hates reading for some reason.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

The worst thing about the Castlevania show is the terrible VO.

It's so fucking bad, I was surprised so many people ended up liking it. When the action picks up it's pretty cool but that doesn't happen often enough.

 

[Infinite Justice]

I'm all for this GBEAST wood working project.

150%

 

[petethepanda]

I can completely understand being put off by the visual novel style of storytelling, most of my gaming friends can't stand it.

 

[daveo42]

"Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant"
-Dan Ryckert

 

[soundtest]

Olive Garden is about as authentic an italian restaurant as taco bell is to mexican food.

 

[oti]

Dan = USA = bad

Spoiler

Haven't listened to the podcast yet. But that's true regardless of context.

 

[Lunar FC]

Olive Garden is about as authentic an italian restaurant as taco bell is to mexican food.

And they're both better than more authentic establishments.

 

[daveo42]

The only redeeming thing about Olive Garden is the breadsticks.

Dan = USA = bad

Spoiler

Haven't listened to the podcast yet. But that's true regardless of context.

We aren't all Dan. Just 80% of the population.

 

[Incandenza]

It's basically the same logic as the classic "why would you want to just WATCH someone attack" argument against RPGs, which Dan also used to subscribe to.

 

[LiK]

This week's Beastcast was really quite special between Dan's consumer/brand talk and Jeff B's bday paradox theory. Really quite special.

 

[kiguel182]

It's basically the same logic as the classic "why would you want to just WATCH someone attack" argument against RPGs, which Dan also used to subscribe to.

But he likes cutscenes! That's the part that gets me.

If he was all "action" all the time sure but he said that the lack of animation or voice acting is what he hated.

 

[Blitzrules240]

This week's Beastcast was really quite special between Dan's consumer/brand talk and Jeff B's bday paradox theory. Really quite special.

The Beastcast never fails to make me smile or laugh. I 💗 GBeast.

 

[bodyofanamerican]

The Beastcast never fails to make me smile or laugh. I �� GBeast.

Every week I'm like, "it can't be this good again", and every week it is. Crazy.

I'm only up to the Pyre talk, I really hope they address Best of Bakalar from last week at some point.

 

[Blitzrules240]

Every week I'm like, "it can't be this good again", and every week it is. Crazy.

I'm only up to the Pyre talk, I really hope they address Best of Bakalar from last week at some point.

Spoiler

They do and it gets better from there.

 

[Strax]

I'm 100% behind Dan on his Pyre take. Nothing about that game looks fun or interesting.

Dan has written four books yet reading doesn't hold his interest.

He is a mysterious man.

I'm a screenwriter and I have almost no interest in reading books. I do read children books for the kids at my job (kindergarten) but that's about it. I do however often read screenplays and long articles.

 

[imBask]

Spoiler

They do and it gets better from there.

Fantastic

 

[bodyofanamerican]

Fantastic

Dammit.

 

[LiK]

I'm 100% behind Dan on his Pyre take. Nothing about that game looks fun or interesting.

It's fun. Very fast paced matches and cool abilities.

 

[Death Metalist]

Fantastic

 

[Glass Shark]

I don't think there was anything wrong with Dan's opinion on Pyre. I think he did an adequate job explaining what parts of it he didn't like. Not every game has to be for everybody.

 

[daveo42]

That piercing talk with Vinny.

 

[LiK]

I don't think there was anything wrong with Dan's opinion on Pyre. I think he did an adequate job explaining what parts of it he didn't like. Not every game has to be for everybody.

Yup, like I said in the previous page, I understood his reasoning. It wasn't crazy or off the wall.

 

[MadLaughter]

Yup, like I said in the previous page, I understood his reasoning. It wasn't crazy or off the wall.

He held it together until the end when he said something like "I like cinematic moments, NOT STUPID CARTOONS-" but was cut off before he could dig a deeper hole.

 

[LiK]

He held it together until the end when he said something like "I like cinematic moments, NOT STUPID CARTOONS-" but was cut off before he could dig a deeper hole.

Oh shit, now I remember. lol, nm

 

[oti]

I watched Alex and Vinny telling me how awesome Pyre was and all I saw was a super boring game.

 

[Mr. F]

I don't think there was anything wrong with Dan's opinion on Pyre. I think he did an adequate job explaining what parts of it he didn't like. Not every game has to be for everybody.

I don't have an issue with the opinion (at this point in my life I probably share it) but as others mentioned there were some lame moments trying to explain it.

I get it though, I have an increasingly hard time getting invested in game stories lately.

 

[LiK]

I watched Alex and Vinny telling me how awesome Pyre was and all I saw was a super boring game.

VNs are def not great to watch unless it's fully voiced, imo.

 

[Archaix]

VNs are def not great.

👍

 

[pizzacat]

Lots of people get so mad at dan and start insulting mgs for it

Stop guys you ain't touching on the legacy

 

[oti]

VNs are def not great to watch unless it's fully voiced, imo.

The VN part seems fine, whatever. Wouldn't really expect from a QL to get into that. But the sports game? That doesn't look that great either.

 

[Tubobutts]

Lots of people get so mad at dan and start insulting mgs for it

Stop guys you ain't touching on the legacy

 

[LiK]

👍

Dammit man

The VN part seems fine, whatever. Wouldn't really expect from a QL to get into that. But the sports game? That doesn't look that great either.

I guess it doesn't look like much in the QL but I had a lot of fun with it. Controls are tight and every teammate feels different.