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[Heavy Iron Industries]

Gave the Abby and Ben podcast a listen.

I dont think it was very good. I just dont get the direction of it....or is it that its directionless and that's the schtick?

Either way, I wasn't a fan.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

like 2 people had light criticism on the podcast

you are ridiculous

If their criticism is anything like mine

Its worth throwing away lol.

 

[Human Trashcan]

Hey guys, remember Tender Loving Care? Now that was a good time for all.

 

[Nerokis]

Btw, anyone who plays video games for the story needs to read a god damn book, because the vast majority of video game stories fucking suck and that's just a home truth you need to accept.

I like both video game stories and books. In fact, that I like books was perhaps a big hint that I would also like stories in this other medium I enjoy. Weird how that worked out.

Ben and abby put out podcast
Half the thread manages to hate on it

Srsly guys this is ridiculous

I'm all about shitting on this toxic, disgusting, no-good thread...but this post made me laugh. Seems like a slight overreaction, which is kinda ironic when Abby's "apparently I don't like stories in games" was in response to another overreaction.

Personally, the Babbycast was a fun listen and I'm all in, but I can see where some of the "criticism" is coming from. As many times as Abby has managed to make me laugh over the past couple months (Margaret included), I've noticed her approach to improv is a bit different from what I'm used to. Not necessarily in a bad way. I'm more used to things like Comedy Bang Bang, which manage to be both grounded in reality and absolutely ridiculous, while Abby sometimes defaults straight to ridiculousness. Probably easier to carry a 30 minute plus podcast with a little less of that.

Still, it was their first go at this, and it made for a quick ~37 minutes. Helps that Ben and Abby are great together in general.

 

[kingocfs]

"I bought stuff in preparation for this promotion."

 

[wenis]

You could always buy a neon Joy-Con bundle down the line. Having grey as a base option is pretty good. You can also wait for more colours to come out.

Like the goat.

if they did that, I'd pee myself a little. I still have mine.

 

[kiguel182]

At least you guys aren’t hating on ketchup again. Those were dark times.

 

[Zaph]

I'm not sure what's worse, Ben's incredible disrespect towards the two remaining Gamespot employees, or Abby talking awful shit about us even though this thread is full of compliments.

Honestly, they should both be fired immediately.

 

[OdysseusVA]

I'm not sure what's worse, Ben's incredible disrespect towards the two remaining Gamespot employees, or Abby talking awful shit about us even though this thread is full of compliments.

Honestly, they should both be fired immediately.

Very unprofessional

We're all peers and should be sticking together

 

[brainzelda]

I'm not sure what's worse, Ben's incredible disrespect towards the two remaining Gamespot employees, or Abby talking awful shit about us even though this thread is full of compliments.

Honestly, they should both be fired immediately.

Honestly I think this speaks more to the poor decision-making and arrogance of Jeff Gerstmann. He should pack it up.

 

[imBask]

I'm not sure what's worse, Ben's incredible disrespect towards the two remaining Gamespot employees, or Abby talking awful shit about us even though this thread is full of compliments.

Honestly, they should both be fired immediately.

Very unprofessional

We're all peers and should be sticking together

i'm buying the Gianter Bomb domain as we speak, WHO'S WITH ME

 

[kiguel182]

I'm not sure what's worse, Ben's incredible disrespect towards the two remaining Gamespot employees, or Abby talking awful shit about us even though this thread is full of compliments.

Honestly, they should both be fired immediately.

Starting a petition as we speak.

 

[soundtest]

i know it's often asked but has ben worked more this year than brad has in the last 5?

 

[oti]

if they did that, I'd pee myself a little. I still have mine.

I mean that must be in the cards, right? The way Nintendo is pumping out those colours, translucent has got to be somewhere. Maybe with Metroid, would fit in a way.

 

[brainzelda]

i know it's often asked but has ben worked more this year than brad has in the last 5?

I mean when you give your two weeks like Brad did recently, you tend to wind it down pretty hard. I don't blame him.

 

[CypherSignal]

Honestly I think this speaks more to the poor decision-making and arrogance of Jeff Gerstmann. He should pack it up.

Given how much content Ben's been in, the whole site has been Packing up.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

People say it's super easy to swap out the Joycon cases, and you can buy them on eBay for cheap. I'm thinking of making some custom ones.

 

[Liquid Shake]

i know it's often asked but has ben worked more this year than brad has in the last 5?

Need I remind you that you're right about one thing, nobody in this thread has any fucking idea what or how much Brad does here.

 

[imBask]

Ben is in everything, and he's learning some production stuff so...

don't be surprised if Jeff retires next year and puts Ben in charge, I think it's a safe prediction to make

 

[Twin Tails]

Give me mondota tuesdota wednesdota thursdota fridota

 

[xxracerxx]

Ben is in everything, and he's learning some production stuff so...

don't be surprised if Jeff retires next year and puts Ben in charge, I think it's a safe prediction to make

You guys are the fucking worst.

 

[Lunar FC]

Murder Island moved back 30 mins? Surely because they're working on getting all 4 pov's right? 🤞

 

[kiguel182]

Murder Island moved back 30 mins? Surely because they're working on getting all 4 pov's right? 🤞

They are trying to replace both Abby and Brad who just quit after reading this thread.

Abby is preparing her apologies to GAF as we speak.

 

[Lari]

Murder has to start on the dot, not at :30.

 

[jaina]

They are trying to replace both Abby and Brad who just quit after reading this thread.

Abby is preparing her apologies to GAF as we speak.

I hope she releases her statement in the original Japanese, GAF doesn't want any censorship.

 

[LurkerPrime]

DotA content is slowly overtaking the site. In the past few weeks it has doubled.

If this trend continues... well... I fear for Giant Bomb.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

The return of a DOTA feature is like the monkey's paw effect of wanting more Brad content.

 

[RumbleHumble]

Brad's leaving? About time! Now we can have more DOTA content on this video game web site.

 

[KillerDark]

I'll take whatever Brad content we can get! I enjoyed the dota streams so far, hope they keep working on improving and trying to make it more accessible. I used to play dota so not as much of an issue for me but I know why it would be hard to follow if you have no experience playing it.

 

[imBask]

You guys are the fucking worst.

Spoiler

i'm fairly obviously kidding

 

[xxracerxx]

Spoiler

i'm fairly obviously kidding

I know.

 

[HappenstanceUK]

The "Brads leaving" joke and asking what Brad actually do should be a bannable offense in this thread going forward.

 

[KingKong]

very funny

*checks website*

 

[imBask]

The "Brads leaving" joke and asking what Brad actually do should be a bannable offense in this thread going forward.

hi Brad

 

[Twin Tails]

hi Brad

hi Brad

 

[daveo42]

Abby putting gaf on her shit list. We deserve it.

 

[Zaph]

The infection is spreading 🤢

 

[jaina]

Vinny has made it clear that jokes about Brad's employment status and tasks make him sad. And that doesn't even cover Brad's feelings.

Which is why I moved on to joking about the website search functionality. And requesting more premium features with Brad.

 

[Death Metalist]

Not going to be able to catch Murder Island live today but I'm looking forward to the archive. Hope it's a good one!

 

[KillerDark]

Not going to be able to catch Murder Island live today but I'm looking forward to the archive. Hope it's a good one!

Hopefully its super spicy!

 

[Lari]

I hope for 30 minutes of looting and 30 seconds of dying.

 

[Hellsing321]

The infection is spreading 🤢

I know. PUBG is like a plague. It kills every Monday it touches.

 

[LurkerPrime]

Brad, Vinny, Jeff, and someone else dream team pls. That chicken dinner is in sight today.

Feast and be merry.

 

[Teddified]

Murder

 

[soundtest]

Brad, Vinny, Jeff, and someone else dream team pls. That chicken dinner is in sight today.

Feast and be merry.

Dan seems to last deep into most matches and he has had one pollo dinner

the only thing is that he is cowardly.

 

[LiK]

Murder Island is Mondays now?

 

[daveo42]

The infection is spreading 🤢

Kingdom Heartache replaced with DailyDOTA. Bombcast replaced by DailyDOTA. All content at West is now DailyDOTA.

 

[kiguel182]

I don't like "Brad is leaving" jokes, I shouldn't have done it. My bad.

 

[Volcynika]

Murder Island is Mondays now?

It has always been Mondays!

 

[Teddified]

Murder Island is Mondays now?

? it was always on monday.