DanLongman
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yeah itunes tracks new subs on short (weekly?) window. not really a good metric.
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Piston Hyundai
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yeah and the Game Informer Show is 61st and that's like the best podcast out of all of them
so something's got to be fucked up on their end, right folks
so something's got to be fucked up on their end, right folks
Big Business clearly taking off this week then.
Did you recently subscribe after many years?
Piston Hyundai
Member
nah, I have a spine 😏
but no seriously I haven't gotten an issue from them in like six years
OdysseusVA
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r u the cute avatar
nckillthegrimace
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Why is Car Talk always at the top of the games and hobbies section? There haven't been new episodes for like five years.
stump sock
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i know i am
VeryGooster
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I would probably listen to this https://twitter.com/ybbaaabby/status/892504562468302848
Click and clack will help people with their beat up 2002 Camry till time itself whithers and fades
The Bombcast is definetly at its weakest point since I started to listen (like two years ago or something). No Dan and Drew really hurt it. It isnt as funny as before and their discussions arent that engaging that can make up for that. I like Ben but asking him to replace both Drew and Dan is a big task. Their will be another hire so we will have to see how it goes then.
Also, theres more talk about fighting games and that just isnt good for me.
Edit: Golden era beast cast is still untouchable. Austin is really good at talking about video games and also really funny. The new beastcast is still hilarious but obviously not as insightful.
Also, theres more talk about fighting games and that just isnt good for me.
Edit: Golden era beast cast is still untouchable. Austin is really good at talking about video games and also really funny. The new beastcast is still hilarious but obviously not as insightful.
VyechnayaSlava
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The biggest issue with the Bombcast right now is that there's no foil to Old Man Gerstmann
Fried Food
Banned
very nice lol
Ryan knew him forever. Who else could come in and challenge him at this point?
Oh man, you need to go back and listen to the Dan Bombcasts. Stories about eating egg shells, eating from shoeboxes, classmates getting their crotch protectors smashed, discussions about poop particles...
Fun times.
It would probably have to be someone with as much experience as Jeff, like Kasavin over at Supergiant.
avengers23
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Knowing Dan, he'll tell her to watch Crystal Skull.
I think the Bombcast is as strong as it's been since Vinny went east. Jeff is as good as ever, Ben is both funny and has diverse taste in games, and Brad is a solid host.
I'll add, there's no way the Bombcast is as low as it was during the last weeks of the Jeff-hosting era. He didn't have any enthusiasm for it, Dan wasn't in yet, Brad seemed sleepy, and Vinny was in NY. It was pretty boring.
Incidentally, I had to check the dates to get the era right and it looks like Brad took over the Bombcast three years ago yesterday.
I'll add, there's no way the Bombcast is as low as it was during the last weeks of the Jeff-hosting era. He didn't have any enthusiasm for it, Dan wasn't in yet, Brad seemed sleepy, and Vinny was in NY. It was pretty boring.
Incidentally, I had to check the dates to get the era right and it looks like Brad took over the Bombcast three years ago yesterday.
Piston Hyundai
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this is immediately what my mind went to when somebody was in the thread earlier talking about how Dan was off to a shaky start on the Bombcast
like, are you crazy
EDIT: oh wait it was just Antiwhippy trying to make Ben look better by pretending Dan wasn't great from the jump
OdysseusVA
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WHIPPY BTFO
Fried Food
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retro game talk on bombcast? They don't want me to listen do they?
Antiwhippy
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Mate do you actually go back to listen to the entire run like i did? Because trust me, I've listened to a lot of old Bombcasts because i need something to listen to at work.
Did you actually read what i wrote?
Are you going to deny that Dan back then wasn't just about talking about his games, talking about his crazy stories, and then clamming up about things he wasn't familiar about?
I would actually like a discussion instead of the usual hit and run.
Piston Hyundai
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Dan talking about shit he wasn't familiar about were some of the best parts of early Bombcasts (talking about sous-vide but calling it "Savio Vega" and shit like that). Dude maybe wouldn't speak up on games he hadn't played, but I'd rather that than having him talking about stuff he'd heard about games on Twitter, a-la Brad.
nckillthegrimace
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Dan sometimes said so little during the news segment that I thought he had left.
Karspankey
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Good to see Peter was on today's Bombcast. Some of my favorites have been ones he's been on!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That shit ain't what I'm talking about mate. I'm talking about how he would be mostly absent during news segments, or whenever someone talked about a game he isn't in tune with.
The crazy stories are great, trust me, i loved them, but back then people called it the brad and Jeff show for a reason, because they were dominating the conversation a lot more than dan and drew did.
It's a more even discussion now, which i like. I'm not even saying i dislike that period of podcasts, because it certainly had moments. If anything i like it too. But those are the facts of how i percieve the podcast during that period.
I think dan is much improved as a podcaster fwiw.
Piston Hyundai
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I dunno, maybe it's just easy to forget about that stuff because of how many good moments we had in spite of it (as opposed to now, where pretty much everything on the Bombcast is forgettable).
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
And that's fair. Certainly there are quite a number of highlights but as someone who did go back to listen to that period because i like to listen to my Bombcasts in sets (kinda like an album) the conversations when Dan started definitely felt more awkward.
I'm warming up to the current lineup but whatever, I'm not actually that interested in trying to convince you to like something you don't.
I'm warming up to the current lineup but whatever, I'm not actually that interested in trying to convince you to like something you don't.
Basileus777
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The bombcast as a whole was awkward in that era, it often turned into Brad and Jeff segments. Brad is a much better host now than he was then and Dan has better chemistry with the Beastcast crew than he ever did on the bombcast.
I always knew Destiny was closeted. Good for them for being honest with themselves and the world.
Death Metalist
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Aw yeah, PETERcast! Garunteed old games and old systems talk. Can't wait to listen.
So darn CUTE.
Dangansona
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Meguro is a God. I think Alleycat is my favorite from P5.
Absolutely my favorite composer nowadays.
Remember when Brad somehow managed to save Destiny from winning biggest disappointment as well as finagling it onto the Top 10 back in 2014? Good times
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Karspankey
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Wasn't that Bakalar?
Hellsing321
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Yeah both the Beastcast and Bombcast are better now with where Dan is now.
No, Peter decided to spoil the best moment of the year (so far) in a game released that week. Still salty.
Karspankey
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Oh, I'm assuming Nier? I thought it was on the Beastcast since I don't listen to it. Slipped past me somehow; my bad!
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