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[funkystudent]

They extended it when the new design launched.

They extended memberships across the board by two weeks because of the rocky relaunch of the site.

so the site was rocky for a weekend and I get 2 weeks extra.

Sounds cool to be.


And why do we have to swap out Vinny for the Track IR game.

Edit. DECENT II!

 

[Infinite Justice]

Patrick got told LOL

 

[KingKong]

I missed it, what game are they playing?

oh Descent, ok

 

[Salsa]

oh god those effects look awful

 

[Rapstah]

The Source Engine in all its grace, you guys.

 

[Mesoian]

Drew is just like "Motherfuckers...."

 

[Lonestar]

GB getting closer to that Freespace 1 and 2 ER package.

 

[Kelas]

This is getting weird.

 

[NightmareTrigger]

sk4te PS4/loop launch game please

 

[Lonestar]

"writing a review"

 

[Salsa]

guys we are witnessing THE PROCESS

 

[f0rk]

This has not been an Unprofessional Friday for the history books

 

[justjim89]

Missed most of the stream. What games have been played and by who?

 

[Salsa]

always wanted Skate to come to PC

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Missed most of the stream. What games have been played and by who?

Some X-Files FMV game (Patrick)
Condemned 2 (Ryan)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate (Vinny)
Descent II (Drew)
Skate 3 (Jeff)

 

[Hot Coldman]

This has not been an Unprofessional Friday for the history books

Stream's been sleepy as all hell

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Some X-Files FMV game (Patrick)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate (Vinny)
Descent II (Drew)
Skate # (Jeff)

Condemned 2 Ryan

 

[NightmareTrigger]

Missed most of the stream. What games have been played and by who?

Patrick played the X-Files fmv game, Ryan played some Condemned 2, Vinny played some Castlevania Mirror of Fate, and Drew played some Descent 2

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Condemned 2 Ryan

That's right, thanks. Pretty much was just the bear segment of that game.

 

[Technosteve]

skate probably one of the franchise that i loved this generation

too bad black box is dead

 

[Lonestar]

Yakety Sax makes everything 3.6 times better.

 

[def sim]

Finding out lil wayne is dead in the giant bomb chat while this whole thing is going on is bizarre.

 

[Lonestar]

Finding out lil wayne is dead in the giant bomb chat while this whole thing is going on is bizarre.

Hmmm

 

[GazzaScotland]

Finding out lil wayne is dead in the giant bomb chat while this whole thing is going on is bizarre.

What?

 

[Rapstah]

skate probably one of the franchise that i loved this generation

too bad black box is dead

I'm sure we'll get Skate! Social in 2015.

 

[Salsa]

Finding out lil wayne is dead in the giant bomb chat while this whole thing is going on is bizarre.

kinda up in the air still isnt it

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

I missed a bunch. Just started watching with yakety sax playing lol

 

[def sim]

kinda up in the air still isnt it

Yeah, I'm reading up on it right now. What an unfortunate situation.

Also, possibly fake?

 

[FStop7]

Lil Wayne reportedly in critical condition. Hopefully this isn't too disturbing for the GB crew so soon after the loss of Paul Bearer.

 

[Salsa]

I like how someone kicked in a kanye west song the moment lil wayne died

 

[mavs]

Unprofessional.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

What song is Vinny playing?

 

[Thatoneguy64]

Hot review spoilers:

 

[def sim]

What song is Vinny playing?

I wasn't paying attention to the last 30 minutes, but Goodbye Horses is stuck in my head right now and that could be it.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Sounds like it's gonna be a quiet couple of weeks.

 

[Hot Coldman]

I like how someone kicked in a kanye west song the moment lil wayne died

maybe they're like me and they know literally zero Lil Wayne songs

 

[A Pretty Panda]

I've heard some Lil' Wayne and I'm glad they didn't play any Lil' Wayne songs.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Hot review spoilers:

Sounds like a 4 or 5/5.

Brad thinks HOTS is pretty good, and if you like StarCraft II you'll like HOTS.

Spoiler

Surprise!!

 

[BearPawB]

I like how someone kicked in a kanye west song the moment lil wayne died

Apparently TMZ was wrong, lots of reports that he is fine.

Also, i think the control room didn't hear that part of what brad said.
No way that was intentional, they were just trying to put on some good hall of meat tunes.

 

[HotHamWater]

Sounds like it's gonna be a quiet couple of weeks.

The potential of dev podcasts (and possibly streams) at GDC outweighs any video content they could do, for me.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

The one where Nappa suplexed Gabe and the ring broke?

If that's what you're talking about, it's very rare for AI to do it.

It's rare because a super-heavyweight must be involved and you need to store 5 finishers to activate it. You need to store 3 finishers for the smaller moments like breaking the ringside barrier. I think the table breaking one just needs 1 finisher.

There's a variation of the ring breaker for the lighter wrestlers though that we have yet to see in a VGCW match.

 

[Pepboy]

Maxwell really fits in with the Giant bomb crew. He's the right kind of crazy. I fully support his jumping ship to GB once Brad leaves.

So is it confirmed that Brad is leaving? Also, are there conflicts within the GB crew? I really like them and think they have something special going on, I hope interpersonal relations aren't causing some leaks in the hull.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Yeah, Brad's probably going to talk about his departure at PAX.

 

[Tan]

Maaan, listening to the Patrick's interview dumptruck. Super weird hearing Patrick talking so formally introducing that thing.

 

[Chuck]

So is it confirmed that Brad is leaving? Also, are there conflicts within the GB crew? I really like them and think they have something special going on, I hope interpersonal relations aren't causing some leaks in the hull.

-_____________________-

 

[Vire]

Hot review spoilers:

Brad likes a Blizzard game?

*Gasp*

Still amazed at the lack of criticisms for their piss poor storytelling.

 

[BearPawB]

Brad likes a Blizzard game?

*Gasp*

Still amazed at the lack of criticisms for their piss poor storytelling.

If you read it it sounds like he has story complaints

 

[sixghost]

Brad likes a Blizzard game?

*Gasp*

Still amazed at the lack of criticisms for their piss poor storytelling.

It's easy to excuse terrible story and dialogue when the gameplay is still among the best in it's genre, or in video games period. I'll take a game like Starcraft, Vanquish, Bayonetta, or Dark Souls with bad or nonexistent story if the gameplay is top class.

 

[Vire]

It's easy to excuse terrible story and dialogue when the gameplay is still among the best in it's genre, or in video games period. I'll take a game like Starcraft, Vanquish, Bayonetta, or Dark Souls with bad or nonexistent story if the gameplay is top class.

I wouldn't have a problem with it if Blizzard didn't beat you over the head with. That's the sad part, they think their stories are compelling.

This is the one time I agree with Tom Chick's review...

http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2013/03/14/does-starcraft-ii-really-need-heart-of-the-swarm/

The campaign doesn’t help matters, especially if you go in with the sort of open mind that requires forgetting the original game’s campaign, or at least some optimism that Blizzard is going to try to do it less awful this time around. Once again, Blizzard unfurls a set of units in a set of missions that barely relate to the actual game (what does it say about me that I consider the skirmish and multiplayer the “actual game”, but I’m not dedicated enough to make any sort of meaningful judgment about how the new units affect balance?). And once again, the campaign is poorly written, poorly acted, erratically paced, full of pointless upgrades and meaningless choices, crammed full of overproduced cutscenes that fail to relate to the gameplay, and without a shred of creative insight into how to use a real time strategy game to tell a story, much less how to get me to click “next mission” without heaving a tired sigh. For all their incomparable game design smarts, Blizzard remains one of the worst storytellers in the business, partly for how hard they try and mostly for how spectacularly they fail.

 

[nbthedude]

The GB crew has generally been very transparent. If they are waiting until after PAX to announce Brad's departure, I think that is a pretty terrible thing to do.

I get that people change and situitions change, but they don't have to hide it from us as if we are kids.