I don't think he's changed. He's still outspoken and very confident, while often mistaken. This week he told us TOR was successful through F2P, last week he told us EA 'lost a bunch of money' on it. I do remember the GAF meltdown over his claim GT5 isn't a system seller or whatever, but I think he was probably right there. And HD wasn't a factor for a while.
Giant Bomb Thread #4: A thread of perceived slights
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They said it'd be recorded and probably up by Monday/sometime next week.
EmCeeGramr
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The TWD QL wasn't bad because they were biased or because Patrick Is The Devil Arrrgh, it was bad because they didn't play enough to see any of the really bad stuff and they didn't even riff on the bad stuff that was already there because they were barely paying attention. It was 20 minutes of Patrick talking largely to himself about zombie stories before occasionally acting like other journalists were being too harsh on reviewing the game he's barely paid any attention to the first 20 minutes of.
Sleeplessnights
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He showed some really cool stuff but most of the games I got and was interested in were pretty popular before, like Hotline Miami.
Just this year, No Time to Explain was a Vinny thing, The Bridge was a Ryan thing, Super House of Dead Ninjas was a Vinny thing, and Alien Spidy was a Brad thing. The only indie platformer that Patrick played was Runner 2, which happens to be the best game of all of them.
A Sentient Keyboard
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Spot on.
A Sentient Keyboard
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I 106%'ed Super Meat Boy while going through bombcasts in reverse order. Now doing the same with Spelunky.
The_Hitcher89
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Are they friends with Randy Pitchford btw? Not a single mention on the Bombcast of the fallout from Aliens: Colonial Marines since the first Bombcast after it was released as far as I remember
Empty Space
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I don't think they're friends, but Pitchford is one of studio heads that is willing sit in on podcast, so they are probably less willing to hate on Gearbox since they "know" him. Let's not get ahead of ourselves though the guys outside of Patrick just don't care to talk about those things on the podcast unless it gets real bad and relative to some of other things that have already happened this year Aliens was not too terrible.
The_Hitcher89
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If they can wrangle 2 hours out of Sim City's server issues, you'd think they'd have something to say about a major publisher considering taking a major developer to court for misappropriation of funds
tell me more about your absolute rules of social interaction that are applied to every situation and must never be broken
Tell me more about straw man arguments first.
He's wrong about it being a fixed rule but you can't deny that tricky interrupts all the time on the bombcast, he talks a lot but there isn't too much substance to what he says.
Empty Space
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If they can wrangle 2 hours out of Sim City's server issues, you'd think they'd have something to say about a major publisher considering taking a major developer to court for misappropriation of funds
The fraud stuff wasn't substantiated in any way. Those were just the opinions of a low level Sega employ and not a person who would have know what had actually gone on during development for Gearbox or Sega. It doesn't seem prudent to me to give voice to somebody who for all intents and purposes was making the same assumptions that you or I would with no real inside information to back it. I imagine the guys felt the same way.
If they can wrangle 2 hours out of Sim City's server issues, you'd think they'd have something to say about a major publisher considering taking a major developer to court for misappropriation of funds
They generally don't go for the jugular. The EA/Riccitello conversation was pretty sympathetic.
The_Hitcher89
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Fair enough, was wondering why that story had run out of steam
It does seem very dodgy though. Has there ever been a situation where they have to report on something that paints a 'friend of the show' in a particularly poor light?
TheBaronOfNA
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What was before it? This week's Bombcast? They mention the hack and discovery.
I meant the Riccitello leaving stuff. The 'They had to try something to stop the dirty pirates... They were experimenting with a lot of different things... They had no choice but to try all these different business models to try and meet sales targets... etc'
Honestly, it was probably a more rational evaluation of EA's track-record than the 'WORST COMPANY IN AMERICA' side, but it was still pretty gentle.
funkystudent
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TheBaronOfNA
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The week before, at least in that they were way more apologist.
Infinite Justice
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That breastmilk took its toll i see?
But now Ryan is superimmune.
EDIT: I think he needs burping... Jeff should pat his back for a bit.
TheBaronOfNA
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I hope it was truly milk and not something else...
razgriz417
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Aw man, I really hope they recorded all of this (seeing the pic of Drew with the camera gives me hope)
Broder Salsa
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Mister Negative
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I just bought a monthly subscription after seeing clips from Unprofessional Fridays on youtube, and
What's some of the best sub-only content they've done?
the audio clip you get when you confirm your subscription confirmed I made the right choice.
What's some of the best sub-only content they've done?
Broder Salsa
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Search for phantasmagoria. All their random pc games ones are great though really.
Add Drew's North Korea visit.
Broder Salsa
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Oh yeah, forgot that completely. So different from anything they have done but also fantastic.
They do every year, should be the same this year. I think they put it up on Sunday or Monday last year.
Haha, no. That would be such a clusterfuck for programing.
Maybe if you downloaded them?
razgriz417
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Great to hear, I remembered I listened to the audio version last year, never knew it was video recorded as well. Hope the audio is better this year round
Probably, but it would be a nice thing for the customers. I've been subscribed since the first BLLSL and it would be kind of weird not to be able to watch any of that stuff. I guess I should go download some stuff.
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LifEndz
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That's my biggest complaint with Patrick is that the flow to the bombcasts and every quick look or video he's on just has a different feel to it. I differ from you in that I'd go so far as to state it is his fault because rather than hanging back and letting the show happen, he tends to over take conversations, interrupt (or flat out talk over people), and sometimes even shift topics completely in an attempt to show how much he knows about something.
razgriz417
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Hold on a sec, was jeff in cosplay at pax today?
If true, please tell me there's photos somewhere
If true, please tell me there's photos somewhere
Giantbomb fans are borderline stalkers, so I'm sure we'll get some photos.
razgriz417
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lol yea pretty much. Wonder what he decided to dress up as, didn't think he'd be the cosplay type
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