Ventilaator
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Yep, it was. With the world and atmosphere the game had, it would have to try very hard to make that stuff actually annoying.
Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad
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Yep, it was. With the world and atmosphere the game had, it would have to try very hard to make that stuff actually annoying.
One of the worst things in RDR was the 2 second animation for looting bodies.
Hunting was great, I agree!
And off the topic of RDR. Do you guys think Fear Effect 1&2 in their cases with instructions is worth $10. I have always wanted to play the games.
The thing to remember about the Sausalito basement era is that, for the majority of the GB crew, they had worked for the same giant company for most of their adult lives. So parting ways with Gamespot and going indie was probably equal parts scary/exciting. IMO, that 'energy' is what comes across when watching early GB videos (not saying their current stuff is bad, just different).
If you've ever worked at a startup, you'll see the exact same thing. Initially everyone is full of adrenaline and excitement but eventually you realise old problems have been replaced by new, different problems and the only way to deal with it is to find a sustainable middle-ground otherwise you'll just burn yourself out.
Thank fuck. Hopefully they'll take advantage of Akamai's worldwide mirroring abilities.
Majima Everywhere System
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It did try hard. It also succeeded.
TheLegendOfMart
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Yeah Jeff, jab that Star Trek a Final Unity.
I lost my shit when I got that for christmas as a kid, proper high budget adventure game.
I lost my shit when I got that for christmas as a kid, proper high budget adventure game.
terrdactycalsrock
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Im super curious about the video editing process. What is involved in running a live stream? What are they doing to quick looks when they edit them?
They absolutely were a blast to do. A testament to the great atmosphere of the game if you ask me. Of course you probably approached them like others did, not as a distraction from the main quest that happened naturally as you explored the world, but as to-do list you thought you had to complete all in one sitting (plus maybe you didn't know about bait =/).
The only animal that was kinda hard to find were beavers iirc, and not even. Plus, you know side-missions, as in entirely optional, only needed for like 1 outfit or to boost your challenge meter. There's a bunch of other stuff like hideouts, bounties, mini games, stranger missions, random events or just fooling around cracking safes and putting nuns in railroad tracks if that was your thing.
You people are nuts, just sitting on a cliff listening to the soundtrack watching the sun come up was a joy in itself; an experience worth more than many other games this gen. And this is coming from a guy who hates how scripted, directed and "cinematic" games like Uncharted tend to be.
Awesome, awesome game ;P
For sure. There's no challenge with it enabled.
Final Unity was fucking amazing, and I didn't even watch Star Trek. I remember having to do some weird software hack on my Mac because it didn't have a the required FPU or some shit.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Sleeping Dogs- now that's an open world game I've played.
Infinite Justice
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http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-kentucky-route-zero/17-6940/
very interesting and it looks to be another game where Patrick's quicklook of it convinces Ryan to check it out.
very interesting and it looks to be another game where Patrick's quicklook of it convinces Ryan to check it out.
Typographenia
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Patrick's final face's of death series is up. It looks like a beast!
Faces of Death: Part 5 (Walking Dead Episode 5 spoilers)
Faces of Death: Part 5 (Walking Dead Episode 5 spoilers)
CambriaRising
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That Kentucky Route Zero game looks pretty awesome. Greenlight it guys!
's gonna be so good
Vinny better be there
He also posted a 20 minute interview with the creator of Spelunky on seaserpent. Good stuff from Tricky today.
http://seaserpent.giantbomb.com/podcasts/interview-dumptruck/
Zen_Arcade
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Game rules so far and provides a lot of situations for hilarity. Can't wait.
vitaminwateryum
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Oh my god. Brad posted one of his college papers.
giant_frying_pan
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I think the only odd thing with your dislike of Red Dead and specifically the *mechanics* of Red Dead is that a game like Saints Row The Third, while awesome, also has pretty average gameplay mechanics. Is it just that Red Dead's are...average-er? Because I thought they were pretty interesting, if not entirely slick.
Antiwhippy
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Oh lawd, it's anarchy reigns for TNT.
Should be fun to watch.
Should be fun to watch.
Dark Schala
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Oooooh. I haven't read an English paper in so long that I've forgotten most of the aspects of MLA citation. Way too used to APA and Chicago at this point.
Still, reading any sort of college/uni paper tickles my fancy. I'm curious to check out the source he used, though, and also to check out the original Japanese source at least for the sake of seeing whether or not syllabic flow is the same in the original and the English translation. Translators can do some really cute things when they feel like it.
Also, I appreciate macron usage. Latin translators and scholars usually like to neglect it in writing because the source Classical Latin variant never had macrons (I know this was about Japanese, but I couldn't help but to draw the comparison because that's the major language I studied in my undergrad). Oh, and I really appreciate proper syntax and grammar (even if one of the sentences at the beginning, for example, lacked flow). I feel like I read a paper from a different time (well, you know what I mean) because a lot of the papers I edit now don't look so well-presented like that.
Oooooh. I haven't read an English paper in so long that I've forgotten most of the aspects of MLA citation. Way too used to APA and Chicago at this point.
Still, reading any sort of college/uni paper tickles my fancy. I'm curious to check out the source he used, though, and also to check out the original Japanese source at least for the sake of seeing whether or not syllabic flow is the same in the original and the English translation. Translators can do some really cute things when they feel like it.
Also, I appreciate macron usage. Latin translators and scholars usually like to neglect it in writing because the source Classical Latin variant never had macrons (I know this was about Japanese, but I couldn't help but to draw the comparison because that's the major language I studied in my undergrad). Oh, and I really appreciate proper syntax and grammar (even if one of the sentences at the beginning, for example, lacked flow). I feel like I read a paper from a different time (well, you know what I mean) because a lot of the papers I edit now don't look so well-presented like that.
Holy shit. That paper is 12 years old this month.
I think I just came to grips with my own mortality in a NeoGAF post.
Felix Lighter
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I know the feeling. When I think about college, it seems like yesterday but it's slowly sinking in that I graduated over a decade ago. I see cousins that I thought of as little kids graduating from high school but they still look like kids to me. Very weird.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Wait until people realize that they've been browsing NeoGAF for almost a decade (sometimes more) now.
Dark Schala
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Don't worry. GAF makes me feel old a lot, and I'm not even old. :|
I'm being honest, though; your paper was refreshing (despite being proofread prior to submission, most likely) because in terms of syntax, tone, and persuasion, it's a bit of a far cry than some of the papers I've read and edited in recent years. I'm not entirely sure as to why, but for some of the argumentative papers I've read, power, persuasion, and analysis feel somewhat weak or the papers' bodies generally feel like they lack some sort of confidence (I guess; not the word I wanted to use) behind the words the author has written.
I originally started out on IRC, talking to all the people who got me into games writing
let's see
SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO
If you need me I'll be in bed, whimpering under the covers.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Brad do you prefer KFC or Popeyes?
HamPster PamPster
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He must be getting his writing samples in order. Brad is leaving giantbomb
Jeff went too far on the bombcast this week
Typographenia
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Fantastic! I saw Drew mentioning he was playing mech warrior earlier, so I guess it will be him manning the station on that one.
i cannot even imagine that. you are all man.
MuddyDonut
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I loved the Anarchy Reigns japanese demo, but I did notice some live steamers being super frustrated with it. Hopefully they are prepared to get their assess whupped repeatedly, even more so than in other online games.
Riposte
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Even I find Anarchy Reigns frustrating. If they get in a room with a few people who know what they are doing it might get real ugly. They should play one of the novelty modes, like Death Ball or w/e.
You should not be afraid of mortality but rather cherish it for this is one true egalitarian force on this planet. It doesn't matter if you are the rich or poor, powerful or powerless, good or bad, one day everyone is going to die. The clock is ticking for everyone. There is no institution more utopian than death. It ought to bring a sense of peace rather than fear and despair in your heart.
I appreciate this view and wish I could share it more readily, but it's the final cessation of consciousness, the destruction of the ego that is so hard to grapple with. The idea of giving up all that you have, from a cognitive standpoint, is hard to accept. It makes me shudder.
Sorry what's this thread about again?
Dark Schala
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It's clearly a peer-support group thread.
Typographenia
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Something about preventing ants from getting into electronic devices, I think.
I'm having a hard time wrapping my idiot monkey brain around that philosophy. "Death's cool because its inevitable!" is what I'm reading and my immediate reaction is "fuck that shit"
holy shit
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