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Danny O'Dwyer ‏@dannyodwyer 3m minutes ago San Francisco, CA

AKIRA

Dan Ryckert, Drew Scanlon and Jason Oestreicher

Must be the part when

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Tetsuo's guts fall out

Vinny grew his hair back!

 

[Kirlia]

I think I've said this before, but I was 7 years old when I saw my first anime, Akira. The scene with Tetsuo's mutating arm changed me for life.

I didn't see it until a few years ago, but the scene

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where Kaori gets crushed in Tetsuo's mutating body

scarred me JUST a tad in the head.

I'm reading the manga currently, and enjoying it, although a friend of mine told me that "it's great until it isn't" and that I'll be able to tell when it starts sucking.

 

[Blastoise]

What a bunch of bros.

 

[Renpatsu]

I didn't see it until a few years ago, but the scene

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where Kaori gets crushed in Tetsuo's mutating body

scarred me JUST a tad in the head.

Yep, that was the scene that got me.

 

[danm999]

I have played 3 hours of Assassin's Creed Unity.

it's destined (tehe) to win most disappointing game of the year.

It sounds like it's got the poor quality part down, but was there much hype for it amongst the GB Staff?

 

[Antiwhippy]

Still haven't watched akira.

Dan should watch FLCL and get his mind blown.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Be sure to try Parasyte.

Already read the manga but i might check the anime out to see how well they adapted it.

 

[Kirlia]

Dan should watch FLCL and get his mind blown.

I'd be a little surprised if he didn't like that one.

 

[EdReedFan20]

I wonder if they'll do an LBP3 Quick-Look. Alex seemed somewhat interested in it.

 

[Kirlia]

Yep, that was the scene that got me.

And you saw that when you were seven? Damn, no wonder it changed you.

 

[Das Ace]

I have played 3 hours of Assassin's Creed Unity.

it's destined (tehe) to win most disappointing game of the year.

AC going from most surprising to most disappointing in a year would almost make Destiny loosing out worth it.

Almost.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Dan should give his thoughts in here plus watch more anime

 

[Jintor]

cartoons are for kids man

TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Renpatsu]

Put me down as a subscriber to the Super Mario World 1 Point Scale.

 

[Twin Tails]

"Akira makes Metal Gear look like Commando." - Dan Ryckert

 

[Lijik]

Are the people you push in AC unity straight up vanishing a common bug, because I skipped to around 21 minutes and noticed that happening a couple of times and neither of them commented on it.

 

[Kirlia]

"Akira makes Metal Gear look like Commando." -@DanRyckert

...is that good or bad?

"Akira makes Metal Gear look like Commando." - Dan Ryckert

AGH, BEATEN. But seriously, is that good or bad?

 

[DrFunk]

it's between Akira and End of Evangelion as to which movie fucked with my head the most

 

[grapetile]

"Akira makes Metal Gear look like Commando." - Dan Ryckert

I wish I knew if this was good or bad!
Akira is good, Metal Gear is good, Commando is good...

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Akira dub is bad. There was some really important details ripped out.

Animation is amazing though.

 

[Kirlia]

Akira dub is bad. There was some really important details ripped out.

Animation is amazing though.

Both dubs?

Also, Danny said on Twitter that Dan wasn't expecting Akira to be so weird. Still don't know if that's good or bad (or both).

 

[SteveWinwood]

it's between Akira and End of Evangelion as to which movie fucked with my head the most

Akira is just a movie to me. EoE is a whole other thing.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I like how so many people really want dan to like anime.

 

[Basileus777]

"Akira makes Metal Gear look like Commando." - Dan Ryckert

Is he using Commando as an example of a more grounded film? Only Dan.

 

[Kirlia]

I like how so many people really want dan to like anime.

It's more of not wanting him to dismiss all anime as dumb or

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for jerks

.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Well dan better be careful about watching too much anime, or else this will happen.

 

[KnightHart]

I didn't see it until a few years ago, but the scene

Spoiler

where Kaori gets crushed in Tetsuo's mutating body

scarred me JUST a tad in the head.

When I saw that scene as a kid I actually had to think about what the fuck just happened in that scene (because I was a kid and stupid) and only after a while did I start realizing and freaking out over how fucked it was.

At the risk of this devolving back into anime wars, Dan should watch Redline. It's the kind of stupid fun that he'd enjoy.

I watched Redline with my parents. Even they thought the the song 'Yellow Line' was incredible in its own weird way. There's no way someone can watch Redline and not have that song play in their head at the mere thought of "Oh yeah REDLINE... UNTZ UNTZ UNTZ"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doEwWzMz99A

 

[Keyser Soze]

So, I spend one day away from the Internet, and all of gaming has blown up it seems. God dammit Ubisoft.

...and I feel I have about 8 hours of GB/GS content to look at too. Two Podcast, Patrick QnA, Bombin, Metal Gear?!, Ass Creed QL.. Might watch The Lobby and Ass Creed Now Playing on GS too. HELP ME.

*starts AltF1*

 

[Kirlia]

When I saw that scene as a kid I actually had to think about what the fuck just happened in that scene (because I was a kid and stupid) and only after a while did I start realizing and freaking out over how fucked it was.

If there's one scene in Akira that I want to know how Dan reacted to, it's that one.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Both dubs?

Wait there was more than one?

 

[Antiwhippy]

It's more of not wanting him to dismiss all anime as dumb or

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for jerks

.

Eh, I don't think if he was serious at all about that, or even if it's possible to take him seriously about that.

 

[Jintor]

Also, from a storytelling standpoint, the Akira movie is kind of rubbish

cool-ass scenes though

 

[Keyser Soze]

I wish there was some outlet that chose explain everything that happened yesterday in one small article. Also, this image keeps haunting me...

 

[LyleLanley]

The amount Alex uses Eagle Vision in the Assassin's Creed Quick Look is really annoying.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

I wish there was some outlet that chose explain everything that happened yesterday in one small article. Also, this image keeps haunting me...

 

[Kirlia]

That is pretty accurate.

 

[adamantypants]

I like how so many people really want dan to like anime.

Dan's favorite games are things like Metal Gear and Bayonetta. If you could distill anime and put it in video game form, those two games are definitely on the list.

So, I spend one day away from the Internet, and all of gaming has blown up it seems. God dammit Ubisoft.

...and I feel I have about 8 hours of GB/GS content to look at too. Two Podcast, Patrick QnA, Bombin, Metal Gear?!, Ass Creed QL.. Might watch The Lobby and Ass Creed Now Playing on GS too. HELP ME.

*starts AltF1*

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

The amount Alex uses Eagle Vision in the Assassin's Creed Quick Look is really annoying.

It wouldn't be so bad, but GBEast doesn't have their console recording stuff quite sorted yet, resulting in a ton of artifacting.

 

[Rhaknar]

its amazing how uninformed they are about the whole "ubi games on steam" thing. I know I should be used to stuff like that, but sometimes it bothers me more than usual, and this is one of those times

 

[jgminto]

Well dan better be careful about watching too much anime, or else this will happen.

Awesome to see the finished version. Lisa did a great job.

 

[Alfredo]

Awesome to see the finished version. Lisa did a great job.

I love that Dan signed it.

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It's secretly his approval of anime

 

[shwimpy]

Anyone else bummed out that we will rarely, if ever get Vinny and Dan in the same room? A magical duo they would be.

 

[Kirlia]

Anyone else bummed out that we will rarely, if ever get Vinny and Dan in the same room? A magical duo they would be.

Have we ever? If we have, it must have been before Dan joined Giant Bomb. I really want to see them collaborate on something some day!

 

[so1337]

Also, from a storytelling standpoint, the Akira movie is kind of rubbish

cool-ass scenes though

Eh, it's kind of tame compared to the manga. Now we're talking rubbish.

 

[Turnstyle]

Am I going nuts, or was there originally another Binding of Patrick on the schedule for this week? I'm playing through it at the moment, so I was looking forward to seeing Patrick do a few runs.

I watched last weeks once, but I could have sworn there was another video lined up.

 

[Alfredo]

Am I going nuts, or was there originally another Binding of Patrick on the schedule for this week? I'm playing through it at the moment, so I was looking forward to seeing Patrick do a few runs.

I watched last weeks once, but I could have sworn there was another video lined up.

There was supposed to be one on Monday, but he ran into technical issues and had to cancel it. You can find the shambles of it on the Giant Bomb twitch archive, but he didn't really get much playing done. Hopefully he'll come back to it soon.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Am I going nuts, or was there originally another Binding of Patrick on the schedule for this week? I'm playing through it at the moment, so I was looking forward to seeing Patrick do a few runs.

I watched last weeks once, but I could have sworn there was another video lined up.

that was supposed to be yesterday (where it would replace the morning show due to that moving so they could talk about to AC: Unity) but he ran into some streaming issues and had to cancel.

 

[pronk420]

kind of disappointed they chose to do assassins creed QL on PC and xbone because 'the xbox version runs better' or something. I kind of wanted to see how busted the psbone version is from the ql.

choosing one because it runs better seems like doing a weird and unneccesary favour to ubi soft

 

[Haunted]

kind of disappointed they chose to do assassins creed QL on PC and xbone because 'the xbox version runs better' or something. I kind of wanted to see how busted the psbone version is from the ql.

choosing one because it runs better seems like doing a weird and unneccesary favour to ubi soft

More like a favour to themselves. The game's already bad and you want them to play the worst version, to boot?

Also, since Ubi and MS seemed to have some sort of marketing deal going on, I suppose the XB1 version is the one that was sent out to outlets.


edit: actually, now I wonder. If GB gets review copies, surely that's sent to the SF offices not NY.

 

[jgminto]

I don't think they picked xbone because it ran better, it was the one Alex had been playing beforehand.