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[daydream]

i think i restarted my copies of red and yellow multiple times but i've kept my original gold save with all the cloned pokemon sitting on bill's pc with a lvl 100 achieved in part with a lot of rare candies

g/s/c still remains the king but r/b/y sits firmly in second place. yellow is the way to go if you're only getting one. i remember having pikachu follow you being kind of mind-blowing, especially if you'd just put hundreds of hours into red or blue. what a series this once was! can't overstate the role it played in young dd's life

 

[jaina]

All we did in school IT lessons was play Pokemon on an emulator someone had brought in on a usb stick.
That and some 1v1 2D volley ball game with blob things

Blobby Volley. /highfive

 

[demidar]

All we did in school IT lessons was play Pokemon on an emulator someone had brought in on a usb stick.
That and some 1v1 2D volley ball game with blob things

Yoooo I remember those slime volleyball games. There were so many permutations from vanilla to ones with superpowers like reversing the trajectory of the ball.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Man, I just now watched the Superhot QL and as somebody who has played like 12 hours of SuperHot I was almost getting angry at Jeff seeing how WRONG he plays the game!

I'm kidding of course, but man.

 

[broncobuster]

I remember I wiped a Yellow version with an event Mew on it because I was a dumb kid who wanted to start a fresh game...

That Mew event...I wanted it on my Blue and Red carts, but my Red already had a game genie'd Mew. The worker tried to guilt me over it.

 

[Salty Catfish]

A friend of mine once managed to get some copies of one of Bungie's Marathon games onto a few school computers back in fourth grade or so. They were all networked, too, so we could do LAN play. It seems like everyone who grew up playing games has at least one story of surreptitious in-school gaming.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Fun fact about the Yellow version, apparently you don't need to have a special Pikachu to play the surfing minigame now. I'm both happy to finally legitimately play that (fuck you Stadium) and sad that they weren't going to do some kind of giveaway or Stadium VC release to enable it.

Also I'd put fighting Red on Mt. Silver as "best moment of all time" in my gaming pantheon.

Final note, I know we don't want to talk about reddit but reading "The wrong member of giant bomb died" is fucking... jesus.

 

[Kelas]

every time pokemon yellow is mentioned I'm reminded that i traded it and pokemon stadium w/ transfer pak for like £10 store credit at eb when i was 12

 

[Wunder]

The only memory I have of Pokemon Yellow was being in Malaysia for Chinese New Year in a new house and only my gameboy and after painstakingly training my Pikachu and Pidgey to like level 18 I managed to defeat Brock with Quick Attack spam. The next few gyms were much easier and managed to get to Erika.

One day I loaded up my game and saw the save said "AAAAAA" and 0 badges. Confused I loaded it up and it was an entirely new save, my progress was totally wiped. At the time there was construction happening daily so I imagine one of the construction workers found my gameboy while I wasn't looking and just mashed A and erased my game. It was a trying time.

 

[Shenaniganery]

All we did in school IT lessons was play Pokemon on an emulator someone had brought in on a usb stick.
That and some 1v1 2D volley ball game with blob things

First time I ever saw an emulator was when I walked into a senior engineering class at my high school and all they were doing was playing Red/Blue on their computers. Blew my mind.

 

[Felix Lighter]

I was the age when you avoid anything that you consider childish when Pokemon was released so it's a major gaming franchise that I have virtually no connection with.

 

[kvothe]

The only memory I have of Pokemon Yellow was being in Malaysia for Chinese New Year in a new house and only my gameboy and after painstakingly training my Pikachu and Pidgey to like level 18 I managed to defeat Brock with Quick Attack spam. The next few gyms were much easier and managed to get to Erika.

One day I loaded up my game and saw the save said "AAAAAA" and 0 badges. Confused I loaded it up and it was an entirely new save, my progress was totally wiped. At the time there was construction happening daily so I imagine one of the construction workers found my gameboy while I wasn't looking and just mashed A and erased my game. It was a trying time.

Yo, what'd you do to that construction worker to get him so pissed at you?

I was the age when you avoid anything that you consider childish when Pokemon was released so it's a major gaming franchise that I have virtually no connection with.

Interestingly, I don't think I ever had the chance to do that treatment with a game franchise. I was a kid when Pokemon came out and continued playing it as I grew older, but that's probably because all the other kids I grew up with did the same, making it more socially acceptable. But there weren't any super popular "kiddy" games that first got started during that time, either. So I never thought I really missed out on anything.

Nowadays there's toys-to-life, but I don't refuse to play those out of some "too cool for school" mentality, they're just prohibitively expensive and don't seem very interesting.

 

[jaina]

Rewatching the beginning of UPF. The Sizzler commercial Tim is talking about this likely this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3YGtQ40Qvs
8-4 had it in one of their episodes last year.

What happened to that Square video that was on the tracker?

That was shopped. But will happen eventually, just like Blight Club.

 

[Noray]

What happened to that Square video that was on the tracker?

 

[Twin Tails]

I think someone just photoshopped it.

 

[Myggen]

What happened to that Square video that was on the tracker?

That was Fobwashed trolling, there was never a Square video on the schedule.

 

[Wunder]

Yo, what'd you do to that construction worker to get him so oissed at you?

i was just a little kid man, maybe he just wanted to play pokemon

 

[Noray]

God fucking damn it, Burn in shit Fobwashed!!

 

[Myggen]

God fucking damn it, Burn in shit Fobwashed!!

 

[Lunar FC]

Fobwashed really needs to be eliminated.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Fobwashed is still a threat?

TPHD looks really pretty.

 

[oti]

I like to imagine that people who have no idea what GB is see this gif and think "fucking hipster foodies".

 

[Felix Lighter]

Now is the time to buy Fobwashed, his stock is way down!

 

[Salty Catfish]

Fobwashed is just re-establishing his dominance as Giant Bomb's alpha fan.

 

[Tubobutts]

I remember before Pokemon Yellow came out I convinced myself that Pikachu was okay and I wouldn't mind having one follow me around.

 

[Incandenza]

The first mainline Pokemon game I tried to play was Pokemon X. Lemme tell you, if you don't have nostalgia for that series, they don't hold up so well!

Pokemon Snap, on the other hand...

 

[kvothe]

i was just a little kid man, maybe he just wanted to play pokemon

Seems like you recovered well. I'll hold the grudge for you, my friend.

 

[fleck0]

I wonder who will do the Stardew Valley QL? Can't really remember anyone mentioning the Harvest Moon series positively.

 

[Myggen]

Is this just gonna end with Kanye remaking Windjammers?

I wonder who will do the Stardew Valley QL? Can't really remember anyone mentioning the Harvest Moon series positively.

Isn't Dan a fan of Harvest Moon? Or did I just make that up?

 

[Lunar FC]

Now is the time to buy Fobwashed, his stock is way down!

I will personally make sure it never comes back up.

The first mainline Pokemon game I tried to play was Pokemon X. Lemme tell you, if you don't have nostalgia for that series, they don't hold up so well!

Pokemon Snap, on the other hand...

I enjoyed X mostly. But after playing Yo-Kai Watch, they really need to do something that could be a considered a big step foward for the series.

 

[Demption]

Man, I just now watched the Superhot QL and as somebody who has played like 12 hours of SuperHot I was almost getting angry at Jeff seeing how WRONG he plays the game!

I'm kidding of course, but man.

What do you mean?

 

[The Dear Leader]

I'd love to listen to a Kanye West videogmaes podcast, it would give even more fantastic value to my Tidal™ subscription, were they put power back in the artists hands!™

 

[Ketch]

Now is the time to buy Fobwashed, his stock is way down!

District F is on the rise!

 

[Data West]

Jeff missed a golden opportunity to end UPF by firing Jason live on the stream.
"You love Tim so much? You two can be unemployed together."

I was almost expecting a 'let's squash that rumor right now' moment at the end of UPF.


I did enjoy Tim's contributions to UPF.

 

[Bowlie]

I enjoyed X mostly. But after playing Yo-Kai Watch, they really need to do something that could be a considered a big step foward for the series.

What does Yo-Kai do better? I'm itching for anything better than pokémon.

vanishing of ethan carter guy ain't having it

 

[BUNTING1243]

vanishing of ethan carter guy ain't having it

I'd love to listen to a Kanye West videogmaes podcast, it would give even more fantastic value to my Tidal™ subscription, were they put power back in the artists hands!™

remember when ice t was going to be on the bombcast?

 

[Glitchesarecool]

vanishing of ethan carter guy ain't having it

What petty ass shit is this? It's an entirely different thing than localization.

At least I know where this guy sits and can ignore his games.

 

[slightconfuse]

How do we get vinny and Austin to play the zero escape series for a playdate?

 

[stump sock]

It made me laugh but it's a silly comparison.

But I'm just sitting over here being smug

 

[Salty Catfish]

vanishing of ethan carter guy ain't having it

the replies are gold

Just surprised the WE FUCKING MADE YOU, GERSTMANN guy didn't show up.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

I will personally make sure it never comes back up.



I enjoyed X mostly. But after playing Yo-Kai Watch, they really need to do something that could be a considered a big step foward for the series.

make the graphics better and dumb down the battle system? sounds like a ubisoft game

 

[jaina]

How do we get vinny and Austin to play the zero escape series for a playdate?

do you think that would work? I doubt it. together they might be able to solve puzzles relatively quickly, but still... Zero Escape are my dark shower games and not live stream material.

 

[Felix Lighter]

vanishing of ethan carter guy ain't having it

He's a Gamergater.

 

[Myggen]

the replies are gold

Just surprised the WE FUCKING MADE YOU, GERSTMANN guy didn't show up.

It's weird how people can get that angry over something like this.

He's a Gamergater.

True.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

He's a Gamergater.

Yeah, I was going to say that I'm not surprised that he's chiming in on this nonsense.

 

[slightconfuse]

do you think that would work? I doubt it. together they might be able to solve puzzles relatively quickly, but still... Zero Escape are my dark shower games and not live stream material.

I just want them to,play the series. Espically vinny it's right up his ally.

 

[BUNTING1243]

He's a Gamergater.

yeah, I just found a bunch of thousand word medium posts he wrote about Anita Sarkessian, kinda a bummer, bulletstorm was cool.

 

[oti]

yeah, I just found a bunch of thousand word medium posts he wrote about Anita Sarkessian, kinda a bummer, bulletstorm was cool.

was it really though?
was it REALLY though?

 

[Glitchesarecool]

was it really though?
was it REALLY though?

yes

 

[Bowlie]

I just want them to,play the series. Espically vinny it's right up his ally.

I don't think beating the same game 5 times (and who knows how many in VLR) would be interesting for a stream.