Giant Bombcast - | 03-05-2013 |
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IamMattFox
Member
One time I spilled salsa on myself and just threw the clothes into the tub to quickly try and take care of it.
Clogged that tub up good.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Vinny is in Limiter-Off Vinny Mode in this one, BAH GAWD.
Mine needs it, I know that much.
Mine needs it, I know that much.
DizzyCaffeine
Member
This may be a sad commentary on my own life, but I associate the beginning of the week with the Bombcast. Monday is now just a weird hangover from the weekend.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Do they talk about the worst thread on gaf anywhere on the podcast?
Timestamp if they do pls
Timestamp if they do pls
Fried Food
Banned
Patrick's cutting people off has started to bother me again. fortunately I don't feel like it affects the other guys ability to finish their parts.
I'm not saying every occurrence bothers me, they all do it. It's just that I want to hear the other guys opinion on these things usually more than I want to hear Patrick's. So when I feel like the others really have their own point to make, I want them to be able give it.
I'm not saying every occurrence bothers me, they all do it. It's just that I want to hear the other guys opinion on these things usually more than I want to hear Patrick's. So when I feel like the others really have their own point to make, I want them to be able give it.
HamPster PamPster
Member
Yep. videogames. Got it
Protip: Don't listen to this before bed because now I'm scared bedbugs are everywhere....
Protip: Don't listen to this before bed because now I'm scared bedbugs are everywhere....
SloaneRisette
Member
Fuck sake Brad. Why? I mean what the fuck I wanted to sleep tonight.
This.
Brad, just talk about video games
and anime
slightconfuse
Banned
How did you get it out I the shower
/dead
Vinny is the best
/dead
Vinny is the best
Infinite Justice
Member
goddammit brad.
Meatvillain
Banned
I completely disagree with Patrick in regards to collectibles marked on the map in Tomb Raider. Vehemently disagree with him. I can at least understand having a preference, but flat out condemning the way they were handled? What a bunch of bullshit.
I collected about 75% of the collectibles without the use of the in-game maps, and then used the maps to track down the last collectibles rather than walking around in circles, poking every fucking corner fruitlessly for hours on end.
Poking around the same areas you've explored three times over isn't fun, and I know this because I then followed this up by having to hunt down the remaining challenges I hadn't been able to find (challenges aren't marked on the map). After hours of hunting down this stuff I had to resort to going outside of the game to track down the last handful. I'd much rather that stuff be in the game itself, and think it is infinitely better to surface that information in the game itself (like Tomb Raider did for all of the other collectibles). Being able to track down collectibles with waypoints was a godsend for the ones I had missed.
I collected about 75% of the collectibles without the use of the in-game maps, and then used the maps to track down the last collectibles rather than walking around in circles, poking every fucking corner fruitlessly for hours on end.
Poking around the same areas you've explored three times over isn't fun, and I know this because I then followed this up by having to hunt down the remaining challenges I hadn't been able to find (challenges aren't marked on the map). After hours of hunting down this stuff I had to resort to going outside of the game to track down the last handful. I'd much rather that stuff be in the game itself, and think it is infinitely better to surface that information in the game itself (like Tomb Raider did for all of the other collectibles). Being able to track down collectibles with waypoints was a godsend for the ones I had missed.
slightconfuse
Banned
Do a google search for spider bites
Fucking brad
Fucking brad
TemplaerDude
Member
Ugh, do not eat before listening to the first part of this.
I should be doing hw
Member
I figured out itching the roof of my mouth with my tongue when I was about five. Come on, Brad.
"I dislike the maps because they show you the exact locations of each collectible, which doesn't encourage exploration."
"So don't use them then?"
"Fuck that, if they're there I'm going to use them."
Patrick's complaint about the argument, "Well if you don't like it then don't use it." with regards to the map that displays the locations of the collectibles made no sense to me. He says he dislikes the maps because they don't encourage exploration, but then when presented with the completely valid argument that the game doesn't put a gun to your head and make you use them - essentially allowing you to find them on your own - he just straight-up ignores it. Huh?
Haunted
Member
I've not yet played Tomb Raider or listened to the podcast, but just generally speaking, that is a super weak argument.
If you're too weak to ignore them, you're the problem, not the optional thing you complain about. That goes for quicksave/quickload or any other optional help tools discussion.
Now, if the game design is negatively impacted because it's designed around these "optional" tools (like Instinct in Hitman Absolution), that's another discussion entirely - and not applicable to his TR complaints if I understood correctly.
Will listen later.
Technosteve
Banned
God damn so itchy
AuthenticM
Member
I don't like how they are dissing the Metal Gear games.
pieatorium
Member
They are dissing the stories mostly not the games
dr3upmushroom
Banned
Awesome podcast, as always.
P.S. every number on the Richter Scale is multiplied by 30, so a 8 is 900 times more powerful than a 6, if we'd get hit by one that hit 65 million years ago... We'd be majorly fucked, due to the fact that just dust clouds kicked up alone would block off sunlight, killing off agriculture worldwide.
P.S. every number on the Richter Scale is multiplied by 30, so a 8 is 900 times more powerful than a 6, if we'd get hit by one that hit 65 million years ago... We'd be majorly fucked, due to the fact that just dust clouds kicked up alone would block off sunlight, killing off agriculture worldwide.
Haunted
Member
Yeah, it's not that bad. I can see the argument for a slightly vaguer hint system (think Infamous' pings nudging you into the right direction or Red Dead Redemption's treasure maps) more than just flat out telling you where everything is and how to get there, but "removing the sense of exploration" is the wrong kind of complaint because that is not affected if you don't use these hints.
It's not a big deal, anyway.
It's not a big deal, anyway.
Most favourite Bombcast confirmed.I don't like how they are dissing the Metal Gear games.
dr3upmushroom
Banned
Ha as a big fan of Metal Gear Solid, their criticisms of MGS games are completely valid.
hearsaybear
Member
He is almost trolling at this point. It wouldn't be so bad if it was ever something interesting. He is literally just interrupting with the same point over and over again. Boy do I miss the patrickless bombcasts. We almost need a patrick X akin to the vinny check at this point.
Haunted
Member
You're doing it wrong, you're supposed to invent shit to troll Brad with to get him to post, that doesn't work with Patrick.
The problem, as I undertand it, is that either you use them, in which case exploration is destroyed, or you don't use them, in which case actually doing the thing the game is named for has no reward.
That's a bullshit choice.
PinkCrayon
Member
Best bombcast picture I've seen in a long time.
Meatvillain
Banned
You typically get enough experience for a skill point upon completing a Tomb.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Huh.
Used to think that bed bugs were just mites.
Used to think that bed bugs were just mites.
Booker Dewitt
Member
Lol at Patrick calling Argo's fictional elements "bullshit" and saying it pissed him off, only to end up calling it a great movie right after Jeff finished complimenting it.