Giant Bombcast - | 03-05-2013 |

is there a reason there are hundreds of dudes on this mysterious island tomb raider takes place on. i thought this game would be more focused on survival of the elements and wildlife the island had.

are they like the others from lost?
 
Ryan's reaction to Vinny's tomato shower question was perfect.

And poor Brad. Every time he was about to make a point it was cut off with "LUDO NARRATIVE DISSONANCE" and "ARCHETYPE!"

It reminded me of the Resident Evil 6 discussion, where it was 45 minutes of yelling over Brad's impressions of the game.
 
all i need to say is that I completely agree with Patrick on Argo and how fucking stupid that airport scene is. Especially if you're aware of how it went down. Completely un-needed dramatic fluff that brought the movie down a whole fucking lot. And I'm bummed that no one brought up that Afflecks lead character is goddamn hispanic in real life. So no, they didnt really get the roles right.
 
Goodness I do miss Portillo's. Moved from Chicago several years ago and am seriously jonesing for it. As for it's popularity, it's like anywhere else that has region specific food that gets popular. It may be good, but it's never going to be the best.

Living in Kansas City now, you hear places like Gates or Arthur Bryants brought up a lot outside of the area. But if you're here? They're okay, they'll do in a pinch, but there are places that are ten times better but just not as well known.

Also, Portillo's has chocolate cake shakes. The rest of their menu could be boiled cabbage, and I would go there for those shakes.
 
Is this like a record for the longest they've ever stretched out a lame joke? I'm impressed.
 
Balancing expectations against design decisions is so difficult. Can't imagine how you deal with it during a review.
 
Rimfya said:
Balancing expectations against design decisions is so difficult. Can't imagine how you deal with it during a review.
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You describe the game for six paragraphs, use the words "immersive" and "visceral," then wrap it up by telling fans of the series or genre that they will like it but other people might not.
 
God tier first 45 minutes. Holy crap, hahahahahaha

Jeff's obsession with the reservoir, Patrick and Vinny's tomato shower, Ryan trying to make Jeff explain his contraption, and Brad just going down a very dark path of news. This is fantastic stuff!


Probably the fastest feeling hour of anything I've ever listened to.
 
Is it my ipod, the bombcast I downloaded, intentional editing or just plain intentional when at 20m16s Ryan is talking about Disneyland and without skipping a beat Jeff returns to the shower head topic ? It just seemed a bit jarring...maybe this is the norm, as Im a bit of a newbie bombcast listener :)
 
Yerolo said:
Is it my ipod, the bombcast I downloaded, intentional editing or just plain intentional when at 20m16s Ryan is talking about Disneyland and without skipping a beat Jeff returns to the shower head topic ? It just seemed a bit jarring...maybe this is the norm, as Im a bit of a newbie bombcast listener :)
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Jeff was just getting back to what really mattered.
 
Yerolo said:
Is it my ipod, the bombcast I downloaded, intentional editing or just plain intentional when at 20m16s Ryan is talking about Disneyland and without skipping a beat Jeff returns to the shower head topic ? It just seemed a bit jarring...maybe this is the norm, as Im a bit of a newbie bombcast listener :)
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He was still thinking about the reservoir and needed to get it out there.
 
What's up with Jeff dropping the fact that he owns bath salts? He didn't even seem like he was joking, and then there was an awkward silence..... great stuff.
 
Dylan said:
What's up with Jeff dropping the fact that he owns bath salts? He didn't even seem like he was joking, and then there was an awkward silence..... great stuff.
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There are different kinds of bath salts, and some of them won't do anything to you if you smoke them. Or maybe do even worse things to you than the actual drug.
 
Man, I would love to see the GiantBomb crew on a episode of Jeopardy, Brad would know every answer but Ryan would buzzer beat him every time so he end up with $0. Vinny of course would be like -$5,000, Jeff like $500 for the entire episode but end up winning as Ryan would wager everything except $1, the same as Jeff.
 
You know what, I'm pretty sick of the Assassin's Creed franchise as well. But as they were talking about the Farcry team working on it, I just imagined pirate Vas choking the shit out of some fool. Make it happen! I will buy your game!
 
CrazyDude said:
But it adds nothing, and is just as bad when Patrick interrupts an otherwise good discussion. If you don't like what is being said, complain about that, but people need to stop pretending like Patrick is the only one who does it.
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That's part of normal conversation. The problem with Patrick is that he does it too often but worst of all, when someone wants to interject while he's speaking he'll slightly raise his voice instead of letting them speak. Same thing when someone else is speaking and he wants to weigh in.
 
Massa said:
That's part of normal conversation. The problem with Patrick is that he does it too often but worst of all, when someone wants to interject while he's speaking he'll slightly raise his voice instead of letting them speak. Same thing when someone else is speaking and he wants to weigh in.
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I think you've pinpointed what's been annoying me about Patrick, thank you.
 
Kojima disrespect on this podcast made me sad, :-(. Kojima's the goddamn man. Jeff knows what's up, both on MGS and the technicalities of getting tomato into your shower system. Don't need to know much more than that.
 
@Brad: all that crazy-ass crazy shit in MGS is Kojima's mind eroding from having the entirety of Konami's remaining real games development on his back and being unable to put MGS to bed. P* picking up Rising was a godsent to his cracking psyche.

Htown said:
If you're going to put that much emphasis on the story in your game, you open it up to that kind of criticism.
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Bingo. MGS, love it or hate it, goes off KNOWING it's buttfuck nuts. Too many AAA games like UC or TR act like they're justifying this money and attention that money needs and it comes off bipolar at best, sophomoric at worst.
 
Aaron said:
Can't believe Brad went full doomer in this episode. All those videogame deaths finally got to him.
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You hear how he tried to get Patrick to mix booze and painkillers? The man is sadistic, I tells ya.
 
Massa said:
That's part of normal conversation. The problem with Patrick is that he does it too often but worst of all, when someone wants to interject while he's speaking he'll slightly raise his voice instead of letting them speak. Same thing when someone else is speaking and he wants to weigh in.
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Related to this is that Patrick's voice is always louder than everyone else's on the podcast for whatever reason. It feels like he's constantly shouting, and maybe he is, and I think leveling his mic to output the same volume as everyone else would help make the way he talks feel less domineering.
 
I'm intentionally trying to listen for these instances of Patrick talking over people just to see if I can see if I can figure out where you guys are coming from. From what I've listened to so far he does it no more than anyone else.
 
Dylan said:
What's up with Jeff dropping the fact that he owns bath salts? He didn't even seem like he was joking, and then there was an awkward silence..... great stuff.
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I reacted to this post almost the same way that Ryan reacted to Vinny's tomato-sauce-shower question.
 
This week's podcast is god-tier. So many funny moments.

ultron87 said:
I'm intentionally trying to listen for these instances of Patrick talking over people just to see if I can see if I can figure out where you guys are coming from. From what I've listened to so far he does it no more than anyone else.
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Yeah this is what I noticed. Everyone interrupts each other a good amount during the podcast.
 
I died laughing during Jeff's facetious 'the disc is a mini-cloud' explanation while Vinny and Ryan were pretending to be gobsmacked at the concept of installing things off a disc. That was amazing.
 
LQX said:
Man, I would love to see the GiantBomb crew on a episode of Jeopardy, Brad would know every answer but Ryan would buzzer beat him every time so he end up with $0. Vinny of course would be like -$5,000, Jeff like $500 for the entire episode but end up winning as Ryan would wager everything except $1, the same as Jeff.
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Vinny would be a Noel/Russel tier contestant on an actual game show. Im sad I wont get this
 
So there's Argo spoilers in this week's show? Fuck, I haven't seen the movie yet and I don't know if I want to hear that...
 
I went back and played the HD collection recently, after playing MGS1 and MGS2 when they were released - never got around to playing MGS3 at the time. I remember MGS2 leaving my jaw on the floor, when I played it at around age 13 - the opening sequence on the boat in the rain was really incredible. All 3 stand up really well and I loved experiencing MGS3 on a big HD television, I'm glad thats the way I experienced it.

Probably need to go and play MGS4 again soon, as I really cannot remember that well at all, which shows how old this generation of consoles is. But MGS2 will always stick with me, that game is always something I remember in great detail.
 
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OMG NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD
 
Jeff knows whats up, MGS is my favorite game series and 2 and 4 are both my favorites. 1 and 3 were great, but the insanity of 2 and 4 were just so awesome that is instantly became my favorite series.
 
njean777 said:
Jeff knows whats up, MGS is my favorite game series and 2 and 4 are both my favorites. 1 and 3 were great, but the insanity of 2 and 4 were just so awesome that is instantly became my favorite series.
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4 isn't my favourite, but I also really love 2. I don't mind MGS being crazy personally (though 1 and 3 are personally classics as well).

Not sure what Patrick sees in Rising, though. Seemed like he feels it's some brilliant parody of Kojima or something? I think? Seems like he's reading way too much into it. Personally, it just seemed like more silly bullshit from Platinum. Which is fun, don't get me wrong, but I'm already okay with MGS going back to Kojima to be honest.
 
as a pharmacist i'm always surprised people are afraid to use painkillers.

and please please dont combine alcohol with painkillers (or any other meds) like Brad suggested ;)

and as a final note, only use Yahoo answers for a fun distraction. The amount of armchair medical professionals on there is amazing. Consult proper professionals if you have questions.

/end of pharmacy PSA
 
I never take painkillers, I think it's the concern that if something is physically wrong with me, I want to be aware of it. If it's just going to numb you, you're not going to have a very good sense of your condition at any given time.
 
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