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Episode 448 - A Chance Encounter With Methed-Up Billy Idol - Date: 09/20/2016 - Duration:

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We gather a tight crew and discuss the magic of Rec Room, the power of Rez Infinite, the beauty of Forza Horizon 3, the impending release of Gears of War 4, the curiosity that is Metal Gear Survive, and whether or not outlaws will drive cars once driving cars is outlawed.

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Major thanks to Dan for providing a picture for the purposes of this thread and to Piston Hyundai for playing way too much Tony Hawk.

 

[jaina]

Damn skaters, they're probably painting graffiti!

 

[LiK]

intimate crew

 

[Hindenblewp]

Bring on the Jeffcast.

Piston did a stellar job with the THUG Pro icons and Dan is a saint for obliging the request.

 

[robotrock]

This Dan story is pretty amazing

 

[daydream]

 

[Zaph]

There's something hilarious about this.

 

[Volotaire]

Jeffcast!

 

[backflip10019]

Rorie should be on every Bombcast.

 

[Volotaire]

The 2017 iPhone will have the most drastic design changes next year. It seems like where all the R&D is going.

Also, Project Daydream (Google's VR solution a la Gear VR) will be unveiled soon so it will be interesting to see how mobile VR development grows.

 

[FStop7]

I really don't think Apple's sitting on a bunch of secret revolutionary tech they're holding for the next phone. They're putting everything they have into what they're already releasing. It's just not sexy or flashy futuristic stuff.

 

[Volotaire]

The next big thing will be experimental flexible phones and pushing VR. There are some rumours flying about a possible LG and Samsung flexible phone, which will probably be available in limited quantities, have compromises and be luxury priced.

I'd be interested in a flexible phone. The concepts look cool

It will probabaly be more practical for large tablets.

 

[Forever Changes]

Has Jeff talked about Forza yet?

 

[robotrock]

The Touch controllers come with another sensor and should probably allow you to get a similar room scale experience for Oculus...? At least I hope. There's some videos from the Fantastic Contraption dev messing with a 10ftx10ft play area with Oculus Touch.

 

[pizzacat]

Piston was right Dan is too good


And he went with my idea for the guest character :3

 

[Volotaire]

Has Jeff talked about Forza yet?

Not yet.

 

[daveo42]

Super late...anything missed so far?

 

[chrominance]

OH NO I MISSED HALF OF THE REC ROOM TALK

But seriously, I've been waiting for this ever since that VRodeo episode. Can't wait to go back and listen to the bit I missed.

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

That Rec Room segment was a great sequence of social magic.

 

[Volotaire]

Super late...anything missed so far?

Illness, phones and now VR/Rec Room.

 

[Chuck]

"Who gives a fuck about phones!"

*buys new iPhone literally the day it comes out*

You do, Jeff.

 

[daveo42]

Illness, phones and now VR/Rec Room.

The Rec Room stuff from the VRodeo was some of the best VR stuff they've shown on the site. Real interested in hearing their whole talk on it.

 

[fierrotlepou]

Rorie should be on every Bombcast.

If they want to lose more than half of their listeners, sure.

 

[Volotaire]

Woah... wrestling in VR. Huh.

 

[chrominance]

If they want to lose more than half of their listeners, sure.

Wait, what's wrong with Rorie? He seemed totally fine on the bombcasts I've heard him on.

 

[backflip10019]

If they want to lose more than half of their listeners, sure.

Fine by me. GOOD RIDDANCE.

He is miles better than Drew.

 

[tuxfool]

If they want to lose more than half of their listeners, sure.

Fine by me. GOOD RIDDANCE.

He is miles better than Drew.

sure is a bombcast thread...

 

[daveo42]

Forza talk incoming.

 

[Chuck]

told y'all, 4 stars.

 

[robotrock]

TELL DAN ABOUT BIG BOSS

 

[robotrock]

I wanna follow Jeff on this Rez 2 dream

 

[NewDust]

Can't Rezist making a pun.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

For anybody curious, this week's portraits were made in the PC ports of both Tony Hawk's Underground (Rorie/Dan/Brad) and Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (the rest) through use of the games' face mapping feature.

You can take any 128x128 image and adjust the points to conform to the skater's face. I would've stuck with mainly THUG2, but THUG let me go the extra mile and use the eye patch and the American Tribute grind for Dan.

Here's some bonus stuff that resulted from the making of the portraits:

THUG 1 version of Jeff

Unused Brad; not touched up due to his vacation

Unused Dan

Street clothes Drew

If anybody out there has the PC version of THUG 1 and 2, you can download all of these skaters (except for one) here. You'll want to throw those into each game's respective "(Install Folder)/Game/Save/" folder. The THUG2 skaters are also compatible with THUG Pro, since it uses THUG2 as a base. I was even recognized by another player as "the Giant Bomb guy" when I took Jeff's skater online.

And finally, here's an exclusive look at the final day of 2016 Game of the Year deliberations.

There's something hilarious about this.

I'll give you a hint as to why.

 

[MassiveNights]

I love a Jeffcast every now and then.

 

[Chuck]

I love a Jeffcast every now and then.

Imagine a Drewcast tho

 

[stump sock]

Rorie haters don't deserve nice things.

 

[J_Viper]

How come they can't just replace Dan after he leaves with Rorie?

Also, I'm sorry to hear about Brad's divorce

 

[Zaph]

Also, I'm sorry to hear about Brad's divorce

Yeah, I heard that bitch dota took the house and car.

 

[TurboButts]

Piston these created skaters are amazing

 

[tuxfool]

Yeah, I heard that bitch dota took the house and car.

And has sole custody of the peegs.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Piston these created skaters are amazing

Just remember this the next time somebody says Tony Hawk isn't a 10/10 series.

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

"I like yuri." - Dan

 

[Deadstar]

San Francisco sounds like a terrible city. Why aren't they helping their homeless?

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Jeffcast!

 

[daveo42]

Oh god the Destiny talk is back. Fuck.

"I like yuri." - Dan

 

[Chuck]

It's so great Brad is on vacation for Destiny week.

 

[.JayZii]

Also, I'm sorry to hear about Brad's divorce

Oh my god, Jeff left Brad?!

 

[killroy87]

Haven't had the time to listen yet, how was Jeff towards Forza? He liked the original better than 2 (which is nuts), but the love for FH3 is so unanimous and enthusiastic, I'm curious to know what he thinks.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Even they agree Sony threw Hello Games under the bus lol

 

[The Antitype]

Jeff is so right about Sony and their handling of No Man's Sky.

'Fuck those guys!' Indeed.