Behind The Scenes: Endurance Run's 50th Episode

If you guys wanted to stop, there's no need to go all out and say that the movie file got "corrupted". Give it to me straight, doc. ER is OVER. lol. I started playing the game for myself, so I'm actually good either way. Sucks that I can't hear you guys talk about it anymore though.

Doesn't 30gb convert equally to a metric shit-ton?

Wait what, even if episode 50 is lost they should still continue, quitting because of a lost episode is really stupid, I love watching the Endurance Run

There is still so much left too see

There's something very surreal about this video.  A rare view into the inner workings of Giant Bomb.  It's this kind of thing that gives you an edge over all the other video game websites.  Nice work gentlemen.

This video needs a donate button at the end. Hell, I'LL pay to have episode 50 fixed!

So much hangs in the balance? Nah not really. Endurance runs are cool but I doubt I'd miss 'em.

You should all stop being so selfish. "OH CARRY ON". Maybe they don't want to after losing data.

Persona 4 Endurance run? Persona 4 endurance run?! PERSONA 4 ENDURANCE RUN!!!! That's some MGS talk right there.
Man, this sucks. Easter holiday is over, I need braces, and now the funniest thing I know of that helps me not to die with boredom/sadness could potentially be cancled! It can't hapen, Jeff. I know you guys care about me! HALP!

Woah awesome video, but wouldn't it just be easier to film Vinny, Jeff and the screen? then you wouldn't have to use all the video capture stuff.

NOOOO!!! i actually just made a giant bomb account to express how much these endurance runs CANT end! there tooo good keep it up VINNY!

Also, that couch seems way too small.

Even if P4 ended it Ep. 49 I still have to say well done for getting so far. Now get No.50 fixed!

Ryan and me share the same headphones. Awesome. 

That sucks, I hope you can get it fixed, I really enjoy watching you guys play (you are much further than me in the game, though I beat Kanji a game-week or two before you...probably because I spend a lot of boring time grinding until I have almost no SP)

I don't think you enjoy grinding very much, if you want to (because XP helps) but don't want to make everyone watch every little battle, do it fast forwarded :) And do commentary with that.

Just think if you used multiple saves you could have done it all again :)

Good luck guys and thanks!

If this goes by the wayside, I don't know what I will do.  I always use this as my daily source of humor, for the most part, and not having it would severely make my life that much less awesome.  I hope you can get it back so we can continue enjoying you guys playing a game that you seem to truly enjoy playing.

you can fix it.....ryan had me laughing throughout the whole video
i want to laugh some more.....i'm bout to watch the vid again
VINNY YOU CAN DO IT

I need to see episode 50, don't deny it to me!! I really hope they can fix it because the endurance runs have been a lot of fun to watch and it would be sad to see one of the potentially best episodes go to waste.

How about a giantbomb zippered hoodie with Chie in a Luchador mask instead of the deer

Meh, that was a bit anti-climatic for a 50th episode. 6 minutes long and no updates on the situation. With the weekend around the corner, it's going to be 3 days without any Persona action, maybe more if episode 50 can't be recovered by Monday and the guys don't want to move onto episode 51.

If it can't be recovered, just move on to the 51st episode. There were some good comedy moments during the camping trip but nothing important was skipped. Put a recap at the start of episode, covering everything that happened, and then continue. No huge issue.

It was funny when you guys talked about the possibility of a file being corrupted right before recording episode 50 and then faced the problem you had talked about. Hard to believe it wasn't fake but funny nonetheless. I'm going to assume it was real because, if the GB guys were looking for an excuse to quit P4, they wouldn't have made it so obvious.

Really enjoyed the behind the scenes look =) Good work.

Whoa. The comments on the video and the article are identical. What is this crazy voodoo?

Yes BTS!!   ....wait ..NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ...................*rocks back and forward in a corner*  .........

Great behind the scenes video! I want, no, need more Persona 4 runs!

I just remember that we are getting more info on this only on next Monday..A full week-end! Man, I need some fast-time potions or somethin..good luck to everyone trying to fix Fitty!

Vinny cares!

Will it be continued later today or tomorrow or MONDAY?!?!?!

Hopefully you guys can get it worked out.

@lordandrew

@PeasForFees

Yup, or a Paypal donation button in general. I want to see this site stay ad free.

Please, please, please, mount a camera behind TV and also record Jeff and Vinny playing the game and then have footage of them in lower-right corner of the video

Awesome. I've played Persona 4, so I'm fine with them losing an episode every once in a while, but that episode sounded awesome, and like, 3 hours long.

Yes LordAndrew it's voodoo cup of tea

Well, whatever happens, just wanted to express my appreciation for the effort from Vinny, Jeff, Drew and whoever else that had pitched in for the project =)

I hope they can get the ep 50 working because ER is one of the things that make giant bomb the best game site on the net as you actually get a sense of the people working on the on the site.
Also Vinny looked devastated at the end of the video even more reason to hope it can be fixed.

"to be continued" ...      du-du-DUUUUH!!

This is where you ask for donations.

Impressed that you're considering paying to get the file fixed, I think a lot of people would appreciate such measures. I've really enjoyed the Endurance Run. As someone who doesn't play a whole lot of games these days, I still frequent the site because of the superb commentary and comic content you guys produce. I'll be gutted if ep 50 doesn't reappear, but even more gutted if the run ends. As a method for increasing daily traffic, I think the Endurance Run has been spot on. I showed my friend a couple of episodes and she's now hooked, checking the site every day. Significantly, she's a very casual gamer at best, illustrating my point that this feature opens up the site's audience beyond straight-up gamers. Good luck and fingers crossed.

I would presume the majority of the userbase is between 14 and 19 though, so I can't see a lot of people donating. And shouldn't.

mic check right please.

This is turning into a soap opera

Man, I really wanted to see more of Persona 4. And since my PS3 isn't backwards-compatible and my PS2's back home, I couldn't exactly play it for myself. I was kind of living it through you guys. I hope the whole thing isn't over, but I totally identify with losing a ton of progress killing any desire to keep going.

Ryan whispering sounds kinda like one of the Oblivion voice actors lol

Please keep up the series. It's okay if there's a "lost" episode here or there.

Perhaps you could put out a DVD of the entire run when you're done and the money raised from that can go to restoring the "lost" episodes.

I haven't really dug in to watch them all yet, I kind of want to sit down with the game and the videos and have kind of a Mystery Science Theater 3000 thing going on.

Love you guys (as a fan),
Donovan

NOOO DON'T STOP!! (this video was awesome though)

*worried*

P4 is my favorite feature on this site.