Alex makes it to the Bonus Round, the big time.

Alex mentioned his guest stint on the Bonus Round video game roundtable show, and here it is.

A "VGX Special" discussing studio of the year. Will Alex vote for an indie? I don't know!

Edit: Oh hey, Part 2 discusses game of the year. Oddly enough, the intro makes it sound like this should've been the opening episode.

More edit: Part 3 is upon us!

Final edit: Part 4 has arrived.

Yes, thanks for reminding me about this. Will watch now, brb

I always thought studio of the year is a bewildering and pointless award and I glad the panel guests sort of brought it up.

I do hope they have more than that. It was pretty good and would be better if they had talk about better awards.

Hopefully it's not the only episode since it's fairly short. He probably had to sit through hair and make up so I assume there'll be more.

@csl316: He had to sit through hair? I really need to watch this now.

Yep, that's Alex.

Seemed interesting but the video crapped out halfway in and kept repeating the last 5 seconds so I couldn't watch it all.

Alex is a writer? Thought that said waiter for a second.

The glorious salt-n-pepper nu-metal goatee appears!

They always seem to do these as like three parts so I think that's a safe bet.

I had the same problem.

@artisanbreads: Yeah, it's usually a Sunday schedule but maybe they'll just go daily leading into the show.

Keep checking back, folks.

Is this the first episode? The way it starts makes it seem like the second or third part of this panel. They don't even do introductions or anything.

@ll_exile_ll: I kept looking and went to the hub page but this is all I found. I agree, it didn't seem right.

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Ok, Part 2 has been uploaded. Game of the Year talk. Let's see if Alex starts campaigning for something to drum up support ahead of those political goty debates.

Not sure why whenever the video reaches a break it won't load the next part. Couldn't watch either of the episodes to completion without switching to the "streaming" option rather than progressive.

@aegon: Their player can get a little wonky. When I go out of fullscreen it's just a black screen with audio. Ah well.

Totillo made some pretty good points here and there. Not usually a huge fan of the guy, so that was a nice surprise.

Would've been nice to hear Alex's thoughts after finishing Tomb Raider and Mario (the former being my goty).

CAT SUIT represent!

Not sure if intentional. Either way...

@andorski: I'm even more clever than I thought.

Wow. Alex really kicked butt! I've never seen him so seemly relaxed before!

Good for him! After so many months of the morning show I really enjoy hearing his opinions on games and the industry.

God dame the video player has been the worst when trying to watch these videos.

Guys, I know at this point you can all use more Keighley.

Luckily they just posted part 3, The Year End Review. It's definitive.

Sorry, I don't want to be a jerk but I have to point out that neckbeards and combovers are coming back in style.

Alex has been on another level of awesome as of late. We need him back on the west coast, especially with the loss of Ryan. Good going, fam.

@thesquarepear: Alex has always had the chin bush. It's his visual thing, like Vinny's black shirt or Brad's sideburns.

YAAY ALEX

I'm happy Alex was able to be on Bonus Round, but after the VGX shitshow, I'd hardly call anything involving Keighley "big time."

@hailinel: But the place they rented had a balcony, man.

My condo has a balcony. I'm not impressed.

Good job by Alex, lots of valid points!

Alex fits in when he's hitting sound effects buttons on google chat. Not the worst debate, but Geoff is such a man dead on the inside and Totillo is always pretending like everything he has to say is "special." There's a bit where he turns to russ "what's your game of the year" and russ replies "I already said it." Is he drunk? or always this uninterested in everything? Or in his head he's like "I have no one to go home to"?

And the finale has been posted. Watch as Alex predicts the future.

I want to watch the last parts but the player is so fuckin broken I am trier of fucking trying.

Never heard of Bonus Round and I thought this was a fancy way of saying Alex had died. Thank goodness its just a show.

@ilikepopcans: You can only view the second part with the streaming option rather than progressive.

@aegon:

That is true, but when I got to the second part the audio stopped working.

Thanking you.

Indeed, next time someone complains about ours I'll link them over there.