Do you watch quick looks for games your not even interested in?

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#2  Edited By MrCandleguy

I do this all the time, usually when im eating. If i had four arms like Goro i think i would play Dirt 2 at the same time as eating though. But lucky for Giantbomb i don't

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#3  Edited By MysteriousBob

Of course. Otherwise I would have never seen a single racing game QL.

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#4  Edited By Tordah

Most of the time.

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#6  Edited By willin

  

  We wouldn't of seen this masterpiece otherwise.

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#7  Edited By LordXavierBritish

Time has taught me to never underestimate the GB crew's ability to turn boring games into entertaining videos.

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#8  Edited By MysteriousBob
@LordXavierBritish said:
" Time has taught me to never underestimate the GB crew's ability to turn boring games into entertaining videos. "
Exactly. I really don't know whos eagerly awaiting the next Wii Game Show adaptation yet people still seem to watch those QLs.
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#9  Edited By Little_Socrates
I absolutely do, but not just because I watch just about all GB content; I watch QL's for games I don't care about because that's how I've found out about some of my favorite games ever (such as Super Meat Boy.)
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#10  Edited By MrCandleguy
@Lights_Up_The_Shaft: Ummm well... ahhh.. yea i guess.
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#11  Edited By Hizang

Yes and no, I watch quick looks of games I'm interested in and games that would be funny quick looks like the Pac Man Party and Farming Simulator. But not games that seem boring to me, Starcraft 2, Stacking etc
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#12  Edited By MistaSparkle

Of course those are the best kinds. I actually tend to not watch the ones im interested in so as not to spoil anything.

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#13  Edited By BraveToaster

Sure, if I'm in the QL watching mood.

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#14  Edited By SuperWristBands

I usually do but the length can kill it for me. For instance the recent Dungeon Siege III Quick Look was boring to me. Mostly because I am not interested in the game but it didn't help that the thing was an hour long.

That being said, I don't dislike long quick looks, I loved the Sims 3 Quick Look. Also, I had no idea what Gemini Rue was and for about two days I stayed away from it because the screenshot on the video didn't look all that interesting. When I finally got around to watching it I felt silly for ignoring this game because it turned out to be incredible.

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#15  Edited By Toxin066

Almost exclusively. I'm not big on watching people play games I'm interested in.

Yet often I'll find myself going back and watching a QL after I finish a game.

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#16  Edited By recroulette
@LordXavierBritish said:
" Time has taught me to never underestimate the GB crew's ability to turn boring games into entertaining videos. "
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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#17  Edited By MisterChief

I've watched every QL and will continue to do so.

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#18  Edited By EVO
@MistaSparkle said:
" Of course those are the best kinds. I actually tend to not watch the ones im interested in so as not to spoil anything. "
Same here, unless it's Noby Noby Boy or something.
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#19  Edited By Vexxan
@AmonHouston said:
" I do this all the time, usually when im eating."
I do this as well because if I dont actually watch a section or two it doesn't really matter since I can still hear what's up.

As people have stated, ANYTHING with the GB crew is worth watching/listening to.
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#20  Edited By probablytuna

It's how I can get interested in a game that I wasn't interested in before.

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#21  Edited By Yanngc33

GB has sometimes showed me games that I had never heard of so yeah I watch everything

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#22  Edited By Julmust

I usually use the quick looks to decide if I'm interested or not, so yeah, I'll check it out even if I'm sceptical.

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#23  Edited By Wemibelle

I watch every single one they do and have rewatched 90% of them multiple times.  Every so often I feel like going through them all again, savoring the funny moments.  Of course, there are some I skip every time, like that Story Time game, but for the most part, I watch each one again. 
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#24  Edited By Azteck

I watch next to all of their video content.

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#25  Edited By WatanabeKazuma
@akiz_jack said:
" It's how I can get interested in a game that I wasn't interested in before. "
Yep, on occasion it has completely turned me onto a game that otherwise wouldn't even be on my radar. Also people always love witty banter.
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Voting in the poll changed my colour scheme on the page for some reason. Weird! 

But yeah I'll watch literally anything, and the best QLs are usually for the worst games that I'd never ever buy. 
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#27  Edited By benjamimmy

I try to watch all GiantBomb content, except the members only Happy Hours :(

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#28  Edited By DeeGee

I'll watch them for games I'm not interested in, but I won't watch them for games I actively dislike. The Dungeon Siege 3 quick look was too boring for me, as I expected, so I turned it off.

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#29  Edited By KarlPilkington
@DeeGee: Admittedly I did literally fall asleep during that one.
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#30  Edited By EquitasInvictus

I watch Quick Looks for games I'm not even interested in because I have nothing to lose:

Either I actually gain interest through the quick look or gain priceless entertainment from the GB staff.

Granted, the latter can't really come out when it comes to things such as Quick Look Road Shows for understandable reasons so at the very least I might avoid those.
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#31  Edited By mastrbiggy

Yes, I watch QLs for games I'm not interested in.  Anything GB produces is worth my time.

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#32  Edited By phrosnite

Yes, 98% of the time...

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#33  Edited By penguindust

Sure, I don't own a Wii or a Kinect and some of those are the best Quick Looks around.  You never know what gold nugget of comedy is going to rise from some obscure title you'll never ever buy or play.  Quick Looks don't have to be just informative, they're also entertaining.  Look at Rogue Warrior

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#34  Edited By Scarz09

I watch everything, the guys seem to make boring games fun.
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#35  Edited By innacces14

Seen every QL that has been put out since the beginning of this year and let me tell ya, being caught up with the content leaves me wanting more no matter what the game.

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#36  Edited By gingertastic_10

Yes'am. I watch Xbox and PC QLs even though I know I'll never, never play those.

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#37  Edited By EchoForge


Sure. Could be a game I like but didn't know about.

 

Plus if I only watched QLs of games I'm interested in, I would've missed out on those Family Feud/games night games. I don't care about those, but the QLs are tops.

 

And seriously, Farming. Simulator. 2011.

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#38  Edited By geirr

I watch the QL's religiously.

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#39  Edited By Chris2KLee

Yeah, because it might make me interested or at least provide some entertaining commentary.

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#40  Edited By dagas

When possible. I've had more and more trouble with videos on GB for every year. Even though I have 100mbit internet (and use 300mbit wireless-n with full reception) when using progressive settings it stops after about 1/5-1/3 of the video and refuses to load in more of the content. When using streaming it stops as well a bit in and I have to reload the page and try sometimes several times. The Theatre mode seems to work the best, it sometimes freezes for a few seconds but can usually continue after that however some videos always crash in the Theatre player (like TNT videos, they always crash at start up for some reason).
I don't know if this is a problem on my end, but I use other sites just fine even when watching hour long video clips and even if they freeze I can just pause and unpause and they work again.


EDIT: works fine when using a wire, but I used to have a 54mbit wireless before and that worked just fine. Why would my 300mbit wireless-n mess things up? But now that I think about it pretty much all my internet trouble started when I got my 300mbit n-router...

Still other sites seem to be able to compensate for package loss better than GB. I stream from most sites just fine.
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#41  Edited By Jeust

I rarely see Quick Looks even for games I like. But I generally see all the reviews, even for games I don't particularly enjoy. 

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#42  Edited By Vexxan

Who knows, maybe the Quick Look will get me interested in the game.

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#43  Edited By craigbo180

I generally watch all quick looks. If its a game I know of, have no interest in and think will make for a boring quick look I sometimes skip it...        but even then I usually end up watching it for the commentary.

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#44  Edited By sameeeeam

I watch all Quick Looks.

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#45  Edited By jozzy

Only a fraction of the QL's I cannot get through, like the before mentioned Dungeon siege 3 QL: EX. I pretty much devour all the content GB provides.

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#46  Edited By ShaggE

Always. If the game looks particularly dull, I'll save it for a rainy day, but Quick Looks are all about the commentary for me and less about the game itself. That's why I didn't mind when all Brad could talk about was Starcraft 2 (a game I have little interest in) for about a month on the Bombcast... the banter was still gold.

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#47  Edited By Video_Game_King

Sometimes. Hell, I made it all the way through the Gemini Rue Quick Look, didn't I?

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#48  Edited By DrPockets000

It's a very rare occurrence indeed when I don't watch every video that pops up.

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#49  Edited By AlexW00d

I used to, but I got got bored because the shitty games are usually covered by Ryan...

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#50  Edited By PhatSeeJay

Of course I do. As much as I read reviews, previews or watch gameplay footage of games I'm not interested in. Have to keep an open mind!