I love it when Vinny is left unsupervised...

That's probably not an accurate assessment of Vinny's role on the site..but these times when Jeff and some of the other guys aren't around Vinny just seems like he has a great time just doing whatever... This is always the best time of the year.

New Premium feature - Vinny fucks shit up in open-world games, especially Sleeping Dogs.

"I need an adult." - Yinvin

@believer258 said:

New Premium feature - Vinny fucks shit up in open-world games, especially Sleeping Dogs.

You can add searching the internet for mods too.

Vinny just seems like a fun loving, amazingly unjaded guy.

The only person I know who can make a game about driving an 18-wheeler in Europe seems like amazingly fun time!

Vinny came so close to having porn pop-ups. Sooooo close.

I think Vinny is the one guy on staff who doesn't really analyze games and I think that's what people like about him.

Patrick seems to play games almost exclusively to pick apart their "systems" and then decide whether he approves or not.

Jeff seems like he plays to be impressed. He's not going to, necessarily, judge a game unfairly, but he's also not going to really try to like it either. This seems fair in so much as he's frequently resistant to trends, but it can also be unfair when a game that has a ton of non-obvious merit doesn't immediately impress him.

I don't know about Ryan and Brad.

@seannao said:

Vinny just seems like a fun loving, amazingly unjaded guy.

That seems accurate

@JazGalaxy said:

I think Vinny is the one guy on staff who doesn't really analyze games and I think that's what people like about him.

Patrick seems to play games almost exclusively to pick apart their "systems" and then decide whether he approves or not.

Jeff seems like he plays to be impressed. He's not going to, necessarily, judge a game unfairly, but he's also not going to really try to like it either. This seems fair in so much as he's frequently resistant to trends, but it can also be unfair when a game that has a ton of non-obvious merit doesn't immediately impress him.

I don't know about Ryan and Brad.

I think Vinny can be a little to forgiving of certain games..but in general he just seems like a fun dude that loves what he's doing..and that excitement translates into everything he does for the site. Dave also..Dave's always fun.

@Subjugation said:

Vinny came so close to having porn pop-ups. Sooooo close.

he was on the razors edge the whole time.

@The_Ruiner: Just like anyone else, Vinny needs boundaries. If only so that there is a fun difference when those boundaries are temporarily removed.

For example, Vinny often indicates that he plays games rather obsessively when playing them on his own, and so, Quick Looks are like pressure release valves for him.

I just love Vinny so much.

@Azteck: giantvinny.com, which used to redirect to somewhere (here, I think), has recently expired. I am sad.

@HaltIamReptar: I feel like it could have been so much more than it ever became. It had so much promise.

@JazGalaxy said:

I think Vinny is the one guy on staff who doesn't really analyze games and I think that's what people like about him.

Patrick seems to play games almost exclusively to pick apart their "systems" and then decide whether he approves or not.

Jeff seems like he plays to be impressed. He's not going to, necessarily, judge a game unfairly, but he's also not going to really try to like it either. This seems fair in so much as he's frequently resistant to trends, but it can also be unfair when a game that has a ton of non-obvious merit doesn't immediately impress him.

I don't know about Ryan and Brad.

Brad only plays games for their framerates.

@Fattony12000 said:

"I need an adult." - Yinvin

Today's livestream is probably my favorite one yet. When everything goes wrong, that's when the magic happens.

Vinny let loose is the definition of the inmates running the asylum and its magical.

I could not agree with the OP more. Vinny is my favorite staff member simply because he seems like a good human being. He plays video games to have fun and doesn't get bogged down trying to point out every flaw he finds. Instead, he takes hold of what he loves to do and just enjoys it. That's such a refreshing attitude in the "it's cool to be cynical" hipster age we're living in.

#TEAMVINNY2013

New Premium feature - Vinny fucks shit up in open-world games, especially Sleeping Dogs.

This was just the best.

i picked a bad day to work

This is why we need to get Vinny to get back to Load Our Last Save! It's almost been a year since the last one, and there are so many more obscure Xbox 1 games to play!

Vinny is giantbomb.com

Vinny is the best. I want a Caravella & Son feature as soon as possible - just a dude and his kid goofin' off, havin' a good time.

Yeah, I've loved the content this week and the carefree feeling in all the live stuff.

@JazGalaxy: Hadn't really thought about that, but I think you're right. Patrick always says he says it's unfair to break a game into categories, then giving those categories individual scores, like GT and Gamespot does. It's a paradox that he always breaks down games to their core systems, and barely ever talk about games in terms of the sum of it's parts.

"hmmm I have a few hours of down time....LIVESTREAM" - Vinny

Oh man who knew trucking could be so funny.

I love Vinny and I loved this week. We got Sleepy Dogs, 2 hours of Euro truck sims, 2 hour TNT, and a Breaking Brad.

@HaltIamReptar said:

@Azteck: giantvinny.com, which used to redirect to somewhere (here, I think), has recently expired. I am sad.

Giantvinny used to redirect to the saints row the third website. giantasshole.com however, still exists.

Ryan can't too a TNT longer than an hour an half or he might go into cardiac arrest.

@Ravenlight said:

@Fattony12000 said:

"I need an adult." - Yinvin

Today's livestream is probably my favorite one yet. When everything goes wrong, that's when the magic happens.

Oh my god. I can't wait to watch this stream. It won't be the same without the chat... but yeah, Vinny's quicklooks are definitely... You know what, I'll fuckin' say it. Vinny's quicklooks are epic. I laughed so god damn hard when his Sleeping Dogs DLC was bugged, so while Steam was repairing it he brought up an emulated Law of the West just to shoot that lady...

@YI_Orange said:

@HaltIamReptar said:

@Azteck: giantvinny.com, which used to redirect to somewhere (here, I think), has recently expired. I am sad.

Giantvinny used to redirect to the saints row the third website. giantasshole.com however, still exists.

I don't want to click that link, but I really want to click that link.

@Legion_ said:

@JazGalaxy: Hadn't really thought about that, but I think you're right. Patrick always says he says it's unfair to break a game into categories, then giving those categories individual scores, like GT and Gamespot does. It's a paradox that he always breaks down games to their core systems, and barely ever talk about games in terms of the sum of it's parts.

if he did that he wouldn't have liked BD so much.

I think the great thing is without anyone else around its really easy for Vinny to drag Brad down to his level of madness, the Neverdead QL being a case in point.

This week has been a huge breath of fresh air.

Caravella/Shoebreaker 2016.

@Meepasaurus said:

This was just the best.

Ah yes, Jeffs reaction. It's pure joy.

@Breadfan said:

Caravella/Shoebreaker FOREVER

Better

Man, imagine what giant bomb would be if Vinny was in Jeff's position all the time. Every quicklook would be an hour minimum.

I didn't get to catch the live stream so I watched the quick-look on the site here when it went up a few hours ago and I might have laughed so hard I woke everyone else up in the house.... oops. That first time he went around the corner and tipped the truck over I absolutely lost it.

@JazGalaxy: Brad is a Blizzard Fanboy, Ryan occasionally plays video games in addition to MCing.

I've said it before, I'll say it again, Vinny is the goddamn best.

Always.

The best story on the Bombcast is Vinny's story of his quest to find a joystick on the weekend... when he was unsupervised.

Vinny's taste in games most lines up with my own, so does his comedy. He's a bro among bros, adding brofisting vinny to my bucket list.

I will never stop posting this gif.

There are still 51 weeks in this year, but it's going to be really fucking hard to top this week. It's been pure joy since Wednesday.

@CaptainTightPants said:

@YI_Orange said:

@HaltIamReptar said:

@Azteck: giantvinny.com, which used to redirect to somewhere (here, I think), has recently expired. I am sad.

Giantvinny used to redirect to the saints row the third website. giantasshole.com however, still exists.

I don't want to click that link, but I really want to click that link.

It redirects to Vinny's profile here. Anybody know the Bombcast episode where this joke started?

Only thing that would've made the QL better (if possible) was Dave, just his laugh and screaming whenever they do something wrong in the Flight Club series is amazing. Can't be more impressed with how hilarious the entire thing was.

@thabigred said:

I will never stop posting this gif.

And you shouldn't

And that's why everybody loves Vinny. <3