Giant Bombcast - Portal 2 Spoilercast!

Posted by BrickRoad - April 24, 2011 at 7:02 AM

These game specific podcasts are pretty cool. I like 'em.

Edited by Xdsk - April 24, 2011 at 7:03 AM

bombcast!
edit: :Looking forward to hearing about the inner workings of portal.

Edited by Bennyishere - April 24, 2011 at 7:05 AM

Ooooh, I shall save this for when I have actually played the game... Love the idea of game-specific podcasts.

Posted by Captain_Insano - April 24, 2011 at 7:05 AM

been a long time since a game specific one. Guess I'll download this but need to get portal 2 and play it before I listen

Edited by GunnBjorn - April 24, 2011 at 7:09 AM

I'm about 2/3rd into the game. Will finish it first, then listen to the BC.

Posted by SBYM - April 24, 2011 at 7:13 AM

I haven't played Portal 2 yet, and I'm still going to listen to this; time to live dangerously.

Posted by mracoon - April 24, 2011 at 7:14 AM

No spoilers in comments! I will delete any spoilers.

Moderator

Edited by MooseyMcMan - April 24, 2011 at 7:26 AM

Neat-o! I don't really like the intro-music though. Too electronic-y.

SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

Also, Nolan North is the best.

Posted by Jackhole - April 24, 2011 at 7:29 AM

I've heard that this podcast also spoils Shutter Island. You've been WARNED!

Posted by rjayb89 - April 24, 2011 at 7:32 AM

This podcast also kinda spoils the film Moon.

Posted by Sayishere - April 24, 2011 at 7:32 AM

havent played portal 2 so ill skip this :(

Posted by TurboMan - April 24, 2011 at 7:33 AM

@rjayb89 said:

" This podcast also kinda spoils the film Moon. "

not fully, but spoils a big key in the ending

Posted by Cubic - April 24, 2011 at 7:49 AM

That was really good. It's a shame that Valve games are just about the only games that tell a decent story (as opposed to most games which just have a movie hap-hazardly cut into them that tell a decent story), maybe the success of games like Portal and Bioshock will create more people in the industry like this.

Posted by metalsnakezero - April 24, 2011 at 7:51 AM

Love the leopard print turret. Also fat turret was awesome too.
F-ing Moon!

Posted by Spoonman671 - April 24, 2011 at 7:53 AM

I finished the single player, but not the co-op. Is this podcast safe for me to listen to?

Posted by Lurkero - April 24, 2011 at 7:54 AM

One of the best parts about Portal 2 to me is realizing that they avoided giving in to creating any memes for people to saturate the internet with for the next couple years. Instead, there was just great dialog.

The only thing that sort of annoyed me was how at first it seemed like every line coming from GlaDOS was an insult at Chell. The first few times were haha but the next fifty was diminishing returns, especially fat jokes and whatnot.

I hope someone captures audio from all the turrets as well. Those were some funny lines.

Posted by Cubic - April 24, 2011 at 8:05 AM

@Spoonman671 said:

" I finished the single player, but not the co-op. Is this podcast safe for me to listen to? "

Yes. They barely talk about the co-op story at all (and none of that goes into spoiler territory).

Posted by Spoonman671 - April 24, 2011 at 8:12 AM

@filthreaper said:

" @Spoonman671 said:
" I finished the single player, but not the co-op. Is this podcast safe for me to listen to? "
Yes. They barely talk about the co-op story at all (and none of that goes into spoiler territory). "

Alright then, thanks.

Posted by ryanwho - April 24, 2011 at 8:24 AM

This podcast spoils Old Yeller.

Posted by Outrager - April 24, 2011 at 8:35 AM

@filthreaper: Thanks for the reply. I was wondering the same thing. Time to listen to it.

Posted by vaportra1l - April 24, 2011 at 8:54 AM

Man I do need to finish Portal 2 but MK won't let me :(.

Posted by Dany - April 24, 2011 at 9:32 AM

They spoiled shutter island...those damn bastards

Posted by FinalDasa - April 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM

@BrickRoad said:

" These game specific podcasts are pretty cool. I like 'em. "

100% this :)

Posted by MjHealy - April 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM

I just finished Portal. Get into my ears!

Posted by mnzy - April 24, 2011 at 10:10 AM

He is a ghost the whole time!

Posted by buckybit - April 24, 2011 at 10:12 AM

I was waiting for this one...

Posted by Max_Hydrogen - April 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM

According to Wikipedia, Melvin Jerome Blank (IPA: [blæ̃ːŋk]) changed his name to Blanc, the French word for "white" (IPA: [blɑ̃ː]), with the final consonant unpronounced. But he kept the original pronunciation. Had he francisized it, as some with the name Blanc do, then it would be [blɔ̃ːŋk] as Ryan said.

Posted by Lelcar - April 24, 2011 at 10:32 AM

I wish this spoilercast was longer! There's so much more questions that could've been asked!

That being said, thanks Ryan for the spoilercast.

Edited by buckybit - April 24, 2011 at 10:49 AM

... and now I am disappointed. Ryan did his best, but the guys are so not talking about anything interesting, IMHO. They are stuck in meta-jokes, talking about things not related to anything really interesting, and saying nothing really interesting.

It's not 'developers commentary'. No "behind the scenes" explanation why they did what, to what extend, for what reason - or going for which effect. This is just another 30 min with 'the developers' during the Valve/Portal 2 media event (journos playing/reviewing the game in Seattle).

Rather funny, that the 'writers' are the ones having the least thing to say about the game. The Portal 'fiction' also isn't really the most compelling element of this game? It's ok. I like parts of it. Would have had a couple questions on my own - but now I'm done.

Posted by Dooftastic - April 24, 2011 at 10:57 AM

This was far too short a podcast! I feel Ryan just barely scratched the surface.

Posted by bkbroiler - April 24, 2011 at 11:17 AM

I really enjoyed this podcast. Ryan is a great moderator.

Listening to this (and the commentaries in their games), I am struck by how much care Valve puts into making their games. They really think about everything, and will completely revamp a game if they feel it isn't working. That's why their games take so long to make.

Online

Posted by FengShuiGod - April 24, 2011 at 11:53 AM

As far as Portal 2 goes, this podcast was pretty unenlightening.

Posted by Kyreo - April 24, 2011 at 12:52 PM

Spoilercasts are the best!

Posted by Underachiever007 - April 24, 2011 at 1:39 PM

That music is so chill.

Posted by GioVANNI - April 24, 2011 at 2:24 PM

I'm glad I finished Portal 2 so now I can listen to this!

Posted by DonPixel - April 24, 2011 at 2:33 PM

@buckybit: yea I was getting tired of their "jokes" they were being kind of jerks.

Posted by ApolloBob - April 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM

Pam Ewing dreamed the whole thing!

Edited by Kajaah117 - April 24, 2011 at 3:00 PM

Edited for Spoilers.

^^^... wait. I can't post spoilers on a Spoilercast thread?

Posted by Nights - April 24, 2011 at 3:33 PM

I stopped listening after he said Shutter Island wasn't a very good movie.

Posted by BoringK - April 24, 2011 at 3:33 PM

Pinkerton! I'm a fan of his writing going way back. Wondered where he went after This Is Vegas fell apart. Awesome to find out he had a hand in Portal 2.

Posted by Agent47 - April 24, 2011 at 4:34 PM

@PyratesRum: Jaja I'm there with ya.

Posted by Agent47 - April 24, 2011 at 4:35 PM

WAIT....what is this?New intro music yet I still see season 3 and the same banner...what is the meaning of this!?

Posted by LiK - April 24, 2011 at 4:41 PM

Portal 2 for the Northies!

Posted by Shwan - April 24, 2011 at 4:46 PM

I saw the title and i went "YES giantbomb i love you so" out loud to myself keep doing these spoiler casts i love to hear your detailed opinions on specific games!

Posted by RedSox8933 - April 24, 2011 at 5:11 PM

Just finished the game, listening now.

Posted by doe3879 - April 24, 2011 at 6:14 PM

sorta of...some what disappointed it's not a GB crew portal cast

Posted by supercubedude - April 24, 2011 at 6:38 PM

Fuck yes, animal king!

Posted by Melvargh - April 24, 2011 at 6:56 PM

@Agent47 said:

" WAIT....what is this?New intro music yet I still see season 3 and the same banner...what is the meaning of this!? "

Spoilercast music. I believe they've used it before.

Posted by Dany - April 24, 2011 at 7:32 PM

i listened to the podcast and am now downloading the game

It might be a bit backwards but whatever, I got portal 1 when it was on mac for free so I can wait

Posted by Ben99 - April 24, 2011 at 8:18 PM

is Portal 2 worth the hype ? It looks mundane . I never played the first one and I think the game looks kinda weird .