Griffinmills

@onlineatron: I check in on this thread from time to time and my stance from my previous post is still the same. Anything that uses the all too popular Netflix/Metro/Carousel style of presentation is instantly second best for me.

Thanks for the recommendation but I actually prefer “Splodey” to “Bomb Cyclone” as far as alternatives go.

@megahurtz: @megahurtz:

I have video buddy installed on my Ipad and Ipad mini and it is currently working as of 11/20/2020. I tested by playing the Assassin's Creed Syndicate Playdate archive.

Unfortunately, on my iPhone, it was offloaded by the operating system because I hadn't used it in a while. When I tell it to reload the app it says the app is no longer available "keep or delete" which is a real bummer.

I love the effort put into the more modern offerings but for me nothing beats the simple layout of Video Buddy. Landscape viewable black and white text listings ( with small thumbnails) that are brighter or dimmer based on whether you've watched a video or not. So much information is communicated succinctly and in such density, it's perfect, imo. Like the old.reddit.com layout, it works and is so much better at these feature sets rather than trying to look like window 8 or netflix or whatever these carousel layouts are supposed to do.

I donated to Video Buddy back in the day and would gladly put money towards an updated app, Video Buddy or a newer equivalent, that understands and respects this POV.

Just caught up to the episode of The Giant Bombcast where they bring this up. I'm a pretty long term vet of the Destiny franchise and I agree with people that say it's both reasonable and totally f'ed up. Wouldn't want to make this decision myself that's for sure. Then I saw this...

@jeff

...somebody out there recreated Mars via Garry's Mod so at least our head duder can shoot bicycle cannons while running around reminiscing!

Not really a Video Buddy specific bug I think but thought I’d come here and mention it.

There are 32 videos listed on the Latest tab on the site (mostly Lockdown related) since the 13th but in Video Buddy there are only about 7. They all show up if searched by name and play just fine it seems to be more that they are missing something simple like a tag that apps like Video Buddy key in on.

The six that appear are

GTFO second vinny experience from 4/15

Ape Escape with Jan from 4/15

Final Fantasy VII combat trials with Ben from 4/16

Nancy Drew Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake from 4/17

Bloodborne Identity 8 from 4/20

They are all situated between Bombcasts 630 and 631. To be clear, these are the only videos that Appear, all 20+ other videos uploaded later are missing unless searched for by name. This isn’t really a new thing. Videos tend to miss the feed from time to time and I catch on when I visit the site proper but this is a bit of an epidemic! I assume this issue causes problems on some other platforms too maybe? Hopefully an easy fix like a missing tag or something. Thanks!

Hey there, Capcom has a beat ‘em up collection with full online coop support. It’s usually about 20 bucks and goes on sale for half that pretty frequently. Castle Crashers was also remastered for ps4 if I recall correctly and was a minor hit in these parts, ymmv though!

Just chiming in as another user seeing this (hey fellow Video Buddy diehards!) I noticed it didn’t happen to anything on the game of the year so thought it was a New Year New Tech thing but glad to see the Top Men are on the case. Thanks and appreciate your work.

I guess I spoke too soon or the problem has returned. Can’t watch on iOS devices again here either. Give that server a love tap again please!

Video Buddy seems better, for me, for the last 24 hours. It even loads up and responds faster than it used to. Thanks for your efforts in this regard Rorie and the Top Men Gang!

Updating my updated posts above. Giving iOS apps 24 hours no longer seems to (temporarily) fix the 403/etc. errors. Nothing has worked for days now other than the site player.

My iOS and video buddy errors from above still persist. Same symptoms as bassguygt. Only way I can get videos to play is the web page. At one point, if I waited 24 hours this would fix itself, until it happens again usually around the time a new video goes up early in the AM pacific time. Now it seems to be a more permanent thing?