I liked this Quick Look. I know it's short, but honestly, how much more do I need to see here? I don't wanna watch her build a whole park. She shows the purpose, the tools, and the overall style(s) available, and has a lot of enthusiasm for what is here. $30 gone from my wallet!
What energy bars are they talking about? I have a horrible time getting lunch regularly at work and I could use something that doesn't taste terrible that also has a decent calorie spread with some caffeine.
Good luck Ben! Last summer I finally did a surgery I had been putting off too. It's been a huge relief in a lot of ways; I hope this brings you the same improvements (although mine was to my breathing, not my feet, so maybe not exactly the same improvements, that would be weird).
Last week during E3 I was sick with a cold. At the end of the cold I had a minor surgery to correct my breathing in my nasal passages (I was surprised they let me have the surgery what with the cold, but hey). It's been a couple weeks of a lot of nervousness, discomfort, sometimes intense pain (didn't throw up after general anesthesia this time!), horrible disgustingness (I didn't think a body could produce what mine is producing in my nose), etc.
I'm also not allowed to bend over at the waist or pick up anything more than 10 lbs, meaning that I'm stuck at home, condemned to just heal up in a vague mix of painkillers and grossness.
Giant Bomb has entertained me and kept my mind off this stuff for dozens and dozens of hours over the last couple weeks as I watch and catch up on all the good content. I am super grateful for it. I would bet we have people who are much sicker than I have been who are even more grateful for their content and humor.
Thanks for being there, GB crew. I know E3 has to be something you both love and dread but you do it better than anybody and it's made a difference in how I feel during some sick down time.
@tiffanytryhard: In my mind, I'd just throw him the cool guy up-nod thing, like we were both too important and busy to talk but we understood the significance of us both being there. In reality, I'd probably trip twice walking over to try to high five him.
Jason, I am super, SUPER sick with a cold, I have a mandatory work training all week I can't miss, I am having surgery next week, and my grandma-in-law is dying. I really appreciate all you do to bring some rainbows into our lives even when it's very stressful for you!!
I don't think comments would be helpful at Waypoint.
For every politically-oriented site I've seen (or sites that, at least, allow content that comes from a particularly one-sided opinion), 90% of comments fall into a single bell curve: People who agree with the writer/speaker and begin the echo chamber, and people who come to that site to post their own contrarian view, knowing it will change nothing. Almost always, these arguments devolve quickly.
That remaining 10% might be trying to have some kind of useful discourse, but it always gets drowned out.
I don't agree with a lot of Waypoint's views but I still read/listen to them because I like their personalities and their opinions on games as games, even if I am far less interested in their meta-intention of being a politics site that uses games and gaming as a framing device. What good would it do to have a bunch of us below every article, arguing about everything?
Separated forums, as they seem to be planning, might be a more positive feature, but I fear where that will go, as well.
@ultrasupermario: I do like Dan but what bothers me is that at this point it's an act. We have heard and read enough about Dan to know he's not stupid at all. But he pretends he's stupid to try to get the other two irritated (or for other reasons I don't understand).
"Real" Dan fits in great, to my ears, at least. Real Dan is smart, well-informed, and shockingly open-minded (given his upbringing and early adulthood). He's a cool dude who does sometimes have knowledge gaps but fills them pretty easily.
"Stupid Dan" is irritating because the act is so far from what seems to be his real personality and capability.
"Self-promoting Dan" - ie the dude I bought a (very comfy) hoodie from or who writes his own books about his life is sort of a mix of the two. Real Dan writes the book while Stupid Dan plays a character so that you'll be curious enough to think, "What kind of upbringing could raise somebody this weird?" and therefore buy the book.
Like I said, I like Dan. It's just a bit irritating, and it doesn't really fit with the rest of GB, who seem to get by without a lot of acting a certain way or pretending to be dumber than they are. Seriously, though, that teespring hoodie has like this fleece-style lining and it's really warm.
Edit - I think it also depends a LOT on how much content you digest each week. I have a job that keeps me in the car a lot, so I listen to virtually every minute of every podcast. At home, I live in a small enough house that I can cast a QL or UPF or something to my TV and watch it while I do chores. So I see/hear probably 8-12 hours of GB content a week, which makes it grating a bit faster, I imagine.
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