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GiantBomb Animated: Knife Versus Bat!

It's that time again, duders! My Christmas gift to y'all; a brand new, 4-minute-long GiantBomb Animated. Been a long time coming, and I apologize for that, but university studies, driving tests, script-writing and general life stuff (and XCOM) have until-now been sapping away at my animation time. But hey, it's out! Enjoy!

As is the norm, I'll remind folks that it really helps me out if you watch the video from the actual YouTube page instead of this handy dandy embedded version, since I can more reliably track views, traffic sources, demographics, etc. And of course, any Likes, Favourites, Shares and whatnot are all INCREDIBLY helpful to me. You guys seriously don't understand how a few shared videos can help out my channel.

And of course, here's the other GB Animated Shorts, if anyone wants a Holiday Trip Down Memory Lane;

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Rad! Great work as always, duder!

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Awesome, this argument is a classic. Loved the animation duder, keep it up!

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Lllllllllloved it. Great memories and many a discussions had on this topic. I don't think it'll ever die.

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I love the theme of Jeff being a sadist in all of these videos. Incredible work, duder!

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Really great stuff, loved all of them.

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These things are just so fantastic. Keep up the good work!

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Hot damn these are always great. Love the speechless cameos from the staff not yet staff at the time of this podcast!

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@butano: Yea easily the best part.

Rollercoaster is still my favourite but this was awesome too.

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As always you are the best.

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I think there's a little bit of too much music and sometimes it shouldn't be so loud because it's making harder to understand what they say. It works better as the old animations where it's mostly only the audio from the Bombcast with some subtle music and sound cues once in a while. But, other than that, this is awesome as usual and probably the best of the bunch, I love the details everywhere!

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#TeamBatmenWin

I think people are overestimating their ability to maintain composure after getting hit with a fucking bat.

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2:30

Ryan: "That's a good point."

*places hand on Patrick's face*

This went some real dark places.

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I love what's on their ID cards at the end line-up. Great work as always.

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YYYESSS!!!

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This is everything I never knew I wanted. Thanks duder, and good job.

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2:30

Ryan: "That's a good point."

*places hand on Patrick's face*

This went some real dark places.

That was my favorite little touch in the video (no pun intended). Thank you, duder! I really enjoyed that!

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Please keep doing these, they're so great.

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These are amazing. Always reminds me of the Ricky Gervais animations.

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Dude. Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude.

You've really outdone yourself on this one. Fucking killer work.

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Awesome (and highly disturbing) as usual! I would love to see an animated "Rykert-ism".

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These have all been great, but this is easily your best one. Awesome, hilarious job.

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Good stuff. Enjoy Your Massage is my favorite of your animations but the Knife vs Bat discussion is still a classic.

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Fan-fucking-tastic. Love the new caricatures of Austin/Dan/etc. This makes me wonder if a highly produced 30 min Best of Giant Bombcast Animated a la The Ricky Gervais Show could work. Especially with your style of animation...

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@johnymyko said:

I think there's a little bit of too much music and sometimes it shouldn't be so loud because it's making harder to understand what they say. It works better as the old animations where it's mostly only the audio from the Bombcast with some subtle music and sound cues once in a while. But, other than that, this is awesome as usual and probably the best of the bunch, I love the details everywhere!

I'm with this point. The music needs to be a little less obtrusive. Right now it competes too much with the VO, especially in the opening section (I'm guessing this was deliberate to give a manic feel to the whole thing, but I still think that first 22 seconds are too busy on an audio level). At 00:23 the audio mix seems better in the way the music takes more of a backseat, though I think it still distracts from the VO here and there.

I'd be interested to see a version that removes most of the music, except for maybe a few music cues to accentuate certain moments (the Danny Elfman Batman theme was a solid goof, and one or two other moments).

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I fucking love these. I've watched all the older ones a dozen times each and they never fail to make me laugh. Your portrayal of Jeff as the most unhinged motherfucker on the planet is the secret sauce in these.

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Very good stuff! Seeing Austin and Dan pop up was great, too. And having them an audience to the fight was a hilarious way to frame it.

As others have said, the audio gets a little busy, especially with the amount of cross-talk that that specific era of the Bombcast had. It's something to be mindful of for future animations with this specific cast. Some of the music cues just need to be turned down a little bit.

All said, though, I loved it. Something about your style and imagination meshes so well with the Bombcast. When people say they want video podcasts I scoff, but I'd re-listen to literally every single Bombcast if you could draw them. Keep it up!

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I love the art style and your videos are good. I'm a fan of intermingling music in podcasts (love Talkradar) but the mix was too loud and too diverse. I give it 3 stars.

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I just had to cut this bit of Vinny out for an avatar-ey thing. You cool with that?

That said bat4ever!

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Great work, lovely work, god's werk.

Thank you Lacking Saint.

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Jeff looking like a drugfueled nightmare is the best thing. And I personally like the audio mix as it stands! Good job mate.

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Great work as usual. I'd love to know the what the Giantbomb crew's reactions are to these.

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The Great Debate lives on. Nicely done.

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No one gonna mention that's Drew being the knife test subject?

I'm now imagining more shorts with Drew being a Kenny from South Park-esque subject.

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@bisonhero said:

2:30

Ryan: "That's a good point."

*places hand on Patrick's face*

This went some real dark places.

That was my favorite little touch in the video (no pun intended). Thank you, duder! I really enjoyed that!

I don't get it. Is it because Ryan often touched... Rorie's arm? Seems a bit of a stretch. Is it a pun with "point?" I'm so confused.

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@dprotp: I don think it's a reference; it's just a certain type of humor. It either resonates or it doesn't.

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This is amazing, love the style. Agreed music could be toned down a bit but it mostly worked for me. It does make me wish that somehow there could have been a mashup of all GB staff past and present (and future??); alas...

Y'all have too much talent.

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@blackout62:I am absolutely cool with that! It makes my day when I stumble upon people using images from my videos for avatars and stuff.

@dprotp: Haha, it's honestly nothing special. The joke goes as far as "It would be funny to me if Ryan's way of showing approval to Patrick was patting him directly on the face".

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@lackingsaint: oh okay, got it. I thought it was adorable!

In fact, all of this is, in a weird, twisted way. I love it.

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This must've taken a long, long time to make. Great job duder. These are always worth rewatching a couple of times since they're packed with so many fun little touches.

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Jeff is always a total creep in your animations, love the style. For several reasons I'm firmly in the knife section. All about that speed.

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Another great video. Had to watch it about 5x last night.

One thing though, what happened to the mad hatter at the start? Was it just a projection of Jeff's unhinged personality? Has MicroForm returned with the reject masseures? Someone get the FBI on this!

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Great stuff as always. Enjoy Your Massage might still be my favorite, but that's due just as much to the source material as it is your animation.

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@skullpanda1: Well, there's a certain poster on the wall in the outro...

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@lackingsaint As always, fucking amazing man. Any thoughts on what you will tackle next. They have some pretty amazing conversations on the Beastcast (Ewoks fucking in the bushes anyone?)

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Is Pizza a Sandwich is such a great one to end on. It's so unexpectedly short. Enjoyed all of these, thanks for making them!

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Fantastic job. Also bat is clearly the correct answer.

Here's video proof (don't worry, it's pretty tame):

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People underestimate how quickly you can swing a bat and the force it hits with. After the first hit, you'd be too concentrated on guarding to risk putting your arm out for a stab.