Giant Bombcast 01-31-2012

I think it's unfair to say Square-Enix is coasting with Final Fantasy. Say what you will about the quality, but they put a lot of work into those games.

Also, in Quarrel, you and your opponent pull from the same letters. You could have also played "my", Brad.

Nomura didn't actually design anything in FFXIII-2 beyond the faces of the characters. :U He's not responsible for any of the stupidness of the most recent Square games, that's aaaaaall Toriyama.

This is why Ryan thinks Moogles sound like an NYC cab driver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15qmRzn2Pc

@SpunkyHePanda said:

I think it's unfair to say Square-Enix is coasting with Final Fantasy. Say what you will about the quality, but they put a lot of work into those games.

I wish you were there in the QL thread. So much bile spewed.

I am excited to play XIII-2, I didn't quite enjoy XIII but the demo on the new one really sold me.

Holy shit, this "booty" talk is my favorite thing.

Giant Bomb ahead of the curve yet again!

The movie that Brad confused Sneakers with is called Sleepers. I always confuse them myself even though they were released four years apart and have nothing to do with each other! Sneakers is by far the superior film, though.

Edit: Oh hey, he figured it out. Fact checking once again improving the podcast!

Brad doing the moogle squeal was fucking insane. It's amazing how a baritone voice like Brad can make noises like that. That was ridiculous.

Brad doing the moogle squeal was fucking insane. It's amazing how a baritone voice like Brad can make noises like that. That was ridiculous.

@wumbo3000 said:

Brad doing the moogle squeal was fucking insane. It's amazing how a baritone voice like Brad can make noises like that. That was ridiculous.

Yeah, when Ryan(?) said that Brad made that noise I was in shock. I figured Vinny or maybe Patrick did it.

@spiderbat87 said:

How was FF13 received in Japan?

Fairly well if I recall right:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/328715/final-fantasy-xiii-2-gets-perfect-famitsu-review-score/

I'm going to get a little self-indulgent here for a second:

Monday morning a water leak in my condo resulted in buckets of water pouring through my floor and collapsing the ceiling of my living room. I'm looking at expensive and inconvenient repairs. But GODDAM if the Bombcast doesn't make this week suck just a little bit less.

I like how Ryan is all HEY LET'S TALK ABOUT GAMES and Vinny is all FUCK NO, MORE DIORAMA TALK.

essentially.

heres the arcade ambience that they were talking about http://arcade.hofle.com/

Am I the only one getting insanely slow download speeds in the site recently? It's going to take over an hour to download 86MB and I have a 20Mbps connection.

I thought Brad was talking about HACKERS.

thing about dragon quest is that its charming, funny, and doesnt take itself too seriously. its silly and it knows it. cant say the same for FF.

Thank you Ryan, cause I'm now going to start an Indie band called "mail order ants"

Diction.

The movie Patrick was thinking of is "The Woodsman".

@Dan_CiTi said:

I thought Brad was talking about HACKERS.

I'm going for Rounders.

I love the Bombcast! Amazing job, each and every one of you.

As crazy as Skylanders success is, I am actually kind of happy about it. Toys for Bob deserves success so that they can make their true sequel to Star Control 1+ 2

write in "Gerstmann/Fusion" 2012

"That's... that's aliens right there!"

Brad, the upcoming DLC is just for battling Lightning in some coliseum shit.

I don't get the praise FFXIII's battle system gets. The trashy mob enemies are aggressively boring and simplistic(not much difference from something like mashing the A button), and way too much time is spent watching bars fill up. People like saying its "dynamic", but you only make a handful of meaningful decision  in a battle, and you end up falling back on the same handful of strategies almost every battle(Bully>Relentless Assault>Three-ravagers(whatever its called)>Cerberus)

Then again, I think MMOs are super boring as well. Hearing Brad describe it as such, kinda made me realize why I really dislike it.

Whats up with all this booty and rump craziness. If you ask me I prefer donkey.

LIVELY

Love all the shit-talking about Chrono Cross when most of those story "connections" are in one easily missed sequence, and that shit has almost nothing to do with the events of the story (or even the state of the world), other than fan speculation.

Damn you Patrick....now I want to watch all 200 episodes of X-Files now....damn you and thank you

I don't get the praise FFXIII's battle system gets. The trashy mob enemies are aggressively boring and simplistic(not much difference from something like pressing A button), and way too much time is spent watching bars fill up. People like saying its "dynamic", but you only make a handful of meaningful decision  in a battle, and you end up falling back on the same handful of strategies almost every battle(Bully>Relentless Assault>Three-ravagers(whatever its called)>Cerberus)
 
Then again, I think MMOs are super boring as well. Hearing Brad describe it as such, kinda made me realize why I really dislike it.

"Do you want to sit on my lap?"

skylanders might become Jeff's WiiWare/DSiWare kick, i think new podcast is being born

yes it's legal to own skulls and a normal adult skull retails for 200 dollars. Depending on the quality one can be go for $500.

3 hour podcast, so about 10 minutes for e-mails? I kid.

I laughed so hard.

And despite your MANUFACTURED FEARS... a blind run Super Metroid may very well be legendarily entertaining.

Ok, what is this Hamster Gato remix these dudes mentioned at around 1:30?

Tie Fighter and X-Wing are basically nothing but escort missions.

@Duffyside: I believe it is this, sir.

@D_W said:

This is why Ryan thinks Moogles sound like an NYC cab driver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15qmRzn2Pc

Holy shit. That shows now unknowingly influential advertisements can be.

Bombcast! ...downloading at 20 k/b sec...

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Another great castbomb!

that was a fucking great bombcast.

I love how massively off-topic this bombcast is.

Hey, just learned I share a birthday with Patrick.

I saw the ice expansion at Gamestop (for Skylanders) not too long ago but yeah it's been crazy lately on trying to find some of that stuff but considering it's a hardware based thing there's usually going to be a limited amount for a while as retailers figure out if they have a hit or not with some new IP.

Booty is like bobble head... but two of them

Best quote LOL