Game of the Year 2011: Day 02 Recap

Watching this immediately when I get home from work!!!

@GreenBeret3 said:

I believe if you cleared the location of a dragon before you can't absorb their soul. That's what happened with me anyway. Maybe it's to prevent someone from grinding.

That would explain the time it happened to me! It wasn't a bug Brad.

The Ethereal Plane of Zanzibar is a good band name.

@Ali_D said:

I cannot wait.... repeat CANNOT wait to see Vinny's video!

I heard from twitter feeds that you guys want to drop some stupid categories.

Don't. Don't ever. This is goddamn fantastic.

GiantBomb. The best video game website of 2011, or maybe it's the best website of 2011 !

wat the fuck.

@RonnieBarzel said:

I'm assuming the podcast will address this, but I wonder how close the 'What I Got' segment from 'Saints Row: The Third' got to winning.

Super curious myself. I wonder if that simply didn't win because Jeff and Ryan made it one of the early spoilers for the rest of the crew.

Also, is it worth watching these guys play Skyrim at the end of this video if I have a lot more Skyrim to play AND haven't watched the Greg Kasavin Skyrim marathon?

So good! Loving these!

Crazy TV Vinny is absolutely hilarious.

Break Of Dawn is worth it. I love the Dawnbringer (breaker?). Such a good sword.

@AlexanderSheen said:

@Wiseblood said:

I would have gone with the "Holding Out for a Hero" moment over "Power".

Me too.

Both are pretty great, but I'll be damned if I didn't love the "Holding Out for a Hero" moment. Pure. Goddamn. Awesome.

Goddammit, can we just say that Saints Row The Third is the ACTUAL Game of the Year?

Having now seen two of these segments I feel confident in saying you topped your own end of year coverage once again GB! The FMV presentation for the first part is the literal best. Can't wait for the remaining segments. And on top of that you deliver another quality slice of Skyrim gameplay with excellent balance of showing respect and fucking around. Very well done.

In Skyrim I used Lightning Bolt spell for the longest time. Feels like playing an FPS (UT lightning gun style)

The Vinnyscreen continues to be disturbing. Nice acting Brad. :)

I'm a wizard and that looks fucking awesome.

HAY WAIT THEY SAID IT WAS DAY TWO BUT THEY'RE WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES

Goddamn, Vinny's head is still freaking me out.

How the fuck did Stealth Elf not take that?  Fuck this nonsense.

Brad was rad in this.

@Korolev said:

This is great. Really, really great. Just.... it's amazing.

Best sky game, though? I wonder if they'll keep this award for next year when Bioshock Infinite comes out.

I don't think you got the point behind that award.

Mace of Molag Bal rules, I've been using it for hours. I really want to work up to that perk for smithing magic items so I can tweak the hell out of it.

the " I need a hero" moment was better

Brad is a wizard.

So day 3 Best use of dubstep : Trackmania 2 .

@Garfy said:

@GreenBeret3 said:

I believe if you cleared the location of a dragon before you can't absorb their soul. That's what happened with me anyway. Maybe it's to prevent someone from grinding.

That would explain the time it happened to me! It wasn't a bug Brad.

This.

@csl316 said:

How the fuck did Stealth Elf not take that? Fuck this nonsense.

She was too busy taking my heart...

@EveretteScott said:

@Korolev said:

This is great. Really, really great. Just.... it's amazing.

Best sky game, though? I wonder if they'll keep this award for next year when Bioshock Infinite comes out.

I don't think you got the point behind that award.

No I think he has got the serious point. But he's missing the part where they made an award just to give to Skyrim.

kiteco 85

Why's Brad so afraid of doing anything interesting while trying to show off his game of the year?

I'm a wizard and I have a mickey mouse hat.

I certainly hope that either Jeff or Vinny's Video is a "Wing-Commander" type, with Jeff or Vinny wearing a fake admiral's uniform issuing "Orders"

@johnLongview said:

HAY WAIT THEY SAID IT WAS DAY TWO BUT THEY'RE WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES

Its almost like they recorded all these videos on the same day.

What can't Brad do with his voice?!

C'mon, guys. That penthouse mission was good but no song has ever pumped me up so much in a video game as "Holding Out for a Hero" in the last mission of Saints Row.

OMG we need more V-Vinny!!!

@Branthog: Cowboys V.S Aliens? Meh..

Mexicans V.S Wizards? Hell yeah!

I know what V-Vinny reminds me of now. He reminds me of the past recording of Hauser/Quaid from Total Recall.

I think this is fucking amazing.

While Skyrim is an excellent game it has far too many flaws that doesnt make it a GOTY contender at all. Its a great world to explore, but the combat, the story, the crafting, the NPCs, all that is pretty mediocre, or even bad. I find it sad that a great game like The Witcher 2 hasnt even been mentioned in either of the GOTY 10s so far.

I want a virtual Vinny.

I need to subscribe 20 more times to this site, this is amazing.

And people wonder why I hark about Giant Bomb so much.

Brad's character is mad weak you guys. I guess he did say he stopped playing after release.

@Cirdain said:

@EveretteScott said:

@Korolev said:

This is great. Really, really great. Just.... it's amazing.

Best sky game, though? I wonder if they'll keep this award for next year when Bioshock Infinite comes out.

I don't think you got the point behind that award.

No I think he has got the serious point. But he's missing the part where they made an award just to give to Skyrim.

What are you talking about? the award was for any of those 3 games featuring the word "Sky" in it, Bioshock Infinite dosn't so he didn't get it there was no serious point in that award.

This makes me want to play more Skyrim even though I should be playing Saints Row The Third.

OK, if I ever want to make a FMV game (very likely if I win the lottery or something), I know who to contract: Mr. Vinny Caravella.

Where are users voting for which games the crew will pick for game of the year?