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Giant Bombcast 02-02-2010

It's Groundhog Day, so you know what that means: endless conversations about Mass Effect 2 and Star Trek, with just enough Brian Doyle Murray peppered in to keep things interesting. What is this, Miami Beach?

The Giant Bombcast is the world's most beloved video game podcast, and now it's available in video form.

Feb. 2 2010

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Why can you see right through the back of Jeff's head?

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Where is David!? :[

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Love the new Bombcast page.

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Nice, awesome new podcast page

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@TheHendenpeter said:
" Why can you see right through the back of Jeff's head? "
If you are talking about his mouth then I think that's his tongue
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The new logo is doomed. They are about to be attacked by an evil apache helicopter on fire, and no fiddy or stinger launcher around to be seen! And no, ripping the B from the BOMBCAST text and throwing it might not work.


Just kidding, its great. 

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 @MikeydCT said:

" Where is David!? :[ "
He is flying the helicopter. =)
 
Awesome new page.
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Great show!
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Vinny looks spot on. They all do, but Vinny is my favorite here.
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Watch out for that helicopter.

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I preferred the rainbows.  I'm not gay.

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Love the new look, I was just thinking about how the old one was aging a bit...

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@RVonE said:
" Vinny looks spot on. They all do, but Vinny is my favorite here. "
Vinny is pretty much always my favorite.  This picture just solidifies my preference.
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Spot on with Avatar, Ryan. You saw right through that plot.

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The artwork is really cooly looking.
 
Always loved those garbage pail kids-cards, any possibility of the existence of posters..???
 
Maybe in the near future Giant Bomb Wallposters, or live size action figures!

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@Jigsaw:
do ya have borderlands for PC 
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Weekly animated series using the same art as the logo.  NOW GODDAMMIT !!!
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@Bloviator said:
" @RVonE said:
" Vinny looks spot on. They all do, but Vinny is my favorite here. "
Vinny is pretty much always my favorite.  This picture just solidifies my preference. "

Agreed.
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Mass Effect 2 is set in space. I'm sorry for spoiling it for you.

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Now if you're telling me that Avatar is like 8 Mile, I might have to watch it.

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@Jezotron: Come on man! I tried so hard to stay away from spoilers. You ruined the entire game for me, I hope you're happy.
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On the topic of Shepard's class, i can understand why they say Soilder is the way to play the game but it's nice there are options for different play styles.  I like debuffing and causing chaos on the battlefeild so i play as an Engineer. 
 
There's really no deffinitive way to play Mass Effect 2 and that's what makes it great! 

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Duder! The new Bombcast logo is awesome!

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I love Drew, but I miss Brad.
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Ok I've finally gotten round to listen to the Bombcast...  One thing that spoilt it was the jumping on the bullshit bandwagon of saying Avatar wasn't great.  Ryan, stick to reviewing games.  Avatar cost just over $230 million to make and not $400 million.  I'm happy to hear about other discussions on non-game related stuff, but now I'm just getting a little sick of this Avatar bashing.  The film has made over a billion dollars, people love it and so please just leave it alone.  It's getting tiresome and boring.  Jeff, don't listen to Ryan, go see it and make your own mind up...
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@Tricky69:  Popularity != Quality
 
It's just an opinion anyway, like most of this podcast. That's what I'm here for. And I'm sure Jeff would rather listen to you, random stranger on the internet, than Ryan.
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Hey guys, I'm loving the new look

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Sweet! New arts...
 
Why do I see a Drew, but no Dave? And this is the second image of Jeff with a burning stick in his mouth. Blech!

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Holy Shit this new background is crazy. 
Who does all this art for GiantBomb?

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@Tricky69 said:

" Ok I've finally gotten round to listen to the Bombcast...  One thing that spoilt it was the jumping on the bullshit bandwagon of saying Avatar wasn't great.  Ryan, stick to reviewing games.  Avatar cost just over $230 million to make and not $400 million.  I'm happy to hear about other discussions on non-game related stuff, but now I'm just getting a little sick of this Avatar bashing.  The film has made over a billion dollars, people love it and so please just leave it alone.  It's getting tiresome and boring.  Jeff, don't listen to Ryan, go see it and make your own mind up... "

So just because it is popular it's good? transformers was very popular but it was terrible. 
http://movies.ign.com/articles/104/1043543p1.html this IGN article states that it cost much more than 250 million dollars. I feel Ryan is right and even if he wasn't he has a right to his opinion. And last, it's known that Jeff rarely see's movies, he has states he hasn't seen transformers, Dark Knight, and a lot of other movies.
EDIT: Do you not remember TANG, Ryan reviewed every available video game movie, im pretty confident he is an avid movie goer, so if he were to right a review for some weird reason i would follow his recommendation................. BAM
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Just a comment about the new art:  Nice touch with the helicopter on fire.  :P

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YEEEEESSSSS NEWWW ART, my computer broke and i just fixed it and went to the bombcast page and god damn man, fuckin awesome.

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so is "the giantbomb" the can of fermented fish? and the whole website project is centered around this thing having the potential to explode all over the office?

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In China the Avatar movie has a completely different meaning because of the evictions, which is why the Chinese government cut some of the showings, people were getting riled up. 
 

http://www.chinasmack.com/stories/avatar-movie-chinese-reactions-long-lines-shanghai/
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@notlobot said:

" Space hamster is most likely a reference to Baldur's Gate. Minsc's hamster Boo is a "miniature giant space hamster".

This. Seeing how many who don't get it makes me sad, a lot of people should learn more about classic games.
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You guys definitely need a Mass Effect 2 Spoiler FULL podcast with Brad as well!

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also, needs more wrex

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This page background is out-of-this-world. Great stuff

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@JeffGoldblum said:
" Holy Shit this new background is crazy. Who does all this art for GiantBomb? "
Isn't alot of it done by Ben Coello?
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@notlobot: It definitely is, as when you "Examine" the Space Hamster in your cabin, it's squeak noise is the same one used for when you tried to remove Boo from Minsc's inventory in Baldur's Gate.
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@Jason_Bourne:
 Yeah I agree. Just because it's popular and a lot of people like it doesn't mean it's good lol. When I saw Transformers 2 I was baffled at how so many people liked it when I thought it was terrible, and both Transformers movies have garnered a lot of popularity. And I agree with Ryan on Avatar and give him full credibility as a movie reviewer. I mean, he did twenty-something episodes of TANG, so I'd say his opinion matters! 
 
Edit: Love the new art as well guys, you never fail to make my day!
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Bit too much of a focus on Space this episode for me. Even though that is all they apparently played this week.

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mmmm why can you see the background through Jeffs throat on the new art.....???

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@pedro said:
" mmmm why can you see the background through Jeffs throat on the new art.....??? "
You can't. That's his tongue.
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@paulunga said:
" @pedro said:
" mmmm why can you see the background through Jeffs throat on the new art.....??? "
You can't. That's his tongue. "
Awww i see it now! Thanks :)
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@pedro: lol
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Love the art ... need a new bomb cast   :]

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Cool guys look away from explosions.

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@Wrect: Same here, where was he? D:
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The thought of more Mass Effect 2 discussion has got me FRETTING. Hopefully there will be some.