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Giant Bombcast 03/11/2014

Drummer, professional traveler, and apparent Grim Reaper John Drake joins us to discuss the horrible things he's seen on the road, the release of Titanfall, the continued non-release of Driveclub, the release of Amy Hennig, the release of Jack Tretton, the release of being close to a beautiful car, and the release of Dark Souls II!

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

Mar. 11 2014

Posted by: Jeff

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Ghost Fucking The Whip

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@oldskooldeano: I figured as much. The term and/or the footwear most likely was adapted during the Japanese occupation of WWII. The native tongue also has some Spanish adopted during Spanish colonization. I didn't look any of this stuff up I'm just going by common sense and the bit of history I'm aware of. I took beginning Japanese and I could have sworn there was a more specific term for those wooden zori but clearly I'm not sure.

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Jack Tretton as a grizzled PI had me rolling yesterday on the train.

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Frog Fractions 2 sounds perfect.

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Not going to lie, the slut-shaming joke didn't really sit well with me. Other than that, this was one of the most hilarious Bombcasts I've ever listened to.

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@mercury45: I saw your pic before I listened to the podcast, and it was already awesome. Now that I have listened to the podcast, it's become transcendent.

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I am very concerned to learn that someone deflowered Airwolf. AIRWOLF.

me too. that sweet theme song is now tainted.

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I think the pooping incidents went a little something like this:

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@ichthy: what can I say man, brining y'all back to reality.

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Not going to lie, the slut-shaming joke didn't really sit well with me. Other than that, this was one of the most hilarious Bombcasts I've ever listened to.

How come?

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@thecheese33 said:

Not going to lie, the slut-shaming joke didn't really sit well with me. Other than that, this was one of the most hilarious Bombcasts I've ever listened to.

How come?

I don't know, I could tell what he was going for? But it wasn't executed very well, and just felt uncomfortable.

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@nelson1tom said:

Oh wow they read my email about biologists. Totally stick by what I said.

I can understand if you're talking about biologists who watch birds or study cat behaviour, but that guy did molecular biology, that's biochemistry. As a biochemist I think we are on your side!

Relevant: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/purity.png

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Vita popular in China?

Piracy.

Cause seriously, it's the only way you could get any games, regardless of being able to affordability.

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As a small business owner, this was a terrific Bombcast for my small business, of which I own.

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Vinny's stories about when he worked at the skate rink are so great. He never fails to make my day better. Nice having Drake on there. Looking forward to the coming Dark Souls II coverage. I'll never play those games but I love watching GB play them.

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Australia, yo...

What a place!

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I'd like to think the other DJ Vinny is actually his alter ego.

Other Vinny doesn't like you touching the records.

Other Vinny doesn't want you copying his mix.

Other Vinny takes girls to the Woods.

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wasss up just got this account

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@brad@vinny Don't worry too much about enemies not respawning. You can always help people fight bosses and gain thousands of souls each time.

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@csl316 said:

This was gonna be my background podcast to my first Dark Souls experience. But then John Drake would be forever tied to death and sadness. And that's just too weird.

Start listening to the podcast and you'll learn within a few minutes that it's too late for him.

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Back To the Future 2 took place in 2015.

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Listening to the talk about being scared of online or annoyed at being killed a lot in multiplayer is a bit ridiculous, man up. It just seems crazy to me to be somewhat less enthusiastic about a game once the rest of the world gets it and your early access bubble is popped. It's not like CoD or Titanfall are super high skill ceiling games, anyone can jump into matchmaking and have a few good matches.

I don't understand people who only like to play adversarial if they are steamrolling or doing the best, there's little fun to be had there because eventually you just go on autopilot and you're not learning anything new.

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Why the heck do people act like dark souls is some magical game, it is literally just another action rpg... Wow secret items never done before, woah you should dodge your enemies that is new, archaic menus not really a good thing but there are plenty of games still rocking the interfaces from dos games. The biggest thing that is somewhat innovative is how they implemented online.

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Funniest episode in a while... I've never laughed that hard while doing the dishes.

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@evanbower said:

@thecheese33 said:

Not going to lie, the slut-shaming joke didn't really sit well with me. Other than that, this was one of the most hilarious Bombcasts I've ever listened to.

How come?

I don't know, I could tell what he was going for? But it wasn't executed very well, and just felt uncomfortable.

......huh?

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Jeff: John, you work at a video game company.

John: Yep.

Jeff: When was the last time you shit everywhere?

John: Uh, what time is it?

Vinny: Dance Central?

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@fijcjea said:

Why the heck do people act like dark souls is some magical game, it is literally just another action rpg... Wow secret items never done before, woah you should dodge your enemies that is new, archaic menus not really a good thing but there are plenty of games still rocking the interfaces from dos games. The biggest thing that is somewhat innovative is how they implemented online.

maybe ... you know ... people just really really enjoy those games?

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Have a Skate-O-Saurus at the skating rink right by me on Long Isand, I wonder if Vinny worked any of my friends birthday parties when I was younger.

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This was the funniest Bombcast I've heard in a while.

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@gypopotamus: If it wasn't a horrible business plan, I'd recommend they put the ads on the premium-only feed :s

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This madness with Australia has to end.

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@azrailx: amen Biology > every other science

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Man... Every 2-3 months, the Bombcast has a truly classic segment that leaves me crying with laughter that I know I can look up on youtube when reminiscing years later. This episode alone had about five of those. This is one for the ages.

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Sick roller rink reference from Vinny. Takes me straight back to On The Spot circa 2006.

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Vinny as Skate-A-Saurus