Giant Bombcast 08-21-2012

@LoggerRythm said:

It's awesome time.

the Jurassic Park book was fucking terrible

Persona 4 Golden, I'm waiting for you.

Where do I go to see Ryan and Jeff driving home?

@GenocidalKitten: Follow Jeff or Ryan on twitter, they'll tweet the stream when it begins.

I really appreciated Jeff's Mr Show reference in the first 5 minutes.

@noby_guy: Okay, thanks for the info, I suppose I'll set up a twitter account.

If you want to see what a watch battery does to your body, put one into a hot dog, pour some water on it and let it sit for a couple of hours.

HOLY CRAP HERE COMES PATRICK, HE DOESN'T LOOK TOO HAPPY

Dubstep cigarettes.

I still use 90% of the software they talked about

oh come on guys, don't say the dust's art looks fantastic or whatever across the board; furry shit is silly and who the fuck cares, but the game just has a really bad (in my opinion) look to it (specifically around the eyes). Yes, it's one dude, but I don't see how that matters. That's not why I don't want to play it (I don't really like metroidvania games in general), but still.

I love the idea of crazy eating challenges. In Scotland, we have this one, the Kismot Killer. It is supposedly the hottest curry in the country (and we're curry-mad here). If you can eat it, it's free. http://www.kismot.co.uk/kismot-killer/

And here is some guys trying it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8LGcYZYKM

@wumbo3000 said:

HOLY CRAP HERE COMES PATRICK, HE DOESN'T LOOK TOO HAPPY

I'll hide my bunny slippers...

@Animasta: One person's opinion is one person's opinion. The Bombcast (and myself) all think it looks fantastic, if you don't agree that's your opinion. Doesn't mean the game deserves to be panned by the toilet of the Internet the way it has been around here.

@GenocidalKitten said:

Where do I go to see Ryan and Jeff driving home?

http://www.twitch.tv/gbjg/videos

Forest porn is best porn

I'm really bad at games and Darksiders on Apocalyptic wasn't tough at all. I died to a couple of the enemy gauntlets in the last dungeon but that was kinda it...I don't know. Is Brad crazy there or am I good at that game?

I for one don't want to play Dust because the art style looks like garbage. They can yiff away for all I care.

@depecheload said:

I for one don't want to play Dust because the art style looks like garbage. They can yiff away for all I care.

Yeah it's not any kind of furry thing, it's a mixture of ugliness, unpleasant non-perspective backdrops and general uncanny valley stuff.

Anyway, pointless debating personal tastes.

I for one don't want to play Dust because the art style looks like garbage. They can yiff away for all I care.

Sleeping Dawgz huh? LOL

WAIT A MINUTE BAWD GOD THAT'S---THAT'S PATRICK'S MUSIC GOOD GOD ALMIGHTLY

what is better then steam?

Watch Battery Enema is one hell of a grind band name.

@Smokey_Earhole said:

@depecheload

I for one don't want to play Dust because the art style looks like garbage. They can yiff away for all I care.

Do come out of the furry closet. It will be a great relief for you!

I have been to Anthrocon and danced with furries! Ha.

Hey, if you like the game that's great. I'm not judging anyone for digging it or the art style, I just really find it visually displeasing and don't want to play it. But furries are awesome, I got no problem with them at all.

Someone punch me i totally forgot that today was Tuesday AKA Bombcastday o_O

Thank you for touching on that entire "OMG FURRIES" bullshit eruption. You covered everything that was pissing me off, and settled the score once and for all. Rock on, Bomb Squad.

Wait a minute. Are there actually people who think it's okay to pronounce "warez" as "Juarez"? I had a friend that did that, but he also pronounced Mahjong as "Mah-Hong" and Arch as "ark", so he's excused.

@depecheload said:

@Smokey_Earhole said:

@depecheload

I for one don't want to play Dust because the art style looks like garbage. They can yiff away for all I care.

Do come out of the furry closet. It will be a great relief for you!

I have been to Anthrocon and danced with furries! Ha.

Hey, if you like the game that's great. I'm not judging anyone for digging it or the art style, I just really find it visually displeasing and don't want to play it. But furries are awesome, I got no problem with them at all.

Clearly art styles for games are everything in a video game despite Dust being incredible. Go miss out on one of the best games this year because of your own stubbornness.

Smokey The Bear.

@Phatmac said:

@depecheload said:

@Smokey_Earhole said:

@depecheload

I for one don't want to play Dust because the art style looks like garbage. They can yiff away for all I care.

Do come out of the furry closet. It will be a great relief for you!

I have been to Anthrocon and danced with furries! Ha.

Hey, if you like the game that's great. I'm not judging anyone for digging it or the art style, I just really find it visually displeasing and don't want to play it. But furries are awesome, I got no problem with them at all.

Clearly art styles for games are everything in a video game despite Dust being incredible. Go miss out on one of the best games this year because of your own stubbornness.

yes because he can only have one reason for not wanting to play a game.

Dust: A Daggering Tail

awww yeaaaa...NOOO!

pubic hair trends- think about it

lol br/ room

The "Dinobot problem" has been resolved like, 3 or 4 times. And since the marvel comics day.

@Joeku: Apart from some of the challenges where you need to kill X in a certain amount of time in a certain way, etc, I found Apocalyptic harder, but wouldn't in any way call it brutal. That was without the armor on NG+, too.

FYI: I don't think I'm anything special. I've seen a lot of people say they thought Apoc was a little easy.

Now that Patrick's back, they're actually talking about video games - for the *majority* of the podcast!

Praise be! The guy's aces in my book.

I thought this was funny, they talk about how people being turned off of Dust because of it's art style is dumb, but then they talked about writing off Darksiders because of the 90's bullshit spawn art.

This was all I could think of the whole damn cast...

"How do you not smell that pepper?"

@Nottle said:

I thought this was funny, they talk about how people being turned off of Dust because of it's art style is dumb, but then they talked about writing off Darksiders because of the 90's bullshit spawn art.

this is a good point

@iAmJohn: fuckin stop man

@Animasta said:

@Nottle said:

I thought this was funny, they talk about how people being turned off of Dust because of it's art style is dumb, but then they talked about writing off Darksiders because of the 90's bullshit spawn art.

this is a good point

Ohhh hypocrisy.

Listening to them talk about the furry controversy surrounding Dust was cringe-worthy:

1. The "ginger hate" thing as something commonly seen on the internet was inspired by South Park.

2. Suggesting that people who dislike furry art are homophobic is ridiculous

3. How does being a white male specifically lend oneself to hating furries?

If you guys don't like Patrick or how he is on the Bombcast, go take a listen to EIGHT-FOUR PLAY and realize how good we have it with the team all together. Welcome back, Patrick. Good to hear you on the show again.

(I was once a Patrick basher, but after well over a year here, he has earned his abilities to be a member of the team. He keeps up, and he's a good glimpse of the future of Giant Bomb.)

Are people still hating on Patrick?

come on guys, grow up

And the Dust controversy rages on!

I do think it was a great game though.

And yeah, it's great to have Patrick back.

Re: Dust - It was Fidget that was a little eyebrow-raising for me. Very specifically Fidget. I don't necessarily agree with completely trashing a game over a small element that I find mildly off-putting, but I can at least see where the argument came from. This binary "well, you don't like this one thing with talking animals, you're not allowed to like this other talking animal stuff" defense is ridiculous, as if there's no nuance in how people feel about things. Don't support those debate tactics, Brad! Maybe pick one cool-headed-sounding guy with an opposing viewpoint and have a little back and forth with him. I don't want to be lumped in with a bunch of raging assholes. Hey, this goes for everybody! It doesn't have to be this way. Maybe with a little work, we can all just... love one another. I love you, Brad. I love you.

fuck you, i'm megatron

@SpunkyHePanda: My hatred of you is as passionate as a thousand suns good sir.

...but yeah, I get being turned off by a few designs, I just think it's a shame to skip the game for it, but that's not my business, it's when people become assholes about it that it becomes an issue to me...on both sides.