I Love Mondays 02/25/2013

Hardcore Ryan.

Lawnmower. Racing. Mania.

Ha! Yes, you do have to be subtle about it if you try to present yourself as a biased and unreasonable person.

Sooooo if these people REALLY want to get rid of some arcade sticks....I mean I guess I could take one or two....I mean its an imposition, but whatever, I'll take em'.

Haha, jury duty is the worst.

Of course! Time Travel! Don't worry guys, I got this!

But yeah, I wonder if they find that weird or unsporting to watch those videos? Or it's probably more a matter of time. Then there's always chat to help them refresh. I'm sure they'll figure something out.

I'm hoping for live jury duty updates via twitter.

@humanity: With exception to Patrick when he's not breaking his collar bone, Brad's probably the only guy who doesn't need to be consistently going to meetings (Ryan, Jeff) or doing the actual video production (Vinny, Drew).

Poor Tony. He's all alone now...

I saw Runaway jury. You just need to not be what the jury selection process wants and they will ask you to leave.

Boom. Problem solved =P

Dammit. Now I want to watch Runaway Jury again.

If dave has to turn that hat around, you die.

I KNOW

I had jury duty once. I called the courthouse the day it said on my notice.They said I didn't have to come in. I was like, OK thanks. That was my jury duty experience.

All you have to say is that you can't miss work and that it would be a financial burden to you. I've done it twice (and it was true, I couldn't miss work). Actually had to write a letter and mail it to the clerk, and I was let off both times.

Eh, seems like an okay monday.

I need to subscribe so I can enjoy random PC game in all of it's glory.

@weegieanawrench: I second that motion.

I was bummed no one picked up on Dave's callback to his Ryan impression. "And I Ryan Davis will run this entire website. Huhhhhh..."

Can't wait for Jeff's jury duty Quick Look.

>lawnmower racing mania

You can't just put that looming in the foreground and not expect me to want to see it.

/Lawnmower racing mania

Had jury duty over the summer, murder 2 case. It only took a week.

LAWNMOVER UNPROFESSIONAL FRIDAYS GOOOOOO!!!

I demand to see lawnmower racing mania on this weeks unprofessional fridays!

Excited about Tim Schafer!

Blade Runner!

i did jury duty once luckly i did not get picked , and i got £5 for food for the day and a day off work :) and a 3 yr wait before i am put pack into the hat agien.

Man, with @Jeff_Gerstmann and @Ryan_Davis gone, @GiantBomb has gone all Game of Thrones on us all of a sudden.

Lawnmower Mania! I don't know what that is under XCOM but that needs to be played pronto.

Judge: Is there any reason why you feel you can not be a part of the jury?

Jeff: Well the murder and robbery in question sounds a lot like this videogame Kane and Lynch. And well your Honor I have a history with that game.

Judge: So you feel you can't preform your duties as a member of the jury because of that?

Jeff: Well that and the accused is named Brad Garrett so I probably do not like him. He was an ex-boxer that worked at AppleBee's. The guy looks like a hippie. Plus I only saw warm milk and vinegar in the lunch room.

Judge: So?

Jeff: I hate all of those things.

Judge: But I am the LAW!

Jeff: F#&K it i'm in!

Brad sounds super excited about Tomb Raider.

Hell yeah, that shit was great.

Suddenly everyone is shaving!

Tim Schafer doing a retrospective of Brütal Legend on this week's TNT... Best Thursday of this month!

Dave's impression of Ryan was so spot on

So far, I've heard that Tomb Raider is a great game but from the videos I just don't see what makes it so good. I look forward to Brad's review.

If they have any of the Metal Gear Rising lamps they should light them all up around the office.

Still no word on FUSE? I thought that was also out in early March

That Ryan impression was uncanny.

What happened to Sara??

She left to NY for Comic Vine's east coast coverage.

I say it's fine, no sense in having Comic Vine people (what, 2?) be in the office of what is dominated by GB. Not that I work there, but it was a little weird anyway.

Oh look, a stack of games. They have a boxed copy of XCOM. That's cool. I never get boxed copies of PC games anymo...

*Double take*

Lawnmower. Racing. Mania.

I require a quick look, now.

Quicklook Lawnmower Racing Mania YESTERDAY!

@thiefsie said:

Seconded.

Judge Judy
?

I almost had jury duty. My number was really high and they didn't even need me to come in. I was disappointed, I wanted to see those delicious tears as I pronounced everyone guilty.

Jeffcast!

Actually, when I read the Eurogamer, Gametrailers, and EDGE reviews they were far more damning but then the score was much higher than you'd expect. It sounds more like an Uncharted clone than a Tomb Raider game. Machinima and Rev3 reviews paint it in a unfavorable light, or at least a game that's not appealing to me as a Tomb Raider fan who's more into exploration/platforming/puzzles than filler collectathon/feature creep/combat and a disappointing story.

This is not even mentioning the ludonarrative dissonance between cutscene Lara and gameplay Lara, where you go from vulnerable victim to trained killer in under an hour.

Damn Mondays, your luvvin is soooooooooo goooooood

What French game were they talking about?

Brutal Legend retrospective TNT, hell yeah! Downloading the game right now, gonna be sweet.

Seconded.