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Giant Bombcast Pre-E3 2011 Edition

Special guest Michael "Pach-Man" Pachter joins Ryan, Jeff, and Patrick for this pre-E3 Bombcast full of predictions, hopes, fears, and more!

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

May. 26 2011

Posted by: Ryan

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Extracast!

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FUCK YES PACHTER. It's about damn time he appeared on the show.

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Best Bombcast picture ever. The Pach is back.

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@twillfast said:
Oh sweet lord in heaven... does this mean...  Microsony?! :O The software/hardware company that has no problems with anything?
Is it a dream or a nightmare?
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I'm gonna chime in with everyone else here and say that Every time Pachter comes to a bombcast, my day feels like christmas eve. Love the man, always fun to listen to what he has to say. Great job guys.

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@texaseanacre said:
@Rufi91 said:
@csl316 said:
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Always a good day when Michael Pachter's in the house  
Perfect.
Great episodes! Jeff and Pachter were right on the money that episode.
Yet it's sad that the biggest takeaway I personally got from the show was the picture above.
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awww shiii 

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Unexpected Bombcast! 
 
Need a change of pants.
How'd you get life insurance? 
Don't they know your in the Daaaaaangggeeeeeeeeerr Zoooooooone!

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Great  two bombcasts in one week.

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Pachter is the reason that I don't believe that all analyst's are giant douchebags, keep doing what your doing!

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YES YES YES ... unexpected Bombcast AND EFFIN PACHTER! Love it!

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I think the E3 theme might be my favorite piece of music from the Bombcast.

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Another Bombcast?! I love you guys.

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PACH-ATTACK son. Pachter is awesome.

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When I saw the New logo by the bombcast button I figured it was from Tuesday.  My day is officially made.

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Seriously?! Why does the gaming press continue to give this third rate hack more attention? Pachter's "predictions" are almost universally wrong and the press loves to line up to quote him but never calls him out when he's wrong which is almost all the time. First Bombcast in years I'll end up skipping. Come on guys, you're light years better than the slums of Kotaku, you don't need to join them.

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Hell yeah! Bonus Bombcast!

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I'm scared of this "cloud."

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vurst!?

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It's a Pach-Attack!

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Great podcast.  
 
I don't want the crazy console race to go away though. 

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I quit.

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Pachter used to piss me off, but this was a great podcast and they talked about a lot of interesting things.
 
DO THIS WITH PACH MORE OFTEN!

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I loved this.  
 
I remember back in the day when I used to read articles every time Pachter made a prediction about something, and I didn't know anything about him except that he was apparently a cool analyst. Various Giant Bomb stuff and the Bonus Round have shown me just how awesome of a dude he really is. I could listen to him talk about anything!

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I love it. This instantly made me smile.

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Enjoyed him on the panel with Jeff Green

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@PXAbstraction:  C'mon, you know Pachter is awesome.
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@PXAbstraction said:
Seriously?! Why does the gaming press continue to give this third rate hack more attention? Pachter's "predictions" are almost universally wrong and the press loves to line up to quote him but never calls him out when he's wrong which is almost all the time. First Bombcast in years I'll end up skipping. Come on guys, you're light years better than the slums of Kotaku, you don't need to join them.
u mad bro?
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Nintendo is the most profitable company ever hardware-wise, the Wii has sold and made way more money than all of the other companies this generation and then I hear this guy say that Nintendo should only sell software.....excuse me while i dont kiss his ass.

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Pachter sure loves his arm wrestling... 
 

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pach attack in da houseeee

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I don't really get the hate towards pach. I mean he even admits some of his predictions are just him talking out of his butt. its just his view of things. He is actually a cool analyst.
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I love Pachter, he's such a great guy whenever I see him in anything.

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I hope Pachter gets a game credit one day so we can wiki the hell out of the crazy old-ish man.

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Pachter factor, always enjoyable. :)

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@joku2002 said:
He is actually a cool analyst.
He's undoubtedly successful at his job, and I'm super glad he's finally on a bombcast. What people that get pissed off at him don't seem to catch on to, is that being a Magic 8 Ball for the gaming press isn't actually what WMS pays hims for. But dude looks damn fine on camera and people love to hate him, so that's a draw for the press. "If they're shooting at you, you're doing something right." Showing up on Bonus Round isn't about advising his clients, and it simply doesn't matter if we choose to believe the Wii HD is coming or not. In a lot of cases that don't pertain to corporate finance, his predictions aren't any more "insider" knowledge than Jeff's.
 
Does anyone here know the analysts Patel and Osawa? I wonder why not? Apparently they're just as accurate. I'd like it if Kokotoku would update this story, but I doubt the raw stats of predictions have changed much.
http://kotaku.com/356982/analyzing-the-analysts-episode-one
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Pachter's at his best when he's totally wasted. 
 
Pach Alcoholic Attack!

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That episode was great! It would be awesome to have the Pachman on the Bombcast again!

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@skywing: My favourite Pachman moment was that live bombcast where he started blasting a couple devs. It was fucking halarious too cause he had obviously had a few beers, but he was pretty much spot on.
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Nintendo makes the second strongest console with much 3rd party and exclusives = Nintendo is doomed.
 
Nintendo owns the most selling console and handheld with most exclusives and some of the finest games, all in one gen = Nintendo is doomed.
 
-_-  
 
Anyway, time will tell, I think they will be fine.

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@Milkman said:
@PXAbstraction said:
Seriously?! Why does the gaming press continue to give this third rate hack more attention? Pachter's "predictions" are almost universally wrong and the press loves to line up to quote him but never calls him out when he's wrong which is almost all the time. First Bombcast in years I'll end up skipping. Come on guys, you're light years better than the slums of Kotaku, you don't need to join them.
u mad bro?
Felt that way until the Pax panel where he's hilarious. He's wrong a lot of the time but that's cause he's a financial analyst paid to make predictions...no one's gonna be right all the time. No point in being an asshole and calling him out on it.
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Finally.

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Pachter! WOOO!

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The Pach Attack meets Giant Bomb!

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HOLY SHIT PACHTER IS IN GB!  woop woop cant wait to listen to this now :D

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Pach-casts are the bomb.

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Pachter sounds like Dave

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i love it when  Pachter teams up with GB. he is really able to (forgive me) loosen his tie. 

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e3 music yeah!

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Just a friendly reminder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNnJqJ9hO4w