Quick Look: Hatoful Boyfriend

As a french person, I'm telling you we have the most pedantic pigeons in the world. That part is accurate.

C'est un fait.

My god, the riker graphic settings thing...I almost forgot about that. It's one of those things you want to forget. Here's a reminder, everyone needs to experience the horror again

Timpani is a set of large drums

Yep Dan...that's totally Edgar Allen Poe in the music room...

Danny has confused "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" with "Hall of the Mountain King"

There should be more birds in games. Hell, I'd probably have even liked Watch Dogs if all the characters were birds.

so Danny's an ex-bird on this game huh
sorry I can't resist the pun

Everyone's favorite European! Ireland's Favorite Son! Dannnnnnnnny O'Dwyeeeeeeeer!

I just read the wikipedia about this and the extra story "Bad Boys Love".

Jesus this game gets weird!

Hatoful Boyfriend > Destiny.

Fucking Attack on Titan references, what website IS THIS?

Oh god I recognize some of this music from other VLs. Someone send help

I know it's not cool to peck on others, but these puns are really ruffling my feathers the wrong way. I'm generally down with puns, but really. Just sit on it for a bit longer before hatching them, okay?!

Anyway, everything I've seen of this game is really clucking with me, but I'm worried how long the game can fly before the yolk gets old.

I strongly agree with giving this a higher score than Destiny. It's so random and crazy, but I like the concept it set out to do.

I'm pretty sure most birds are omnivores. Worms and bugs, nuts and seeds.

Sakuya is the birdgeoisie

Wait it isn't pronouced "Hate-ful"? I always thought this was called Hateful Boyfriend (blame my dyslexia ) Either way sentitent pidgeons scare the shit out of me.

I keep repeating the title of this game in a really racist-y Engrish accent in my head and I don't know why.

Don't birds eat worms and insects and seeds and shit? Omnivores.

@kommando208: When he started up, I genuinely thought the game was asking him if he was OK. And all I could think was "No. Dan is not OK."

The true route is called Hurtful Boyfriend

I don't generally play games like this but I liked Katawa Shoujo. This doesn't seem much like that though.

So did Danny.

Also, I think that was a part from the Nutcracker.

Man, fuck these audible ads on the front page that play at random during videos. I've had Giant Bomb whitelisted to support the site, but it's getting really annoying having sound play out of nowhere at absurd volumes during videos or while I'm browsing the forums.

I was hoping Danny would be in on this one :D

http://www.gamespot.com/shows/random-encounter/

Damnit, Danny. DOVES. There's no such thing as a pigeon. It's not a real thing. A rock dove is a real thing.

This has made me deeply worried about the state of humanity. What the fuck are we doing?

This . . . is going to be good.

Sorry, but I already watched over ten hours of this on Giant Bomb Unarchived youtube channel. NO SALE

(Actually I'm totally watching this anyway)

"Can Pigeons Fly?" -- Dan Ryckert

The most egregious part of this video is Danny misidentifying Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy as In the Hall of the Mountain King

I think that's the intentional wordplay in the title. With the context of dating sims and pink fluffy title screen, it's supposed to look like it's pronounced Heartful.

I've been saying for awhile that what Destiny needed was some boy birds that wanted to get into your pants.

Ok, let's just cut the crap already and announce Danny's move to Giant Bomb

Dan 'Sequoia' Ryckert

Dan and Danny need to do more content together, because this was fucking awesome.

Danny suggested watching Akira together with Dan. He also dropped Attack on Titan references.

I feel like this running gag of taunting Dan with anime is going to break him in some way. I don't know how, but it will.

This HAS to be Frog Fractions 2.

@kommando208: Hah! Didn't see yours. I chuckled when that came up.

@quid_pro_bono said:

Yea my bad. Though I think Dan asking if pigeons can fly might have been worse.

This is truly the best birthday I've ever had.

"At each other's throats... I assume that's fighting" - Dan

The Timpani:

That's The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy, Danny.

This is In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Also I am utterly baffled that Dan does not know what a Mourning Dove is. Didn't he grow up in the central US? Those birds are all over the place.

Do they not have pigeons in Ireland? Herbivores!?!?

Oh my god this is glorious

Wow, Danny with the deep reference to QL's from 2010. I know this is beaten to death, but man I wish I could go to an alternate universe where he worked at GB.