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Quick Look: Ion Assault

Suck up ions from space and shoot them at asteroids. Science!

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Sep. 4 2009

Cast: Jeff, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

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Edited By digital_sin

 Science!

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Edited By Ventilator

This the last thing scheduled this week that we know about?
 
*hits refresh again*

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I searched for this page, typing in Ion Ass
 
He-hee

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Edited By samm93

Oh man lovin the recent flood of quick looks :D
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Edited By Th3_James

ya, QL FTW

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Edited By delta_ass

What's up with the Joker ad before the Quick Look?

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Science!

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Wow, talk about an insurgence of bad Arcade games... or maybe I'm just far too spoiled after Shadow Complex and BF1943 this year. Yeah.
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Edited By xDot

I demand more Quick Looks by Vinny and Jeff where being able to see colour matters, the last few minutes were hilarious.

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Edited By lasafrog

QL = Win 
 
Ion Assault however = Fail
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Edited By tearhead

WTF! Pre-vid ads?! Why GB, WHY?!?!

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Edited By Mooshu

This game seems kinda... boring.
 
I'd rather play asteroids.

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@Tearhead: It's only 2 a day at most. 20 seconds isn't going to kill you.
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Edited By delta_ass
@wordsgohere said:
" @Tearhead: It's only 2 a day at most. 20 seconds isn't going to kill you. "
That's just how it starts. Slippery slope, man. Slippery slope.
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Damn paddle suckin' up mah balls.

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@Tearhead: For the amount of content we get here at GB the amount of ads is extremely reasonable.  The guys have to pay the bills somehow, you know...
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Edited By ProjektGill

Wow one of the shortest QLs. Too lazy to look back to see if any are shorter.

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@Tearhead said:
" WTF! Pre-vid ads?! Why GB, WHY?!?! "
I'd say because they need money.....
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Edited By John1912

Lol, that should be their sales line.  "shootin out ur butt...Feels natural...Theres this taco place up the road..."

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Edited By rniemeijer

No adds for me =)

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Edited By RagingLion

Huh.  I haven't seen a single video ad on GiantBomb yet, even though you guys are talking about them.  Maybe it's only limited to those in North America?

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Geez Vinny you always gotta go blue huh

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Edited By spiceninja

Whoa whoa whoa. You guys have ads before videos now? 
 
Not that I mind, just a little surprised.

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@xDot said:
" I demand more Quick Looks by Vinny and Jeff where being able to see colour matters, the last few minutes were hilarious. "
Agreed. At first I was like, "what are they doing?", until Jeff mentioned it and I couldn't stop laughing afterwords.
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So funny they couldn't tell which base was whose at the end. HAHAHA COLORBLINDNESS!!!

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Edited By NickNorman

Why are people so anal about the ads? How else do you think the website makes money? They can't live on energy drinks and food that get sent in the mail.
 
On the note of the quick look: The double entendre was thick. The game looks interesting, but  I think Schizoid and Geometry Wars have given me enough "use two joysticks and shoot stuff" action. I'll probably still try it out, though.

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Edited By walter_sobchak

Seriously, when do I get to pay you guys a monthly/yearly fee to avoid commercials and ads?!!?!

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Edited By SunKing

Looks boring. And, by the way, I'm not seeing any pre-load ads but that might be because I live in the UK.

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What ads? Haven't seen any yet. 
Well, that's probably because I don't live in the U.S.

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@Tearhead said:
" WTF! Pre-vid ads?! Why GB, WHY?!?! "
Is it really that big of a deal?
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No pre-vid ads for me on this vid.
 
And I live in California.

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Edited By Jimbo

Speaking of XBLA, check out Defense Grid when it comes out  - it's actually pretty good.  At least as good as half of the Summer of Arcade offerings.

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I don't mind ads, I wish they had more of them!

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Edited By Soap

So.....dull.
 
P.S Anyone bitching about Ads needs to shut up, we haven't got them here in the UK yet but it was inevitable and if you care enough about the site you'll happily accept them

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@Tearhead:  would you rather them go broke and shut down? do them a favor and click the ads. they get money per click if im not mistaken. 
 
the last couple minutes of this vid were fantastic. are vinny and jeff both colorblind?
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this game was fun til about 1984. after that, i was kind of over it to tell the truth.

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Nice. Keep the ads nice n short like that. deal. 

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Edited By deactivated-5f8ac39b52e76

Is this in any way related to the other "suck and blow" game they did a QL for some time ago?

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huh wait there's supposed to be adds?  I've never seen any
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The last two minutes were hilarious. 
 
Public Service Announcement:  If you are colorblind, Ion Assault is not for you.

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Mesmerized.

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@Postromo said:
are vinny and jeff both colorblind? "
Yup.
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batman is pretty great, i just thought i say that

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Why don't I get any ads? I feel discriminated! :(

Great quick look, game would suck if you'd be color blind.

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Edited By chewii101

Wow.........boring looking game. Also, lol at the end. and I still don't get what they were suppose to do. 
 
PS. Whats up with Jeff's gamerpic? By that I mean alot of people I see online have it and Drew had the same one in his QL. 

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I have never had an advertisement on GB ever don't knnow what people's problems are.
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Love the references.

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I love it, these guys are pumping out Quick Looks like its their job... oh wait.

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Hahaha, they couldn't tell who's base was who's. That made me laugh hard.