The Giant Beastcast: Episode 29

Friday!

Man, a lot of content scheduled for today! GET HYPED!

You know what day it is! Content friday!

is the premium version open to all members? the premium is in previous episodes of the regular beastcast page

Yummy 3:00am podcasts!

Can you dive too deep on Ewoks? Let's find out!

Where is the premium version of this weeks podcast?

I've not listened to the podcast yet but I HAVE TO SAY that Ewoks are aaaaalright...

All I have to say on diving deep into Ewoks: Eww.

Alright I need help! This is the third day this week I have been up straight. and dinking around with the Unreal engine from the Epic launcher. Its not because I am addicted to it but I CAN'T BLOODY SLEEP!!! I just lay there with my eyes open looking at the crack on wall instead till its dawn and then get ready for work. I went to the gym at first light and then straight to work... didn't even eat anything the whole day and all that got me was a mild headache and exhaution but I still can't fall asleep. Decided to grab some nyquil pills so I can atleast get something... here is hoping this work. If it doesn't anyone know a good natural cure for Insomnia? I don't like abusing medicine or pills to induce sleep but I am at my wits end but I don't want this to become a nightly regiment. HAAAALLLLP!!!

@the_spaz_rises: go to a doctor

HERE HERE! My thoughts too.

@the_spaz_rises: uh go see a doctor (maybe if you have the same thing tonight). Not something you want to let go too long.

Also I think Episode 2 had a few night scenes. I think the scene where a cocky Anakin decides to jump of a hover car and land on top his target directly below in another car. Also there was a scene where Obiwan Kenobi had a little fight against Bobba Fett... I remember seeing Obi Wan doing a terrible CGI side kick to Bobba's head but he managed to escape. I think this is where the clones were discovered too.

For me, the iTunes version is not showing up in my feed yet. Is anyone else having this problem?

@ht101: Same here, very annoying

Not in the rss feed either, yet

I knew I liked Fridays for a reason.

I'm here looking for the cast list for The Giant Beast movie. Am I in the right place? The Giant Beast Cast?

I think the Devil's Third multiplayer is a blast to play.

Devil's Third seems like more of a multiplayer game with a tacked on wacky singleplayer campaign.

Occasionally it takes a bit for the premium podcasts to post. This seems to be the case.

@alex - Did you ever play Richard Burns Rally? That was a more hardcore Colin McRae and still has a community today.

Both those guys passed way before their time, too.

@obsideondarman: i also don't see it anywhere on the page, but i found it here http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/the-giant-beastcast-episode-29-premium/1600-1444/

For some reason this page is not displayed anywhere on the site. (as in, I had to find the link for it)

The premium version has been posted in the regular Beastcast feed by mistake, so people will probably have to wait until they get into the office.

Premium feed. So hungry. Hungry for Vinausalejef.

The free iTunes/RSS feed contains both premium and non-premium versions of this episode, so it looks like it's been included in the wrong list.

@ht101: The iTunes feed is a bit behind in general because the duders just hand off the pod to apple and then it's up to apple to upload.

Earlier this week I suggested to a friend that Yoda's species is produced through budding off of a central mass. Apparently this is the week to consider asexual reproduction in Star Wars species.

Yub-nub.

Was the premium accidentally released on the regular feed? I was streaming it and all of a sudden it just vanished.

Time stamps for the normal podcast

00:00:00 - Crunchyroll ad (Digimon Adventure Tri HYPE!!!)

00:02:12 - Podcast starts (Serial talk, Jeff is back, A Good Gardener)

00:06:30 - Austin played Steamworld Heist

00:10:12 - Alex talks about Dirt Rally and the gang talks about older racing games

00:15:50 - Do you remember when...? (Random tangent)

00:19:00 - What's the deal with early access PC games?

00:20:30 - The Devil's Third

00:24:44 - Jeff played Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

00:26:19 - Winter Steam Sale

00:27:26 - Austin and Jeff talk Rainbow Six: Siege

00:34:08 - Weird creepy Star Wars tangent

00:37:01 - Back to Rainbow Six: Siege

00:50:33 - The NEWs starting with PlayStation Experience

00:51:13 - Final Fantasy VII Remake

01:11:05 - Full Throttle Remaster and Psychonauts 2

01:16:05 - The rest of PlayStation Experience reveals

01:19:45 - Vinny talks VR

01:23:44 - The Game Awards

01:25:47 - Wu Tang Clan talk

01:29:50 - Nintendo patented something

01:32:17 - 77,000 Steam accounts get hacked a month

01:34:27 - E-mails, starting with which is worse, a cold public toilet seat or a warm one?

01:36:45 - Which death is worse, melting or freezing?

01:38:18 - What's your favourite video game remake?

01:39:36 - Alex, where can I watch New Japan Pro Wrestling?

01:42:19 - Austin, should I give giant robot anime another chance?

01:44:30 - My parents liked Pixels, they might give me the DVD for Christmas, what do I do?

01:50:00 - Corrections

EWOKS BE FUCKING

Wasn't the celebration scene at the end of Return of the Jedi set on the forest moon of Endor at night? If Ewoks are freaky normally, I wonder what sort of depraved shit they get up to when they're drunk and celebrating the destruction of the Death Star.

Premium version just popped up in the premium feed.

Premium version just popped up in the premium RSS feed; I'm downloading it right now.

Premium version also now removed from the regular RSS feed.

Bugbears are the "animals" from D&D? They are humanoid, sapient species and it's backwards thinking like that that's holding us back as a society.

It was. The (regular) podcast page has several comments about it. It all appears fixed now.

Cart games then vs Optical disc games now should not be a retail price comparison. Discs are a matter of single cents per game including dye and factory worker wages, carts had their prices because that's how expensive things were, even the games that released for $40 and $50 back then. If they want $60 for their $100+ million game budgets they need to start making games worth it.

Like back then when the games were worth it. They hold up and still provide entertainment rather than struggles to reach the end. Best gaming purchase 2015: a fat super famicom package from Japan and a famicom adapter and multicart, more time on that than my 3D consoles after it arrived.

@cloudymusic: yes it was. I'm pretty sure there were parts of Dagobah set at night in Empire as well.

Quick question: There are listeners to a Giant Bomb podcast who do not understand the concept of a Rally Racing game? If so... wow.

Do you think everyone is born with this knowledge?

@chicken008: Yes.

Aw, no show notes on the premium page?

Giantbomb.com GOTY theory spoilers:

48:15 - Splatoon is the shooter of year.

Don't know they have that category but at least it's probably placed above other multiplayer shooters on the GOTY list.

@austin_walker Correction! Garumon is not a Digimon, you're probably thinking of Gabumon or it's evolution Garurumon.

I am deeply dissapointed, as the anime editor you should know this. However, props for at least thinking of the coolest Digimon when prompted.

The Ewok...discussion was probably the highlight of my week. C'est Magnifique!

@vinny Pixels strategy just proves that he's the loveable psycho we deserve

Remakes are incredibly common in Japan, especially with Square Enix. This includes but not limited to:

-Front Mission 1 (DS Remake)

-Star Ocean 2 (PSP remake)

-Final Fantasy 3+4 (DS Remake)

-Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together (PSP Remake)

Non-Square remakes, just to name a few:

-Super Robot Wars Original Generation (PS3 remake)

-Various Pokemon mainline games

-Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon and Heroes of Light and Darkness