Thursday Night Throwdown: 01/24/13

Red Faction!

The more Red Faction: Guerrilla the better.  In any context.

Shame that the removal of Nyan Cat from the studio wasn't archived.

Dang, I was hoping they would leave in the Nyan Cat takedown. I missed that :(

YO FITTY!

GOTTA GET THAT SKULL!

.... ah memories.

Only a hour and a half? GOT SOMEWHERE TO BE HUH? HUH?

Jeff feel better you wiener.

edit: rubs me the wrong way the way they treat my beloved Metro 2033

@mak_wikus said:

Dang, I was hoping they would leave in the Nyan Cat takedown. I missed that :(

@hazyship said:

Shame that the removal of Nyan Cat from the studio wasn't archived.

Good news, everybody! http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/360323125

cant wait to get out of work to see this!

Probably the worst TNT ever, plan out games that are actually entertaining to watch, like a 4 player WWE13 game, or some co-op Saints Row 3. Setup 2 Xbox's so you can play co-op games. The only time it was entertaining was when Brad was playing Red Faction and that got cut short for a MX game.

@MattClassic said:

@mak_wikus said:

Dang, I was hoping they would leave in the Nyan Cat takedown. I missed that :(

@hazyship said:

Shame that the removal of Nyan Cat from the studio wasn't archived.

Good news, everybody! http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/360323125

Hurray!

Edit: Oh good lord. That pre show was fucking amazing. I wish I watched it live with the chat :(

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Probably the worst TNT ever, plan out games that are actually entertaining to watch, like a 4 player WWE13 game, or some co-op Saints Row 3. Setup 2 Xbox's so you can play co-op games. The only time it was entertaining was when Brad was playing Red Faction and that got cut short for a MX game.

Yeh this was disappointing. And this was the first time I was genuinely looking forward to a TNT.

RIP THQ :(

Throwdowns need to get longer. Jeff made it sound like the last half hour of the 2 hour shows was bad to watch. I disagree. Give me that half hour.

@DexterKid said:

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Probably the worst TNT ever, plan out games that are actually entertaining to watch, like a 4 player WWE13 game, or some co-op Saints Row 3. Setup 2 Xbox's so you can play co-op games. The only time it was entertaining was when Brad was playing Red Faction and that got cut short for a MX game.

Yeh this was disappointing. And this was the first time I was genuinely looking forward to a TNT.

I think it's time to do a BF3 TNT again, can get 64 players from the community involved or a GTA IV one, people seriously overlook GTA IV as a multiplayer game, can get alot of people involved and play a big match of Cops and Robbers. TNT is increasingly just becoming quick looks of games instead of playing games with people from the community like it used to be.

@DexterKid said:

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Probably the worst TNT ever, plan out games that are actually entertaining to watch, like a 4 player WWE13 game, or some co-op Saints Row 3. Setup 2 Xbox's so you can play co-op games. The only time it was entertaining was when Brad was playing Red Faction and that got cut short for a MX game.

Yeh this was disappointing. And this was the first time I was genuinely looking forward to a TNT.

I think it's time to do a BF3 TNT again, can get 64 players from the community involved or a GTA IV one, people seriously overlook GTA IV as a multiplayer game, can get alot of people involved and play a big match of Cops and Robbers. TNT is increasingly just becoming quick looks of games instead of player games with people from the community like it used to be.

This TNT was somewhat a bummer. Expecting more games being played rapid fire and from various consoles. I guess I hyped it up too much.

@EricSmith said:

GTA4 is still in the top 20 most played games on Xbox Live, so at least someone likes it. Beyond that, they talked about the 5,000 person Just Cause 2 servers, but they never did anything with that. I like TNTs that just let the guys talk, but watching Metro 2033 at the same time is just boring.

I was thinking more PC, even them just playing with some GTA IV mods would be great.

Someone reverse the Nyan Cat video so they put it back up.

yeah... I legitimately missed half of this because I FELL ASLEEP WHILE I WAS WATCHING IT. Not good...

Lots of good comments here. I just came to say thanks to Vinny and Drew for the quick turnaround.

@MattClassic said:

@mak_wikus said:

Dang, I was hoping they would leave in the Nyan Cat takedown. I missed that :(

@hazyship said:

Shame that the removal of Nyan Cat from the studio wasn't archived.

Good news, everybody! http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/360323125

Thanks

Let's hope that unprofessional friday will explore a few more THQ games.

@MattClassic said:

Good news, everybody! http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/360323125

Rapidly blinking Ryan is going to give me nightmares.

@BD_Mr_Bubbles said:

@MattClassic said:

@mak_wikus said:

Dang, I was hoping they would leave in the Nyan Cat takedown. I missed that :(

@hazyship said:

Shame that the removal of Nyan Cat from the studio wasn't archived.

Good news, everybody! http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/360323125

Thanks

My god that's incredibly entertaining.

It's me, I bought the rights to 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand.

that pre roll video makes me want to do drugs

Thanks guys, I still love to watch you get together and run through some games. I know it's wierd, but sometimes I'm too tired to do it myself. TNT still works, keep it open like this. If multiplayer happens great, but just a quick random session is cool too.

Sweet! Looking forward to watching this. Here's to THQ. Pouring one out for everyone who lost their job.

I missed this weeks TNT to hang with my kids but my goodness I've been noticing a bunch of hate for the site lately. Everyone is always complaining about SOMETHING. Looks like IGN rejects and the Internet as a whole has come to annoy this great site. What a shame. Anyway, keep up the great work Bombcrew! Y'all ate running the best gaming site in my opinion and the amount of work that has been done this month is awesome. Tons of content.

@MattClassic said:

@mak_wikus said:

Dang, I was hoping they would leave in the Nyan Cat takedown. I missed that :(

@hazyship said:

Shame that the removal of Nyan Cat from the studio wasn't archived.

Good news, everybody! http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/360323125

holy shit thank you. vinny and drew doing what they do best.

Bought Blood on the Sand for like $9 a long time ago. I tried playing through it last year but quickly grew bored. It's probably a lot better with co-op.

Great show, I really aught to get down to playing some of the humble bundle games sometime. My first and only experience with THQ has been Saints Row 3 so far.

And the takedown of Nyan-cat was as tragic as it was amazing. Have to feel sorry for the guy who probably spent days making it, but I think putting up with that thing for roughly half a year is plenty. Nyan-cat will live on in the video archives.

@relyt55 said:

I missed this weeks TNT to hang with my kids but my goodness I've been noticing a bunch of hate for the site lately. Everyone is always complaining about SOMETHING. Looks like IGN rejects and the Internet as a whole has come to annoy this great site. What a shame. Anyway, keep up the great work Bombcrew! Y'all ate running the best gaming site in my opinion and the amount of work that has been done this month is awesome. Tons of content.

The curse of a site becoming a lot more popular, which Giantbomb is from what I understand; you'll get a lot more folks with a lot more opinions for better and mostly for worse.

@relyt55 said:

I missed this weeks TNT to hang with my kids but my goodness I've been noticing a bunch of hate for the site lately. Everyone is always complaining about SOMETHING. Looks like IGN rejects and the Internet as a whole has come to annoy this great site. What a shame. Anyway, keep up the great work Bombcrew! Y'all ate running the best gaming site in my opinion and the amount of work that has been done this month is awesome. Tons of content.

+1

@mak_wikus said:

Dang, I was hoping they would leave in the Nyan Cat takedown. I missed that :(

@hazyship said:

Shame that the removal of Nyan Cat from the studio wasn't archived.

Good news, everybody! http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/360323125

Good night, THQ. You made lots of good games and gave me a tremendous amount of joy. Say hello to Pandemic for me.

Shame that they cut out the incredible intro. Moments like that are exactly why I love this site.

I love how a simple taking down of post-it notes can showcase two completley different personalities and approaches to taking down said post-its!

Why did they bring down the Nyan cat? I thought it was a nice, dumb touch courtesy of Gamespot.

*Puts on headphones without realizing volume is turned up all the way*

HEY FOLKS WELCOME TO THURSDAY NIGHT THROWDOWN!!!1

GAH MY EARS

"Go be a Space Asshole." -Ryan Davis, 2013

Oh you guys. Actin like a Tumblr account and reblogging jokes without sourcing your sources. Idle Thumbs represent~~

@EricSmith: Because it's not 2011 anymore, and they have way cooler things to put up.

@patrickklepek This is a callout: Patrick, read the Metro 2033 book. It's fantastic in completely it's own way. It dedicates itself into the first-person perspective, much like the game does, in an amazing way.

@packs217 said:

@relyt55 said:

I missed this weeks TNT to hang with my kids but my goodness I've been noticing a bunch of hate for the site lately. Everyone is always complaining about SOMETHING. Looks like IGN rejects and the Internet as a whole has come to annoy this great site. What a shame. Anyway, keep up the great work Bombcrew! Y'all ate running the best gaming site in my opinion and the amount of work that has been done this month is awesome. Tons of content.

+1

Yep.

@EricSmith: Because it's a dumb meme that, like all dumb memes, was driven into the ground by internet idiocy. It's also a safe bet that none of the Bomb Crew gives a damn about nyan cat, so now they have room for cool stuff like fan artwork.

Some fucking brilliant games played today. Sad to see you go THQ.

@relyt55 said:

I missed this weeks TNT to hang with my kids but my goodness I've been noticing a bunch of hate for the site lately. Everyone is always complaining about SOMETHING. Looks like IGN rejects and the Internet as a whole has come to annoy this great site. What a shame. Anyway, keep up the great work Bombcrew! Y'all ate running the best gaming site in my opinion and the amount of work that has been done this month is awesome. Tons of content.

Word

@Allison said:

"Go be a Space Asshole." -Ryan Davis, 2013

Oh you guys. Actin like a Tumblr account and reblogging jokes without sourcing your sources. Idle Thumbs represent~~

Or you know, it could (and I'm just thinking out loud here, I could be totally and 100% wrong, just FYI)...

be a reference.

TNT has never been so mediocre where they play a bunch of game they know or care much about

Spongebob: Battle For Bikini Bottom was a great licensed game from THQ.