Thursday Night Throwdown: 10/04/12

Wow, pretty fast! Missed this because of class.

I bought a Turbografx not too long ago. I wouldn't mind listening to some talk about the system.

Was not expecting this tonight. Good thing I don't have class tomorrow.

Patrick sure loves Tokyo Jungle

GMG is not legit.

Was very proud to have inspired such memorable banter about Jeff Minter.

Can't wait for the TurboGrafx-16 stuff.

RAID!

Ss,d,

@fusrodah said:

GMG is not legit.

wrong.

also

@Phatmac said:

RAID!

That still makes me so excited about this video.

Llamas? I must watch this... tomorrow.

Normally TNTs are not my thing, but I actually really enjoyed the way this was formatted. Please do TNTs like this much more often.

Ted Nugent has his own band.

I died at least 3 times trying to take down the Cheetah Boss, so I can sympathize, Patrick. They have low HP, but they'll take you down in one round of strikes easily. I think I got lucky taking on the black panthers though.

On that note, the Black Panther has been my most successful animal to play as. Seems to be able to take almost every animal out but still has good maneuverability. Made it passed year 100 with it.

I do have to echo that I like these "dual" TNT's. It gives something for everyone.

Man, Andy Bauman, you are getting good at this!

Looks like I'm watching this just for the Turbografix and Tokyo Jungle, hope it is funny....

I'm liking the two game TNTs

Seeing as I missed this; the promo picture looks fucking insane. I can only imagine that it was a good TNT then.

This looks absolutely fantastic. Too bad I'll have to wait until after a bunch of university stuff. Oh, the temptation that is Giant Bomb!

Stop talking about the turbografix. It doesn't give me a raging hard on anymore. The ps3, a almost 6 year old system now, is like more than 3 times it's power already.

GMG get their games directly from the publishers, so they're as legit as Amazon.

This TNT is amazing for so many reasons.

I almost didn't click play because I'm not in the mood for Torchlight. Glad I did because I'm always in the mood for Tokyo Jungle!

I like all Turbo Grafx talk! This will lead to something great.

Had fun playing Torchlight 2 with @Ryan and the others (my character was Taeleen). Now I get to see what I missed :)

Wow, what a gloriously entertaining clusterfuck party this is: Ryan on Torchlight II, Brad on the chat, Scoops on Tokyo Jungle, and Jeff talking about everything from Jeff Minter to Turbo Grafx stuff. Awesome.

Also, I love it when Ryan talks sturdy.

A lot of mess being talked about ferrets in this TNT. Let me just say that a ferret that's been de-scented and is bathed regularly doesn't smell any worse than a cat or dog. And assuming you take the time to raise and train your ferret properly, they are as affectionate and loyal as a puppy while at the same time being extremely gentle. It saddens me when I hear people's bad ferret experience stories because I know those invariably have a lot to do with someone being a shitty pet owner and aren't the fault of the pet itself.

Watching Ryan play ARPG's is about the most painful thing! More Tokyo Jungle! Oh God my eyes.

GMG is not legit.

In both D3 and T2, you can finish the normal mode blindfolded, with your hands tied behind your back. The game doesn't really start until the higher difficulties, where your build and loot optimisation actually start to matter. Especially in Diablo 3 where the combat is so tightly designed to allow for high-skill play; you only start to experience the nuance when you have to use defensive abilities and think about the runes you want to use.

There can only be one Llama.

Poor Professor Pope seems to really have spiraled out of control since his Nintendo 64 days...

Very enjoyable TNT. Yet another nice to watch installment featuring two games. I'm definitely liking the format. It was very good to hear the Introversion love from the team since that's one hell of a developer (even though I'm not neccessarily crazy about Darwinia either). Now I'm going to have to push my Outlander over the finish line to check out some more of those enticing TL classes!

Just to say, I use GMG a hell of a lot and they are totally legit.

Torchlight 2 looks so fucking sweet.

Another Tokyo Jungle TNT ruined by some other game taking up most of the screen. Play just one game at a time, please.

@MattClassic said:

@fusrodah said:

GMG is not legit.

GMG is totally legit and a damn good place to get deals on digital vidyagames.

Agreed. Trustworthy and reliable.

If they could hustle it, a week long sorta-work related trip to Japan with the Giant Bomb crew would be some prime premium material. And yes, there better be 3 liter containers of alcohol involved.

Green Man Gaming is legit. I always use them for games I plan I buying day 1, and they have saved me a ton of money.

Asahi? Funny, I'm drinking that right now. Being in Japan, getting a pack of 6 tall Asahis is relatively cheap if you want real beer. Of course Japan also has fake beer, similar to malt liquor.

TOKYO JUNGLE 5EVER

I have been using GMG and been very happy with their service... and there pricing :)

For more on Jeff Minter (and the early days of home computers) read his book: http://minotaurproject.co.uk/YakImages/AHistoryofLlamasoft.pdf

@Slow_pC said:

I have been using GMG and been very happy with their service... and there pricing :)

Totally, they do some crazy deals there sometimes.

As a licorice-loving, stone-faced Scandinavian, I don't usually laugh out loud at... well, anything, but the sexual innuendo from Ryan and Brad's exchange at the start here really murdered me.

Bony Beats?

I do have to say that the only good TNT I've seen is Dead Island. This one was just boring. Ryan may as well have not been playing a game, I was far more interested in Jeff's E-Bay shenanigans and Tokyo Jungle.

We need to have a Tokyo Jungle only TNT or subscribers thing with the rest of the crew just chatting. That would be epic.

@damnable_fiend said:

Bony Beats?

I'm going to guess it's been there since the Baller Beats Quick Look. It's been a running joke over the last bunch of TNT's, if you've not been watching.