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Unprofessional Fridays: 08/16/13

As the end of the week arrives we fly off into the great unknown of games, avocado slicers, and monsters.

The end of the week is here! You made it! Let's sit back, relax, and close the week out in style with some video games.

Aug. 16 2013

Cast: Jeff, Brad, Vinny, Drew, Matt, Alexis

Posted by: Vinny

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Did anyone else find that part in the Mario and Luigi game where they were referred to as Princess Peach's "staff" as kinda mind blowing?

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Jeff with his new hair : he's a long lost demon summoner:

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@y2ken: that is the awesomest thing i've seen in a long while.

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Not a single bikini girl talking about e-sports in this show. False advertising!

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That was probably one of the best starts to any video you guys have done.

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The year of Luigi makes all kinds of sense now

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@chipotle: omg so true

@chipotle said:

Vinny : Loves everyone

Jeff : Despondent

Rorie : Happy to have a job

Brad : Happy, but not fond or Rorie

Drew : Peacekeeper, but not sure about Rorie.

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Im with Brad this time. 'Bowsers Inside Story' was the highlight of sometime in the past.

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I think people who dislike avocados are WEIRD.

I eat avocado almost every day, and I couldn't imagine my life without it, easily my number one favorite fruit. (That sounded weird, but I'm serious)

They're not weird, you just have trouble imagining perspectives and tastes other than your own.

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The Play Store has 99% of the apps on the App Store, and a ton of apps more that are exclusive. Plus a lot of times the apps are cheaper or free, when you need to pay on the App store like Whats App.

All this bashing of Android is ridiculous.

seriously. Im convinced none of them have actually used the OS, or at least havent used it since ICS came out. Jeff uses Windows at home yet hates Android? Android is basically the Windows of mobile OS' (yes, i know there actually IS a Windows mobile OS, but it isnt at the same level as the desktop OS). They make fun of it for having access to the file system, which i dont get. Smartphones are computers know, and you would generally want access to files on a computer.

And Brad's comment at the end of Drew's segment is just ignorant. Hes acting like that same crappy game isnt on iOS. Like you said, Android and iOS have 99% of the same apps. Dont blame Android for a crappy app.

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Jeff is seriously one of the funniest people I've ever seen. That intro was too good.

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@ghost_cat: Yeah, along with the review copy of Persona 5 that totally exists for them to play on it.

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@nelson1tom: Yeah, I don't know why he decided to play an RPG from the start. Dream Team takes like an hour before you even get to the Dream World stuff, and longer than that before it becomes interesting.

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Jeff is CBOAT. I kid, I kid. Would be cool though if it were true.

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You know its gonna be a good one after that intro.

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I think thats my favourite opening so far. I could not stop laughing!

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this is the single greatest intro to a video i have ever seen in my life!!! jesus christ!! hahahaha

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If you guys make that subwoofer a reality, look up "Jackal - Bounce" and play it!

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Isn't the past-tense of hang "hanged" not "hung" when referring to the method of execution?

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The most premium of content

Hahahaha, excellent screencap sir.

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@iodine said:

@sammo21 said:

Any word on when TNT will resume? Also, is there any inkling of thought to professional Wednesdays coming back now that we are getting into the "oh shit, video games!" season?

lol, the "r word". Seriously, with as crass as Giant Bomb is about everything saying the word "retard" is over the line?

It's probably for the same reason they don't say racial slurs or homophobic jokes, because theres a difference between being crass and being offensive about something that people cannot control

No one says ..."The "r" word..." , if you don't want to say retard (which I agree with ) then you just don't say anything, or use another word to describe stupidity.

On the same topic, this is the fucking internet. You can dress it up nice and act professional, but it is still the internet, and if you get offended by something, go away. If you are a certain race and get offended by a racial slur, go away. If you have a certain sexual preference and get offended at jokes about your taste, go away. Or grow a pair and stick around, your choice.

Then again maybe I'm completely wrong, and we can all slowly watch peer pressured censorship limit more and more what is appropriate to say.

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I'm surprised Brad hadn't heard that House is meant to be an interpretation of Sherlock Holmes in a modern medical context. It just seems like the sort of random, effectively useless factoid that he would already know.

Lookin' forward to Dream Team, so I just minimized the video when Brad started playing it, because A) watching someone else play the opening of a JRPG is pretty dull, and B) I'd rather not spoil it.

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That was a phenominal introduction

I was crying, I had no time to prepare for that intensity

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Those faces at 1:27:20 when Rorie starts talking about Uranus. Priceless!

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Jokes from the future! I watched the PVZ quick look before this so didn't realise at first.

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The whole Matt Rorie Uranus thing is great lol.

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actually lol'ing

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Tim Curry owns.

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@freedomtown said:

@iodine said:

@sammo21 said:

Any word on when TNT will resume? Also, is there any inkling of thought to professional Wednesdays coming back now that we are getting into the "oh shit, video games!" season?

lol, the "r word". Seriously, with as crass as Giant Bomb is about everything saying the word "retard" is over the line?

It's probably for the same reason they don't say racial slurs or homophobic jokes, because theres a difference between being crass and being offensive about something that people cannot control

No one says ..."The "r" word..." , if you don't want to say retard (which I agree with ) then you just don't say anything, or use another word to describe stupidity.

On the same topic, this is the fucking internet. You can dress it up nice and act professional, but it is still the internet, and if you get offended by something, go away. If you are a certain race and get offended by a racial slur, go away. If you have a certain sexual preference and get offended at jokes about your taste, go away. Or grow a pair and stick around, your choice.

Then again maybe I'm completely wrong, and we can all slowly watch peer pressured censorship limit more and more what is appropriate to say.

Spoiler Alert: You're completely wrong

It's not censorship to get called out for being a racist, homophobic, ableist dick. Nobody is saying that you can't say these things, but you don't get to hide behind the "You're censoring free speech!" wall to avoid accountability for the things that you DO choose to say.

And speaking of choices, how about instead of defending the right's of people that to choose to use their language to oppress people (apparently just because it is their right do be able to do so, or something), we stick up for and stand in solidarity with the groups that get routinely trampled upon? How about we tell the people who think that racism, sexism, and homophobia are cool to all go away rather than excluding everyone who is unwilling to put up with their oppressive bullshit on the internet, or in regular life?

I appreciated Giantbomb's handling of this. Alexis fucked up, and he knows he did, and you could see he regretted it right away (Ryan did the exact same thing on a Quick Look with Vinny and immediately apologized some time ago).

Alexis seems like a great guy and I love his presence on the site, and we all fuck up some times and that is ok. But I appreciate the recognition from the guys that that language isn't going to fly.

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@iodine said:

@sammo21 said:

Any word on when TNT will resume? Also, is there any inkling of thought to professional Wednesdays coming back now that we are getting into the "oh shit, video games!" season?

lol, the "r word". Seriously, with as crass as Giant Bomb is about everything saying the word "retard" is over the line?

It's probably for the same reason they don't say racial slurs or homophobic jokes, because theres a difference between being crass and being offensive about something that people cannot control

No one says ..."The "r" word..." , if you don't want to say retard (which I agree with ) then you just don't say anything, or use another word to describe stupidity.

On the same topic, this is the fucking internet. You can dress it up nice and act professional, but it is still the internet, and if you get offended by something, go away. If you are a certain race and get offended by a racial slur, go away. If you have a certain sexual preference and get offended at jokes about your taste, go away. Or grow a pair and stick around, your choice.

Then again maybe I'm completely wrong, and we can all slowly watch peer pressured censorship limit more and more what is appropriate to say.

Giantbomb is a large video game website owned by a very large entertainment company. As such, they are in the business of attracting a large audience to make money.

If they want to do that, they cannot use words like "retard," as their ideal audience is very large and covers a wide base of demographics, beliefs and backgrounds.

It's pretty simple.

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If Frankenstein could be controlled by its master, which it cannot, I would consider him a zombie. However, I think Rorie is confusing zombies with the undead.

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Jeff, please don't ever grow up.

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@iodine said:

@sammo21 said:

Any word on when TNT will resume? Also, is there any inkling of thought to professional Wednesdays coming back now that we are getting into the "oh shit, video games!" season?

lol, the "r word". Seriously, with as crass as Giant Bomb is about everything saying the word "retard" is over the line?

It's probably for the same reason they don't say racial slurs or homophobic jokes, because theres a difference between being crass and being offensive about something that people cannot control

No one says ..."The "r" word..." , if you don't want to say retard (which I agree with ) then you just don't say anything, or use another word to describe stupidity.

On the same topic, this is the fucking internet. You can dress it up nice and act professional, but it is still the internet, and if you get offended by something, go away. If you are a certain race and get offended by a racial slur, go away. If you have a certain sexual preference and get offended at jokes about your taste, go away. Or grow a pair and stick around, your choice.

Then again maybe I'm completely wrong, and we can all slowly watch peer pressured censorship limit more and more what is appropriate to say.

Spoken like a true straight white guy. "Mah free speech"

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@krabboss: Spoken like a true person who assumes too much and is the type of person who assumes everyone they disagree with is a "white guy". "My progressiveness!"

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The best intro EVER! YES!!!

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Jeff and Vinny know...

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Still one of my favorite UPF openings. So goooood!

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HEADSHOT CITY!!!! lmao... still the best intro ever.

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2019 and still the best intro ever :)