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Giant Bomb 2013 Kickoff Spectacular Video Podcast

We wanted to do a podcast but didn't want to all go to San Francisco. So we figured out another solution.

Jan. 1 2013

Cast: Jeff, Ryan, Vinny

Posted by: Jeff

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http://www.friedegglove.com/ on 32nd and Hawthorne. Portland, OR 97214.

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Man, hairless Vinny kind of freaks me out. Kind of like if Ryan ever shaved my mind would explode.

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I totally did not think that Ryan and Jeff were in the same room at first. Ryan looks green-screened in. Perspectives problem?

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@kkotd said:

@sethshandor said:

Had to give up watching, and go to listening. The looping background flicker started giving me a headache.

you know, you don't really HAVE TO watch the video, you can minimise it.

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I don't think I can handle that much Safety Brad. But cool to actually *see* a 2013 podcast!

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I must also agree Times Square Ball Drop is the WORST THING. Ask anyone who's lived in New York during that time. I've only done it once and you have to wait in line from like 3 in the afternoon in the freezing cold to see anything at all.

Also if you happen to be outside in a car, it also sucks because police checkpoints are everywhere.

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Very cool that you guys did this considering the holiday. That's dedication! Thank you!

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OH MY GOD, I thought it was just my Nest thermostat that was having trouble. Thanks for telling me I was not alone, and

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Whats with the CBS watermark? Is that just part of them being owned by CBSi?

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@mortal_sb said:

@kkotd said:

@sethshandor said:

Had to give up watching, and go to listening. The looping background flicker started giving me a headache.

you know, you don't really HAVE TO watch the video, you can minimise it.

I know that (obviously). Just, you know, it'd be nice to watch video content instead of just listen.

I'm sure it's fine for most people, but I'm the kind of person those seizure warnings in front of video games are for.

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I love the fact that Jeff has been watching Jam! Awesome British sketch show. One of my favourites.

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Oh good, just what the internet needs. Ryan and Jeff in a bedroom, on Skype with Vinny, talking about Jamie Fox's cock.....

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@Treemoss said:

Whats with the CBS watermark? Is that just part of them being owned by CBSi?

It is from the GOTY stuff.

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That looping background was really distracting, but apart from that, great stuff, loved all the non-video games talk.

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Yo its like arrowpointingdown :)

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@mortal_sb said:

@kkotd said:

@sethshandor said:

Had to give up watching, and go to listening. The looping background flicker started giving me a headache.

you know, you don't really HAVE TO watch the video, you can minimise it.

Right, which was why he stopped watching it.

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Jeff's hair looks good.

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Team Vinny, bitches. Clean Shaven Vinny is hooooot.

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@xite said:

@JeanLuc said:

Brad with glasses reminds me of Greg Kasavin.

Wow I'm not the only one who thinks that. Weird!

first thing that popped into my mind too when he got near the screen

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Nothing stops the Bombcast.

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It's great how bummy all this is.

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I fucking love you guys. You give a shit about the site and us and I'm actually grateful for it.

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British Twilight Zone is called Tales of the Unexpected and it was hosted by Roald Dahl for some reason. Some of the episodes were pretty fucked up too.

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oh shit just say this. this shit cray! (are people still sayin that?)

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Brad wears glasses?! I never knew that.

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When Alex first showed up it killed me. That was so perfect

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@trilogy said:

I fucking love you guys. You give a shit about the site and us and I'm actually grateful for it.

It's really weird when you come back to these random videos a year later and see yourself making a comment that you have zero memory making.

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I think Jeff needs to get some new curtains.... or blinds even!!! Damn, so much optimism for 2013.

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No wonder they were so prepared for remote C O N T E N T

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oh my god I vividly remember this performance sheets discussion. oh my god. as soon as he said it something clicked in my brain and now suddenly i am in 2013.

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This experience would come in handy 7 years later