PAX Prime 2012: The Giant Bomb Panel

Holy shit, "are you having a stroke?"

I seriously laughed so hard my head hurt.

Man, Max Temkin's teeth are really yellow.

Yeah, I totally do the same thing as Jeff, waking up with an idea for a game and turning it into a 15 page design doc. I then proceed to not do anything with it.

This was a great panel if it was as unplanned as Ryan said it was. Can anyone who was actually at the panel tell me if Ryan was sweating a lot because it shows up on camera real bad

At some point this turned into the Jeff Gerstmann comedy hour with David MC'ing.

@CakeBomb said:

Is there no end of patrick's hipster and snarkiness? Ugh. Miss Carrie Gouskos.

Oh please. I've been more than critical of Patrick in the past, but I love the pep in his step since coming back from his honeymoon! Guy seems invigorated and I absolutely adored his Walking Dead articles. I hope he keeps this level of mojo going cause he's been killing it lately.

And whining about him talking up the PAX 10 is kinda silly since it's the only legit new and interesting thing for the guys to devote their time to at PAX in a game coverage sense (Well barring the whole Metal Gear deal.)

Give credit where credit is due mate ;)

@CakeBomb said:

Is there no end of patrick's hipster and snarkiness? Ugh. Miss Carrie Gouskos.

Pats okay, but I have been an admirer of Carrie all the way back to GS days. I never saw someone with so much personal energy. It was an acquired taste for me admittedly and I didn't feel that way at first,.... but I got to really like her. She's best buried on a big crew like GS to balance her off.

edit, Jeff's public on panel honesty and stance on liking Syndicate has truly redeemed himself in my eyes..To heck with the haters, me included. That would be my attitude.....he saw something I guess I just couldn't.

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

@SerHulse said:

@Bourbon_Warrior: I think he means the empty chair that Clint Eastwood was talking to during the RNC that was supposed to be Obama. Here.

And just like that I lost all respect for Eastwood, is he getting senile or is that the most awkward political stunt I have ever seen? The funny thing is Obama is a excellent debater and would of destroyed all those questions, I bet Eastwood is the kind of republican that blames the economy on Obama and says capturing Osama was all thanks to Bush...

The weird thing is, for the most part Eastwood is a reasonable Republican. Sure, he thinks Obama hasn't done a good a job as he should have, and that he's worsened our situation economically (which have SOME truth to tehm--although they're a bit twisted logistically). Aside from that though, Eastwood is all about gay marriage and things like that.

Nice short panel, well done. No rambling.

@MeatSim said:

Jeff and the cashier that robbed him of 40 cents should fight to the death in the Lang Zone.

... while playing "Dave Lang Zone" (by Kenny Loggins) in the background:

Out along the edges
Always where I burn to be
The further on the edge
The hotter the intensity

Highway to the Dave Lang Zone
Gonna take you
Right into the Dave Lang Zone

That was such a great panel! Glad I could be there live and run up and give away 40 cents to Jeff. Good times at pax! #makeitright

Hearing people still asking horribly planned and horribly awkward questions on PAX Panels is a good reality check. The day that goes away will be the beginning of the end of nerds.

Thanks guys!

What was said to Jeff at 17:42 for his T-Rex speech? Impossible to hear. Thanks.

I just love when Jeff makes the Eastwood joke and goes "Yeah the more you call attention to it the funnier it gets"

One of their best panels. Jeff killed it!

@Castadarkshadow said:

That was such a great panel! Glad I could be there live and run up and give away 40 cents to Jeff. Good times at pax! #makeitright

you did god's work

video production team outdid themselves this year. well done, vinny and drew!

Pats okay, but I have been an admirer of Carrie all the way back to GS days. I never saw someone with so much personal energy. It was an acquired taste for me admittedly and I didn't feel that way at first,.... but I got to really like her. She's best buried on a big crew like GS to balance her off.

I'm awn tee vee!

People asking questions are so goddamn awkward!

@Wrighteous86 said:

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

@SerHulse said:

@Bourbon_Warrior: I think he means the empty chair that Clint Eastwood was talking to during the RNC that was supposed to be Obama. Here.

And just like that I lost all respect for Eastwood, is he getting senile or is that the most awkward political stunt I have ever seen? The funny thing is Obama is a excellent debater and would of destroyed all those questions, I bet Eastwood is the kind of republican that blames the economy on Obama and says capturing Osama was all thanks to Bush...

The weird thing is, for the most part Eastwood is a reasonable Republican. Sure, he thinks Obama hasn't done a good a job as he should have, and that he's worsened our situation economically (which have SOME truth to tehm--although they're a bit twisted logistically). Aside from that though, Eastwood is all about gay marriage and things like that.

If he supports gay marriage that would make him a bad republican (in their eyes anyway). The guys a legend but they just used him as a political pawn in a terrible campaign stunt, I can't wait for the debates as I am not American the debates are some really entertaining television, I loved how Obama\Biden destroyed McCain\Palin in 2008, I just can't see the republicans getting back into The White House so soon after the Bush years killed the economy and screwed over the middle class and poor, unless people really have a short term memory. It was a depressing time in the world when the most powerful country (at the time) was fronted by the most comically stupid politician, Obama was a breath of fresh air to the rest of the world. Way off topic but oh well.

I love Q&A. People asking bad questions get me to hide my face in my arms and hands because I'm so terribly embarrassed.

If you're gonna ask something make it good. I think there was more good than bad this year so it wasn't that awful.

Great panel anyway!

Where are the Giant Bomb stickers and how do I get one?

Aww man XIII-2 had jumping fool! Maybe not a stroke but he brainfarted big time

Someone PLZ PLZ animate Jeff's 40 cent rant!!!!!

great panel, "it's super effective" had me at a totally unreasonable amount of stitches. great energy, the best sound there has been in years and the least awkward Q&A session you've ever had (admittedly a low bar for that last point ;-)) made this the best PAX GB panel ever, for my 40 cents

@dropabombonit said:

This was a great panel if it was as unplanned as Ryan said it was. Can anyone who was actually at the panel tell me if Ryan was sweating a lot because it shows up on camera real bad

Why the hell do you need to know if Ryan was sweating??!

worlds most awkward duder high five at about the 50 minute mark

@Fattony12000 said:

@Nottle said:

@Will_M said:

@Castermhief117 said:

@Soulblitz said:

Gonna be totally honest and say I genuinely don't get the president t-rex joke. Dunno whether being outside of the US has anything to do with it, but yeah, can someone help me out?

Perhaps I didn't get it either but I still laughed my ass off. It was just completely ridiculous and they were so into it - if it referenced anything, I don't know.

Jeff was referencing a "speech" that actor/director Clint Eastwood gave at the Republican National Convention (its like PAX but for generally rich, white, and sometimes racist people who call themselves a political party). Eastwood spent over 10 minutes talking to an empty chair with an imaginary Barack Obama. That's why Jeff made to joke about the TRex Presidente and looked to the empty chair. And then Ryan talked about how topical it was. And then I wrote this comment essplaining it all.

Good job generalizing there.

FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!

Wait...that was Charlton Heston, oh well.

Thanks for the info everyone. Had no idea that happened, and it sounds utterly ridiculous.

Goddamn Jeff is funny. A funny astronaut.

To that other shit-bum in the audience who is a bum full of shit: Canada still totally has pennies. They're gone in some places, but still there in others.

SWAG.

@buft said:

worlds most awkward duder high five at about the 50 minute mark

It's great. Watched it 5 times already.

Good show guys! Even the questions from the audience were kinda enjoyable. Well, except for a few dudes who probably shouldn´t line up for anything other than brain surgery.

Jeff was ON FIRE the whole time! Great to see such energy. But he kinda had to be, since Brad and Vinny seemed a bit sleepy.. again, great show though. I wouldn´t mind seeing another panel soon.

"Oh, you mean youtube.com/machinima"

DAMN. ICE BURN.

@agerstone said:

@dropabombonit said:

This was a great panel if it was as unplanned as Ryan said it was. Can anyone who was actually at the panel tell me if Ryan was sweating a lot because it shows up on camera real bad

Why the hell do you need to know if Ryan was sweating??!

It's the only thing that gets me in the mood anymore.

That was a really great panel. Jeff was superfunny, and I was surprised at the wit Patrick displayed at the panel, he was great too.

Tip for Q&A'ers: make damn sure you are actually funny if you want to make a joke, your joke needs to be at least 10 times as funny as the jokes of the crew. It's the difference between a friend making a dumb joke and a stranger coming up to you and making a stupid joke.

I really wish I had been able to see Jeff's gas station change rant live and in person.

There was a Fluttershy shirt in that Q&A.

SPEAK UP, WHO ARE YOU, BRONY.

I WAS THERE

@Animasta said:

now hopefully killroy will shut up

Why is Jeff standing for the rest of the panel halfway through?

@Sparklykiss said:

There was a Fluttershy shirt in that Q&A.

SPEAK UP, WHO ARE YOU, BRONY.

Oh snap, Giant Bombers are bronys too!

Great panel, I thought that at the very end Will Smith would run on, grab the mic and shout Tested and run out.

@metalsnakezero: I'm making a super secret Giant Bomb subgroup. Don't tell anyone.

KILL THAT MOTHERFUCKER

Great, put off assignment to watch the panel and now I'm screwed. Worth it!

Someone should photoshop Patrick into the Joker. That's who I kept thinking of from how he was dressed.

lol at people killing themselves for a donut. SILLY.

guy around 57 minutes is painfully awkward :/