PAX Prime 2014: The Giant Bomb Panel

@ardafif: Don't be a buzzkill, man. If that's what he thinks, that's what he thinks and he has the right to say it and believe. What he said wasn't hateful, spiteful, obscenity laden, or anything else. If anything, you might not need to stop if what he said was enough to set you off.

Sorry buddy, but they're mocking people like you. I'm sorry you missed the joke!

I didn't know what Firewatch was before the bit on the panel. After watching the bit I still don't know what Firewatch is.

awesome panel. Excellent work on the ending @drewbert !

Thanks for getting this posted so quickly.

These panels have got the point where the game discussion stuff is pretty awkward. I think they should just open with guys like Vignocchi, Pope and Lang, I don't even think it would be a bad idea to get an MC to host so Jeff isn't the centre of pressure.

@nickm: i won't claim to understand exaclty how it feels as i'm not Russian, but given how many scathing lampoons of American culture are done by other countries (particularly the British in my experience) that i've learned to laugh off, i'd say don't take it as personally. first and foremost the joke was about a low-rent copycat of GB, and it so happened to be Russian so they had to play it up with that in mind. besides the Ukraine shock joke which may have been a little too far, none of it to me appeared particularly spiteful and there was no intent of hate or xenophobia like i've seen hints of in digs on America. gamebomb.ru themselves seemed to take it well enough. i'm sorry that you're offended, but maybe learn to laugh a bit and enjoy it for the dumb, mostly harmless prank it was? it's not like D. Leazy is a shining example of good taste, anyway.

btw thanks to the internet "cringe" is starting to become my most hated word.

You guys are amazing! Love from Russia)

Man, I slowed down the kick at the end to 0.06 speed and it still looks like an actual impact. You guys are crazy!

This is great, but where's this rumble I've heard so much about?

I love watching these things but wow what happened? This is easily the worst panel ever posted on this site. The production value is a huge step down, barely any interesting game discussion and that Game Bomb bit was an embarrassment (I just skipped most of it). It's not all a loss since the subscriber stream before was alright -- maybe they said all they had to say at PAX there (and on podcast I haven't heard yet)?

Not typing this to be mean but I hold GB to a higher standard and I just feel the guys aren't pushing themselves to satisfy this time. This may be partly due to this panel feeling like Jeff Gerstmann and friends; it seems others barely had any presences or were free to have presence. It'd be more enjoyable, as a fan of all of staff, to see more shared spotlight at these live events.

Here's the real question I have after watching this panel: When is @jeff going to write a book about video games? Every time I hear one of his stories, it makes me think about how great it would be to have a sort of personal history of video games in book form.

Its not a giantbomb panel so they didn't post it. If you just youtube/google pax prime rumble, it comes right up.

@krabboss:

Keep dreaming

1989... Jeff with the Fear of a Black Planet reference.

I was there and I agree. Cant win em all I guess.

@lonelyspacepanda: Are you kidding, this by far was one of the most hilarious panels they have done.

You did good Dan.

Rewatching this after listening to Danswers, I can definately see what Dan is talking about, and I recognize myself in it very well.

Well done, Dan, for seeing the panel through, even though it would have been OK to leave if you'd have had to. Double success for taking the challenge and making it through!

Thank you, Dan, for bringing it up afterwards, even though no one would have ever noticed otherwise, because you did really well on the panel.

Call it a mental problem, an illness, or just an obstacle -- it's really interesting (and sad) how hard it is for a lot of people to understand stuff that you cannot see, which makes it so much more difficult for the person trying to validate his or her problem and get through it.

Looking forward to your book, Dan, I think and hope you can reach audiences on both sides here, audiences that otherwise would go oblivious to this kind of issues. Important stuff.

@bagronken: Surprised more people haven't commented on this, especially after reading the book myself tonight. Also, even knowing very well what the signs are, it's amazing how it isnt obvious in this panel. At my worst no-one noticed anything bar being a bit quieter than normal.

You're a treasure and a great, but also terrible/waluigi, addition to the world Dan!