Unprofessional Fridays - 04/26/2013

47:50 for a classic GB moment.

god ryan was so good he's the spark to get the show going

Miss you Ryan <>

I liked the first poker night but this cast of characters seems really poorly chosen. apart from Ash, but if he's not voiced by Bruce Campbell, then what's the point.

@the_ruiner: Yes.

Please never look at WoW again. ;)

Oh my god... that would be... perfect.

Although tbh I'd take a full cast of Archer poker game, screw other characters.

It's okay for Jeff (or really whoever) to not like Poker Night, but he's coming at it from a wrong perspective. The sell isn't on the quality of the poker, but on the cast of characters and the writing that can happen between them. If you like everyone in the game, it's going to be great. If you hate them or are apathetic towards them, then you won't care.

I'm not saying that Telltale doesn't have a lower-tier quality poker game on their hands, partially because I don't know shit about poker and would barely know, but approaching it like a browser-based poker game with zero personality isn't what it sells itself as. Telltale may as well have made a golf game with that cast and fans would have liked it just as much.

Giant Bomb staff pulling energy drinks out from under their chair cushions is my favorite part of the site.

@donpixel: It's far from the highest of anything TellTale has made but for fans of their characters and work, it's a nice bonus. I highly doubt these make gang busters and are probably there as bitesized projects to keep the teams creatively busy.

As I said, I'm not someone who gives a shit about poker games and the first Poker Night was the first one I bought (because why the hell would you play poker games just to play poker?) and enjoyed it as a vehicle for some fun character writing. That's all, if you find it lacking, I don't think even TellTale considers it a big deal.

you just proving out why Poker night sucks.. is a cashcow fan service.. forget about devs actually trying to make a good game.. Just stitch some recognisable IPs there! people will buy into it.

consumers..

@m2cks said:

It's important to note, I feel, that the reception to Rorie being added to the staff has been extraordinarily more positive than when Patrick was added to the staff, regardless of the occasional complainers.

the still plays WoW thing makes me respect Rorie a whole lot less. I still think hes a cool dude though.

You read it here first, folks: Matt is the new Patrick.

Gives a bit of balance.

Wow is so dumb, but fun to watch Rorie play it

anyone else think sexual fingering when Mat said who needs two fingers on any one thing?

Man, I played WoW pre-release and thought it looked kind of cool. This stuff... it's probably time to update that graphics engine.

Grrrreat

Matthew Rorie whining about Apple products.

Alex can be a bit overcooked sometimes, but Matthew Rorie is just insufferable.

Maybe we'll get to hear someone ask him to back up his opinion and he'll go "I don't know....I don't know......I don't know......"

And "You're a pokeball". What a sharp wit.

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/snide/blog/

I agree in your sentiment though, this should have been front-paged so people aren't caught asking the very questions you were.

At any point does Brock Samson murder anyone with a knife?

It's on their twitch page, http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/396167210

Given what a fuckin' millstone he was this time, I am inclined to agree for future endeavours.

List of people who still care about WoW:

People who are already playing WoW.

They also really seemed to hate a 5 dollar game that's basically just an excuse to hear funny dialogue. And Ryan is godawful at poker.

The Boatman is in the new Monkey Island games. His name is Captain Winslow.

@fleck0:

I think becuase there is no multiplayer, that game looked made for multiplayer.

Just in case anyone wanted a gif of Matthew Rorie smiling (or having a seizure...):

This.

Yeah, listen. Vinny's face said it all, he knows. When Vinny is that distant and bored the dice has already rolled.

You signed a contract to produce content. This don't cut it. Basil, leafs and water and Hoover Dam be damned.

You guys are lazy. Make your excuses, you're still way behind.

It's not a game anymore. Shelter all you want in Giant Bomb memorabilia, paste posters behind you. This is your careers. If you're not into your own happy planet you're not over-achieving anymore.

What the fuck happened.

That is what you guys were best at.

Wow that's pretty weird that Ryan mention Boogie Nights here, I was literally watching Boogie Nights on DVD as this live streamed.

I would love to know what Alexis' belly button smells like

As for Dave I don't think he didn't really need to have a send off per se since he did say he would still pop up in the offices and videos ala Gary Whitta-style with the Tested guys. Having a dramatic send-off would somewhat contradict what Dave is saying since a send off signals that he isn't going to go to the offices anymore where in fact he still plans on doing so though no longer as an employee but more as a friend like Dave Lang, Johnny V, Adam and all those other guys. Sure he is a big reason why we have GB but I think he himself wouldn't really want to have a dramatic send-off. Also personally, if they did do one or will do one, I'll even be more sad.

Fuck you Jeff, that's Winslow from Tales of Monkey Island.

Anyway, on a more straightforward note, I don't know about anyone else but I never really approached Poker Night as wanting or needing a good poker game. I feel the point of the game was always to just play poker in the background to hear the great banter between the cast.

Unless the poker system is somehow appealing to somebody, the game lives or dies on the banter and the cast which I found to be quite enjoyable last time around. As for this one, I feel like 2's cast is solid on average but that's because of its highs (Brock, Sam) and lows (Ash).

EDIT: Thinking about it, I felt like the Poker Night segment was completely unnecessary because it was just a short pseudo-QL with Jeff just shitting on it and moving on. So I guess skip to about 18:25 if you're interested.

This reminded me how much I've missed Rorie on-screen. Matt and Ryan interacting always makes me smile.

Honestly, I thought the Star Wars game looked pretty awesome. Controls looked good, graphics were fine, and it's Star Wars with Scorpion Vader.

I'll join the club in saying that they were way too harsh on Poker Night 2. I've played about 2 hours, and as far as AI poker goes it is pretty good. Add in the Telltale dialogue and conversation and it is quite enjoyable. Sure the characters aren't the best choices, and they do repeat their lines pretty often, but they make it sound like complete trash.

I do agree I would have liked a little more send off for Dave, but reading his blog it sounds like that wouldn't have really worked. Me mentions that his last day has already come and gone and that they stayed quiet about it while they tried to get Rorie in. Sometimes that's just the way of things and I wouldn't be surprised if they brought him in later and did something big after the fact.

That said this casual Friday episode kinda bummed me out. It had its moments, Vinny going to space, Ryan fighting scorpion Darth Vader, and they even looked at a lot of stuff I enjoy. They were just so down on everything this week. I get that there will be things you like and things you don't like, but Jeff specifically seemed to want to actively throw down everything this episode.

You can do a lot worse than Poker Night 2 for $5. I've found the game legitimately funny, which is really hard to do for games. Shoot it even turned me around on Claptrap. I hated him through Border Lands 2, in this he might be my favorite character.

Same deal with WoW, not everyone's cup of tea, but a lot of people play it. Even more have played it. I don't think Rorie did the best job of showing it, but he wasn't given a lot. You can only ask "What should I show you?" and get nothing, but snark back so many times before you just sit at the character select screen.

Anyway as usual this is too long for a comment I just felt this show was a little rough and didn't show me much except how easy it is to crap on the other games people bring to the table. I love Giant Bomb and all its personalities, but we're dealing with games here. We could at least try and have fun.

I would play WoW again if you could revert to previous versions.

Who is this Rorie guy, is he working for Giantbomb now?

Puppies !!!

Thank Christ we have someone with some kind of anti-Mac sentiment..... Rorieous! (Glorious!)

Typo's in the Star wars text scroll. Great!

"Pippipi PiiPii" - R2D2

Another wonderful Unprofessional Fridays, thanx. And good to see Rorie again now that Screened.com is all but dead and gone. Need more Rorie and Alex in front of the camera whenever they can visit.

and obi wan says konichi wa...?!

I LOVE you guys! :D

That's what she said.

Oh wow, they've printed off a load of that Bombcast art and put it up as posters in the background. Too cool. And the Megaman x GiantBomb from Fobwashed.

Fuck yeah, Rorie!

Also saying "first" was the exact way NOT to get the quest...