Whiskey Media: Happy Hour 08/05/11

@Scotto: I think part of it is that because they have so many great videos on the site and are doing a lot of production they don't have much time to organise. I'm probably wrong though. I hope the quality of their segments picks up, they used to be my favourite part, Screened is now.

@Claude said:

We should start a rumor that Jeff left Giant Bomb.

The real question is whether Jeff left for gamebomb.ru or for rivalvideogamewebsite.com.

Never thought I would get hyped up for Fruit Ninja...

@Scotto said:

Ryan's face as he goes batshit on that last piece of fruit at the end, is awesome. Someone needs to GIF that.

YES.

Am I the only person who thinks that Norm looks like fifty years older when he's not wearing glasses?

Games like fruit ninja show that Kinect can be chaotic fun as long as the game doesn't require precise controls and people are doing natural movements they already understand.

@popcorn said:

@Scotto: The weird thing about Tested segments being so bland is that they've always got great videos on their site, and just released the first episode in what I think is going to be a weekly video podcast, or something to that effect, and it's absolutely fantastic. Just doesn't seem to extend over to the Happy Hour, sadly.

I love the Tested guys, but they seem to think that personality is enough to get through these segments. And it was clear that their segment had no planning whatsoever, aside from "let's show this card game".

Nevermind that a card game is painfully slow and boring for a video segment - they didn't really explain the rules clearly, so it was hard to discern what was going on. Then when they brought the interns in, everyone was talking over everyone, and it was just a mess.

Humour segments are fine, but you still need to have some structure to what is going on. And I don't even mind the odd bomb of a segment, but it's becoming a bit of a regular thing with the Tested ones. You'd hope they'd put a bit more effort into what is basically the one major piece of exclusive content their paid subscribers get.

I saw the video you mention, though - great stuff. Tested's a great website.

- Scott

pros

+ awesome close up shot of sarahs boobs (as she moves off the couch)

+ ryans face during fruit ninja

cons

- tested segment

- close up crotch shots of supermen

- no jeff/brad/patrick

lol control room definitely made up for that botched batman segment at the end

Fuck I love Whiskey Media. Great Show Guys!

@Scotto: The weird thing about Tested segments being so bland is that they've always got great videos on their site, and just released the first episode in what I think is going to be a weekly video podcast, or something to that effect, and it's absolutely fantastic. Just doesn't seem to extend over to the Happy Hour, sadly.

That youtube clip was fucking awful. Like, really bad, and not at all funny. I usually like Happy Hours but that was a bit shit.

Yikes, looks like I didn't miss too much this week!

Bill Pullman's Independence Day speech > Anything Bill Paxton has ever thought about saying.

Ryan's face as he goes batshit on that last piece of fruit at the end, is awesome. Someone needs to GIF that.

Happy Hour was a mixed bag this week. Comic Vine was okay, Screened trivia wasn't too bad considering what a clusterfuck it was, and Fruit Ninja actually looks a lot better than I was anticipating.

The Tested segment, however, was really bad - and that's like three weeks in a row now, of sub-par Tested segments. Will and Norm really need to brainstorm their bits more. The food, coffee, and "derp here's a card game with tested in the name" segments, do not make for good viewing. You could tell Ryan was not pleased with the results, too.

You're a tech website - do some tech-related stuff. I really enjoyed early Tested segments, where they looked at "As Seen On TV" inventions. Did that just get too expensive to do?

- Scott

@Gnome said:

Fruit Ninja for kinect looks great! Looks like it controls very naturally. Also, where has Jeff been all week? I feel like it's probably been explained

They mentioned in I Love Mondays that Jeff's birthday was on Monday. Also, since it's the middle of August (as well as the week of his birthday), I think it's a safe guess that Jeff probably took some vacation.

- Scott

Wow that Tested segment was the worst haha.

@Gnome said:

Fruit Ninja for kinect looks great! Looks like it controls very naturally. Also, where has Jeff been all week? I feel like it's probably been explained

We should start a rumor that Jeff left Giant Bomb.

Fruit Ninja for kinect looks great! Looks like it controls very naturally. Also, where has Jeff been all week? I feel like it's probably been explained

Gif of Ryan's fruit ninja frenzying near the end please!

-sighs- Matt Rorie is still adorable. MORE PUPPIES!

Goddammit Matt, everytime you bring up the puppies, I can't stop laughing.

gabe Newell would kick ass at fruit ninja kinect.

Hrmm Fruit Ninja actually doesn't look all that bad. I wonder if they'll do a Move version as well.

rorie's new shoes are sweet

Tested segments are usually the worst or the most amazing. Can't decide where this one falls.

Ryan's massive disappointment in everyone is always the most delicious part of the Happy Hour.

Ben could play Al in the inevitable Police Squad reboot

Man, seeing Lemon here and Farmville really makes me miss Question of the Week : (

In the closeup of Catwoman you can see she's wearing a mask underneath the glasses.

Yay, I made Ryan bored, lol

Sometimes when Tested segments go poorly, Will reminds me of a smarter Michael Scott.

(I love you Will!)

Fruit ninja looks like a blast!

Woah Vinny IS ON IT!!!!

My Dr. Pepper shirt can defeat Tony's Crush shirt WHILE NAKED.

Couldn't adjust my flash setting so It stuttered all the way through. :( Here is my change to re-watch it.

Missed the show. Thanks for the fast upload, duder.

It looks like they're having so much fun. Turns out they were.

Edit: Gman's beard is sweet.