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    The ninth annual PAX Prime took place between August 31-September 2, 2012 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.

    PAX Prime 2012: The Giant Bomb Panel

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    #151  Edited By murisan

    Holy shit, "are you having a stroke?"

    I seriously laughed so hard my head hurt.

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    #152  Edited By dropkickpikachu

    Man, Max Temkin's teeth are really yellow.

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    #153  Edited By paulunga

    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.

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    #154  Edited By dropabombonit

    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

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    #155  Edited By Grimmy616

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

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    @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 ;)

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    #157  Edited By bybeach

    @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.

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    #158  Edited By wrighteous86

    @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.

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    #159  Edited By rcath

    Nice short panel, well done. No rambling.

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    #160  Edited By ChrisHarris

    @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

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    #161  Edited By Castadarkshadow

    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

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    #162  Edited By jimbo_n

    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!

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    #163  Edited By Paindamnation

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

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    #164  Edited By SpikeDelight

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

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    #165  Edited By Warihay

    One of their best panels. Jeff killed it!

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    #166  Edited By Animasta

    @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

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    #167  Edited By falling_fast

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

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    @bybeach said:

    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.

    There is a very creepy alternate reading of this …
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    #169  Edited By Binny
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    I'm awn tee vee!

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    #170  Edited By coheno

    People asking questions are so goddamn awkward!

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    #171  Edited By Bourbon_Warrior

    @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.

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    #172  Edited By Julmust

    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!

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    #173  Edited By MurderSlingshot

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

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    #174  Edited By ItBeStefYo

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

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    #175  Edited By brobertson136

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

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    #176  Edited By StingerMK2

    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

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    #177  Edited By agerstone

    @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??!

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    #178  Edited By buft

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

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    #179  Edited By Soulblitz

    @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.

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    #180  Edited By Alphazero

    Goddamn Jeff is funny. A funny astronaut.

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    #182  Edited By The_Nubster

    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.

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    #183  Edited By CptBedlam

    @buft said:

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

    It's great. Watched it 5 times already.

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    #184  Edited By superfriend

    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.

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    #185  Edited By Praise_the_sun

    "Oh, you mean youtube.com/machinima"

    DAMN. ICE BURN.

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    #186  Edited By phrosen

    @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.

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    #187  Edited By jozzy

    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.

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    #188  Edited By Praise_the_sun

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

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    #189  Edited By sparklykiss

    There was a Fluttershy shirt in that Q&A.

    SPEAK UP, WHO ARE YOU, BRONY.

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    #190  Edited By sarge1445

    I WAS THERE

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    #191  Edited By Cincaid

    @Animasta said:

    now hopefully killroy will shut up

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    #192  Edited By trucksimulator

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

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    #193  Edited By metalsnakezero

    @Sparklykiss said:

    There was a Fluttershy shirt in that Q&A.

    SPEAK UP, WHO ARE YOU, BRONY.

    Oh snap, Giant Bombers are bronys too!

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    #194  Edited By Hizang

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

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    #195  Edited By sparklykiss

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

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    #196  Edited By falling_fast

    KILL THAT MOTHERFUCKER

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    #197  Edited By probablytuna

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

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    #198  Edited By Schmollian

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

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    #199  Edited By Jayzz

    lol at people killing themselves for a donut. SILLY.

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    #200  Edited By falling_fast

    guy around 57 minutes is painfully awkward :/

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