Bratcher_Lev

I remember either a link on one of the duders' twitters saying there would be some kind of stream going live or seeing the countdown clock sometime Sunday evening (1.27.13). I wasn't able to watch at the time, but I don't see anything in the way of an archived video either here or on the GB twitch page. Did I just have a fever dream or was it simply not archived?

I've had this sentiment rolling around in my head for years now. A long time ago a game called True Fantasy Live Online was announced. It was a full MMORPG for the original XBox. I followed its development for a couple years. It was often announced as coming out "soon" but the release date kept getting pushed back. Then finally, inevitably, it was announced that the whole project had been scrapped. That was a pretty sad day, and one that's kept me skeptical about console MMO's since.

info page: http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/16/true-fantasy-live-online-xbox-cancelled/

So I was clicking around a bit today and went to the Giant Bomb store. I clicked "Semi Worthy Cause" at the top which linked to the "Whiskey Media Tip Jar." I understand that Whiskey media was deeply integrated into Giant Bomb (or vice versa) and it will take time to transfer everything away from Whiskey Media to Gamespot's acquisition.

I'm not generally one to "stir the pot" as it were, but I noticed that the last line on the Tip Jar page was as follows:

If nothing else, the money will help us hold off the enemy at our gates one more day.

Interesting.

I bet this is what it feels like to have your child go away to college. You're proud of them that they're moving up in the world, meeting people and doing what they have to do to thrive, but at the same time you realize deep down that the tight-knit family that drank and evaluated energy drinks for fun now will never quite be the same.

As far as Tested goes, I am a huge fan of the Mythbusters crew and I know that the partnership will do nothing but grow the Tested name. But at the same time, they seem to be much too serious and professional for the likes of PengWill and Drunken Will. And I'll be honest-- I am a duder through and through, but if I were honest with myself I would say that Drunken Will has been the highlight of the whiskey media experience.

So Giant Bomb and CV goes to GS and CBS, Tested goes to the Mythbusters people-- that leaves Anime Vice and Screened. Anime Vice is some kind of robot it seems, no one personality is attached to it so it can go away and not hurt anyone's paycheck. Then there's Screened. Alex already destabilized it by moving back to NYC. Nothing against him, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Matt Rorie really steps up and takes the lead as sole Screened personality. And this is saying something. The very first screened videos showed a soft, moderately scared Rorie that was not unlike the puppies he's so fond of. As we all know, this is no longer the Rorie we know, and all it seemed to take was a bit of time and a couple cold ones. I hope against hope that Rorie pulls through this in a way that works to his benefit.

I'm excited for everyone and hope it all works out.

I bet this is what it feels like to have your child go away to college. You're proud of them that they're moving up in the world, meeting people and doing what they have to do to thrive, but at the same time you realize deep down that the tight-knit family that drank and evaluated energy drinks for fun now will never quite be the same.

As far as Tested goes, I am a huge fan of the Mythbusters crew and I know that the partnership will do nothing but grow the Tested name. But at the same time, they seem to be much too serious and professional for the likes of PengWill and Drunken Will. And I'll be honest-- I am a duder through and through, but if I were honest with myself I would say that Drunken Will has been the highlight of the whiskey media experience.

So Giant Bomb and CV goes to GS and CBS, Tested goes to the Mythbusters people-- that leaves Anime Vice and Screened. Anime Vice is some kind of robot it seems, no one personality is attached to it so it can go away and not hurt anyone's paycheck. Then there's Screened. Alex already destabilized it by moving back to NYC. Nothing against him, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Matt Rorie really steps up and takes the lead as sole Screened personality. And this is saying something. The very first screened videos showed a soft, moderately scared Rorie that was not unlike the puppies he's so fond of. As we all know, this is no longer the Rorie we know, and all it seemed to take was a bit of time and a couple cold ones. I hope against hope that Rorie pulls through this in a way that works to his benefit.

I'm excited for everyone and hope it all works out.

After beating the game twice I think there's finally time to give this a shot.

@Little_Socrates said:

I would love to see this, but it takes SO LONG to set up D&D, especially for new players.

Meh, not really. They could set up an Encounters campaign with some pre made characters they could choose and hit the ground running with. I'm sure dave would be up for all the initial prep and ultimately acting as DM. The first 10-15 minutes would be spent choosing characters, explaining the basic concepts, explaining and introducing the campaign, and then they would learn as they went.

I'm sure they know there are a lot of out there that would love to see this.

FULL THROTTLE

I bet that's why there was no I LOVE MONDAYS this week. Oh well, guess I better catch up on my back log of videos while I can. There's no way I'll catch up on the endurance run, but I can at least knock out a few quick looks and a TNT

EDIT: Also, I was going to ask if anybody's mentioned anything about it on their twitter, but I'd imagine this is the sort of thing that they agree beforehand not to tweet about.

I love how there was a specific moment where Alex had both the Ivy boobs and Voldo crotch pics in front of him and he had to decide which to use for the story's thumbnail and story pic. And then he went with Voldo's codpiece.