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@starvinggamer: GB is a website owned and operated by CBSi, not a bunch of guys enabling ads on a youtube page, for one. That lends them a certain amount of legitimacy and authority, even if it is a somewhat silly website at times. It also means that they have agreements and relations with the developers and publishers of the games they cover and, along with that, certain restriction such as NDAs, review embargoes, etc. They are professionals (yes, in the context of a video game website that is fairly silly, but they are in fact paid for what they do) with years of experience operating within the industry. Is the meaning and significance of that changing? Absolutely. And it will continue to change but, at the end of the day, what GB does is worlds apart from your average youtube streamer, regardless of the amount of money being made.

@brodehouse: Fez in particular is an interesting case because the joy of that game is not merely the playing of it, but the experience of discovering that world for yourself, and seduced by it's mysteries. An effect which is ruined if you see somebody else experience it first. The difference in playing and watching is not always merely agency. Agency can be reproduced, that sense of discovery and accomplishment, having ventured out into the game on your own, cannot be. It's like the difference between knowing a plot twist and not knowing it. If you know the twist ahead of time you may still enjoy it, but you won't be invested in it in the same way you would be if you experience it for your self.

He's right. Remember the hassle Screened had to go through to do those live streamed commentary events? Remember how RiffTrax can't give you the movie as well because they don't own it? Same deal here. I think there are easier solutions to this than what those two groups have to go through, but to my mind what he said is totally analogous to that.

@curse_hawking: I believe it was mentioned somewhere that things were so tight in that E3 demo because they had so little time, etc and just wanted to show more stuff rather than having to do all the travel, etc.

Goddamnit this website makes me so happy. AMAZING work from everybody who has shared! Also, for some strange reason, looking through all this made me realize how hilarious of a name "Giant Bomb" is for a website. So perfect.

I'll stick to PC, even there are a bunch of SNES, NES, and PS2 games I could go back to again and again as well. So for PC it's Binding of Isaac, CoD4, CS (used to play mostly 1.6, but I'm not so xXHARDCOREXx about it now, so I just play GO), Dark Souls, Skyrim, Jamestown, Mount & Blade, Quake III, Rainbow Six 3, and Super Meat Boy . I'll also play through The Ultimate DOOM on a whim at least once a month. I don't know if that is too large a list, but those are the games which never get uninstalled. Any time I want to just relax and play for a while without starting anything new, or sinking into a game I'm currently working through, I'm probably going to be playing one of those.

I've had people attempt to scam me on eBay, almost get away with it too. Luckily, eBay and PayPal are pretty good about fixing that sort of thing when it happens, and I got my money back. It was for about the same amount as well, around $500.

That's what he gets for looking at his phone all the damn time! Ruined his eyes!

God damnit Gang Beasts is hilarious to watch. Cutting out the best moments definitely helps though, some of those maps can drag. Excellent mish mash of multiplayer madness.

Is Dave Lang invented or discovered?