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Giant Bombcast 09-21-2010

It's the first meeting of the Giant Bomb Civilization V Support group as we spend a considerable amount of time discussing Sid Meier's latest, as well as more thoughts on Halo: Reach, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, the Tokyo Game Show, and more!

The Giant Bombcast is the world's most beloved video game podcast, and now it's available in video form.

Sep. 21 2010

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Darkstar614

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"SpeedDude" was by far my favorite bombcast moment of the month.
 
Edit: Okay well that might be up for debate now, after my Ice-T e-mail was read...

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Gerstman, stop your uninformed Halo hating. There are things this game doesn't do well, but nothing you brought up in the pod cast was one of them. I get the impression you were reaching for something bad to say even though you havn't played it very much. Thank you Brad fo brining a sense of fair and balanced to the podcast.
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It's amazing how often the top floor of funspot seems so empty compared to how crowded it can get downstairs. A  lot of people do seem to treat as a museum and the machines themselves as curiosity pieces, just walking through and popping in a few quarters here and there.   New Hampshire has so few arcades as it is, with such an awesome collection of classic games, it's a bummer more people aren't in there spending time actually playing those games.

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@RonneyFan05 said:

" Gerstman, stop your uninformed Halo hating. There are things this game doesn't do well, but nothing you brought up in the pod cast was one of them. I get the impression you were reaching for something bad to say even though you havn't played it very much. Thank you Brad fo brining a sense of fair and balanced to the podcast. "

Sorry, you seemed to have forgotten people have opinions.
 
They were hating on Global Agenda and you didn't complain that was unbalanced or unfair? 
 
I didn't know that every opinion someone had on a podcast has must be balanced by a opposite - is that a new standard? 
 
"I hate Bioshock Infiinite, the devs don't know what they are doing"
"Global Agenda is awesome and totally are not jerks"
"I hate Mondays"
 
Happy? Does the personal opinion of the staff at GiantBomb mean so much to you?

Seems like you have a case of fanboyism to me.  Ridiculous.
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 I'm an artist for a small indie game company.
Every day, I go to work with the hopes that one day, I will hear Jeff Gerstmann read the press release for a title I helped make... in the style of his legendary WiiWare / DSWare Title / descriptions. :)

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Cloak & Dagger on the bombcast, always museum grade.

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i was on youtube and this bombcast was open and HD videos wouldnt load.. when i closed the bombcast they loaded fine.. strange.

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Most games sound boring when you simplify them down to their binaries, Ryan. Yeah, Starcraft 2 is a game. And like every other game, it essentially comes down to doing about 4 or 5 tasks in succession. And then later, attacking DMC fans for not liking the change even though you were "never into it personally"? Using some straw man conciet and ignoring that the character was modeled after the fucking president of Ninja Theory? You know, the main complaint? No, its just silly kids afraid of change, you nailed it bro. Think for half a second before belting these notions out, guy.

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To my knowledge, the PSP has been pretty consistently on top of the weekly Media Create sales charts for months and if you add up the different DS SKUs plus the Go, they're about even. So yes, the PSP is successful in Japan.

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Oh Jeff, how things come full circle ...
 

NEVER


 
But I get the idea you, and Ryan for that matter have your reasons. Global agenda after does seem to have an agenda... good business practices be damned. 
 
And Brad,..you nailled it. There has been absolutly NO change to the Last Gardian for the past 2 years.  I have no interest in the game, beyond I was so amazed when I first saw the trailer a couple years ago.   
 
Right on....
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Loved this episode. Now checking out The Road and The Fortress of Dr.Radiaki. :) Should be a fun day.

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@ryanwho said:
"Most games sound boring when you simplify them down to their binaries, Ryan. Yeah, Starcraft 2 is a game. And like every other game, it essentially comes down to doing about 4 or 5 tasks in succession. And then later, attacking DMC fans for not liking the change even though you were "never into it personally"? Using some straw man conciet and ignoring that the character was modeled after the fucking president of Ninja Theory? You know, the main complaint? No, its just silly kids afraid of change, you nailed it bro. Think for half a second before belting these notions out, guy. "

In regards what you say is the main complaint of the new Dante, remember that fans were up in arms before the picture of the Ninja Theory president was passed around.  You could be right, but it's never been fact (just firmly held belief) that the character actually is based of the guy.  At any rate, as a fan, I'm holding back judgement until I see more of the game.  For me, the gameplay itself has always been more important in DMC than the particulars of the character.  
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@Darkstar614:  Ice T = Iceberg Tyrone. Nothing to do with the beverage. And he damn well better like iced t, who the hell doesn't?
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Nice to see that they think the bitching about new Dante is stupid as well. Just wait until they game comes out.

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im off to work and i have no new bombcast. holy god its going to be a long night. come on guys, ENTERTAIN ME

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GENTLEMEN,
 
PATIENCE.

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cool

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Oh..Emm...Geeee....

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*stands at the razor's edge, on one side, the bombcast, the other, death by boredom*
 
the precipice is so ever so thin.

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Death is imminent. 

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I love how when there's a new Bombcast coming, most of last weeks commenters come online :)

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HOLD THE LINE!
 
WE MUST NOT FALTER!

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@FireSketch said:
" I love how when there's a new Bombcast coming, most of last weeks commenters come online :) "
Other people just leave track marks on their arm, we etch evidence of our addiction onto the eternal web.
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New favorite Nintendo download: Triple Throwing Sports 
 
"Triple Throwing Sports is the most advanced recreational throwing game available for the WiiWare service! Immersing players in the world of competitive projectile throwing..."
 
Classic.
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You can change the audio options for your Xbox to stereo on the dashboard.