Breaking Brad: Breaking Brad: Super Mario Bros.

The audio is SO LOUD in this video. Gameplay is way too loud, and the commentary is very loud as well, but not nearly as bad. It is roughly 2.5x louder than most other GB live set content.

Please, hire a tech to work with you for a couple days.

I'm thinking the same thing...

Man, the like, complete and utter 30 second meltdown in world three after Brad gets a little confident and starts talking about the 1 up trick and pro strats or whatever is the most Breaking Brad moment, with the cherry on top messing up the continue and having to restart...I just love this feature so much. Thanks to everyone involved, and Brad you're a treasure!

This is Premium for Brad's sake.

Delete those goombas!

I've seen it once, long ago. It's about an extremely bitter divorce, and the Ebert review doesn't really communicate how hateful and dark it is - purposefully, but still, man. (Example of subject matter (spoilered for animal abuse): the wife kills the husband's beloved dog, then feeds the husband pate made from the dog's liver.) There's a touch of black humor, but only a touch - it's not a funny movie. It's easy to see how the subject matter alone (divorce, and how people who love each other can grow to hate each other, in part because of that love) wouldn't appeal to a kid, and despite the accolades the film won, the tone makes it for very certain audiences only.

(ETA added perspective: I'm roughly Jeff's age, and while I didn't see it in the theater, I watched The War of the Roses with my mother shortly after it came to home video. This was not long after she and my father went through a bad separation, and she exposed me to a lot of media I really shouldn't have seen at that age in the course of her coping process. There are scenes in that movie (like the one I spoilered) that you really don't need rattling around in your head as a kid. Young Jeff made the right call.)

I beat Super Mario Bros for the first time a few years ago with no warps without ever knowing there was a continue. Nobody had ever mentioned it until right after I did that.

Bradley Maker of Shoes....WONDERFUL!!

@ericsmith:

I would have liked to be in the chat for this.

As my favorite band being blink-182 and this being my favorite website, my world's seemed to collide for a period of 5 minutes there. Was almost a transcendent experience.

EDIT: Brad in World 5 - I'll never make that mistake again. ::checks the runtime:: Surrre.

Watching Brad trying to get through World 5 is driving me to drink.

Getting tired of these rogue-like games :)

there's no they didn't decide to play this game as a lead-in to real mario 2

This was a fantastic stream.

Some Grade-A Brad at Games.

it was very fun watching this live. Breaking Brad as never failed to impress

I'm sitting here at the 48 minute mark wondering why this video is over 3 hours long. I guess I'll find out soon enough

@jbick89: That feeling doesn't go away basically for the entire time.

The first breaking brad series, since i went premium

This is something that I really enjoyed.

I always look at Jeff when Brad dies because sometimes he immediately looks to camera and it feels like we're sharing a knowing glance.

Jeff enjoys every Brad death. It fuels him

That thumbnail is just killing me, but I'm glad to see Brad back in action. Lately he looked kinda sad and quiet in live videos.

YEEEAAAHH BRAD!

Huh. I saw it as a kid as well and I seem to remember that I liked it and found it funny. Might have to watch it again to see if those are just false memories. Then again, black humor is totally my shit and has always been. As an interesting side note, my parents also got a divorce what must've been like just a few years after I saw that movie.

2 for Jan

@ericsmith: I'm agree that this was far louder than the last UPF for example, but this was probably the happiest I've been with GBW audio production in a while.

Very little by way of background audio compared to recent issues with the AC and I was happy with the game-commentary balance. The only major glitch I noticed was that there's still some dynamic EQ such as when Ben coughed and it completely shut off gameplay.

Ultimately, I'm far happier to turn GB down on a per-video basis if I need to instead of upping my speakers and blowing out a different source.

135 good job Brad

Yup the turn happens about 40 minutes. That's when Brad broke.

"8-2 Brute"

Ben Pack is a genius

omfg this thumbnail

That Mario Facts effect was perfect. Thanks Jan!

@janman is such a cool dude. He didn't have to, but he made my monster of Brad Mario part of the show in the most amazing way. On a whim I @'d him in chat to use it. I thought that he would just replace Brads camera feed for a little bit. This had made my week (or even month).

@convox: The dynamic eq is a pretty annoying thing. It's like they are using some standard setting in Ozone to duck the gameplay for voice, and it just doesn't sound good at all. It either needs to be worked on, or removed altogether. Having super loud coin noises when no one is kinda rough.

You're right that this is better than it has been, though, because at least the gate isn't snapping everything out, and it doesn't have weird buzz that was present for awhile there.

This was such a good video. Thanks guys!

Congrats Brad!

Wow Mario looks good in HD. Is this the Analog NT's doing or does the Wii U VC version look this sharp and clean?

Never noticed this but what the fuck is with the "Time" in Super Mario Bros.? Cause those sure as hell ain't seconds.

8-2 Brutus.

Is 8-3 without a fire flower or being Super Mario the hardest level in SMB? I remember it always coming down to luck If I went into the level small.

This is great

Ben and Jeff come off a little condescending at towards the beginning of this one. Maybe I'm just reading it wrong though. I felt for Brad when he forgets to hold A to continue and Ben laughs hysterically at him. Didn't seem to bother him much though, so I'm not sure why I care lol.

Good idea/feature. The Mario Fact picture is amazing.

Is the audio noticeably out of sync for anyone else?

@dunchad:Nah, you're right. I don't know what the other duder was on about. I mean, whether anyone finds the movie actually funny is down to taste, but it's absolutely a comedy.