Demo Derby: Official PlayStation Magazine: Disc 52

Woo, new Demo Derby!

I really enjoy this feature now that Jeff is in on it, Dan & Drew are all right but let's be honest, Jeff is where it's at when it comes to the type of stuff demo discs are filled with: insanity.

Jeff really rounds this series out.

3D Loony Toons is strange.

jeff needs to do this more often!

This stuff is great, and jeff is a perfect addon

C'mon, Dan, Final Fantasy concerts can be pretty great...

Looking forward to watching this when I get home from work!

I feel like reviewing demo discs requires a lot of knowledge of the content and Jeff fits that bill perfectly.

@dcking: his input (and skill) on Sesame Street Sports was invaluable.

I laughed way too much at "what are these words?"

I haven't watched this episode yet, but I really appreciated Jeff's presence in the last episode.

Like others have mentioned, the addition of someone who has first-hand knowledge of both the games and the industry at that time is incredibly interesting.

I love the Dan & Drew combo, don't get me wrong, but I think the Dan/Drew/Jeff trio for this one is pretty fantastic.

"My name is First Last and I went to College."

Angela Sun does the Yahoo Sports minute now

I'm thinking they need to make they're own demo disc for game of the year/generation. They could present each winner as a game on the disc and do weird video skits in between.

"This is an Ashley hole" made me smile.

( ...That's not how that works!)

(...C'mon!)

Gold very early in.

And as others have said, adding Jeff as a regular really adds a certain something to this. Drew was obviously always a pretty selective game player and while Dan was super into a lot of the games from this period his enthusiasm for this stuff needs a counter, and that counter isn't Drew's "well I wasn't around, so I don't know, it's impressive this game runs?" perspective. It's Jeff's "oh God I played ten games like this every two months at Gamespot in those days" perspective.

Jeff sounding like an auctioneer.

I really like Tara Strong, so Harley Quinn's okay in my book. But yup, that character can be annoying.

Those poor guys, that PS1 demo disk was rotten to the core.

I love this series so much.

Yes and he's also great for putting things in a historical context. Jeffs encyclopediac mind when it comes to games is a true wonder.

Note to self: never hire Dan to clean up a beach

I remember using a gameshark and playing mercenaries it was the best thing ever but it would also just freeze the system because so much crap would be exploding with infinite bombs.

@el_funko: Not just Jeff -- each one brings their own set of experience to the table. Jeff has played nearly every game on these demo disks, has reviewed a good number of them, and can talk about how the demos fare in relation to the final product, all of which brings a lot of informational value to the audience.

Dan, at the time these disks were out, was the super-consumer. He's played most of these games (and many of the actual demos) and is knowledgeable about their release and promotion due to his time at Funcoland. He approaches these from a former fanboy's perspective, and prefers to tell the audience why a game is fun rather than why it's good.

Drew fills the role of the average consumer and is the audience surrogate. He's played a good number of the games on the disks, but not a majority. He has less personal insight and experience with each, which adds to the feature as well, as the average viewer is likely to have this level of experience with these games/demos.

Overall, all of them fill an important role on these. I do agree that Jeff is a great addition for the reasons you mentioned, but I enjoyed them just fine before he joined (and I imagine that with the constraints on his time, it's probably unlikely he can join all of these in the future). He does offer an invaluable insider's perspective that really makes a very interesting premium feature even better.

All of that GAP stuff is just sad. Mostly because all of those people are over 18, or at least I think they are. That dating sim entry would've been fine for a 13 year old kid but to think that a grown ass woman thought that she could impress someone with those drawing skills and that awful writing. It just reeks of Dunning-Kruger. And the guy with the long letter apparently had no idea what E3 was even like.

@danryckert Go to golfland. Arcade + mini golf + batting cage. can't go wrong

I love these segments but I'm totally okay if you guys want to skip through some of the text garbage.

Great job folks!

EDIT: Also feel free to leave Jeff at home next time. The cynicism really kills the nostalgia.

It's a kids game Jeff. Get the fuck over it.

And remember kids- don't eat the bush.

"Stavan" is a fairly common name (Indian). Never seen it spelled with a U, though "Stuv" could be a short version...

@smokey_earhole: I believe that's a different person. There may be more than one person in the world named Steve Truitt.

yeah he really fucked that up

I remember playing that Monsters Inc game years ago. I think it was ok from what I remember.

Wow! That's INCREDIBLE that that guy is a GB user!

I love these! Thanks, crew!

Really good genuine laugh from Jeff to Drew's Splinter Cell reference.

Sheep Raider's actually a pretty cool stealth puzzle game. I played it about 3-4 years ago after seeing a Let's Play of it.

http://moviespictures.org/biography/Truitt,_Steve_(I)

Jeff's Rikku from FFX joke at 1:10:52 was so good...just completely out of character for him!

@danryckert@drewbert@jeff Do youse guys realize that in an alternate realm, the awkward people auditioning could've been ya'll? That has to make this even more chilling right? Lucky break for youse guys.

Finally, my two greatest loves unite: Muppets and sports.

"..this is an Ashley hole." ~ Jeffrey Michael Gerstmann

"Daffy Duck is going to teach you to use the...bush." ~ Jeffrey Michael Gerstmann

Tobias Bruckner -

Turok Evolution's racist time travelling Southern Captain and primary antagonist. He also happens to ride an Allosaurus with chainguns strapped to it.

WOO YEAH EDDIE JONES!!!!

The kind of guy who says out loud they'll never be into Pixar or Harry Potter because it's "kid stuff" as a statement of pride is the kind of guy I avoid at parties and everyday life if I can help it, let alone appreciate any of their output on a video game site. I love you, @danryckert, but goddamn it is hard to like you.

Man, I really liked that Sheep Raider game as a kid. Though it was called Sheep Dog N' Wolf, at least in Australia.

Sheep Raider is great, I hope you guys can check it out on a UPF or something. Seriously, it is a fantastic game

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