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Demo Derby

Demo Derby: Official PlayStation Magazine: Issue 59

Oops, I demo'd again! I played just a part, I tried out some games! Some demos baby.

The past and the present collide as Giant Bomb digs into the dark world of old demo discs.

Jul. 14 2018

Cast: Jeff, Brad, Ben

Posted by: Jan

162 Comments

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Ryan actually reviewed the Britney game back when it came out. He mentions that the full game only had five songs, which seems like an impossibly low number. Still received a 6.9 from him, however.

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There was a really good Junkie XL song on the Burnout Paradise soundtrack too.

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Aphex Twin aint antiquated. All of his recent stuff is still really good :D

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The first album I ever bought was a Britney one. The last girl I told that to broke up with me shortly after, make of that what you will.

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oh that beautifull 2000's edgelord poetry to my ears, i cannot get enough

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THAT BIKE HAS MY NAME ON IT!

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Love Demo Derby, keep up the good work !

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Shout out to our man, Vinny Caravella, the creative mind of a generation

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@andythemez: Hah you're right, good eye. I can't imagine how many of these events Jeff has been to over the years, a lot of it must be a blur to him.

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Gotta commend them on not blazing through everything and actually taking their time like older Demo Derbies. In the last handful of DDs they always sounded bored and uninterested in everything they saw.

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The representation of that West 4th street basketball court was surprisingly accurate.

I mean the subway entrance is on the wrong side (which may have changed in the last two decades idk) but other than that it seemed like that court.

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@msouza1991: I'm pretty sure the sidekick guy was Matthew Lillard too, but I can't find anything official about it. Just my ears.

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Stuntman was a really cool idea, but I remember the load times just killed that game. Absolutely brutal.

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They don´t do this thing enough.

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So when does the new video series "The Gerstmannian Devil" start up?

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It’s really weird to hear Overseer on Giant Bomb videos, but it’s probably not even the first time.

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It's Britney, Brad

I laughed so much :)

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This video taught me that snowmobiles start like lawnmowers.

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What the fuck brad, lay off Aphex Twin!

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Someone has to chart the rise and fall of the arcade racing game because about 50% of the games in demo discs of this era belong to that genre. It's kind of amazing.

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I kinda think most of these games looked (graphically, at least) very good. Sled Storm is mega underrated, and Aphex Twin remains one of my favorite musicians. The long form Windowlicker video is just brilliant.

I enjoyed this Demo Derby. I wish it was a weekly feature.

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The early Tweetie Bird that was a baby bird instead of a canary was amazing from the VIOLENCE.

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Holy crap. I owned that Britney game when I was a kid for PS2. It is so weird seeing footage of this game all these years later.

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Wow, I actually remember this demo disk. That Britney game was... an okay early Rhythm game, I guess. That Taz game was hard as shit though.

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"People drink straight vodka?"

Brad, dude..
A good vodka from the freezer, in chilled glasses, is like the smoothest high proof shot you can drink.
It tastes like nothing, depending on the vodka a slight licorice aftertaste, but that's about it.

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Idea: Remake Dragon’s Lair with recent God of War perspective

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@nethlem said:

"People drink straight vodka?"

Brad, dude..

A good vodka from the freezer, in chilled glasses, is like the smoothest high proof shot you can drink.

It tastes like nothing, depending on the vodka a slight licorice aftertaste, but that's about it.

Straight vodka was one of the few types of drinks I can have. Bad memories somehow activate gag reflexes when every I drank rum, whiskey, gin, snapps to a lesser extent but the worse of the worse is tequila.

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@seikenfreak: Haven't seen the video yet so unless they mention it: You should see Come to Daddy,it's usually what people think of when they think about Aphex Twin.

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Shit I remember renting and enjoying Freekstyle at the time.

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@nethlem said:

"People drink straight vodka?"

Brad, dude..

A good vodka from the freezer, in chilled glasses, is like the smoothest high proof shot you can drink.

It tastes like nothing, depending on the vodka a slight licorice aftertaste, but that's about it.

Straight vodka was one of the few types of drinks I can have. Bad memories somehow activate gag reflexes when every I drank rum, whiskey, gin, snapps to a lesser extent but the worse of the worse is tequila.

Dude I feel ya. A couple of years ago I could take shots of anything. Now I gag just thinking about tequila even though it was one of my favorite liquors. Now I mainly stick to bitch wine when I want a drink.

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That tank had 420 written on it and nobody made a comment, what the hell.

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I shouted out loud "OH NO!" and laughed when Kingdom Hearts showed up in the menu.

Ben bring back Kingdom Heartbreak you coward.

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hi im polish and straight up vodka is the only actual way to drink vodka :)

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I mean, if my eyes don't deceive me isn't that @jeff@alex at this Virtua Fighter party?

I also instantly thought of the Ryan and Jeff singing Britney Spears video.

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UHHHH what the hell was that at 1:17:43???

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and again at 1:17:57

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It's Britney, bitch.

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I looked up the kid who won the Virtua Fighter machine and I found him in about 2 seconds. He's really heavy into MMA; which I thought was appropriate.

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If you're lookin for me,

you better check under the sea,

cuz that is where you'll find me.

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It's back! I've missed the Demos.

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DOUBLE CAN!

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Seeing that opening cinematic for Kingdom Hearts really brings back some memories for me. The music is very well done in that one.

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Did I just hear Jeff disrespect Lee's Sandwiches?

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Regarding singers doing Las Vegas residencies, usually they have a suite at the hotel that's included in the contract. Some buy or rent houses away from The Strip. Britney is paid $500k per show. Her last residency at Planet Hollywood was 248 shows over 4 years. She just signed for 2 more years with MGM. The Planet Hollywood show was one of the worst I've seen (I was sent to basically every show in the city for my last job). She would just dance over her songs. She wasn't actually singing or even lip syncing. They just hit play and she danced (and rather unenthusiastic on the night I was there).

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Lot of rips on Elon Musk lately. More reasons to love GB.