The Giant Beastcast: Episode 212

Awesome stuff, Bakalar.:)

First one he sat in on. Technically he was also in episode 41, though that was him calling in to deliver news about No Man's Sky.

Fabric softener leaves a layer of wax over clothes, so it's not great for towels or athletic wear. Dryer sheets just use weird sciencey friction stuff to stop static build-up.

Jeff Bakalar, you are a saint.

Hot but correct take:

BOTW is extremely overrated and RDR2 absolutely destroys it in terms of open world design.

Yes, I have several 8k TVs in my yacht-jk.

I had never thought about the fact that people would keep their area code from the state where they first got a cell phone (assuming they keep the number). Huh. I've never moved, so it's not something that would come up for me.

I don't know why Dan said that those dudes are from R6 Siege, considering he's played Siege a decent bit. They're from Ghost Recon. No one looks close to that in Siege. There is a character named Nomad in Siege, but they're a woman, so that's hard to mix up.

I have never been to this website before, just happened to let the video keep playing while making dinner after listening to the clip about Jedi: Fallen Order being similar to Metroid, and I just had to make an account so I could share this. When you got to the question asking "has a book ever made you cry?", I immediately thought of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. I don't even know anyone else who has read that book! Anyway, I thought that was kind of cool. Great 'cast by the way.

Reminds me, please consider doing something like crime crew with the first dying light. The one multiplayer bit you did with that game was absolutely hilarious and some of the funniest open world stuff you have done.

maybe just a playdate?

Looking like it'll be Animal Crossing vs Cyberpunk for my 2020 GOTY.

@electricbarrier

Don't worry. The reason they keep bringing up 8k, is because the GPU they put into these consoles support up to that resolution. It doesn't actually mean anything though, because even a videocard that can be had for less than 200$ stemming from 2016 had that capability already. (7680x4320). Right now, it's just a big number that is used by Sony & Microsoft right now to evoke the absolute power of this beastly machine to a mainstream audience, while not doing that at all.

Bear in mind, the larger the resolution, the better the card has to be to actually make things run well. That videocard from 2016 might be able to give you an output at 8k, but that will be an absolutely terrible experience given that it's not good enough for such high resolutions. I bet these new consoles will be able to have decent experiences at 4k though, and that seems like the right amount of power for this time. And sure, if you have an 8k TV in the next decade, you might be able to play some Cuphead or Hollow Knight at that resolution . But you'll still be playing graphical intense games at 4k tops.

@onemanarmyy: Oh, so it's mostly bullshit "bigger numbers are better" stuff.

I keep seeing this small thumbnail in the podcast feed and I keep briefly thinking, "is that Aleister Black!?? "

@ghosttheta: Just hot, not correct.

Also Bakalar you're a cool guy.

@sintes: It's more correct than hot ;)