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Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Day Three

Who will be the first to snap as we enter day three of our Game of the Year deliberations, which include Most Ridiculous Use of FMV, Most Improved Franchise, Most Egregious Use of Product Placement/In-Game Advertising, Worst Accent, and Best Wii-Only Game.

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

Dec. 24 2010

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Fuck Yeah!

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Woot!

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WOOT

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Yeah!

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Let's do this...after I finish the Paul Barnettcast.

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Yay!

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more Murray

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Castiel

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America... (!)

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Oh yeah!

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Woo!  Scrooged!

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Bill Murray looks really excited to smoke that cigar.

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Toasty

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NME

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Jingle All the Way and Scrooged, back to back. I have no idea how this will be kept up going forward.

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Conspiracy! Toasters!
MADNESS!!

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Now that is a short podcast, good that we got two

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Bombcaaaaast!

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Castiel

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... FUCK YEAH 
 
COMING AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHERFUCKING DAY YEAH!

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Night SPRINGS, just FYI. 
 
(I just finished Alan Wake a couple weeks ago, and I sure hope this wins the product placement category. Man oh man.)

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I really miss FMV in games. At least I think I do.
 
The Sega CD was one of my favorite consoles! At least I think it was..

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FUCK YEAH CELEBRITY POKER.... 
I really was thinking about that just before Vinny pointed it out. Although I suppose Vinny thought of it first since this was recorded before today.

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DONT. MOVE. YOUR. FEET.

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wewt!!111111

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Sweetness.

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It can't be overstated how awesome the Holiday Bombcast theme is.

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@Make_Me_Mad: It was used last year too, i'm kinda over it :/
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A lot shorter today.

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@Turambar said:
" A lot shorter today. "
If you count the Paul Barnett part, it equates to about the same amount. 
 
I love hearing the deliberations, please do stick with this format as opposed to last year's "Here are the results DONE!" format.
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Fuck yes! Jonny Moseley Mad Trix is what i had in mind.
 
Oh and for the last time, you are not the only two people who liked Just Cause for christs sake...i dont care how much ya say it for effect.

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AHHHHHHHHHHH

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Regarding egregious product placement:
http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/704876/alan-wake-the-worst-product-placement-in-gaming-history.html
 
I can't believe nobody brought that scene and the associated achievement up.  Worst ever.

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I really need to try Heavy Rain haha

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 You NEVER realize it's Gary Oldman if you're not a film buff. He DISAPPEARS into his rolls. SEE: 5th Element, where he plays Ross Perot in SPAAAAACCCCEE!

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Alright someone give me a list of sentences that have the "accent" in DR2. I really want to know what a Canadian accent sounds like.

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Well that went well compared to day one and day two.

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Special guest, Bill Murray? No? Boo that.
 
Most Improved Franchise, and BioShock 2 doesn't even get a mention? Shame on you, Bombcast :/

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sonic colors should of been nominated for best improved I feel need for speed hot pursuit is so overrated don't understand what the big deal is seems like fans of burnout just want their fix

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As someone who is just starting to play Mass Effect 2, I would love to know from someone that has listened to this podcast all the way through if there are any spoilers for ME2.  I have a feeling they will be talking about it under the most improved franchise category.

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I don't know how I feel about GoldenEye being a finalist.  It's a great game, no doubt, but I don't know if "Finally having a quality FPS on the platform" is enough justification to elevate it to that level.

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These guys aren't really right about Heavy Rain, because a few of the voice actors were American. 

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@whitesox: It was mentioned briefly but all were in agreement that ME2 was improved over ME1, yeah, but other games were more important in the category. 
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Okay, real life Andy Serkis talking to a CG character voiced by Andy Serkis is WAY crazier than two characters voiced by Nolan North talking to each other.

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Why does no one mention that Comic Jumper is an awful game? 
 
 "Best use of FMV to make a shoddy product even earn a mention in end of year lists".

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I don't care about any of these categories.  I really wish I did.

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@MooseyMcMan said:
" These guys aren't really right about Heavy Rain, because a few of the voice actors were American.  "
How does that make them not right?  There were still plenty of European voice actors in the game doing bad American accents.
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They did today's 4 awards faster than yesterday's first award. Wow!

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Bill Murray's the shit.

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Can't complain about the Wii lineup. Endless Ocean: Blue World was my best Wii game. Loved that game.

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@sofacitysweetheart said:
" Special guest, Bill Murray? No? Boo that. Most Improved Franchise, and BioShock 2 doesn't even get a mention? Shame on you, Bombcast :/ "
The Bomb Squad has expressed an opinion shared by many that Bioshock 2 was more a step sideways or even a minor step back for the franchise. Rapture Redux was not a huge improvement for plenty gamers. See the sales figures and Brad/Jeff's argument about Minerva's Den.
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don't understand the dead rise 2 accent thing

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@remixrunixlp said:

" @sofacitysweetheart said:

" Special guest, Bill Murray? No? Boo that. Most Improved Franchise, and BioShock 2 doesn't even get a mention? Shame on you, Bombcast :/ "
The Bomb Squad has expressed an opinion shared by many that Bioshock 2 was more a step sideways or even a minor step back for the franchise. Rapture Redux was not a huge improvement for plenty gamers. See the sales figures and Brad/Jeff's argument about Minerva's Den. "
Eh? Jeff gave it 4/5, crediting it for many pretty significant improvements (if you're playing the "I believe everything this website tells me" game, go read the review). Brad has played arguably none of the main campaign so his opinion on that is pretty moot. And your condescending branding of it as a "Rapture Redux" is Internet cute, but there is far more to that game than it being another tribute to that underwater city :)
 
And, wait. Sales figures? I wasn't aware we were having a corporate meeting. Some uptight people didn't play one of the most polished and interesting games of the year? It's sad, but ultimately their loss as video game aficionados. For "professional video game critics", it's unprofessional. But hey. That's not what I visit this site for.