Mailbag: Giant Bomb Mailbag: Asphalt Candy Edition

Colchester represent!

Those Giant Pogs are fucking amazing.

I have that Vault-Tec lunchbox!

Yeah those slim packages work well here in the UK, posties can just shove them through the letterbox without having to knock and wait for an answer.

I have those Capcom shot glasses. A friend and I got them when we went to one of those "Capcom Fight Club" events for Marvel vs Capcom 3 like 2 weeks before my wedding. Was pretty fun.

@thainatos: yeah! What is this shot on @rorie@drewbert as it looks GREAT!!!

(rories mega android machine?)

06:28

SKULL SLAMS

@whatshisface: hey duder, I was the guy who sent the camera in but I've changed my username. I don't know if it's the same for every Zenit camera but on the one I gave to Drew there is a small lever on the side of the camera opposite the hinge. Look for a little metal tab near the knob that had good Knob Feel.

Hope that helps.

Suck Brad was sick on Drews last week

I was wondering where Mailbag was.

no mode candies for Dan

Bye Drew

Oh my god at the part when Rorie is shooting up close at Drew's arm, wearing headphones I was startled when Drew spoke, as it sounded like he was right next to me.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, Drew, make some sweet ASMR vids when you out the GB biz.

@grimreefz: i'm sure he'll be back in by switch launch. :)

i know it's been said before but man do the duders seem to get sick an awful lot. i'm guessing it's something brewing in neo new box city gaiden.

@madmatt213: I think Jeff implied on the Bombcast that he was going to be the backup video guy just in case Jason gets sick from now until when the new hire shows up. Obviously not permanently, but somebody needs to know how to work the tech.

@downpourguy: Aha, I found it. My camera doesn't have the thing on the left. But I noticed a little bit of curved metal sticking out of the plating on the side. You have to push that bit up to open the lid. It was pretty stuck so I always thought it was not moveable.

Thanks, duder.

God bless you person who sent in facts about the history of Colchester. You are my hero.

Also, Stewart Lee is great - Jeff should definitely watch that one.

Derby represent!

"Have some junk I didn't want anymore"

The Giant Bomb Mailbag motto!

Man, they actually made a Naughty Bear statue... they were convinced that that game would be a hit, weren't they?

That was an awesome mail bag! Ya did pretty good with the camera Rorie. =) Kudos!

I bet Dan would like that Kratos mask. What a sweet mailbag! I would totally buy Giant Pogs.

We each all cope in our different ways. This may be a self induced sickness caused by excessive drinking. We all love Drew, but image the people who get to be around the nordic god on a daily basis! I would be absolutely crushed, so I don't blame Brad for being "sick". :P

@eddeh: yes duder!

I just came here to see if any people who were confused about the appeal of unboxing videos are eagerly watching this. :-)

Also, did anyone else get some REALLY noticeable audio coming out of only one speaker when the camera turned a bit? I'm not against Giant Bomb ASMR, I'm just saying I'd like it to be in the video description...

I was so happy to see that the shelves are starting to make that area resemble something heading towards organized, but then Rorie panned over to his mess and my heart stopped. How can they even do that?! Isn't that like a main thoroughfare of the office, and they have a bunch of crap halfway blocking it??

Those pogs are incredibly cool. I'd like to see each of the designs for them. That much effort put in deserves to be showcased.

How do you guys work in such a cluttered environment. That would drive me absolutely nuts. Anyone else notice the cracked pillar? Couple that with the cracked floor...eesh. That building okay?

@foxmulder: OH MAN. I had that, it was awesome. Thank you for reminding me it existed. Right on, my parents rock for getting me that.

One final mail bag with @drewbert. Glad to see you get such sweet swag, you earned it.

Drew will be missed!

Those Pogs are amazing.

You can still get camera film, it is still extremely useful because of how you can blow it up as you please unlike digital.

Wait, where is Drew going? How did I miss this?

That camera looks surprisingly like my Minolta XG1. Unfortunately mine is made in Japan not the USSR. Old cameras are dope!

Focus, rorie-san

I've got a Zenit 3M and an E. Fun cameras.

And when I was in Petersburg I went to a shop that had literal piles of them. Was pretty funny having grown up having never seen another one.

@ironsean: He's going 'solo' . Friday is his last day.

He's solved time travel and is moving to the USSR, hence the camera.

@ripelivejam: I'm surprised people get sick period in a climate where winter time means putting on a thicker hoodie and maybe longer shorts. Then again maybe it's this exact lack of actually debilitating weather that has weakened their conditioning against sickness. I'm currently getting over a cold because I stood in line outside in full weather regalia but the wind chill was so bad that it still got me. Kinda my fault really for standing in place, outside, in the middle of winter while the wind whipped around me..

i love all the drew content before his send-off, but part of me just wishes they ripped the bandaid off on the 3rd. :(

The lesson is kids don't send snow globes in the mail unless they're ludicrously well packaged.

Who's cutting onions?! I'm not crying, You're crying! Drew is such a magnificent part of giantbomb. It will not be the same without him.

I'm from Colchester YO. Small world.

Sweet! My Dr. Tracksuit poster made a guest appearance.

@whatshisface:

https://www.zenitcamera.com/mans/zenit-e/zenit-e-eng.html

Check out the "Loading the camera" section.

!!BEFORE YOU DO!! Take the camera into a pitch black (no joke, pitch black, like you shouldn't be able to see your hand in front of your face) room and open the back, there may be film from the 50's or 60's in the back that will be ruined if the camera is opened in broad daylight.

If there is film back there, remove the canister and reel it back in by twisting the top and then take it to a local camera store to get it developed, there could be some amazing shots on there!

(I just got a 1951 Rectaflex from a thrift store that had a roll of AscaColor from the 60's in it, waiting for my Rodinal to come in so I can develop it)

That real fudgehog pinata is so dope. I want another Viva Pinata :(

deep pod racer reference there jeff, nice

miss you drew, love you drew! <>

@fillmoejoe: The ISBN is 9780760348499, you can get it for nice and cheap on Amazon, or check out QuartoKnows.com if you want to pay double the price while it's already on sale (Quarto gets a taste either way <3).

Damn. I'm gonna miss Drew.

Wow.. this camera.. this crystal clear picture.. this sound.. oh boy..

So, dude who made the pogs. YOU NEED TO START A KICKSTARTER!

Yum, candy asphalt.