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Giant Bombcast 02-17-2009

We celebrate a year of podcasts by drinking bubble gum and discussing Street Fighter IV, Halo Wars, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Vinny's strong distaste for Flower, the comedy goldmine of the full frontal in The Lost and Damned, and more!

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

Feb. 17 2009

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w00000000000000t  Time to listen.

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Street Fighter IV, Finally!

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Dude

3:00 am in the uk is apparently the time the bomb drops I’m usually asleep but am unemployed so its cool.

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Yay, early bombcast. I wish it was released 9(central) every week.

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Thanks for getting it up earlier again guys. Time to fall asleep with my headphones on...

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I should really stop staying up until 3:30 AM for the Bombcast...

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w00t, time to fall asleep while listening to you guys once again :P

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Wow i unintentionally stayed up long enough.

Happy Anniversary!

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Wow, I forgot today was Tuesday. Leave it to the Bombcast to remind me. Happy Anniversary.

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Great EST release time, and Happy Anniversary :)

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Ah, one year already, time flies when you're constantly high on energy drinks...

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wow and i thought i was the only one up at 3:30 AM on this side of the world, o well.
13thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... hah

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w00t

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"How about we all just install Total Annihilation."

Down to the precise tone and wording, this is exactly what I would have said.

I do not feel obligated to present my opinions anymore.
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Happy Year One Bombast!

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I've got VInny's back on the Flower thing. I found all the art in that game to be really uncreative and unoriginal.

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dude awsome, everytime my english and journalism classes are begging to drag me down, i listen to this stuff and remeber why i wanna get into games' press. thanks bombcast

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My god, almost a year. Can't believe it.

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Vinny, I hope Brad and Ryan beat you up after this podcast.

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Oh my gosh Conky!!!!!!! I wish it was a Trailer Park Boys game!!!!!!

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Hey guys great podcast. Congrats on the your first full year of podcasting.

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One part Barq's Root Beer + Two parts Fanta Orange Soda = Bubblegum Soda

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LULZ!


They're all saying how easy SF IV is on easiest, beat it in 10 minutes etc. I spent 90 minutes yesterday and still can't beat Seth! Ooooooh boy...
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"Waiting for this on iTunes.

So hurry up with that stuff doods."


If you can't see it on iTunes immediately after it goes up here, you're doing it wrong. Make sure you're subscribing to the feed and not just finding it in the store and attempting to listen to it that way. The store listing doesn't stay up to date and is entirely up to Apple. The subscription feed updates instantaneously.
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You guys made me feel like a complete asshole for losing to Seth on Easiest 6 times today.

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LOL. It sounds like Vinny may have called Ryan a CHUMP instead of chum. Brother.

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It's insane this guy's taint.

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Gratz to a successful year.

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Wow this is the first time i've thought Vinny was a complete asshole, i also think Brad and Ryan should beat you up!

The game doesn't evoke anything Japanese in my eyes, and don't take nature for granted Vinny!

Stone Cold actually deserves to be in the Hall of Fame as far as im concerned. But yeah, no Savage, no game...and i'm not talking about Tripple H...

So is that how we celebrate a year of podcasts? by talking heavily about penises? alright, great.

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I believe that this may prove scientifically that Vinny is a bad person. Why do you hate goodness, Vinny?

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I'm just glad that someone has something bad to say about flower.
Good on you Vinny !

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Soaring over California is fucking bomb, dude.

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Great Bombcast!!

However I would just like to disagree with one of the fighting games named as being bad. Mace: The Dark Age is awesome!! Sorry, WAS awesome. Obviously it sucks now but that's cuz it's like 11 or 12 years old or sumthin.

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It's kinda creepy that when you guys first started talking about Halo Wars I was grumbling to myself about how the RTS genre has been getting stripped and watered down.  And then you mentioned one of my biggest gripes about recent RTS games:  WHERE ARE THE WALLS?  I was a wall _whore_ in AOE and AOE2.  And then the awesome TA reference(my favorite was kingdoms).

If you haven't done a race in Lost and Damned yet, you really need to.  Really.  You need to.

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Sometimes I wonder why you put yourselves through all these horrible drink tasting but then I remember I've just been laughing my ass off for the last two minutes, great podcast!

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45 minutes into the Bombcast, I feel like I have to jump in, create an account, and side with Vinnie and his anti-Flower opinion. I didn't dislike the game for the same reasons as Vinnie (I really enjoyed flying around the first couple levels, making flowers bloom and bringing life to the environments), but I'd give the game 3/5 stars because it fails to deliver on it's promise. The pre-game screen says something to the effect of "relax and enjoy" and the latter half of the game is neither relaxing nor enjoyable. I would have been happy with the minimalist, light-gamplay experience presented in the early game for the game's entirety, but !!!SPOILERS!!! instead, for the final few levels, I had to suffer through dark environments of electrified barriers and flat, unispired architecture.  The nightmare landscape stuff was jarring (I think mostly because the beginning was so relaxing) and it completely ruined the expereince for me. So, I agree with Vinnie. In my opinion, Flower is not all it's been hyped up to be, and, while the individually rendered blades of grass are impressive, I did not think the graphics were more remarkable than other current-gen games.

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w00t i am donwlaoding it now and i am goign to lisnting it tonight in bed 


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Vinny hates Flower. Who knew?

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Awesome, congradulations on an amazing year, and many more to come.

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Vinny hates Flower doesn't mean he's a bad person people, not everyone have the same taste, not all of us are the same. i on the other hand, loved Flower, but i don't expect every single person to love Flower aswell.

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i need someone GOOD to train me in SF dude. i need a mentor!


Flower was revolutionary to me though dude. vinny doesnt like pretty things. 
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can't beat giantbomb cock-talk

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I think the reason why GTA is selling well is because of controversy. I bet when the national media picks this up L&D downloads gonna multiply.

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pcs to pcs in this bitch!
plastic little, fuck yeah!!

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AndrooD2: It's odd that so many people seem to be hung up on that level. It really is a dividing line.

The problem I have with these complaints is that if all you want is a relaxing, serene experience, you can simply replay the first three levels of the game. In truth, that's what all I was expecting. And I'd still consider it a steal for the price if that was all it were.

For me, personally, the later levels elevate the game into something more than an interactive screensaver. The final level, in particular, is uplifting in a way that wouldn't be possible without the "darker" level preceding it. It's one thing to describe the gameplay as being frustrating (it is), but to me, the powerlessness and frustration serves to increase the incredible sense of power and freedom in the final level, which would simply have been "another level" without it.

As with all forms of art, there's a great deal of personal opinion involved. And that dissidance is what justifies the existence of Flower. Art promotes conversation and debate. Some of it worthwhile, some of it not... But the fact that we're even having this conversation gives me hope for the future of interactive entertainment in general, and I hope to see more divisive titles like Flower in the future.
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Total Annihilation was so awesome.

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I listen to at least 6 podcast on Tuesday, and the Giant Bombcast is by far the one I look forward to the most.

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Correction: Jaffe loved Flower.

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The time has come for a new Primal Rage.