Giant Bombcast 05-14-2013

YESSSS

I'm normally bored with the topics on this podcast, but hot speculation about the XBOX 420 always drags me in.

Breakin' Embargo! - Giant Bomb's weekly shit show.

sounds like you know firsthand

I know I'm probably partially imagining it or something, but is Vinny not the only source for positivity on the Bombcast lately?

3:18:29

OH FUCK YES!

The new J.J. Abraham TV show is gonna be interesting...

This is just what I wanted from Giantbomb for my birthday!

I tried googling patricks claim the avengers wouldnt be profitable without reaching a billion...and cant find shit. That makes no sense whatsoever. Rack up another one for no fact check podcast?

Second paragraph: http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/robert-downey-jr-avengers-marvel-negotiations-fight/

@patrickklepek: ah, went back and listened again and you said "avengers needed" making it sound like the first movie had to make a billion to break even.

Should podcasts TALK ?!

I needed this before the sun began falling... now my thirst for blood cannot be quenched.

@fitzgerald: I agree with you, especially since there was no I love mondays this week and nothing else was uploaded today. Sometimes the 'lax nature of GB gets in the way of it being a good website and it's been wearing on my nerves lately, they introduce new features and then they disappear, pretty sure there's been plenty of new releases for the wednesday show.

@patrickklepek Flashback has always been "from the developers of AMY." Damn shame...

@xxizzypop: PLAYBOY, DO-wait let's think about this, they have great articles...

I'm using common fucking sense rather than troll logic.

I swear to god there was an ILM this week...

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/i-love-mondays-05-13-13/2300-7360/

Hey @ryan, I don't think this is Chris Evans. He wouldn't survive... IN SPACE!

Alright, I'm here to listen for the 'Durango' talk. I agree about the news stuff, and I was talking about that just a few weeks ago, about how they go from bad news, to light news as if it were nothing. It really makes it seem as if all of their feelings are artificial to me, whether it is or not.

This isn't on I Tunes for me. Anyone else?

We share the podcast studio with the entire rest of the company; some elements of timing aren't under our control. Thanks for your patience.

BOOM

They said they shipped 4 million copies of Max Payne 3, that's not exactly a bomb.

This is supposed to be a moment (~3 hours) of joy, why argue?

There are quite a few ungrateful A-holes around here. I know why I pay, and it sure as hell doesn't mean you guys OWE me jack shit. Thanks for all your hard work, there are a lot of us who actually appreciate it.

Damn i am growing really weary or all this DOTA 2 talk from Brad.

Wow, some spoiled little ungrateful brats in these comments. JUST ANOTHER DAY ON THE INTERNET

Are you from British Columbia by any chance?

Oh thank god, it's still Tuesday.

But it didn't exactly make profit. 6+ years in development, $105 million budget. Just about break even now of their budget.

In a totally and completely unprecedented move, I will not be listening to this podcast immediately. I finally got my hands on a 24-bit vinyl rip of the new Daft Punk album. Sorry, but that takes precedence over all other audio for the next couple days.

Well, I'm cancelling my subscription because Brad's profile picture scares the shit out of me. Please, get it right.

Love it when the Bombcast talks cars. They're always so ill-informed.

Brad: "Prices are never at E3"

Uh how about the infamous PS3 E3 price reveal? $599 U.S. Dollars

No Jeff in this cast =(

Some cases of lacroix isn't much of a prank, though I guess it depends on the flavor. Coconut tastes like suntan lotion and peach+pear tastes like dirt. Lemon, lime, and grapefruit are all good, with grapefruit taking the top spot.

When I quit drinking soda it took a while to find a decent carbonated substitute. This shit is great, although the price is generally way too high for what is simply bubbly water in a can.

It kind of bothers me that Brad isn't seeing movies based solely on what other people are saying about them, but whatever.

podcasts can't eat

http://uk.gamespot.com/universal-studios-theme-parks-adventure/reviews/universal-studios-theme-park-adventure-review-2838080/

Man I played the hell out of the game, but yes. It's an utter piece of shit.

There are PS4 preorders in sweden at least (1045 USD).

Oh man, I am so grateful to be able to enjoy things moment by moment for their transient thrills. Listening to Ryan and especially Brad talk about Iron Man 3 bums me out, Iron Man 3 was a great ride. Into Darkness will be too.

Let go a little guys! no reason to sacrifice your enjoyment of something dissecting it's technical merits, gotta turn off that reviewer mindset every now and then for your own sanity.

And that's on top of anything else he may have going on, especially during a busy time like pre-E3 planning. Frankly, I'm so used to listening to the bombcast on Wednesday that I found it very odd someone complaining about it being late on Tuesday.

But still not as successful as they wanted/needed it to be probably given all the development time and resources.

Hope they make another Max Payne game at some point. I seem to be among the few that actually liked the game.

Me too. I recently bought Max Payne 3 for PC through a Steam sale (it was literally like $5) even though I have already beaten it on 360 and I'm enjoying replaying through it quite a bit. When I originally played the game I had a hard time with it. There were moments of fun and moments of immense frustration. A large part of the frustration was due to the game not spending enough time explaining some of the mechanics. Maybe gaming has gotten to the point where I've grown accustomed to being spoon fed information about systems, but it took me a really long time to figure out that if you dive left and continue holding left as you land then Max will scramble up to his feet a lot faster. Now that I have a good 15 hours of MP3 under my belt I feel a lot more at ease with how the character handles and subsequently am having a lot more fun.

They did some really great things with the character and moving to Sao Paulo was really interesting. I wouldn't mind seeing Max globe trot a bit. Max Payne 4 in Moscow? Or Germany? In a way that would be revisiting the same theme of a foreign man in a foreign land but I'd still love to see it. It's a shame that it sold under par but I hope Take Two has faith in Rockstar to give them a second chance if they'll ever want another crack at it.

Hey @brad, Valve has had the spectating tournaments in your game thing since easily the early aughts. It was called HLTV. It's one of the reasons why I thought tournament streams were so ass-backwards. Back in the day we had Ventrilo casting while everyone was connected to a HLTV server to watch CPL/WCG finals. The best part was being able to spectate whoever you wanted to spectate.

Brad needs to stfu about DOTA, sick of that and SC2.

Yup, that's a Durango.

Slavic. Metro: Last Light feels Slavic. No one ever uses that word =|