Giant Bombcast 05-14-2013

Avengers Blu-ray came out in September 2012?

You've had 8 months to watch it.

Re: steakhouses and medium rare, I'm with you Patrick. I gotta scope out places first before I go with that because I can't trust every place to do it right.

Re: corn, that was definitely How It's Made. I think you were sort of right there Brad. They started out less edible, were bred to be more edible, but not the large ears of yellow corn. The modern bulk foodstuff for the world is a more recent thing.

it's been a year, and is one of the biggest blockbusters ever released. If you haven't seen it, it's on you.

The Woman Rack thing reminds me of a weird conflict that occurred in my house. My wife makes really excellent mashed potatoes, all thick, fluffy & buttery, and one time when my parents were over for dinner my dad made some comment about how you can stand the serving spoon up in them. Unbeknownst to me, my wife took this as some kind of snide comment and harbored a quiet resentment about it that she eventually voiced "offhand" on another occasion when we were making mashed potatoes. I quickly explained that the comment was unironic admiration, and that I'd previously heard him talk about how "the spoon stands up" is an indicator of good mashed potatoes, including in context of his mom's astonishingly good cooking. I think she believed me but I can never tell...

@norusdog: It's been out on dvd/blu-ray since September, calm thy self.

Holy shit, I can't believe you guys just made a joke about a poop gong. My roommate and I actually have that in our main apartment bathroom. And it is for exactly what you mentioned; after you drop a deuce, you bang the gong to warn others that the bathroom is temporarily not safe. And, y'know, sort of also to self-congratulate for creating masterful toilet logs.

Thank you! Seriously. Very cool insight.

I'm really hoping some talented duders start up a videogame-themed breakfast cereal photoshop thread.

I want my Mass Effect-O's!

@zagzagovich:

Scavengers

Trespassers

Adventurers

Loners

Killers

Explorers

Robbers

@zagzagovich: Wow, I'll have to read "Roadside Picnic". The Andrei Tarkovsky movie (which I don't know how I've gone this long without knowing it was based on a novel) "Stalker" is one of my favorites. Thanks.

I'm pretty spoiler sensitive myself, so I actually watch/read/play the things I don't want spoiled for me ASAP. If you are that upset over Avenger spoilers, you should have saw it a year ago. I have almost no sympathy for you.

By the way, Loki loses.

@patrickklepek i think you might want to check your Avengers Budget estimate.

And was promptly replaced. By Dota 2.

If you want a fantastic Robert Downey Jr film....you simply cannot go wrong with Less Than Zero. His portrayal as Julian, an out-of-control Beverly Hills crack fiend is just brutal to watch.

Never thought I also see a scene where RDJ is busted by Andrew McCarthy about to suck a guy's dick to pay off a massive drug debt.

That reminds me....I really have to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again.

If by prompt you meant 3 years later, sure.

Hell ya, video game cereals! Where's the kickstarter on that?

Aw, diddums!

Ryan should have added a Sous Vide Supreme machine and a good vacuum sealer to his wedding registry. Once you try cooking sous vide, you never go back to just grilling your meat again. Tested opened my eyes up to the technique and I've never had a more tender or perfectly cooked steak. It can be incredibly inexpensive using a beer cooler and Ziploc bags. It'll even turn bargain bin steaks that are mostly gristle into something surprisingly tender.

@ryan@brad@vinny

Just finish them with a super hot pan or grill sear instead of the blowtorch. Will's just trying to be flashy. You'll want to let them cool for a few minutes and pat them dry before searing so you can get the right Maillard crust texture without cooking the inside any further. The juices left over in the bag can be used to make an awesome sauce or to add extra flavor to a meal you're having later in the week.

Regarding STALKER: Patrick is wrong. The best and most fully realized STALKER game is Call of Pripyat. Shadow of Chernobyl is the most modded because it's the one that required the most work for modders to fix. Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat have had many ideas and fixes modders implemented in SoC put into the base games.

@scubasteve1974: That Sony press conference was not really for the consumers first rather for the developers first. By being for the developers it is ostensibly better for the consumers. It wasn't about the games. They acknowledged their mistakes and said here is how we are going to address it. It showed a lot of promise, because in a way they wanted to show that they do care about their gamer audience and their experience. That is something that Microsoft has seemingly gotten away from especially with all those rumors.

If you wanted the games, then wait for E3. Many of the games they showed at the press conference were more technical stuff that were meant to show what the PS4 could do, stuff that most people other than developers or people who know a lot of that technical stuff would not know.

I don't blame you for not enjoying the conference or "Playstation Meeting" I don't think that was for you. E3 should be though.

Hey! If you want more meat, but like to cook thin patties, just make double burgers. Awesome if you like cheese, cause it's better when you put it b/w 2 patties.

Ryan knows how steaks should be eaten. Blue rare or bust.

Just want to second that suggestion. They released a new translation of Roadside Picnic last year, was much better than I was expecting. Old school sci-fi in the best kind of way.

@markwahlberg:

And then of course the amazing Tarkovsky film called Stalker.

It's when Jeff is out that you realize how he is the glue that holds this hold thing togheter.

@fitzgerald: ...............Is this for real? You are a sad, sad man.

@mooseymcman: I believe a good American steak still has to have some pink... so I'd say more medium rare with no seasoning...

lol ... that was mean ... I like it.

I love when Brad gets deep in a game hole such as with SC2 or DOTA. Possibly because it's one of the only times he sounds really excited about anything. Rivaled only by Viva Pinata, as also demonstrated in this episode. Man, Viva Pinata brings the enthusiasm out in Brad.

I lost it at life revelation Vinny.

Nah, he still played a good bit of Starcraft until a few months ago. Talked about it a bit less but there wasn't as much to talk about with it. When Swarm came out, he certainly talked about it.

2:22:07 "Hey, I don't know what Clem did!"

Buying consoles at launch is something I can thankfully resist completely. I'm a big video games fan but I tend to wait at least a year before buying the next console.

First they need to prove they have enough worthy games. Then I will consider buying.

@mooseymcman said:

STEAKS - WELL DONE, NO SEASONINGS.

You're the worst. Rare 4 Lyfe!

@Vinny Caravella's list of first-use terms in the English Language:

• Abilitease
• God of Warfare
• Shitcadian rhythm

Gentlemen you have forever ruined R.E.M.'s Daysleeper for me. ;p

With regards to Ryan's new corn de-silker, you can just microwave the whole thing pre-husking for 3-4 minutes per piece then chop off one end and the corn will slide right out with no silk attached. Enjoy the magic.

Inessential, unessential and nonessential are all legitimate words. I had Ryan's back on 'symbology' and now I feel betrayed.

CRASH BANDICOOT !!!!

Why is he so forgotten? :(

The crazy thing about listening to Brad talk about DoTA is that I can't *remember* the last time I saw a leaver in League of Legends o_O It might just be the 30+ crowd (since leavers get banned eventually)

Nuts!

@patrickklepek: (Timestamp 3:13:10)

Scoops, somedays I don't even know what websites you're hanging out on. ;)

Normally I say a podcast without Jeff is nearly as bad an omen as one without Vinny, but Brad has really been pretty funny the past two episodes. This one particularly. Maybe he's more funny when Jeff's not around?

Because all the post-PS1 games are awful (actually Wrath of Cortex for PS2 was OK).

Yeah I see like 2 movies a year and I saw Avengers like twice.

best PS1 platformer... Jumping Flash

i can't help myself. i know i can save a few £££ if i wait a few years but i just love that new console smell. unwrapping all the cables and stuff.... gives me a semi just thinking about it.

apart from the WiiU. not even the new console smell made me buy one of those.

1rst game:

mark of kri

2nd :

rise of the kasai

both ps2, i doubt thereis a third one.

@setsuoh: i've been trying to remember the names of those games for so long! thank you!

I'm going to laugh my arse off if every single console that comes out tanks because they let the current gen stagnate too long, and a large enough amount of people that play games have in the last few years moved on to PC (anecdotally I have, and know several people that have, and none of us will ever buy a console again now). That would be pretty amusing to say the least.

I know it's kinda superfluous to make a post just to say this, but...
I *REALLY* really, really liked the IronMan -> Rob. Downey -> medium transcending talk! Thanks for that. [I wish there was a comic podcasts with guys as likeable as you guys)