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Demo Derby: Official Playstation Magazine Issue 63

THE DEMO DERBY RIDES AGAIN! Dan and Grubb bust open their binders and spin up a good ol' demo.

The past and the present collide as Giant Bomb digs into the dark world of old demo discs.

Jan. 30 2023

Cast: Jeff Grubb, Dan

Posted by: Jan

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#blessed

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If I may speak on behalf of the entire GB community: Hell - fucking - yes.

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>enjoying the demo derby

>THPS4 demo shows up and you remember tony hawk is dead again thanks to activision

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HELL YEAH

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Even with it being remote, this still felt like Demo Derby. A great time!

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Oh jeez, 3 years since the last one. Things were so innocent back then.

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TIP TEAM

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The two things every game should have:
-Double jump
-60 FPS

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This Treasure Planet game is straight up traced on top of Jak & Daxter, wow

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Hell yes!!

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First thing to bring me to the site in ages, more of this.

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Honestly surprised how good some of the games still looked. I had it in my head that the PS2 era didn’t hold up super well visually, but the racing and college football graphics were fine at worst.

My wife loved Primal as a teenager, so the segment on that game was… illuminating.

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The people demand a Dan/Jeff ContraL Shattered Soldier This Is The Run!

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an actual premium show? i didn't think these existed anymore

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When I worked at a Best Buy in central Ohio 13+ years ago I sold a TV to Jack Hanna.

Wow I had not realized it has been almost exactly 3 years since the last episode one of these.

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YESSSSSSS

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So glad this is back!

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Dan, please PLEASE stop Hey Siri’ign in videos. I’ve gotten so much trash in my phone lol (I should just turn it off, kind of fucked its listening that intently)

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Demo Derby LET'S GO

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Yo! It's finally back! So excited for this one!

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No shade but I just think it's kinda funny how Dan and Jeff mention how JRPGs are kinda the worst for streaming and playthroughs, but one of the biggest series of this site is just playing through long ass JRPGs.

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Funny how Edge of Tomorrow, a movie about respawning, is Dan's favourite movie but when Doug Liman says "I like to incorporate videogame themes in my movies", Dan is like "dude what does that mean".

HELL YES DEMO DERBY!

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Its great to see Demo Derby back in action! Thanks Dan and Grubb for the great video! But man that push for Primal wow ha.

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So happy my favorite series is back ❤️

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Honestly surprised how good some of the games still looked. I had it in my head that the PS2 era didn’t hold up super well visually, but the racing and college football graphics were fine at worst.

My wife loved Primal as a teenager, so the segment on that game was… illuminating.

Frankly, I think football player models peaked in the PS2 era. My number one complaint with Madden in the PS3-era and beyond is that the players' knees look really alien and players also run in a way that reminds me of the '90s Charlie Sheen classic The Arrival. Players in this era looked way more real and natural.

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That ps2 superman game is maybe the only good superman game

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Love this being back – would also be fun to rotate Dan's co-host per episode

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Feels like it's been way too long. So glad to see another Demo Derby!

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Dan and Grubb Endurance Runs Eiyuuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes!

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rocks out socks out get laid

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Suikoden III is one of my top five favorite games of all time, so this speaks to me on a visceral level and I don't like what it's saying.

There is a tactical minigame in Suikoden III, actually.

E: V was also very good.

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Soooooo happy to see this feature back!!

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I love Demo Derby because it's a marriage of Game Tapes and Bring Your B Game. Just a lot of looking back at the industry during a much sillier time.

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I actually like Superman comics. They are generally less about the action and more about the moral and philosophical nature of Superman and are very interesting when done right. That being said, I don't know how you make a Superman game without contriving some reason he can't just fly through the bad guy. I guess like a Telltale or Life is Strange style game where it is more about choices could be fun, but an action game just does not work.

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So happy this is back.

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Are they doing another?

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I remember Primal being pretty alright. It overstayed its welcome but it absolutely oozed with the development effort that went into it.

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@ryannardiello: Dan got sent a bunch of demo discs recently (as mentioned in the video) so I don't see why they won't do any more.

This video is another example of the people streaming something not reading instructions. The controls screen for Treasure Island literally told them to reset the console to quit the demo...