Thursday Night Throwdown: 05/16/2013

This was great. Get Karen a job at Giant bomb right now!

lol girls are dumb

... Wow. So Patrick has been using the term "Deus Ex Machina" for so long without even knowing what it means? That's... kinda funny, and sad.

Brad saying "if you want to screw one of us" was so fucking hilarious

Karen is so cute / funny.. please bring her on more often.. she brings so much light hearted happiness to the show :)

the capital city of Bolivia is Sucre not La Paz, the game is wrong :)

@ostinatto: La Paz is the actual seat of government so that may have been where the game confused it.

Ryan's face when he gets the wrong answer of the game is incredible.

Aaaa-pproved!

Karen is always a nice addition to the shows. Also this TNT was wonderful

who karen is?

Ryan looks so frustrated with Karen...

@ragsdr: Ryan is always frustrated. Keep coming back, Karen! The Snider legacy must live on.

That ending was great!

Patrick: "I'm not an asshole".

eeeya ha ha ha ha.

@jz: I 2nd that

FUCK YEAH PATRICK KLEPEK YOU CELEBRATE THAT VICTORY!

Oh my god, Brad's delivery of "If you want to.. screw.... one of us.." has to be the funniest thing i've ever seen on TNT.

Forget Jeff being the blazingest person to be on Giant Bomb. Karen beats him by a long shot. Take that High Times!

@dougquaid said:

Aaaa-pproved!

The best trading card

So many magical moments in this TNT.

Best ending EVER!!!

I have to concur on popular opinion. I had no idea who Karen was, but even before that amazing endearing, her honestly happy demeanor and optimism mixed with her general lack of having any idea what was going on made this feel more like a well written comedy more so than a crazy live show. I already want to check out her past appearances dUe to the unique energy.

Of course, as others have said, it was an excellent show before she appeared. Still, I have watched that last bit thirty times. If that was a scripted thing, it would have been a perfect joke. It's a running gag through the whole thing how this is super eager to try everything and to have fun. So, when she was insisting to try the game and have it on the highest setting, I knew it would probably be funny if she lost since it has been established on other content how painful it is. I didn't fathom she would just press it right away.

I have always preferred happy, crazy and ironic humor to mean humor.

Oh, there was also mention in these new comments that there is new Bioforge related content. I missed that. Is it in one of the DOTA things or am I a blind fool?

# 1

Best.

Better than the rest.

This TNT rocked.

Karen is the best. Around. Nothing's ever gonna bring her down!

Karen never fails to deliver.

@colinjw: don't worry, the chat exploded at that point and the chat cooldown was increased twice over the 30 seconds afterward

Best line ever: 'i just wanted to see what it felt like' ... hahah

Well, that was incredible. Once again, the best TNTs are where the Bomb crew (and friends!) play against each other.

Karen really did well, the video ended hilariously

awesome TNT

Karen: "Oh my god what's going on lol?!"

@rorie said:

Is this a service you provide, or is it just "I heard X was looking for a dogsitter and..." "ME I'LL DO IT."

She was infuriating.

That ending was amazing

I can't help myself.

• Ryan is the only player who had a positive balance in all games.
• Out of the three players in Seat 4, Karen received the highest score. Kudos!

Best. TNT. Ever. Oh my god.

I so don't understand why everyone got super uncomfortable at the mere mention of there being a hacker attacking the site. They mentioned it publicly and it was on twitter; who cares? I don't understand the weird suddenly sweeping under the rug of the whole thing.

That aside, this was an incredibly entertaining TNT.

Karen is fun, I mean, she's got that degree in Fungineering... but my god she doesn't know anything about video games. >_<

Best video on the site in AGES.

anyone else pick up on that poor taste thing at 15.50?

Wait, a new video with Karen?! Downloading now.

Awesome TNT. Also, what was that magical song at the very end after the blackout? I must know it.

Best TNT ever

Karen continues to be the Best Guest.

The irony of Brad not knowing anything about chess despite playing tons of DOTA and Starcraft is killing me. Hahahaha!

I was worried when Dave left that we wouldn't see Karen again, so this video was a relief. One of the best TNT's ever.

"I'm not the most patient person."

Perfection.

I don't get it.