PAX East 2014: The Giant Bomb Panel

I have watched this.

Hah that ending is so damn good! Amazing camera work and performances!

I haven't watched this yet.

Random peanut butter jelly time videos?

I suppose someone's always gotta bring up the depressing stuff. Sad to see the guys go from so happy to morose that quickly.

WOW, seeing that ending again was just hilarious. So perfect. But life, boy, I was dying of laughter. Thank you Giant Bomb and friends. Thank you very much.

The end of this panel.. I haven't laughed that hard in ages. So good.

Okay. I was about to come here and be angry about the boo'ing. I just started the video, and how prevalent it was, I figured it was an inside joke I was missing.

@amyggen: The Yakuza games are the new Shenmue, but better, but for whatever reason the fanbase didn't migrate. I don't care if there's ever a Shenmue 3, despite liking the first two, because we already have a superior version.

I also feel like the first game made a bad first impression, with the horrible translation/voiceovers and just not being a very good game, especially in comparison to the sequels.

I think this joke has gone recursive. The joke is that people always ask if people are booing him.

I always skip right to the Q&A. Always amazes me.

@confirm4crit: do you mean shirtless Jeff Green?

I don't know who that duder was at the end of the panel? Halp?

I thought they were saying Scoooooooooooooooooopssssssssss

This was a fantastic panel. So many parts where I found myself cracking up with laughter. And that ending segment was one of the most amazing things Giant Bomb has ever been a part of. I retain the notion that Jeff Green is one of the greatest dudes on the planet. Though he's not The Lord of the Rings. Thanks to Giant Bomb for everything you guys do. Ryan would approve of this I know it.

@berterbertez: just saying regardless of how you stumble over your words it takes a ton if courage to do that and I don't know why you asked as I didn't o back to rewatch but I didn't cringe at a single question that was asked this year. Also you had a hard act to follow the crash jacket guy had me cracking up lol

Jeff's surprisingly candid reaction to Patrick's answer about having a shitty 2 years

I listened to Bombin' in the AM, so I knew it was coming. Somehow that didn't diminish the magic IN THE LEAST.

It's Hulk Hogan's WWE/F entrance theme "Real American."

@theedangle You got that SILVER membership, hit up all the episodes of Power Bombcast and FIND OUT!

Man, that ending was just perfection!

This vid made me a Lang Superfan. That dude is TOO funny.

Suck it Lang!

There seriously doesn't need to be an HD update or anything to Windjammers. PSN has a large selection of NeoGeo games that are just straight-up emulated. Why can't one of the Sony guys just get SNK to put that on there or something? Is it really that hard? I heard the Dave Lang podcast discussion too and it just doesn't make sense since the work has been done for the PS3 to emulate those games already.

That ending was transcendent.

This fucking ending, holy shit!!!

Probably has something to do with fear or some kind of anxiety. Some of these people probably have really good ideas for questions, but when they get to the mic and they're being watched by not only the Giant Bomb guys, but the whole audience as well as having a camera pointed at them, their brain probably turns in to an incoherent, blabbering mess!

I wish Drew had been able to get Brad during the jacket part. He was losing it.

That freaking ending holy shit

That interview is fucking great!

Don't make the man brake kayfabe!

someone tell what song is at the end of the panel! thanks kind stranger!

This is the second time I am seeing this. The first LIVE!!! This never gets old.

@hyperionxr said:

As someone who generally likes to consider myself something of a public advocate for fans and random internet commentariat, even I have started to feel bad about some of the questions being asked. After watching Jeff's talk with NYU students and then comparing the questions of the Pax Panels, there is a night and day difference in the quality and composure of the questions and ensuing discussion.

I still think picking on the people who ask these questions is a really shitty thing to do and I always do my best to watch them. Patrick also gets a lot of props for answering even the worst structured questions. But man. It's like 80% bad jokes or outright incoherence. Is it just that the people who want to ask tougher or more interesting questions are too afraid to do it face to face, or something?

Finally got to watch this and I have to say it was just fucking bananas.The best panel I ever watched.

I loved watching this again and it was even better without the ads. I also love that I can tell what makes Drew laugh as the camera shakes for half a second and then he gets it under control.

@blackout62 said:

I can actually answer this one. Jeff was in the back for quite a bit just sitting where there were only a few people. When I came back from the bathroom just before the end, I saw Jeff get up to the back wall and very soon afterwards take his shirt off and don the mask. Being right next to him I stood in front of him to hide him a bit just in case; I gotta say, except for two others on the wall near Jeff, everyone else was staring forward.

Jeff asked to let him know when John was going to bean Lang with the bottle, which spoiled it a bit but it was worth seeing Jeff run all the way up and the entire crowd go nuts when he took off the mask.

Totally the best panel yet, gets better every year!

Oh god, that ending left me in tears. Brilliant work as always, guys.

Obviously more sick rap battles from Vinny and Jeff.

finally! thanks for posting this up!

@adaptor: Awww.. I liked thinking Lang came up with that all on his own, but it makes sense he borrowed it. Suspected so.

Dang Brad brought all the puns.

Me too! That intro was unexpectedly profound. The text is actually from the book 'Pale Blue Dot' by Carl Sagan :)

That audience has a LOT of white males. Raises the question of how Giant Bomb can reach a more diverse audience.

Well...were you planted or not?

@cooljammer00: Hope I didn't ruin the magic for ya!!

You were the Bat Tech guy? People were debating as to whether or not you were planted, as they so smoothly transitioned from your question to the end segment. We figured they knew to "bring it on home" like wrestling refs tell the wrestlers when it's time to end a match, and it was a fortuitous coincidence that the last question involved a physical challenge to Dave Lang that Jeff could begin to insult him regarding, and then roll right into the promo.

Great panel as always but goddamn I hate the questions. Loved the ending. You got bopped Lang.

Thanks guys. There are no other two hour panel videos that I'm willing to watch. I even cried a little while watching this.