Why is Brad the worst edition
>>320883838
>>320884059
Sara > Mary
>>320883838
RIP giantbomb 2008-2016
>>320884464
Why will it be ded?
GOTY - Fallout 4 after Brad fillibusters for two hours straight on how he played it for thirty hours so it's clearly the best game by sheer time played
#2 - Destiny after Brad insists that since he spent TONS of time with it this year and The Taken King LITERALLY makes it a different game it deserves #2, moments after declaring it awful
>>320885012
THEY. JUST. GOT. IT. RIGHT.
I will literallyshoot myself in the fucking face of destiny and fo4 score that high
Warm memo that video game culture is supported by the admins now
>>320884275
Por que no los dos.
Is there any footage with her? Especially even podcasts?
>>320885012
There's a lot of discussion that it will be Mario Maker, and it seems odd until that footage is watched. They straight make lots of levels, and it's entertaining, albeit probably more if they would tone down the challenge.
It's still awful that they have basically no multiplayer coverage, and they seem to have little insight in to the competitive niche and gameplay.
>>320885515
it's a shame your life will soon be ending
When does the GotY podcast happen?
>>320885012
Dan will push for MGSV
Jeff will push for Mortal Kombat X
Vinny will push for Bloodborne
Brad will push for DotA or Destiny
Alex will push for Until Dawn
Austin will push for Xenoblade Chronicles
>>320885012
You're delusional if you honestly don't think they are giving GOTY to Mario Maker. They have been sucking that game off hard since its release.
>>320885690
>they seem to have little insight in to the competitive niche and gameplay
Probably because they're not teenagers.
Predictions for top 10:
1. MGSV
>Literally all of them thought it was super good despite their problems wit hthe story, and later the microtransactions
2. Rocket League
>They all really liked it and spent most of the Summer podcasts talking about it every week
3. Mario Maker
>Jeff and Dan fucking adored it and their combined might is enough to drag it up
4. Splatoon
>Pretty much all of them quite liked it, and its 'fresh' enough to get bonus points for originality alone with their jaded asses
5. Halo 5
> Jeff and Drew will push for it fairly hard based on it being the best multiplayer FPS this year from their perspective
6. Rise of the Tomb Raider
>The reception for it among the crew was very positive and I have a gut feeling Jeff will have come around to it more since a few weeks back when he was the only one not keen on it, which will push it fairly high
7. Fallout 4
>None of them disliked it and most thought it was decent, but it'll only be put above the rest because more of the crew played it - though it and Bloodborne may swap positions depending on Brad's mood
8 Bloodborne
>Brad is probably its biggest fan but some of the others thought it was quite good too, I can't see it not making the list
9. Until Dawn
>East crew will fight for it, I can feel it in my bones
10. Ori and the Blind Forest
>Brad will force the others into submission like he did for Destiny and Dota 2 and get it on the list, he's already promised to filibuster for it if needs be
Undertale, Axiom Verge, MKX, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Xenoblade X, and possibly Mon Hun IV will
also have strong cases made for them by individual crew members, but I doubt any will garner enough support to make the final list.
The Witcher 3 will be snubbed since none of them liked it too much or even got to the closing act.
I mean, it's cool that you can make levels on Mario Maker but I greatly disagree with making it a GOTY. Its so dependent on what levels you play and I mean are you really gonna play hours and hours of custom made Mario levels? Maybe because I didnt play Mario as a kid but I honestly have no real fondness for the gameplay, it's fun but I wouldn't put it on a GOTY list
>>320885986
>Jeff will push for Mortal Kombat X
No he won't. He'll probably push for Mario Maker.
Dan, too. He's having way too much fun making hard levels for Klepek to overreact to on YouTube.
>>320885992
That has only really been Jeff and Dan at least for people that would likely put it first. East coast have shown not a lot of interest. MGSV is a game they pretty much all went nuts for.
>>320885771
They start next Monday.
>>320886310
I dont see Dan promoting anything over Metal Gear, I'm pretty sure he'll give up anything on his list to get Metal Gear higher up. Dude has been playing and stroking the series sicne he was like 14
>>320885986
>Jeff will push for Mortal Kombat X
He didn't seem to like it as much as the last game and barely talked about it after the release.
>>320885986
>Jeff will push for Mortal Kombat X
the fuck you talking about
Vinny and Dan are literally the only decent members since Ryan died
Giantbomb stinks
>just watched the unprofessional friday where jeff tries bloodborne for the first time
>dan, rorie, and brad all "SUGGESTING" he does things
>half valid because jeff already doesn't like the series so they want to streamline the least amount of agony
>brad constantly spouting "HE SHOULD BEAT THE BOSS SO HE CAN LEVEL UP WITH THOSE SOULS...BUT UH..." with that thing where he doesn't completely commit to the conversation by not looking at the person with a hand behind his head
fuck
>>320886470
Dan has been more vocal about loving Mario Maker over MGSV. Mario Maker will take #1 from them.
>>320886310
>>320885986
Austin will be the only one who might push for MKX cause he's a massive fightan fan, Jeff is into MK but wasn't keen on X.
Jeff will only push for it if Austin agrees to push for one of his games, like Mario Maker or Axiom Verge, in exchange.
>video bombcast in 2016
Literally why.
>>320886606
>Dan
>decent
No. Vinny is the only decent member.
>>320886083
I actually think this list might be straight up completely right.
Only thing I see changing is FO4 might get dropped entirely.
>rewatching Breaking Brad Demon's Souls
>Brad literally acts like a crybaby about everything
>can't make his own decision about anything
Should I use this sword? Should I attack him from here? Should I level up? Should I use these souls items? Should I switch my rings? Should I equip this new thing? Should I go right or left?
How does this dude fucking function?
Man the wait for goty podcasts is too damn long.
I am looking to see how far will mgsv score, and will TTK get there..
>>320884059
is she on gamespots podcast weekly? her voice in this weeks bombcast was so soothing and i could listen to that every week
I love the GOTY podcasts but why do they have Drew in there? He only plays mobile games and like one or two AAA releases a year and exclusives pushes for those games. along with saying how he wishes he had played other games on the list so he could talk about them
Motherfucker your entire JOB is to play video games
>>320887128
TTK won't because they ban DLC.
There is no way it won't win best DLC though - too much of the crew liked it for it not to.
>>320887183
>your entire JOB is to play video games
No it's not.
>>320887128
>>320887239
The fuck is TTk?
>>320887239
Isn't TTK an expansion?
>>320887282
I'm not sure he does much video work anymore, seems like Jason and some Gamespot dude does a lot of that
Either way, he is totally uninformed about 90% of games and stays silent most of the time.
>>320887183
Because he's their friend, it'd be a dick move to cut him out, and he's a valuable pawn in negotiations since he'll side with you on anything in exchange for so much as saying the name of his #1 in the podcast since they're so niche.
Vinny is overrated and I find his shucksy dad humor to be very cloying since he became a host. He works best as someone to chime in now and then.
Austin is okay but he'd be better if he were on the west coast with the main crew. He and Jeff seem to get along real well based on Jeff's mixlr broadcast of when they were moving offices recently.
I bet Brad is going to nominate Dota as game of the year contender for a third time.
>new Riki is an instant win for sub-3k games
>Brad still gets rekt
http://www.dotabuff.com/players/8082545
>>320887183
>>320887420
You're a real dumby.
>>320884275
>>320884059
Regina>All
>>320887456
>Vinny is overrated
>Austin is okay
>destiny shit
>fallout 4 shit
Why can't Jeff just pull a boss move and tell Brad to fuck off? Last year was unbearable because of Bradus Fattus.
>>320884275
Certainly is more appealing overall.
>>320887239
They usually have a "best game from last year" or "most improved since launch" category and TTK will win hands-down, as it should.
>>320887456
>Vinny is overrated
>Austin is okay
How can a single person be worse than Mao Zedong Hitler and Stalin all together?
>>320885986
Dan and Jeff will both, absolutely definitely, make Mario Maker their #1.
>>320887620
>Bradus Fattus
To be fair he's lost most if not all his post-Ryan sympathy fat.
MGSV should be their number one but I see Dan and Jeff pushing for Mario Maker because they just won't shut up about it.
>>320887767
Austin actually has interesting things to say on the podcast while Vinny is always "I dunno I got two kids no time for video games! :DDDD"
>>320888051
Yeah, I love Vinny but literally what is his job? When he goes to work every day what does he do? Not play video games?
QUICK
WILL THE VIDEOS THIS YEAR BE BETTER OR WORSE THAN LAST YEARS
[/sp] HARD TO BE WORSE [/sp]
>>320888051
>Austin actually has interesting things to say on the podcast
muh black struggle (grew up in white upper class private school) muh sjw did i mention you are a privileged swine?
Sounds pretty shit when you boils person down to their bad side.
>>320885996
The crux of whole genres is competitive gameplay: FPS, RTS, 4X, Action.. technically -- probably every actual genre is improved by real opponents / dynamism.
>>320886083
>an unfinished, poorly designed mess
>a decent game
>a fancy level editor with some community features
>a mediocre tps with poor online functionality that is carried by one mechanic
>an okay fps
>Uncharted: Female Edition 2 - now with hubs
>A buggy piece of shit
>A good game
>An okay game
>Best game at the bottom
The worst part is you're probably mostly right
>>320888141
>>320888051
Vinny was great when he was still with the other guys.
I too find him quite insufferable ever since he moved out.
>>320888051
>Austin actually has interesting things to say on the podcastHA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!
>>320886769
>video bombcast in 2016
FOR REALSIES??
>>320888051
Vinny is also the producer of everything they do, while Alex and Austin are busy reading kotaku for hot "news" Vinny is keeping the ship afloat.
It's like shit talking Drew for not playing a lot of games, it's not really their job.
>>320887620
The worst was the year when everyone got a game on just to be nice. That was massively retarded.
Last year was shit because Alex somehow got multiple games on no one else gave a fuck about.
>>320888216
>[/sp]
what are you doing
>>320888310
Austin writes nearly all their news articles.
>people hating Vinny
>people liking Austin
That's one way to troll things i guess. Watch how these people start to paint Patrick in a sympathetic light considering the things he pulled.
>>320883838
Brad needs to get some confidence. Laughing his way through the end of every sentence he thinks might be disagreed with turns my stomach.
Drew needs to come out and admit he doesn't like or play video games.
Jason needs to stop looking like my nanny.
Jeff needs to stop giving financial analysis of companies. He's rocking a high school diploma and doesn't know what he's saying.
Austin needs to get some self respect and iron his clothes and lose some weight.
Vinny needs to stop talking about his kids.
Dan needs to stop talking.
Alex needs to kill himself already.
>>320888141
He's the one that produces everything and it also sounds like he's "the head" of the east coast office, the one that has to go to the meetings and deal with the higher ups.
>>320888454
Who gives a shit? Do you actually read that crap?
>>320888457
>>320888392
just goofed on the spoilers, anon
>>320888347
Last year was shit because of Brad.
>>320888508
Why don't you stop watching their stuff if you hate it so much
>>320888218
>muh black struggle (grew up in white upper class private school) muh sjw did i mention you are a privileged swine?
You have literally never heard him on the podcast, have you.
>>320888454
and they're fucking terrible
anyone here could be a better staff writer and unpack some dope deep dives
>>320888568
>why is Destiny good Brad?
>"i don't know i just like it"
>yeah but this is the GOTY list of the year you need to list some things to back that claim up
>" I JUST LIKE IT OKAY?"
Last year was shit because none of them played the best Indies or play their Vitas/3DS and so we got three fucking hours of them trying and failing to think of games to put on the list besides Destiny in order to shut up Brad.
It's too bad austin spent his first week on the job writing about race and making everyone hate him, because he's the only one on the staff who plays sperglord pc games and japanese games. It's nice hearing about games that aren't AAA consoles games from giant bomb
>>320888051
Name one interesting thing he has said.
>>320888486
But Austin is actually good. People just shit on him without giving him a chance because Patrick poisoned the well and assume he's an even bigger tool because he's black/gay.
>>320888879
this
>>320888736
Of course not, he just read a few cherrypicked tweets and then let his already present racism dictate his opinion of Austin instead.
>people are actually defending Fatrick
>>320888956
Is he gay? I honestly don't know I don't listen to beastcast
>>320888051
>Austin actually has interesting things to say
>but this post won't list them
>>320888913
I appreciated him actually discussing MonHun IV and getting the others to try it.
>>320888956
Dont think hes gay, he mentioned ex girlfriends before
>>320888982
Is greentext all you have?
>>320884275
She was more willing to get slutty.
>>320889119
>>320889046
>>320888956
Doesn't Austin literally have a wife and new born child?
I'm pretty sure he's straight or bisexual, not gay.
I'm going to miss Drew
>>320889247
Me too.
>>320889247
Where did people get the idea that he was leaving? I haven't heard that anywhere except /v/
Jeff only plays old games and FPS
Brad only plays Destiny, Dota, and flavor of the month games he creams over
Alex only plays games for an hour
Drew and Vinny don't play games
Dan and Austin play and enjoy games of multiple genres and production level (indy to AAA)
>>320889046
He is but he never mentions it.
>>320889247
where is he going
>Drew is leaving after the holiday break
The site just keeps getting worse.
>>320888956
His very first article for giant bomb was clickbait that pushed his agenda.
>>320889227
>Doesn't Austin literally have a wife and new born child?
You're thinking of Jason.
Can anybody source Drew leaving or Austin being gay?
>>320888973
Going down the road of EA and hide behind racism/bigotry/anything that undermines people's opinions? I wouldn't recommend it but if you are desperate then who am i to judge.
>>320889332
Jeff plays Indies as well to be fair.
And Bunny at least tries to keep up to date on AAA stuff, unlike Drew.
>>320889431
He said he wouldn't write about race anymore after that, don't know if he followed through
Dan Ryckert was better at Game Informer
>>320889431
that first week was full of that shit but I think he realized pretty quick that giant bomb isn't the site for that shit. The first 2 weeks he was hired he wrote a ton of shit about race and SJW topics and then there hasn't really been any since. Back when the Gamergate shit was first happening Jeff said multiple times that he is not interested in talking about that kind of stuff so I wouldn't be surprised if maybe he talked to austin about not writing those articles.
>>320889585
He sounds gay
>>320888982
Just an elaborate trick to shit up GB threads since they can't get them deleted by abusing the report system.
>>320889596
>And Bunny at least tries to keep up to date on AAA stuff
>>320889596
>Bunny
hehe
>>320889596
>And Bunny at least tries to keep up to date on AAA stuff, unlike Drew.
>And Bunny at least tries
>And Bunny
>Bunny
>B
>U
>N
>N
>Y
>>320889518
Holy fuck you're right.
I've literally been mixing them up since I started listening to the podcast in april
>>320889332
>Dan and Austin play and enjoy games of multiple genres and production level (indy to AAA)
That's overplayed a bit.
>>320889247
Hope he joins Alexis, GB died for real when Vinny moved and Alexis started working for Twitch.
>>320889786
>>320889802
Autocorrect has shamed me again.
>>320888956
Austin is basically the definition of pretentious. He would literally try and make a long speech about the deep meaning and importance of a fucking void.
Patrick was annoying because he was just wrong about so much shit he would talk about. Austin can't be wrong or even right because he doesn't even say anything it is just complete waffle with no real content or meaning. He often even admits this when he tries to apply great significance to some completely pointless thing in a video game but then says it is also correct to view it as a completely pointless thing. Great fucking insight there admitting your own 'deep' analysis is just as good as nothing.
>yfw Brad is going to argue that Mario Maker shouldn't count as a game since it's just a level editor
>yfw Brad is going to argue that Taken King should count as a game because it made the game so much better that it shouldn't be considered DLC
STRAP IN BOYS
>>320889601
>He said he wouldn't write about race anymore after that
Why the fuck did he do it in the first place? Shit ain't video games.
Hey guys haven't followed GB in a couple years, how's Vinny doing these days?
>>320889620
I hat how Dan tries to fit his whole family into Giant Bomb stuff.
He can be so insufferable some times.
>>320888508
>Drew needs to come out and admit he doesn't like or play video games.
He's a tech guy, he doesn't need to. And he clearly likes some video games, just mostly more sim stuff.
>>320889891
Drew working in the twitch office would be really cool.
Him, Mike Ross and Bobby Scar could start a show together
>>320889997
he doesn't play video games anymore and just tells "funny" or "cute" stories about his toddlers
>>320889926
What does he have pretensions to? Or do YOU not know the definition of that word? Because it sounds an awful lot like you're saying he's an academic, and he is, indeed, an academic.
>>320889997
He died.
>>320889926
Everything that came out of Patrick's mouth felt disingenuous. This was further reinforced by the way he latched onto trends so nakedly. He is not his own man, but just a being that purely craves social validation -- a female, as it were.
>>320889094
What? I remember Patrick going on about MonHun a bit but it was Jason that actually got Brad and I think Drew to play it. That is because Jason talks like a normal fucking human being that likes video games.
>>320889997
Terrible, two kids at home and two kids at work, one of the kids at work won't stop trying to kill himself and the other pushes his agenda as soon as Vinny turns his back.
>>320890003
I honestly get all of my news from game informers youtube channel and their podcast. I considered adding GB when Dan left for them, but I can't get away from my Tim Turi and Andrew Reiner. Dan was hilarious on all their replays and whatnot but I just don't have time for both and prefer the whole of GI over the whole of GB. Does anyone on this board even watch or listen to any of GI's stuff? It's gold
>>320890230
I'm this guy here >>320889817
Literally did not realize Jason wasn't Austin.
>>320890384
How is that even possible
>>320890258
Do they have a similar system of GB? As in quick look type videos of games or is it more just podcasts and live streams?
>>320890468
I actually have no fucking idea.
I think I must have made the mistake when I started listening, and since I use the podcasts as background noise at work I just never noticed what name they addressed him by.
>>320890593
They do, it's called test chamber. Check out their youtube channel. Then every Friday they do replays of old games, every Thursday is the podcast.
>>320889985
Either that was all he wanted to say, or he changed his writing to accommodate feedback.
>>320890593
GI is even more corporate than Gamespot. They can't curse in their videos, if that gives you an idea.
bring back the brodeo
>>320890741
Yes they can and do often. That was only when Jason oestricher was their video editor, you're completely wrong
I would like them to hire someone who plays the genres that they don't currently have anyone who knows how to play them. Someone who can cover Grand Strategy, Character Action and niche games like Dwarf Fortress well without being a complete autist.
So basically meexcept for the autist part.
or just hire another jeff and them them carry the site by themselves
>>320890857
Eh. I stopped watching them when Dan left.
>>320890956
That's Austin. He plays Dwarf Fort and he did a CK2 quicklook.
>>320890468
Austin has a higher pitched voice than Jason.
I listened to the bombcast for months before seeing pics of those guys, and I immediately mentally assigned the wrong voices to the wrong people.
>>320890118
Pretentious is applying greater importance to something than it actually has to try and impress. My remarks of him are literally the definition which is why I said he is the definition.
You may actually be impressed by this shit which is why you think he is an academic. But as I said he often even dismisses his own analysis saying it is equally right to think what he is analysing has no importance. It just confirms that his bullshit is completely vacuous.
>>320891074
>He plays Dwarf Fort
when was this revealed
>>320890258
I've started to watch GT stuff more than GB stuff lately.
The only one who is kind of lame in GT is bloodworth, but even then he is still alright.
>>320891408
you don't listen to the podcast?
>Austin "mechanical apartheid" Walker
>>320891442
What's GT?
>>320890118
pretensions of importance, of insight, of worldliness, you name it
of being anything but the pampered failed academic he is
>>320890956
>Grand Strategy, Character Action
Austin does that. Much more about Grand Strategy though.
>>320891719
Game Trailers.
I mostly just watch the final bosman or GT time.
>>320891161
That is one of the many pretensions one can have, which is why I asked you to clarify. You should maybe examine that definition a little more closely.
Also, he is literally an academic. He's getting a PhD. Thoroughgoing analysis of things, even to the point of absurdity, is a well-known characteristic of academia, which is not something he has a pretension to, but an actual claim.
Whether or not you think what he says is meaningful is really entirely up to your point of view, and frankly, I don't give a shit. I just don't like when people act like they know what words mean when they don't.
>>320891490
I do, but I clearly missed one.
>>320891798
A much better answer than the other one that I got. Although I'm pretty sure he's still getting his PhD, so I don't know if you can call him a failed academic.
>>320891810
I'd really recommend checking out GI. They have a fairly large staff but I always get a good laugh in with every video they put out and they're updated almost every day. Nothing beats deadpan Dan Tack or street humor Ben Reeves.
Hey guys when do you think they'll be used to the new studio?
>>320889217
I miss the old Whiskey days when the entire chat would start jacking off whenever she was on the screen.
>>320891853
>>320891968
PHD in media studies.
>>320891970
The only stuff I've seen on GI was the replay stuff and those times when Dan got them to play Mario Party.
>>320891968
he's failed to get one previously and is frankly studying in such a niche little fluff discipline it's largely meaningless. i can respect the simple perseverance it takes to slog through one of these programs but unless his academic work is apart from what he writes for the site on a real fundamental level, i can't respect him as a writer or an academic
>>320892141
>PHD in media studies
What a world we live in.
>>320892141
>media studies
austin m8 come the fuck on
>>320892141
is that not a branch of academia because you say so, or something? I don't get you point.
where were you when free giant bomb became the alex and austin site featuring vinny and the sf team were locked behind a paywall
seriously, east puts out so many quicklooks i FUCKING HATE it i see a game and hope to god it isnt them play it AND THEN IT IS EVERYTIME
>>320892271
I mean, he's clearly not doing scholarly research or writing for the site. I don't think he'd claim that he was.
>>320892658
giant bomb hasn't had a studio for the last month so that's why they haven't been doing any quicklooks
>>320892543
You can get degrees complaining about sexism in comic books or made up pronouns. Modern western academia is a joke.
>>320892838
cbs kicking them out of the big boy building?
>>320885986
>Jeff
>MKX
I think you mean Mario Maker
>>320892850
Ah, so he's not a "real" academic. Got it.
>>320892543
No its a branch of academia, but come the fuck on - Doctorate in the Analysis of Children's Toys is hardly advancing the state of human knowledge.
>>320892947
No, they moved to the first floor and they've actually got a real studio now instead of turning office space into a studio. It's just going to take forever to set up.
>>320888248
do you like video games?
>>320892947
They've thrown them into a black hole filled with boxes.
Austin is the only one who actually seems to keep up with industry news and knows shit about current video games.
Watching their E3 conference videos made me appreciate him. While the others were busy saying shit like "huh whats this game?" "is this new?" "Didn't this already come out", Austin was the one having to explain "No this is the new game from <x> studio", "This is what <y> developer has been working on", "This game was teased back at <z> event".
I like Giant Bomb in general, but for a group of long-time industry veterans with dev contacts whose full time salaried job is covering games, they are really fucking uninformed most of the time nowadays.
>only one kishpic
what is wrong with you kids
>>320893207
>whose full time salaried job is covering games
Let's be honest here, they're really more like Let's Players than actual journalists.
>>320893031
That's your opinion, and that's fine. It's definitely not cancer research, or whatever you consider to be useful. Personally, I think that with the amount of media everyone is constantly consuming nowadays, academic analysis of media is becoming increasingly useful in a pragmatic sense. But as with anything in the creative realm, the practical use-value of it is hard to justify objectively. That's an old problem for artists, and one I've never really considered a big deal, myself - I've spent far more energy in my life on fiction than reality, and therefore it seems pretty important to me.
>>320892672
then maybe he should post his blogposts on the site's actual blog function instead of shitting them into the newsfeed alongside actual content
>>320893009
He's a real academic. It's just in a field so non-competitive and meaningless that it has no value at all.
>>320893282
>>320891853
What the fuck are you going on about. I said Pretentious and it doesn't have many definitions, it is a pretty clear word with a clear definition. Pretensions isn't but I didn't say that. You need to be able to read a little better.
Yes he is, sadly academic these days doesn't really mean shit as you can get a PhD in shit. So trying to throw it around as some lofty title isn't going to work.
Austin literally looks and talks like every entitled gay black guy at my university, yet somehow he's still nowhere near as bad as Patrick.
>>320893594
Please stop talking about language. You're upsetting me by being wrong.
>>320893448
Fair
>>320893440
You don't have to read them, you know. I certainly don't.
>>320893419
Well yeah, except actual Let's Players such as the Best Friendcast (inb4 "e-celeb bullshit") do a better job of being informed than them.
>>320883838
"Why is Brad the worst?" really is a good question. He's the worst during game of the year because he's always a fucking obstinate asshole who HAS to have his way, but that only accounts for 5 days of the year. I still can't figure out why I hate him in every podcast, and I've been listening for two years.
I can point to things I dislike about him, like how half of the words that come out of his mouth are spoken while half-laughing, and how he refuses to commit to fucking anything ("I really don't know if I should play this game for my segment you guys...), but it seems like there's gotta be more to it.
>>320893282
>knee-high cat socks
Is this the fabled ZR grade S?
>>320893419
>Let's be honest here, they're really more like Let's Players than actual journalists.
This, and Giant Bomb's passive-aggressive attitude every time gamers on YouTube and Twitch are brought up is simultaneously laughable and infuriating. They treat it like a secret club since many of them have been making money doing this in a world before social media.
>>320893885
MGSV is gonna take GOTY over Mario Maker. Mario Maker's only major proponents are Dan and Jeff, and Dan may well go for MGSV instead. In contrast, everyone besides Alex spent a ton of time with MGSV, and all of them loved it.
>>320893890
Their utter disdain for Total Biscuit is quite humorous.
>>320893776
It's the indecisiveness and lack of self confidence despite having been an internet personality for a literal decade for me, yeah.
>>320894186
Where did you see disdain for TotalBiscuit?
>>320894186
>Their utter disdain for Total Biscuit is quite humorous.
What's this about?
>2 weeks off officialy starting tomorrow
>Podcast galore soon
>Fucking PATH OF EXILE NEW LEAGUE
>XENOBLADE CHRONICLES X
>Comfy
>Food and family
>I'm not stressed anymore, i feel good, last time i felt like this was like 10 years ago
Tis a good feel
>>320894404
Audible ugh from Alex about his previous 'trending gamer' win the other week.
>>320894521
>Tis
>>320893740
Except I did as you asked before my last post and looked up the definitions and it goes right along with what I said. So I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about unless you make a case and say how I am wrong.
>>320894529
That was probably more about the category itself.
>>320893890
The big difference is that the duders have been covering games for literally decades and have friends with people in the industry as well as having access to media and press events that your average youtuber doesn't.
>>320893776
>I still can't figure out why I hate him in every podcast, and I've been listening for two years.
Two examples, when something gets good or not the way he likes it he screams MOVING ON and his constant hesitation to bring up questions or subject that might offend someone somewhere. "uhhh not sure if i should read this" things like that and no more Vinny sealed the deal where the podcast is not worth listening to anymore.
Jeff doesn't care anymore he's just backseating with occasional comments.
>>320894612
not really - they werent dismissive for the dude who won this year can't remember the name.
>>320894529
That was at the "Trending Gamer" bit, not Total Biscuit. The idea of that category is laughable.
>>320894693
>and have friends with people in the industry as well as having access to media and press events that your average youtuber doesn't.
And do literally nothing with that information and access.
I'm going to bed, fuck all video games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7sXHiUBrZM
>>320894746
I hate that, Brad brings something up and then halfway through he pulls out.
Reminds me of a teacher I had that would always bring up off topic subjects and then go, "Alright guys lets get back on track."
>>320894693
Apart from popular streamers are starting to get invited to media events and shit with the big publishers shaping them into being nice little corporate shills to shill their shit.
So we're all in agreement that Alex is far and away the worst and should immediately leave to go work on the cunkholdry blog he's always been meant to write, yeah?
>>320889936
His weekly apologies for Destiny are getting real old.
>>320894891
Besides the several interviews and sits downs they do with said people during E3 and Pax.
>>320894590
If I must:
The definition is "the attempt to impress by affecting greater _____ than is actually possessed"
When you use "pretentious" in a sentence without denoting what particular thing you are claiming the object of your sentence does not actually possess, you are using it incorrectly.
>>320891853
>Thoroughgoing analysis of things, even to the point of absurdity, is a well-known characteristic of academia, which is not something he has a pretension to, but an actual claim.
You seem to be missing the point that the claim to depth, even in awe, in an idea to present it to others is a pretense. Yes, that implies that absurd/yet-understood "thoroughgoings" is a paradox, and they're unnecessary. If the idea is thorough, then it is, etc.
Why is Vinny such a cool guy?
>>320893740
that's not the point at all. if it's just personal musings and casual writing and not fair material for me to judge him as a writer by, then it doesn't belong in the site's main content feed.
>>320895012
I hate when Brad will get given some piece of information by someone else/the chat and go "hmmmm I dunno, I don't think that's right" and proceed to ignore it.
>>320895073
That's quite the difference from going out for drinks with guys like Adam Boise or shooting the shit with Ed Boon and getting paid to do sponsored videos on YT.
>>320895157
Development teams at E3 and PAX are already showing what they have to say.
>>320895247
Well that's really a call they get to make as the site's owners, isn't it?
Anyway, you can judge Austin's writing by any rubric you choose. I'm just saying it's clearly not the kind of writing he's (theoretically) doing in his thesis. At least, I hope not, because that would be pretty sad.
>>320895409
The sort of stuff that comes out at live shows is very different than the sort of PR guff that comes out at standard interviews on the show floor.
>>320895171
I already read that. I don't know why you have removed quality, importance, merit, etc from the definition though.
And as should be blindingly obvious by my initial post. I was saying Austin was attempting to impress by affecting greater importance to certain aspects of video games than they actually possess. As Austin himself admits.
All this talk about Austin being an academic, did he actually get accepted in a PhD program? Last I heard he was still getting rejected.
>>320895191
Except you can present ideas that you haven't thought all the way through yet, especially in casual conversation. And most of what GB does is conversational - part of the appeal is that the audience feels an uncommon sense of closeness to the duders, and that's because they don't particularly filter.
You can't have your cake and eat it too - if you want that, you are going to get some half-baked ideas, and when it's Austin having to, you're going to get them in a particularly florid fashion.
>>320891853
as someone working on a phd in the humanities, let me confirm for you how unbearably pretentious and obnoxious austin can be sometimes. he wants to apply theory to everything, all the time, and never seems to shut it off. it made his extra life stream unbearable because he can't talk about any subject without trying to overanalyze the hell out of it. I have friends and colleagues who do the same and they're just as annoying. you're not at work, you don't have to be an exhausting academic all the fucking time
>>320895747
I'm deeply tired of this discussion.
>>320895384
Except Giant Bomb know what they are doing. You have these young clueless streamers that just think it is cool they are getting free stuff and are known to have marketers give them lines and shit to read on their videos for said free shit or payments and they don't disclose the fact they did this. Which is even illegal.
I bet those fucking boxes will still be there in January.
>Austin gets to do an article about what he does when he's not playing video games on a website about video games
>Austin gets to do an article about reading the comments on his article about what he does when he's not playing video games on a website about video games
Seriously, why does giant bomb even do articles? Literally no one goes there for anything but the video and audio content.
>>320896250
I know, I'm pro GB. There's a difference with forming actual bonds with industry folk and being some dumb twenty something that appeals exclusively to fourteen year olds on YT paid to be a mouthpiece.
To say GB are just "e-celebs" is so ridiculous, these guys, Jeff in particular, has been there for the rise and fall of giants for the industry. You think the average youtuber was on the private conference call announcing the death of The Dreamcast?
>>320888879
I think this is more of a personal problem than a problem with austin
make America great again
>>320896067
Oh I get what retarded shit you were trying to do in your redefinition. You were trying to say I had to put something into that blank space you added. As if to say I could say greater cocks than it actually possessed. This all made no sense because my initial post was pretty clear in that saying he was applying greater importance.
The things that can be avoided if people can read.
>>320895928
>Except you can present ideas that you haven't thought all the way through yet, especially in casual conversation.
It is a problem.. if the majority of the industry is being florid for ideas of which they have little to no real understanding. Plenty can be said about GB's content, but they really have little to say about a lot of topics.. from multiplayer through plenty of genres and improvements.
It's probably just a resounding tone on top of a repetitive symphony.
>>320896646
It's interesting what really should be article topics.
>>320896868
>was taking a shit while on the private conference call announcing the death of The Dreamcast?
that story still kills me every time
>>320888879
>he's the only one on the staff who plays sperglord pc games
Did you forget about Drew because he's been too busy to be on camera lately?
next part of metal gear scanlon v when?
Austin is somehow more /tg/ than Ian was and I can't hate him for that.
>>320895115
yes
really for me it's because he always seems about an inch closer to his mic than anyone else
>>320896868
I dont think youtube was invented then anon
>Alex gets really mad at stupid shit because he can't understand basic and simple things
>People used to not feed into this on the bombcast
>Now every time Alex does this shit, Austin has to give him HA HA HAAAAAAAH
RANKING OF DUDERS
>Vinny
>Jeff
>Austin
>Drew
>Jason
>Dan
>Alex
>Brad
>320895115
I'm actually pretty sympathetic to Alex. Being a personality on a podcast and in regular video content is not at all the job he signed up for. He's just kind of ended up doing it due to the circumstances of Giant Bomb. It's clear that he's uncomfortable, and his jokes don't always land, but god damn, dude is trying.
What do you think Jeff will say about Star Citizen?
>>320899150
"Meh" - Jeff
>>320898429
The last beastcast was actually really tolerable and entertaining, austin wasn't too annoying on it but alex always finds a way to be the worst
>>320898429
>Vinny talking about DoA in a mature fashion without ridiculing anyone and pointing out that there's two sides to it.
>VIDEO. GAME. BOOBS. I'M HAVING A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE HERE GUYS. I'VE GOT NOTHING TO ADD SO I GUESS I'LL TRY AND BREAK UP THE CONVERSATION.
Jeff didn't care for this years Cowadoody and there wasn't any replacement shooters for him to play so what will take his personal GOTY?
>>320889926
As somebody about to graduate with a trash English degree, I can appreciate Austin at least trying to associate some meaning to what he's playing and acquiescing that he doesn't have all the answers. The people in the English department with a vice grip on their uninformed hot takes because they're scared of waffling are the worst.
>>320886083
I'm hoping Austin manages to convince the other's to squeeze Xenoblade X in there
>>320888780
>they're fucking terrible
Better than fucking Patrick's shit, that's for sure.
>>320902601
There's no reason to imply that a PhD is required to understand video games.
>>320889817
>>320890384
can you literally stop saying literally ever single post?
>>320885986
Let's guess Brad's top 5!
1. Dota 2
2. Destiny
3. Brothers
4. Lunch
5. Ori
>>320905163
6. Minerva's Den
>>320905163
Dota
Destiny
MGS
Bloodborne
Something lamer than Destiny
>>320906087
I could see tomb raider being in there
>>320906167
Oh right Tomb Raider
Okay
Dota
Destiny
MGSV
Tomb Raider
Bloodborne
