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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    East is absolutely killing it. Abby is just so FRESH. Like, three people do not need to be watching Alex playing megaman. But I love that they are. I want them to play 4-player games together for hours.

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    Rehab wrote: »
    Hey, don't pin that anime shit on the entire audience.

    It's a taint that we all carry, even Dan.

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  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    I just hope they hire one more person in San Francisco, so I never have to see Rorie on another UPF in my life.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Idk, Ben is kinda just worse Jeff. He proves a very similar energy and comedy styling, but not as good. He's fine, but any time he's on something I just wish it was Jeff instead.

    Abby is great though. Abby Alex and Vinny <3

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    Poor Ben. I like Ben.

    He's no Abby, certainly. That's a very high bar, though.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    hiring ben just means more jason and ben fighting game talk

    which makes me :(

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    hiring ben just means more jason and ben fighting game talk

    which makes me :(

    on the other hand, give me more of that

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    but that's bad is what I'm saying

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    Idk, Ben is kinda just worse Jeff. He proves a very similar energy and comedy styling, but not as good. He's fine, but any time he's on something I just wish it was Jeff instead.

    Abby is great though. Abby Alex and Vinny <3

    Worse Jeff is still pretty fuckin' good as far as a video game personality is concerned.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    I really like Ben. I just really really like Abby.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    admanb wrote: »
    Knight_ wrote: »
    Idk, Ben is kinda just worse Jeff. He proves a very similar energy and comedy styling, but not as good. He's fine, but any time he's on something I just wish it was Jeff instead.

    Abby is great though. Abby Alex and Vinny <3

    Worse Jeff is still pretty fuckin' good as far as a video game personality is concerned.

    Sure, I don't deny this. I like Ben! I just don't think he fits in west that much.

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  • OneAngryPossumOneAngryPossum Registered User regular
    I like anything that pushes Jeff into talking about old industry weirdness or current semi-legal/insane weirdness, so Ben's providing a valuable service to my eyes.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    I'm glad Ben brings another person to the team who's interested in competitive games beyond fighting games (that's not stuck in the video room).

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    I find Ben affable enough, it just - erroneously or not - strikes me as kind of a lazy hire. Slightly worse Jeff is fine when it comes to general game knowledge or whatever, but the biggest criticism of West before his hire was that it - collectively - had an overly homogeneous voice, and I don't know what Ben brings to the table to change that.

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  • lionheart_mlionheart_m Registered User regular
    FG talk every Tuesday please. We need more Melty Blood, Tekken, GG and Marvel talk.

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    realtalk if they made a premium podcast dedicated to fgc bullshit, I'd probably sub

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    Zxerol wrote: »
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    hiring ben just means more jason and ben fighting game talk

    which makes me :(

    on the other hand, give me more of that

    I certainly wouldn't mind Ben joining Jeff and Jason the next time they discuss fighting game science as it pertains to ranking.

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  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    https://youtu.be/mTcGoNK8lY4

    Don't think this got posted yet?

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    Oh my god I miss Austin so much.

    I should listen to more Waypoint stuff.

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    Oh my god I miss Austin so much.

    I should listen to more Waypoint stuff.

    Waypoint is hit or miss for me. I really like listening to Austin and Rob Zacny talk about pretty much anything, but I can only take Patrick and Danielle in small doses.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    waypoints pros:
    - austin

    waypoint cons:
    - everything else

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    waypoints pros:
    - austin

    waypoint cons:
    - everything else

    I'm a big fan of Rob, Patrick, and Danielle. I do wish Danica was on more often though.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    There's still a new GBWest hire coming to replace Drew.

    That oughta be exciting, at least.

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  • FuriousJodoFuriousJodo Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Ceno wrote: »
    Oh my god I miss Austin so much.

    I should listen to more Waypoint stuff.

    Waypoint is hit or miss for me. I really like listening to Austin and Rob Zacny talk about pretty much anything, but I can only take Patrick and Danielle in small doses.

    I like Rob, Austin, and Danika - I don't necessarily dislike Patrick and Danielle but I generally skip any episode of Waypoint Radio without Austin on it.

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  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    I thought the Ben and Abby podcast was hysterical. Hope they do more.

    Still laughing when I think about "Good cop, dog cop."

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I thought the Ben and Abby podcast was hysterical. Hope they do more.

    Still laughing when I think about "Good cop, dog cop."

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    I'm so busy with packing for my move that I haven't been able to consume much GB content at all. As a result, I haven't been able to keep the thread title updated with current, relevant quotes. Sorry about that!

  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    omg vinny hates ready player one as well
    and I have never loved him more

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Dan Brown's voice reminds me of Drew.

    Now I'm sad.

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    omg vinny hates ready player one as well
    and I have never loved him more

    I haven't heard what Vinny has to say, but I liked what Jeff had to say about the book last week. It was an OK book (I read through it in a day and had fun), and not as bad as the excerpts people have posted on the internet make it out to be in context of the whole book. And then Ernest Cline's second book was released and its apparent mediocrity/badness kind of dragged RPO down too.

    Apparently he's writing Ready Player Two, though. Ugh.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Personally my favorite Ernest Cline work is his spoken word album about heartfelt subjects such as his casually misogynist views of women in porn and how much he wants to fuck "nerd girls" and how he daydreams about killing people in movie theaters.

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  • RandomHajileRandomHajile Not actually a Snatcher The New KremlinRegistered User regular
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    Dan Brown's voice reminds me of Drew.

    Now I'm sad.
    They got the author of The Da Vinci Code on the Bombcast? I mean, sure, his star has faded a bit, but that's cool. At least he probably won't drop unannounced ending spoilers for a game that has been out for less than a month like Peter Brown.

    (I actually like when Peter is on, but that NieR Automata thing really sucked and I'm glad people warned me ahead of time.)

  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Personally my favorite Ernest Cline work is his spoken word album about heartfelt subjects such as his casually misogynist views of women in porn and how much he wants to fuck "nerd girls" and how he daydreams about killing people in movie theaters.

    Ugh, glad I haven't had the misfortune of hearing that.

  • MaximumMaximum Registered User regular
    SteevL wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Personally my favorite Ernest Cline work is his spoken word album about heartfelt subjects such as his casually misogynist views of women in porn and how much he wants to fuck "nerd girls" and how he daydreams about killing people in movie theaters.

    Ugh, glad I haven't had the misfortune of hearing that.

    Noooooo!

  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    SteevL wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Personally my favorite Ernest Cline work is his spoken word album about heartfelt subjects such as his casually misogynist views of women in porn and how much he wants to fuck "nerd girls" and how he daydreams about killing people in movie theaters.

    Ugh, glad I haven't had the misfortune of hearing that.

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Drew's latest Cloth Map vlog reveals where his next Ukraine video will be, among other things:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUGAYB3h0NI
    I mean, how could he go to Ukraine and not visit Chernobyl? That was expected, and I look forward to it.

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    ...stupid sexy Drew

  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Zxerol wrote: »
    SteevL wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Personally my favorite Ernest Cline work is his spoken word album about heartfelt subjects such as his casually misogynist views of women in porn and how much he wants to fuck "nerd girls" and how he daydreams about killing people in movie theaters.

    Ugh, glad I haven't had the misfortune of hearing that.

    BOY ARE YOU IN FOR A TREAT

    Yep, I searched for it and found that not long after Maddoc's post. I considered sharing it, but eh. And ugh.

  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    SteevL wrote: »
    Drew's latest Cloth Map vlog reveals where his next Ukraine video will be, among other things:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUGAYB3h0NI
    I mean, how could he go to Ukraine and not visit Chernobyl? That was expected, and I look forward to it.

    Oh man

    That's awesome

  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    SteevL wrote: »
    Kochikens wrote: »
    omg vinny hates ready player one as well
    and I have never loved him more

    I haven't heard what Vinny has to say, but I liked what Jeff had to say about the book last week. It was an OK book (I read through it in a day and had fun), and not as bad as the excerpts people have posted on the internet make it out to be in context of the whole book. And then Ernest Cline's second book was released and its apparent mediocrity/badness kind of dragged RPO down too.

    Apparently he's writing Ready Player Two, though. Ugh.

    I read the first ten pages of Ready Player One and I physically could not make myself keep going. I know this is a horse long since beaten dead, but man was it the textbook definition of 'not for me'.

    Sad to hear the dude is also apparently a shithead.

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