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The old [Giant Bomb] thread!

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    Having read Ready Player One, felt like a young adult novel aimed at my old ass age bracket. It seemed like a licensing nightmare with all the pop culture references weaved into the plot line. I figure roping in Spielberg helped in that regard so I have a morbid curiosity about what he was able to get his hands on.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    I mean, it's apparently about the 80s, but a lot of the stuff people were talking about in the trailer seem to be from the 90s, like that Iron Giant thing.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Ready Player One is a perfectly okay book that does not deserve the hate it gets on the internet.

    Ernest Cline, however, totally does.

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    That little promo is great even though I have no idea what they'll be doing.

    The Beast crew is rapidly outpacing GB west on a lot of fronts.

    Jeff is still one of the greats though.

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  • CormacCormac Registered User regular
    It seems as if GB West deals with keeping the business running to allow GB East to produce all the video content, do it's own thing, and keep the brand/site competitive with all of the other personality based video game stuff out there.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    That little promo is great even though I have no idea what they'll be doing.

    The Beast crew is rapidly outpacing GB west on a lot of fronts.

    Jeff is still one of the greats though.

    Main Giant Bomb page says they'll be playing X-Com Enemy Within.

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  • VeagleVeagle Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    That little promo is great even though I have no idea what they'll be doing.

    The Beast crew is rapidly outpacing GB west on a lot of fronts.

    Jeff is still one of the greats though.

    Main Giant Bomb page says they'll be playing X-Com Enemy Within.

    Based on the name though, I'd guess there has to be some sort of gimmick like passing the controller every round.

    Edit: Or maybe have them each controlling their own character on the team.

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    Veagle wrote: »
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    That little promo is great even though I have no idea what they'll be doing.

    The Beast crew is rapidly outpacing GB west on a lot of fronts.

    Jeff is still one of the greats though.

    Main Giant Bomb page says they'll be playing X-Com Enemy Within.

    Based on the name though, I'd guess there has to be some sort of gimmick like passing the controller every round.

    Edit: Or maybe have them each controlling their own character on the team.

    Vinny better be their first MEC volunteer.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    GONG-00 wrote: »
    Veagle wrote: »
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    That little promo is great even though I have no idea what they'll be doing.

    The Beast crew is rapidly outpacing GB west on a lot of fronts.

    Jeff is still one of the greats though.

    Main Giant Bomb page says they'll be playing X-Com Enemy Within.

    Based on the name though, I'd guess there has to be some sort of gimmick like passing the controller every round.

    Edit: Or maybe have them each controlling their own character on the team.

    Vinny better be their first MEC volunteer.

    I just want to see what kind of bullshit rules-fuckery Dan sneaks into this one.

    "If you accidentally injure another squad member with friendly fire, they get to shoot you on camera with this airsoft gun" wouldn't surprise me.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    I mean he is sick. Hopefully not too sick cause I miss his goofiness.

  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    That little promo is great even though I have no idea what they'll be doing.

    The Beast crew is rapidly outpacing GB west on a lot of fronts.

    Jeff is still one of the greats though.

    Main Giant Bomb page says they'll be playing X-Com Enemy Within.

    I imagine they'll have in-game avatars that they control.

    I wonder if they take on a different persona when they die.

  • VeagleVeagle Registered User regular
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    GONG-00 wrote: »
    Veagle wrote: »
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    That little promo is great even though I have no idea what they'll be doing.

    The Beast crew is rapidly outpacing GB west on a lot of fronts.

    Jeff is still one of the greats though.

    Main Giant Bomb page says they'll be playing X-Com Enemy Within.

    Based on the name though, I'd guess there has to be some sort of gimmick like passing the controller every round.

    Edit: Or maybe have them each controlling their own character on the team.

    Vinny better be their first MEC volunteer.

    I just want to see what kind of bullshit rules-fuckery Dan sneaks into this one.

    "If you accidentally injure another squad member with friendly fire, they get to shoot you on camera with this airsoft gun" wouldn't surprise me.

    If you get poisoned, you have to drink the ranch soda.

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  • KreutzKreutz Blackwater Park, IARegistered User regular
    Ceno wrote: »
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    That little promo is great even though I have no idea what they'll be doing.

    The Beast crew is rapidly outpacing GB west on a lot of fronts.

    Jeff is still one of the greats though.

    Main Giant Bomb page says they'll be playing X-Com Enemy Within.

    I imagine they'll have in-game avatars that they control.

    I wonder if they take on a different persona when they die.

    Nah, that's another series.

  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    Apparently Jeff has a higher rating than friend of the site Matt Pascual.

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Zxerol wrote: »
    Cline seems like the kinda dude that complains about how women don't like nice guys and think the greatest expression of hip-hop is nerdcore.

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    Ignore the fact that like three of the four bands he lists there are actually from the 70s, he does his big I Love The 80s masturbation page and somehow doesn't even mention 80s rap

    Oh god. I just saw this. I don't mean to drag us back into the Ernest Cline thing. But I can't help it. What a ridiculous statement.

    "I listened to it all." What? Three of those four groups basically play the same music.

    They're all fine bands. But please don't hold up REM and the Police as examples of the deep well of your taste.

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  • DrDinosaurDrDinosaur Registered User regular
    Crippl3 wrote: »

    I hope Kingdom Heartache becomes the Jon's Sandwich Shop of Giant Bomb

  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Idk, I think "haha this series isn't real and basically a running joke" would be bad form considering how little west makes these days.

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    I'm still waiting for Ben to do more TNT Midweek Multiplayer Madness

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Knight_ wrote: »
    Idk, I think "haha this series isn't real and basically a running joke" would be bad form considering how little west makes these days.

    it'd be real funny tho

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2017
    SniperGuy wrote: »

    Oh hey that links to a one-hour long prologue episode.

    I'm excited to find out what "General" means. I'm assuming "full-time troll."

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    They're doing Ironman mode, so they are actually playing XCOM for the first time.

  • FuriousJodoFuriousJodo Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I imagine the Dan Rule's version of this is like, you make a character for each person and whoever survives the longest wins.

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  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    Oh man this X-Com run is gunna be hilariously rough.
    Should we place some bets?

    I think they'll bottom out no later than the St. John mission.

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  • FuriousJodoFuriousJodo Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I really hope there is a Game of the Year or Gold edition of X-Com 2 that releases with hte expansion - I kind of want to play it on my PS4 despite already owning the game on PC.

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    oh they will definitely capsize

    they're playing on normal, which is not bad at all, but someone will botch up a mission and lose their high ranking soldiers and that will be that

  • OctavianOctavian Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Why are they naming the first 4 characters after themselves? No way those 4 live that long.

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  • McGibsMcGibs TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited August 2017
    I can't see them being knowledgeable or organized enough to make the contingency plans required for ironman. Once a few of their experienced soldiers bite it, it will be a flaming death spiral.

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  • SeGaTaiSeGaTai Registered User regular
    Isn't also the "correct" way to play Ironman not really exciting to a stream audience

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    edited August 2017
    Oh it's definitely not legitimate criticism on my end

    I just want it to last more than five episodes

    Whoever gets the first terror mission will probably shape a lot of the early game

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  • FuriousJodoFuriousJodo Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    SeGaTai wrote: »
    Isn't also the "correct" way to play Ironman not really exciting to a stream audience

    I can't imagine they'll be playing as boring or cautiously as you need to play to really survive. Though "Normal" difficulty in X-Com:EW is nowhere near as rough as it is in X-Com 2.

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  • Knight_Knight_ Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    Vinny coaching Dan will inevitably end up on the first terror mission and then it's all gonna explode in a glorious fireball.

    Gonna be hilarious.

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    I'm sure its been commented on, but the guy showing off Fortnite continually saying "power players" is grating as hell.

    Not Ubisoft's voice chat script among gamers playing co-op in a reveal of a game irritating by any means, but it hits that same nerve.

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  • FuriousJodoFuriousJodo Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Yeah that quick look was rough all around.

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