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Maybe the guy just isn't interested in listening to people talk about anime rather than being some sort of representative face of the Goon Zeitgeistbobservo posted:Thanks to everyone who gave to the Retronauts Patreon! We're back to weekly episodes again. Got a link Bob?
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:I like Super Best Friends sometimes because they're the only ones who talk about stuff like fighting games, Bayonetta and Smash Bros in any detail other than "It has these characters, I played it" The couple episodes of isometric I listened to had Maddy Myers talking about fighting games and I think she probably talked about bayo 2 when that came out. I couldn't stand listening to Brianna Wu though, so I dropped them from my rotation, and I still feel bad about it. They're worth a shot, for sure. I also really like Spawn On Me, but they don't seem as mechanics oriented maybe? Still need to listen to more of them, but they seem pretty rad. Also, no anime.
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Nov 5, 2014 18:14
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C-Euro posted:I couldn't stand 8-4 Play after a few months of listening, but I also haven't listened to it in almost a year so maybe it's better now. I just felt like they tried too hard to be the Bombcast in its prime and just fell flat, in that they tried to be zany and crazy without knowing how to do it well and not be annoying about it. But again, it's been a while so maybe it's different. I don't have any experience with the Bombcast outside of listening to a few episodes and not being able to deal with a 3 hour podcast that didn't really go anywhere. This was post-Ryan Davis, but nothing really grabbed me beforehand when I saw links. It might just be nostalgia from reading a bunch of EGM in the late 90s and throughout the first half of the 00s, but I find that they strike a fairly decent balance and most of their episodes follow a good balance of goofing off, talking about games, and talking about news. Mark Macdonald runs a fairly tight ship and moves the podcast forward.
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Nov 5, 2014 18:27
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Every podcast can't be all things to all people, it's not surprising there's differing opinions in here since people come to each one with different expectations. I personally prefer the goofing off and less recent game discussions, I skip most of current game talk in the Bombcast since I'm not going to buy a PS4 or bone.
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Nov 5, 2014 18:53
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Zombies' Downfall posted:Maybe the guy just isn't interested in listening to people talk about anime rather than being some sort of representative face of the Goon Zeitgeist Sure: http://www.patreon.com/retronauts
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Nov 5, 2014 21:13
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I'm ten seconds into the new Thumbs and I lost it at "they won't".
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Nov 6, 2014 14:35
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I'm much further than 10 seconds in, and boy do I come with a gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V94NttCtWBQ e: Although I found one downside to the HDness - Riddler's suit could do with a little adjusting... down there.
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Nov 6, 2014 14:45
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TetsuoTW posted:I'm much further than 10 seconds in, and boy do I come with a gift: Holy mucilage!
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Nov 6, 2014 15:25
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8-4 is one of the very few podcasts in general that time-stamp their topics, so they will always have my listen.
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Nov 6, 2014 16:59
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My friends and colleagues at Gaslamp Games were on the Quarter to Three podcast today: http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2014/11/06/qt3-games-podcast-clockwork-empires-gaslamp-games/ They talk about our new game (Clockwork Empires) and early access stuff.
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Daynab posted:My friends and colleagues at Gaslamp Games were on the Quarter to Three podcast today: http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2014/11/06/qt3-games-podcast-clockwork-empires-gaslamp-games/ Wait, qt3 still does a podcast? Guess I'll have to give that a listen.
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Nov 6, 2014 22:11
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TetsuoTW posted:I'm much further than 10 seconds in, and boy do I come with a gift: I also see where Schumacher got the idea for the nipples on the batsuit
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Nov 6, 2014 23:16
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Finally listened to the WOFF on REmake, thanks for making me want to play that game again when I'm supposed to be starting a wedding fund with my old GC library   I don't think I disagreed with anything you brought up, it's really underappreciated and definitely worth checking out.
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Nov 7, 2014 02:48
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For the guy who was asking about Jim Crawford guesting on Video Games Hot Dog, we had him on again yesterday. Episode 174.
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Nov 7, 2014 03:05
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Three moves ahead is up for any one who is interested in their take on the latest civ.
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Nov 7, 2014 09:38
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I need to drop everything and pick up that blu-ray set. The 1960s was the decade of amazing maniacal laughter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1tbOyNHleE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRzWTRvR5k
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Nov 7, 2014 09:49
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zapjackson posted:For the guy who was asking about Jim Crawford guesting on Video Games Hot Dog, we had him on again yesterday. Episode 174. You can tell this episode is going places when it quickly gets into a discussion about how The Matrix is poo poo and The Matrix Reloaded is good.
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Nov 7, 2014 12:27
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zapjackson posted:For the guy who was asking about Jim Crawford guesting on Video Games Hot Dog, we had him on again yesterday. Episode 174. Cool. Haven't listened yet, but if I would have known I would have sent in a reader mail asking him to expand on his theory that chess is a badly designed game.
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Nov 7, 2014 15:19
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Just posted by Jake on Twitter: http://t.co/efQj9H5SV3 I guess if your assets are being stolen before the game is out that means they're good right?
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Nov 7, 2014 18:00
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Sexy Randal posted:Just posted by Jake on Twitter: http://t.co/efQj9H5SV3 Unfortunately another game studio stealing his art is old hat for Olly.
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Nov 7, 2014 18:45
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Ulta posted:Cool. Haven't listened yet, but if I would have known I would have sent in a reader mail asking him to expand on his theory that chess is a badly designed game. That's actually not an outlandish theory. Not sure if this is his reasoning, but among a subset of IM and higher level players (who still like chess, natch), the thought is that chess relies too much on memorizing opening lines, and that the advantage tends to go to who has memorized the most variety and to the max depth of various openings, rather than who is the best strategic / tactical player. Hence such things as Bobby Fisher's invention of Chess960
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Nov 7, 2014 19:57
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Shoor Games [author] 18 minutes ago Sunny, i bassed all the game graphics in that poster. I was really dissapointed to see that Firewath has nothign to do with that poster, so, what id did? i too that color pallete and background, and make a game. I dont see much problem, i have all the right to use the same colors.
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Nov 7, 2014 22:45
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I really don't see the connection. The color palette is obviously lifted but the graphics, as far as I can tell, are completely unique. There's a precarious line between homage and plagiarism, like this Borderlands 2 art, but it's not like either person is outright stealing something.
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regulargonzalez posted:That's actually not an outlandish theory. Not sure if this is his reasoning, but among a subset of IM and higher level players (who still like chess, natch), the thought is that chess relies too much on memorizing opening lines, and that the advantage tends to go to who has memorized the most variety and to the max depth of various openings, rather than who is the best strategic / tactical player. Hence such things as Bobby Fisher's invention of Chess960 David Sirlin talked about this some on the first episode of his new podcast, which I like a lot so far. It's very much design-focused, so if that's your thing, then... maybe it's your thing. Might be worth adding to next year's podcast post if it sticks around. Though it's not specifically about video games... http://www.sirlin.net/posts/podcast-sirlin-on-game-design
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Phone posted:Shoor Games [author] 18 minutes ago I see what Firewath has to do with that poster but what hed did isn't really stealing
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Nov 8, 2014 02:28
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Unless he means he means he was disappointed to see that the poster wasn't associated with a video game because Firewatch is not a video game in which case he can burn.
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zapjackson posted:David Sirlin talked about this some on the first episode of his new podcast, which I like a lot so far. It's very much design-focused, so if that's your thing, then... maybe it's your thing. That looks really interesting, will definitely check it out. Thanks!
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Nov 8, 2014 04:09
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What's the tone like on Sirlin's podcast? I used to enjoy reading his pieces about game balance and whatnot, but he could be almost intolerably condescending about the idea that some people might value "having fun" over "winning all the time."
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Pasco posted:You can tell this episode is going places when it quickly gets into a discussion about how The Matrix is poo poo and The Matrix Reloaded is good. Oh my god this might be what gets me back in VGHD and then quit again.
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Should come with Taco Bell voucher for authenticity, bonus points if voucher is for Doritos taco
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al-azad posted:I really don't see the connection. The color palette is obviously lifted but the graphics, as far as I can tell, are completely unique.
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He's trying to piggyback on the Firewatch hype. Its not illegal, and not the worst thing but it reveals a kind of artistic bankruptcy and puts him in the tier of scumbag that creates flappy bird clones and the people who make "Snakes on a Train" and "Transmorphers" Edit : unless it's some sort of meta satire, where instead of the narrative is revealed through gameplay and exploration, nothing is revealed, and narrative is somehow taken way through gameplay. Ulta fucked around with this message at 14:49 on Nov 8, 2014 |
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The talk about Birdman made me wonder if any of the Thumbs have seen Bojack Horseman on nertflix - it has a pretty similar premise of a has-been star, except that it is nominally a comedy (the first two episodes kind of flail around trying to be another Family Guy before it finds its own voice,) about people and anthropomorphic animals in Hollywood while the protagonist deals with crippling depression and substance abuse problems. It is almost shockingly good once it stops trying to emulate other shows, though.
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coyo7e posted:The talk about Birdman made me wonder if any of the Thumbs have seen Bojack Horseman on nertflix - it has a pretty similar premise of a has-been star, except that it is nominally a comedy (the first two episodes kind of flail around trying to be another Family Guy before it finds its own voice,) about people and anthropomorphic animals in Hollywood while the protagonist deals with crippling depression and substance abuse problems. It is almost shockingly good once it stops trying to emulate other shows, though. I might give it another try then. I got through about ten minutes and it never got out of "Will Arnet wants to be in a cartoon" mode.
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The first two episodes are pretty much cringe-worthy however, by the end of the season I was tearing up  . They also have a lot of cool details such as how the D in "Hollywood" is no longer in the opening credit-scene after a certain romantic heist.Also the dude on the couch is Aaron Paul basically playing himself from Breaking Bad.
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Mierenneuker posted:
I'm kind of surprised that Snoop rolled his 'r' on sayonara. He must speak some Japanese. Akuma posted:Except the background which is shamelessly lifted? He even admits this. It's not, though. None of the background is "shamelessly lifted" from the poster except the palette. There's not a single silhouette you can match up which makes it original. Not that it matters, the game was removed from Greenlight.
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al-azad posted:I'm kind of surprised that Snoop rolled his 'r' on sayonara. He must speak some Japanese. Snoop only watches raws, man
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al-azad posted:It's not, though. None of the background is "shamelessly lifted" from the poster except the palette. There's not a single silhouette you can match up which makes it original. Yeah, on first glance it looks like a straight rip, but if you actually look closely it's just using a very similar palette, and I don't think you can own a palette (though US IP law is insane, so maybe you can).
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