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Woffle posted:This is true. Dark Souls 2 is very much a sequel. I was expecting something closer to a Demon's Souls to Dark Souls relationship but it's much more direct. It's almost jarring to have an NPC just say something along the lines of, "Hi. I'm the blacksmith, I will sell and reinforce weapons for you! But first, I need a key to open this door."
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The PVP in Dark Souls 2 is a blast. Meet me on the Iron Keep bridge and dragon duel me, bros.
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Oh man, Body Harvest on the next Abject Suffering. I bought it over the weekend at a local retro store because I remember loving that game as a kid. You guys have probably done your research already, DMA Designs (now Rockstar North) made the game and it's pretty much a prototype version of GTA3.
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What's with Jick playing 15% of a game and then having hilariously uninformed opinions on it, while Kevin awkwardly tries to have a reasonable conversation about it? It happened this week with Diablo 3, and again last week with Don't Starve. Is this just some weird meta-commentary on Jick Is Bad at Video Games that I don't get as a new listener?
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Mar 18, 2014 22:12
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I sent in a message about Don't Starve specifically. I'm pretty sure he played like 50% of the game but did so back when it was 10% done and somehow it never occurred to anyone that the disparity between experiences might be accounted for by the amount of content in the game having increased by an order of magnitude between then and now.
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Mar 18, 2014 22:16
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Our latest episode of Retronauts is all about old video game media (magazines and websites), which is probably why it's nearly two hours long. http://www.retronauts.com/?p=658
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Lone Goat posted:What's with Jick playing 15% of a game and then having hilariously uninformed opinions on it, while Kevin awkwardly tries to have a reasonable conversation about it? It happened this week with Diablo 3, and again last week with Don't Starve. Zack's 100% right that likening Don't Starve to Minecraft is loving insane though. I mean I guess you build things out of resources you mug nature for?
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Lone Goat posted:What's with Jick playing 15% of a game and then having hilariously uninformed opinions on it, while Kevin awkwardly tries to have a reasonable conversation about it? It happened this week with Diablo 3, and again last week with Don't Starve. I haven't listened to VGHD in a while, but as a long time KoL and VGHD listener, yes Jick is bad at video games is a running thing. Not as a running gag or anything it's just something he is.
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Mar 19, 2014 06:20
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TetsuoTW posted:Zack's 100% right that likening Don't Starve to Minecraft is loving insane though. I mean I guess you build things out of resources you mug nature for? Eh, I can sort of see it. The games have a lot in common and playing Don't Starve sort of reminds me of the first night of Minecraft before you actually know what you're doing.
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Mar 19, 2014 06:22
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I guess it does capture the same "Oh God, I have to get this stuff built or I'm screwed, oh poo poo what's that noise?" feeling, but Minecraft - to me, at least - has always been about creation first and foremost, while Don't Starve has always been more about survival. I don't know about now, but at least in the time close to and just after release Don't Starve never felt like a game you can build cool stuff in, just functional stuff.
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Mar 19, 2014 09:18
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The latest Giant Bombcast (3/18) is good. Dave Lang of Iron Galaxy Studios is a guest, and he's super interesting. If you have followed Giant Bomb through the years, you'll know who he is, but you'll probably remember him more for screwing around with the gang than anything else. In this podcast, he drops a lot of knowledge about various facets of the industry. He worked at Midway during some interesting times, and his current company does a lot of contract work with ports and stuff for other developers, so he has a unique perspective.
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Yeah that was the best bombcast for ages. Enjoyed having patrick back on also.
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I had the exact same impression of Don't Starve as Zack and I played the final as well. I'm sure it's wrong or whatever but when you open the crafting menu for the first time it looks like there really isn't much to make. Now I didn't really take to Don't Starve because I don't like babysitting meters and wandering around aimlessly hoping to stumble upon the crafting ingredient I need but that was the impression I got over the first couple of hours.
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Al! posted:I had the exact same impression of Don't Starve as Zack and I played the final as well. I'm sure it's wrong or whatever but when you open the crafting menu for the first time it looks like there really isn't much to make. Now I didn't really take to Don't Starve because I don't like babysitting meters and wandering around aimlessly hoping to stumble upon the crafting ingredient I need but that was the impression I got over the first couple of hours. My biggest problem with Don't Starve, in the build I played at least, was the over reliance on gold. If you spawned in a biome where gold was rare/hard to get to you were more or less boned.
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Woffle posted:My biggest problem with Don't Starve, in the build I played at least, was the over reliance on gold. If you spawned in a biome where gold was rare/hard to get to you were more or less boned. Yeah I had the same issue. Some games you'd have maps filled with beefalo and gold, and on some you couldn't find any at all. Also trees took way too loving long to chop down with the basic tools. I haven't played in months so maybe I should give it a shot again.
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I'm surprised there's no mention of ContinueCast. It's a twice monthly podcast where four guys play a retro game and discuss it across two episodes. Their older episodes are more a bit more structured around the game than recent ones, but overall it really shines because of their chemistry. I know it sounds like another "four guys talk video games" podcast, but it's really fantastic.  If a particular game they did doesn't jump out at you then I'd recommend the Earthbound episodes as a starting point. iTunes / RSS
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Mar 19, 2014 19:43
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Nice Mena Suvari namedrop, Bob. You got a chuckle out of me.
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Mar 20, 2014 00:28
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Hey Gary I found a new version of Mario Paint Composer for you to try. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcjCnkbROY
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Mar 21, 2014 09:41
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for some reason Cory Banks is ruining podcasts that hes appearing in. i dont know why, but something about his personality just rubs me the wrong way.
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HMS Boromir posted:Hey Gary I found a new version of Mario Paint Composer for you to try. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcjCnkbROY That's something. Now I need to check out Skullgirls.
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That particular video was done with a program feeding in the inputs, but you can totally just play a little trumpet solo in the middle of a match, it's great. Big Band is currently only available in the beta client but you can access that with any Steam copy of the game. In a week or two he'll be in the main client and console versions as free (for a couple months) DLC. On a related note, are there any podcasts (other than maybe the Bombcast?) that have fighting games on the radar as anything more than a curiosity?
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Mar 21, 2014 18:21
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HMS Boromir posted:On a related note, are there any podcasts (other than maybe the Bombcast?) that have fighting games on the radar as anything more than a curiosity? The Super Best Friendcast!
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Mar 21, 2014 18:24
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I didn't like these dudes at first but they really grew on me, the hypest podcast around (they actually like videogames)
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My work schedule has changed recently to where I'm rather busy during the day, but my ears are free, so I'm in the market for podcasts. I like WOFF/BSC, but I've only played a handful of the games they've covered. Are there any other "book club" style shows? Other games getting the BSC treatment would be ideal, but I seriously doubt that exists. I don't really care about gaming news, so it doesn't need to be current. Another issue for me is audio consistency. I tried listening to a recent episode of Idle Thumbs, but I had to constantly adjust my volume because one guy's voice was lower in the mix. Eventually I just gave up.
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Idle Thumbs usually is pretty good about audio levels, and you're doing yourself a huge disservice by not listening to it.
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HMS Boromir posted:I sent in a message about Don't Starve specifically. I'm pretty sure he played like 50% of the game but did so back when it was 10% done and somehow it never occurred to anyone that the disparity between experiences might be accounted for by the amount of content in the game having increased by an order of magnitude between then and now. I've never played the game, but the annoying part about the discussion to me was them arguing about how many different things there are to craft. Their numbers were off by about an order of magnitude, so obviously someone is more correct, but instead of looking it up the solution is a "nuh-uh" vs. "yeah-huh" style debate. Zach had me on his side for the conversation topic of car-beers being OK, but a lot of that podcast seems to be him arguing qualitative opinions as cold-hard facts.
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Mar 21, 2014 21:44
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I think my favorite Zach rant was the one about how password protecting phones is a dumb thing to do for most people.
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DrKennethNoisewater posted:Zach had me on his side for the conversation topic of car-beers being OK, but a lot of that podcast seems to be him arguing qualitative opinions as cold-hard facts.
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Edit: dumb joke making fun of the last poster saying 'Video Games Shot Dog'
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Zach's idiosyncrasies are one of my favorite parts of Video Games Hot Dog.
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This Zach guy sounds like a real rear end in a top hat. On the other hand Video Games Hot Dog is my favorite shitteo shame podcast.
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DrKennethNoisewater posted:Zach had me on his side for the conversation topic of car-beers being OK, but a lot of that podcast seems to be him arguing qualitative opinions as cold-hard facts.
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Strange, 'cause I'm literally the opposite, where I usually disagree with Zach when it comes to videogames and possibly a few too many of his personal opinions. On the other hand, I enjoy the fact that Riff and Kevin are also there to help give it a different tone to pretty much any other podcast. So when there's a disagreement, it's at least more interesting than Idle Thumbs where they only ever agree on anything. But on the other hand, it is a bit frustrating when the Don't Starve argument boils down to Zach saying, "I had a bad experience and the fact that the game could easily create a bad experience means that it is a bad game," while Kevin says, "the fact that the game can create a bad experience does not discount that it can create a good expeience and therefore can't be a bad game." Which distilled into another form basically means, "this game is subjectively bad, therefore it's bad" and "the game can be subjectively good, therefore it shouldn't be bad" which are arguing for two different arguements; which are two different arguements for two different debates which inevitably ends with a DrKennethNoisewater posted:"nuh-uh" vs. "yeah-huh" style debate.
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So no new Idle Thumbs this week?
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I gather from twitter that recording may have been done tonight, given, you know. GDC. Idle Thumbs 150 will probably be a Conf Grenade.
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I can't be the only one who thinks it'd be kind of hilarious for Idle Thumbs to disappear yet again right at 150. (Of course only for like a week or something, let's not get crazy.)
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habanero walrus posted:Yeah that's him in a nutshell. If it bothers you then Video Game Shot Dog probably isn't for you. Don't get me wrong, I like the podcast overall. I was just replying to agree that the Don't Starve discussion went on a little long for my enjoyment as well. Zach makes all the best puns, so that makes up for it and then some.
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Yeah, I guess I should have mentioned that when Zach doesn't espouse his bad opinions he's pretty much the best. 
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Episode 150 was recorded with all five of us on Monday night and then it got corrupted somehow and we are super mad/sad. There is a conf grenade with Tom Francis coming out. Bahhhh.
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ja2ke posted:Episode 150 was recorded with all five of us on Monday night and then it got corrupted somehow and we are super mad/sad. There is a conf grenade with Tom Francis coming out. Bahhhh. Goddamn, you guys have the worst luck. Is that the fifth or sixth time you've lost a full episode?
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