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I'm holding offjust because I'm mid game 4 of primals. This season looks to be excellent just because of all the stuff I've seen already. Argh! I want to jump into the megathread as well!
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Monthly is fine as long as the quality and nature of the content warrants it, which seems to be the case here. *Stares at the Besties* Speaking of Polygon, I gave a listen to Friends List and while fine from a content perspective, even I can sit next to a decent microphone. The audio quality is so bad as to be distracting. Sure its a daily thing, but still there are things you can do.
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Mar 31, 2014 22:48
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Apr 3, 2014 18:12
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Stan Taylor posted:Has anyone else been listening to Draft Souls? I'm really digging how they just call out bullshit in games, but if you're a fan of that bullshit it could maybe be annoying I guess. They seem to line up with my tastes pretty well though. Considering I can't find them on Google or iTunes, nope.
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Apr 27, 2014 20:54
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Syrg Sapphire posted:Man, a fantasy football * Souls game sounds like addiction waiting to happen. Field a team of knights and see who the hell has the sticking power to actually save the realm. Twist: Its not actually football, Coach Seeker Frampt has tricked you into selling concessions.
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Apr 27, 2014 23:32
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TetsuoTW posted:I'll admit, after listening to that I still have no idea what Horse Isle actually involves, but it kinda made me want to mark down International Day of Horseplay 2015. As someone who partook, I can assure you the secret of Horse Isle is definitely not horses. It's like picking up a book called "How to Cook" and having it talk about being a waiter at a restaurant, famous people who have eaten before, and animals you can buy who will entertain you while you cook.
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May 13, 2014 04:07
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I enjoyed the discussion, and gently caress the marketing guy who thought calling it iconic was a good idea. It is from a marketing standpoint, but eventually all the words that mean good things are going to be all polluted with marketing that they won't mean anything.
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I waited on finishing my playthrough of Alpha Protocol before listening to WOFF and it's a testament to the game that the playthrough you guys described varied so wildly from mine. Mechanically I agree, and it was a gem of a game that hides behind it's pretty terrible first act.
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Jun 3, 2014 23:28
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cbirdsong posted:This Polygon interview: http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/12/5802816/battlefield-hardline-gameplay-e3-2014 Is it possible to not play a game twice? This interview anti-sold me.
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Jun 27, 2014 13:25
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NickPancakes posted:As an aside to this, what would you guys like to see from Comrade! that would improve things but doesn't break the model too much (indie games, short eps)? Gary has pitched the "bundle" idea, where we get a new indie bundle on the first day and quickly push an episode briefly covering all of the games, good or bad. That will probably happen soon. Launch a sister cast "Check Yourself Bro" where you play bad AAA games. In terms of helpful suggestions, there should be a bumper crop of indie games at the end of the month as Something Awful Gamedev Challenge 9 is currently ongoing. The theme is public access. Early screens and demos lead me to believe that whatever the result will be, there will be some laughs to be had. Basically do an episode on those when they come out.
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Jul 17, 2014 12:07
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For those of you who haven't played Velvet Sundown (mentioned on Idle Thumbs and Giant Bomb recently) you really must. It is the best and worst thing. 20 minutes in I was tazered, solicited and offered drugs.
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Good summation of the current bullshit on the internet Thumbs guys. I'm actually kinda sad Kotaku and Polygon are actually responding to it by making contributors not contribute/disclose all contributions to crowdfunding. Not that transparency is a bad thing, but seriously who gives a gently caress if Ben Kuchera backed a game or once gave a homeless dude 5 dollars and that man was Nick Breckon. You also voiced a thought I had earlier in the week, in that this is the grandest conspiracy for the lowest of stakes. A free game on Steam and a modest income making games? To hear some people tell it, Zoey is a evil mastermind succubus who has not only ruined games forever but does so from a tower of gold.
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Aug 28, 2014 00:06
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Trexy posted:I don't disagree with anything they said but I feel like they kind of misrepresented your average angry 14 year old. 14 year olds are single-minded assholes who are all terrible to each other. I remember being 14 years old and clearly I remember having it all together. A 14 year person who had never been outside of Catholic school, hosed up views on pretty much everything, and pirating Quake on a 56k modem. Man I'm glad I turned out as OK as I am now.
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Aug 28, 2014 03:30
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This is me being loving crazy, but does Jik sound like he's too far from the mic or on a lower quality mic in the latest VGHD. I know they're back in AZ, so who knows. Good content as usual guys. I'm one bored moment from buying Desert Golf.
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I look at this and see a bunch of bright distracting colors. What's a summary?
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zapjackson posted:Sorry about the audio quality weirdness on the last VGHD. We recorded on different gear and I had to edit it on earbuds. I'll try to re-render it when things get back to normal. Don't take it as harsh, I'm just used to stellar quality from VGHD and it slipped the tiniest bit. Still better than 90% of whats out there.
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All capitalism is bribery. Money must be free, open source, and anonymous. Dogecoin is the only answer, if you care about objective game reviews. Clearly all these journalist with their salaries between 30k and 60k are living it high on the public teet.
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This is a opinion piece of Word Realms. Warning, the following may contain subjective opinions Disclosure - Zak read an email from me once on Video Games Hotdog. Also we have both been at DragonCon at the same time, though the author is unclear if he met Zak at the time. An investigation is ongoing. The author has financially supported Zak by buying this game. He would consider supporting him on patreon, but Zak has not created a video of him talking over a picture of a hotdog yet. The author will do his very best that this close personal relationship to interfere. Also it is rumored he played The Secret of Horse Island with Riff at one point but this is also under investigation. Word Realms is a good game. You'd probably enjoy it. Feel free to reply to this review in this thread, private message me, email me ulta@email.com, tweet at me @badcontrollerop, or call me on my personal cell 555-gently caress-off
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Sep 10, 2014 01:00
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The thing I like about the feminist frequency videos is they seem to have an actual effect, demonstrated by the designer of Saints Row 3 and 4 in an interview with Polygon I think, saying that they "got called on their poo poo" in 3 and made improvements (but not perfection) in 4 in terms of gender equality. I've played both, and while both have their problems, 4 is a remarkably subversive progressive and sex positive game, while still being a silly AAA shoot em bang bang.
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Sep 10, 2014 12:32
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I am going to play the hell out of dad joke game and it will make me wish I had kids to tell the jokes to so they can blank stare at me while I cackle. Someone make a game I can tell Dad jokes to and it will react appropriately so I can experience the best part of being a Dad without the other terrible parts.
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Sep 11, 2014 14:05
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I'm ok with most podcasting advertising. Idle Thimbs has my respect because of their decision to drop World of Tanks. It's pay the bills eat the probably delicious snacks and make a joke domain, harmless farts. In podcast but not video game podcast, My Brother My Brother and Me is getting worrisome. The last or second to last episode had something that sounded like it was one step above a payday loan. That poo poo worries me.
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VGT made me remember Threebrain, but now I can't find Dragons and Bees and it's making me sad but not that sad since it's actually pretty terrible. It has that 1999 internet charm, back when ninjas verse pirates was actually fresh and original. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD_72U0b_2g
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Sep 15, 2014 23:52
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ja2ke posted:We got Anita on the ep AND a new crazy Steam Economy email from Invictus* so its pretty good. Oh man. I loving love the crazy loving world of hat economy. Of all the things to accidentally come out of Steam, I find it the most fascinating. Anita probably will be great too, but man, Russian murder hats. Alternative currency headphones. If I was Gabe I would hire a team of economist to just come up with ways that I could create wacky economy hijinks.
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Sep 18, 2014 01:41
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Chris/Jake/Danielle (if she reads this) How did you miss the archetypal "older wiser man teaches dumb poor woman" in Pigmalion / My Fair Lady. I could be a big dumb theater / movie dork. Thats pretty likely in fact.
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Old Swerdlow posted:I really appreciate how great Video Games Hotdog for having to record or skype or cellphones sometimes. I am guessing but can no way confirm, that everyone records locally and then they sync in editting. Having a single recorder is generally easier, but you'll always have sound degradation.
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Sep 26, 2014 23:46
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Zak (and anyone who disagrees with the following) Contact is the worst movie of all time. It is worse than The Spirit or any Uwe Boll movie. It is a poo poo movie with a poo poo message. Also it's weird because I talked about how lovely it was a day before, so I guess my dad is an alien and also 18 hours of dad jokes.
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Oct 2, 2014 23:56
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zapjackson posted:[fart noise] Her dad was 18 hours of static or farts or god. Basically having doubts about god makes you a dumb baby and being a rich billionaire means you get to go to a cool space station. I haven't read the book, but I do imagine it is better since the movie is cold space farts. Edit: there is something in my brain that makes me irrationally hate this movie. I have to accept it and live my life the best I can with this crippling disability. Ulta fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Oct 3, 2014 |
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Not Gina argue too strenuously, but I'm pretty sure I posted the exact transcript.
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If anyone doubts the McElroy power over podcasts, Quality Control is apparently number 1 in the charts for video games. With two episodes released.
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Oct 4, 2014 05:41
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Quality Control will appeal to those who get annoyed with the round table talk about your day stuff. It's all business, talk about the game, Justin makes some snarky quips, the end. You mileage will probably vary on how much you like Justin's style and the game they are chatting about.
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Does anyone know what episode of VGHD Twinbeard (aka the Frog Fractions guy) apeared on? Google isn't helping and none of the episode descriptions have it either.
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Oct 30, 2014 01:48
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I like the meandering tone of IT. Most of the tangents are usually video game related, interesting, and keeps everything in a conversational. Fiver forever.
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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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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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I also enjoyed Sirlin's first podcast. These weren't earth shattering revelations, but a really good discussion on some common traps a lot if games seem to fall into. I'm not a fighting game guy, but the topics are broadly applicable, and the fighting game specific stuff was explained in a way I could understand. If your interested in design, probably worth a listen, otherwise not. I wish I disagreed with something he said, because me just saying yep doesn't spark any discussion.
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Re: Video games being young The first retail video game released in 1971, 43 years ago. The first commercial movie by contrast was released in 1898, 116 years ago. Coincidently in 1941, 43 years into commercial movie production, Citizen Kane was released. Ipso facto e pluribus habeus corpus, Goty 2014 will be the Citizen Kane of video games. And to throw my small podcasting experience into the ring, it's incredibly difficult to get two or three people to commit to producing something weekly, let alone daily if you wanted to get real serious about making podcasting a job. I imagine part of the reason YouTube works is the monetization is built in and the infrastructure isn't built on coco butter nom noms. I can't buy podcasting reads on my budget but I can throw money into the YouTube pit.
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Per VGHD: there is a PS2 era Fight Club game. Rarely does a game so aggressively miss the point themeatically and narratively. Fight your way up the ranks of project mayhem! Unluck Fred Durst of Limp Biscut as a playable character. Play a medicore fighter!
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So I bought Giant Bomb premium because it was on sale and I was curious about Metal Gear Scanlon, which is turning out to be worth the money. Dan Rikert may be a loving mess in terms of eating habits but drat is he entertaining. Anything else that I should check out now that I have premium? Podcast hosts out there: please play Dragon Age Inquisition. The moment to moment combat is pretty mediocre, and the ui is meh, but the high level and story stuff is keeping my interest. I want to hear what others think about this.
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Vinny's story is a nightmare come to life for me. Once I came home to a house where water was literally pouring out of the ceiling in every room (thankfully I was renting at the time). If that had been poo water, I think I would have just died. Home ownership makes financial sense, but there is a poo water shaped sword of Damoclese over your head at all times.
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