TychoCelchuuu posted:

Captain Invictus posted:

I had something about Unions typed up but this isn't really the thread for it. Suffice to say, they're a necessary evil, they might not always do the right things, but they're important in many situations all the same.

TetsuoTW posted:

Much like Idle Thumbs did, VGHD has been really good about trying not to be accidental shitlords since then. I'll be honest, what little I've gleaned of Zack's politics certainly doesn't seem to line up with my own, but I'm not listening to - and they're not making - Politics Hot Dog, so on the few times things do start veering that way it's not a big deal.

HMS Boromir posted:

The more I think about how much time was spent discussing it in anything resembling a positive light, the more it makes me kind of ill, honestly.

Song For The Deaf posted:

2. We reached our first goal on Patreon, so Abject Suffering is now on a weekly format. Thanks everybody who made that happen!

Hakkesshu posted:

I'm going to say it, Idle Thumbs should discuss more than just video games. I want to hear what Chris has to say about the new season of Louie

C-Euro posted:

I gotta admit, hearing Patrick say "No way is there a Kinect-less SKU announcement at E3" on the newest Bombcast, then listening to Idle Thumbs immediately after and hearing "Kinect-less SKU announced today" was pretty funny. Not to bash Patrick though, because he's technically right

Red Red Blue posted:

He was just pissing in the wind

EC posted:

Seriously, Vinny should host/edit every Bombcast, he's way better than Jeff at it.

Bobulus posted:

I haven't played Watch_Dogs yet, but it sounded like their disapproval was not with what it did, but the lost potential of it, based on the original teaser trailers.

Song For The Deaf posted:

The Crackdown episode of Watch Out for Fireballs! is out.

http://duckfeed.tv/woff/76

Up next is Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within, followed by Cave Story, then Suikoden II.

I'm happy that this thread is back (along with the rest of the forums, I guess).

Woffle posted:

Well, it didn't occur to me to try because I'm a huge dope.

Samopsa posted:

My duckfeed.tv ranking list: Bonfire Side Chat, Watch Out for Fireballs, The Level, Check it out Comrade!. I don't really listen to the rest enough to give an opinion.

Song For The Deaf posted:

The new Watch Out for Fireballs! about Metal Gear: Ghost Babel is out. We like the game a whole, whole lot.

http://duckfeed.tv/woff/79

Up next we've got a two parter about Suikoden II, then a split EP about Contra and Little Nemo, and an episode about Half-Life.

Song For The Deaf posted:

It's the first day of Summer RPG Season on WOFF!, with the release of part 1 of our Suikoden II episode.

http://duckfeed.tv/woff/80

Butt Frosted Cake posted:

Lmao congrats on being just as petty and dumb as the horrible retards you're wringing your hands over.

Butt Frosted Cake posted:

Here's what it sounds like to someone on the sidelines of it all. Nerds are upset at other nerds over gay baby games drama, time to completely trash whatever point I had by calling any kind of rhetoric literally fascist.

C-Euro posted:

I personally have never cared for "sjw" games like Papers Please and Cart Life

Trexy posted:

I'm generally amicable when it comes to podcast adds but Idle Thumbs spend way more time on adds than any other podcast I listen to. They're on the shorter end as far as podcasts go too, so if you're listening to them back to back in a car ride it's that much more apparent how much time you're listening to adds.

ja2ke posted:

I think all TF2 models are actually exactly the same height, with heads that take up about the same amount of space at that height. Part of why the Heavy has a tiny head.

NmareBfly posted:

Here is gamergate's mascot-tan leading a trail of benighted gamers from the holy land of 4chan, because apparently they're not even allowed to talk about their concerns there any more? I haven't really been keeping track.

fatherboxx posted:

Moot got tired of the conspiracy crowd and ordered to ban gamergate threads on sight, since he could get into trouble for hosting harrassment campaign and private data exchange on his website.

Gesadt posted:

for me, crate and crowbar never missed a mark, by far the best gaming podcast (alongside idlethumbs) imo. those guys are funny, insightful and intelligent human beans. i appreciate their honest opinions and occasional profanity, makes conversation seem more natural (compared to something like PC gamer US podcast, oh god can those guys be more boring. god forbid you say gently caress on occasiona or reveal your actual emotions)

Old Swerdlow posted:

I really appreciate how great Video Games Hotdog for having to record or skype or cellphones sometimes.

Woffle posted:

We do everything remote and I like to think we do a good job of making it sound natural but it breaks down a lil when we have guests.

ElMaligno posted:

But the best is when Zack says something so incredibly loving dumb and Kevin actually joins him in his loving dumb rear end shenanigans. Poor Riff can only stare and laugh.

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Do you mean Alien: Isolation? I haven't played it but it sounds like the complete opposite of what I'd call an "overbearing Michael Bay shitfest action-barf".

Boatswain posted:

Which other gaming podcasts is most like Idle Thumbs?

Boatswain posted:

(& also recorded in a studio with decent audio quality)?

Woffle posted:

To preemptively apologize: I had a rough time finding a lot of the music for this game. I could find a soundtrack but it was missing some key songs. I'm getting ready for this weekend so I didn't have time to emulate the game and capture the audio.

TetsuoTW posted:

send help can't stop laughing

TetsuoTW posted:

Oh poo poo I'm an rear end in a top hat, how could I forget - depending on what kind of content you're after, there's always Retronauts, Watch Out for Fireballs, and Abject Suffering

Song For The Deaf posted:

then our winter WRPG, "The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind". On that last note, we'd like any input you have on sensible ways to divide that up. We're doing it in three parts with a single extrasode at the end, like we did with our Final Fantasy VII episode.

DrKennethNoisewater posted:

Have you guys ever thought about doing a bonus extrasode or something where people can give feedback on any game in the catalog of your WOFF podcasts thus far? Presumably, new listeners get into the podcast all the time, listen to older episodes, and may have feedback to provide. Also, people just may get busy and not get a chance to keep up with your release schedule. Back when you were announcing only about one game in advance there were a couple of times that I wanted to play along, but couldn't get to it before the episodes were all recorded.

I don't know how it would be organized, since there's potentially 75 or so topics of discussion, and it certainly sounds like you're not exactly drowning in free time to throw together a new project/special episode, but it seems like something that may be cool.

Hakkesshu posted:

Too much of the discussion on Thumbs lately has revolved around "here's a well-liked game that I played for an hour, let's spend 30 minutes talking about this one thing I don't like".

It's not that I want IT to become an echo chamber, but I think it has become very predictable. Obviously nothing kills enthusiasm like forcing yourself to play something, but enthusiasm in general has been fairly low as of late. Discussion often suffers from the whole "I only played it for an hour, I don't know how it changes the further you get" syndrome, and then it never gets brought up again.

Which ironically kind of puts them in the same boat as the press-based gaming podcasts, where they just move from game to game to game and thus rarely get very in-depth with any one title. Usually the Thumbs have something worthwhile to say, even if they haven't played a game for very long, but the scope of the game's discussion still tends to be very superficial. Like Sean's take on that Sherlock Holmes game, for instance, which I've heard does a lot of cool, different things to tie each case together the further you get.

Earl Chestnuts posted:

Man, I'd like to play Morrowind, but I've no idea what playstyles are actually fun and viable, like the melee combat is awful, but magic is apparently underpowered in the late game, which is weird because it's the exact kind of game where being a godlike DND 3.5 wizard would actually be amazing. Are there mods for that?

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.

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.

Not that it matters, the game was removed from Greenlight.

Ramagamma posted:

Whats todays Watch out For Fireballs about?

weird bleep posted:

Keeping the Idle Thumbs fighting game balance chat going...

The differences between the versions of Street Fighter II have actually split the fanbase of the games to a small extent, as some players prefer the balance and stripped down mechanics of Hyper Fighting compared to the more feature rich and loosely balanced Super Turbo.