-Betting on CS:GO/Controversy As Summed Up By Jim Sterling:
-Dan Ryckert is "for the love of God he's trying" in human form. It
seems that every week on the Bombcast he says something that makes me
blurt out "Wait, how did you NOT know that?" But, as he reassures us
week to week, he is trying new things and undoing old bad habits.
Except the whole "I expect a palette of diet soda to be shipped to my house every month" I think during Giant Bomb's 2015 End Of The Year Podcast he was compared to Papyrus from Undertale.
-We've shittalked Livin' Da Dream enough on this podcast. I feel bad
about it, but I also hope that NBA 2K17 has a similar stupid campaign
mode story.
-For comparison, here's the beginning of "Up":
-Sakaguchi's Mega64 Video:
-Gnarls Barkley's Music Video for "Run":
-Barney in Robot Chicken:
I'D RATHER NOT EPISODE 19
-Andy is a married man with a child, so of course his friends list is zero. HAHAHA OWNED says the man who 95% of his social circle is from Magic The Gathering and Conventions and never goes out.
-In theory, aren't all magnets anti-magnets? Because I learned in Basic Fucking Science that magnets have these things called "poles" and similar poles repel each other.
-Soylent is the latest new trend for Tech Bros who don't want to bother with shit like "Reasonable Work-Life Balance", "Cooking", and "Nutritional Supplements Made By People Who Know What They're Doing" named after a movie where all food stuffs are made out of human beings.
-The Turing Test is a
test for intelligence in a computer, requiring that a human being
should be unable to distinguish the machine from another human being by
using the replies to questions put to both, developed by computer scientist Alan Turing. The Reverse Turing Test is a computer convincing you that you are a computer, as shown in XKCD:
The Douglass Test is a burger that convinces you to eat yourself because the I'd Rather Not Gods hate your stupid ass named after Podcast Emperor Owen Douglass.
In Fallout: New Vegas with a high enough speech skill, you can actually talk the Big Bad Legate Lanius into calling off his attack on the NCR and going home without a fight.
"Cats are notorious for their racism"- Rhythm Bastard
While I could be Real Life Squirrel Girl, The Unbeatable Squriel Girl is REALLY GOOD. Art by Erica Henderson and writing by Ryan North, it's definitely worth picking up.
You know, I really liked the Sly Cooper games on the PS2, and I heard they were doing a movie! I wonder how that looks...
Hmmm... they don't look too bad in the more realistic style, but I think between this and the Ratchet and Clank movie, there should-
MURRAY WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE
ECHO CHAMBER EPISODE 171
-Mighty Number 9 had everyone rooting for it, then against it, which
is sad, since as more and more news came out, it was clear there was a
lot that was mismanaged.
Mediocre games come out all the time, and they get a shrug at most,
but the development behind Mighty Number 9's just compounded the
emotions behind what would have otherwise been an OK game, leaving many
crying like an anime fan on prom night. I'm not entirely sure how Mega
Man 9 and 10 did if those were better spiritual successors, but Jim
(Fucking) Sterling (son) did a pretty good recap of all the foibles
during the past 3 years:
At least we'll always have Shovel Knight.
And this dope Mega Ran track:
-So here are the two screenshots we were talking about from The New Paper Mario Not Thousand Year Door:
After the snap with Allison Rapp, Nintendo would be a little more
gunshy about this kind of thing. One more line, of "I AM NOT A CROOK!"
and then that Toad jumping out the window would have suffice. Because
people jumping out of windows because they're awkward is never not
funny.
-Jeff, watch this and tell me if you still love Bubsy:
-This is the outside of Magic The Gathering Battlegrounds:
-This is the inside of Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds:
The shirtless guy with cyber armor was actually in the Red banner in the cover.
-My favorite thing about Zork that's not the orgy scene (I imagine)
-Also a tutorial for how to play it in Black Ops:
JimQuisition on violence:
Paolo brought up an excellent point about Watch_Dogs when his brother
said "I can do everything I'm doing here in GTA, I'd rather play that".
There's too much effort in being the best and you cant always be the
best. It requires way less effort to be different and good.
-Some 90's cringe from 2003:
-Dark Cloud 2 is a such good commercial:
-FUN FACT: Apparently Heavy Weapons Guy's $200 bullets are melted
down from rare coins. Wouldn't that make the bullets more expensive as
time goes on, because the bullets are becoming rarer?
-What comes into my brain anytime I hear "Dental Plan"
-Google Cardboard
This looks like something Nerdist or whatever would put as "DIY VR Headset" or something and then google sold it to you for $20.
-Beavis and Butthead changed a shiiiiitton in their reboot. While it
was nice to see them riff on the numerous reality shows MTV had at the
time, it didn't lend itself well to the idea of two idiot teenagers
riffing on whatever's on TV. Part of the comedy is that they were
confused about what's going on, and it came from a point of ignorance.
When they came back it was like 20 years have passed for them. They
don't sound as into it, they're acting like the've got kids of their
own, and they're looking down on the videos not in a teenage "This
sucks/this rules" kind of immature binary, but in a "Tsk Tsk, KIDS THESE
DAYS"
Though I did like the riff they did for "Firework", even if they did sound a lot more listless.
"You're not a firework" "SHUT UP BUTTHEAD I AM A FIREWORK"
-Music videos in the internet age obviously have a lot less money put
behind them, but on the other hand, a lot of consumer grade equipment
is really good and relatively affordable. Also, internet culture has the
benefit of being a lot more accepting of "weird shit" and weird
concepts that might be a bridge too far for TV nowadays. Even an indie
band can put something decent together on a low budget, as evidenced
with OK GO. With them, it's less, "How can we put this on MTV, which is
the TV equivalent of the radio", but "How can we get people to watch
this?"
-Lonley The Brave "Victory Line". I don't want to watch it again to talk about it gives me so much feels.
-Jim (Fucking) Sterling (Son's) content id block gambit explained:
-I'm surprised we didn't bring up the pinnacle of gluttony: Brasilian
Grills. It's essentially an All You Can Eat place, but instead of going
up and getting the food, they bring you a shitton of meat so long as
you have this token thing flipped up to the green side.
-I didn't think the "Rib Cage Of A Virgin" thing very far. Like, that
virgin's ribcage has to be stripped clean or else their body meats will
interfere with the BBQ meats. And if it's bleached then that's a safety
hazard.
And high noon is 12 o' Clock..... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-
-Here's the transfer animation Arcanon was talking about:
-Betteridge's Law of Headlines as Explained by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:
-Nostalgia Chick/Lindsay Ellis breaks down the "Classic Internet" Down well:
Been following him ever since the Destructoid days, and he's managed to shine in and out of publications.He's the one that originally turned me on to Deadly Premonition, which made me do this:
-Shaymin:
Technically they're genderless (according to Bulbapedia) so I don't know if they can really be sluts.
-When I write these things, I try to remember everything, but all I
have here are "VIDEO GAME SKELETONS" Mystakin mentioned one that
included Undertale, but neglected Grim Fandango, yet I couldn't find it.
This list, while lacking a pop filter does include Manny Caravela.
I forgot which one he was referencing. Also a cool skeleton in video games is the one that was inside you all along uwu.
-I haven't played much of Amplitude, but the idea of a video game as a concept album is pretty awesome, the only problem being
longevity. Thankfully the other songs round out the soundtrack a bit
more, but even those are hit or miss (LOOKING AT YOU CRAZY RIDE) and are
only unlocked after repeated plays.
-The most creepiest thing about GH LIve (other than HOW EVERYONE IS
LOOKING AT YOU) are the signs in the audience: "YOU GUYS ARE COOL" "YOU
GIFT MY EARS" "BEACH PARTY" Seriously? Were these songs written by 5
year olds who only heard what a rock concert is?
As a former extra, I can only imagine how difficult all that must
have been to put together since crowds that large are like herding cats
(source: Extra shoot for the movie New Year's Day).
If they ever make more venues like that, I'd like to see them play
around with the concept: Pointing at the player when a lyric has the
word "You!" seeing the camera shake because you got smacked in the back
of the head, the bassist motioning to the sound guy to cut your sound,
etc.
-Animorphs was the fucking shit back in the day. I read all the books
I could and even watched the TV series. And Mystakin, like the fucking
dumb idiot he is, (or the game is), got the premise all wrong:
So 5 kids discover an ancient alien artifact from a species known as
the Andelites that allows them to transform into any animal they touch
(for a maximum period of 2 hours). They use this power to combat the
Yeerk, a brain parasite alien species that's pretty much the books
version of Toxoplasma, where the host are compelled to feed and recharge
(I forget the specifics) the parasites.
-Speedrun Couple is getting their own stage play/musical called
"Rushing To The End" or possibly "Backuyp Strats for Your Relationship".
Also it's a strong contender for "Segment I'd Animate If I Remembered
ANYTHING From Flash.
-Resident Evil would NEVER get made as a AAA title these days. A
spooky mansion with limited saves and obtuse puzzle sounds like
something straight out of the ever increasing indie market. It's a
surprise that more horror games try and follow in the original RE's
footsteps as opposed to the first person games like Slender.
As dumb as it is now, I would love to try and figure out some batshit
crazy chemical mixing puzzle to kill an overgrown plant, or find the
various Chess Keys or whatever.
If there's any other game that follows in RE's footsteps (puzzlewise, not horror wise) let me know!
SLAYERS OF DECADENCE EPISODE 6
I don't do these as indepth as the Echo Chamber, since there is story involved and I don't want to spoil it.
Yeah, so the main thing I forget is that we're Gods and we can pretty much do whatever. Like, we can be invisible and show up out of nowhere or hide forever. We can move shit around behind the scenes and if anyone thinks we're a ghost or gets suspicious, it doesnt matter because A. Ghosts aren't real and B. We're gods and they can't do shit.
But even as an all powerful diety I'm still an awkward dork.
Also this was another fun episode since we do some problem solving, have some fun fate shenanigans, and Kindunos gets to punch shit. Like, we started a communist revolution by making Galt's Gulch.
Kidding aside, we've been getting into some deep shit in this campaign. Like, how to raise children, how to build a community, what values we think are important, etc.
Maybe the real God-like power is that we have it within ourselves take control of our own world.
Tabletop Campaigns are usually at their best when the PCs are royally fucking everything up, like accidentally blowing up the earth, but that other shit is fine too I guess.
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longevity. Thankfully the other songs round out the soundtrack a bit
more, but even those are hit or miss (LOOKING AT YOU CRAZY RIDE) and are
only unlocked after repeated plays.