Holiday Specialtacular 2016: Old Acquaintance

E3 2005 sure was a thing. E3's just not the same anymore without Homer.

WHOOOO

That fucking shirt, Jeffrey.

Those are fantastic sweaters.

Just the four of them quiet when Ryan's shown...

Dammit. Too. Much. Content.

This is the best.

Alex in a minion sweater, nailed it lol

Big Shorts!

Oh My God...I bought these DVDs back in the day. Man, what a blast from the past.

Jeff's shoes and sweatshirt are dope

Minion sweater SO on fleek!

All of those sweaters are just beautiful. Alex having the one with the minions makes it even more perfect.

I love it that they decided to watch old Gamespot videos and did it while the whole ex-Gamespot crew was together. Although I wished Drew was also there with them to have some outside perspective and ask them stuff, like he usually does on the other Game Tapes.

Game Tapesing themselves was a great idea. Off to a fast start this year!

I think I watched this when it came out. Holy crap.

Man the memories! I grew up watching all these people in my teens following games. I really hope you can watch Sony's E3 conference through, my god that was something...

I am into Holo Brad.

28:30 mind blown

I'm pretty sure 2005 was streamed out, I remember watching it.

Is anyone else's video keep jumping hard cuts? I do not know if it is part of the segment or if something is just wrong with my bandwidth.

looots of "...oh, he works at [insert game company] now..."

B.I.G.S.H.O.R.T.S.

2 minutes in and I already think I'm gonna like this year's GOTY offerings.

Oh man, got quite an Retronauts christmas episode vibe from the intro.

I don't think I had any knowledge of Jeff and the crew until they let him go from Gamespot. As a Brit I used to just read the Eurogamer website and stuff.

This was great!

I had the same reaction as Vinny when Greg said "giant bombs are gonna drop."

It is kind of crazy to think about how that shit seems soooo damn old and is from a different era but there is still some through lines to today like Gears of War.

God I love this. Screw paying money for gaming coverage! I love these looks into the Whopperito, set to the tunes of Midnight Brown

The mid 2000s increasingly seem 1994.

I love this website so fucking much

@jelyk: Demo Derby and Drew's comment about the 90s really bleeding into the 00s has made me believe that you're pretty much correct.

Yeah it's really weird how our memory of things change over time. Pretty funny too.

The only thing better than conversations about the good old days of Gamespot are conversations about the bad old days of Gamespot.

Fucking Shenmue and its fans...

Wow, i have this DVD VHS tape. Part of the Gamespot Report: E3 2005 Collectors Set.

Rorie does not age!

Very cool to watch this now. Back then I wouldn't give a damn. The only thing I cared about was whether I could trust these guys to tell me if a game was good.

@chaser324: Those shorts were bigger than my biggest pants.

Big shorts. IM DOOOOOWN.

I want Jeff's sweater so much. I'm Yeti to party.

Those sweaters are great.

Full Roca Wear set gives a +5 bonus to swag.

ahahah that knowing look from Vinny around 51:30 is great

Those weren't shorts. Might as well have been baggy high waters.

Man, this brings back so many memories. GameSpot was my favorite gaming website for such a long time. The HotSpot, On The Spot, all that shit was my childhood. The golden age of GameSpot... Seeing all of these guys again brings back so much nostalgia.

And holy shit Matt Rorie has not aged at all lol

No full-on skits this year, but these awkward set ups are just about as terrific.

@fisk0: Not enough wolves attacking guests outside of Bob's cabin.

Man that Shenmue talk is fascinating

Those aren't big shorts, they're short trousers.