Holiday Specialtacular 2016: Old Acquaintance

That cigarette holder is wonderfully ridiculous

This intro is pure gold! Yoshi's voice on Jeff's phone, everybody's sweaters (especially Alex's), Vinny's snowball fight! This is gonna be a fantastic year for GOTY video footage.

Man, that Ryan Davis laugh <3

The Shenmue stuff is crazy, don`t think Jeff has ever talked about that before. Great show all around!

This was amazing, the best Christmas gift I got this year. After I watched it I had to break out my big jean shorts

@alex_navarro I think it's 'Weezo' or 'Wah-zo' even though it's spelt Oizo.

After watching this I`m convinced Rorie is a vampire. Dude does not age!

The Creeper Cam in this documentary is so goddamn embarrassing for videogames.

@nagafen: RIGHT? Jeff tried to play that out so cool but man.. we are witnessing history here.

oh man I remember that end credits track. I wanted to find it so bad.

That chat around 1:20:00 with the exodus of talent from gamespot and the changin of the tide, super real, i remember that pretty clearly.

I love that Vinny's sweater is just keying on the green screen and making him see through.

Headband/Sunglasses Ryan is my favorite Ryan. Miss you buddy.

Also Ryan Mcdonald looks like Jon Favreau's little brother.

Also also I love the evolution of Nerd Brad to Bad Brad.

This made me well up in both good and sad ways. Happy Holidays, everybody.

I miss Homer Check-Ins

Alex needs to bring bag BIG SHORTS

Jesus Christ this is good.

I find it half-weird half-sad that they continually don't acknowledge Ryan in this video.

@ultramagnus: What do you want them to say?

"Oh there's Ryan, remember him guys? He was great."

Legitimately fascinating to watch this as a games industry documentary, with Giant Bomb. Always like story time segments from the bygone years.

This is not only some the best end of year content ever. The insight into E3 when E3 meant something, the relationship with the people and ex-staff is so interesting. This is why I come here every day. So good. Thanks guys.

Best Christmas present of 2016...

@tomac: Yes totally agree. Gone but not forgotten. They feel it. We know it. Nothing needs to be said.

@ultramagnus: I'm 15 minutes in and they already mentioned him three times.

Some dude at my work Christmas party this year wore that exact same yeti sweater.

Oh dear lord Rorie dropping Leeroy Jenkins. I feel so old lol

This was a fantastic look back. Thank you Jeff, Vinny, Alex, and Brad. The guys should be proud on on far they have come and now are calling their own shots at Giant Bomb.

Omg the "giant bombs are gonna drop" moment. I fuckin almost mentally broke right there. My brain was THIS | | close to seizing up permanently. This was an amazing feature.

Cannot wait for Star Craft Ghost!

All I'm really learning from this video is a SHIIIIIT load of games press people go and work for game studios.

Rich Gallup, homie, you were made for the camera...

I miss Ryan Davis soooo much..

all that slobbing over Sony's knob for a bunch of fake bullshit.

Man, Ryan loved his cigs. :(

I think at least some of the conferences were live streamed somewhere in 2005, I am half-sure I watched Sony and Nintendo live. It might have been only Gametrailers or a site like that who had them.

Edit: That end credit music is badass.

Suddenly Jeff's disdain for Shenmue is given more context.

I came for the big shorts and did not leave wanting.

Weren't you able to watch the press conferences and stuff on G4 and/or TechTV back then? I remember watching them on that station. Or maybe it was 1up.

Dude I remember watching it on GameSpot the second it came out. Maaaan, it really was something.

So we're straight up getting full-on livestream-style 2 hour shows with skit setups this year?

That is AWESOME.

Big ass shorts.

Those killer Alex eyes

Were those Sonic Adventure 2 Chao noises on the phone at the beginning?!

I really don't get the appeal of Del Taco. They had them when I lived in Las Vegas and I was not impressed at all. In the world of fast food "Mexican" food, even Taco Bell ranks above Del Taco.

#content y'all.

Wow, Ryan really was a bad fucker, wasn't he?

Great video. I loved all the inside baseball stuff.

It's weird to see them talk so candidly about Gamespot's corporate structure when they work in the same building as it.

I remember watching all of this. It was a month before I got married. You're right; it was a simpler time.