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The Giant Beastcast: Episode 66

It's number 66, the number of the Beastcast! We talk about how everything around us is changing and how we are all outdated, and how the world is a vampire sent to drain, and also wrestling. Oh yeah, and Eddie Vedder, PlayStation, and Allison Road?

The Giant Bomb East team gathers to talk about the week in video games, their lives, and basically anything that interests them. All from New York City!

Aug. 26 2016

Posted by: Vinny

Episode Notes:

The game I kept calling Rogue Sector is really Rogue System. You can find it here on Steam:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/366000/

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@zeik said:

Not a single game you guys listed would be on my personal must play list, but that's not really a surprise. I already know my tastes lie outside the norm.

If I were to make a true list of must-plays I would try to make sure it covers a broad spectrum of different gaming experiences though. It shouldn't just be a list of personal favorites. Having two Mario games but not a single RPG is disappointing.

Then again, I'd rather just read a list of someone's top 10 personal favorites than a list of percieved must-plays, since those often just come down to concessions on what the majority would find acceptable. Like, if I were to pick one RPG to put on a list like that it would probably be Chrono Trigger, even though it's probably not even in my personal top 10 JRPGs, simply because it's widely accepted as a good example of a JRPG. But that also kinda dilutes the value of that recommendation.

No matter what you say to preempt responses like this about the most half-assed top 10 list in games history, it seems that you will still get them.

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@giantlizardking said:

This was the best podcast Giant Bomb has put out for a long time. Dan for New York 2016?

I was wondering if the party Dan referred to was a going away party.

EDIT: Never mind, just saw that he's getting married.

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@kcin: Hey, Dan signed off on it. That basically makes it official.

But seriously, I don't actually care. I barely even pay attention to their yearly GOTY awards. I'm just mulling over some thoughts on the subject, to no one in particular.

Point being that I'd still be more interested in a personal top 10 list than the most officially official list ever made.

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@giantlizardking said:

This was the best podcast Giant Bomb has put out for a long time. Dan for New York 2016?

I was wondering if the party Dan referred to was a going away party.

EDIT: Never mind, just saw that he's getting married.

Whaaaaaaaaa

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The Sandlot was pretty great

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Doesn't it seem like every 20 podcasts or so there's a social media rant?

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Beastcast is the best! I mean it!

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Just a thought on the segment about "social media", primarily directed @vinny.

When you hear something about a topic that is considered "controversial", or just something you don't know anything about, wouldn't it make more sense to gather knowledge (opinions and facts) from multiple differing sources and to make up your own mind instead of only listening to the people in your echo chamber (in general)?

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The people who dismiss anime because it is "cartoony" upset that people dismiss overwatch for being cartoony. Ah Irony I love you so.

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How is the world a "vampire sent to drain"? I must have missed that part.

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That sure was a lot of wrestling talk, thought I might have accidentally started listening to the Power Bombcast.