The Giant Beastcast: Episode 289

Damn Beastcast classic

Long live Abby from Brooklyn.

right off the bat a Last Dragon reference!!!

oh, Vinny mentioned the origin.

Alex wins it with the Newhart ref tho.

I need Jeff's shirt.

Y'all the EA gamepass gives is just the basic tier new games don't go on it.

And then there were 2, plus rotating chair Jeff Bakalar.

AHHHhHHHHHHhhhh Not seeing Abby in the thumbnail really caught me off guard. Good episode this week tho, boys.

Any mention of Vinny about this new Per Aspera city/planet builder game that just got released I've just come across? Something about an AI tasked with teraforming mars with a decent/surprisingly good story along with a great city-builder?

I'm curious to see him/alex has to say about games of that genre.

Another Frozen Alex situation

Hope Abby finds somewhere good to land but I always preferred the original crew when it comes to podcasts, bakalar is cool too.

Just call it an OTG device or GVice (works on many levels).

Glad to hear Vinny is getting back to Ori and the Will of the Wisps, it's so f'ing good. One of my favorite games of all-time.

I finished Valhalla last night.

Something very very stupid happens at the end. I may never play another Assassins Creed game.

It kind of ruined my birthday.

Jeff has out-rotated all other hosts. Jeff is becoming too powerful.

The only good thing about the Filmation’s Ghostbusters was the intro.

I still have my launch Wii U hooked up. Wife and I still play Wii games occasionally.

I'd be interested in an interview with a scalper.

What the hell is that on the floor to the left of Alex? Looks like one of those old wrestler-shaped pillows

It’s funny that Alex started ranting about Delaware right after Vinny and Jeff laid out the major problems with NJ traffic, that DE doesn’t suffer from. Plus it has no sales tax. It’s also giving the country two Democratic senators as well as the President Elect, so I’d suggest a place like Maine that somehow re-elected Susan Collins is a lot more worthy of his ire.

Jeff bringing up the revolving guest chair last week is still in my head.

I don't know if the rest of the UK is with me on this but i distinguish between "smart" and "mobile" phones, i have a mobile, i assume most people have smart phones so it just seems like a quick way to clarify what i'm talking about.

Sad to see Abby go, but great to see the Beastcast Boys able to hold it down - great podcast guys. Also...I know I didn't just hear Bakalar insult my Coyotes' Kachina jersey....

It sounded like Vinny and Alex were so opposed to the scalper interview because they don't want to see those kinds of people and their actions "glorified" or given extra attention. I get that. Scalpers absolutely piss me the fuck off. However, I would be super interested to hear about the technological side of their shitty tactics. Nobody wants to hear the "why," because that's obvious; it's the "how" that has the potential to be demystifying.

I would actually be really interested in the scalper interview! He’s already doing either way, I would like to know what is the process behind it.

Who tf has time to fold socks or underwear. That gets stuffed at 100mph into the drawer and I barely miss slamming my fingers as I pull them out.

Something you might not have known about getting PS5 3D Audio for headphones that aren't USB or plugged into the controller: almost any class 1 audio USB device works as a "headset." I use my old Behringer UCA222 USB interface to get optical audio out of it and into my PC for processing and mixing in with Discord chat. This is more optimal than setting the PS5 to AV Receiver and putting the speaker position 90 degrees to the sides.

It also lets me use my PC interface's output as a microphone for PS5, so I can use a nice smooth mic sound, or blast music and be a real turd.

I know he was likely just joking but Alex saying entrepreneur is synonymous with scumbag is a very naive take. Entrepreneurs are also responsible for an awful lot of job creation and are not all robber barons. Try not to just parrot your anti capitalist twitter friends please.

Funny way to spell bourgeoisie but that's french for ya.

yo, I hate the face that Jeff has been making during the intro music lately soooo much

k thats all love u guys.

Jeff should watch the TMNT episode of The Toys That Made Us. It would answer a lot of his questions.

As a Delawarean: Alex is very much correct. We exist solely to have good corporate laws, literally drink VX gas, have tax free shopping, give people tickets, and make fun of Jersey since so many of us are from New York.

Anyone else get a lot of video and audio cut outs around the 45-55 minute mark? Other than that good episode.

I know I’m coming to this a week late, but the Miroslav Satan reference got me too excited. I have a Penguins shersey of him with #81 that is in a box somewhere.

The Reverse Retro jerseys are mostly garbage or completely bland. They didn’t even try with the Islanders or Red Wings.

I don't want to hear from Jeff's younger brother. Don't give those scumbags any time or acknowledgement.

I'm a bit late to this, but I don't see anything of value being gleaned from an interview with a scalper. "I buy a bunch and resell them at a higher price. Because I want to make money." Yep, super interesting. Fuck 'em, don't give them the time of day.

I'd easily get rid of weapon degradation over encumbrance. Encumbrance can be annoying, but I don't generally mind inventory management. Weapon degradation, however, negatively impacts how I play. If I get a good weapon, I feel like I have to save it for something important. And that means I'll just sit on it forever and never use it, because I keep thinking I'll need it later. So I'll play the whole game using subpar weapons instead. Not fun.