The Giant Beastcast: Episode 146

New favorite thing is Alex's bold declaratives followed by the rest of the cast "But it's good though."

Anyone who wants to talk about the Blops 4 logo being 'stupid', check out this deep dive Eurogamer did on exactly that!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-09-we-talked-to-the-british-museum-about-the-logo-for-call-of-duty-black-ops-4

I've long referred to what Kirby does as "making out" with his friends to share health, but now Dan's interpretation of him transferring pre-masticated food to them like a momma bird is forever burned in my brain.

I have to admit, Dan's dig on Geralt and The Witcher in Soul Calibur got a chuckle out of me

The Inside "special edition" segment is incredible.

I do the bath and then a shower to actually get clean thing pretty regularly. If I’m in a hurry it’s just a shower, but if I’m looking to relax and unwind, I’ll take a hot bath and relax, then shower to scrub down afterword.

It sure isn't. Never tried square-space or one of the apparently two competing podcast mattress companies, and I'm already too good at cooking to care about blue apron, but I can say for sure that the audiobook of ready player one had me switching to something else in less than ten minutes.

This is the kind of comment I want to see framed on walls in peoples homes.

Unpopular opinion: I actually quite enjoyed Ready Player One. I listened to the audiobook so maybe that helped. That being said, I also enjoyed The Da Vinci Code and Girl On The Train so my taste isn't exactly high-brow.

@alistercat: its the Best playing GTA to date. I still like the story from Vice City the best but GTAV definitely had its moments. Miles above the trash fire story that was GTA4.

Oh boy, I sure do need to play INSIDE after that discussion.

@danryckert Kirby hugging/kissing/babybirding his allies is completely harmless!

Seriously though, Kirby is pretty much Nintendo's platforming franchise for very young kids (in contrast with Mario for everyone, DKC for more hardcore people, imo).

My son is almost 4 and he loves hugging and kissing so I guess from my perspective it's not strange to see this kind of loving activity in a game aimed at kids that age.

I'm borderline offended by the suggestions that Kirby is "just hugging". HAL themselves called it a kiss on an Iwata Asks interview. Face the facts! Kirby kisses and shares their food and it's kinda gross but kinda cute too!!

http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/kirby-dream-land/0/5

Old people are indeed wiser simply because they lived longer and experienced a whole lot, but a truly abhorrent person will not simply be better elderly person just because he/she is wiser.

People on-line who talk about how good at shit they are while telling everyone else to not fuck up and just do a simple thing are the ones who fuck up simple things every time, yup.

kirby characters giving each other a little smooch to heal doesnt necessarily mean that theyre like regurgitating their food into each others mouths. theyre empowered by the power of hot dogs to give healing kisses. and that's the tea.

on a lamer note idk why dan is playing/being assigned kirby games because it seems like hes just not interested in them

also idk why theyre so down on games coming to the 3ds. im still playing 3ds games

So, weirdly, I didn't have images of any of them bathing before now, and even more weirdly I still don't. Even MORE weirdly, I just imagine their Sims bathing. Send help.

I thought I was weird for sitting in a dark shower and relaxing lol

I distinctly remember that coming up in a puzzle book I read when I was younger (though I can't remember if it was IIII/IV or VIIII/IX). I want to say it was some matchsticks-esque puzzle and it deliberately used the less-common/known form to throw you off. What a weirdly specific piece of information to have retained some 15 years later....

That said, I think the Black Ops IV (couldn't resist :p) logo looks silly - it just doesn't read as "Four".

If anyone sort of wants to see what the crew are watching when they talk about the direct, I threw together this video.

Uh oh, Jeff left his bubble!

@jwat: Does this read like a reasonable thing to say to you? It doesn't to anyone else.

@supersambo: How am I being unreasonable?

I find it at odds to say something like ITB is boring whilst enjoying point and click adventure games.

This is exactly how I feel about the Kirby games, too. They've always been the purest definition of a video game for me which is: doesn't feel like work, lets me unwind, and more importantly I tend to smile / be happy playing it.

@jwat: The two are not linked. Different people have different interests. ITB is not universally interesting to everyone, while point and click adventure games have once had a huge audience and are just a different sort of game.

First i remember Kirby making out with his friends to heal them was Kirby Super Star.

@mister kay: The podcast comments really die within about 24 hours of the podcast being posted, but I want you to know that this is great.

God bless @danryckert. His fanboy stuff used to annoy me a little, but I'll be damned if it wasn't refreshing to hear him freak over the new Warioware. In this increasingly cynical-ass world, we need more truly happy moments. All people seem to do on the internet is bitch and it's been bleeding into real life for quite some time.

So I guess I just listen to this one again, instead of listening to this week's podcast?

Dan is grossed out by this Kirby thing, but taking used soda cups out of the trash at movie theaters and reusing them is a-ok?

P.S. Don't even try that 'I washed it' nonsense on me. Rinsing does not make that hygienic. ;)

I've said it before, but yes, it's a damn shame GTA V never had story DLC. Having DLC on-par with GTA IV's (which were amazing) but with the added character-switching mechanic that V had would've been spectacular. GTA Online can be fun, and I definitely had my moments in it with friends, but I would trade half of those away for story DLC. And I disagree with Alex - I quite liked V's story.

I've never even considered or heard of people taking both a shower and bath in one sequence of events. ...Why do that? That's just overkill.

Three things killed built-in cheat codes: achievements becoming the norm, DLC/microtransactions/paid anything after initial sale price, and the internet in general. I, too, kind of miss cheat codes. I always was looking for them and using them because I suuuuuuuucked at games as a kid and could never beat anything without cheating. I still didn't end up finishing most of my games.

Catching up on this, cannot overstate my fury at all the "Alexa" spam. Finally just unplugged the damn thing, because OH MY GOD.

Just...man, people with large audiences, please try to be aware of that. It's one thing if you do it deliberately as a joke, but the thoughtless spamming is just unbearable.

I think calling GTAV's story bad is a bit much. It's not Rockstar's best work, but it's totally serviceable.