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Bombcast Breakdown!! - 2.24.2008

by matthew

Because two exclamation marks means you're super serial about it!! I'm going to be going through each show (ideally) and taking copious notes, as college has taught me. The first show was a bit rough due to divided time between audio editing and note taking. This is a fluid list. Beta as it's likely to be known. Things are going to be dynamic, pertaining to formatting and such, until I get a fe...

Because two exclamation marks means you're super serial about it!!   
I'm going to be going through each show (ideally) and taking copious notes, as college has taught me.  The first show was a bit rough due to divided time between audio editing and note taking.   
This is a fluid list.  Beta as it's likely to be known.  Things are going to be dynamic, pertaining to formatting and such, until I get a feel for how things turn out.     
 If you see any mistakes or something along those lines, let me know!!  This list is not just for me!

Arrow Pointing Down ep.2 -- 2.24.2008 

Voices 

Ryan Davis, Jeff Gerstmann, Alex Navarro 
 

Reviewed (timestamp)   

  • Snickers Nut'n Butter Crunch (3:33) 
  • Slurpuccino (4:14) 
  • 6 Hour Energy Mini Thin Rush (13:46) 
 

Games Mentioned (timestamp)

 

Names Dropped (timestamp)

 

Out of Context quotes (timestamp) 

  • When we're all eating pills and living on the moon base, this is what all our food will taste like - Jeff (5:03) 
  • Back to the Future 3 is very hot right now - Ryan (5:34)     
  • Would you step to the punk with a big hunk - Jeff (9:47)     
  • My love of Gatorade is not for sale sir! - Jeff (12:01)     
  • For the early few hours at least you will be a bit manic - Alex (17:49)     
  • There were midgets and fire...he saw people fucking on a couch - Alex (22:19)     
  • You do big fat nasty finishing moves on dudes and cut'em in half - Ryan (31:48)     
  • There is a empty McDonalds bag sitting in the middle of the living room floor...do you wanna talk about this at all Jeff? - Ryan (35:30 ) 
  • If we're gonna swing for the fences, I want lifetime McRibs - Jeff (37:49)     
  • I think thats kinda the point though...the open world stuff is meant to purposely suck - Alex (42:56)     
  • Coconuts are worth more than human life! - Jeff (44:15 )   
  • That game is about the epic quest of ninjas vs gold - Jeff (57:38)  
  • If there is anything video games have taught me its that nazis have technology well beyond our means - Alex (57:53) 
  • If it doesn't butter my hide, I don't give it anything higher than like a 6...out of 7.5 - Alex (59:02)     
 

Topics (timestamp) 

  • Snickers reviewed (6:24-9:24) 
  • Gatorade Tiger revisited (10:33-12:18) 
  • Recap of GDC (12:20, 18:30-35:17) 
  • 6 Hour Mini-Thin talk (13:46-18:30) 
  • Special guest mention (24:10, 33:55, 1:11:10) 
  • XNA talk (30:00-33:50) 
  • McDonalds conversation/copyright infringement (35:30-39:46) 
  • No More Heroes talk (39:50-39:04) 
  • Questions (1:02:54) Controller discussion, Call of Duty future, foreign food expieriances 
 

General Notes 

  1. Ryan is drinking PBR, Jeff Diet Pepsi, and Alex a Cherry Coke 
  2. This is the week after GDC 2008 
  3. This 'cast marks the first time Alex Navarro appears 
  4. Alex has an amazing echo effect going on his mic, and really uses it perfectly