EDIT: Since this seems to be lost in the message, let me be clear that I'm all for Giant Bomb being an ad-supported site. Without a subscription system, there's really no other way for them to make money. And relying purely on a subscription system would mean locking out a lot of content to a lot of people, which isn't ideal and would hurt the site. So, yes, please, let there be ads on Giant Bo...
...because I stopped doing the Quotes of the Indeterminate Time Period and I need to post a blog for a quest. "Leaving the house, man... why bother?" - Jeff, February 18, 2008 "Coconuts are worth more than human life!" - Jeff, February 24, 2008 "Great. Handheld sex minigames." "Yeah, I bet you're real familiar with those, aren't you, Jeff? Hahahaha, BURNT!" - Jeff and Ryan, February 24, 2008 "I...
Since it's the holidays (and since I haven't posted in a month again), here's another two-for-one of my favorite Bombcast quotes: "Lights all the way up the shaft, just like that operation I got." - Jeff, Giant Bombcast, July 14, 2008 "I'm six foot three! Milk is okay!" - Jeff, Giant Bombcast, August 5, 2008
Since it's been over a month since the last one, here's a two-fer. "Oops, the Internet!" - Vinny, Giant Bombcast, June 17, 2008 "Son of a beesting!" - Ryan, Giant Bombcast, July 14, 2008
"You phony cyberpunk Doug Copeland-looking motherfuckers." - Jeff, Giant Bombcast, April 15, 2008
"Lasers are better than loincloths." - Jeff, Giant Bombcast, April 8, 2008
"You don't like his stupid face?" "I don't like his stupid face! It's weird, flat, I don't know, something. I just don't like dude's face... You don't like dude's face, right?" "His face sucks." "His face totally sucks. You heard it here." - Ryan, Jeff, Josh, and Jeff again, Giant Bombcast, April 8, 2008
"I sure do dig Doug." "Me, too, man, that guy can party. One time we went out... Damn. Woke up in jail." - Ryan and Jeff, Giant Bombcast, March 18, 2008
"Great, handheld sex minigames." "Yeah, I'll bet you're real familiar with those, aren't you, Jeff? Hahahahahaha, BURNT!" - Jeff and Ryan, Arrow Pointing Down Podcast, February 24, 2008
"Coconuts are worth more than human life!" - Jeff, Arrow Pointing Down Podcast, February 24, 2008
"Leaving the house, man... Why bother?" -Jeff, Arrow Pointing Down Podcast, February 18, 2008
When I first came to Giant Bomb (the day it opened as a site), one of the choices I was presented with was my alignment. I now understand that this choice was largely a cosmetic, insubstantial carryover from Comic Vine, but I made my choice seriously - an attempt to reject the idea of fanboyism, I chose Neutral, even though I, personally, have now bought an Xbox and two Xbox 360s, but have not...
Just did a bit of reading up on Introversion's game in development, Subversion. They're developing the game in the public eye, of sorts, posting updates on their progress over the last two years. They've developed some incredibly impressive tools for procedurally generated cities, from streets to buildings to rooms to internal systems. And yet, after all the reading I did on the game, not only...
This post relates to the new ME2 teaser trailer, so if you haven't seen it, go see it... somewhere. Like masseffect.com. OK, you're back? Good. Is Shepard really dead in Mass Effect 2? Maybe, maybe not, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that one way or the other, you're not going to be playing as Shepard in the second game. When BioWare said that you'd be able to port your saves over fr...
Two "He did not just say that" quotes in 10 days from the EA side of the Titans War. Feb 3: Concerning their new partnership with EA after Vivendi (Activision) dropped their rights to the license, Keith Boesky, representative of Robert Ludlum of Bourne Conspiracy fame, says: "We're dealing with grownups now." Oh, snap, indeed. But wait, it gets better! Feb 10: Activision decides not to publish...
But considering the esteem that GameStop's trading/reselling scheme is held in my circles, I doubt any of you will mind. This month, I had occasion to try to pick up a couple of games that have been out for a while - Need For Speed: Most Wanted for the 360, and Spyro: The Eternal Night for the Wii. I also had a copy of LEGO Indiana Jones for the 360 to offload. I decided to experiment instead o...
...you really need to. Like, now. Video Game Journalism Symposium: Part One I think Jeff is on the money with his points, and I generally agree with Stephen Totilo and Kieron Gillen as well. On the other hand, although I respect him as an intelligent, well-spoken, and accomplished individual, N'Gai Croal is largely talking out of his hind orifice, I feel. But intelligent people can differ!
The staff members and moderators of Giant Bomb have been asked to post their top 10 games of 2008 to contribute to the upcoming feature on the subject. I will sort these later, but here they are, my top 10 games of the year, listed in order of release. Burnout Paradise Grand Theft Auto IV Metal Gear Solid 4* Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4* Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 Braid Dead Space* Fallout...
All right, that's it, no more peanut butter-and-pepperoni pizzas before bedtime. I just had the strangest dream. I was playing video games (no, not Zombies Ate My Neighbors), and they were so WEIRD! They... well, I'd better just describe them. This first one was about this cute, colorful world where some archetypical comic evil genius had erased all the data on these cute, papery critters that...
Thought I should share this, because it's brilliant. This is the text scrolled across the scoreboard hanging over the Jiggoseum area of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Latest Results... Football: L.O.G. City 10 - Grunty Rovers 0... Grottenham Coldspur 1 - Dullby County 3... Jinjo Village 2 - Dingpot Town 1... Twycross Athletic 4 - Trashton Villa 0... Darts: Mrs. "Bullseye" Bottles is the new champ...
According to the G.O.A.T. in Fallout 3, I am to be the Vault's first Laundry Cannon Operator, which recommended tagged skills of Big Guns, Melee Weapons, and Sneak. Not really sure how all those go together, but whatever. So, what did the Sorting H... I mean, G.O.A.T. choose for you?
Couldn't help but bring this up. In Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, when it comes time for your band to play in London, you see lights coming on at "Ye Olde Royal Odeon" and a band member throwing up a rock hand to the camera, while a pompous, majestic anthem plays in the background, first traditionally, then in guitar power chords. Only... the song is "La Marseillaise", the national anthem o...
The built-in music playback would be just the final push I need to trade in my launch DS for a new model.
Why am I the only one that seems to like, nay, LOVE these videos? I think the Bombcast guys are completely off on the subject of their humor. I love it when humor is self-aware and fourth-wall-breaking. I think it says a lot about the Red Alert series that EA is confident enough to make fun of their own series this way, in much the same way Blizzard was with their William Shatner/Mr. T/Verne Tr...
Since Max is pretty much the only videogame character with actual executive experience, he's really the only rational pick. Or, at least, as close to rational as Max could ever get. Since the Vice Presidential candidate's job on the campaign trail is typically that of "attack dog", Sam is a natural fit there, as well.
"But you are talking to the proud father of this game, so you can't ask me to be tremendously objective." - Peter Molyneux, about Fable 2. Kind of a fat chance of that anyway, Pete.