Board 8 > Giant Bomb 2017: Official Brad Appreciation Topic

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ee9SZOdktk
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digiiiiiiiii posted...

tickled is something real special

you are posting in this topic on the wrong visa and i would lawyer up if i were you
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Drew Scanlon is the most popular gif of 2017.
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so they recorded DAY 4 yesterday

GotY will be decided tomorrow or Thursday :O
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I can tell from a Dan quote from Ben on Twitter that they most likely did the Best Story category yesterday, which involved shitting on Kojima to praise Nier, as we expected.

I can't wait to hear Dan get salty regarding every award Nier gets nominated for.
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I always defend Dan when he's being Dan-style, but the way he unabashedly talks up Metal Gear Solid's story, and then shits on Nier/anime for being "dumb stuff" is so upsetting.

I'm trying to prepare for being butthurt by the podcasts this year (after i get around to buying and beating Nier first).
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Every single time MGS' story comes up his specific excuse is "it's cool because it could really happen, unlike anime". He said that last Friday even.

Dan.

Come on.
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By far my biggest gripe with Dan:

"I'm not a big story guy" despite loving Metal Gear/Gone Home/Wolfenstein/The Last of Us/Undertale/Final Fantasy X... and many more. He clearly does care about story in games and story-focused games.
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The gif itself is taken from an episode of a Giant Bomb show called Unprofessional Fridays, which was filmed back in 2013. Scanlon and his colleagues were watching their editor, Jeff Gerstmann, play a game called Starbound. The moment comes just as Gerstmann says: Ive been doing some farming with my hoe here ...
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What....fucking category could they have been talking about Skyrim vs Saint's Row in??
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weren't they the top 2 games for Game of the Year that year
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anybody know why there won't be a beastcast this week?

i don't listen to the aftershow
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They'll probably be on a plane...
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vinny hijacked the aftershow and put it in the beastcast feed
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DeepsPraw posted...

anybody know why there won't be a beastcast this week?

i don't listen to the aftershow

Maybe you should listen to the beastcast that replaced the aftershow then.

Although if you are that stubborn, they are too busy with GOTY.

Most hours of GOTY podcasts ever apparently.
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I dont see what is stubborn about not listening to the aftershow
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aftershow still best show
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Call in shows are garbage.

That's why any decent human being skips the Q&A every PAX Panel.

The unwashed masses have no value.
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They're fine. No bad or awkward questions that I can recall.

Remember this is premium only and Ben screens the calls, so it's the washed masses at least.
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still dont see how that's stubborn
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i'm in the camp of thinking the q&a sections during panels or other live events have just been cringe-fests that i avoid now, but the call-in show has been absolutely fine. it's not a must-listen thing, but it's alright. them being able to screen questions is the difference maker. nobody just gets to be on the phone to try and be funny or ask about an endurance run or how to make it in the games industry. they also just get the caller to ask the question then drop the call immediately so there's no room for sad attempts at humor or awkward conversations.

but yeah if people don't wanna listen to it, it's not like they're missing out on gold.

anyway, i am way more excited for all the goty podcasts now after they've said how long they are and how they've enjoyed it!
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https://twitter.com/jeffgerstmann/status/938626429234774016

n i e r g o t y
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benpack @PackBenPack
Video Games
11 minutes ago

danryckert @DanRyckert
Well that was the longest podcast I've ever been on in my life. By far.
19 minutes ago

jeff @jeffgerstmann
What have we done
20 minutes ago
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https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/938630358177742849

Game of the Nier.
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i can't believe i'm excited to listen to 24 hours of podcasting
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for more GotY action there's the Game Awards tomorrow night

also Polygon has been revealing one per day, then at the end they're going to list their top 50 of 2017. So far they're at

10. Wolfenstein II
9. Everything
8. Horizon: Zero Dawn
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My guess is Nier based on those tweets. Doubt it was a favourite to win based on Jeff's tone.

Imagine if it was Destiny 2.
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Lightning Strikes posted...

My guess is Nier based on those tweets. Doubt it was a favourite to win based on Jeff's tone.

Imagine if it was Destiny 2.

I'm willing to bet on THREE things;

It's 100% not Mario. Those aren't "we gave a Mario game GotY" reactions.

PUBG's technical issues and too late updates for the deliberations are going to prevent it's win. This will certainly be argued HEAVILY.

Dan will come out the other side of this looking pretty bad.
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As for Destiny 2, I think the possibility of it not making the Top 10 exists.
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PREDIX

1. PUBG
2. Nier
3. Zelda
4. Mario
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Thinking Zelda is going to end up over Mario is quite the gamble.
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https://twitter.com/PackBenPack/status/938647273168183297

Ben was a good hire.
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Nier is at minimum 2nd
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https://twitter.com/Fobwashed/status/938661084918976512
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the giant bomb extended family continues to have bad opinions about nier
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Listening to Ima Fix Wolves
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I hear the hockey jersey is on UPF can someone get me a screenshot
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Got a screenshot in Discord I need that
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That "what have we done" tweet from Jeff makes me believe more that PUBG could be the number one game since it bucked the no early access trend and is (supposedly since I haven't played it) buggy as hell but still made enough of an impression to reach GotY status. Or the top 5 conversation was just simply exhaustingly bonkers.

I'll take a Top 10 list stab here:

1. PUBG
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. Nier
4. Cuphead
5. Breath of the Wild
6. Destiny 2
7. Night in the Woods
8. Wolfenstein II
9. Dream Daddy
10. Nioh

Fringe candidates are Assassin's Creed: Origins, Injustice 2, Hellblade, and most notably Horizon Zero Dawn which starts top 10 and then gets sacrificed.

Jason gets his representative on the list with Nioh

Abby makes a play for Dream Daddy with the support of Vinny

Wolfenstein starts higher on the list but as conversation is had, they drop it for underwhelming gameplay reasons

Night in the Woods is the beneficiary of Wolfenstein's fall with support from Alex and I think somebody else has played it too

Destiny 2 is in danger of not being on the list due to the vicious fall off but Brad and Dan support it enough to land it above the fringe

Each game in the Top 5 is talked about as number one at some point or another.

Breath of the Wild lands at 5 because of Nintendo and Dan SFF factor and Jeff fell off it HARD.

Cuphead is the wildcard. Everyone enjoys it but have games they want to raise up more.

Nier is the source of all angst in the Top 5 conversation proceedings as Alex leads an assault on #1 anchored by Ben.

Dan is more stubborn than he's every been and refuses to let Mario drop below Nier but ultimately concedes to PUBG since he loves it as well

It takes awhile, but everyone comes to terms with allowing a mostly early access game with glaring flaws but a powerful premise and much promise win GOTY.
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I think the "what have we done" might just be referring to the total length of the podcasts
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uhhhh Brad's great
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Listened to 2015 GotY yesterday, and Brad straight up insulted people on multiple occasions, so I dunno.
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Also listening to 2014 today and Brad makes a comment about bringing up games that aren't on the list yet "right now, because this is the time", long before his Destiny gambit, so double grooooooss.
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Brad, the master manipulator
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Brad plays to win
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so

never stop sneaking doesn't look good at all
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DeepsPraw posted...

Brad plays to win

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iiicon posted...

so

never stop sneaking doesn't look good at all

i kinda love everything about what i've seen of it so far

also the gb crew seemed pretty into it
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never stop sneaking looked fun, but it also looked like it wouldn't get any more interesting or complex than that.
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So apparently there are two (not best game) categories that took over 4 hours. What do we think they are?

Best Moment and Best Story?
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