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ive heard good things but i havent checked it out! know if its reasonably playable by one’s lonesome? i work shift work which makes coordinating game time with friends pretty hard.


still better than starfield.

looking forward to whatever obsidian does next


i kept breaking glass protectors on my 6 and got annoyed so i stopped using a protector. got teeensy scratches on it now but i drop it all the time (on tile) and work a rough job. got an OB on it which goes above the edge of the screen so im sure that helps a bit, but ive never had a phone this durable. 8 is enticing but ill wait til i hit my 2 years and see how reviews are that far in.

I’ve had it for a bit more than a year and a half now, stopped using protectors maybe 3 months in




100%, personality goes a lot way.

which is why im so partial to the current incarnation of giant bomb. i didn’t follow them in theur bigger days so i had no preconceived notion of what GB should be, i just followed jeff grubb to it when he moved there from gamesbeat. super charistmatic dude, funny as hell, great takes, goes out of his way to help signal boost other games media people.

the chemistry the gb crew has is magic and they all have great and distinct tastes in games. plus they do stupid shows like blight club where they pick awful games for each other to beat like bubsy 3d, sonic 06, robocop for xbox and heckle each other/ laugh at each other’s misfortunes




first off, beautiful formatting! Jeff Grubb of current Giant Bomb has Andy Robinson from VGC on his morning show pretty frequently, I enjoy him. I do catch DF content and pods time to time as well.

I’ve never set up an RSS feed but might look into it, something to scroll on the can/ when i have a few mins of downtime would be nice. google’s served articles arent cutting it. Left the thing that previously filled this gap behind a few months ago.


I got into GB a bit after when Gertsmann got canned because i enjoyed Grubb and his takes/personality so much. I realize when an outfit has been going for a while like they have a regime change/ almost total personnel change would feel weird af


now do u say this about current GB or their more well known previous iterations? ive only been into them since their main hosts/people being Jan, Grubb, Bakalar and Ryckert. Tam and Lucy from gamespot are frequent collaborators along with Mike Minotti.

if you’re not familiar with their current crew i suggest giving em another look, they crack me up and bring a ton of personality to the table.

From what I know, nextlander is former GB people. I’ll definitely check it out, i have lots of drive/work/gaming time to consume pods


where do yall go for your gaming coverage/pods?
Giant Bomb - great coverage, funny, not problematic. wide range of content, amazing chemistry, two awesome podcasts plus game mess mornings Jeff Grubb - he brought me over to GB. the man. watch him and GB cover SGF and you'll get it. man is talented and so charismatic. hes also got a couple more pods on his personal channel with known menace Mitch Minotti ∆honestly cant sing praise for these two enough Noclip - AMAZING docs, great pod with passionate hosts. Minnmax - just turned onto them recently after GB had some of them on the couch at SGF. good takes, nice people. used to be really into spawncast and it's member's channels. not as much recently. spawnwave is still great but some of the group is overly negative which can be very grating over time. they do have good chemistry, still catch the pod sometimes. - that being said, spawnwave's 20 min morning news digests aren't a bad watch while you're waking up and getting caffenated in the morning Nate the Hate & MVG - part of the spawncast but they also do their own pod. Mature discussion of news and industry topics. MVG has a long history in the modding scene and is an active dev. Nate is some sort of insider, he protects his identity but i would imagine he's in the industry. despite the name, he's not overly negative. ~~there are def a few more but these are the ones that came to mind immediately. might add more as they come to me ~similar kinda thing but about content more geared towards entertainment i.e. dunkey, thorhighheels might be fun to do in the future
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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcd_fcE1qvNGk5gkdmWHzLjkdxtFRCIV6

apparently its up on youtube! so thankful for DVRs and their ilk. and the people who recorded and shared. true mvps


yeah i have that vid queued up rn. subbed to the channel pretty quickly once i got into the vid you posted. the editing is fantastic, big fan 👨‍🍳👌


G4TV Reruns
great for second screen fodder or lazy weekend morning veiwing. some of their... takes are certainly dated but the way they talk about games is quaint and a huge source of nostalgia for anyone who grew up in the era of tv/magazines being the main sources for video game news. this is a playlist of early 00's g4techtv several hour long blocks including commercials. lots of old game and console commercials. varying quality but definitely watchable. other classic eras of g4 are also available on youtube, just thought id share the one I'm immersing myself in currently
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thanks for the share, this vid is awesome. love the bumpers between games too.

been watching a lot of old g4tv reruns with commercial breaks on youtube lately, kinda reminds me of that (minus some of the 00s grossness. glad weirdness towards women and homophobia isnt in anymore)


are the xbox 360 versions playable online on original hardware with this server fix? im assuming not but would be pretty cool. not too concerned about malware on my 360 😂