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[Data West]

Eventually I'm gonna need to upgrade from trucks to something... bigger

 

[Xater]

I'm about to pass the 100 hour mark on American Truck Simulator and I'm fixing to hit that age old question

Should I buy a racing wheel

Do whatever makes you happy. I can see how a racing wheel could further enhance your enjoyment of that game.

 

[wenis]

Eventually I'm gonna need to upgrade from trucks to something... bigger

DOOOOOO EEEEIIIITTTT

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Hitman is so good.

 

[EdReedFan20]

Fun Fact: Merle Dandridge played both Alyx Vance in HL2 and Marlene in The Last of Us.

And the old lady in Uncharted 4.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Hitman is so good.

As good as Saint's Row 3? AKA better than Skyrim?

 

[chrixter]

Are there any GOTY podcasts from other outlets? I've watched Gamespots and Easy allies' videos but would like to watch /listen more before 26th.

I enjoyed the annual Besties podcast by the McElroy brothers, Chris Plante, and Russ Frushtick from Polygon (it's just their own fun side podcast, not Polygon's official GOTY). They do four rounds in which each person nominates one game (so 16 games total), then as a group they choose a winner from each round, and then decide on a GOTY from the four finalists. Really good conversations about each game they nominated, plus discussion of honorable mentions and surprises/disappointments of the year.

 

[MadLaughter]

Has anyone compiled a list of all of their hitman videos? I fell behind at one point but want to get back in.

 

[Chuck]

Has anyone compiled a list of all of their hitman videos? I fell behind at one point but want to get back in.

http://www.giantbomb.com/hitman/3030-45150/videos/

 

[nckillthegrimace]

The Nier demo is great.

Stop putting your combat androids in frilly dresses. It's weird.

2B is elegant and good.

 

[Zornack]

edit: wrong thread

 

[Strax]

Who's making the thread for the GotY stuff?

You

 

[Fried Food]

Fun Fact: Merle Dandridge played both Alyx Vance in HL2 and Marlene in The Last of Us.

Man the game industry really does not like hiring women of color to voice women characters of color.

 

[Zornack]

Man the game industry really does not like hiring women of color to voice women characters of color.

??? but she's black...

 

[Fried Food]

??? but she's black...

Mixed. I didn't realsise her dad was black, just saw the mentioned that she was Japanese American.

 

[pizzacat]

Mixed. I didn't realsise her dad was black, just saw the mentioned that she was Japanese American.

you can be mixed without being mixed with black

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Wouldn't an Asian woman be a POC anyway?

 

[daveo42]

I should probably download the Nier demo now so it's ready when I get home from work...

Stop putting your combat androids in frilly dresses. It's weird.

No. Androids are people too. They can wear frilly things if they want to.

 

[Tagyhag]

Mixed. I didn't realsise her dad was black, just saw the mentioned that she was Japanese American.

Asian people are POC too lol

 

[AuthenticM]

You

that thread is going to be somethin', let me tell ya

 

[BreezyLimbo]

that thread is going to be somethin', let me tell ya

do you need help

I can provide...art

 

[Zaph]

when is Jeff playing the old games?

 

[Joeku]

And the old lady in Uncharted 4.

Don't ruin my fun facts with additional facts, goddammit!

You know, for as much as Naughty Dog has its fallback actors like the rest of the video game world, they've been better at hiding them behind the performances more than most. Between David in TLoU and that lady, I had no idea who was playing them until the credits.

 

[wenis]

burning a day at work watching GB content, but I can't remember what I haven't watched.

 

[Ashby]

burning a day at work watching GB content, but I can't remember what I haven't watched.

How do you people do this? Whenever I hear this I just imagine the person who said it is a swanky exec with their own office to make myself feel better. My job is fine and well paying but no way could I just watch giant bomb all day and not get my ass out the door real quick

 

[brainzelda]

How do you people do this? Whenever I hear this I just imagine the person who said it is a swanky exec with their own office to make myself feel better. My job is fine and well paying but no way could I just watch giant bomb all day and not get my ass out the door real quick

Work in IT. Plenty of time to fuck around and no one cares. I played all of XCOM 2 at work.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

How do you people do this? Whenever I hear this I just imagine the person who said it is a swanky exec with their own office to make myself feel better. My job is fine and well paying but no way could I just watch giant bomb all day and not get my ass out the door real quick

I work IT and have a cubical. I put my phone in a charging cradle which is kind of obscured by my monitor should anyone walk up behind me and just watch videos most of the day. I mean, I'm still working, but still got video rolling.

 

[LiK]

Wouldn't an Asian woman be a POC anyway?

As an Asian, yes, yes we are.

 

[Twin Tails]

 

[EdReedFan20]

Don't ruin my fun facts with additional facts, goddammit!

You know, for as much as Naughty Dog has its fallback actors like the rest of the video game world, they've been better at hiding them behind the performances more than most. Between David in TLoU and that lady, I had no idea who was playing them until the credits.

Totally. I mean, we all knew Troy Baker's roles before hand, but Joel and Sam could not sound any different. Which is why I would have no problem with either him or Nolan (or both) being leads in a new Naughty Dog IP. They're that good. I think people grew "tired" of Nolan because so many games wanted his Nathan Drake voice, but when he is given room to be creative, he is awesome. His David in The Last of Us, like you said, was fantastic and unsettling and (while I never played the games), his Penguin in the Arkham series was incredible.

 

[BigBoss]

If you want something different from Nolan North you should check out Mafia 3. Hearing North dropping n-bombs all over the place with a southern accent was something else.

 

[EdReedFan20]

If you want something different from Nolan North you should check out Mafia 3. Hearing North dropping n-bombs all over the place with a southern accent was something else.

Or Mafia 2, where Nolan North talks to Nolan North. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpRkT9JxdnE

 

[Joeku]

I was with Giant Bomb on retiring the Northies when they did. North in Spec Ops is probably the best thing he's done. That dude's voice breaks like I've never heard before in that game, and it's great because it starts out as Nolan North-ass Nolan North.

 

[shiftplusone]

If you want something different from Nolan North you should check out Mafia 3. Hearing North dropping n-bombs all over the place with a southern accent was something else.

Nolan North does both voices of the Ogre Magi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DVNCkT9xk

its fucking insane

 

[Curufinwe]

Man the game industry really does not like hiring women of color to voice women characters of color.

 

[EdReedFan20]

Don't ruin my fun facts with additional facts, goddammit!

You know, for as much as Naughty Dog has its fallback actors like the rest of the video game world, they've been better at hiding them behind the performances more than most. Between David in TLoU and that lady, I had no idea who was playing them until the credits.

I just remembered, she was also the Nun in the beginning of the game. Also, Drake's boss, Jameson, is voiced by the same guy who voiced Henry (the older brother from the Pittsburgh section) in The Last of Us.

 

[Teddified]

The Jeff Gerstmann Home Game!
LIVE SHOW ON DEC 22, 2016 04:30 PM

eastern time

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Oh it's a solo stream.

 

[FStop7]

LMAO come on, GB.

 

[LiK]

eastern time

I hope he plays Let It Die. I wanna see more. Don't feel like playing it yet myself.

 

[Human Trashcan]

You know, for as much as Naughty Dog has its fallback actors like the rest of the video game world, they've been better at hiding them behind the performances more than most. Between David in TLoU and that lady, I had no idea who was playing them until the credits.

Laura Bailey in UC4 though. That was one of the most unfortunate attempts at a South African accent I've ever heard and it baffles me they thought she was good enough. I love her as a VA but nooooope

 

[hamchan]

Jeff still carrying this entire website I see.

 

[LiK]

Jeff still carrying this entire website I see.

Only dad cares.

 

[Joeku]

Laura Bailey in UC4 though. That was one of the most unfortunate attempts at a South African accent I've ever heard and it baffles me they thought she was good enough. I love her as a VA but nooooope

I hope she cleans it up some for that standalone thing.

 

[wenis]

How do you people do this? Whenever I hear this I just imagine the person who said it is a swanky exec with their own office to make myself feel better. My job is fine and well paying but no way could I just watch giant bomb all day and not get my ass out the door real quick

I work in the game industry. there's just me and a co-worker and my manager at the office currently. two days from christmas and not a lot of work to do. Basically just getting things setup for when we get back from break in January.

 

[LiK]

Laura Bailey in UC4 though. That was one of the most unfortunate attempts at a South African accent I've ever heard and it baffles me they thought she was good enough. I love her as a VA but nooooope

She was going for South African? I thought she was just British.

 

[Human Trashcan]

She was going for South African? I thought she was just British.

I'm afraid so. Every now and then you can tell she's trying but it aint hot. Starting to think maybe Americans just don't actually have a clue what it sounds like between that thing and the Beastcast duders all thinking the baddies in Titanfall 2 were supposed to be Australian (????????)

 

[EdReedFan20]

Laura Bailey in UC4 though. That was one of the most unfortunate attempts at a South African accent I've ever heard and it baffles me they thought she was good enough. I love her as a VA but nooooope

Tangentially related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvDvESEXcgE

 

[popo]

It has been a solo stream, more or less, for the last two years - so Jeff might as well do it from home.

Producers are always busy editing GOTY, Dan is usually in Kansas by now and Brad is ... (insert your own joke here).

 

[MadLaughter]

Titanfall 2 and Doom are the campaigns I really need to get through before GOTY happens. What order should I play them in, and why? (Bonus credit question: Is DOOM still super fun on the normal difficulty? I'm a bit time constrained and not a huge difficulty masochist in general)