Phil Spencer interview was outstanding, but the highlight of the night was Sam Lake showing up and doing the Max Payne face into the green room camera.
On this day in 2009, two young men embarked on a 155-day test of endurance.
A run involving velvet limos, commercial jingles, punting tanks, funky students, getting bent, talking to foxes, and casting bufu.
@giantbomb
59 Weeks
1569 Songs (nice)
799 Artists
398 Full Combos (25.38%)
32 of 61 Grohl Tolls Paid
16 Jimi Things
2 doves in a window
1 Max Difficulty FC (Everlong)
We been drummin'.
Thank you,
@alex_navarro
.
Final Stats, Song List, and YouTube/Spotify Links:
Whenever the discussion of video game crunch comes up, I'm reminded of this 1998 Polyphony Digital tour on PlayStation Underground.
It literally starts by showing devs sleeping under their desks. The first dev that speaks says he only goes home to shower.
22 years ago today was the first day of E3 2000.
The PS2 is here in full force. Xbox is a thing. Nintendo is serving alcohol. And we begin a tradition of gathering at the top of every hour to watch a Metal Gear Solid trailer.
More of my photos here:
The Fallout show has a lot of funny things in it. The idea that Brotherhood of Steel squires run around with these laughably enormous golf bags to carry all their knight's stuff is high on the list.
I didn't realize 1) Andy MacDonald was still competing and 2) he's on the GBR Olympic team, which is 4 kids and this 51 year old legend. 🤣
And Tony Hawk is there cheering on his friend.
Olympics are pretty cool.
Big ups to the
@giantbomb
fan who spotted my hoodie in the airport and had the wherewithal to shout “GB!” instead of “GIANT BOMB!” when reaching out for a fist bump. 👊
25 years ago right about now, my friend Christopher and I convinced our moms to drive us to Norcross to see a very early version of Mortal Kombat 4.
@noobde
I won a shirt and of course I still have it.
I came over to play some NES Classic with my 4-year-old nephew.
Him: “Who’s that on your shirt?”
Me: “That’s
@VinnyCaravella
.”
Him: “Vinny is awesome!”
Me: “He sure is.”
E3 press conference briefing showcase presentations or whatever the hell they call them now start two weeks from right about now.
Reminder: I made a time zone chart just for you. Here's a Google doc link in case I have to change something:
6 years ago today,
@VinnyCaravella
announced
@giantbomb
East. That means GBEast has been a thing for more than half of Giant Bomb's existence (7/21/2008).
I know I'm biased, but the sheer amount of
#content
that
@giantbomb
has been churning out over the last two weeks in the current circumstances has been astounding.
It's a bummer that Giant Bomb isn't doing guest lists or staff lists for GOTY this year. Primarily because I enjoyed reading the guests lists and finding games I didn't know existed.
On a personal level, it means I don't get to create a stats breakdown and that makes me sad.
Thanks for a full year of drummin',
@alex_navarro
!
- 1400 Songs
- 718 Artists
- 329 Full Combos (23.5%)
- 84.4% Gold+ Rate
- 29 Grohl Tolls Paid (2.1%)
- 6 Grohl Bands
- 1 Max Difficulty Full Combo (Everlong)
- Countless stories about Jim Morrison's dad
This is
@bradshoemaker
's first ever appearance on the E3 couch...as a guest.
This is
@frailgesture
's first appearance since 2009...as a guest. The longest gap ever, crushing Rich Gallup's 7-year gap.
This is
@patrickklepek
&
@MerryKish
's 6th appearance. Tied for 9th most.
These dead MMOs lasted longer than the Confederacy:
-EverQuest Online Adventures on PlayStation 2
-The Matrix Online
-Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
-Asheron's Call 2 (the second time)
-Shadowbane
-Free Realms
-Wildstar
-and Phantasy Star Online on the fucking GameCube
Starting to think The Game Awards only exist so that Keighley can give Kojima a Lifetime Achievement award every year. This year, it seems they’re proclaiming him king.
Gonna miss
@frailgesture
a lot on
@giantbomb
. He’s been a huge help to me and the moderators for years. Y’all don’t even know.
I’ll never forget the time at PAX Prime 2015. We were on our way from dinner to the GB panel, and he bolted across the street to meet this puppy.