The Café

Yep that looks like Shenmue alright. Actually kinda like the Nancy Drew games too, in that it seems quite laborious to move around.

A primer on The Witcher featuring a certain Vinny.

https://youtu.be/7uKBMsNS1Gc

the best Giant Bomb mailbag since robot Vinny the one with the ground beef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7OqMKBbM2Y

hell yeah annual best of compilation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_4CT0NTe5o

I forgot all about Left Alive because 2019 was 500 years long.

Still think my favourite moment was Vinny's tractor flipping over the cliff, lots of extra points for "I feel so bad for my tractor, what did I do? how did I treat you so wrong?"

heh

Oh that sounds like a great feature!

Elsewhere, Eurogamer has a Final Fantasy 7 LP going on that I'm enjoying quite a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4EKr9lGYbk

I doubt I'll have the time or inclination to replay the OG FF7 myself before the remake hits so I'm glad to have other folks out there doing all that heavy lifting for me.

and awaaay we goooo

Day 1 Staff List Vids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stzsGl6uIh8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwxCHdvaV60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7PDAjxxMx8

Day 1 GOTY Deliberations

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

Day 1 Written Lists

Dan's: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/dan- ... 1100-5956/
Bakalar's: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/jeff ... 1100-5963/
Gallup's: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/rich ... 1100-5955/
Engineer's: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/the- ... 1100-5970/

e: Rob's list is up over on the Waypoint side: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvg8 ... es-of-2019

e again:

https://twitter.com/unastrike/status/12 ... 18752?s=20

Really enjoyed Jan's flying camera changes, that was fun. So ready to dive into the GOTY debates!

It's gonna be hard to top Janina's video list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v19w7TuTdvg

And here's that Dan thing. It's full of spoilers though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIuvA-PGSjU

More guest lists of note:

Igarashi!: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/koji ... 1100-5934/
LANG ZONE: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/dave ... 1100-5960/
Greg Miller: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/greg ... 1100-5964/

Wow that Janina video

Dan actually pretty much nailed the broad strokes of each of those plots, well done him.

Day 2!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yItNt9g1b2Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmAX_I6cN3Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcAjk0EePcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkVxkKnLec8

Vinny's list: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/vinn ... 1100-5973/
Jan's list: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/jan- ... 1100-5974/

More guests of record:

Rami's: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/rami ... 1100-5961/
Danny's: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/dann ... 1100-5927/
Mary's: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/mary ... 1100-5943/

I find it quite hilarious that most of the personal categories have been 2-6 minutes long and Brad does three categories in half an hour.

Day 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpQ9ySwVsF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbdaHPT93iQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP7nLWzZ3Wk

...gonna have to set aside a chunk of boxing day for that last one FIVE-STAR RUNTIMES

Staff Lists

Abby's: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/abby ... 1100-5975/
Ben's lens: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ben- ... 1100-5962/

Notable Guest Lists

Keita!: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/keit ... 1100-5916/
GENTLEMAN JACK GALLAGHER!: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/jack ... 1100-5922/
Dia: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/dia- ... 1100-5953/
Imran: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/imra ... 1100-5945/
Will: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/will ... 1100-5957/

Waypoint's GOTY stuff is spinning up a little more

Part 1 pod: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akww ... e-part-one
Cado's list: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kz9 ... e-lived-it
Natalie's list: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/epg4 ... es-of-2019

I watched through the 2 1/2 hours of Jeff rating every face, def quality content. Pretty happy that Abby also put this years' Sims 4 expansions on her list.

It's interesting the way they're structuring GOTY this time, talking through every game and giving them their due before they get to categories.

is maybe the best thing Dan has ever said

I don't know if I can ever play that game knowing that

Waypoint's day 1 podcast calling out Immovable Brad in GOTY was fun, it kind of makes me want to go back and listen to that Skyrim vs Saints Row 3 debate.

Day 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOR-yziko2E

Awards have begun, today featuring Best Story, Best Music, Best Style, and Cool Multiplayer Thing.

...Jan dropping a certain Fire Emblem track on the group at around 12:40 and everyone's reactions to it are really great and probably exactly what my reaction was hearing it in-game for the first time

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSWzSI5o0mY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aI9JFiqMSM

Staff Lists

Jeff: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/jeff ... 1100-5971/
Rorie: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/matt ... 1100-5976/

Notable Guests

Greg Kasavin: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/greg ... 1100-5951/
Scott Benson: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/scot ... 1100-5947/
DREW!: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/drew ... 1100-5930/

Waypoint

Day 2 pod: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7qq ... the-finale (sounds like this one is Fire Emblem heavy! Though their full spoilercast is still yet to come...)

Not actually that FE heavy, the transcript is most of what they say in this episode before moving on (mostly because they still plan on the FE Spoilercast)

That spoilercast is gonna own not just 'cause of everyone's general enthusiasm level for Three Houses but also 'cause I think each of the Waypoint crew all played a different house, aside from Cado and Austin doubling up on #GoldenDeer (#FearTheDeer) so there'll be lots of POV comparison stuff

Day 5

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iMl8zLqAAQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZGO5U9qgWU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwqRV1cpUfM

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

Staff lists

Brad: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/brad ... 1100-5940/
Alex: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/alex ... 1100-5979/

Guests

XAVIER WOODS & KENNY OMEGA!: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/kenn ... 1100-5977/
Ron Funches! https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ron- ... 1100-5954/

Whoa

https://twitter.com/DanRyckert/status/1 ... 81505?s=20

It's been a helluva run for Dan on Giant Bomb, and he couldn't be going out in a more Dan-ass new direction.

https://twitter.com/DanRyckert/status/1 ... 93697?s=20

Caught me off guard, but yeah that's a very Dan move.

jfc this Sorkin bit on the latest Waypoint (with Natalie Watson!) is fucking hysterical

"what the fuck was that shit?" - Natalie's perfect reaction

https://youtu.be/2wDgxofjlak?t=367