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Giant Bomb |OT 16| All Your Favorite Personalities Will Be Back Soon
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Just checked Cloth Map again. Does anyone know what Drew has been up to? Has he been anywhere since Mongolia? And wasn't there a "Yugoslavia" video at some point? Or maybe I'm confusing that with something else.
Watching Silence of the lambs for the first time in years. And only because the superior Manhunter is not on Netflix.
yeah, I'm definitely someone who listens to podcasts a lot during games, but as a rule I never do it when doing story sequences or even just entering a new area in general, cause I want to hear the new music, and so on
...and then I was into the atmosphere enough for Control that I'm pretty sure I actually never put one on even while during lots of side stuff/exploring, hmm
I listen to a lot of podcasts when I play a game but only
A. if the story in the game doesn't interest me
B. if the soundtrack/sound effects and atmosphere aren't "essential"
So for example I play a lot of Dicey Dungeons while listening to a podcast. But I wouldn't play Control or SWH or even Metro Exodus without the sound on
A. if the story in the game doesn't interest me
B. if the soundtrack/sound effects and atmosphere aren't "essential"
So for example I play a lot of Dicey Dungeons while listening to a podcast. But I wouldn't play Control or SWH or even Metro Exodus without the sound on
If I'm really digging a game's story I would never listen to a podcast while playing. I also would never listen to anything else if I'm watching a movie for the first time.
weirdly I find the music in Dicey to be part of the fun in a way that means I usually just listen to it... and so the 10+ hours I played like that followed by so much Control in the past week is probably why I'm behind on podcasts, now that I think of it, huh
but kinda zoning out in that way can be nice too, plus in Dicey I've certainly had some runs where I needed to use all of my concentration (and then absolutely fucked it up because I did not just break out a pen and paper; fucking Witch, I got so close to having an absurdly broken turn to survive and then just failed to do the math to make it work on top of messing up the order of spell creation, twice, I was so close, why, anyway)
I ended up playing some during a FatT stream last weekend, though, and had a very good run still
but kinda zoning out in that way can be nice too, plus in Dicey I've certainly had some runs where I needed to use all of my concentration (and then absolutely fucked it up because I did not just break out a pen and paper; fucking Witch, I got so close to having an absurdly broken turn to survive and then just failed to do the math to make it work on top of messing up the order of spell creation, twice, I was so close, why, anyway)
I ended up playing some during a FatT stream last weekend, though, and had a very good run still
Do any of you listen to Podcasts at a different speed? I always hear about doing it a 1.5x or something and I think that's nuts.
Same thing with audio books.
Same thing with audio books.
I don't increase the speed, but I do turn on Trim Silence for many podcasts. It adds up surprisingly fast. I have something like 20 hours of trimmed silence over the past few years.
I get why people do it when they're trying to cram a lot of podcasts in, but I cannot live that life. It sounds too bizarre. (Though frankly I could be listening to podcasts while working and just usually don't, so I do have a lot more time than others do for it.)
similarly, the removing silences thing (when applied to every podcast and not specific ones) is weird to me because I would generally trust the person editing them to not put a ton of needless silence in; it feels like that would really mess with stuff like comedic or dramatic timing, or even music, but I guess I'm listening to podcasts where those things exist, hmm
EDIT: ...lol had not seen above post when I hit post, but, yeah
similarly, the removing silences thing (when applied to every podcast and not specific ones) is weird to me because I would generally trust the person editing them to not put a ton of needless silence in; it feels like that would really mess with stuff like comedic or dramatic timing, or even music, but I guess I'm listening to podcasts where those things exist, hmm
EDIT: ...lol had not seen above post when I hit post, but, yeah
I live that 1.5x life and it's hard to go back. Your brain adjusts pretty quickly. Turning it off makes everyone sound like they're in slow motion.
Audio books, I don't go much higher than like 1.2x to make sure I don't miss anything.
I definitely don't use Trim Silence for everything. I don't use it on the Bombcast, for example. My Law podcasts, on the other hand, don't have any need for comedic timing. It's not just trimming several seconds at a time, mind, but sometimes a half or quarter of a second. You don't even notice it, really. It just makes everyone sound a bit more eloquence at times.
I never trim audiobooks.
Tried the Modern Warfare beta. Call of Duty continues to very much not be for me. The super low time to kill makes it feel like i'm playing hide and seek: gun edition since whoever sees the other person first wins, feels like there's little room for outplaying like in a Halo or Overwatch. My hunt for a modern multiplayer shooter that can hold my interest long term continues.
Yeah, the TTK is trash in MW. I'm already looking forward to Blops 5.
He's basically a guest Beaster. But yeah, the more Mahardy on Beastcast/streams the better.
I only listen to audiobooks maybe once or twice a year. Whenever I'm on long drives. I pick goofy stuff to listen to because if I'm sure I'd like it I'd rather read it.
So I usually end up not liking it too much but I'm already half through and there's still nothing else to do on the drive so then I just speed it up. It's not hard to follow still and it ends sooner!
Manhunter aka My God William Peterson was fucking hot AF.
I gotta boot up the Goose Game at some point. But Dang It Fire Emblem is hooking me in hard with its Paralogue Battles.
Also screw Monica for killing Jeralt (my dad) and even divine pulses couldn't stop it. And Leonie is talking up as if she's Jeralt's greatest apprentice and starts bashing me for not appreciating him enough DAYS AFTER I SHED TEARS OVER MY DYING FATHER! But for real that B Support unlocking after Jeralt dying had to be an error because it felt like it took place before his death.
Giant Bomb has basically been my second screen content for years now.
Ohh, which law podcasts do you listen to? (RIP, First Mondays.)
Also, I tend to switch between 1.5 and 2.0 speed depending on the podcast. At this point, the one podcast I listen to at 1.0 on a consistent basis is the Beastcast.
Yeah I ALWAYS have at least one video on my second screen... Either GB, Youtube or Twitch (I have a GBI Twitch tab opened permanently in Firefox)... I also keep a Twitch stream on mute most of the time on my TV which is on the other side of my main monitor...
I couldn't live without dual monitor nowadays
The only time I had a GB second screen experience was their Shenmue ER + Destiny Rise of Iron. It was the perfect pairing.
Yup, basically since Giant Bomb was a thing I have watched their videos while I worked.
Yep. Very occasionally I'll catch an odd little stutter but it's not often enough to worry about. I found even 1.25x speed to be very distracting. I'm sure I'd get used to it eventually but I don't see the need.
I never miss an episode of Opening Arguments. I've dropped off the other ones for lack of time, but I used to like Mueller She Wrote and Amicus. Are there others I should be listening to?
I can't imagine listening to stuff at 2x speed! I feel like it would trigger my anxiety.
If your email itself is compromised, just get 2fa and change your password.
I have an ancient aol email I used for years that I just have forward everything to a similar gmail account now
You know that feeling when you decide to play a game and it happens to be like the perfect timing to play it?
This is me with Arkham Knight right now... I played it and enjoyed it when it first came out but I kinda randomly decided to play it again recently (I think it was after Joeku mentionned it in here) and I am 200% onboard in it right now... Fuck I love that game and I seriously think that it is my favorite of the trilogy (I've never really played Origin past the first couple of hours)
This is me with Arkham Knight right now... I played it and enjoyed it when it first came out but I kinda randomly decided to play it again recently (I think it was after Joeku mentionned it in here) and I am 200% onboard in it right now... Fuck I love that game and I seriously think that it is my favorite of the trilogy (I've never really played Origin past the first couple of hours)
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