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DJ88

Member
Oct 26, 2017
836
Alex really just cant resist the urge to always tell Vinny where to go or what to do in this Dark Sector 2 playthrough, no matter how many times Vinny asks him not to unless he asks
 

KingKong

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,516
Brad pulling up his own walkthrough to read ahead and also tell him where to go was also great. an on brand experience for everyone
 

alternate

Member
Nov 1, 2017
1,605
"Daddy, can you put Nextlander playing Dark Seed 2 on the big TV?"

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eddy

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,752
audioboom.com

Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 004: Snakes, Sneaks, and Stew Leonards

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We're taking a week off of the regular podcast, so in its place we offer an episode of our monthly reunion show, in which Dan Ryckert and Jeff Bakalar join us to talk about snakes in the basement, Stew Leonards, and cotton candy versus popcorn!

(00:02:06) Oh, it's marijuana
(00:03:01) Concerned Citizen Dan Ryckert
(00:04:36) Never screaming. Always hollering.
(00:07:15) Sneaking into places
(00:09:18) Stories from backstage
(00:15:35) If a wrestler were a console...
(00:19:00) The days of the easy fridge joke
(00:21:09) Cotton Candy is more dazzle than razzle
(00:23:59) Intentionally ruining the popcorn
(00:27:42) The Lantern Fly issue and the end of nature
(00:32:25) Cash only please
(00:34:05) Catching cabs
(00:40:18) Never take an actual cab from Newark?
(00:47:30) Mystery substance in the basement
(00:55:02) Home construction issues
(00:56:40) The TV version of New Jersey
(00:58:21) Early Seinfeld episodes
(01:02:50) Being jealous of another state's identity
(01:10:10) Tips on running into David Letterman
(01:11:26) What is a Stew Leonards?
(01:15:41) Trunk or Trick or treating
(01:17:45) Punished Dan Ryckert
(01:20:15) Wrapping up
(01:22:37) See ya
 

apathetic

Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,792
Noap. I would trade all the normal podcasts for never been a better ones with or without Dan. Always happy to see it replace the main one when they go on break.
 

Jintor

Saw the truth behind the copied door
Member
Oct 25, 2017
32,528
dan is tolerable in small doses. he seems to have at least moved on from the 'deliberately a jerkass' persona and now is just... unconsciously a bit annoying, which is improvement
 

alternate

Member
Nov 1, 2017
1,605
dan is tolerable in small doses. he seems to have at least moved on from the 'deliberately a jerkass' persona and now is just... unconsciously a bit annoying, which is improvement

He plays to the audience. He tones it down for these podcasts but is worse than ever in a lot of GB stuff like blightclub.
 

CloseTalker

Member
Oct 25, 2017
30,907
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but sorry to say that every opinion that isn't "Dan rules, and has always been the source of at least 50% of Giant Bomb's creative energy" is wrong
 

SP.

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,653
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but sorry to say that every opinion that isn't "Dan rules, and has always been the source of at least 50% of Giant Bomb's creative energy" is wrong

Yep, exactly.

To me he has no more or less energy than Mike or Grubb, and GB is as good as it's been in the last decade.
 

oakenhild

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,921
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but sorry to say that every opinion that isn't "Dan rules, and has always been the source of at least 50% of Giant Bomb's creative energy" is wrong

Yup, have to jump in here and say that Dan is very very good at his role on podcasts. He knows exactly what he's doing, it's fantastic.
 

apathetic

Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,792
Was halfway though the Dan talking about snake in basement feeling like I was having deja vu before remembering that this is an old episode.
 

PC90

Enlightened
Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,879
Germany
Dan's shtick is the only annoying bit about Blight Club, an otherwise perfect show

I'd even take wrestling talk over it (even though their wrestling opinions are bad)

but he's totally fine on NBaBP
 

liquiddragon

Member
Jun 20, 2020
2,007
I enjoyed Dan at GB the first go around and listened to panning the stream for awhile. Fallen off GB since Jeff and NXL left and haven't really seeked out Dan. In theory, Fire Escape should be right up my alley but Idk, don't really vibe with it. I basically don't know anything about the current GB but I'm glad ppl are still enjoying it.
 

J_Viper

Member
Oct 25, 2017
25,765
Glad that folks are realizing that Fallout 4 is the best one
I'm amazed you still tune in I thought you had given up a while ago. It wasn't easy but I finally let GB go a few years ago.
I still throw the video content on here and there when I work remote. That's where the current roster really shines.

Grubb's daily show is a solid listen too as long as he has a good guest on
 

CloseTalker

Member
Oct 25, 2017
30,907
I enjoyed Dan at GB the first go around and listened to panning the stream for awhile. Fallen off GB since Jeff and NXL left and haven't really seeked out Dan. In theory, Fire Escape should be right up my alley but Idk, don't really vibe with it. I basically don't know anything about the current GB but I'm glad ppl are still enjoying it.
Honestly, Dan is somehow the least annoying part of Fire Escape sometimes. There are episodes where it seems like they're competing to be the most obnoxious, and Mary and Mike can often win haha. Their constant need to talk about drinking like theyre 15 years old, and refusal to do time stamps for a 3+ hour podcast, is a real turn off.
 
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liquiddragon

Member
Jun 20, 2020
2,007
Honestly, Dan is somehow the least annoying part of Fire Escape sometimes. There are episodes where it seems like they're competing to be the most obnoxious, and Mary and Mike can often win haha. Their constant need to talk about drinking like their 15 years old, and refusal to do time stamps for a 3+ hour podcast, is a real turn off.
Yeah, from the few eps I heard, it's the most like friends just fucking around w/o much regard for the audience, which I'm sure some ppl would be way into. I like all 3 of them but I guess don't necessarily like them together.
 

Poyunch

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
2,375
Here to balance things out a bit. Fire Escape is probably in my top listens of the extended GB-stuff outside of Remap (which is more of its own thing).

I'm all here for 3 friends just shooting the shit for hours. That was my favorite part of old, in-person GB just a bunch of people hanging out with each other.

It's also honestly the only place I really enjoy listening to Dan anymore because on Fire Escape he leans way less into being the heel.
 

JimD

Member
Aug 17, 2018
3,523
Fire Escape is fantastic. The fact that they are clearly just shooting the shit and talking about stuff like drinking in the same way you would with your actual friends is pretty central to the draw of the podcast for me.
 

Humanity

Member
Aug 31, 2019
11,136
Went on a long walk and put on two episodes of Fire Escape. First episode they spend about 30 minutes talking about some new medical condition Dan is grappling with concerning his jaw and how he is typically approaching it in the most unhealthy way. Overall decent episode. Put on the next episode it starts with them talking at length about Dan struggling with a new personal problem (smelling bad after working out) yah.. yah
 

Santar

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,093
Norway
Went on a long walk and put on two episodes of Fire Escape. First episode they spend about 30 minutes talking about some new medical condition Dan is grappling with concerning his jaw and how he is typically approaching it in the most unhealthy way. Overall decent episode. Put on the next episode it starts with them talking at length about Dan struggling with a new personal problem (smelling bad after working out) yah.. yah
Sounds just like something buddies hanging out would talk about.
 

alternate

Member
Nov 1, 2017
1,605
He will be okay, he is on 4 primes a day now. That Grape Prime has 4x forever chemicals, will sort that smell right out.
 

alternate

Member
Nov 1, 2017
1,605
If you have dropped off of GB content and want to know if it is for you - the first ten minutes or so of the Superdan 64 finale sum them up perfectly.

Dan and Grubb are shilling prime and try to bully Mike Minotti in to joining their cult. Grubb talks about some pornstar called "Girthmaster" and they proceed to giggle like school boys who have found a dirty magazine in the woods. Mitch has an existential crisis because he was helpful to Dan in the previous episode but got shit from the internet about it. Dan has a mini rant about Reddit posters.
 

AuthenticM

Son Altesse Sérénissime
The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
30,272
If you have dropped off of GB content and want to know if it is for you - the first ten minutes or so of the Superdan 64 finale sum them up perfectly.

Dan and Grubb are shilling prime and try to bully Mike Minotti in to joining their cult. Grubb talks about some pornstar called "Girthmaster" and they proceed to giggle like school boys who have found a dirty magazine in the woods. Mitch has an existential crisis because he was helpful to Dan in the previous episode but got shit from the internet about it. Dan has a mini rant about Reddit posters.
jesus christ.
 

Humanity

Member
Aug 31, 2019
11,136
They need to come back so everyone can go back to complaining about Brad not finishing games

The world needs to heal
 

Red UFO

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,335
I have two kids and a full time job, I have put 19 hours into Baldur's Gate 3 over the past month.

How does Vinny do it?!