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Dota Today 2: With Brad Bot Shoemaker It's a brand new day on the show as Daily Dota host Brad Shoemaker of Giant Bomb and talk all things LOMA. Wake up, swing one leg over and roll random. Game Discussed: Dota 2 Listen on the Episode Page Subscribe and rate us on iTunes Subscribe to the RSS Feed

We've got Greg Kasavin on tonight so if you've got any questions for him, fire away!

God, I meant to. This whole episode is an elephant graveyard of things people with they talked about. DFW's Roger Federer expose is also incredible.

:-/

Let us know what time on the 29th and I'll try to be there!

The "here is the gold we denied the enemy" post script slayed me. Just the best.

Because we are bonkers we're doing it weekly right now. CAN YOU EVEN STAND IT? Ep 3 was recorded last week as I'm in LA -- we have Telltale writer Pierre Shorette on. We recorded it remotely so the sound quality isn't up to Thumbs quality but hopefully you guys enjoy it.

I don't want to restrict any convo but would we be better off just creating a LOMA BATTLE ROYALE thread where people can go to have these arguments and keep the episode threads about the actual episode? I know it came up on this ep (so, yeah, whatever) but it's not really an argument I'm very interested in and not what I want much of the show to be about. Thoughts?

We think we figured out the culprit though, so we're in the clear from here on out.

What's the problem? He doesn't spoil a plot element and having not played Metro Last Light, what he talked about made me want to buy it.

Well, Brad came on to pitch his game so I couldn't handle doing it any other way. Note that Nick and I discussed the plurality of Lord's at length when naming this episode.

Nick and I wanted to play LOL (as I never have) and then do a cast about it, but honestly, after peeking into these convos... I am afraid.

Hey guys, not sure if you follow Dota Today on twitter but we're having Double Fine's Brad Muir on tonight to talk Dota. Anything you want to know about him, Massive Chalice or his perspective on the game? He and I group up a lot and he's a hilarious addition to any Lords Management team. Headed to the studio in a couple hours but let me know!

Nothing like having a stranger on the internet dissect some of the most important interpersonal relationships in your life.

We don't have any hard commits but I think Mr. Shoemaker from that other website will be on after E3. Probably a couple of TTG guys. I'd love to get Merlini on; possibly some folks from the polycount/item community; any suggestions are definitely welcome!

Gonna try! We're learnin.

Just making sure you guys know this is here: http://www.idlethumbs.net/dotatoday/

"How high can you jump?" "As high as you say, right? That's the phrase? If you say 'jump' I say 'how high'"? "No. What is your vertical?" "I, uh, I dunno. A foot? Ten, eleven inches?" "Show me. Show me right now."

He works at Telltale!

Dazzle is a DOTA lord. http://www.dota2wiki.com/wiki/Dazzle

Yeah, we really really really don't want to do this. By having our own store and sourcing things ourselves we have total control of the quality of the product and see way more of the back-end. Not sure if you ended up with a Kickstarter shirt or not but anyone who did can definitely attest to the quality/attention to detail we won't get by doing something like spreadshirt or dazzle.

Anecdote 4. Idle Thumbs 76: The Three Antidotes Neon lights flash. Boxes and controllers of games gone unplayed tumble off of your clumsy finger-tips. Turn by turn your affliction goes unchecked and games go unplayed. Before it all goes black Lao Che slams something down on to a table. "What's that?" you ask. "The anecdote Dr. Jones" "To what?" He laughs aloud. "Video games." Games Discussed: XCOM Enemy Unknown, FTL: Faster Than Light, The Binding of Isaac, Katamari Damacy, Minecraft, Quake 3: Arena, Dark Souls Direct episode download. iTunes page. Feed RSS. Episode page.

I'm going to trepadaciously say that that this is happening. The addition of Luke will make many dreams a reality.

It was literally /random roll "hey that guy looks like David "Silky" Garrard"