Jake Posted May 7, 2015 Idle Thumbs 209: Ten Percent Success Rate What did we all bring for show and tell this week? Danielle explores a psychedelic outdoor world and misses her favorite book, Chris re-visits his first encounter with Star Wars, while Spaff performs one of the most amazing feats ever attempted in gaming and finds himself $70 poorer as a result. Jake brings some gifs of animals stealing cars. Nine taxi drivers were injured in the creation of this podcast. Games Discussed: Infinite Jest, Gardenarium, The Magic Circle, Brawl, Star Wars: TIE Fighter, Grand Theft Auto V Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes Subscribe to the RSS Feed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted May 7, 2015 I googled J Allard's bike project and found this picture: http://bikeportland.org/2014/05/28/portland-startup-project-529-fighting-bike-theft-just-beginning-106477 Does Sean work for J Allard now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vasari Posted May 7, 2015 Danielle comparing the difficulty of Infinite Jest to the difficulty of Bloodborne reminded me of this Dara O'Briain bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salacious Snake Posted May 7, 2015 It'll probably become clear when I listen to the podcast, but I can't wait to find out: what is that header image from? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vasari Posted May 7, 2015 It'll probably become clear when I listen to the podcast, but I can't wait to find out: what is that header image from? I think it's The Magic Circle. I haven't finished listening but Chris brings it up. I've been following this game and I am madly in love with the concept. www.magiccirclegame.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted May 7, 2015 On J Allard's bike thing, he recently upped his game from 529 and became the founder of Portland Police Bureau Theft Task Force, appointed by the chief of police. He's not fucking around. I now have this image of a big awkward dork who obviously is not a cop but is still on a power trip like he is. I know this because there was that thread where Mington was being a creepo and somehow we both got Allard to add us on Linkedin just 'cause and I get his career updates to my e-mail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted May 7, 2015 On J Allard's bike thing, he recently upped his game from 529 and became the founder of Portland Police Bureau Theft Task Force, appointed by the chief of police. He's not fucking around. I now have this image of a big awkward dork who obviously is not a cop but is still on a power trip like he is. He looks so angry because he knows that someone looking at this picture might be a bike thief. He hates bike thieves so much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cordeos Posted May 7, 2015 There actually was a violent Quebec separatist group: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_de_lib%C3%A9ration_du_Qu%C3%A9bec Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coods Posted May 7, 2015 I'm a huge fan of every time the thumbs talk briefly about DFW. RIP the book club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xir Posted May 7, 2015 quick thoughts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopscotch_%28Julio_Cort%C3%A1zar_novel%29 Hopscotch is a novel with new game plus and it's from 1963. Read it linearly, then re-read it choose your own adventure style (well no choices, but it tells you what chapter to read next.) Context is king. Anyone read austin grossman's You? That's a text adventure being constantly remade, with the dna of the text adventure still in it. Austin worked on Dishonored and the cover art is by superbrothers, not as good as Soon I Will be Invincible, but still worth the read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Molten Berle Posted May 7, 2015 This, in particular, was a stunning revelation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salacious Snake Posted May 7, 2015 I think it's The Magic Circle. I haven't finished listening but Chris brings it up. I've been following this game and I am madly in love with the concept. www.magiccirclegame.com Oh, so weird. I've seen bits of the game before, and I just knew about the glitchy black and white landscape stuff. I didn't know about the weird 90s game within the game. Dope. http://www.polygon.com/a/creativity-cover/the-magic-circle-short-story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted May 7, 2015 "A Shitload of Blums" is the Clint Eastwood/Jeff Goldblum buddy comedy that was never meant to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted May 7, 2015 Danielle, please feel free to talk more about Bloodborne. Pretty please? With blood sprinkles on top? I really don't get tired of listening to people talk about the Souls games, and their experience (good or bad). It's almost always interesting in some way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted May 7, 2015 Danielle, please feel free to talk more about Bloodborne. Pretty please? With blood sprinkles on top? I really don't get tired of listening to people talk about the Souls games, and their experience (good or bad). It's almost always interesting in some way. I agree. I don't even like/play Bloodborne, but so much of the talk on the podcast lately is about games into which the Thumbs have put a few hours here and there. That's not bad at all, but it makes it all the more cool and interesting when someone gets bitten really bad by a game and starts drilling down a lot more. I enjoyed Sean's Dota talk and Chris' Spelunky talk even as I laughed at the other Thumbs giving them shit for being obsessive. My rule of thumb: if you have to say, "But I've talked enough about [Name of Game]," you should just go ahead and talk about that game, at least for four or five minutes. The people who are irritated by repetition, if they exist, are already irritated that you even brought it up and said its name, and meanwhile people like me are dying that you're teasing us with thoughts that you think are good enough to share, just not on a podcast about games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted May 7, 2015 Yeah, I agree. I never really got tired of all the Spelunky talk. Dota was a bit less engaging for me, but I've never played any of the Lords Management style games at all. But I was certainly fascinated by all the Cities: Skylines talk, even though I haven't played a city sim in over a decade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperBiasedMan Posted May 7, 2015 Speaking for myself, often Danielle seems to self censor herself and I feel a little bummed when it happens. I don't know if she's just putting it on herself as a self editing measure that transfers over from writing at Polygon or what, but I think it's totally unnecessary! Sorry if this is rude/presumptuous/entirely something I've pulled out of thin air... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted May 7, 2015 Yeah! Talk about the cool stuff you like dang! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buntcake Posted May 7, 2015 Anyone have a good link to the hilarious-sounding GTA V taxi driver videos? I can't seem to find any that don't have someone talking over it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pkirkner Posted May 7, 2015 I googled J Allard's bike project and found this picture: The Firewatch wallpaper was a nice find, but I think you buried the lede: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted May 8, 2015 How could anyone hate J Allard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blambo Posted May 8, 2015 uh guys https://youtu.be/QMgB0gGCgaA?t=5m20s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richardco Posted May 8, 2015 Dragon Age: Orgy-ins? That's the only Dragon Age porn title that I could think of and it's not very good. Someone please carry on in my stead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
