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Idle Thumbs 48: In Space

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My girlfriend loved Space Asshole, which almost literally made me clap in glee.

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Jake said on the podcast that quitting at the top was better than "carrying on with a mutated thing", and though it pains me to say it, on reflection I agree.

Personally I would like it to mutate up to episode 100 and then have the plug pulled, but that's just me.

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It sucks that we're on a non stupid-internet-people forum (way to congratulate yourself OssK) so I'll do that part and you stick to the "too bad" part cock-sucking socialist people (watching Fox teaches you that calling people by their ideas is actually an insult)

FUCK YOU I HATE YOU ! YOU SUCK !

I'LL TEAR OFF YOUR BALLS AND STICK THEM UP EARS WITH A HAMMER !

On a lighter note, the Bethesda news is sweet, I do believe however that you'd make a good game designer viewing the way you analyze Nick.

I don't think that Uncharted 2 aims at being an interactive movie; sure, it builds on the same kind of feeling you get when you're really immersed in an action movie sequence, but it uses pace and tension in a way that only a game could : they way the games distributes ammo, awards special weapons or retain others, the different techniques you can use in most stealth part ... all of that is part of gameplay activities grammar and are deeply dependent on the players action. I don't think God of War or Bioshock, for instance, are very different; they just give the illusion of choices, but when it comes to dramatization (first encounter with Big Daddy, with splicers, dialogs with Cohen) and being sure a message/feeling is conveyed, they resort to even cruder tools than Uncharted's.

Oh fuck I'm soooooo plugging my shit here but if you get the last issue of Amusement Magazine there's an interview of Christophe Balestra that admits that it's kind of built around that idea and a few of the people I work with and respect for their understanding of games had the same analysis.

On the favourite manual thing I thing Warcraft 1's was my favorite, but what I don't understand is why has everybody that I ever heard of learned to draw by copying drawings ?

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I just made an account to say that the end of Idle Thumbs is like ending the age of dragons. It's miserable! You must go on!

Unless you don't want to do it anymore, and if so you can just tell us. We can take it!

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HA! That video was fantastic.

I hadn't actually SEEN Red Faction: Guerrilla, only heard about it. It's... gratuitous.

I don't think I could actually play it. I'd probably crumble under the weight of my conscience within an hour. Of course, maybe you don't HAVE to annihilate villagers?

Anyway, two thumbs up. Most excellent. :tup::tup:

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Ugh you weak readers that have just given in disgust me. I think carrying on with a mutated thing will usher in a second age of thumbs' blasts and bask us in glorious light. Like Parappa said, you've gotta believe. My hope is Chris and Jake are realising how much they are loved and also that their popularity has been skyrocketing. Its not just us few on here, take a look at that NeoGaf thread.

Other podcasts are beginning to tremble,

they know they're shook,

cause aint no such things as halfway crooks

Scared to death, scared to look

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Just made an account to say that I'm going to miss the show. It's been hilarious lately.

I hope BREDON is going to be doing something cool at Bethesda. If he's destroying the podcast and leaving the Shugashack to go do something dumb like being a "community manager" then I'm going to be upset.

To make it worth it, he needs to do something rad like bringing back Redguard (an Elder Scrolls game that wasn't about wandering the wilderness and picking mushrooms), or pushing for an iphone version of Battlespire.

Ah well, I think it's cute that he's following in the footsteps of his big brother, Video Games Rodkin.

I should vent my frustration by being a Space Asshole to some miners.

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Also Mr. Tentacle is that a pixelated version of the Megason IV box art in your avatar? Awesome.

Why, yes it is! Over on the Llamasoft forums (yakyak.org), I had the actual box art as my avatar for a while, until one of the more unhinged forum members decided to make mspaint versions of people's avatars by request. I do quite like how it came out.

As a bonus, I've attached a picture of everyone's favorite Reggie. I have no idea who made it.

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Oh come on guys, 'Space Asshole' even made it on Kotaku. Ignore the commentators as they seemed to have missed the point:

True words of wisdom to apply to every post and thread on Kotaku.

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Oh come on guys, 'Space Asshole' even made it on Kotaku. Ignore the commentators as they seemed to have missed the point:

http://kotaku.com/5390472/is-your-population-demoralized-watch-space-a+hole

Also Mr. Tentacle is that a pixelated version of the Megason IV box art in your avatar? Awesome.

It's also on Rock Paper Shotgun, so +1 for that:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/10/27/mining-my-own-business-space-asshole/#more-20274

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Jeez... How many hours of my life have I spent listening to idle Thumbs?

Thank you for pulling the plug. My habit was becoming uncontrollable!

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I feel compelled to post these.. I found them on Nick's leaving post on Shack.

(If someone wrote them elsewhere on the forums, feel free to delete or yell at me :P)

The Breckoning, BRECKONGATE, The Breckocalypse, The Shawshack Breckdemption, Breckback Mountain, Breck It On!, Breckon 2: Electric Boogaloo, Breckon Up Is Hard To Do, Breckon to the Future, Breckonator 2: Resignation Day, Unbreckable, Breckon Arrow, Breckfast at Tiffany's, Breckfast Club, Breckin' 2: Electric Breckaloo, Bend it like Breckham, Half Breckoned, Breckonhawk Down, 2 Fast 2 Breckon, Breckons Not Included, BreckRunner, Point Breck, Live Free Or Breck Hard, Oh Breckon, Where Art Thou?, The Big Breckowski, Breckon Almighty

Personal favorite is 'Breckfast at Tiffany's'...

there's something about imagining Nick in a black shift dress with pearls acting crazy at George Peppard that makes me super amused.

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Jesus, what the fuck, guys? I mean, yay Bethesda, DC is rad, congrats Nick, and all that—but no reason to just kill the cast. It is soo good and you're going to abort it this far in? This is the damned fate of Idle Thumbs, just as it gets rolling, it KEELS OVER DEAD. Just draft Steve and carry on. Or pitch the show to NPR and bring industry guests every week. Pity for all that fancy recording equipment to go to waste.

:( :( :(

This is the first time ever for anything, that I am feeling that annoying fan entitlement. Do you have any idea how boring gyms are? Do you expect me to watch Lou Dobbs or that dude on Fox who looks like Laura Palmer's father? See what you're doing to me?! :deranged:

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The Breckoning, BRECKONGATE, The Breckocalypse, The Shawshack Breckdemption, Breckback Mountain, Breck It On!, Breckon 2: Electric Boogaloo, Breckon Up Is Hard To Do, Breckon to the Future, Breckonator 2: Resignation Day, Unbreckable, Breckon Arrow, Breckfast at Tiffany's, Breckfast Club, Breckin' 2: Electric Breckaloo, Bend it like Breckham, Half Breckoned, Breckonhawk Down, 2 Fast 2 Breckon, Breckons Not Included, BreckRunner, Point Breck, Live Free Or Breck Hard, Oh Breckon, Where Art Thou?, The Big Breckowski, Breckon Almighty

Lol!

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I think something that needs to be said is that it doesn't matter if Nick/Jake leaves. In fact, I still can't tell the difference between them, and it's been what, 49 episodes? I'm not even sure which one is leaving. I don't mean to say that I want either of them to leave, but it doesn't really make a difference if it's just the one of them. I mean, if both left, it would be a big deal, but honestly, guys, they're the same person.

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