Probably the funniest joke was in a really early BTD, where you were basically saying, "The PS5 is a surefire hit, I don't know how Sony can fuck it up." And then KZ goes: "What if they release it like the Saturn?" Everyone including Myself dyed laughing. I can only imagine how that looks out of context to a non-gamer.
Ya but make it the 3DS version of DQ7 because that prompted the weirdest meltdown Was not expecting an IF YOU PLAY MEMORIES OF CELCETA INSTEAD OF MASK OF THE SUN YOU ARE LITERALLY SATAN level of meltdown but here we are
I can't believe I started listening to this podcast when I was 2 years old, and now I'm a 10,000-year-old Vampire. You guys have gotten me through a lot!
Congratulations on the big 300!! You guys always provide a quality podcast every week, this is the only one I consistently kept up with since I found y'all a few years ago. Everyone always has quality insight, shining a light on issues and stories in the games industry that aren't typically talked about, so thank you.
0:01 A Triumphant Beginning 0:51 All question shall be answered 1:29 Dan has built the new Gigaboots PC - Windows 11 is ass 5:03 Funko Fusion ( Spoilers from 8:31 to 9:33) 10:38 Jon Burton's fall 14:14 Back to Funko Fusion 18:46 Bang-On Balls: Chronicles 20:25 LEGO Horizon Adventures 31:44 The writers of LEGO Horizon Adventures 37:01 Back to LEGO Horizon Adventures 39:10 Metaphor: ReFantazio 43:14 Dan's RAM Rampage 45:29 Finishing up on Metaphor: ReFantazio 45:51 LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 50:53 "Amaze Bricks." 51:40 "They fly now," and a discussion on the movies the boys watched for Blessed Blontent Blub 53:57 Ys X: Nordics 55:20 Dan's Donut Dilemma 1:01:02 Bob did not play Stellar Blade 1:02:50 World of Warcraft: The War Within 1:05:32 Final Fantasy XIV Miqo'te pose 1:07:33 Back to World of Warcraft: The War Within 1:08:28 Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake 1:19:18 What is up with Dragon Quest VII? 1:21:30 Look forward to Dragon Quenday 1:23:15 Webfishing 1:23:39 What streams are next 1:29:55 THE PODLORDS 1:40:28 Let's just do it. 1:40:57 Sony In talks to buy Japan publishing giant Kadokawa 1:42:57 Please leave. 1:43:35 Steam Season Pass policy updated; warns developers must be "ready to clearly communicate" DLC content 1:45:46 "When's the last time a console manufacturer did a thing that made your life better at all?" 1:46:56 PlayStation Portal can now stream PS5 games, no console required 1:49:45 PlayStation Mobile names Olivier Courtemarche as Its new head 1:51:16 The Game Awards 2024 nominees announced 1:57:36 The Game Awards 2024 are partnering with Amazon for deals during the show 1:57:56 Dynasty Warriors: Origins demo out now 1:58:43 Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess failed to meet Capcom's sales goals 1:59:44 The Callisto Protocol PS5 Pro update adds 8K resolution at 30fps 2:01:00 Shenmue III publishing rights transferred to ININ Games 2:02:40 BREAKING: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. announced for PC 2:04:35 Remedy confirms Control 2 will be an "action-RPG" 2:05:33 By the by; Silent Hill 2 (2024) is up for best narrative 2:06:53 Edia teases El Viento, Earnest Evans, and Anett Futatabi collection 2:08:02 YIIK: A Postmodern RPG update 'YIIK I.V' launches December 2nd 2:08:34 Final Fantasy XIV Mobile announced for iOS, Android 2:09:34 Bandai Namco to absorb Bandai Namco Online 2:10:02 "What was your favorite vaporware that you wanted to actually exist?" 2:11:15 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 struggles to get off the ground as players battle launch day server woes 2:13:16 Star Wars Outlaws gets updates that remove mandatory stealth segments 2:14:57 Deathstream trivia show when? 2:16:21 Will Dan's software work? 2:17:30 Big Think Mailbag #22 2:17:40 "What piece of Cursed Content felt the most like being betrayed and trapped in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?" 2:19:00 "To Aagro, what literature should I read to become an expert on swords like you?" 2:20:11 "What's the best thing you've cooked recently? Dan's avocado burger notwithstanding." 2:23:44 "Can we get a full rundown on your podcasting equipment and editing software?" 2:27:25 "If you could magically bring in any special guest, regardless of time and/or money, for an episode any of your shows, who would each of you pick and what show would it be and what would you talk about?" 2:31:29 "Will you do semi-scripted videos like The Rant is Go again and if not, why?" 2:33:08 "When will the four of you do a team-building exercises for all to observe?" 2:34:11 "Favorite fast food restaurant?" 2:40:24 Good lord, 300 episodes 2:41:52 "Is there a game, movie or TV show you wish you did a spoilercast on?" 2:44:57 "What ice-maker do you use and what do you use to make cold-brew coffee?" 2:46:44 Back to "What's the best thing you've cooked recently? Dan's avocado burger notwithstanding." 2:47:41 "How did you come about acquiring the rights to Isolation 119? Would you ever consider acquiring the rights to other strange movies?" 2:49:03 "You now have full control of Phil Spencer's mind, how do you unfuck Xbox?" 2:52:28 "Is there a specific moment where you realized you'd be bros for life?" 2:58:21 "Do you think PC gaming will gain more popularity?" 3:04:28 "Which would you recommend, a Steam Deck, a ROG Ally, or an equivalent laptop?" 3:06:34 Discussing the PC space 3:08:11 Back to "Which would you recommend, a Steam Deck, a ROG Ally, or an equivalent laptop?" 3:09:48 "To Kris, would you ever consider doing a podcast talking about construction and home-maintenance stuff?" 3:11:24 "What do each of you individually consider the best video game ever made?" 3:15:46 "What is the most expensive thing you have accidentally broken on the job?" 3:20:44 "What do you guys think is the coolest/funniest thing to happen on BTD or your streams?" 3:30:43 Sorry for not being able to get to all the questions 3:31:11 "Can each of you share something you truly appreciate about your co-hosts?" 3:36:43 How long had Bob worked at GameStop versus when it was founded? 3:38:10 Back to "Can each of you share something you truly appreciate about your co-hosts?" 3:42:47 Regarding the nightmare of making content on the Internet 3:47:16 Not the longest BTD 3:48:10 "Do you have any particular rules that sound odd but always work out for you?" 3:58:58 Outro
Feels weird to hit the 300th episode, given that I was doing these timestamps before episode 200. Here's to a hundred more (and to me not going on a four month hiatus again)!
Genuinely heartwarming to hear the compliments the gigabois have towards hear each other and then I almost spit out my drink at the phrase "just like tetsuya nomura, bob is very quiet, but very powerful" Here's to 300 more BTDs. The one podcast I'll drop everything to immediately listen to as a new episode drops.
This podcast and the content all the way back to the KH3 Premonitions are a big part of why I am still kicking. You guys challenge me to look at things differently and try to take bullshit practices to task. I have learned so much from you and more importantly I have thousands of hours of laughs because of you all. Thanks from the bottom of my heart
Another way I've heard "Good enough is good enough" is "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good." But also, man, good job going for roughly 6 years, guys, I hope things keep trucking your way, even if the industry collapses and you all become esoteric Retro Gamers.
btd is easily one of the best podcasts on the internet, and it's really hard to find people who talk about video games nearly as thoughtfully or as thoroughly thanks for all the hard work you all put into this show, and happy 300!
Kris saying it's bizarre that Astro Bot was nominated for Game of the Year is the actual bizarre thing. He really needs to let go of his opinion of "This isn't a Mario game so I have to deduct points from it" Which, yes, he said that on Twitter close to the game coming out. Also Black Myth Wukong definitely deserves it's nomination as well. Tons of people that beat it have it as their Game of the Year. It even won the GotY at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024.
They should do an end of year recap for all the stuff Kris said, but then the opposite was true. "No one gives a shit about Helldivers 2, stop showing it to me." Sells 15+ million units. "No one wants a playstation portal." One of the highest selling gaming accessories each month since it launched. "Japan hates playstation now." PS5 outpacing PS4 in same time frame since each launch. "The government will never allow Microsoft to buy ABK, infact it will drag out in court for at least 5 years, then Microsoft will be broken up." ABK deal closes a few months later.
@@HamSlammer456 Look we can't all be Nostradamus like Bob. I'm sure if everyone else's opinions were broadcasted once a week we'd have egg on our faces too. All that said, it's funny to recall when the GME stock shit was happening and Kris thought it might be the end of the stock market as we know it.
With Astro Bot at least I can understand the ideological stance of being disturbed by how much of a grave yard it is for other game franchises that are long dead. Not to say it doesn’t deserve the nomination, it’s just that through that lens it makes a lot more sense of why he’d hold that opinion vs (it’s not Mario) which is the comment he’s brought up repeatedly before on content.
I mean this show had Dan all SONY SHILLS!?! and then later spent a whole anniversary Q shilling the PS5 as hard as anybody ever has, talking about how broken PC versions of games are They're kinda got weird opinions, in a very sixth gen "Nintendo should become publishers on Sony hardware, which is perfect and sublime even if Sony is crap at publishing" kind of way. Also in a very sixth gen "we're the last guys on earth who resell games to GameStop" way, which makes them hating GamePass very funny But they're entertaining and that's what matters Edit: also that dude should just get a Deck, won't play everything but it's a decent start at a reasonable price
I've been subscribed since KH3 Premonitions and I'm so happy to see that this podcast network has come so far...thank you for all the great memories and here's to 300 more Big Thinks! The Ride Never Ends!!!
When stickerbush symphony started playing in the mailbag, I was on a walk and the sun starting shining through the clouds and it got warm enough to take my scarf off, beautiful moment
Congrats on the big three hundo! You guys have been a fantastic source of rad podcasts, and have made so many shitty work shifts tolerable and so many good work shifts even better! Here to another 300 episodes of funny bits, dire news, and talks about ice cream makers and griddles
In regards to the Game Award GotY nominations, they bafflingly put out how many nominations each game got. They are as follows: 7 Nominations - Astro Bot, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 6 Nominations - Metaphor: ReFantazio 5 Nominations - Balatro, Silent Hill 2 4 Nominations - Black Myth Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Helldivers 2, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Yes, this means that they had three other options that got the same number of nominations as the Elden Ring DLC AND there was a game that got more nominations than the Elden Ring DLC, but they still put the DLC into the official nominees.
Congratulations on reaching number 300, I will admit, I haven't payed much attention to episode numbers so I thought I was one of your newer viewers...I started listening in like September/October 2019. #35 The KFC dating sim one. I'm a Gigaboomer, I guess, although the channel is older than that, a Gigalennial maybe, or perhaps a GigaX(box). Remember being pleasantly surprised I found a gaming podcast that both talked about the KFC dating sim, and treated it with the disrespect that corporate slop deserves. But seriously I've been meaning to thank you guys in a comment section for a while. Between you guys and Snapcube, my improv skills and presentation skills have greatly improved, I never thought I would become a good or confident speaker, until I already was one thanks to you all. You even inspired me to privately host my own armchair devs with my friends. In terms of this specific podcast one memory that comes to mind whenever I think about how you guys provide knowledge that some news outlets don't, is when you pointed out Game Pass doesn't make money really early on. I was trying to wrap my head around Microsoft's plan for years because news outlets kept putting out stories about Microsofts "Plan" and I thought they must be pulling some business tricks above my head, because they're no way the business model that seems like it doesn't make money, actually in fact, does not make money. So thank you for telling me the Earth is round, the sky is blue, and Xbox Game Pass does not make money. Also thank you all for the gaming, anime, tv, movie, and tech knowledge you have enlightened us with.
Good news Kris! Whenever VIZ greenlights something new for RWBY, that's when you have to start the spoilercast! In all honesty, its wild seeing you guys hit 300. Glad to have been with you for most of the ride!
I honestly think with how Kris loves to tear into Mass Effect for it's George Bush Era politics, there's value in them watching RWBY and getting to Volume 7. The extreme degree to which RWBY commits to centrism is baffling to even normal viewers and creates a show that is stumbling around in the dark, unsure of the story and messages they want to to tell their audience. But that leads to essentially wild, and sometimes nonsensical plot twists and character turns that make for a interesting trainwreck to watch, especially because the fight scenes get good again in Volume 7,
I just looked at the social media announcement for Virtua Fighter 5 REVO, and it is bizarre how hard Sega and RGG buried the Ultimate Showdown 2.0 console update that REVO is allegedly based on. This isn't even a Microsoft marketing L, Sega just Wii U'd themself. At least everyone who cares is bound to find out either way.
its pretty funny how dan and kris met cuz I already followed gigaboots for a while due to what indie hell and kris from the old tumblr days, so when kris posted that he was gonna be doing some pods with gigaboots I didn't recognize the name (that was when YT was worse about letting people know about new videos from channels) till I checked that I somehow was already a subscriber
Which was funny, considering I’ve ALSO been following Kris since his Tumblr days, and one day I saw him tweeting out the link to the first KH3 Gamer Premonitions and that led to me immediately listening to it, and well… I think you can figure out the rest. Here’s to many many more Big Thinkings and many other Podcastings for years to come, GigaBunch!
Thanks Gigaboots for helping through working in Walmart during the big sickie. Please, Kris and Aggro, convince Dan and Bob to Cold Steel. I need them to experience Rean Schwarzer
I remember the first one of these I watched was the fazolis review way back when and loved everything you guys have put out since finding you! Yall are very smart and funny and I'm glad you have been able to make so much great stuff, looking forward to the future of gigaboots!
It's from a while ago at this point so I'm not surprised it wasn't brought up but the time you played custom smash levels and got hit by the freight train that is the "aqua from konosuba shaking her ass at you" level is something I go back and watch every now and then because it just always leaves me in stitches. Absolutely nobody was prepared for it and everybody's reaction is so good. I think the best part is after a few minutes when everyone has finally calmed down a bit and Aggro smiles and goes "no, no it's funny again" and the laughter starts up again.
Thanks for the 300 episodes of BTD, Gigabois and Kris and Dr. Aggro! I have been consistently watching BTD for 200 episodes now! So thanks for all of the amazing content since I found y'all!
Happy 300th! The Dragon Quest situation is even more ridiculous than what Kris described and fits that meme more than expected. It's a bizarre worst of all worlds situations. Besides the game immediately telling you "A is Hero and B is Heroine", the game has genderlocked equipment that specifically states "Only women can equip this" (as DragonQuest has had in a lot of titles; in fact on top of the best gear, girls get exclusive access to the personality with the best stat growths in-game). Anyway I'll just quote what DQ series creator Yuji Horii said about this (look up the DenFamiNicoGamer interview, it's interesting and all but spells these are corporate mandates). "You can also choose a male or female [version] of the protagonist, but we cannot write it as "choose from Male or Female"; it became "Type 1 & Type 2". I wonder who the heck is going to complain about "Male and Female"? I don't understand." The co-interviewee and he also called the USA a ridiculous country because of this and this type of compliance "an evil pretending to be good". They really didn't mince words.
Woooow, it was all the American branch's work all along? I'm SOOOO shocked! I'm sure all those grifters going "um you could always be a woman in Dragon Quest 3, checkmate" definitely bought and played this game and series. You can tell how much they love RPGs and how much they love and care for this series by how they're covering all these changes and this interview, right? Here's some more garbage for ya. The game also refers to A as male and B as female in dialogue and descriptions... except if the dialogue is voiced, at which point it immediately turns gender neutral, because they're obviously scrimping on money and only wanted to voice one dialogue track regardless of your choice. But then they also actively removed the "Tomboy" and "Ladylike" personality names from the start of the game (now they're Tear-Away and Aristocratic, and I'm pretty sure no real human being has heard the former). They also actively removed any references to the female protagonist disguising herself as Ortega's son. One of the changes from NES to later ports with the female protagonist was that all her descriptions/dialogue implied she was pretending to be a male protag in a sexist world; this gave her unique story elements different from the male protag, a common complaint on NES being that they were carbon copies of each other down to the script. One last point for the road... Horii mentioned he hated the censorship done to the game (Warrior, Cleric, Jester) because none of Toriyama's designs harm anyone's enjoyment of the game, and that it was forced by Americans and ratings boards. Anyway sailing the seven seas and the Classic Experience Restoration mod (which unwhitewashes a bunch of character skins, alongside undoing the censorship and fixing various things) are the way to go.
I have no idea what Kris is talking about you needing the items in DQ3 2DHD. I haven't died once and I haven't used a single item. I have not grinded either.
2:01:14 Jhonen Vasquez didn't found MSI but rather he did several things for the band including directing the music video for their song "Shut Me Up", you were thinking of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and its spinoffs.
Alright finally watched it all. Congrats Giga gang. I remember first watching y'all as a wee lad when it was vids about bad indie h-games. After that there was a time gap from my family being unable to afford internet and so when that changed i had to re-stumble across all the channels I watched. I didn't find y'all again till Podcast Devil, but hey better late than never again 😂
Here’s to many more Big Thinkings! (also Bob, you meant to say The Skywalker Saga, which was the LEGO game you played as a palette cleanser to LEGO Horizon, when you called LSW:TTS "The Complete Saga" which was the 2007 one, by the time LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga released 2 years ago, Jon Burton was LONG GONE from Traveller's Tales)
59:41 I once knew a lady (co-worker, a fellow cashier at the Target I worked at) buy a bunch of eggs on sale, freeze them to keep them good, and then she brought them back and went to Guest Service to try and get a refund. I don't know if she ever got that refund.
There are more BTD's than sbemails. They past that number a long time ago but I just thought I'd point that out. Also yes do Bocchi weeaboots or I'll make a random species become extinct.
The comment about lace on the sleeves finally made me come to a realization. Is Kris' avatar just his WoL? Not judging, it's a good look. Just somehow never put two and two together until the lace comment was made, and I looked Kris' avatar and imagined it doing the FFXIV catboy pose
Whoever is saying it takes 10 hours to do a battle in DQ7 are whacks. It's a sober 2-3 ok. Now unlocking class changing, that's a nice 40 hours of story to tackle.
I am genuinely baffled by the GOTY nominations this year. Like, I was SURE that Silent Hill 2 would not only be nominated but that it was a shoe-in to win the award itself. Journalists loved it, fans of the original were overall happy with it, and it gets the "prestige" buff of being a classic beloved game. So to see it not even get nominated feels weird. Also as From's biggest mark, and someone that loved Shadow of the Erdtree, it should not be a GOTY nomination. Because it ain't a game. I said the same thing last year when Cyberpunk got a lot of nominations due to Phantom Liberty. If you want a best DLC category go ahead, but it shouldn't be up against actual games
Watch steam get called a monopoly and government tries to kneecap them because the game industry whines to daddy government about Steam reasonable new terms.
Probably the funniest joke was in a really early BTD, where you were basically saying, "The PS5 is a surefire hit, I don't know how Sony can fuck it up."
And then KZ goes: "What if they release it like the Saturn?"
Everyone including Myself dyed laughing. I can only imagine how that looks out of context to a non-gamer.
Please. Please. I'm begging you. Please give us Dragon Quesday. The people demand it. There are literally tens of us.
Elevens of us now, I need an excuse to watch Bob experience or reexperience DQ6
Twelves of us now. And counting, I'm sure!
Ya but make it the 3DS version of DQ7 because that prompted the weirdest meltdown
Was not expecting an IF YOU PLAY MEMORIES OF CELCETA INSTEAD OF MASK OF THE SUN YOU ARE LITERALLY SATAN level of meltdown but here we are
Also Dragon Quendsday
@@CrispBaker As long as some reputable person plays through it, I’ve been meaning to for years but haven’t started the longest game ever
I can't believe I started listening to this podcast when I was 2 years old, and now I'm a 10,000-year-old Vampire. You guys have gotten me through a lot!
Congratulations on the big 300!! You guys always provide a quality podcast every week, this is the only one I consistently kept up with since I found y'all a few years ago. Everyone always has quality insight, shining a light on issues and stories in the games industry that aren't typically talked about, so thank you.
0:01 A Triumphant Beginning
0:51 All question shall be answered
1:29 Dan has built the new Gigaboots PC - Windows 11 is ass
5:03 Funko Fusion ( Spoilers from 8:31 to 9:33)
10:38 Jon Burton's fall
14:14 Back to Funko Fusion
18:46 Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
20:25 LEGO Horizon Adventures
31:44 The writers of LEGO Horizon Adventures
37:01 Back to LEGO Horizon Adventures
39:10 Metaphor: ReFantazio
43:14 Dan's RAM Rampage
45:29 Finishing up on Metaphor: ReFantazio
45:51 LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
50:53 "Amaze Bricks."
51:40 "They fly now," and a discussion on the movies the boys watched for Blessed Blontent Blub
53:57 Ys X: Nordics
55:20 Dan's Donut Dilemma
1:01:02 Bob did not play Stellar Blade
1:02:50 World of Warcraft: The War Within
1:05:32 Final Fantasy XIV Miqo'te pose
1:07:33 Back to World of Warcraft: The War Within
1:08:28 Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
1:19:18 What is up with Dragon Quest VII?
1:21:30 Look forward to Dragon Quenday
1:23:15 Webfishing
1:23:39 What streams are next
1:29:55 THE PODLORDS
1:40:28 Let's just do it.
1:40:57 Sony In talks to buy Japan publishing giant Kadokawa
1:42:57 Please leave.
1:43:35 Steam Season Pass policy updated; warns developers must be "ready to clearly communicate" DLC content
1:45:46 "When's the last time a console manufacturer did a thing that made your life better at all?"
1:46:56 PlayStation Portal can now stream PS5 games, no console required
1:49:45 PlayStation Mobile names Olivier Courtemarche as Its new head
1:51:16 The Game Awards 2024 nominees announced
1:57:36 The Game Awards 2024 are partnering with Amazon for deals during the show
1:57:56 Dynasty Warriors: Origins demo out now
1:58:43 Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess failed to meet Capcom's sales goals
1:59:44 The Callisto Protocol PS5 Pro update adds 8K resolution at 30fps
2:01:00 Shenmue III publishing rights transferred to ININ Games
2:02:40 BREAKING: Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. announced for PC
2:04:35 Remedy confirms Control 2 will be an "action-RPG"
2:05:33 By the by; Silent Hill 2 (2024) is up for best narrative
2:06:53 Edia teases El Viento, Earnest Evans, and Anett Futatabi collection
2:08:02 YIIK: A Postmodern RPG update 'YIIK I.V' launches December 2nd
2:08:34 Final Fantasy XIV Mobile announced for iOS, Android
2:09:34 Bandai Namco to absorb Bandai Namco Online
2:10:02 "What was your favorite vaporware that you wanted to actually exist?"
2:11:15 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 struggles to get off the ground as players battle launch day server woes
2:13:16 Star Wars Outlaws gets updates that remove mandatory stealth segments
2:14:57 Deathstream trivia show when?
2:16:21 Will Dan's software work?
2:17:30 Big Think Mailbag #22
2:17:40 "What piece of Cursed Content felt the most like being betrayed and trapped in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?"
2:19:00 "To Aagro, what literature should I read to become an expert on swords like you?"
2:20:11 "What's the best thing you've cooked recently? Dan's avocado burger notwithstanding."
2:23:44 "Can we get a full rundown on your podcasting equipment and editing software?"
2:27:25 "If you could magically bring in any special guest, regardless of time and/or money, for an episode any of your shows, who would each of you pick and what show would it be and what would you talk about?"
2:31:29 "Will you do semi-scripted videos like The Rant is Go again and if not, why?"
2:33:08 "When will the four of you do a team-building exercises for all to observe?"
2:34:11 "Favorite fast food restaurant?"
2:40:24 Good lord, 300 episodes
2:41:52 "Is there a game, movie or TV show you wish you did a spoilercast on?"
2:44:57 "What ice-maker do you use and what do you use to make cold-brew coffee?"
2:46:44 Back to "What's the best thing you've cooked recently? Dan's avocado burger notwithstanding."
2:47:41 "How did you come about acquiring the rights to Isolation 119? Would you ever consider acquiring the rights to other strange movies?"
2:49:03 "You now have full control of Phil Spencer's mind, how do you unfuck Xbox?"
2:52:28 "Is there a specific moment where you realized you'd be bros for life?"
2:58:21 "Do you think PC gaming will gain more popularity?"
3:04:28 "Which would you recommend, a Steam Deck, a ROG Ally, or an equivalent laptop?"
3:06:34 Discussing the PC space
3:08:11 Back to "Which would you recommend, a Steam Deck, a ROG Ally, or an equivalent laptop?"
3:09:48 "To Kris, would you ever consider doing a podcast talking about construction and home-maintenance stuff?"
3:11:24 "What do each of you individually consider the best video game ever made?"
3:15:46 "What is the most expensive thing you have accidentally broken on the job?"
3:20:44 "What do you guys think is the coolest/funniest thing to happen on BTD or your streams?"
3:30:43 Sorry for not being able to get to all the questions
3:31:11 "Can each of you share something you truly appreciate about your co-hosts?"
3:36:43 How long had Bob worked at GameStop versus when it was founded?
3:38:10 Back to "Can each of you share something you truly appreciate about your co-hosts?"
3:42:47 Regarding the nightmare of making content on the Internet
3:47:16 Not the longest BTD
3:48:10 "Do you have any particular rules that sound odd but always work out for you?"
3:58:58 Outro
Feels weird to hit the 300th episode, given that I was doing these timestamps before episode 200. Here's to a hundred more (and to me not going on a four month hiatus again)!
Genuinely heartwarming to hear the compliments the gigabois have towards hear each other and then I almost spit out my drink at the phrase "just like tetsuya nomura, bob is very quiet, but very powerful"
Here's to 300 more BTDs. The one podcast I'll drop everything to immediately listen to as a new episode drops.
This podcast and the content all the way back to the KH3 Premonitions are a big part of why I am still kicking. You guys challenge me to look at things differently and try to take bullshit practices to task. I have learned so much from you and more importantly I have thousands of hours of laughs because of you all. Thanks from the bottom of my heart
Another way I've heard "Good enough is good enough" is "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good."
But also, man, good job going for roughly 6 years, guys, I hope things keep trucking your way, even if the industry collapses and you all become esoteric Retro Gamers.
btd is easily one of the best podcasts on the internet, and it's really hard to find people who talk about video games nearly as thoughtfully or as thoroughly
thanks for all the hard work you all put into this show, and happy 300!
Kris saying it's bizarre that Astro Bot was nominated for Game of the Year is the actual bizarre thing. He really needs to let go of his opinion of "This isn't a Mario game so I have to deduct points from it" Which, yes, he said that on Twitter close to the game coming out.
Also Black Myth Wukong definitely deserves it's nomination as well. Tons of people that beat it have it as their Game of the Year. It even won the GotY at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024.
It's episode 300 of bizarre gaming opinions, this is just how they are
They should do an end of year recap for all the stuff Kris said, but then the opposite was true.
"No one gives a shit about Helldivers 2, stop showing it to me." Sells 15+ million units.
"No one wants a playstation portal." One of the highest selling gaming accessories each month since it launched.
"Japan hates playstation now." PS5 outpacing PS4 in same time frame since each launch.
"The government will never allow Microsoft to buy ABK, infact it will drag out in court for at least 5 years, then Microsoft will be broken up." ABK deal closes a few months later.
@@HamSlammer456 Look we can't all be Nostradamus like Bob. I'm sure if everyone else's opinions were broadcasted once a week we'd have egg on our faces too. All that said, it's funny to recall when the GME stock shit was happening and Kris thought it might be the end of the stock market as we know it.
With Astro Bot at least I can understand the ideological stance of being disturbed by how much of a grave yard it is for other game franchises that are long dead. Not to say it doesn’t deserve the nomination, it’s just that through that lens it makes a lot more sense of why he’d hold that opinion vs (it’s not Mario) which is the comment he’s brought up repeatedly before on content.
I mean this show had Dan all SONY SHILLS!?! and then later spent a whole anniversary Q shilling the PS5 as hard as anybody ever has, talking about how broken PC versions of games are
They're kinda got weird opinions, in a very sixth gen "Nintendo should become publishers on Sony hardware, which is perfect and sublime even if Sony is crap at publishing" kind of way. Also in a very sixth gen "we're the last guys on earth who resell games to GameStop" way, which makes them hating GamePass very funny
But they're entertaining and that's what matters
Edit: also that dude should just get a Deck, won't play everything but it's a decent start at a reasonable price
Yeah I figured Kris to be the guy who’d hear Paw Patrol brought up in conversation and then talk about copaganda
I've been subscribed since KH3 Premonitions and I'm so happy to see that this podcast network has come so far...thank you for all the great memories and here's to 300 more Big Thinks! The Ride Never Ends!!!
Same here!
Only found y'all a few months ago with Bleach, but I'm hooked now so congrats on the 300.
When stickerbush symphony started playing in the mailbag, I was on a walk and the sun starting shining through the clouds and it got warm enough to take my scarf off, beautiful moment
Congrats on the big three hundo! You guys have been a fantastic source of rad podcasts, and have made so many shitty work shifts tolerable and so many good work shifts even better! Here to another 300 episodes of funny bits, dire news, and talks about ice cream makers and griddles
Sad I missed this live but am glad yall have been always on point with the VODs!!!!
Thank you all for embiggening my think 300 times.
In regards to the Game Award GotY nominations, they bafflingly put out how many nominations each game got. They are as follows:
7 Nominations - Astro Bot, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
6 Nominations - Metaphor: ReFantazio
5 Nominations - Balatro, Silent Hill 2
4 Nominations - Black Myth Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Helldivers 2, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
Yes, this means that they had three other options that got the same number of nominations as the Elden Ring DLC AND there was a game that got more nominations than the Elden Ring DLC, but they still put the DLC into the official nominees.
the elden ring dlc is better than silent hill 2 remake, blops 6, and hellblade 2. get over it.
Happy 300th episode Gigaboots gang
I feel like someone has to at least mention the exception that proves the rule for Aggro's "anime giant robot" rule, Samurai Flamenco.
3:51:32 Michael Brooks reference on tha pod RIP my goat
Congratulations on reaching number 300, I will admit, I haven't payed much attention to episode numbers so I thought I was one of your newer viewers...I started listening in like September/October 2019. #35 The KFC dating sim one. I'm a Gigaboomer, I guess, although the channel is older than that, a Gigalennial maybe, or perhaps a GigaX(box). Remember being pleasantly surprised I found a gaming podcast that both talked about the KFC dating sim, and treated it with the disrespect that corporate slop deserves.
But seriously I've been meaning to thank you guys in a comment section for a while. Between you guys and Snapcube, my improv skills and presentation skills have greatly improved, I never thought I would become a good or confident speaker, until I already was one thanks to you all. You even inspired me to privately host my own armchair devs with my friends. In terms of this specific podcast one memory that comes to mind whenever I think about how you guys provide knowledge that some news outlets don't, is when you pointed out Game Pass doesn't make money really early on. I was trying to wrap my head around Microsoft's plan for years because news outlets kept putting out stories about Microsofts "Plan" and I thought they must be pulling some business tricks above my head, because they're no way the business model that seems like it doesn't make money, actually in fact, does not make money. So thank you for telling me the Earth is round, the sky is blue, and Xbox Game Pass does not make money. Also thank you all for the gaming, anime, tv, movie, and tech knowledge you have enlightened us with.
Good news Kris! Whenever VIZ greenlights something new for RWBY, that's when you have to start the spoilercast!
In all honesty, its wild seeing you guys hit 300. Glad to have been with you for most of the ride!
I honestly think with how Kris loves to tear into Mass Effect for it's George Bush Era politics, there's value in them watching RWBY and getting to Volume 7. The extreme degree to which RWBY commits to centrism is baffling to even normal viewers and creates a show that is stumbling around in the dark, unsure of the story and messages they want to to tell their audience. But that leads to essentially wild, and sometimes nonsensical plot twists and character turns that make for a interesting trainwreck to watch, especially because the fight scenes get good again in Volume 7,
Correction: The console version of Virtua Fighter 5 is getting a balance and performance update to go with the new PC version.
I just looked at the social media announcement for Virtua Fighter 5 REVO, and it is bizarre how hard Sega and RGG buried the Ultimate Showdown 2.0 console update that REVO is allegedly based on. This isn't even a Microsoft marketing L, Sega just Wii U'd themself. At least everyone who cares is bound to find out either way.
Has it been 300 years already?! Damn.
Oh boy the big three-hundo!! here's to many more, gigaboys! 🍻
its pretty funny how dan and kris met cuz I already followed gigaboots for a while due to what indie hell and kris from the old tumblr days, so when kris posted that he was gonna be doing some pods with gigaboots I didn't recognize the name (that was when YT was worse about letting people know about new videos from channels) till I checked that I somehow was already a subscriber
Which was funny, considering I’ve ALSO been following Kris since his Tumblr days, and one day I saw him tweeting out the link to the first KH3 Gamer Premonitions and that led to me immediately listening to it, and well…
I think you can figure out the rest.
Here’s to many many more Big Thinkings and many other Podcastings for years to come, GigaBunch!
43:13 WINDOWS ON THE 300TH EPISODE?!
Thanks Gigaboots for helping through working in Walmart during the big sickie. Please, Kris and Aggro, convince Dan and Bob to Cold Steel. I need them to experience Rean Schwarzer
I remember the first one of these I watched was the fazolis review way back when and loved everything you guys have put out since finding you! Yall are very smart and funny and I'm glad you have been able to make so much great stuff, looking forward to the future of gigaboots!
It's from a while ago at this point so I'm not surprised it wasn't brought up but the time you played custom smash levels and got hit by the freight train that is the "aqua from konosuba shaking her ass at you" level is something I go back and watch every now and then because it just always leaves me in stitches. Absolutely nobody was prepared for it and everybody's reaction is so good. I think the best part is after a few minutes when everyone has finally calmed down a bit and Aggro smiles and goes "no, no it's funny again" and the laughter starts up again.
Thanks for the 300 episodes of BTD, Gigabois and Kris and Dr. Aggro! I have been consistently watching BTD for 200 episodes now! So thanks for all of the amazing content since I found y'all!
Congratulations on the big milestone. Been subscribed to the channel since the KH3 Premonitions series, and it's been a wild ride ever since.
Crazy I've watched since episode 5 insane that it's been 295 episodes and I'm still here
congrats gigaboys!
Congrats on the big 300, ya'll.
Just popped my back at work so I'm chilling home recovering. Thank god this is four hours long, woot!
Congrats on 300th gigaboys, heres hoping for 300 more! (If the games industry lives that long)
Happy 300th!
The Dragon Quest situation is even more ridiculous than what Kris described and fits that meme more than expected. It's a bizarre worst of all worlds situations.
Besides the game immediately telling you "A is Hero and B is Heroine", the game has genderlocked equipment that specifically states "Only women can equip this" (as DragonQuest has had in a lot of titles; in fact on top of the best gear, girls get exclusive access to the personality with the best stat growths in-game).
Anyway I'll just quote what DQ series creator Yuji Horii said about this (look up the DenFamiNicoGamer interview, it's interesting and all but spells these are corporate mandates).
"You can also choose a male or female [version] of the protagonist, but we cannot write it as "choose from Male or Female"; it became "Type 1 & Type 2". I wonder who the heck is going to complain about "Male and Female"? I don't understand."
The co-interviewee and he also called the USA a ridiculous country because of this and this type of compliance "an evil pretending to be good". They really didn't mince words.
Woooow, it was all the American branch's work all along? I'm SOOOO shocked! I'm sure all those grifters going "um you could always be a woman in Dragon Quest 3, checkmate" definitely bought and played this game and series. You can tell how much they love RPGs and how much they love and care for this series by how they're covering all these changes and this interview, right?
Here's some more garbage for ya. The game also refers to A as male and B as female in dialogue and descriptions... except if the dialogue is voiced, at which point it immediately turns gender neutral, because they're obviously scrimping on money and only wanted to voice one dialogue track regardless of your choice.
But then they also actively removed the "Tomboy" and "Ladylike" personality names from the start of the game (now they're Tear-Away and Aristocratic, and I'm pretty sure no real human being has heard the former).
They also actively removed any references to the female protagonist disguising herself as Ortega's son. One of the changes from NES to later ports with the female protagonist was that all her descriptions/dialogue implied she was pretending to be a male protag in a sexist world; this gave her unique story elements different from the male protag, a common complaint on NES being that they were carbon copies of each other down to the script.
One last point for the road... Horii mentioned he hated the censorship done to the game (Warrior, Cleric, Jester) because none of Toriyama's designs harm anyone's enjoyment of the game, and that it was forced by Americans and ratings boards.
Anyway sailing the seven seas and the Classic Experience Restoration mod (which unwhitewashes a bunch of character skins, alongside undoing the censorship and fixing various things) are the way to go.
Happy 300 everybody!!!
IM SORRY WIN11 DOESNT ALLOW FOR A SIDE ALIGNED TASKBAR?! HATE HATE HATE HATE
IVE NEVER HAD A MORE VISERAL DESIRE TO TAKE THE DIVE TO SWITCH TO LINXUS
It was the Windows Recall being announced that made me start looking into Linux
@@katarjin same here this fact just broke me and makes me wants to switch from 10 to linux out of spite now
I have no idea what Kris is talking about you needing the items in DQ3 2DHD. I haven't died once and I haven't used a single item. I have not grinded either.
To be clear, I want that Trails of Cold Steel spoilercast.
True strength would be them doing all of Trails. I need them to talk about Sky the 3rd, dammit.
Congrats on 300 episodes!
2:01:14 Jhonen Vasquez didn't found MSI but rather he did several things for the band including directing the music video for their song "Shut Me Up", you were thinking of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and its spinoffs.
Him directing the video for “a Diet Coke” or whatever is literally what I’m talking about.
Vertical Task Bar gang rise up. 😔
Congratulations!
Alright finally watched it all. Congrats Giga gang. I remember first watching y'all as a wee lad when it was vids about bad indie h-games. After that there was a time gap from my family being unable to afford internet and so when that changed i had to re-stumble across all the channels I watched. I didn't find y'all again till Podcast Devil, but hey better late than never again 😂
GigaThanks, Gigacrew! You da best! 💚
Wooo! 300 lets gooo! Been a wild ride guys!
Here’s to many more Big Thinkings!
(also Bob, you meant to say The Skywalker Saga, which was the LEGO game you played as a palette cleanser to LEGO Horizon, when you called LSW:TTS "The Complete Saga" which was the 2007 one, by the time LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga released 2 years ago, Jon Burton was LONG GONE from Traveller's Tales)
I haven't watched since kz left. This is a good way to get back with the gigaboys. Here's to 300 more guys!
That was the sonic 3D blast guy?
59:41 I once knew a lady (co-worker, a fellow cashier at the Target I worked at) buy a bunch of eggs on sale, freeze them to keep them good, and then she brought them back and went to Guest Service to try and get a refund. I don't know if she ever got that refund.
*HAPPY BIG 300 DIMENSION*
LegoAloy and every other nominee for Most Loathsome... lose to JIMMY MOUTHWASH.
They put out Bocchi the Rock as a recap movie this year so its still very relevant
2:27:57 | I would love this bleach episode
Man can't believe DQ3 is sentient saw Kris coming a mile away
There are more BTD's than sbemails.
They past that number a long time ago but I just thought I'd point that out.
Also yes do Bocchi weeaboots or I'll make a random species become extinct.
Congrats on big number!
*THIS IS PODLORDS!!!*
Congratulations!!!!
Aggro continues to have the best taste in video games! 👏
Dan not listing any Mega Man games as his favorites lol
Gentleman, gentlemen we ALL have the capacity for slop. Even highly paid actors and athletes phone it in every now and then.
Dang, can't say I've ever heard someone champion Krispy Kreme over Parler Doughnuts before.
Kris, im sorry Metaphor was never going to win it's not Baldurs Gate 3. it's not even close
It's one of Atlus' weakest games in years.
THREE HUNDRED
What's the song at around 02:42:00? It's on the tip of my tongue.
The comment about lace on the sleeves finally made me come to a realization. Is Kris' avatar just his WoL? Not judging, it's a good look. Just somehow never put two and two together until the lace comment was made, and I looked Kris' avatar and imagined it doing the FFXIV catboy pose
Whoever is saying it takes 10 hours to do a battle in DQ7 are whacks. It's a sober 2-3 ok.
Now unlocking class changing, that's a nice 40 hours of story to tackle.
4 hours!
Well time to go down the rabbit hole of Scholagladitoria...
That WoW catboy had some Noel Fielding vibes.
Hurrraaaaayyy
I am genuinely baffled by the GOTY nominations this year. Like, I was SURE that Silent Hill 2 would not only be nominated but that it was a shoe-in to win the award itself. Journalists loved it, fans of the original were overall happy with it, and it gets the "prestige" buff of being a classic beloved game. So to see it not even get nominated feels weird. Also as From's biggest mark, and someone that loved Shadow of the Erdtree, it should not be a GOTY nomination. Because it ain't a game. I said the same thing last year when Cyberpunk got a lot of nominations due to Phantom Liberty. If you want a best DLC category go ahead, but it shouldn't be up against actual games
Three-hundo!
Cant wait for YIIKII
Who the hell is Jeff? Did Dan just dox kz?
Watch steam get called a monopoly and government tries to kneecap them because the game industry whines to daddy government about Steam reasonable new terms.
first :D
Dan Windows 10 is still there and works fine.
The problem is they're discontinuing security updates pretty soon.
not for long!
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