Best of Giant Bomb 79 - THA HOOP GAWD

[@Agent_Eli]

I really enjoy that KZbin lets you see what part of the video is most replayed, because now I know I'm not the only one who skips that excruciating Ubisoft audience interaction moment.

[@57Rye]

That moment when Johnny V. goes into drunken panic mode and tries to delete the tweet. kills me everytime

[@radioheadwine]

57Rye "IYAWAGET I'm trying to delete it! Can someone delete it?? There's no one here that can delete it!"

[@BLCKCSTLS]

That dude is on permanent drunken panic mode

[@JamesGedda]

"I would like you to enumerate one way that I attacked you. If it's so vivid, recall it for me." That's a go-to argument line, right there.

[@inferno232]

I like how Dave Lang is pissed off, but in the most good-natured way I've ever seen. He's been there. He's made bad decisions while drunk as fuck. This is the reaction of a man who knows what it's like to make Mistakes.

[@jac1207]

+SageOfTheWest it's his friend that he's known for years now. Also they're all drunk. And he's probably not strapped for cash, so he isn't really sweating it. Unless Johnny V. demolished his house or something, he isn't going to wring necks over a phone.

[@L1ama]

Johnny V pre-emptively getting Lang for the arkham knight PC port

[@Makron5]

+L1ama To be fair, that wasn't Dave Lang's fault, giving 12 men 3-8 weeks is not enough time for a port of anything. I don't care if you have John Carmack Cloned 12 times.

[@L1ama]

I was 100% joking, I know nothing about that shit other than that IG were somehow involved

[@xpantherx]

I'm going to write a longer blog post later today, but holy crap Jeff killed it at this year's E3.

[@ElyskeTheDonut]

Yea - he was on point

[@adubashi]

xpantherx I vastly preferred Brett, but I respect your opinion.

[@JACrazy3]

ElyskeTheDonut he was on fleek

[@danholomy5852]

xpantherx Jeff kills it 24/7, that's his fucking job

[@susanappleby2414]

Where's the blog? Sorry but I don't know where to find it. Jeff's a baller. People don't know that at first because his business is gaming. But he's a shark. He would be a takeover artist or a hedge fund founder if he had any interest in just making money and having a wall street kind of life.

[@TheSonicWafflez]

"....and now I write about games....."

[@WilliamAmbervein]

Need that as a shirt

[@Smokron]

oh god john vignocchi

[@GuestHostMike]

"Cocaine is on the move!"

[@SledgeHammerGai]

Michael Lee YA CAN'T FIGHT THE FRICTION

[@basedGODDDDDDDDDDDDD]

I cannot watch that Assassin's Creed cosplayer, it's sooooo painful.

[@grantdanasty]

+Non mathic Sometimes improv (I'm only assuming this HAS to be improv, because HOLY SHIT the execution was terrible on everything during that Ubisoft press conference) doesn't work. I generally like Aisha Tyler, but her entire schtick just came across as her having 5 minutes to prep, and just saying "fuck it, we'll do it live" I feel bad for that cosplayer.

[@garr123]

+Elizabeth Ellis Yeah, Aisha Tyler is a decent comedian. I remember seeing her on Craig Ferguson awhile back, she came off as funny and charming. Whatever is wrong with the Ubisoft conference is probably due to it being written by a punch of PR people whose idea of comedy involves dope meme drops and the daring deployment of random f-bombs.

[@noobishmacgaming]

+Elizabeth “Lizzy Rose” Ellis I agree, but she should probably refuse to do it in return.

[@MarcosNicolasAmoroso]

+Non mathic the cringe is real

[@SpectacularLeigh]

I love Vinny's reaction to it though. Such a classic moment.

[@boogernights1]

13:12 The line of the whole event. I was HOWLING during the rest of the live stream. lol

[@helloimtom100]

seeing old GB videos since Ryan David's death anniversary, damn I miss these dudes.

[@etiennec9650]

THEY'RE GIVIN US STUFF GUYS

[@tissot233]

How Jeff delivers "Amiiibos" at 10:54 will always be funny.

[@boredmonkee]

5:50 ...the moment Dave Lang decided to destroy Disney interactive

[@Fuji808]

GOOD IDEA: Tweeting an old friend. BAD IDEA: Tweeting an old friend's phone number. PFFFFFFFFT PFTPFT PFTPFT PFTPFFFFFFT PFFFFFFFFT PFFFFFFFFT PFTPFT PFFFT PFFFFFFFFFT And then he was booted from the livestream.

[@AndyQuinton]

This reminded me how great the Vinny and Jeff combo is.

[@Chosington]

Dan's visible disgust during the Aisha Tyler segment was hilarious

[@MeAuntieNora]

Chosington Haha he looks so distressed.

[@nicholasbeddow833]

Chosington What was that all about? I couldn't understand what that guy was saying. Something about Star Trek and engage, but what did that have to do with Assasin's Creed or anything?

[@Iamawesomenorly]

***** Absolutely nothing. They were trying to force memes, because memes are always hIlArIoUs

[@nicholasbeddow833]

Got ya!

[@sp33kz]

+Chosington I love Vinny's "gggggGGGGGGRRRRRRAAAAAGGGGGHH"

[@xLASTxSTRAWx]

Tha Hoop Gawd, the paid cosplayer, vinny giggling at 4:16, Dave Langs phone number being tweeted out on live stream. This years E3 was pretty good, I don't know about the games though.

[@dudleyville66]

Ubisoft literally asking for memes

[@KIager]

Dudleyville Real-life memes.

[@susanappleby2414]

"I'm sorry I tweeted your phone number to the internet."

[@delafun]

5:44 i still have a print of this legendary tweet lol

[@vikingdeath1]

A fantastic compilation as always Duder! Glad I could Finally learn what the hell Firewatch is. Thanks for clearing that up Jeff.

[@leorolando1924]

12:15 Vinny and I had the same reaction to that joke.

[@Scumble373]

Xpantherx thank you for continuing to make these. They are AMAZING

[@DevAnomaly]

This reminds me why I can't wait for E3, more Giant Bomb !

[@Patriiiiick]

Remember Periscope?

[@Ghostiet]

my favorite part about the "deez balls" line is Dan looking so stone-faced about it that I almost assume it had to be rehearsed.

[@MagikGimp]

The most cushy couch in the whole of video games.

[@DanHammett1]

Man, that cocaine bit always kills me

[@peterworwood6483]

Steve Gaynor is so handsome. I wish I had his hair.

[@AChimpKnockinAbout]

CAN'T FIGHT THA PRESSURE!

[@ValiantGoat]

So does anyone have Lang's new phone number? He's not answering my calls anymore....

[@LoefflerDouglas]

I don't remember any Giantbomb E3 show ending in a slow clap, but it was well deserved here.

[@Shikaku11373]

Jeff is a video game god

[@KaneRobot]

5:52 may as well be the series finale of Giant Bomb

[@defaultname7685]

Yeah lol. Enjoy the times while they lasted. Those were some magical years

[@nanumi.]

Yo Dave Lang's Persona T-shirt is great. His phone number is great too.

[@LonestarGA]

God, this was 7 years ago

[@VeI_2.0]

Time is slightly scary

[@Patriiiiick]

It feels like 15 years ago.

[@TheGeek327]

"140 retweets" Lol

[@willv3462]

I love seeing the Idle Thumbs guys with the Giant Bomb guys :)

[@KevinZOMG]

Absolutely killed it

[@vikingdeath1]

Johnny V trying to delete the tweet after realizing just how fucked up what he did was is Sooooo good. Love ya Johnny, but DAMN son, that was a boneheaded move.

[@grandCurator]

No Vlambeer guy guy popping out behind John Drake? Cmoooon Turbo

[@kimbo381123]

E3 2016 is 10 days away! Just in time for "Best of.." #100!

[@Macho_Fantastico]

I kind of feel bad for Lang after hearing what he went through after Johnny V tweeted his number.

[@citizenhal]

WHAT IS FIREWATCH

[@m2cks]

Hal Coley *eyebrow wiggle*

[@JohnyScissors]

We still don't know

[@cs_marble]

This is fantastic, as usual.

[@GMoneyChuck89]

Jeff: I can think of one thing worse . . . Me: Flashbacks of a certain topless, drunken journalist at the last E3.

[@DoctorDudePhD]

wait what?

[@Sammo212]

@@DoctorDudePhD I think he's referencing Greg Miller

[@KaneRobot]

That's not what he was talking about, but yeah Greg Miller is a real piece of shit

[@Sammo212]

@@KaneRobot I mean, there's also a certain "extremely progressive former games journalist" who got hammered that one year and talked about how Nazis were hot....

[@Lariat_V]

@@Sammo212 give us links damnit

[@ThrashMetalAvenger]

That was the best night of my life.

[@asecretone]

I Hope My Family Doesn't Need Me Tonight.

[@DCMaarten]

Cant Fight The Friction !

[@resioil1]

The Ubisoft cosplayer stuff is so painful to watch in the funniest way

[@largebagofrocks]

nothin but fuckin gas on this one

[@ilikemilkshake22]

Oh you were briefed?

[@ch3burashka]

Man, that last glance before the fade out... Johnny's in a dumpster somewhere.

[@Bassano_official]

1:30 4:15 I love Vinny!

[@ArrestedDeveloper]

Maybe we were Tha Hoop Gawd all along?

[@bingbashbosh1]

14:04 What does Jeff mean here? I am DYING to know lol

[@xxdonoxx1]

Search on youtube "Dave Lang Ed Boon". That's what Jeff is talking about. It's pretty great, lol.

[@smoothslide]

what's the other worst video Jeff was talking about in the end?

[@michaelriley6325]

Dave Lang got drunk a couple years before this and made fun of Ed boon which actually caused a real negative outcome for iron galaxy

[@boredmonkee]

3:58 forever

[@mantonminnickdotcom]

rip infinity

[@RockBottomRiser21]

13:14 The Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

[@theguardian8317]

What's worst? being called a nerf herder or tha hoop gawd?

[@ChrisHominski]

jeffs shirt matches his beer can

[@snuffsan]

why the fuck did he tweet daves phone number

[@MSUHitman]

jo hu He thought they would take live calls but he obviously didn't think it through.

[@CssHDmonster]

I expected u just to upload the lang,boyes and vinnici segment

[@bobbyhogo2342]

classic giant bomb 2015

[@ghost5175]

E3 is near!

[@Vanhalte]

HOOP GAWD!!

[@Barchettas]

What was the one thing worse?

[@naunga9450]

I still want to know what the one thing happening on a live stream that was worse than Lang’s phone number getting tweeted out. Also…I miss OG Giant Bomb.

[@tcartist06]

Pretty sure it's was either Leigh Alexander being an Alcoholic or the E3 where Dave pissed off Ed Boon while Max Temkin laughed in the corner. That's why Dave laughed and said "that was more self-destructive". Those were the two most self destructive events I can think of.

[@Caseman984]

How will anything top E3 2015?

[@rojano17]

WHAT DID HE SAY?

[@Phished123]

I wonder if Ubi was pissed off at the payed cosplayer for blowing up their shit. I can guarentee he wasnt supposed to go "yeah i got payed to be here dressed as some dumb dude"

[@Pendarr]

Maybe, although I honestly figured it was on purpose as they seemed to be going for an overall sense of cringe-comedy anyway.

[@captRhay]

i still dont understand what they are saying at the beginning during star wars

[@Pendarr]

Super late reply but Ackbar said “well done! We’re sending you a drop pod!” I think they were just laughing at how ultra cliche FPS video game it suddenly came off as.

[@mysticblade35]

peak Lang Zone

[@sourforever]

Wow, Jeff shows actual human emotion,@ 6:50. War has changed

[@idealirreal]

THA HOOP GAWD what does it mean

[@WilliamAmbervein]

What was the worst thing?

[@chillnspace777]

at the end of the vid jeff refers to "the worst thing " on a stream. Does anyone know what he is referring to?

[@MSUHitman]

Chill n Space It's either Lang drunkenly yelling at Ed Boon or Leigh Alexander's drunken comments during GamerGate. There's a thread above yours debating it but I think it's Lang vs. Boon.

[@GMoneyChuck89]

Pretty sure it was Greg Miller being extremely drunk and loud the last E3.

[@jasonshepherd5750]

is that Nick Breckon and Jake Rodkin of idle thumbs fame and glory ??? it sure looks like jake rodkin and Nick Breckon

[@kristsnyd4640]

is that a persona 3 shirt? holy shit.

[@CPTHAP]

Aisha Tyler: The Perpetual Cringewreck

[@fabriggio]

Shit, man, I can't believe I spent the whole thing watching fuckin' Keighley instead of these guys.

[@MSUHitman]

The couch show is at night, unless you're talking about the pressers.

[@LE0NSKA]

14:08 what was he refering to??

[@Doritomurderer]

gdc, a very drunk dave lang going ham around ed boon

[@23guitarhero]

I'M DA HOOP GOD

[@rojano17]

It's driving me crazy, what did Ackbar say that was so funny?

[@Sandwich1414]

Israel Rojano He said something like "Great work, we've sent you a drop pod" which I think is the new Battlefield equivalent of Call of Duty care packages and they all just lost it at that. I lost it at that too, the idea of shooting equipment to the planet surface to reward a kill streak

[@Rawrpotpi]

PissedOffPlaythrough I found it hilarious hearing Ackbar say such a cliched FPS line.

[@t0ph]

AMIIBOS!?

[@SSGErnestP]

5:40 the beginning of the end

[@jintor9061]

Wait, you didn't get the segment where Woods storms onto set and throws Alex out? :

[@demsla]

What day of coverage was the drunk Dave Lang trio on?

[@bpwwhirl]

Demsale 3rd day. It was the final segment of the final day.

[@JohnDoe-zy1qf]

LETS MAKE A MEME

[@Carnelust]

What video is that first clip from?

[@JazzLafayette]

Carnelust Looks like their stream of the Sony press conference.

[@MSUHitman]

No it's from the EA conference.

[@Buddles]

Wait, what was the AC cosplayer joke/cringe again?

[@Sammo212]

Can't believe its almost been 5 years since Johnny V fucked up Dave Lang's life for about 24 hours. This was so hilarious and awkward to see live. Pretty sure they were referencing Leigh Alexander about the "one time worse" bit. I remember her getting trashed on air.

[@BooDoug187]

I can never watch the part with the Assassin Creed cosplayer with sound because of how fucking cringing it is!

[@protopet9604]

Lmao

[@headache42]

Man that Aisha Tyler part looked super awkward, was the rest as bad as that?

[@Tamacat388]

headache42 Yeah, shes always really awkward on stage. Tries way to hard to be hip.

[@JazzLafayette]

headache42 Not especially bad. It's a funny person trying to work with a script written by corporate interests, so... Whatever you imagine that might sound like.

[@super_genius]

+JazzLafayette she isn't funny the archer writers are funny

[@paynexkiller]

>badder then ever< yeah, it's the worst game.