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SBFC 037

The Man-Train Needs to be Tightly Knit


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Length 3:01:58
Date April 22, 2014
Previous The Atomic Purple House
Next Not Safe For Life
“Bobby Kotick is not Lordgenome!” — Pat

The Man-Train Needs to be Tightly Knit is the thirty-seventh episode of the Super Best Friendcast.

About[]

We try out Boss Coffee and take the Haribo challenge! We also discuss quitting Naughty Dog employees, development hell, and an amazing looking game called HOVER. Email us at superbestfriendcast.com
— Podcast description

Quotes[]

I am going to advise against a situation in which we have diarrhetic coffee from a foreign land, topped off with butt exploders while that reaction may occur within the sound of this microphone.
— Pat
The Haribo gambit is on.
— Woolie
The scariest thing in Japan is a game made in America.
— Matt
I'm glad we got to talk about Log Horizon.
— Liam
The man train needs to be tightly knit.
— Woolie
I wish the listener could hear my face right now.
— Pat
That's the robot I wanna play, that's the girl I wanna use.
— Woolie
You are doing everything you can to shit your pants on this podcast.
— Pat
Bobby Kotick is not Lordgenome!
— Pat
Skylanders is Catherdal Terra.
— Woolie
I don't think there's any series-bar Coronation Street-that you couldn't get through in two weeks.
— Liam
He's the original HBO.
— Matt, on the Roman Coliseum
Put it in then!
— Pat

Letter Time[]

Q: My name is Dylan and and I'm thirteen and I know that seems young, but I think I get most of your jokes. Anyway, the teacher asked us who inspires us the most, and it's probably you guys. Also, tell my stupid friend Jacob that he's a liar. Is it cold up there? Because it's cold down here. from Dylan

  • That was a really sweet letter.

Q: Can we water down Salty Liam, because every time he gets into a fight with Salty Pat, it's like mommy and daddy fighting from Corey Den

  • We'll try to tone it down.

Q: Pat, I remember said during a Nintendo reveal that the presenter had a game that was running at 1080p and he was asked if it was running at 1080p, and had no idea. How do you differentate between a game running in 720p 30FPS and 720p 60FPS versus 1080p 30FPS and 1080p 60FPS? from Tony Starks

  • Pat: You look at it with your eyeballs.
  • Woolie: Does it look super smooth.
  • Liam: You might never know.

Q: If you could turn any landmark into a human embodiment, would you wanna do it, and would you wanna hang out? from C. McCelvy

  • Pat: I'd kick it with the Statue of Liberty. I'd like to hang out with the Arc de Triumph.
  • Matt: I'd kick it with Mount Rushmore.
  • Liam: I just wanna play with Hachiko.
  • Woolie: The Aurora Borealis as a person would be sick.

Q: Something we forgot to push but forgot about it: now that's pre-alpha! What do you think the hardest struggle that an indie developer has to get past is? from Morgan

  • Pat: Getting seen.
  • Liam: Getting development anywhere off the ground, and keeping your employees.
  • Woolie: The reliable programmer.

Q: Are there any games you played with your parents or siblings on a regular basis? from Ryan

  • Liam: Streets of Rage with my dad.
  • Pat: NHLPA Hockey '93 with my dad and Tetris with my sister.
  • Woolie: Street Fighter and Yoshi's Island
  • Matt: In 1994, my sister and I would play Donkey Kong Country.

Q: Besides the awesomeness of Zach, if you could have any animal as a pet, what would it be and why? from Aaron

  • Liam: Giraffe
  • Pat: Liger
  • Matt: Siberian Husky
  • Woolie: Peregrine Falcon

Q: If you could do any job that did not involve gaming, what would it be? from Zasha

  • Liam: Whatever I have to do to get to space.
  • Pat: I couldn't answer this question when I was three years old, and I sure as hell can't answer it now.
  • Woolie: Tests out vacation packages
  • Matt: I wanted to be a voice actor.

Q: If you play Lee silently, you see some really good moments. from a name that cannot be pronounced

  • That's crazy.

Q: How much time do you have to play personal games for fun. from Ben

  • Not a lot.

Q: What genre would you have disappear in order to have blow up another genre? from Adam Jensen

  • Woolie: First-person shooters with first-person adventure games.
  • Pat: Porn games for fighting games
  • Liam: First-person shooters for 4Ex games.
  • Matt: Eliminate all sports sims games for beat 'em ups.

Zaibatsu Watch[]

  • Liam: Demon Gaze
  • Pat: PC version of Dark Souls II
  • Matt: Trials Fusion
  • Woolie: Hover

Trivia[]

  • This episode's outro music is the Power Rangers in Space theme song.
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