Save Our Games

[Tim]

Mad props to Bradley Rains. On first view, I didn't even think about the music. On the second viewing, it again slipped right under my radar, even though I had thought about listening to it. It's so perfectly subtle and feels really natural. It's exactly what the video needed!

Well done by Yahtzee as well. He has a great voice for this kind of thing.

[Kevco]

Is there a specific reason there is no LLR intro to this, or did it just happen?

Other than that, good stuff. The style of this one reminds me a lot of "Joystique", which is a good thing.

[Jaebird]

My only gripe with YouTube is waiting time for uploading a video.

[Lyinginbedmon]

At least it seems like the PAX-less amongst us very likely know who their mystery guest was at the panel!

Yahtzee never left Australia.

[Tim]

At least it seems like the PAX-less amongst us very likely know who their mystery guest was at the panel!

There wasn't a guest at the panel; there was a guest in the video they showed. Just to clear that up.

Unless there's something I don't know.




@Kevco: As stated earlier in the thread, Graham didn't have the intro clip on his laptop when he was putting the finishing touches on the video. That's the only reason the LRR logo isn't on there.

[Dominic Appleguard]

That was fantastic.

Yahtzee was awesome; it's really cool and refreshing to hear his voice doing something a little different from the weekly thing, and he did very well with the Attenborough voice. I guess I don't have to tell you this, but if you guys are in the same place he is at the same time in the near future...that would be cool.

+1 as well to previous posts. Tally, Paul and Jer all did admirably.

[Charles]

Hmm.. possibly because I completely ignore the escapist, I never realized that you guys did "unskippable". (I also don't watch Zero punc. . . . I've been following Yahtzee since his days as a red cloud brother, actually, and stopped shortly after he stopped blogging).
The comments in this thread have enlightened me.

[The LRR-Metroid Fan]

Yesh, Crowshaw really added to the wilderness atmosphere.
I bet it was fun filming in the forest, eh? I pan to do a movie in a woodsey environment, as well. Super fun.

[Zethyr]

I laughed when I saw the goggles on the MW2 box. I also cringed a little when ODST was "primitive." (I know what you mean, but I cringed anyway)

[Theremin]

The video was great, but the funniest part for me was the whiteboard in the back of Tally's first scene, marked fuck/ass tonne.

[VanSlick]

Wonderfully written video, and excellent casting. Getting Yahtzee to do the narration was awesome. You're slowly making it a tradition to work with him it seems.

[Master Gunner]

Why does everyone always use metric tonnes to emphasise things? A long ton is bigger.

I think its just the extra adjective subjectively adds emphasis, even though in this case its less than a "plain" ton.

Again, that depends on what you call a plain ton. Since you have the "long ton" used in the UK, which is 1016Kg; but then you have the "short ton" used in the US and often in Canada, which is only 907Kg, or 2000 pounds (see the Christmas shopping video where Graham explicitly states a ton to be 2000 pounds). The Metric Ton is exactly 1000Kg, and falls right between the two.

Since the Long Ton is rarely used in Canada, and the crew is Canadian, when they use the terms "ton" (in comparison to the metric ton), it will almost always be referring to the smaller short ton that they use in America.


Edit: Also, note that Tally's character (and thus the whiteboard behind her) were at the University of California, Berkley, which once again adds to it being the American Short Ton that was referred to below the Metric Ton.

[goat]

The Metric Ton is exactly 1000Kg

Completely unrelated to anything else, I'm in favor of removing the "metric ton" so that I get to say megagram. I love the mega- prefix.

[Cade Antilles]

I genuinely enjoyed this one. Props to Paul for really pulling off the enthusiastic biologist character.

It was also neat to hear the Yahtzee narrate. Very clever.

[Master Gunner]

The Metric Ton is exactly 1000Kg

Completely unrelated to anything else, I'm in favor of removing the "metric ton" so that I get to say megagram. I love the mega- prefix.

I cannot say that I would be opposed to adopting that format. That would also mean that we'd measure nuclear warheads (or any large weapon that uses TNT equivalency as a measurement) in Giga- and Teragrams.

[JesterJ.]

I was really hoping for a METRIC Fuck-ton at the top, but to no avail. Damnit.

Cheers for Yahtzee, a little authentic accenting helps voiceovers.

[Cade Antilles]

I was really hoping for a METRIC Fuck-ton at the top, but to no avail. Damnit.

I was thinking that, too.

[Dave-O_Boy]

I was really hoping for a METRIC Fuck-ton at the top, but to no avail. Damnit.

I was thinking that, too.

We'll just say that it was a bit off camra.

[Raine]

I think it was an AWESOME one! The CorssOver was vary good. and the Yahtzee narration... Icing on the top...

[Nyarlathotep]

i was completely lost as to who the voice of the narration belonged to, i was thinking like brad or someone, but i certainly wasnt expecting yahtzee (all of a sudden it seems very weird calling him that. i guess im just used to Ben "yahtzee" croshaw)

[iEatNinjaZ]

Yahtzee?
LRR?

[MSPatrick]

That was soooooo awesome. Jer did a great job writing, the crew did a great job acting, and Yahtzee did an awesome job narrating! How did they get him to do that? Isn't he Australian?

P.S. Is it me or did Paul's hair look red in this video?

[Master Gunner]

How did they get him to do that? Isn't he Australian?

My guess: Mic+Computer+Internet.

[King Rocky IV]

My guess: Mic+Computer+Internet+Magic.

[MSPatrick]

My guess: Mic+Computer+Internet.

Hahaha ya i thought of that! That makes me feel kinda dumb for asking. sorry XD