By Quintin Smith on October 7th, 2010 at 9:18 pm.
Yeah, this might just be funny enough to warrant a post. G4TV has gifted the internet with a comedy tour of Gearbox Software, which seems to be the only way we ever actually get a tour of a developers’ studios these days. Still, nevermind. Jokes! Acting! Randy Pitchford talking about Borderlands 3! It’s all after the jump.
07/10/2010 at 21:24 Brumisator says:
Hey, anything to delay DNF just a bit further!
08/10/2010 at 00:16 BAReFOOt says:
*Pushes a pitchfork trough the Linux fork into the Pitchford*
Aaahahh… that’s better…
07/10/2010 at 21:25 AndrewC says:
So what’s the under/over on the ‘gayest hetero’ thing being a subversion of masculine norms, or just another gay joke?
08/10/2010 at 01:41 Fraser Allison says:
Just another hateful gay joke.
Yay videogames culture. *sigh*
08/10/2010 at 10:43 Lars Westergren says:
“Did you just insult me?”
Yes. Calling someone gay is a very grave accusation. The liminal space between our social constructs of masculine and feminine must be protected.
07/10/2010 at 21:26 Flaringo says:
Ah, I knew I know the music from somewhere! It’s that guy with the hat and the keyboard, from youtube!
07/10/2010 at 22:11 Alex Bakke says:
Ronald Jenkees?
08/10/2010 at 00:17 Wipa says:
It says what the song is at the beginning of the video…
07/10/2010 at 21:30 Jimbo says:
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-best-office-in-the-video-game-industry/1647/
07/10/2010 at 21:44 James G says:
And only now have I just realised that the guy is NOT called Randy Pitchfork, which is a shame, as that would be a fantastic name.
07/10/2010 at 23:18 MD says:
Heh, I had that same moment of disappointed realisation a while back. I’ve chosen to overcome it by pretending his name is in fact Randy Pitchfork, and various authoritative sources keep typo-ing it.
07/10/2010 at 23:18 MD says:
Italics mistake! I’m not quite so creepily excited as to italicise all those words on purpose.
07/10/2010 at 22:11 Mr_Day says:
I think the only reason we have these videos is so that the developers can show off all the cool junk they have in their offices.
Not that I am jealous or anything.
But I am.
07/10/2010 at 22:20 Tei says:
Gearbox has managed to make no-shitty DLC’s. That alone is achievement. But also has made Borderlands, killing the idea that levels sould stop people from having fun. Nice company.
07/10/2010 at 23:33 mlaskus says:
“Killing the idea that levels should stop people from having fun?”
I’m not sure what were you trying to say. The leveling did not stop people from having fun? I thought that poor leveling was the game’s biggest flaw. Still, I love the game, it is ridiculously fun in multiplayer. I just really didn’t like how the leveling was handled.
07/10/2010 at 23:43 Dominic White says:
Seriously. The first time I played multiplayer, I was foolish enough to join someone five levels above me. I died instantly, one shot. Respawned, died, respawned, died.
Gearbox insist that there’s no need for level-scaling, or sidekicking, or anything that would easily fix this problem.
08/10/2010 at 11:03 Tei says:
Is not a perfect system lalala, happy happy, rainbows and lolipop.
But is not the old system, where you are locked out of your friends, for weeks, and you have to work hard to be able to play with your friends.
In borderlands, in a few hours you are like level 20, or something. You level really quick. A few levels don’t really mark all the difference. You can kill mobs level 10 with your level 6 character.
You can join your friends in a different range, and just by the leeching XP you soon will be somewhat same-level.
But I am a min-maxer, so maybe I know what to look forward too in weapons and mods (shield!!), so maybe the experience is different for me than other people.
07/10/2010 at 23:29 Malawi Frontier Guard says:
Well, that was nice.
07/10/2010 at 23:45 TheLordHimself says:
I know I’m just being a troll but I didn’t see much comedy…?!
08/10/2010 at 00:01 Seamus says:
Well, at least Anthony Burch was in there.
08/10/2010 at 02:03 Jason Moyer says:
Brothers In Arms 4 Please.
08/10/2010 at 02:17 Torgen says:
Hell’s Highway didn’t do so hot, so I don’t think we’ll see another BiA for a while.
08/10/2010 at 02:53 Nick says:
And it was pretty awful to boot.
08/10/2010 at 07:18 Truck says:
That music. That host. Those jokes. If they’re trying to keep up the facade that gamers are socially awkward weirdos then they’re doing a great job!
08/10/2010 at 14:07 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Not. Funny.
In fact, this makes me not want to buy their games. A bit. Just to make sure nothing like this will ever appear again.
08/10/2010 at 19:36 The Tupper says:
Wasn’t it Randy Pitchfork that killed J.R. Ewing?
18/10/2010 at 18:53 ShaunCG says:
Oh, you joyless grouches. Listen, it’s a good two months before you have to steal Christmas, so simmer down.
This was entertaining enough to raise a smile or two. And good comic timing. Even if, you know, frowns for the gay joke. Wouldn’t call it hateful but Lars above is spot on.