I can only conclude that my immediate impulse to defend Nick Stahl's career when I've never even seen any of his movies is down to the fact that I'm also an actor.
I wonder if Dan knows about Terminator Zero on Netflix, the anime-themed series they did. I liked it a lot, it was an interesting and different take on the formula. There were some real interesting swerves towards the end.
"I don't get people who watches anime about highschool when they're adults. They should grow up" says middle aged man while playing video games from when he was young 😅 You truly are the duality of Dan. Never change
To add to the "Why so much high school in anime/manga/light novels" portion (I haven't done the work to verify the following, but as I understand it from hearing answers in the past): There's a strong cultural element of the three years of high school in Japan being considered as the time when you have or had the most freedom (so probably similar to the young adult/college age in USA culture). I vaguely recall that youth is celebrated or thought more positively in Japan's culture. After high school, there is an extremely strong expectation to join the work force or be in training to do just that. Thus, going to college in Japan means you are just nose down in learning how to do the job that will be the rest of your life. And after college, you are getting a job that will be the rest of your life (or being the homemaker for your spouse and children). So, between these ideas, you can sorta get why there's so much high school stuff or high school aged characters in anime. Now, Japan's culture is always changing 'cause these are the times we live in. I haven't checked on if the above is still holding true (assuming they ever were true), or are cracking under the changing times.
Hey, it's not our jobs to worry about. But if you want to noodle it around in your brain, GB is pretty much only two hired employees (wages and health care) between Jan and Grubb. They fired their two other video editors and personalities. Dan and Bakalar probably do behind the scenes work that crosses into Gamespot and Fandom as a whole. Lucy and Tamoor are Gamespot employees and that still has some pull. Minotti, TurboShawn, Niki, and other guests are contractors/freelance which means Fandom is not paying their health care and thus cheaper. I can't imagine Jan and Grubb's salaries are that much. It's probably something that a manager or someone can hide in a bigger company like Fandom. I can sort of see, between the videos and the podcasts (GMM is 3-4 shows a week and have an ad in them), how this company as it is can break even or skate by. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Fandom calls an all-hands to shut everything down as soon as tomorrow (or the end of this month because that means they wouldn't have to pay for the employee health care of next month).
Oh sh** Alex is here? Let's go!
Alex is coming in clutch with the Failure shirt! Hell yeah!
TermDanator or Daninator would've been a more sane name that didn't hurt to say. But that's not why we're here.
If it don't hurt, I don't want it
I vote to remove the m. TerDanator
Didn’t expect Alex. 2025 on a great start
Grubb's insanely salty "alright" when Dan is discovering the "z targeting" was pure gold.
Alex should make an example of him anyways
Alex!
Shit, I missed the live! Now, I have to watch it alone, drunk, and crying in the shower
You have access to a shower? **bows down** My liege.
ALEXXXXXXX!
10/10 just for the opening perfect
I can only conclude that my immediate impulse to defend Nick Stahl's career when I've never even seen any of his movies is down to the fact that I'm also an actor.
I love that Dan watched all of DragonBall and did a DragonBall podcast but doesn't remember DragonBall.
FULL GIMMICK BROTHER!
I LOVE ALEX
I wonder if Dan knows about Terminator Zero on Netflix, the anime-themed series they did. I liked it a lot, it was an interesting and different take on the formula. There were some real interesting swerves towards the end.
"I don't get people who watches anime about highschool when they're adults. They should grow up" says middle aged man while playing video games from when he was young 😅
You truly are the duality of Dan. Never change
37:11 a force that can't be bargained with. that can't be reasoned with.
Dan is a bad take machine.
To add to the "Why so much high school in anime/manga/light novels" portion
(I haven't done the work to verify the following, but as I understand it from hearing answers in the past):
There's a strong cultural element of the three years of high school in Japan being considered as the time when you have or had the most freedom (so probably similar to the young adult/college age in USA culture). I vaguely recall that youth is celebrated or thought more positively in Japan's culture. After high school, there is an extremely strong expectation to join the work force or be in training to do just that. Thus, going to college in Japan means you are just nose down in learning how to do the job that will be the rest of your life. And after college, you are getting a job that will be the rest of your life (or being the homemaker for your spouse and children). So, between these ideas, you can sorta get why there's so much high school stuff or high school aged characters in anime.
Now, Japan's culture is always changing 'cause these are the times we live in. I haven't checked on if the above is still holding true (assuming they ever were true), or are cracking under the changing times.
1:53:51 a new sound for your Minotti soundboard
hope arnold hangs dong in this one
This just looks like Dan doing The Rock impersonating Triple H. I am the game-uhh, i do steroids-uhhhh
If Dan has a RetroTink 5X Pro or 4K Pro, this looks like it qualifies for Inverse 2:2 pulldown deinterlace mode, since it appears to be 480i 30fps.
How do I do whatever that is
@DanRyckert you just have to kajigger the whatsit
No Judgement Dan?
Just a cool bunch of dudes talking about cool garbage-movies. Hell yea!
Nu Metal terminators? You mean Disturbinators.
If someone just said ryck of the machines to you I think you might interpret it as
Reich of the Machines
Just saying
Alex was too helpful imo
I'm in the minority I think. I like T3.
I don't understand how this can be sustainable with 5k views.
The video just dropped for fuck sakes.
merch, ad revenue and subscriptions
Hey, it's not our jobs to worry about.
But if you want to noodle it around in your brain, GB is pretty much only two hired employees (wages and health care) between Jan and Grubb. They fired their two other video editors and personalities. Dan and Bakalar probably do behind the scenes work that crosses into Gamespot and Fandom as a whole. Lucy and Tamoor are Gamespot employees and that still has some pull. Minotti, TurboShawn, Niki, and other guests are contractors/freelance which means Fandom is not paying their health care and thus cheaper.
I can't imagine Jan and Grubb's salaries are that much. It's probably something that a manager or someone can hide in a bigger company like Fandom. I can sort of see, between the videos and the podcasts (GMM is 3-4 shows a week and have an ad in them), how this company as it is can break even or skate by. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Fandom calls an all-hands to shut everything down as soon as tomorrow (or the end of this month because that means they wouldn't have to pay for the employee health care of next month).
It also streams on Twitch and probably does similar, if not, better numbers there.