Balatro was great with Roffle commentating. They randomly hit one of the worst seeds to try to naneinf.
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rozodru@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Balatro and Manual Samuel were my favourites. had to mute the Pizza Tower run because it was a shame the guy sitting on the couch kept insisting on talking over everyone, even the dev of the damn game.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The single worst couch instance I’ve ever seen was actually for one of my favorite childhood games. Tomba! (or Tombi! if you’re European) was the first game I ever owned on the PS1, and I still play it once or twice a year. It’s a cute little 2.5D side scrolling metroidvania. It wasn’t super popular when it launched, but it has a sort of cult classic following nowadays. I’ve gotten to the point that I can 100% the game in about a day. Not professional speed running levels, but decent enough for a casual like me.
The sequel (Tomba! 2) was released a little while later, and I still play through it occasionally as well.
I was excited to see Tomba! 2 on the lineup back in 2014. It was in a pretty bad timeslot (the bigger, more popular games always get the better prime time slots), but I made a point of waking up early to tune in. And I got to witness the most cringeworthy couch interaction in GDQ history live.
For some context, the dude on the couch basically invited himself there. He just sort of showed up, and the rest were too nice to tell him to fuck off. What’s the worst that could happen, right? Turns out, he was pretty consistently annoying for the rest of the couch, didn’t really vibe with the runner, and all of this was while everyone was sleep deprived from being awake at like 4AM for the awful timeslot.
rozodru@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
yeah I remember that one. another great “cringe” moment was from a few years prior when someone was speed running one of the Zelda games and this woman who had been on stream in the audience the entire time knitting asked the runner to “pause the game” so she could tell her story about something regarding cancer or whatever.