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[TheMrPliskin]

Watch Persona 4 The Golden anime because Marie is the best character of Persona 4 amirite guys?

Spoiler

Do not watch persona 4 the golden anime.

There's one good episode in that pile of garbage.

Spoiler

I've only seen that one episode.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Wouldn't that mean that you only have good experiences of Persona Golden the Anime though?

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Wouldn't that mean that you only have good experiences of Persona Golden the Anime though?

I do, but that episode had enough Marie to warn me of the garbage on the horizon.

 

[Twin Tails]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snW_LmPVO5U

 

[daydream]

seems like audiosurf 2 left early access a couple of days ago

ql this week?

 

[Fantastapotamus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snW_LmPVO5U

This looks like an Early Access game I would love to watch Dan play.

 

[mnz]

So you are telling me that this guy is working on his PhD and has deep knowledge of video games, anime and wrestling? I'm not convinced he's real yet. Sounded a lot like Jeff Bakalar on the podcast anyway, maybe he just did another voice.

It just turns into that usual pissing match between which giantbomb member is better which usually leads to really weird insults and insinuations, like what we've seen whenever we get a new guy. People are free to say it, but I guess I'm trying to nip that stuff in the bud before it goes too far. Like it usually does.

Oh...bud...

 

[funkystudent]

I am already looking forward to the Vinny QL for Yandere Simulator.

Or Creeper Jeff... Hmmmm.


WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE! WE USE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BOTH!

Things where so much better before, you guys.

 

[BanGy.nz]

I am already looking forward to the Vinny QL for Yandere Simulator.

Or Creeper Jeff... Hmmmm.


WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE! WE USE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BOTH!

Things where so much better before you guys.

We can still have both! Vinny does the QL and Jeff does a weird home stream like he did for Funky Barn.

 

[Jintor]

oh god imagine if that open world gta photocam pervert game gets localised

oh baby

that will be a creeper jeff to remember

 

[Antiwhippy]

oh god imagine if that open world gta photocam pervert game gets localised

oh baby

that will be a creeper jeff to remember

Nah man, it's only perverted if you want it to be. Just go fishing.

 

[Scarecrow]

How big is GB compared to other gaming sites?

 

[GoonerTRON]

How big is GB compared to other gaming sites?

The Bombcast is pretty popular. The site has 20k+ premium users. It must do alright.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Not on Crunchyroll anime is still dead.

Alright what the fuck Cruchyroll? That's a legit major anime of the 90s with a bombing soundtrack and you don't bother to have at least the dub?

 

[Fox318]

How big is GB compared to other gaming sites?

Pretty small I'm guessing.

 

[GavinGT]

The Bombcast is pretty popular. The site has 20k+ premium users. It must do alright.

I think Jeff said it gets about 100,000 downloads per week.

 

[Haunted]

How big is GB compared to other gaming sites?

google search shows this, no idea how accurate


http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/video-game-websites

 

[Zaph]

How big is GB compared to other gaming sites?

Big hitters like IGN/Gamespot/Kotaku with years and years of Google climbing? Small.

I'm pretty sure GB is like top of the middle-tier sites, with the Bombcast being ridiculously huge.

But the premium membership kinda makes it difficult to compare, because they've managed to crack a nut everyone else fails at.

 

[GavinGT]

google search shows this, no idea how accurate


http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/video-game-websites

That ranking more or less lines up with the Alexa rankings.

But the premium membership kinda makes it difficult to compare, because they've managed to crack a nut everyone else fails at.

Yeah, there's really not another videogame website out there that's raking in 20,000 X $35-50 each year from subscriptions.

 

[popo]

How big is GB compared to other gaming sites?

Pretty small I'm guessing.

It hangs near the top of the second tier of sites. Ign are way in front, gamespot behind them.

With the subscriber base and the relatively small staff - I suspect CBS are pretty happy with them. I don't know how sites like polygon continue to be funded with all their overhead.

 

[Scarecrow]

Big hitters like IGN/Gamespot/Kotaku with years and years of Google climbing? Small.

I'm pretty sure GB is like top of the middle-tier sites, with the Bombcast being ridiculously huge.

But the premium membership kinda makes it difficult to compare, because they've managed to crack a nut everyone else fails at.

Ah, so they're the Eve Online of gaming sites.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Ah, so they're the Eve Online of gaming sites.

Can't be, Dan understands Giant Bomb.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I can't wait for the subscriber account real money black market.

 

[popo]

I am not sure why media corps continue to fund big vg sites. IGN has been on top for 10 years - in which time it never once made a profit. Newscorp tried and failed to spin it off, eventually selling it at a substantial loss. Gamespot will pay for two stages at E3 and yet be dwarfed in terms in viewers by the latest LoL twitch stream or minecraft video on youtube.

 

[stump sock]

You know better than to trust stump sock.

it's like the SMT of anime, if you don't count actual SMT anime

just don't bother with the sequels

 

[mnz]

google search shows this, no idea how accurate


http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/video-game-websites

GameFAQs ist that big? Wow

I also expected Gametrailers further up.

 

[demidar]

GameFAQs ist that big? Wow

I also expected Gametrailers further up.

Lotta people need to look up FAQs mang.

Game-specific Wikia/Gamepedias have taken that place for me though.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Gamefaqs is pretty good for FAQs, yeah.

Also whenever I google for a solution the gamefaqs forum is usually the first one to appear.

 

[Zaph]

And it's one of the few places where you won't be directed to a 5 minute youtube video when you just want to know the location of an item.

 

[stump sock]

And it's one of the few places where you won't be directed to a 5 minute youtube video when you just want to know the location of an item.

ugh and it's always some guy who has the worst morning DJ voice possible, usually with some kind of speech impediment who spends 4 minutes winding up to the point

 

[Megasoum]

ugh and it's always some guy who has the worst morning DJ voice possible, usually with some kind of speech impediment who spends 4 minutes winding up to the point

Don't forget that KICK ASS 30 sec long After Effect intro.

 

[Nishastra]

it's like the SMT of anime, if you don't count actual SMT anime

just don't bother with the sequels

2 is okay. It has Nazis!

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Don't forget that KICK ASS 30 sec long After Effect intro.

You're forgetting the sick dubstep.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

google search shows this, no idea how accurate


http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/video-game-websites

N4G at #5?
There really is no god.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

You know better than to trust stump sock.

I did Google his tag that one time

 

[Incandenza]

If you tell me to like, comment, and subscribe before you have provided the service your video claims to provide then I am finding another video.

 

[stump sock]

N4G at #5?
There really is no god.

SEO is the god of the future and they worship so hard

 

[Fox318]

Does that include youtube stuff like roster teeth and yogscast ?

 

[danm999]

And it's one of the few places where you won't be directed to a 5 minute youtube video when you just want to know the location of an item.

Holy fuck this is a pet peeve of mine.

 

[Myggen]

I think Jeff said it gets about 100,000 downloads per week.

Nah, way more IIRC.

google search shows this, no idea how accurate


http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/video-game-websites

Those are probably not accurate at all since there's not really a good way to track site traffic and trends without access to internal data. I think Alexa still gets most of their data from people who have downloaded their toolbar, which is just an awful way to collect accurate data. Alexa is also notoriously easy to manipulate.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Holy fuck this is a pet peeve of mine.

Seriously.
Fuck. That.

Please like and subscribe.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Though funnily enough giantbomb's most popular video on youtube is exactly that... and done by kesslar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVtKfg8T7ro

Kesslar could have made big bucks becoming a youtuber instead of going to some random company who's going to become bankrupt sooner or later.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

And it's one of the few places where you won't be directed to a 5 minute youtube video when you just want to know the location of an item.

ugh and it's always some guy who has the worst morning DJ voice possible, usually with some kind of speech impediment who spends 4 minutes winding up to the point

You're forgetting the sick dubstep.

Don't forget that KICK ASS 30 sec long After Effect intro.

And you're missing out on that hot camera-recorded screen action.

You're describing most of the gaming content on youtube and it's making me real sad.

 

[Myggen]

Though funnily enough giantbomb's most popular video on youtube is exactly that... and done by kesslar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVtKfg8T7ro

Kesslar could have made big bucks becoming a youtuber instead of going to some random company who's going to become bankrupt sooner or later.

Kessler mentions that fact on his LinkedIn page.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Man, no wonder giantbomb don't have interns anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVp...d=WY9NO4GQJRk&annotation_id=annotation_467387

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Kessler mentions that fact on his LinkedIn page.

Account Relations Representative
Sony Computer Entertainment America
October 2013 – Present (1 year 9 months)San Mateo, CA
Contractor

Giant Bomb
August 2011 – December 2011 (5 months)San Francisco Bay Area
Managed company YouTube Channel “TheRealGiantBomb”
- Oversaw site’s video migration to YouTube
- Generated over one million hits in October through contractor-created content.
- Doubled to two million monthly hits after video transition
- Created most-viewed video on channel (810,000 views)
- Co-Produced “Fear Gauntlet”, daily comedic video game show (250,000 views total)

Kessler >> brett

 

[stump sock]

Man, no wonder giantbomb don't have interns anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVp...d=WY9NO4GQJRk&annotation_id=annotation_467387

I like that they showed the Borderlands vault monster but didn't show the rakk hive which is literally a walking vagina

 

[ScottSullivan]

I think Jeff said it gets about 100,000 downloads per week.

I actually though I heard him say 300k, As to the post you quoted, how do we know premium subs are around 20k?

 

[Antiwhippy]

I actually kinda miss fear gauntlet. It was legitly pretty fun.

Never got the intense hate that kesslar gets.

I like that they showed the Borderlands vault monster but didn't show the rakk hive which is literally a walking vagina

They like it hairy.

 

[daydream]

spookin' was just a fear gauntlet ripoff

I actually kinda miss fear gauntlet. It was legitly pretty fun.

Never got the intense hate that kesslar gets.

i have seen zero kessler hate around these parts