Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad
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they do right here:
https://auth.giantbomb.com/upgrade/
also, on the quicklooks page it says
and yet there are several quick looks that are shorter than 20 minutes. contractually that is illegal as far as I now.
get your shit together giantbomb!
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
Less than 20 minute Quick Looks? Fuck those guys.
But yeah, the "premium content every day" thing is pretty lame.
Wait a second, when did no ads become a yearly subscriber only thing? The hell?
Their claim of daily premium content is clearly problematic.
Considering Quick Looks are free I don't think you'd have much of a standing there. Seems more like a "mission statement" to me.
Oh wow. I've never seen this. Had I before I bought my membership, I'd be ticked too.
Yep, I sure did. My bad. That's bullshit.
Heh, I DO think Jeff is spending a lot of time thinking about Gamespot and not Giant Bomb.
What I'd love to see them do, and which would probably alleviate some of the feelings when "nothing's on," is run a 24/7 stream of Giant Bomb TV with a chat room. Old content, live shows, early videos before they go on the site, that kind of programming. Might also provide incentive to just go live with whatever more often.
It came up in Jeff's Tumblr recently and he seemed receptive, not sure how much work that would take to run but it would be a pretty cool direction for the site to take considering how video centric they've become.
It came up in Jeff's Tumblr recently and he seemed receptive, not sure how much work that would take to run but it would be a pretty cool direction for the site to take considering how video centric they've become.
There's more than enough content for my taste, I'm very satisfied with GiantBomb as a whole. But I think still advertising their "daily content" claim for their premium subscription after all those years and countless complaints about it is pretty sketchy. They are regularly calling out other companies for shady dealings, but are themselves advertising a service in a misleading manner. In a similar vein, having responsive and swift customer service should be expected when they are running a for-pay-service.
These small issues really cloud the otherwise very enjoyable GiantBomb experience.
These small issues really cloud the otherwise very enjoyable GiantBomb experience.
Yeah and that kinda is why I subscribed. Well that and HD videos, but that no longer is a subscriber only thing. For a time they did pretty well with Random PC Game, Load Your Last Save and something else during the week. Now not much. I can undersand that Dave is busy but he really isn't needed to pull out one of these FMV games they have been sent and put on a live stream. I am especially salty if they put nothing on on Fridays.
I agree. GB should be above this shit.
Hasn't it always been like that?
Yep, it always was like that.
Ryan will be firing arrows and shouting derogatory slurs on a live stream while we see how long he can go before HR shut him down.
Should be fun.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
SteveWinwood
Member
Pretty sure he was joking about the 20 mins bro.
SweetTeddie
Member
I don't think we'll have much to complain about content-wise for the first half of 2013. Too many games coming out. It shall all begin in a couple weeks.
Felix Lighter
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But the best content usually comes out when there are no big new releases. I'm just looking forward to the continuation of the Blade Runner series.
Seriously.
Agreed, but then why is there any reason to subscribe?
I think it would be really cool to have at least 1 endurance run always going. Producing can be minimal, sit 2 guys down once a week for an hour or 2, and release 15 minutes a day. On top of the current content this would keep me completely satisfied.
If your average Podunk vlogger on YouTube can do it, why can't giantbomb?
If your average Podunk vlogger on YouTube can do it, why can't giantbomb?
See this is what I really don't get from an employer point of view.
As a manager of a business one of the most important factors is staff productivity. While there is no way of knowing what is going behind the scenes, from an outsider's view point I just can't see why content is so low compared to other comparable websites.
I guess the guys are just lucky that I'm not their line manager as I would be asking questions such as, Why does the news guy not actually you know....report the daily news stories of the video game world to get me clicks?
For example today Eurogamer published 15 news articles for their members to comment on, Giant Bomb published zero. The majority on EG which written by one guy. Eurogamer isn't perfect but it operates on a fairly small daily editorial team and they provide content for their community to discuss daily. And their reviews are timely.
As much as I enjoyed the GOTY videos I would much rather that energy is used throughout the year to engage me, their reader, and provide a steady stream of content for me and others to enjoy.
TheBaronOfNA
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I dunno, maybe I want to support the guys who have provided with some awesome content over the last few years?
funkystudent
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You guys are just talking like this to get brad to post again aren't you?
SweetTeddie
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Blade Runner hasn't been my favorite Random PC Game. It's alright but I'd rather they move on.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I want them to RPG that gigantic-ass PC binder they just got.
While listening to the FLCL soundtrack, because that shit is amazing.
While listening to the FLCL soundtrack, because that shit is amazing.
That's fair enough, but then you gotta ask what's the guy who was primarily hired for news coverage doing when no content (be it articles or videos) created by him gets posted?
Felix Lighter
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Sometimes the content comes in spurts, sometimes there are content droughts. I wish the content output was more consistent as much as anyone else but leading up to the GOTY stuff I thought there was a good flow, especially with QLs. Last week was great. This week was definitely light on the content but overall I don't think it's been all that bad. I do feel that once Dave is freed up a bit there will be more opportunities for good premium content but who knows. Comicvine could take up all his time after the new site launches.
I don't pretend to know what's going on behind the scenes but I believe Patrick was brought on to write more in depth researched stories than cover daily gaming news.
I don't pretend to know what's going on behind the scenes but I believe Patrick was brought on to write more in depth researched stories than cover daily gaming news.
He's getting his audio interviews leaked to the internet, obviously
Haunted
Member
And speaking of lazy bums, when did Brad post his last anime article?
Typographenia
Member
Oh boy, they're finally bringing Wake Up Club to america! I can't wait to see what weird things Ryan and crew do with i-what the heck is going on in here?
Personally, I always preferred quality to quantity, but to each their own.
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Personally, I always preferred quality to quantity, but to each their own.
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He just posted some review of some anime or manga called "Basho" or something on the beta site not long ago. Granted, it's ancient, but it's still new to me.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Uh, he did do a pretty damn good QnA series with the walking dead creators which the final part was released this week.
Plus he does the weekly worth readings.
Probably working on getting into contact with people, researching more info for articles. I appreciate that Patrick's stuff takes time.
I get what consumes Vinny, Drew, and Patrick's time, I don't know what the rest of them do. I don't mean they are just twiddling their thumbs, obviously they are working but I honestly don't know what else is there other than networking/planning to get early copies of games and booking events.
What are you talking about? Weekly Worth Readings / The Faces of Death series / Steam Box Plans, Klepek has articles on there quiet a bit, as well as being a part of QLs and Live content.
You might want to actually visit the site before you complain about whats not on the site.
Now this, yeah definitely. Especially when all it takes is taking out the word "daily" from the text.
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