Austin Walker joins Giant Bomb

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I'm all for this new hire but not if it means Brad is getting fired.
 
I knew fuck all about him before today, but he's clearly a good writer, and i'm sure he'll be a great fit out there in New York. (downloading beastcast now)
 
He seemed cool on the beastcast. Look forward to hearing some more.

keep Jeff "Don't call it a comeback" Bakalar and that's a solid podcast
 
Super excited about Austin coming to GBEast, I may come back now that he's here. I do wonder how the community will react if he does a piece on inequality or race. That will be an interesting day both here and in the GB forums.
 
Well at least they won't be running from conference to conference so it should be less hectic.

He might still be sent out to the show floor during some of the conferences. They have 8 people now, even with Drew/Jason in the control room that seems like a lot of people to have commenting over a conference.
 
He's already made a penchant of using the word "like" in every sentence so he fits right in already :p

Seriously though welcome to the fold and hope you have a nice time.
 
Oh my god. I didn't know this happened. Why? ;A;

He's working as a designer over at Twitch now.

He might still be sent out to the show floor during some of the conferences. They have 8 people now, even with Drew/Jason in the control room that seems like a lot of people to have commenting over a conference.

Yeah. if one or two of them are interested in going to the conferences and doing all that stuff they're probably free to do it. Still, I think they were 6 people(?) commenting over the Ubisoft conference last E3 when Drake was on, and that worked out alright.

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Edit: Actually never mind. I don't want to bring up bridges that have been re-built.

Not heard of Austin but I'm sure GB guys made a good hire... they have a knack for it.
 
He's working as a designer over at Twitch now.



Yeah. if one or two of them are interested in going to the conferences and doing all that stuff they're probably free to do it. Still, I think they were 6 people(?) commenting over the Ubisoft conference last E3 when Drake was on, and that worked out alright.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

No doubt it would still be great, but I can see it being pretty hard for Austin as the new guy to join in a lot on the commentary, when you have 6 other guys that are pretty great at doing that stuff already. I kinda hope they send him + Drew/Jason with a camera out to do some interviews or find some of the more obscure games.
 
Had no idea who he was until the Beastcast. Seems like a cool dude, looking forward to his contribution to the team.
 
No doubt it would still be great, but I can see it being pretty hard for Austin as the new guy to join in a lot on the commentary, when you have 6 other guys that are pretty great at doing that stuff already. I kinda hope they send him + Drew/Jason with a camera out to do some interviews or find some of the more obscure games.

He's the new hire, he'll be there with the rest of them. It's kind of trial by fire, sure, but I think the 2014 GOTY podcasts showed that they don't want to do weird group fracturing stuff if they can avoid it.
 
Haven't listened to the podcast yet, but I'm super excited for the new guy to start joining in on content. Here's hoping he's funny, and not just smart.
 
Well... at least he has good taste, judging from his GotY stuff last year. Dwarf Fortress is the most legit pick any of the GB crew have ever made for GotY. Hopefully he can stand up to Brad's tyranny and get the good stuff winning awards, retroactively even.

I look forward to a new era of goodness.
 
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