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Giant Bomb #14 | I'll Never Forget This!
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Liquid Shake
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Exactly! What's more, he's somewhat of a cultural hero here. Ireland is weird.
Jeevesmeister
Banned
The #HireCara thing was so goddamn embarrassing, and honestly, considering how badly Patrick's writing was received, I don't think more bad posts like "here's what the next Tomb Raider should be" (which was nothing but an IdeasGuy101.txt scribble that frankly ought to be cause to have any games writer laughed out of the scene with how illiterate it was about the medium) would have done Giant Bomb dot Com any favors.
The problem is that the skillset you need to be successful on Giant Bomb is such a limited thing that anyone in the scene even has (years of extended experience in the scene and the perspective to comprehend all its madness, on-screen charisma, etc etc) that just naming whatever games writer that happens to be a woman and has maybe written a couple good pieces (do we really need to mention Patricia Hernandez defending KK:Hollywood, a terrifyingly manipulative F2P not-game designed solely to extract your money in the most depressing excuse for "fun" possible) - I mean, shit. I dunno. I hope Giant Bomb hires someone diverse and gets away from hiring another Dan, who started out awesome but his "chara- I've made this point a million times, whatever, but you look at the games critic scene and it's honestly pretty damn heartbreaking - Giant Bomb is a fluke in a sphere that honestly shouldn't exist. Just look at "Kinda Funny" trying to ape the same formula and its pathetically depressing to watch four dudes in a bad set sitting around podcast equipment.
The problem is that the skillset you need to be successful on Giant Bomb is such a limited thing that anyone in the scene even has (years of extended experience in the scene and the perspective to comprehend all its madness, on-screen charisma, etc etc) that just naming whatever games writer that happens to be a woman and has maybe written a couple good pieces (do we really need to mention Patricia Hernandez defending KK:Hollywood, a terrifyingly manipulative F2P not-game designed solely to extract your money in the most depressing excuse for "fun" possible) - I mean, shit. I dunno. I hope Giant Bomb hires someone diverse and gets away from hiring another Dan, who started out awesome but his "chara- I've made this point a million times, whatever, but you look at the games critic scene and it's honestly pretty damn heartbreaking - Giant Bomb is a fluke in a sphere that honestly shouldn't exist. Just look at "Kinda Funny" trying to ape the same formula and its pathetically depressing to watch four dudes in a bad set sitting around podcast equipment.
Piston Hyundai
Member
your posts make this thread feel really circlejerky and tiring to read
*sigh*
BUNTING1243
Banned
What's worse: infighting or #hirecara?
Both.
Liquid Shake
Member
#hireinfighting
For me, it's all cool. I enjoy coming here and seeing the differing opinions of you guys. There is plenty of GB related stuff I don't care about that you guys do and vice versa. Life goes on.
Dublin to Oslo flight booked. I'll text you when I'm standing outside the basketball court.
For me, it's all cool. I enjoy coming here and seeing the differing opinions of you guys. There is plenty of GB related stuff I don't care about that you guys do and vice versa. Life goes on.
Dublin to Oslo flight booked. I'll text you when I'm standing outside the basketball court.
Let's fight irl.
Jeevesmeister
Banned
I actually think the next hire should be someone totally outside the world of games, a "normie" with no understanding of the weird bullshit that the games industry tries to get away with. For all the weird backlash games journos gave the Mass Effect 3 ending hate as they pathetically defended Bioware, I showed this to a handful of non-gamer people and they all shamefully shook their heads and asked why anyone would do this.
Basically I want Norm McDonald to be the new hire.
Basically I want Norm McDonald to be the new hire.
I call dibs on the bat.
LurkerPrime
Member
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
i have a dark horse contender with unnecessary post edits.
Piston Hyundai
Member
talking about it once or twice is fine, it's when I see it over
and over
and over again that I start to take issue
no disrespect, it's just that between the hire stuff and the edit messages both being run into the ground it seems like I'm reading the same posts every couple of pages
and also doom had infighting so it's immediately better than the cara stuff
What would I get out of this, as a listener/viewer? Sounds like a bad idea.
Piston Hyundai
Member
hire stuff hasn't been as bad lately but the edit messages (which have also bled over into the bombcast threads apparently) have been pretty annoying to me because I still haven't gotten into the habit of not ignoring them, and there's no real intuitive way to quote them so it makes going back to a post a must if you haven't caught the context to what someone's replying to
BUNTING1243
Banned
HYPE
edit: intentionally shorter canceling my sub
edit x2: I get the impression the new hire is far, far, far away. Shame!
Liquid Shake
Member
Cool. They'll probably regret asking for "EVERYTHING" to be sent via email.
Piston Hyundai
Member
That's some pretty kickass art for the podcast
Jeevesmeister
Banned
littlegrasshopper
Member
YESSS!!!!!
well, a lot of discussion in here is cyclical, we established this like eight threads ago
the hiring talk wasn't that dense or frequent, it just happened on a regular basis which seems totally fine to me. can't fill every weekend with discussion of shitty bands (thus, everyone has the subject matters he or she finds aggravating) and a new hire is sort of a big deal for the site
also, you don't have to scrutinise every post, skimming is a useful technique for dairy farmers and readers alike, also spending less time on gaf maybe
anyway, BEASTCAST WITH VINNY C AND THE WOLF
the hiring talk wasn't that dense or frequent, it just happened on a regular basis which seems totally fine to me. can't fill every weekend with discussion of shitty bands (thus, everyone has the subject matters he or she finds aggravating) and a new hire is sort of a big deal for the site
also, you don't have to scrutinise every post, skimming is a useful technique for dairy farmers and readers alike, also spending less time on gaf maybe
anyway, BEASTCAST WITH VINNY C AND THE WOLF
BUNTING1243
Banned
RSS feed description:
Sounds like a East Coast Bombcast basically.
Sounds like a East Coast Bombcast basically.
This is amazingly good news to end the day with.
Sorry if my posts get annoying. That's not my intention. Have fun while I drive home with the Bombcast.
Jeevesmeister
Banned
Now that Vinny is finally on a podcast of least resistance, he can finally get his racing wheel!
thebeastcast.com is hosted independently of CBSi and the email address is at that domain, not a giant bomb email.
Vinny mentioned the original ER.
Given these two nuggets of information, it's safe to assume Alex and Vinny are leaving Giant Bomb to start their own site dedicated to Endurance Runs.
Vinny mentioned the original ER.
Given these two nuggets of information, it's safe to assume Alex and Vinny are leaving Giant Bomb to start their own site dedicated to Endurance Runs.
With Project Cars and Dirt Rally out, it's a really good time to get one, actually.
Keyser Soze
Member
Things The Beastcast will be
- Shorter than the Bombcast
- More Digestible, than the Bombcast
- Morning Uploads (on NYC Time)
- Thursday Records it seems
- Weekly Friday Uploads
- Always Alex/Vinny
- Likely Alex/Vinny/Newbie once he/she is invented
- Rotating Fourth Chair
- Guests are Possible (likely NY based journos - Tina Amini is the only one I can think of)
- More Jeff Bakalar that you may expect
There's a beastcast but apparently it's by a band called Brother Beast... How can I go about getting the GBeastcast on downcast?
nckillthegrimace
Member
Is Bakalar the 404 guy? I am not a fan.
Space Wanderer
Banned
Ep 0 is out already! Not the direction I expected them to go in, I'll admit.
http://imgur.com/CjTfSsp
http://imgur.com/CjTfSsp
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Wow! Beastcast announcement out of nowhere. Awesome news!
EdReedFan20
Member
Drive to E3 Mixler confirmed by Danny! While they're at it, they should Periscope it, too.
Infinite Justice
Member
Also they will try to catch anything the Bombcast missed due to them being later in the week.
shadyspace
Banned
Man GBE is really nowhere near hiring that new person.
I hope this leads to a lot of cross-bombcasts passive aggressive cattiness.
shadyspace
Banned
Yes, he is awful.
Piston Hyundai
Member
hey, don't let me get you down
I'm just not a fan of one-note stuff, so to speak
I'm the type of guy who can't stand Futurama because of how predictable the jokes are
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