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Giant Bomb is a website about backyard convention wrestling, travel, the Terminator films, roller coasters, and nightmares. They also talk about video games sometimes. Much like Giant Bomb itself, the Giant Bomb Neogaf thread is comprised mostly of things unrelated to the subject it was created to talk about, unless it's predicting who's going to win the Giant Bomb Game of The Year or who they'll hire next. #HireDanny
Real talk: Giant Bomb's casual coverage and strong personalities makes it the video game website to end all video game websites. It's like a really good TV show you can just fall into, and then go back to get all the weird inside jokes. They also just raised a buncha money for Children's Hospitals, which you can still donate too!
As 2015 nears its close, Giant Bomb ends one of its best years. They hired a really great new writer named Austin Walker, they exhaustively covered E3 2015 with a deft and relentless enthusiasm for Sheumue that has since become legendary, and they've finally finished a new office in New York with a great new podcast and a fascinating deep dive on New York Subway drivers. Also they played so Much. Metal. Gear. With video games like Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3 around the corner, and the podcast marathon/sketch comedy extravaganza Game of The Year Awards nearing, things are only going to get better! Or everything will just break, and things will still be okay, as is the Giant Bomb way.
So sit back, relax, and argue about anime and the merits of Bioshock Infinite at the Giant Bomb Official Thread on Neogaf. Don't forget to ask about The Witcher 3!
ESSENTIAL LINKS:
- Giant Bomb Dot Com - Bask in the Dave Snider Intellegent Homepage
- Live Show Page - The official page for all live content, chat, polls, and the amazing hype meter
- Managed Livestream Page - If you missed the show live, here's the link to watch the latest livestream before the archive goes up on the site. One more time: IF YOU MISSED THE SHOW LIVE, CLICK THIS LINK.
- Premium Membership - Buy a premium membership and unlock the power. CURRENTLY ON SALE FOR $35 FOR A YEAR, USUALLY $50
FOUND ME THE BOMB:
Jeffery Atari Gerstmann
Age: 50
Nationality: German?
Location: Space Egypt
Aliases: Dr. Tracksuit, Big Jeffrey, The Rap Man
Abilities: Impervious to pre-release hype, unnatural comedic timing, powerful enough to launch his enemies into the sun, encyclopaedic knowledge of video games
Enemies: Iggy Azalea, Kid Rock, KoRn, Nintendo, Dave Lang. Chipotle, Wrestling, Sakura Clicker
Favourite game: Yoshi's Wooly World
Brad Toms Shoemaker
Age: 35
Nationality: English
Location: San Francisco
Aliases: rudds, Bradx0r, XXXShoenoscoper420blazeitupXXX
Abilities: Can hear an uninformed forum post from over 50 kilometres away; voice of an angel;
Enemies: Arch-viles, NeoGAF, the basic human need for sleep, Dota 2
Favourite game: League of Legends and Destiny
Vincent Alexander Caravella
Age: 70 (post-Max)
Nationality: Sicilian
Location: New York
Aliases: The Italian Stallion, mindcavity, A wizard, Robo-Vinny
Abilities: Can destroy any aircraft in a matter of minutes; incredible violent energy can be summoned for use in open worlds; is a robot
Enemies: Pop-ups, dudes with sunglasses, the Y button, Adele
Favourite game: Bot Colony
Alexis Harmonix Navarro
Age: Alex is eternal
Nationality: Spanish
Location: New York
Aliases: The Wolf, Minion, not the fitness model
Abilities: Ability to keep his facial hair mostly unchanged through 3 different decades, loves Minions more than any other person on this earth
Enemies: Bad video games, Jeff Gerstmann, Dan Ryckert, haters of Minions
Favourite game: Big Rigs, any game that runs at 60fps
Drewsepth Snake Scanlon
Age: 21 forever
Nationality: Russian/North Korean
Location: Bay Area
Aliases: Comrade Scanlonski, funkify, Michael C. Hall
Abilities: Impeccable posture; expert archer; speaks over 50 languages; can infiltrate enemy territory; mastery over vehicles; can survive the rabies virus
Enemies: CBSi HR. That's pretty much it.
Favourite game: LEGO Island
Matthew REDUCED-FAT Rorie
Age:22
Nationality: Philadelphia
Location: Peet's Coffee
Aliases: Cream Cheese
Abilities: A Healthy Choice
Enemies: The CBSi Corperate Structure,
Favorite game: Cooking Mama
That Dumb Babyman
Jason Robert Oestreicher
Age: 49
Nationality: ¯_(?)_/¯
Location: Bay Area
Aliases: A-Striker
Abilities: Can produce the DMX Goomba any time he wants, Monster Hunting, fighting (in real life and in video games), can turn into human salt when playing video games against Dan Ryckert
Enemies: Dan Ryckert
Favorite game: The Legend Of Korra By Platinum Games
Austin Anime Walker
Age: 30?
Nationality: Canadian
Location: Canada
Aliases: Dr. Walker
Abilities: Is probably smarter than you
Enemies: Ignorance
Favorite game: Fantasy Life
RECURRING GUESTS INCLUDE DANNY O'DWYER AND JEFF BAKALAR
HERE'S WHAT'S BLOWING UP RIGHT NOW:
Video:
Quick Look - The guys jump into a new release and give it a whirl for about 40 minutes or so. Unedited, no bullshit - your Giant Bomb meat 'n' potatoes.
Unfinished - Basically Quick Looks of unreleased games. It can be games in Early Access, or other forms of pre-release builds of games.
Unprofessional Friday (Premium) - Premium member exclusive show. Just 2 hours of whatever nonsense the crew feel like showing off. Giant Bomb at its most chaotic.
Demo Derby (Premium) - Dan, Drew and Jeff look at old Demo Discs across multiple platforms in this feature. Some times we get to see demos of good old classic games and other times we get to see demos of the worst games ever made.
Metal Gear Scanlon (Premium) - Drew is on a mission to play through all numbered MGS games as he has never played them before. Local MGS nut Dan Ryckert tries to help/troll Drew throughout the playthrough.
VinnyVania (Premium) - Vinny is playing through every console 2D Castlevania game, and maybe some more?
Ranking of Fighters - Jeff and Jason play different fighting games and rank them in a VERY SCIENTIFIC WAY. Right now Samurai Shodown 2 is the best fighting game of all time. This show is part of the rotating schedule of live shows every Wednesday.
Breaking Brad (Premium) - Brad plays particularly difficult games and challenges in games. Will he conquer it, or will it break him?
GBE Playdate - Vinny, Alex and Austin play 2-ish hours of a game, either as a one-off thing or as a series for one particular game.
Mario Party Party (Premium) - The Gang play 50 fucking turns of every single numbered Mario Party game. NOBODY WINS.
The Old Games Show - Jeff, Brad and other staff members play old games and talk about them. This show is part of the rotating schedule of live shows every Wednesday.
US vs. Them - GBWest takes on GBEast in this feature where a team from the east coast play against a team from the west coast in competitive multiplayer games. This show is part of the rotating schedule of live shows every Wednesday.
Giant Bomb Mailbag - The crew opens mailbags from the community. Don't just send them your trash, put some effort into it!
It's Like Video But Audio:
The Giant Bombcast - Up every Tuesday, with an accompanying thread popping up here on GAF near enough on the dot.
The Giant Beastcast - Giant Bomb's second flagship podcast, with Vinny, Alex and Austin as regulars and JEFF SPEKTAKULAR in the rotating fourth chair. Like with the Bombcast, every episode gets its own thread here on GAF.
Giant Bomb Presents - Previously Interview Dumptruck. It's the podcast feed where they can post whatever doesn't fit in the other podcasts. It's mainly the GB crew interviewing a wide range of people from the industry and gaming community, and posting the mostly raw audio straight to the site.
Danswers (Premium) - Danny & Dan with a wide array of guests discuss and danswer the listeners' personal questions.
Alt+F1 (Premium) - Drew and Danny discuss F1 and a lot of random shit.
The Powerbombcast (Premium) - Alex, Jeff, Dan, Austin, Giancarlo Varanini and guests discuss the latest happenings in the world of professional wrestling.
MONSTERDUNKED
Twitter, and GAF User Names
Brad: @bradshoemaker, rudds
Jeff: @jeffgerstmann, MonsterDunk
Vinny: @VinnyCaravella, bionicpuppy
Drew: @drewscanlon, N/A
Alex: @alex_navarro, N/A
Rorie: @frailgesture, N/A
Jason: @unastrike N/A
Dan: @DanRyckert, DanRyckert
Austin: @austin_walker, WreckTheLaw
OFFICIALLY UNOFFICIAL WEBSITES:
QLCrew: Giant Bomb Video Playlist (THE best way to search for GB videos, with lots of options)
Click here to see my list of (some of) the best premium content to watch or listen to
The Giant Bomb Unarchived Youtube Channel - If any content involving Giant Bomb members or "friends of the site" isn't archived on the site, you'll find it here - big thanks to fellow GAF members alr1ght and Zaph for keeping this channel updated!
TurboMan/xpantherx's Youtube channel with fantastic "Best Of" Giant Bomb videos
A site with 4+ hours of highlights of every year of The Giant Bombcast, going back to 2008
We love you forever Ryan!
