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Giant Bomb #19 | Patrick Wins 2-1
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Twin Tails
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Mikey Jr.
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Hey guys, posting this from the other thread.
"Sorry guys, hard to parse through this thread, but did Drew specifically say why Halo 5 wasn't on his top 10 list?
As the biggest Halo fan there, never heard his final opinion on the game. I thought he liked it enough to have it on his top 10, but apparently not. Has he ever discussed this and what his problems with the game were? "
"Sorry guys, hard to parse through this thread, but did Drew specifically say why Halo 5 wasn't on his top 10 list?
As the biggest Halo fan there, never heard his final opinion on the game. I thought he liked it enough to have it on his top 10, but apparently not. Has he ever discussed this and what his problems with the game were? "
Death Metalist
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I moved when Jeff announced GB. I remember when I was at GS, the forums became a shit show because when Jeff left, slowly others did and of course GS's credibility was in question so yeah haha. Been on board ever since.
I hope they keep Jeff's top 10 on top just for this image to greet you.
Whenever Myggen posts with that avatar, he always seems so angry now.
Yeah this is kind of exactly what I was talking about.
I hope they keep Jeff's top 10 on top just for this image to greet you.
They should have that picture as the Premium BG
Instead of this;
Death Metalist
Member
He enjoyed it but he doesn't think it's top 10 material. Middle chapter in a trilogy, Chief is in it for an hour or so, ends in a cliffhander(although not as bad as Halo 2's one) and of course, that fucking Warden.
Johnny Ryall
Member
Same
I didn't make a user account until I got premium in 2011 though. I think my earliest memory of the duders was watching the Wii unboxing live stream in 2006 on GameSpot. Then on the spot. That GameSpot era was ahead of the curve video wise.
Always surprised me rich Gallup never joined GB,I know he makes star trek games now but what did he do in the GB early years?
Twin Tails
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https://twitter.com/drewscanlon/status/682245404205793280
Halo 5's camaign is pretty unremarkable, so I can see why he didn't include it.
And they you realized where you where.
Death Metalist
Member
Rich Gallup, Greg Kasavin and Ryan Mcdonald are ones I always wished they joined.
funkystudent
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Worst meme Mondays ever.
I stayed with Gamespot for a while after he got fired, but then when all the regulars started to leave I did too, then Jeff and Ryan started GiantBomb and haven't watched a single video on Gamespot since then.
I do login to my account once a while to check stuff. I miss the level up system and the old GS badges.
"It's a good Halo game, but I think- They added some interesting stuff with the squad management, I guess it wasn't that successful, sometimes it's not great, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. (...)
It was a nice way to go, I like the changes they made to the movement, I think they retain what makes Halo Halo while bringing it up to a modern standard; I don't think it's exemplary in any area."
avengers23
Banned
Jason.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I was on GoNintendo (as you do) and saw a link to the Quicklook of some Prince of Persia game so I clicked it, watched it and thought "Hey, I like this "We talk over gameplay" idea". So I watched all the other QLs and liked them, except the terribly boring first few. That was right around the time of the Deadly Premonition ER and the rest is history.
I also distinctly remember seeng 156 episode of the Person 4 ER and thinking "Lol, not gonna watch this, I don't have the time to do that!".
How young and naive I was back then, full of hopes and dreams.
I also distinctly remember seeng 156 episode of the Person 4 ER and thinking "Lol, not gonna watch this, I don't have the time to do that!".
How young and naive I was back then, full of hopes and dreams.
avengers23
Banned
Rich left Gamespot just prior to Jeff's firing to move to the east coast with his wife. He got into game dev and was around for the 38 Studios implosion.
The whole firing thing was actually amazing timing given the exodus of talent that was already happening at GS (Greg, Rich, Carrie etc) and Dave/Coonce/Ethan being ready with WM to build a game site relatively easily.
skLaFarebear
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Most of this thread since coming back is the Patrick vs Dan stream last night on Twitch/Periscope so there's not much GOTY talk here.
I wouldn't recommend reading that thread, but I'm not really the kind of guy that reads the posts on threads, especially the backlog for them.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
First thing I watched was definitely a QuickLook, but I couldn't for the life of me tell you what it was
santeesioux
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I started following the site when I randomly decided to add their channel on the Roku, and at that time the newest video was Bread shitting all over Resident Evil 6 in the quick look for that game, so Bread got me into the site.
Burnout: Paradise
Call of Duty 4
Killzone 2
Rock Band
Unreal Tournament 3
littlebigplanet
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Echochrome
a new PSP
a new PC
World in Conflict
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Guitar Hero III
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
The Simpsons Game
Super Mario Galaxy
SingStar
Virtua Fighter 5
BioShock
Everyday Shooter
Call of Duty 4
Killzone 2
Rock Band
Unreal Tournament 3
littlebigplanet
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Echochrome
a new PSP
a new PC
World in Conflict
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Guitar Hero III
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
The Simpsons Game
Super Mario Galaxy
SingStar
Virtua Fighter 5
BioShock
Everyday Shooter
StopMakingSense
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Been following them forever. Earliest content I can specifically remember reading regularly was the original Gamespotting articles way back, like 2002/2003?
That's the earliest I remember following them as individual people, but would visit GS before then as well.
That's the earliest I remember following them as individual people, but would visit GS before then as well.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I started following them when they played Blazblue like shit and I got really mad.
LurkerPrime
Member
WTF
And in a mere two or three years after that, I figured Giant Bomb wasn't that dodgy after all and ended up subscribing.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
prepping for the persona five endurance run.... YESSSS
We telling stories about how we came to GB? I'm a veteran from the HotSpot days (some were around longer, but that still seems impossibly long ago). After Jeff was fired, I stuck around a bit even though I was uncomfortable with the situation. When the other major folks got out, I moved to 1up. I started checking out Arrow Pointing Down when Jeff and Ryan started that out. I became a subscriber during the first Big Live Live Show and GB became my only major game site when 1up imploded.
Backfoggen
Banned
The first video I watched was the Dead Rising 2: Case Zero QL, probably because it was one of the first sites to have proper footage of it. I remember being pissed off cause they were talking shit right at the beginning of that vid and I thought "they can't do that. How lame. Introduce the game first."
Now like 5 years later I'd be probably pissed off when they do start off a video with a dry introduction.
Now like 5 years later I'd be probably pissed off when they do start off a video with a dry introduction.
I learned about Giant Bomb during a guest appearance by Brad on the Baseball Prospectus podcast. One of the hosts (now an executive with the Houston Astros) was a big GB fan and had Brad on to talk video games for an hour. I'm sure Brad worried he was wasting his time, but he got GB at least one longtime fan.
Around January 2009ish, when Justin.TV was still a thing, and I was still watching 4PlayerPodcast. Brad, one of the streamers, mentioned one night that a website called Giant Bomb was doing an "endurance run" of Persona 4. Did not what the fuck an endurance run was so I googled giant bomb and endurance run. Watched a few videos and got instantly hooked. Got my brother hooked too when I was home from college and I was watching one of their quick looks lol.
Askherserenity
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Found out about the Giant Bombs from their Dragon Age Origins Quick Look. I was instantly hooked.
It's almost like Vinny is doing this on purpose...
Keyser Soze
Member
I see nothing wrong with this outcome
Liquid Shake
Member
Considering the goal was to get to the moon and back and then the series (presumably) ends, I'm okay with this diversion.
skLaFarebear
Member
If it gives us more content than I hope he launches the entire Kerbal population onto the moon.
Haha, I had no idea this ever happened.
EdReedFan20
Member
I don't remember what made me a regular, but I had (with no regularity) visited GB since it's inception. I remember watching all their PS Move/Kinect reviews from late 2010 and their Vita coverage from late 2011.. The first podcast of theirs I listened to was a random E3 2012 after-hours show because it said Will Smith was a guest. Well, I mean it wasn't lying..... The first regular Bombcast I remember listening to was one where Patrick told a story about spamming a jukebox with the X-Files theme. Around then, I subscribed to the Bombcast on iTunes, but it was still not my favorite video game podcast (my primaries then were Podcast Beyond and PSNation Podcast- fun fact, the podcast network where PSNation came from also hosts a podcast called Interactive Distractions, which Jason was (still is?) a co-host)). I subscribed to the YouTube channel and started regularly watching their Quick Looks (quickly realizing that name was perhaps not quite accurate ;p). The first GOTY content I fully listened to was 2012 (when XCOM won). I still was not quite familiar with the whole crew, so when they Skyped in Alex, I was like, who is this guy? Why have I never heard of him until this point? By 2013, I was fully 100% a fan of the site. I had no idea how rough of a year it would be for Giant Bomb. Finally in 2014, I finally took the plunge and became a Premium Member (only for UPF), but soon after I realized how much stuff I was missing out on. It's funny, my rise in interest in Giant Bomb, seems to mirror NeoGAF's. The first two threads lasted a while. Around the third thread, things just started to accelerate. Instead of almost a year, the threads last a month or two before a new one is needed.
Death Metalist
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Great stories, guys. Takes me back. I love this community, Infact I never knew there was one because I joined Neogaf mid-2014 but stuck only to gaming section, then off-topic section and now I'm here.
I think if you guys notice, I just barged in here like I was with this community all this time lmao.
I think if you guys notice, I just barged in here like I was with this community all this time lmao.
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