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Giant Bomb #23 | See you Space Cowboy...
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stump sock
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I hate when I go to people's houses and they have the smooth TV shit on. They never notice and it drives me insane.
that's my parents. drives me nuts when I go visit
Death Metalist
Member
No joke that Rorie puppy stream however many years back was the greatest
Solo Rorie stream please
Yes please.
maybe drew will bring in that stack of N64 games and they just play N64 games all stream
maybe it'll be a bland UPF with no memorable moments
This also. You know what, maybe Rorie will bring a Saturn and play Sega Rally for the entire duration.
Scrotum Phillips
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Another I think somewhat realistic possibility here - Dan and his GF are in NYC scoping out places to live longterm in the area while he works in NYC.
Hot Coldman
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No Dan on West Coast means no Demo Derbies or MPP for the month long duration. FUCK YOU DAN. Ruining my entertainment.
do the right thing and get Brad in there
RepairmanJack
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The long game is this is actually how Brad leaves GB. He offers Dan his spot and Brad will take his punishment and leave GB.
Good Job Dan, this is how Brad quits.
Good Job Dan, this is how Brad quits.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay I'm sold on Dan at Beast
Now I wish it was a full move
Now I wish it was a full move
HappenstanceUK
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Do we have any idea what Danny means when he says the next 5 months are going to be interesting in this tweet?
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/761512720122470400
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/761512720122470400
The Dan thing being temporary makes me wonder if Vinny is going to take some time off. He's had a rough few weeks, and if he took time off that would leave only Alex. Bringing Dan in for a period would help shore up that office.
International is still only in Group stage. The live audience portion isn't until next week.
I wonder if CBSi is considering majorly revamping Gamespot. It still brings in the traffic, but that's for things like reviews and news, and unfortunately not the sort of stuff that Danny does. In addition, a lot of that seems redundant in light of them also having Giant Bomb.
Honestly, if I was CBSi, I'd move Danny and possibly Mary to Giant Bomb, and turn Gamespot into just pretty much a faceless factory for general news and reviews.
So UPF tonight...
No Jeff
No Dan
No Danny as backup
Possibly no Brad? (He's going to the International so he might be out of town already by the end of the day)
International is still only in Group stage. The live audience portion isn't until next week.
There's definitely something going on. Numerous tweets like that since he left for Ireland.
Could totally be private life, though. I mean, he just married.
I wonder if CBSi is considering majorly revamping Gamespot. It still brings in the traffic, but that's for things like reviews and news, and unfortunately not the sort of stuff that Danny does. In addition, a lot of that seems redundant in light of them also having Giant Bomb.
Honestly, if I was CBSi, I'd move Danny and possibly Mary to Giant Bomb, and turn Gamespot into just pretty much a faceless factory for general news and reviews.
Do we have any idea what Danny means when he says the next 5 months are going to be interesting in this tweet?
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/761512720122470400
i mean, its obvious isnt it?
he's going to transition over to giantbomb over the next 5 months, while dan looks for apartments on the eastcoast and eventually goes full time beastcoast
I gave up trying to figure out what Danny is referring to. He seems happy and I think getting married is probably making him rethink what he wants to do in the future.Do we have any idea what Danny means when he says the next 5 months are going to be interesting in this tweet?
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/761512720122470400
RepairmanJack
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Man, they're kind of behind on their No Man's Sky leaks.
EnlightenedMint
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Do we have any idea what Danny means when he says the next 5 months are going to be interesting in this tweet?
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/761512720122470400
Seems like something is going on at Gamespot, on August 1st he was tweeting about the same thing.
But more Danswers is confirmed.
ShaggsMagoo
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Hearing Vinny talk about the 999 and Virtues last reward on the Beastcast, I came to a realization of something that needs to happen, it might even be better while Dan is in town.
GBE Playdate: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
GBE Playdate: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
RepairmanJack
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Hearing Vinny talk about the 999 and Virtues last reward on the Beastcast, I came to a realization of something that needs to happen, it might even be better while Dan is in town.
GBE Playdate: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
I would have killed a couple months ago for a Donganronpa let's play from anywhere decent that was annoying as hell. Now it's on Steam and I just need the time to play it.
Hearing Vinny talk about the 999 and Virtues last reward on the Beastcast, I came to a realization of something that needs to happen, it might even be better while Dan is in town.
GBE Playdate: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Dan constantly being annoyed by the animeness will be great or annoying as hell.
Decent chance it's a trial that they are not saying is a trial because it's so up in the air what might happen.
Dan might hate New York too!
Maybe they are boiling a frog, GB fans being the frog.
There's definitely something going on. Numerous tweets like that since he left for Ireland.
Could totally be private life, though. I mean, he just married.
Sounds like work. Likely just restructuring. They seem to do it every 6 months or so, killing any shows that don't work and chasing the new hotness.
Piston Hyundai
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Sounds like work. Likely just restructuring. They seem to do it every 6 months or so, killing any shows that don't work and chasing the new hotness.
CBSi is giving him 5 months to catch up on the Game of Thrones TV show and books.
dan needs to make vinny play hitman
I'm imagining what insane shit they would both come up with. There's no straight man to play against.
EnlightenedMint
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dan needs to make vinny play hitman
Please give me Dan "coaching" Vinny.
And call it HitDan Coast to Coast.
You're probably right.Sounds like work. Likely just restructuring. They seem to do it every 6 months or so, killing any shows that don't work and chasing the new hotness.
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/760262022709796869
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/760261467836977152
These especially.
SirClinksAlot
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dan needs to make vinny play hitman
Those two nutjobs on Hitman together would be amazing.
HappenstanceUK
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I wonder if we could get an impromptu No Man's Sky stream today. Polygon are having one so copies are getting out there.
Hearing Vinny talk about the 999 and Virtues last reward on the Beastcast, I came to a realization of something that needs to happen, it might even be better while Dan is in town.
GBE Playdate: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
but he liked the ZE games
stump sock
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I wonder if we could get an impromptu No Man's Sky stream today. Polygon are having one so copies are getting out there.
yeah it sounded like review copies were landing starting yesterday. I'd be semi-surprised if they didn't at least play it on UPF if they have a copy
You're probably right.
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/760262022709796869
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/760261467836977152
These especially.
I've seen language like that before, and it usually means Gamespot isn't making any money, and they're figuring out how to cut costs.
yeah it sounded like review copies were landing starting yesterday. I'd be semi-surprised if they didn't at least play it on UPF if they have a copy
Kotaku says polygons isn't a review copy, they just bought one from a store that broke street date
I've seen language like that before, and it usually means Gamespot isn't making any money, and they're figuring out how to cut costs.
It has never made much money and they just hired a bunch of new people - Danny was talking about some new hire called Martini Bianco or something, sounded like a porn star.
They are not expected to make money but they do chase numbers. Plus they have this new shift to Gamespot Universe or whatever dumb name they have for the entertainment audience they are chasing with Comic Vine.
soundscream
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dan needs to make vinny play hitman
They would break the game.
It has never made much money and they just hired a bunch of new people - Danny was talking about some new hire called Martini Bianco or something, sounded like a porn star.
They are not expected to make money but they do chase numbers. Plus they have this new shift to Gamespot Universe or whatever dumb name they have for the entertainment audience they are chasing with Comic Vine.
All those things, especially the shift to a more mainstream demo, scream of trying to keep the numbers up.
I might be totally wrong, and maybe it's a case of them doing so well that they are able to have the capital to get into new areas. But that's generally not how it works, especially for a site that up to this point has been dedicated to video games.
MassiveNights
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All Sony are waiting for before sending out review codes for NMS is a patch so it could land with GB any minute.
No, this is what the Internet at large does whenever they're given little to no details on an announcement to something. Show the Internet a countdown timer and they'll think Metal Gear Solid 4 is being ported to the Xbox 360, or that they'll get a sequel to the World Ends with You.
Dan knew exactly what he was doing and worked our sorry asses into a shoot or whatever.
You had to remind me, didn't you? It still hurts, mayne. It still hurts.
On a side note. I was listening to Patrick's podcast and Gita Jackson said she earns like 13K a year freelance. How the hell does anyone live on that? Also that most people she talked to seem to think freelancers earn 40k, some as high as 60k.
No I think we agree. Only difference is I don't think it is down to money/costs - but it is totally about traffic. They expect losses but also feel the need to be a "big" site in terms of numbers like Kotaku and IGN. Neither of which make any money either.
Now when they fired all the old GS editorial and farmed 90% of reviews out to freelancers - that was cost cutting.
All those things, especially the shift to a more mainstream demo, scream of trying to keep the numbers up.
I might be totally wrong, and maybe it's a case of them doing so well that they are able to have the capital to get into new areas. But that's generally not how it works, especially for a site that up to this point has been dedicated to video games.
No I think we agree. Only difference is I don't think it is down to money/costs - but it is totally about traffic. They expect losses but also feel the need to be a "big" site in terms of numbers like Kotaku and IGN. Neither of which make any money either.
Now when they fired all the old GS editorial and farmed 90% of reviews out to freelancers - that was cost cutting.
On a side note. I was listening to Patrick's podcast and Gita Jackson said she earns like 13K a year freelance. How the hell does anyone live on that? Also that most people she talked to seem to think freelancers earn 40k, some as high as 60k.
No I think we agree. Only difference is I don't think it is down to money/costs - but it is totally about traffic. They expect losses but also feel the need to be a "big" site in terms of numbers like Kotaku and IGN. Neither of which make any money either.
Now when they fired all the old GS editorial and farmed 90% of reviews out to freelancers - that was cost cutting.
In the wake of all the polygon situation I was talking with some people on Twitter about this.
Even if you published a review every week or so, which is impossible, you'd still be earning a non living wage in most cities.
$300 for a review seems insane. I know it's the norm. But holy shit.
One reviewer responded when I asked how freelancers survive said "find a spouse with a real job"
Salty Catfish
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On a side note. I was listening to Patrick's podcast and Gita Jackson said she earns like 13K a year freelance. How the hell does anyone live on that? Also that most people she talked to seem to think freelancers earn 40k, some as high as 60k.
Gita's mentioned on Twitter that she gets money from her parents. And that's ridiculous that people think freelancers make 40k, let alone 60. It's a brutal buyer's market out there.
In the wake of all the polygon situation I was talking with some people on Twitter about this.
Even if you published a review every week or so, which is impossible, you'd still be earning a non living wage in most cities.
$300 for a review seems insane. I know it's the norm. But holy shit.
One reviewer responded when I asked how freelancers survive said "find a spouse with a real job"
Lol no it's not
Glass Shark
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Sounds like work. Likely just restructuring. They seem to do it every 6 months or so, killing any shows that don't work and chasing the new hotness.
I get the impression that GameSpot is pivoting away from deep coverage of games and more into mainstream. Peter talked about on the Bombcast how they don't cover every game release anymore. They're launching that GameSpot Universe thing. I have noticed an overall shift in tone and content in their video production. Probably means uncertainty for a lot of the folks there that work heavily on gaming stuff.
Totally unrelated... pro tip for anyone trying to break into this industry: LEARN VIDEO.
SatelliteOfLove
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Peter is always great. He filled the Jeff role really well. Didn't know he was so into retro hardware. He rarely talks about it on the GS podcasts.
Jeff and Peter: Storage Wars
New monthy feature
till Peter takes a job at some dev as PR man.
soundscream
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In the wake of all the polygon situation I was talking with some people on Twitter about this.
Even if you published a review every week or so, which is impossible, you'd still be earning a non living wage in most cities.
$300 for a review seems insane. I know it's the norm. But holy shit.
One reviewer responded when I asked how freelancers survive said "find a spouse with a real job"
Whats going on with polygon?
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