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Giant Bomb #25 | A Fun Time with Friends

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Piston Hyundai

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SirAndroidTV said:
Remember Devil Daggers...

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if Devil Daggers was a full-on love letter to the original Quake that had a campaign with solid level design and not just a survival arena with a cool aesthetic, we wouldn't be talking about Doom

but that's probably too much to expect out of a game from like two people
 
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I'm sure a lot of you are reading Austin's AMA, but I just thought I'd post this in case you missed it.

V0xus said:
Hi Austin! What was the most valuable lesson you learned while working with Giant Bomb?
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Good (and difficult) question, so let’s start with this one!

I learned a ton from my time at GB—I cannot begin to overstate the wisdom that was imparted on by everyone there. Really, really hard to push So here's a lesson I from everyone:

Vinny taught me the value of of a backup plan—and how to face the fact that sometimes, even your backup’s backup fails. I remember when Vinny told me that our quick look system had three redundancies. I laughed at how surreal that was. Less than a week later, the initial recording and two of those three backups totally failed. I was very grateful for that third one.

Alex taught me how to push forward on a shitty day. Alex and I both have a great deal in common in terms of our, uh, cloudy demeanors, let's say. But Alex was an incredible professional, and even on the days where things were rough as hell, he managed to put his nose to the stone

Jeff taught me that it’s less about perfection, and it’s more about cadence. Every swing you take will not be a home run—both as a creator and journalist and also as a person—but if you can consistently, reliably do solid work, people will follow you.

Rorie taught me the value of prioritization. Matt is just… super busy over there, and he constantly has to decide what challenges are things he needs to address immediately and which things need to be saved for tomorrow.

Drew showed me the courage (and the deftness) it takes to bring really, really esoteric interests to a wide audience. Things like the Crusader Kings 2 stream or the Twilight Struggle Quick Look (which I did with Drew) never would’ve happened if he didn’t prove that if you bring a fun personality and a lot of patience, you can share your weirdest interests with people.

Jason is a living example of grit. Long nights of setup were worth it, because tomorrow it meant that things would be that much easier. And longer nights of breakdown were worth it because hey, you were done. If I’m every a tenth of the professional Jason is, I’ll be able to get a ton done even on the hardest nights

Dan and I bonded over our social anxiety. His ability to step out into a crowd—but also to know that it’s okay to step away when you need to was a very important lesson for me.

Brad taught me how to deal with criticism. That’s not a joke, either. There were weeks where I saw fans of ours pile onto him unfairly—unaware of whatever really difficult task he was hard at work at accomplishing—and he was just fucking head down on what had to get done. But he also listened when people had real, important, constructive critique. Super important lesson

While I was there, I also worked with a dude named Stan who you probably don’t know, but Stan absolutely taught me the value of working with people who understand the big picture. I’m a humanities dude, you know? I resist stats and charts and all that. Stan showed me how those things could inform my work without forcing it to change in a way I wasn’t happy with.

Patrick was obviously gone by the time I arrived, but watching his whole career (and now being lucky enough to work with him on a daily basis), he’s taught me a ton about the value of being curious. Dig deeper. The story isn’t the obvious thing, it’s the next level down. Always take that next step.

And while I was never lucky enough to know Ryan, as a fan, I was keenly aware of his amazing way of bringing a room of people together. In prepping for our huge 72 hour livestream, I thought a lot about how well Ryan was able to find common ground between people who had very little to do with each other. He was a master MC, and I aspire to bring even a fraction of the joy he brought others.
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OdysseusVA

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Kessler is a treasure. I will not allow slander.

And Brad is bad at video games. If hes not practicing being a better video game player, what does he do all day?
 
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You probably don't know him.
Giger Pilot said:
I'm sure a lot of you are reading Austin's AMA, but I just thought I'd post this in case you missed it.
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Scoops is at it again.
[–]patrickklepek 112 points 56 minutes ago
When are you going to play Knack?
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[–]TheCalcutec 11 points 6 minutes ago
Look for when the sky is clear, And the sun is back. Patrick and I will share some beer, And play some Knack.
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robotrock said:
You're not playing titanfall 2 on PC are you
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Nope. I made the mistake of buying Titanfall 1 on PC because I didn't own an Xbone at the time. Never again!

That said, I thought that matchmaking on TF2 PC was still pretty quick. I haven't seen any complaints about PC matchmaking times in the OT.
 
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oti

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This is the super frustrating part to me. I don't know what they're doing all day, but they have subscribers who've been paying them actual money for their #content years before Patreon was a thing. They have a professional setup YouTubers would dream of. They have a lot of people on staff. They have the equipment. So why is there not more #content? What is the frigging problem? No, I don't know how hard your job is or what you do all day what I do know is that there are sites and creators out there who manage to offer more #content with a MacGyver setup involving a potato and some wires than you do with a Hollywood studio. And they even do it on a regular basis! That's all we ask! I don't think anyone asks for daily premium content.

What gets me most is the stubbornness to even acknowledge this. I know bringing this up during GOTY season is the worst timing but this has been going on for ages.

We love you and all but come on. This relationship between us is deep enough, it can take some well-meaning criticism.

People who attack them personally are of course assholes. That goes without saying.
 
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oti xero said:
This is the super frustrating part to me. I don't know what they're doing all day, but they have subscribers who've been paying them actual money for their #content years before Patreon was a thing. They have a professional setup YouTubers would dream of. They have a lot of people on staff. They have the equipment. So why is there not more #content? What is the frigging problem? No, I don't know how hard your job is or what you do all day what I do know is that there are sites and creators out there who manage to offer more #content with a MacGyver setup involving a potato and some wires than you do with a Hollywood studio. And they even do it on a regular basis! That's all we ask! I don't think anyone asks for daily premium content.

What gets me most is the stubbornness to even acknowledge this. I know bringing this up during GOTY season is the worst timing but this has been going on for ages.

We love you and all but come on. This relationship between us is deep enough, it can take some well-meaning criticism.

People who attack people personally are of course assholes. That goes without saying.
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"a lot of people on staff"

nah, dude

Vinny's gone into how frustrating it is to be the one video producer over on the East despite being a small team and not doing too much

also, the answer is probably that it's much more difficult to put content together in their situation than we realize, and the question is more why that is and less "why isn't there content"
 
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oti xero said:
This is the super frustrating part to me. I don't know what they're doing all day, but they have subscribers who've been paying them actual money for their #content years before Patreon was a thing. They have a professional setup YouTubers would dream of. They have a lot of people on staff. They have the equipment. So why is there not more #content? What is the frigging problem? No, I don't know how hard your job is or what you do all day what I do know is that there are sites and creators out there who manage to offer more #content with a MacGyver setup involving a potato and some wires than you do with a Hollywood studio. And they even do it on a regular basis! That's all we ask! I don't think anyone asks for daily premium content.

What gets me most is the stubbornness to even acknowledge this. I know bringing this up during GOTY season is the worst timing but this has been going on for ages.

We love you and all but come on. This relationship between us is deep enough, it can take some well-meaning criticism.

People who attack them personally are of course assholes. That goes without saying.
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I agree, they could probably be pumping out a bit more content than they are. It kind of ebbs and flows. Some days are really heavy, and then you have times like now, where other than a DR4 and TLG quick look, the week has been (and looks to be) barren.

A random stream with some random games is pretty easy to manage. They're lucky to be in a situation where people are mostly just there to chill out and watch them, they don't exactly need to create a brand new segment. Just stream some Battlefield 1 or something.
 
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