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[nckillthegrimace]

it's all stan's fault

"why make more premium content? my data says they'll pay anyway!" he laughs as he chomps a cigar.

 

[Exterminieren]

It is done.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

It is done.

They probably picked a bad game.

 

[alr1ght]

I would give them a tad more slack if anything they produced required heavy editing. That is the real time killer when it comes to video production. When 99% of your content is sitting in front of a camera straight playing a videogame, that's why the dry spells get annoying. I know they have meetings and bullshit to attend to, and GOTY time is super busy, but they manage to pump out a bunch of content when they have their membership sales and then leave it bare for weeks.

 

[OdysseusVA]

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.

Dude, can you let them setup the studio first before going all Vbomb?

 

[Giganteus]

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.

CBSi has a lot to do with it, from what I've gathered. They can put out more content in theory, but there's other things they have to do during the day, like bullshit meetings. And they have a lot of people on staff compared to a Youtuber, sure, but they don't have that freedom to create as much content as they should be able to. Considering what they actually have to do, they are pretty understaffed.

With that said, that doesn't take away their problem of less content, or really inconsistent drips of it. When you see ONE person on YouTube doing more, it's a problem, a problem that they're hopefully wanting to fix, if it can even be fixed.

 

[Strax]

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

Spoiler

I love Brad but lol

 

[LiK]

Spoiler

I love Brad but lol

Must be talking about this thread.

 

[Twin Tails]

Congratulations to Overwatch

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Congratulations to Overwatch

another victory for harambe

 

[jambo]

It is done.

 

[KingKong]

What does he do all day? 🤔

well, according to Austin

Like everyone else at GB, work his fucking ass off. The business of working in games journalism—especially at a site with only a handful of people at it—means getting a lot of stuff done that is totally invisible from the outside. Endless meetings, tons of paperwork, editing podcasts, prepping features, writing. There's a always a ton to do.


you know, all those features

 

[Piston Hyundai]

This relationship between us is deep enough, it can take some well-meaning criticism.

oh god damn how did I not notice this sentence before

I think you're really overstating our value

 

[neshcom]

I prefer that the guys don't do blind QLs and only play games they've tried and can know something about. I'd prefer that to a lot of short QLs about junk games.

 

[FStop7]

Is that a Shenmue NPC

 

[LurkerPrime]

Jeff, I think it was, basically said that without the Premium subscribers Giant Bomb wouldn't exist.

So again, don't think of it as paying for "content" in general so much as Giant Bomb's continued existence. There will be lulls and explosions in content, and that's how it's always been. More studios means more work, but it also means more coordination is required to avoid, say, Quick Looking the same game, or redundant tasks or whatever.

I can get that it's frustrating, but GB really shouldn't be viewed as a content farm. That, I think, goes completely against what the site is all about.

"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"

There was also a time when he personally popped in to go over a typical day at work. Lots of meetings and planning, IIRC.

 

[justjim89]

Playback is still really stuttery and prone to buffering on the new player for me. Thankfully there's no content to watch currently, but still.

 

[oti]

"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"

They've got to be more people than the majority of sites that put video up on the internet.

Maybe the analogy here strangely enough is Nintendo emulation. Super slow due to their own high standards while the internet can emulate everything in five nanoseconds. I get that. I get that they want to offer higher quality, different camera angles and so on. Here's the question though, is that stuff actually needed in the end? Does the podcast video need different camera angles and someone controlling them all the time? This stuff is great for UPF and shows of course and they do give GB the professional edge over YouTuber.

Again, I don't know what the problem here is and tbh I don't care. Somewhat frequent #content is all I'm asking. That's not too much to ask, is it?

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

I'm way deep with my friends the duders

 

[Twin Tails]

I prefer that the guys don't do blind QLs and only play games they've tried and can know something about. I'd prefer that to a lot of short QLs about junk games.

There should be more qls of horror games from the newly released list on steam.

 

[KingKong]

the people are asking, nay begging, for Random PC Game

 

[LurkerPrime]

Austin and Brad have both said my username once on-stream. I think that means I'm their duder.

Congratulations to Overwatch

another victory for harambe

 

[Piston Hyundai]

There should be more qls of horror games from the newly released list on steam.

I miss Drew and Dan playing schlocky horror games

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Austin and Brad have both said my username once on-stream. I think that means I'm their duder.

No wonder it won the Keighleys.

 

[Tubobutts]

There should be more qls of horror games from the newly released list on steam.

Yes

 

[oti]

oh god damn how did I not notice this sentence before

I think you're really overstating our value

What other forums would they read? The GB forums? Please.

Congratulations to Overwatch

Yay!

 

[petethepanda]

Who is Vic Mackey in the Giant Bomb version of The Shield? And who is Shane?

I miss the days before my mind was poisoned and that was still the first Shield I thought of

 

[Data West]

me and jeff are friends on beamng

must be why i never see him on there anymore

 

[Giganteus]

They've got to be more people than the majority of sites that put video up on the internet.

Maybe the analogy here strangely enough is Nintendo emulation. Super slow due to their own high standards while the internet can emulate everything in five nanoseconds. I get that. I get that they want to offer higher quality, different camera angles and so on. Here's the question though, is that stuff actually needed in the end? Does the podcast video need different camera angles and someone controlling them all the time? This stuff is great for UPF and shows of course and they do give GB the professional edge over YouTuber.

Again, I don't know what the problem here is and tbh I don't care. Somewhat frequent #content is all I'm asking. That's not too much to ask, is it?

If you continue to ignore how much they actually need to do during a work day at CBSi, then it makes sense to you that they can put out more content by cutting various cameras out of the equation, but it's not that simple.

 

[Meneses]

If Hitman doesn't win, it will just be another shit GotY decision and all it will boil down to is the degree of shittiness it ends up being.

I wonder if Austin ended up doing something. I can see them building up a "fake" tie between two games and someone going "well we need to call an expert" and then Austin shows up on screen to break the tie.

 

[mnz]

They do a lot of one time content. Basically every QL is a new endeavour to get familiar with it, play through parts of it, maybe sign a deal etc.

That's why every time they do actually start a series, their output increases tremendously. So yeah, not sure why they are so against doing that more often. They recorded the whole Shenmue playthrough in a few days and it did really well for them, I think.

 

[oti]

If you continue to ignore how much they actually need to do during a work day at CBSi, then it makes sense to you that they can put out more content by cutting various cameras out of the equation, but it's not that simple.

How can I ignore something I know next to nothing about? If they have to sit in pointless meetings all day that totally sucks of course.

 

[neshcom]

Here's the question though, is that stuff actually needed in the end? Does the podcast video need different camera angles and someone controlling them all the time? This stuff is great for UPF and shows of course and they do give GB the professional edge over YouTuber.

The live streams need an engineer and that studio is already set up. If the podcasts already have an engineer for recording, having them switch makes for a better product to put out with basically no extra wasted man-hours. As someone who does that exact same job,I know first-hand that I could just leave it be, but I've still got to sit in that chair and make sure the system doesn't break. Adding switching in that instance is minor.

 

[Basileus777]

Wait Dan still hasn't gotten out of his SF lease? Isn't he moving in like a week?

It's a swerve. Dan stays West while Brad is shipped out East.

 

[Gozer the Gozerian]

Is Last Guardian good?

 

[LiK]

It's a swerve. Dan stays West while Brad is shipped out East.

Dan is in charge of the Bombcast.

 

[Maklershed]

Is that a Shenmue NPC

I think it's a digital old man from Deus Ex.

 

[oti]

The live streams need an engineer and that studio is already set up. If the podcasts already have an engineer for recording, having them switch makes for a better product to put out with basically no extra wasted man-hours. As someone who does that exact same job,I know first-hand that I could just leave it be, but I've still got to sit in that chair and make sure the system doesn't break. Adding switching in that instance is minor.

Interesting, thanks for the info. They also did work on that solution for quite some time before they started with the live podcasts, just tossing it away would be a shame then.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Is Last Guardian good?

You'll probably like it if you like Ico.

 

[Twin Tails]

Dan is in charge of the Bombcast.

Dan picks the emails. It will be worth it in the end.

 

[Basileus777]

Dan is in charge of the Bombcast.

Weekly Overwatch hour incoming.

 

[Giganteus]

How can I ignore something I know next to nothing about? If they have to sit in pointless meetings all day that totally sucks of course.

Fair enough, but they've talked about it several times and it's been mentioned here a lot, as well.

I do think there's some things they could probably cut out during the year, like doing 300 PAXs, but they still think that's worth doing. Well, Jeff does.

I also don't think I need to be seeing video stuff with GOTY content every year, unless they've got a really solid idea to go with, but they seem married to it, like with the PAX bullshit.

 

[killroy87]

They do a lot of one time content. Basically every QL is a new endeavour to get familiar with it, play through parts of it, maybe sign a deal etc.

That's why every time they do actually start a series, their output increases tremendously. So yeah, not sure why they are so against doing that more often. They recorded the whole Shenmue playthrough in a few days and it did really well for them, I think.

What?

 

[pizzacat]

1. It's Dan

2. Who would have thought that finding a renter in San Francisco would be difficult?



Who is Vic Mackey in the Giant Bomb version of The Shield? And who is Shane?

Whos the guy that sucked that guys dick in season 1

 

[Basileus777]

1. It's Dan

2. Who would have thought that finding a renter in San Francisco would be difficult?

But that's not the problem. The landlord and his lease isn't letting him sublet.

 

[killroy87]

Fair enough, but they've talked about it several times and it's been mentioned here a lot, as well.

I do think there's some things they could probably cut out during the year, like doing 300 PAXs, but they still think that's worth doing. Well, Jeff does.

The PAX panels are fascinating. They're popular and seem to be getting more popular, but the panel almost always sucks. Paxamania is better though.

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Who is Vic Mackey in the Giant Bomb version of The Shield? And who is Shane?

I only understand analogies that involve anime, so I can't help you.

 

[mnz]

What?

They often get copies in advance and videos go up when the embargo ends. It's no accident.

 

[Basileus777]

The PAX panels are fascinating. They're popular and seem to be getting more popular, but the panel almost always sucks. Paxamania is better though.

Paxamania has gotten stale.

 

[OdysseusVA]

pax panels are just podcasts tho