Yeah, maybe. He seemed pretty upbeat and talkative during this Bombcast so hopefully he's doing well now.
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Giant Bomb #26 | goodbye white man blinking gif
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avengers23
Banned
Drew is following his calling and is becoming a lumberjack:
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
That's why I stay here, where reasonable people post reasonable things
(what did they say?)
CypherSignal
Member
He's quiter in general, hopefully everything is okay.
He should go back to playing Dead Rising, though.
The last post on https://twitter.com/marchofthepeegs was 7 months ago. Maybe the guinea pigs aren't as fun anymore, or something.
RepairmanJack
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The biggest shock from the Drew news is the Jason hate. Fuck that noise!
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Found some randon Drew stuff in my gb folder:
Still pretty bummed about all this
Best of luck to drew
Also if he truly want a challenge he should go be next big camera and editor guy over at VaynerMedia
they just posted a job listing on youtube and looking for real talent.
Company did $100 million in revenue last year so pay should not be the problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m9SOmF0Cpo
Still pretty bummed about all this
Best of luck to drew
Also if he truly want a challenge he should go be next big camera and editor guy over at VaynerMedia
they just posted a job listing on youtube and looking for real talent.
Company did $100 million in revenue last year so pay should not be the problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m9SOmF0Cpo
I think a new challenge for Drew is a little bit more than shooting youtubers day-in-day-out
I think youtubers are pretty terrible but that's a bit much.
sammyCYBORG
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Got the #27 banner ready
I'd pay £50/month for a Giant Bomb that had all of the top staff in one office.
oh shit I haven't told the wife yet, brb
"Fueled by @MonsterEnergy!"
HappenstanceUK
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I was always really impressed with just how much Drew stepped up after Ryan passed away. He never seemed the most confident guy infront of the camera back then but he did it all anyway.
funkystudent
Member
The Whiskey Media basement was really the best of times wasnt it?
Jeff, Brad, Vinny, Ryan, Alex, Rorie, Patrick, Drew, Dave, Alexis, Will and Norm. All under one slightly leaky roof.
That was a crew
Jeff, Brad, Vinny, Ryan, Alex, Rorie, Patrick, Drew, Dave, Alexis, Will and Norm. All under one slightly leaky roof.
That was a crew
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
You wanted to get away from the cringing so you came to this thread?
MassiveNights
Banned
It's not hate. He's great behind the camera, his tricaster stuff was genuinely hilarious, he's also decent in front of the camera as part of the team, but as a main guy for however long it takes for the new hires to arrive it's not the best situation.
Could you imagine Jason as part of Game Tapes or Demo Derby?
HappenstanceUK
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I dont think that era will ever be beaten for me
Hot Coldman
Banned
boom
if I can do it, Brad and Dan should be able to
KillerDark
Member
What are some of your guys favorite Whiskey media era GB videos (TNT, etc)? Obviously fortune Street, but besides that?
They were ranking the duders.
X is boring, Y is annoying, Z voice sucks and so on.
Yeah, that may have been a mistake
LurkerPrime
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Let us all remember Drew at his best:
A wall butt story.
It really doesn't feel like (nearly) three years ago. I still vividly remember playing Dark Souls 2, in the poison swamp area, when I heard this story.
What years were the "Whiskey-era"? I've never been quite clear, having gotten into GB some time later.
A wall butt story.
It really doesn't feel like (nearly) three years ago. I still vividly remember playing Dark Souls 2, in the poison swamp area, when I heard this story.
What years were the "Whiskey-era"? I've never been quite clear, having gotten into GB some time later.
slightconfuse
Banned
Jason loves cursing
HappenstanceUK
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Everything before March 2013
Has to do with open reqs from HR and fiscal year budgeting/planning. You basically have a budget for a specific number of FHEs (full hour employees) and usually cannot open a req until the former position if vacated. The only times when job openings appear without anyone leaving are when you are budgeted for a new person. Not really a strange issue, just corporate policy.
It's kinda two things:
The start of GB in the Sausalito office, aka Basement-era, circa 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHxIQe4Hzw8
Then the main Whiskey-era when they moved to SF at the end of 2011 and we saw more involvement from the other sites because they were all in the same room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZSHPhPTChI
You say this like it's everywhere like this. I've never heard of it before so it's strange to me.
But mostly stupid and inefficient.
Corporate America is totally like this tho. Totally not a Giant Bomb thing, this is a CBSi restriction.
Source: I've worked in a large corporation (Fortune 500) for the past 11 years and have worked closely with our budgeting and finance teams in years past.
Random PC Game is still the best video series on the site. Outside of Jeff and Vinny and Jeff and Ryan, Vinny and Dave were the best duo.
BlackLagoon
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This has me thinking about how Giant Bomb's "supporting cast" has withered, how much they helped rounding out the site. Even during the CBSi days, they still had a decent rogues gallery around to pull in help when they needed extra manpower on short notice with Dave, Alexis, Ian from engineering, and Danny and Mary from Gamespot. Now they're all gone, and there haven't really been anyone to replace them.
Well, there's Rorie, I do appreciate his weird humor, but he's trapped in the support dungeon all day and keeping up on games isn't really his job, and Peter Brown, who's fine, but there's obviously a limit to how much of his time they can take up. I think they need to do more than just replace the missing GB staff, maybe, as Jeff once talked about, getting a dedicated person to book guests and such would be the solution. Though given the speed CBSi works at I'm not holding my breath for that happening any time soon.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Um excuse me, Jeff Bakalar???
DanLongman
Member
I really hope demo derby keeps going.
Still shocked about Drew will miss him, But I am sure whatever is next for him will be cool.
I really hope they get new blood in GB West soon. At least before bread leaves.
Still shocked about Drew will miss him, But I am sure whatever is next for him will be cool.
I really hope they get new blood in GB West soon. At least before bread leaves.
These things naturally get harder as the organization grows and becomes part of a corporation, you can't really just ask people to show up without pay and stuff.
xCaptainCanadax
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Yeah even though he's not employed by Giant Bomb I really like his part on the Giant Beastcast
Death Metalist
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Well...
Got the #27 banner ready
I'd stick by GB even if it was just Jeff. I've jumped on this ride because of him and Ryan way back when at GS and there ain't no getting off this ride for me. In it all the way.
Box City was a lot of fun.
Yeah, it also seems like a lot of the back end staff are more generalised too looking at the job postings. There are some site specific jobs, but a front-end developer will work on all the brands.
LurkerPrime
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Thanks. That's later than I thought!
I must have been casually following GB for far longer than I thought, because I know I was eagerly watching QLs even in 2012. Don't think I went Premium until later, though, which is when I'd started to have some semblance of understanding for behind-the-scenes stuff.
Giant Bomb needs to release an official timeline, with various milestones and stuff so I can keep track of everything.
HappenstanceUK
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I'd like to think that this all ends up with Jeff on his own sitting on the set, pulling out an elaborate horn, blowing it and yelling "to me, my Whiskey Media Brethren!" and then everyone just flocks back onto the set and we'll have the second coming of Whiskey Media.
Anyone playing Night in the Woods? Been enjoying it so far. Seems to be a pretty slow burn so far, but I'm liking the writing enough that I'm looking forward to getting to hang out there for a while.
fuckin yeah man fuck
fuckin yeah man fuck
KillerDark
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Yea I just started following last year, its fun to go back and watch old videos which is why I am asking
Thanks, I will check that out!
I can definitely agree with that from the handful I have watched. They are easily some of my favorite videos so far
I love this story.
ThanksVision
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"Are you telling me that Sonic fucks?"
"I don't have to tell you, I could show you right now."
Jason is underrated.
"I don't have to tell you, I could show you right now."
Jason is underrated.
Keyser Soze
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Jeff has made a few anime avatars angry on YT. I will check back later to see if any more pop up
funkystudent
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Give Jason time. He wasn't really a on camera dude before GB and after Patrick and Drew I think we have learned some people just need to grow into the role over time
Why?
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