Maiden Voyage
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Sounds like Drew's new thing is a good fit.
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It doesn't take 8 hours to say "fuck wrestling."
I think what he wants is a telenovela with people dressed up like superheroes, saying crazy shit. Maybe he's wanted tokosatsu all along and we all never realized it.
2017 in games keeps winning.
Human Trashcan
Banned
Shame about the everything else tho
Who cares if the world is burning, I'll just be looking down playing the Switch bruh
The difference to me is that Danny has a long history as a video game journalist and host in front of the camera when Drew kind of doesn't. I've been absolutely loving what Danny is doing and I hope Drew can hit that high bar, too.
Wait until Colin becomes gaming's Tomi Lahren...
wild_fire987
Member
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I like this day.
This is a good day.
This is a good day.
Death Metalist
Member
Can we just talk about how good this moment of the video is all the way to the end?
I'm stoked for Drew, definitely going to try tossing some money in when I can.
I have to wonder if there's some mixed feeling or envy being at Giantbomb for someone like Jeff who sounds like he's wanted to do something in this vein for a really long time but lacked the support to do so. For all the ambitions he's outlined for the site over the years it feels like it's been a constant tug of war for even the bare minimum.
I'm assuming the sale would have happened regardless of whether or not patreon existed back in 2012 but I gotta wonder sometimes what could have been, especially as the guys get older.
I have to wonder if there's some mixed feeling or envy being at Giantbomb for someone like Jeff who sounds like he's wanted to do something in this vein for a really long time but lacked the support to do so. For all the ambitions he's outlined for the site over the years it feels like it's been a constant tug of war for even the bare minimum.
I'm assuming the sale would have happened regardless of whether or not patreon existed back in 2012 but I gotta wonder sometimes what could have been, especially as the guys get older.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I think this will be the first patreon I support. Love you, Drew!
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
As somebody who loves watching slickly edited videos, I think I'm gonna love Cloth Map
The other Drew from the E3 video.
Said in his live stream that he'd like to hire someone for his trips, but it depends on funding. He wants to stay on location for quite a while, which is expensive.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
I ended up doing the same thing, don't regret it one bit. Tokyo Drift is actually a lot better than I remember, regardless of how much the commentary elevated my enjoyment of it.
funkystudent
Member
I bet Jeff would clean up on Patreon if he wanted to.
He mentioned how filming himself by himself is going to be an interesting challenge that he'd like to tackle initially. But probably eventually depending on funding he can get another person to come with him.
Depends on how good the stuff is I think.
While we're on the restrictions under CBSi:
http://jeff.zone/post/158359759276/what-about-that-wildlands-quick-look
Weird.
http://jeff.zone/post/158359759276/what-about-that-wildlands-quick-look
Weird.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Denver
Death Metalist
Member
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think Cloth Map is a cool idea, and it's too bad Giantbomb just became so static that they couldn't even get a Japan trip together after years and years of talking about "the raid".
I'm just wondering at what point the whole Patreon thing runs its course, because everyone is on it now.
I'm just wondering at what point the whole Patreon thing runs its course, because everyone is on it now.
Yeah, I get the feeling that whoever was putting money into the site wanted to cash out. The same thing happened to John Davison, which is ironic since he was the one who announced the purchase of Giantbomb.
Of course he would.
But for now I don't think he would ever entertain the idea of voluntarily putting the rest of GB out of the job. Jeff always seems really excited to grow the team when he's given the chance.
When GB falls victim to time at some point in the future, as almost all websites do, then yeah, if platforms like Patreon are still viable that would be a great option for him to just do it up solo and go from there.
Fuck time. Long live Giant Bomb. AND NOTHING STOPS THE BOMBCAST.
GB is basically a patreon before there was patreon so of course he would.
darkwing-buck
Member
Drew Fucks. Good luck to his new endeavor!
KillerDark
Member
Not defending Ubi and their netcode but strict NAT can be a huge problem when trying to play any multiplayer.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I mean there are probably already thousands of hours of Jeff&Co out there. Somebody just needs to compile those and create an algorithm and some other techy sounding words. Boom. GiantBomb lives forever. I've seen Black Mirror, I know how this works.
It's usually not a huge issue if it's dedicated host but I assume since they're running into NAT issues that it's peer to peer?
Yep. That would create issues.
I feel like they run into NAT issues pretty frequently in that office.
This reads like one of the first couple lines from "Stan"
Its been more recently. No doubt the IT department have changed something for security, not told anyone and closed up a bunch of ports again. Happens in most corporate settings.
Nah, it'll be they use a port that's not open. Switch was having the same issues.
slightconfuse
Banned
Drew's theme seems cool. Wonder if he struck out because this couldn't happen at GB.
They couldn't even get the raid going. Wonder how much CBS is preventing them from doing stuff
They couldn't even get the raid going. Wonder how much CBS is preventing them from doing stuff
StudsMcKewl
Member
Man I'm pretty excited about Cloth Map, best of luck to Drew.
I'm actually considering giving money to Patreon for the first time ever.
I'm actually considering giving money to Patreon for the first time ever.
Oh yeah for sure. And to be clear, I'm happy to pay for both right now.
I'm just saying, it's like people who say they save money by cutting cable but then they have to subscribe to like 10 different streaming services every month to get the content they want.
Death Metalist
Member
Incandenza
Banned
That's dope.
Once in a blue moon, the internet can be nice.
Oh right that guy, yeah I remember he had a reputation for hopping from gig to gig. I was going through the old Giant Bomb OT around the time of the purchase and even then people were saying Davison wouldn't be around for more than a couple years if that.
Going by how long it took to get basic amenities up and running like...a studio space for a video focused site, I'm not holding my breath for any of those plans coming together. I'm guessing at some point Drew saw the writing on the wall in that regard too.
Yeah I work for a big video game studio and corporate firewalls/NAT really sucks.
The only real way around it was to setup some "external" connections using standard consumer modems and ISPs that we only use with consoles (you obviously don't want to plug in a corporate PC on a line like that).
The only real way around it was to setup some "external" connections using standard consumer modems and ISPs that we only use with consoles (you obviously don't want to plug in a corporate PC on a line like that).