Same here. It seems so strange to me that 40% of the staff isn't involved in the main content GB produces.
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Same here. It seems so strange to me that 40% of the staff isn't involved in the main content GB produces.
ShockingAlberto
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I would totally move to California to work for Giant Bomb.
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Amen. I think Vinny is an amazing behind-the-scenes producer, but he's even better on camera and in front of the mic. I wouldn't complain if her took over Bombcast hosting duties as well (sorry MonsterDunk, nothing personal).
Felix Lighter
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How does this Youtube nonsense impact Giant Bomb? Do they monetize their Youtube channel?
They probably do but they also might have some pull cuz they're under CBSi.
it is a lot more than terraria (it actually starts being a lot more than terraria once you can comfortably explore after getting a pickaxe and some sort of better weapon)
for example you could, as I did last night, walk about 10 minutes find a graveyard full of cultists next to an outhouse leading into a sewer dungeon, and then find a trapped building full of buzzsaws.
Then next morning explore the other way, find what you think is another trapped building and discover you've just accidentally circumnavigated your planet.
So then you go into a cave system and find a massive cave made out of mushrooms or visit another planet which is covered in snow or poison or whatever. Terraria never really breaks out of that "Here's a moderately temperate world with a possible snow section and a forest and some stuff underground" - what you can actually do and find on a given planet in starbound varies wildly.
He does the website stuff. I'm mainly talking production (video editing, mic levels, camera control, etc).
Yeah, it's crazy that 50% of the pure editorial staff don't work in the office. Which puts more pressure on the video guys (Drew is great but I get the impression he doesn't want to be on camera as much as he is, dude was falling asleep on the last UPF) which in turn puts pressure on the designers (Alexis and Ian) to help out in front or behind the camera.
Even Jeff mentioned recently they get looks and comments from other departments who think they 'borrow' people too much.
They probably monetize it, but I don't think they care. It's more a promotional tool for the site than anything else - cross-network ad campaigns only work with their video player, so that's where they want people viewing videos. If some of their videos get pulled, I doubt they'll give a shit.
I hope they can get the money to hire. It's going to be hard to show that they need to hire someone new, considering that about a month after Ryan's death, they were back to their usual content output. We also used to joke that Ryan's only job was to edit the podcast, because it never seemed like he did anything else- while we now know how important he was in setting up all those interviews, it might be hard to show that.
is it hard to show that though? the post right above yorus says theyve mentioned getting shit for borrowing people from other departments
they obviously could use the budget for another employee or two
A Sentient Keyboard
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Don't worry, he has to archive them manually so it can take a day or two before they're available. They usually come in 3-4 at a time.
I guess he doesn't tweet it because he thinks it would be obnoxious if he pimped his commute stream twice a day (not that I'd mind). Anyway, you can leave the tab open 24/7 and the stream will start automatically.
I love Jeff's tumblr
Awesome, I figured he just gave up manually uploading them.
Haunted
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GOTY better be Dota 2 or there will be blood in the streets.
It's mostly small-ish Youtube personalities (at most some that are affiliated to YT networks) they're going after.
Pretty sure big corporations like j2 Global (IGN) or CBSi (Gamespot, Giantbomb) are not affected.
It's mostly small-ish Youtube personalities (at most some that are affiliated to YT networks) they're going after.
Mushroomer25
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Jeff would see this site burn to the ground before he lets DOTA 2 win the overall GOTY. Brad might be able to get it in the top 10 though.
Haunted
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Excellent, the perfect recipe for entertaining GOTY discussions.
Hire Jeff green and let drew back in the production room. I like drew but I wouldn't miss him on camera that much if it meant getting a more experienced video games guy in.
I think Jeff is close to getting a job elsewhere though, unfortunately.
I think Jeff is close to getting a job elsewhere though, unfortunately.
He hates Papa Murphy's so that puts him on the opposite side of good culinary taste in my opinion.
What gives you that idea?
In one of his recent dark souls streams he talked about meeting someone about a job, and I didn't get the impression it was a Giant Bomb person. I could be wrong though; hopefully I am.
Brad will easily get DOTA 2 in top 3, with little to no effort. Only him and Jeff really care about these things, even Ryan barely gave a fuck, Vinny is Vinny and Klepek is too busy setting the record for how many times he can say the word "conceptually"
There does not seem to be a favorite this year, they seemed "meh" around GTA5, despite giving it a glowing review they just kinda lost interest in it. TLoU is a game with a rather serious story and tone, there is nothing ironically to like about it, there is no "omfg its so fucking stupid its AWESOME!" kind of stuff so i doubt it will do well, but Klepek will fight for it i reckon. Top 5? Its possible.
Maybe Ass Creed 4 will do well, considering they all seem positive on it
There does not seem to be a favorite this year, they seemed "meh" around GTA5, despite giving it a glowing review they just kinda lost interest in it. TLoU is a game with a rather serious story and tone, there is nothing ironically to like about it, there is no "omfg its so fucking stupid its AWESOME!" kind of stuff so i doubt it will do well, but Klepek will fight for it i reckon. Top 5? Its possible.
Maybe Ass Creed 4 will do well, considering they all seem positive on it
Oh, THAT Jeff. Yeah, ok, that makes sense. I thought you meant Gerstmann.
He posted a tweet that was meant to be a DM the other night that pretty much said where he was going.
The Rev3 thing?
It's pretty hard to argue that Dota isn't the best PC game this year, and so much of the peripheral stuff around that game is groundbreaking. Even if you hate esports, you can't really deny that The International and all the spectator features are as good as it gets in games right now.
Dota definitely has a better shot than SC2 did 3 years ago.
Felix Lighter
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I see. I haven't delved to deep into the whole issue. Sounds pretty fucking gross.
I love Jeff's tumblr
Awesome, I figured he just gave up manually uploading them.
if their game of the year videos ends up being a 80s windjammers movie that would be the best of all possible worlds.
There was a Rev3 thing?
No the tweet was, I assume, about his opinion on Popcap and then saying who he would probably be working with soon.
I'm not recopying the tweet out of respect for Jeff since this was clearly meant as a DM and was deleted only minutes later.
Felix Lighter
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I respect your respect but now I absolutely must know.
He was conversing with Sessler about a 2 week old email or something regarding an interview I believe.
Have any of them finished AC4? I think it has to be Infinite, TLoU or GTA 5. Those are the only games I can think of that they've all actually played, though Brad didn't beat GTA 5 and Jeff didn't beat TLoU.
If he goes to Rev3 I think I'll cry. That would be such a bad fit.
Rev3 always comes off to me like Corporate GiantBomb. As if it's trying to have that personality but it seems to be trying a bit too hard to be "hip!" and "radical!".
Ugh. I guess I can safely skip that one.
LackingSaint
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Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
ShockingAlberto
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That's actually disappointing. He really likes the sound of his own voice.
Chance Hale
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Why do you think Patrick invited him on?
funkystudent
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Well they finally got someone on that shit show who is worse then Patrick or Alex
Bombin' in the AM is actually pretty good.
Hot Coldman
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EDIT: Actually, because I don't feel up to being aggressive today, I'll just say at least he'll likely have a lot of note to say about the recent YouTube apocalypse.
Pass.
LackingSaint
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He can be pompous, arrogant and super dismissive of other people. This picture about sums it up;
TheBaronOfNA
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Guy acted like a jerkass in the DRM fiasco.
Zomba13
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He's a bit of a massive dick who thinks his opinions are better than anyone elses and thinks he always knows best.
One of the hosts on the recent Nintendo World Report podcast said he didn't really like it and did a pretty good job justifying his decision, and I've certainly heard people around say that the item renting and non-linear dungeon order fucks up any sense of a difficulty curve for the majority of the game.
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