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Don't be a jerk.

A self-explanatory rule, but an important one nonetheless. People who disagree with you are not "insane." They are not "pathetic." They are not "a dick." Even if you think they're wrong about something, there's no reason to treat them with disrespect.

If someone is posting something that terrible or offensive that you really feel the need to respond strongly? Either keep it clean or report it to a moderator and one or more mods will decide what to do. Y'all are rather good about not needing mod intervention, so I can trust that will rarely ever happen.​

Remember that the Giant Bomb staff are posters and read this thread.

Please try to remember that Jeff, Brad, Patrick, and Vinny are posters here. While that doesn't mean you can't criticize or disagree with anything they say or do (more on that below), it does mean that you should treat them like any other NeoGAF user: with the same respect as outlined above. While commentary on a on-screen personality's attitude or performance in games is expected, try to remember that they're reading the things you write, and that it impacts whether and how they'll respond here.

As examples:

• "Brad seemed to be wrong there. He didn't understand that you had to junction the bafmodad in order to hyperjump even when the prompt told him to." This is fine.
• "Brad is so hardheaded and terrible at games lol" This isn't necessarily rulebreaking, but it doesn't really add to anything, especially if the page is already filled with similar comments.
  
• "Jeff seemed to be in a bad mood today. Wouldn't want to get on his bad side!" Sure, fine.
• "Jeff seemed to be a jaded husk of a man today. After going through his Twitter timeline and Facebook photos, and crossreferencing with the DSM-5, I'm fairly certain I can diagnose Jeff and recommend some lifestyle changes." This is really creepy and overly personal!
  
• "I find myself disagreeing with a lot of what Patrick writes." Patrick doesn't write articles just for people to agree with him!
• "Patrick is such a shit writer. I hope he stays in Chicago, the Bombcast is better if he's gone." Wow, you're a real jerk!

This is not the Giant Bomb Secret Clubhouse.

Giant Bomb is a unique site. It covers games in a way that a lot of other sites don't. That's why we love them! So it's to be expected that a passionate and dedicated community would spring up here. Hooray for Giant Bomb!

That said, it's still a thread on NeoGAF, and not everyone will have the same tastes as you, especially if something is unique. If someone comes in and doesn't "quite get" what Giant Bomb is about or why they do the things they do, please be courteous in responding to them. Don't just drive them away by being bossy or getting up in their face about it.

This also, in general, applies to anyone (new or old) who merely has a criticism or differing opinion on what Giant Bomb's doing or saying. If someone notes that a Quick Look or UPF wasn't great for whatever reason, don't accuse them of being fanboys for the game(s) in question or get overly defensive of Giant Bomb. When a person thinks a video might have been more entertaining if the staff knew more about the game, don't trot out ridiculous false dichotomies like "Oh, so you think they shouldn't have fun, they should be thrown in jail for 20 years because they don't play like soulless TAS robots, huh!?!?!?" This doesn't contribute to the conversation at all. Trying to be passive-aggressive about it by airing complaints about "some people in this thread" isn't any different, it just makes you look condescending and overdefensive.​

There were a few other topics I considered bringing up, like pirating subscriber content or going off-topic for 500 pages about a Polygon editor picking his nose on Twitter, but the first never happens and the second is something that only happens on another forum's Giant Bomb thread.


To be clear, there's very rarely occasion for direct mod intervention in this thread, and I'm sure a lot of these rules are obvious to y'all. Just try and remember the first rule and I'm sure you'll all be fine. This isn't an occupation enforcing imperial law, I'm not going to be crucifying people if they start to edge close to the (fuzzy) line on these things. In practice, practically nothing should change except people being a bit nicer to each other. So let's try and work towards that, okay?

Another pretty much impossible to predict length of time, another Giant Bomb thread. That's right people! It's time for yet another instalment of Giant Bomb: The Thread: The Video Game! Brought to you by our proud sponsors at VinCo..



ABOUT A BOMB

Giant Bomb is the most hippin'est, happenin'est, charmingly garrulous website about video games on the Internet! With a potent mixture of live streams, videos, podcasts, interviews, hot news scoops and incisive commentary, Giant Bomb has won the hearts and minds of us entitled internet hoards time and time again. The Bombadiers cover pretty much the entire spectrum of video games; whether it's watching two grown men spend 99 hours and 59 minutes falling in love with a Japanese schoolgirl, or watching another grown man scream at a creepy low-poly bogeyman in the dead of night, you'll find something to love here.

Unless you like Dota. In which you're SOL. Leave this place.

THE BOMB SQUAD

Jeff Gerstmann

Age: Unknown; records say he simply came into being during the completion of Spacewar
Nationality: Space Egyptian
Location: Petaluma
Aliases: Dr Tracksuit, Big Jeffrey, The Rap Man
Abilities: Impervious to pre-release hype; unnatural comic timing; powerful enough to launch his enemies into the sun
Enemies: Miley Cyrus; Kid Rock; Korn; Rooster Teeth; Nintendo; Dave Lang; Chipotle
Favourite game: Yoshi's Island

Brad Shoemaker

Age: 70 (post-Dota)
Nationality: English
Location: San Francisco
Aliases: rudds, Bradx0r, XXXShoenoscoper420blazeitupXXX
Abilities: Can hear an uninformed forum post from over 50 kilometres away; voice of an angel
Enemies: Arch-viles; Ultranationalists; NeoGAF; the basic human need for sleep
Favourite game: Kingdom Rush

Vincent Caravella

Age: 70 (post-Max)
Nationality: Sicilian
Location: Bay Area
Aliases: The Italian Stallion, mindcavity, A wizard
Abilities: Can destroy any aircraft in a matter of minutes; incredible violent energy can be summoned for use in open worlds; ice magic powers
Enemies: Pop-ups; dudes with sunglasses; the Y button; Adele
Favourite game: Motorbike

Patrick Klepek

Age: 16
Nationality: Transylvanian
Location: Chicago
Aliases: Scoops, Tricky, Pat, exxxy, St. Vincent
Abilities: Amazing power to stream horror games with a facecam and not be completely obnoxious about it; can sense the presence of any nearby cyber-raptors
Enemies: Slendermann; hairdressers; his dog; Bad Journalism™
Favourite game: Final Fantasy IX

Alex Navarro

Age: fuck if I know
Nationality: Spanish
Location: New York
Aliases: The Wolf, Jesse Pinkman
Abilities: Ability to keep his facial hair mostly unchanged through 3 different decades; is awesome at Punch-Out!!
Enemies: Bad video games; Jeff Gerstmann
Favourite game: Big Rigs

Drew Scanlon

Age: 21 forever
Nationality: Russian
Location: Bay Area
Aliases: Comrade Scanlonski, funkify, Michael C. Hall
Abilities: Impeccable posture; expert archer; speaks over 50 languages; can infiltrate enemy territory; mastery over vehicles; can survive the rabies virus
Enemies: CBSi HR. That's pretty much it.
Favourite game: DCS World

HERE'S WHAT'S BLOWING UP RIGHT NOW

Quick Looks - The guys jump into a new release and give it a whirl for about 40 minutes or so. Unedited, no bullshit - your Giant Bomb meat 'n' potatoes.
Bombin' the AM - Alex and Patrick discuss recent news and talking points in this pretty fucking cool morning show. Available in video and audio form.
Encyclopedia Bombastica - Quick Looks for older games, basically. Generally comes with more of an "in the know" feel, and usually just ran by one person.
Unprofessional Fridays - Premium member exclusive show. Just 90 minutes of whatever nonsense the crew feel like showing off. Giant Bomb at its most chaotic.
Worth Playing - Patrick tastes some under-the-radar games you probably aren't aware of. Browser games, free downloads, alphas, betas, demos and more get tried out here. Accompanies sister text feature, Worth Reading.
Interview Dumptruck - Patrick (and sometimes Jeff) interviews a wide range of name from the industry and gaming community, and posts the mostly raw footage straight to the site.
Spookin' With Scoops - Premium member exclusive. Patrick gets to grips with any and all horror games he can get his hands on - from understated psychological thrillers to brutal, gruesome nightmare-inducers - in this late-night live stream. Expect beers and panic.

And of course, there is the Giant Bombcast, up every Tuesday, with an accompanying thread popping up here on GAF near enough on the dot.

EXPLOSIVELY USEFUL INFO

Twitters, tumblrs, and GAF User Names

Brad: @bradshoemaker, From the Desk of Brad Shoemaker , rudds
Jeff: @jeffgerstmann, Jeff Gerstmann Is Still A Threat, MonsterDunk
Patrick: @patrickklepek, Patrick Klepek Will Now Take Your Calls, Patrick Klepek
Vinny: @VinnyCaravella, My friends call me Vinny, bionicpuppy
Drew: @drewscanlon, N/A, N/A
Alex: @alex_navarro, N/A, N/A
Matt Rorie: @frailgesture, N/A, N/A

Big List of Games Completed By Giant Bomb

Afterburner Climax
Bad Dudes
BioForge
Chrono Trigger
Deadly Premonition
Dragon's Lair
Doom 2
Game Room
Halo
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo: Reach
Intel Discovered
Outlast
Persona 4
Phantasmagoria
Slender: The Arrival

Officially Unofficial Websites

This Year's Giant Bombcast Best-Ofs
Giant Bomb Video Playlist (THE best way to search for TNTs and Game Rooms)
VINNYBOMB.com
Giant Bomb fan voted best Quick Looks
batmanbatmanbatman
cocainemountain

GB Video out of sync again.

Thought I'd give a tip for those who want to view it with correct audio, but don't want to download the whole thing but stream it instead.

• Go to the GB video page and click download
  
  
  
  
• Right click the quality you want, and copy the URL
  
• Open up VLC, and go to Media > Open Network Stream
  
  
  
  
• Paste your copied URL into the field and hit play
  
• Once the video is playing, use the "J" and "K" keys to decrease or increase the audio delay. For example, on the Sunset Overdrive video, about ~200ms is appropriate.
  
  

AND THAT'S ALL, FOLKS! KABOOOOOOOOOOM!

(Rest in peace, Ryan.)

 

[antitrop]

Ryan Davis was a great person and I miss him dearly. Rest In Peace. He lives on in our hearts and in our memories.

 

[JeffGrubb]

I have to tell this story. These are the guys that actually introduced me to stamps.com.

 

[razgriz417]

oo new thread, I actually didn't realize the last one was reaching its end lol

 

[Ozone]

VIDEO GAMES?!

 

[Sulik2]

I love this thread title.

 

[mattp]

guess i'll just repost my last post from the other thread:

lol..


Patrick Klepek ‏@patrickklepek 1h
Maybe don't follow someone's suggestion to search for your own name on Deviantart? http://dessert-alley.deviantart.com/...flat-360815030

 

[UpsideDownAce]

I hate going to the post office.. people there have bird flu!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Mr. Small Business Owner was my father.

 

[thekonamicode]

I'm so busy these days with my small business. BUT I'm never so busy that it keeps me away from Giant Bomb! So easy no wonder it's number one!

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Woooooo

 

[EmCeeGramr]

don't be weird

 

[Xater]

don't be weird

You know that's not going to work right?

 

[daydream]

I have to tell this story. These are the guys that actually introduced me to stamps.com.

Stamps.com you say? I should go to the post office and find out about this.

 

[ultron87]

I think the Shock Game down the pants was my favorite moment from the life span of the last thread:

don't be weird

Woops.

 

[Beelzeboss]

I'm a small business owner!

I feel welcome in this thread.

 

[JeffGrubb]

Stamps.com you say? I should go to the post office and find out about this.

Oh, no my friend. You can get that business on the Internet now! No HTML required!

 

[SteveWinwood]

VIDEO GAMES?!

no

small businesses

 

[inky]

Mr. Business is my dad.

 

[Mr. F]

Here's to another thread of Australian thong beef and woodworking.

don't be weird

 

[firehawk12]

Did Brad leave yet?

 

[Jamie OD]

Now also the premier forum for Australians to argue about their country's fashion sense.

 

[-KRS-]

Bam! New thread.

Subscribed.

 

[mnz]

Oh, no my friend. You can get that business on the Internet now! No HTML required!

But HTML is workout for my mind, what am I supposed to do now?

 

[rmanthorp]

hello party people and small business owners

 

[Typographenia]

Welcome one and all!

 

[Incandenza]

And I was one post away from 100 posts in the last thread, too!

 

[Nightz]

I teared up a little bit seeing that last gif in the OP. I miss Ryan.

 

[EvilKatarn]

Hopefully during this thread the site will turn into Drew's Crazy Travelogue.

I'm just gonna say that his North Korea video is still the best piece of Giant Bomb content and everyone has to watch it.

 

[ViolentP]

Ryan Davis was a great person and I miss him dearly. Rest In Peace. He lives on in our hearts and in our memories.

Sad to see he was omitted in the OP.

 

[alr1ght]

 

[Aerocrane]

Hopefully during this thread the site will turn into Drew's Crazy Travelogue.

I'm just gonna say that his North Korea video is still the best piece of Giant Bomb content and everyone has to watch it.

The Iceland Travelogue is pretty great too.

 

[demidar]

Maybe I should cut back on my posting...

Nah.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I AM a small business owner, how did you guess that?

 

[Fevaweva]

This week's podcast was great! Especially the email section

 

[AkuMifune]

I am not a small business owner, but I am poor like one.

 

[Future PhaZe]

is it weird that i get super excited to hear the new ads

they crack me up for some reason

 

[a secret-boss]

Why is Brad on the list. He's leaving

 

[DrFunk]

stamps

 

[webrunner]

looks like the giant bomb thread is at it again!

 

[SteveWinwood]

goddammit

 

[captscience]

I'm a small business owner! Is this the internet?

 

[ViolentP]

Why is Brad on the list. He's leaving

Is he really?

 

[Megasoum]

goddammit

Almost beat you!

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Oh damn, new Breaking Brad tonight. If Brad manages to keep up the pace he might actually finish the game before Dark Souls II comes out. Maybe that's the idea.

 

[Forensic Scene]

RIP Ryan Davis <3

 

[WyndhamPrice]

<>

 

[IISANDERII]

I would like to be able to post on this first page. I am fan of these white men

 

[Kerned]

Oh damn, new Breaking Brad tonight. If Brad manages to keep up the pace he might actually finish the game before Dark Souls II comes out. Maybe that's the idea.

It'll be close, but I think he might do it! It will at worst happen next week, right?

 

[def sim]

don't be weird