Yup...maybe it says a lot about those people.
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Yup...maybe it says a lot about those people.
Passive aggressive way to get their Twitter minions to start campaigning for them. Either that or they're joking around.
ShockingAlberto
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They likely feel it ups their chances and continues the weird Giant Bomb fantasy football that happens here and on their forums.
I read about Cara Ellison doing that, who else said they've applied?
Zoe Quinn
SteveWinwood
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im gonna need a list
Totally weird. Especially if they have commitments.
We all want to move on to better things, but christ, show some discretion.
I hope that GB doesn't bring on a "known" person. I think this is a fantastic opportunity to bring in someone that doesn't already have a fanbase (or angry mob, in some cases) and hopefully get some new dialogue going. Not to say the current stuff is getting old, but I'm really interested to see what type of person gets brought on board.
Seriously? How would that work? I would think she wants to stick with game development.
funkystudent
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Not a lot of full time games press jobs going these days. Not shocked some people would be a bit desperate and want to call in favours / pull stings.
Giving them the benefit of a doubt that people are just legitimately asking them.
cr_blah_blah
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It's going to get ugly when they make a choice since it's so public.
yeaaaa... nothing against her but that would be an odd choice. Watching 4chan explode would be funny though.
This is clearly the case.
RazielCuts
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Zoe Quinn, Cara Ellison, Tyler Barber (rebelFM), Max Tempkin (although that might've been a joke? Sounds like him to do that.) Slow Beef/retsupurae, other smaller YouTubers. Not a great list if I'm honest but just one being so public about it is odd to me.
But I guess in some of those cases you might be right. Still, 'tis weird, I wouldn't be so public about it just in case I didn't get it, I'd feel pretty foolish.
Oh man Zoe Quinn would rule.
ShockingAlberto
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Publicly announcing your application if you're well known is pretty shitty for your prospective employers, too. They're put in a position where they might have to publicly embarrass you, piss off your fans, set up expectations for something they didn't have in mind, etc.
Handling it delicately is the classy thing to do, even if people ask.
Handling it delicately is the classy thing to do, even if people ask.
For the producer job, I agree and I think it's gonna be the case (not many producers who get any time on screen except for at GB). But the editor job? That person would be expected to do well on camera from day 1, and to do that you need experience. It would be impossible to know how natural a person is on camera without actually having seen them do that, and I highly doubt they'd be confident enough in a total unknown's ability there. I would be shocked if the person they hire for the editor gig is someone we've never heard of.
Pretty sure the ones who've spoken about it are freelance/self-employed. But still, I can't imagine it's very nice for the people who've announced they're working on projects with Zoe Quinn.
Jimmyfenix
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We are talking about Game developers publicly announcing that their applying for the openings at GB. It is weird.
As far as I know, Zoe Quinn is the only game developer who announced that she applied. I think the conversation is about people in general, not just game developers.
Hot Coldman
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Besides GAFfers, everyone I've seen mention it so far are freelance, so that avoids this at least.
I support this.
Yep!
RazielCuts
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Hamst3r would be a cool pick, it'd be good to have some production back into GB videos other than at GOTY time and/or E3.
Jeff will make the right call, I'm convinced.
Personally, while I like Ellison and Quinn just fine, I don't know how entertaining they'd be in a QL/UPF/whatever context. I think Cara would be a great "get" for the editorial part of the site, but that's not exactly what they're looking for at the moment, I don't think.
Jeff will make the right call.
Personally, while I like Ellison and Quinn just fine, I don't know how entertaining they'd be in a QL/UPF/whatever context. I think Cara would be a great "get" for the editorial part of the site, but that's not exactly what they're looking for at the moment, I don't think.
Jeff will make the right call.
Pocky4Th3Win
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I agree but also the fact that means Drew and Vinny would be in front of the camera more often which is a plus instantly.
Right on. Jeff is one smart cookie and takes this stuff seriously and I'm sure he has a very clear vision in his head of what he wants. I trust he'll make a perfect pick.
Zoe Quinn is an excellent writer/designer/speaker with a creative perspective on things and she fit really well with the GDC and Scoops show she was on. I think she'd be a good addition on the personality side of things, probably filling the Quick Look role Patrick had left and would primarily cover indie games while writing about the increasing social issues facing the industry.
Plus it'd make 4chan so mad, so mad.
Plus it'd make 4chan so mad, so mad.
Hot Coldman
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Wait, why are we implying that 4chan has an inherently positive opinion of Giant Bomb again
firehawk12
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I'm just saying, they have no problem hiring people from abroad if they want them.
Man, I just had to go through all of Hamst3r's GB related videos again.
Forgot how much I adore this rendition of the Bombcast theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLeEiJ8xwXo
I second the sentiment that he would be an amazing addition to the crew.
Forgot how much I adore this rendition of the Bombcast theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLeEiJ8xwXo
I second the sentiment that he would be an amazing addition to the crew.
Mushroomer25
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Aside from Patrick (and Alex, by proxy), they seem to like most of the crew. Usually a thread pops up during live streams, etc.
But as with anything on /v/, the general attitude can shift large degrees at the drop of a hat.
Is that no longer a possibility? I haven't been keeping up.
He already has a job. And to be honest, based in his tenure, the only way he'll go to giant bomb is if they'll let him run it.
Indeed. He said on one of his Dark Souls streams that he would love to work with the GB guys, that there's a lot of "mutual respect" there, but that there wasn't any open positions at the time. I doubt the dream of Jeff Green at GB will ever be a reality. I just hope he gets back into podcasting at some point, he expressed that he wanted to do some more of that stuff in a blogpost some time ago. It's such a shame (for us as an audience) that he's been in PR jobs for years now, and now he's moving into consulting.
He's moving into consulting? That probably means I get to read and hear even less of him. That is really disappointing.
He's already been in consulting the past couple months. He's still streaming Dark Souls though, and that's awesome.
Yeah, he's gonna work for N'gai Croal's consultancy company.
I'm just saying, they have no problem hiring people from abroad if they want them.
Canada is a special case. Look up the North American Free Trade Agreement. Euro work visas are far from trivial.
Hot Coldman
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That is actually surprising to me. Huh.
Course, like GAF, /v/ is not a hivemind, so it shouldn't be too shocking that there's people there who like GB. The anonymity does help give the opposite impression though, hehe.
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