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Giant Bomb #7 | Hey There, Small Business Owner!
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firehawk12
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Back when Gies posted here, he mentioned that he had stock in the company - much like, presumably, what Jeff had with Whiskey Media. No one at Polygon is going to leave unless something drastic happens.
BUNTING1243
Banned
I wish the RSS feeds for bombing would refresh! Was there a show today?
everything is down. we dunno!
RazielCuts
Member
Yeah with Andrew Groen, dude's doing an EVE Online Kickstarter. Was pretty interesting hearing about the eSports soft drinks wars, he used to do reporting for Red Bull.
Here's the Youtube link for the time being!
Not a personal fan of Gies, but I have no reason to hate the dude.
Let's get that site back up
Black Keys > Giant Bomb. True story.
yeah, i think there was a show today with some guest that i don't remember the name of, the guy that is writing a book about EVE i think
edit: oh, there's the link
Hot Coldman
Banned
Miyamoto agrees
Aww man I totally forgot about Miyamoto recognizing how godly the Black Keys are. Anyone remember what song they were playing?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
A book about the history of EVE? That sounds like a smart idea.
Is this some kind of a threat?
Volgarr as well.
The Volgarr playthrough isn't and won't be finished until Brad beats Path of the Valkyrie. Until then he has only finished the game's tutorial.
By which I mean tutorial = Ending C
MrTroubleMaker
Member
Site still down? I need my ILM fix!
Punchy4486
Banned
They should just go full circle and hire Jonah Hill like Berman-Braun wanted them to do.
HamPster PamPster
Member
Excellent Bombin this morning. I always thought the media's obsession with Eve was kind of weird. The stories are amusing but still. Hearing that theres a guy behind the madness wooing the media and such makes sense
santeesioux
Member
Jamie Kennedy would probably take the gig.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Every time someone says the name, I have to reference the time he totally burned me by saying I'm not famous.
A top 10 games to get drunk while playing slideshow would be perfect next to Patrick's Phil Fish inspirational biography.
Every time someone says the name, I have to reference the time he totally burned me by saying I'm not famous.
"You have no idea what really happened."
Yeah, it's not like there were cameras filming the thing...
He would fit right in.
I'm pretty sure Giant Bomb has a strict "no weezing the juice" policy.
HawksWinStanley
Member
lol at Jamie Kennedy implying that he's famous. Aside from playing the role of the pathetic loser in Scream I don't think I've ever seen him do anything else.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Malibu's Most Wanted is god tier.
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Deleted member 22576
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He was in BioDome, right?
BioDome is one of the all time greats, I'm so glad the library of congress chose it to be included in the national film registry a few years back.
BioDome is one of the all time greats, I'm so glad the library of congress chose it to be included in the national film registry a few years back.
NumberThree
Member
http://blog.jeffgerstmann.net/post/...tin-here-flipping-through-channels-and-i-land
Giant Bomb TV show confirmed.
The Dear Leader
Banned
A Giant Bomb Netflix original series, skits for days yo.
Giantbomb bringing arena back
TharpDaddy
Member
I wonder who his hosting the podcast this week. I hope it's a Vinnycast.
YI is colorful garbage
flip flops and jeans are the shit, I only wear thongs with my daisies on
cake
deep dish all the way
he's a wizard and that looks fucked up
gif
bottle caps
Neither, real Gs get chicken at Golden Bird
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
I'm pretty sure it's cards against humanity's Max Temkin. He'll also announce that he is the newest member of the team and that he'll be joined by Chris Watters for the newest Endurance Run, where they play Persona 3 together and skip the dialogue and never fuse their personas.
Don't forget all video content having an overlay in the corner of Arthur Gies doing sign language.
I'm afraid your application is unsuccessful. The position of Jeff is already filled.
Nymphae
Banned
That's not why people dislike him, simply because he doesn't like a particular Sony IP.
Take your pick, but it's mostly the way he comes across when he talks/writes anything.
- He shoehorned himself into Rebel FM, a show for ex-EGM employees, simply because he lived with Anthony Galleigos. Their first show was to get everyone together, and discuss the loss of jobs at EGM/1up and just give those guys a new place to talk. Arthur chimes in a lot in that episode, even though no one who was listening knew or cared who he was. Strike one, insert yourself and your smart ass comments into a show of beloved internet personalities, because hey why not, I'm Arthur fucking Gies and need exposure.
- He continued to be one of the more annoying voices on the show, coming back week after week because his friends were recording at the place he and his roommate live. He argues all the time, and argues very inane points, often the the point of uncomfortableness (I'm thinking the "shooter mechanics" debate between him and Ryan, also I believe Tyler Barber left the show due to Arthur's Arthurness, which was a damn shame, and the reason I stopped listening.)
I've honestly never gotten this impression from other members of this industry in other podcasts (maybe 1up yours with Shane & Luke, but that always felt relatively good natured.) I get the sense from a lot of arguments I've heard Arthur get into on podcasts, that people cannot fucking stand the guy, and put up with him because he is a friend of friends.)
If you go back and listen to the early shows, Arthur is constantly combative and argumentative, others will push back, but he does seem to be the instigator in most cases. It's his snide "sigh I guess I'll explain this because I know more than you do..." tone that permeates everything he says. Seriously the guy used to sigh and yawn on that show every couple of minutes it seemed.
- The Rebel FM donations debacle didn't help.
- The fact that he got promoted into his position at Polygon over other far more qualified individuals, and in fact, was for some reason hand picked by the Polygon Supergroup of Industry Saving Games Journalists.
- He wrote and defended the Sim City review
- His writing, in my opinion, is garbage.
- Also, the Polygon documentary didn't do him any favours. Of course the best place to do an interview about your new videogame site is a tattoo parlour, as you're getting a tattoo. How else are we supposed to know how cool he is?
None of these things are particularly damning by themselves, but when taken as a whole, over time, seeing the same shit out of the guy over and over, people start to dislike him. I know I forgot a ton of things, I always see crazy Gies tweets posted around Gaf that make me roll my eyes.
NumberThree
Member
Danny confimed for Bombcast (unless he was already?)
e: Damn you, Megasoum!
https://twitter.com/dannyodwyer/status/466238327679483905
e: Damn you, Megasoum!
Can we stop talking about Gies? EmCee already came in and prodded us away from the topic. If you want to rant about him, please go make a Polygon thread if for your own account's sake.
GTFO.
... but seriously, can I ask what about him annoys you?
GTFO.
... but seriously, can I ask what about him annoys you?
Hot Coldman
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