Giant Bomb Thread #4: A thread of perceived slights
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brianmcdoogle
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Large websites are interested in large dollars. Boutique websites that only pull in modest amounts of profit aren’t things they can go trumpet to investors or CEOs or presidents. Those people are interested in the bottom-line results. The business types are probably more interested in rolling the dice and trying to turn the small thing into a big thing (or bleeding the small thing’s talent dry in an attempt to make their big things bigger) has a greater potential upside than just leaving it be does.
Giant Bomb is a business. They are running their business the way businesses are run. They are not a charity and the idea of creating great art is something that the guys and gals at the top probably only talk about when they sense that the person they’re talking to thinks that the company is run by monsters. I don’t even feel like I’m singling out Giant Bomb here. You could substitute the names of most major websites into this and get a similar result. I don’t especially like it, either, but at some point you’re asking lions to act like lambs and that isn’t how the world works.
Stop asking large websites to not be large websites.
I tease because I love
SteveWinwood
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They should team up with Polygon.
slightconfuse
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Its not a review changing shoe though?
SirIgbyCeaser
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On the spot was such a good podcast... ah the good old days.
But all in all.. this merger has got to be strange for Ryan, Jeff, Brad, Vinny, and alex. They all LEFT gamespot.
Sure its been some years, but its back to haunt them.
But all in all.. this merger has got to be strange for Ryan, Jeff, Brad, Vinny, and alex. They all LEFT gamespot.
Sure its been some years, but its back to haunt them.
darkressurection
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Now THAT would illicit a pretty negative reaction from me.
I'm actually sort of looking forward to the stream. It'll be nice for them to mix things up a little. I feel that the quantity of their output lately has been the right amount, but they've settled into something of a weekly routine. Hopefully the Gamespot guys won't be totally static and boring like they often are, and maybe this will inject some spontaneity into things.
It makes good business sense to come together for things like this. It'll make for a more informative program to have more editors around to talk about the new games they've been playing. If it was only the Giant Bomb staff doing such a stream, they would only have a couple of games to talk about.
And we know Gamespot isn't trying to merge the sites any time soon. They wouldn't have wasted countless man-hours to re-design Giant Bomb if they didn't intend to keep it separate. And I like to think that whoever makes the decisions at Gamespot these days recognizes the value of Giant Bomb's rabid and dedicated fanbase.
It makes good business sense to come together for things like this. It'll make for a more informative program to have more editors around to talk about the new games they've been playing. If it was only the Giant Bomb staff doing such a stream, they would only have a couple of games to talk about.
And we know Gamespot isn't trying to merge the sites any time soon. They wouldn't have wasted countless man-hours to re-design Giant Bomb if they didn't intend to keep it separate. And I like to think that whoever makes the decisions at Gamespot these days recognizes the value of Giant Bomb's rabid and dedicated fanbase.
RiccochetJ
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Why the hell are people freaking out? They're right down the hallway from each other. It makes sense to do this if they're making even more content.
Sleeplessnights
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You guys are awesome. Sometimes.
shadyspace
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What's going on there anyway? That thread is impenetrable
brianmcdoogle
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It was a silly spoof on Jeff's response to this question on his tumblr:
I just changed a few words
they're stuck in 2008.
These gamespot assholes keep interrupting Brad. That's Patrick's job. I hate these new people.
To use some of Tom McShea's own ridiculous hyperbole, listening to Tom McShea gives me cancer aids.
The problem is that we loved all the guys we lost and most of the Gamespot editors make poor replacements. One of the Giant Bomb guys will inevitably say something tongue-in-cheek, a Gamespot guy will interpret the comment at face value, and there will be awkward feels all around.
slightconfuse
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if giancarlo is there things might be alright
Freedom = $1.05
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Yeah, get some fresh blood in there. Theyve had a few gamespot folks drop in for things such as TNT and the world hasn't come apart.
CrunchinJelly
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I'm out. First the Double Fine shit now this. GB gone all corporate.
HotHamWater
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Keep it up guys, Brad will be here soon.
darkressurection
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They have to use his summoning ritual (aka hooking up a 3DO and playing Road Rash).
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Er..the more gamespot shit..the less I'll visit the site. I'll stick to podcast if anything.
darkressurection
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No, they have shown up in a couple of TNTs and have been fine.
RiccochetJ
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* They gave SimCity a 9.5 based off what they played in their pristine reviewer environment
* The game went live and it's a cluster
* They adjusted their score to an 8 or something for the time being
* Internet Pitchforks
* Polygon is circling the wagons
I'm not familiar with the current Gamespot staff, but if they're going to be regulars on a GB live show, I'm sure we'll get used to them just fine as we did with Will and Norm on Happy Hour.
Will and Norm were fucking awesome from the word GO.
IamMattFox
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I don't know anything about any of the Gamespot guys.
But fuck 'em.
But fuck 'em.
SteveWinwood
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That one guy on that one tnt was really cool. He was just a chill dude.
lol wasn't there something with Jeff walking out or wanting to walk out to the NWO theme at that first GameSpot stream after they were acquired? I forget if it actually happened.
Keyser Soze
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Guys....
Vinny, Brad, Jeff and Ryan used to work...
FOR GAMESPOT
FUCK'EM TOO!!
Patrick is the only one we can trust.
Vinny, Brad, Jeff and Ryan used to work...
FOR GAMESPOT
FUCK'EM TOO!!
Patrick is the only one we can trust.
darkressurection
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I think they did actually play the nWo theme before Jeff did that stream with John Davison to talk about the purchase.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Patrick used to work for 1up..oh krist..triple fuck him.
I would think the hate for Gamespot is hate for the guys rather than for the concept of ever having worked for the site. Those two people who were in that video podcast with Ryan where he got all mad because they were wrong didn't come out of that looking good, for example. Although I think one of them showed up on the Spelunky TNT as the guy who knew everything about Spelunky and that was kind of all right.
In the end I think the dissapointment is mostly because I Love Mondays has been replaced by a Giant Bomb/Gamespot double show and most people in here really love Giant Bomb content. Giant Bomb/Gamespot content isn't necessarily good Giant Bomb content.
Oh shit, you followed the money.
WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON?!
darkressurection
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It's totally possible that this show might suck, but people should at least check it out first before: "GRRR FUCK THIS THEY GOT GAMESPOT IN MY GIANT BOMB, NEVER WATCHING THIS EVER GIANT BOMB ARE SELL OUTS!"
I am sure some of the responses in this thread are jokes or overreacting on purpose, but at least watch the thing first, then call it shit (or maybe it will be totally awesome.)
Also, don't forget that GB isn't afraid to pull the plug on something that isn't working like that totally awful Farmville series the interns were doing.
People overjudge things they haven't seen yet all the time! And apparently so did the approximately two people who posted seriously about this!
slightconfuse
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