Was Jeff and Ryan fanboy since blond jeff and ryan days. Greg Kassavin was my favorite gamespot reviewer though. Watched a ton of On The Spot and was a regular listener to the Hotspot.
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Was Jeff and Ryan fanboy since blond jeff and ryan days. Greg Kassavin was my favorite gamespot reviewer though. Watched a ton of On The Spot and was a regular listener to the Hotspot.
I think right before the P4 Endurance Run, so late 2008/early 2009. 1Up was in the midst of its implosion (or was it just before?) and I think I was looking for new podcasts, and the Bombcast was highly recommended. I also think I had seen the Video Thing for Too Human and liked that.
So I guess I must have started following shortly after the site launched?
So I guess I must have started following shortly after the site launched?
Keyser Soze
Member
I thought Jeff was a dickhead for not standing up to play Wii Sports during the Gamespot Wii Launch Stream. - I was going to send him a strongly worded letter about that. "F that guy," I said to myself back then. I've changed.now;
WrenchNinja
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Just bought premium. How do I stop automatic renewal?
I've been familiar with Jeff for a long long time, his name was always on the reviews that made me scratch my head and sometimes yell when I was younger. I started following them when he got let go though. I never liked his reviews because I had no idea how...uh...unique...his tastes were, but when he got fired it was just gross and I kept an eye on what he was doing. Once the Arrow Pointing Down podcast and the Bombcast were going, I was hooked.
oh god. Timely reminder of why premium is worth it. My cookie expired and I was eye blasted by the Sunset Overdrive site skin.
$50. It isn't really a sale as you don't get the $15 t-shirt code. It is beloved of those not in the US though as international shipping can be brutal.
Old image was better though.
Cancel it immediately. Your existing year still runs.
$50. It isn't really a sale as you don't get the $15 t-shirt code. It is beloved of those not in the US though as international shipping can be brutal.
Old image was better though.
Cancel it immediately. Your existing year still runs.
ratcliffja
Member
For a moment, I honestly thought The Crew was in development for 10 years.
I actually didn't follow GB until the Chrono Trigger ER. Man I miss calling Patrick and Ryan idiots.
First heard about them through the 1UP podcast GB was a part of, then listened to the Bombcast for a couple of months before ever visiting the website. Saw the latest episode of the P4 ER featured on the front page (68) and got hooked after that, so I've been a fan since about January/March 2009.
Cancel the subscription. That stops the automatic renewal IIRC (but you'll still get the full year of course).
Keyser Soze
Member
...also, If for some reason you forget to cancel, and get rebilled, just email Rorie a few days after and he will likely refund you.
I remember Jeff being on G4 while he was unemployed.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/682730/jeff-gerstmann-on-x-play/
I had read GS for many years but that might have been where I saw him on video.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/682730/jeff-gerstmann-on-x-play/
I had read GS for many years but that might have been where I saw him on video.
I'm sorry, I had to stop the video before Jeff appeared when I heard OG AC being an example of a Western game being more innovative than the market in Japan, or the idea of the Western Market being more willing to experiment than the Japanese one in general.
I know X-Play have always been anti Eastern gaming, but you would hope that they wouldn't be so glaringly transparent about it.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I came to the site cause of a link to the Quicklook of Prince of Persia - The Moviegamething on GoNintendo. I don't even know why I was on GoNintendo.
Kinda weird, really. At least it let's me date the first time I visited GB.
Incandenza
Banned
No joke, I was in elementary school the first time I saw a video with Jeff Gerstmann in it. Even to me that's super bizarre.
Shortly after GB was launched. I started getting into podcasts at the time (mostly 1UP stuff) and, well, someone mentioned the Bombcast so I checked it out. But yeah, the Bombcast was still in its infancy. I quickly caught up with the handful of QLs on the site and the podcast (Arrow Pointing Down!) so I was basically there from the very beginning.
For the longest time, though, I just enjoyed the site quietly, on my own.
What?? That's madness! You can't be a true fan until you declare which one you would rather have as your dad.
I didn't know much about Jeff back in the day, other than people were mad at him 'cause of Twilight Princess. Then he got fired 'cause of that Kane and Lynch stuff.
I frequented Joystiq back then, and they had a post talking about how Jeff was starting Giant Bomb, and back then, Giant Bomb was just a weird blog. But I followed it, and they started posting "How to Build a Bomb" videos and I was totally into that. Then I downloaded a few podcasts that were basically just about energy drinks, and then there was a website about video games that I would love from then on.
Hot Coldman
Banned
First starting listening in September 2009. It was an episode where Brad had just come back from a trip home, so that was a good intro.
The Persona 4 Endurance Run soon followed, though I never did catch up before it ended.
The Persona 4 Endurance Run soon followed, though I never did catch up before it ended.
February or March of 2008. Whenever the first Arrow Pointing Down (Bombcast precursor) podcast went up. I saw Jeff Gerstmann's name in the description, thought "Oh it's the guy who got fired for being honest, I bet he's got some shit he wants to say", downloaded the podcast and never stopped listening.
I first started reading Gamespot after seeing this weird thing called a "Nintendo Dual Screen" (Why would anyone make a video game system with two big TV screens attached to it? Is it like those arcade cabinets for racing games that are tethered together to enable multiplier on different screens? I thought) alluded to on the Zelda Universe Forums back around E3 2004 (so...that would have been May 2004, right?). I started following the site religiously and watching the crazy videos that Jeff and crew made, and started listening to the Hotspot when I bought my iPod using two coffee cans full of change in January 2006 (still using it to listen to the podcasts), and have been listening to all of their podcast content ever since (stopped listening to Hotspot and reading Gamespot a week or two after Gerstmanngate, started immediately following Jeff's blog, and then Giant Bomb when it started in blog form).
Damn, it's been over a decade. Wow. As a result, I know way too fucking much about Jeff Gerstmann. What a horrible/wonderful/hilarious/terrifying man.
Damn, it's been over a decade. Wow. As a result, I know way too fucking much about Jeff Gerstmann. What a horrible/wonderful/hilarious/terrifying man.
ThreePiMatt
Member
First piece of GB content I ever saw was the 1v100 Quick Look a long ways back, think it was linked here or somewhere else I frequent.
I didn't follow them regularly until much later. I was looking for good podcasts, and obviously the biggest recommendation was the Bombcast. I almost didn't stick with it because when I started Dead Space 2 had just come out and Brad spent a lot of time talking about it (over two episodes I believe) and it bored the fuck out of me. But I enjoyed all of the non-Dead Space 2 talk around it so I stuck with it. Can't remember when I started watching the video content regularly though.
I didn't follow them regularly until much later. I was looking for good podcasts, and obviously the biggest recommendation was the Bombcast. I almost didn't stick with it because when I started Dead Space 2 had just come out and Brad spent a lot of time talking about it (over two episodes I believe) and it bored the fuck out of me. But I enjoyed all of the non-Dead Space 2 talk around it so I stuck with it. Can't remember when I started watching the video content regularly though.
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thepotatoman
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I like how this NPC reacts to being bumped into during the AC Unity PC quicklook:
Felix Lighter
Member
WrenchNinja
Member
oh god. Timely reminder of why premium is worth it. My cookie expired and I was eye blasted by the Sunset Overdrive site skin.
$50. It isn't really a sale as you don't get the $15 t-shirt code. It is beloved of those not in the US though as international shipping can be brutal.
Old image was better though.
Cancel it immediately. Your existing year still runs.
I really just press cancel subscription? That seems kind of poorly worded. Well okay, thanks guys.
Also I forgot to mention, it is awesome that they play the audio clip and shake the browser after you make the purchase. That freaked me out for a second
"IT'S A GIRL!!!"
AuthenticM
Member
Metal Gear Scanlon tomorrow morning !!
AuthenticM
Member
Rose was a lot better
in MGS4 though.
(and hotter)
She's a lot better in 4 because you never actually have to call her more than twice.
ab.aeterno
Member
Man, not even sure. I first started listening to it after hearing it name dropped on the CAGCast some years back. I really got into it during E3 2011, I think, because their after hours show with Jaffe, Muir and Cowboy was amazing.
TharpDaddy
Member
More importantly, Sonic Boom QL tomorrow!
Jeff should be on that if I understood him correctly on the Bombcast, so that will probably be a classic.
Felix Lighter
Member
never mind
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I feel like if Ubi let's them do that days before the launch it can't be that bad.
I swear I just told this story in the thread, but this was my first exposure to Giant Bomb as a website, when they opened their PAX 08 panel with it.
Oh my goodness I remember that block party stream. Things got so nuts towards the end. It was the early days of Dr. Tracksuit, before he joined the the wrestling federation.
I think I'm at around 11 or 12 years now. I was in middle school and a big Gamespot fan.
edit: Did the math it's 14 damn.
Ha same here. Greg was always my favorite, and I adored On the Spot and Button Mashing. I was actually way more sad about Rich Gallup leaving since he was the host of those, though Jeff was huge too. It was a crazy time seeing personalities leave one by one from the place after Jeff was fired.
I've only seen good things from FC4 so far so I'm not really worried.
Between the different gameplay demos and the time I played with it it was great.
Very similar to FC3 but then again, FC3 was my GOTY so I really don't mind.
TharpDaddy
Member
Based on Dan's twitter it seems to be a Jeff/Dan QL, best GB west combo for it imo.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Got into GB during the P4 ER.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
What I've seen of FC4 is basically "It's like Far Cry 3 in the Himalayas. You have a grapling hook. You get the wing suit sooner"
So, I'm pretty psyched about that game.
I played for a little bit earlier this week and I was just walking around the map without a mission or anything. Found an elephant so decided to ride it.... Was flipping VW Westfalias and throwing sherpas around using my trunk whitin minutes.... GOTY lol
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Sounds like it'll be definitely worth the 25 I spent on one of those Nvidia codes.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Just setting it in the Himalayas makes it a lot more interesting for me.
We need more mountainous terrain in videogames.
We need more mountainous terrain in videogames.
Ugh... So I bought one of those NVIDIA code this morning in the BST thread. I redeemed it successfully on the NVIDIA website and got the Ubi Shop promo code.
I went to the shop and saw that they offered 20% off the season pass so added both the game and the pass to my cart and applied the code. Final price was something like 23$. I pick Paypal as my payment option and go through the process on the site. When it sends me back to the Ubi shop I got a "Payment failed" error message and now the promo code doesn't work anymore....
So I'm out both the code and the game... FUCKING GREAT.
Sent a ticket to Ubi support but haven't heard back yet.
First GB content I ever saw/heard was a bombcast. I think Jared Rea was on it on, but the most distinct thing I remember was that the bombcast art for that week was Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon. Any time I think of how I became a GB fan, I think of that image. It's weird.
It took me like a week to realize that they had video content on the site, cause I was just listening to old bombcasts, trying to catch up.
It took me like a week to realize that they had video content on the site, cause I was just listening to old bombcasts, trying to catch up.