Press Reset: The Story of Polygon - financed by Microsoft for $750,000
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No, he's good enough at what he does. He's just a jerk a lot more often than he needs to be.
GuitarAtomik
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Whoa wait? Is Samit "Brown Town" Sakar part of Polygon now? I didn't know this.
Anton Sugar
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ermahgerd, im excite.
Yep, one of the more recent writers to join I think but its been a couple months ago
Pretended? What makes you say that? Not want to fuel the fire some more but if that's the case it's like icing on an already huge and delicious cake...
The people who donated did so under the impression that the original 1UP FM would live on through Rebel FM. When the original "hosts" left, so did the spirit of the original podcast. So yeah, improved might not be the word you're looking for.
Well, I personally thought it was incredibly wrong to shit on GAF (something along the lines of I don't give a fuck about GAF) on the podcast after enjoying money (of which a huge sum came) from people on GAF. Especially since they kept mentioning how people should donate and stuff like that.
A Giant Bomb documentary would be cool...
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Only thing of his that I've read was his Lollipop Chainsaw review, which was more about him forcing his views on women in games on you than telling you about the game. So it was about as informative as any given Gamefaqs review, but proofread.
Fantastic stuff from the giantbomb guys! Ryans is my favorite as it reminded me of his video remix of the wii dare game trailer, 1 of the other 9 videos on his channel (2 of which are from GDC and have no sound)
Stop being so cynical.
This video is genuine and authentic to the core, not tirelessly poured over by a PR firm and advertising fluff men, not so heavily produced and cliched your eyes roll back in your head NOT brought to you by Internet Explorer® 'Explore the Possiblities'
OH NO!
EmCeeGramr
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This documentary better be an hour long version of the "my finger hurts" segment from whichever Bombcast that was from.
I've listened to every episode, and still like it. If you donated to a podcast hosted by unemployed people looking for jobs expecting those people to always be around, it's your own fault for expecting an unrealistic outcome.
Tyler Barber, the guy who got the gaming PC in question, has done a fantastic job using that PC well. He's talked about everything from tons of Day Z, to tiny indie games found only on PC, to big-budget PC games that most might instead play on consoles, and more.
I'm not sure what else you expected a few thousand dollars in donations to be spent on, but whatever it was, it's probably as unreasonable as your expectation that it could somehow keep unemployed people from exploring opportunities outside of San Francisco instead of staying there so they could be on the podcast.
Ace Harding
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Yes, I would watch this. Especially if it came from someone outside the site and wasn't just promo material. It would explore the darker side of GB, leave no skeletons in the closet.
Behind the Website: Giant Bomb
Drugs, anonymous groupie sex, rampages fueled by days of binges, Vinnie's spiraling gambling addiction, and Brad's former life as a prostitute.
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How To Press Reset: The Giant Bomb Story
Unfortunately I didn't have time to do any color tinting in after effects or properly test the audio mix, but hopefully this is alright.
Unfortunately I didn't have time to do any color tinting in after effects or properly test the audio mix, but hopefully this is alright.
the whole rebel fm thing was such a mess. after nick and phil left and it became something different the best thing would have been for them to donate the surplus money to childsplay or something but if they were going to use the greedy option and run with the opportunity given to them then the pc purchase is a perfectly legitimate thing that did help the podcast, as galling as it is to see a random friend of anthony's get nick and phil's sympathy money for awesome free shit.
BLOODY TATTOO SO REAL
So bad...for so many reasons. He's trying so hard, it's embarrassing to watch.
Timan
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LOL loved the ending.
Sir...you are a fucking GENIOUS!
Wonderful trailer. Almost feels like a trailer made for a site that just got shutdown.
perfect lol! someone tweet this @taswell
It's not petty at all. He stole your money through misappropriation. It's despicable and it shouldn't matter how long ago it was.
DoctorPayne
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Phenomenal. And so quickly, too!
EmCeeGramr
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everything about this is perfect
darkressurection
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Now THIS, I would watch.
So wait, now we're claiming that anonymous donations to unemployed people working on a gaming podcast that anyone with a brain knows could leave for a job across the country at any moment, and those donations being used to directly improve the podcast for the people left, is "stealing" and "misappropriation"?
Even if Phil and Nick were still there, they could have transformed the podcast into something you hated over time. Or they could have just stopped doing the podcast altogether instead of finding another group of people to do it after they found jobs in other states. Regardless, your donation, your risk.
Instead of letting the donations just sit there unused, they decided to use a small part of them on a gaming PC for someone who couldn't afford one, and who went on to literally talk about PC games he's played on it for hundreds of hours.
You might not like it, but tough shit - it's not "stealing" or "misappropriation" either.
Clearly you've never met these people. They do not have that kind of awareness.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
XANDER CAGE
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If only I could've filmed myself working on it so I could've made a follow-up
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Zomba13
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John Rabbit
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for doing this in...what? 3 hours? this is great.
You should have released a trailer of you working on the video.
EternalGamer
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Maybe this is all just a subversive advertising campaign to make us realize how much we appreciate Giant Bomb's style and approach. Because that is basically all that video and this thread did for me.
I dont want to be mean, but I did see a lot of this coming because a lot of those guys at Polygon really are far too pleased with themselves. Gies throws out the most incendiary opinions as if they are fact on a regular basis on Rebel FM and ridicules anyone who does the same back at him. Justin McElroy and the rest of the Besties crew are so amused with themselves that they literally dont bother to prepare for their podcast as most of them cant be bothered to find ONE damn game a week on a regular basis they want to actually talk about. Instead they they are so amused with themselves that they think lots of people will just want to listen to them literally joke about how bad they are week after week.
I do feel sorry for Phil Kollar. He is a very down to earth and humble guy and I appreciate that he isnt afraid to break with consensus amd champion oddities. He left a solid job at Game Informer to work at Polygon. As soon as I heard him announce it on the GI podcast, I was worried for him. Not to mention that GI and their weekly podcast isnt the same without him. Really miss his work there.
Same for Griffin McElroy and his gig at Joystiq. I like him quite a bit for the same reasons. He's usually the straight man to Justin's vaudeville giggle fest and I get his taste in games. They match up a lot with my own. The joystiq podcast is barely worth listening to now without the dynamic of the McElroys and Kietzman. It was a fantastic show before.
But man, the rest of those guys, at least the ones I know.., yeah this trailer seems exactly like something they would make and they deserve the ridicule they are getting. Brian Crecente's phoney moral high horse about Saint's Row, Gies obnoxious unqualified opinions about everything, Russ Frushtick's terrible attempts at humor, and Justin's endless amusement at how bad The Besties is. This group deserves each other. They are all smart people. That is not enough, however.
I dont want to be mean, but I did see a lot of this coming because a lot of those guys at Polygon really are far too pleased with themselves. Gies throws out the most incendiary opinions as if they are fact on a regular basis on Rebel FM and ridicules anyone who does the same back at him. Justin McElroy and the rest of the Besties crew are so amused with themselves that they literally dont bother to prepare for their podcast as most of them cant be bothered to find ONE damn game a week on a regular basis they want to actually talk about. Instead they they are so amused with themselves that they think lots of people will just want to listen to them literally joke about how bad they are week after week.
I do feel sorry for Phil Kollar. He is a very down to earth and humble guy and I appreciate that he isnt afraid to break with consensus amd champion oddities. He left a solid job at Game Informer to work at Polygon. As soon as I heard him announce it on the GI podcast, I was worried for him. Not to mention that GI and their weekly podcast isnt the same without him. Really miss his work there.
Same for Griffin McElroy and his gig at Joystiq. I like him quite a bit for the same reasons. He's usually the straight man to Justin's vaudeville giggle fest and I get his taste in games. They match up a lot with my own. The joystiq podcast is barely worth listening to now without the dynamic of the McElroys and Kietzman. It was a fantastic show before.
But man, the rest of those guys, at least the ones I know.., yeah this trailer seems exactly like something they would make and they deserve the ridicule they are getting. Brian Crecente's phoney moral high horse about Saint's Row, Gies obnoxious unqualified opinions about everything, Russ Frushtick's terrible attempts at humor, and Justin's endless amusement at how bad The Besties is. This group deserves each other. They are all smart people. That is not enough, however.
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"Because it's like, if this doesn't work out... if GAF doesn't like it... it'd be terrible!" *crying baby sound*
Yeah, dude, the donations were to keep the podcast running. Using it to buy someone a computer for personal use is a perfect example of misappropriation.
That maybe would have been acceptable if they had been up front about it, but up until a few months ago (I'm behind on Rebel FM) this was the first I had ever heard about this, and IIRC that PC was built what, like maybe 2 or 3 years ago at this point? And even in that case if they really have THAT much more than they need for possible future equipment and hosting costs for basically forever, they could have donated it to one of the charities that they do things for once or twice a year. Or used it to buy shit to maybe give away to listeners in contests. Or any of a million other things.
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