Gideon
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That's stupidI see a woman (or a man in some cases) with blue hair dye in the thumbnail. I don't watch.
That's stupidI see a woman (or a man in some cases) with blue hair dye in the thumbnail. I don't watch.
That's stupid
this its gb in name onlyGB should've just folded with Brad & Vinny left and Jeff went solo. Absolutely no one left there carrying what the brand was. I still like Ryckert but he's not enough and pretty sure his podcast outside GB does better #s than anything GB.
RIP Ryan
RIP Big Live Live Show Live
RIP late-aughts E3 pressers
that og premium and extra life stuff is gold i hope we do not lose it to the internet black hole.Echos of the stuff gerstman & others have talked about since leaving. Be interesting to see what they do with all the OG "premium" content if they dont just nuke it all.
solo jeff is fine, prob even prefer it unless the guest were brad and vinnie. jeff sometimes says weird things but overall good show.Shame because Nextlander is garbage and solo Jeff isn't as fun.
100% accurate sadly.It died with RD
sameI see a woman (or a man in some cases) with blue hair dye in the thumbnail. I don't watch.
agreed. but it's not the kinda arrangement that's gonna inject some life in franchises already struggling. it's more a deck chair re-arranging?...In theory it's not a bad idea, instead of random streams, have a fixed daily streaming schedule and have the content on vod for people who want to watch it later.
1000% this. It's dead career/industry, straight up. The internet and YouTube have empowered publishers to take their messaging, reveals and interviews directly to players. Hell, independent streams get more attention from pubs these days. No one is paying outlets for reviews anymore, shit is all free on YT. The biggest "personalities" in gaming now don't have any corporate studios or producers - they're just nerds with $1000 in streaming equipment and a decent PC.I've literally stopped caring. Game journalism just seems like a thing of the past now and barely even seems relevant anymore. Fuck it.
Instead of watching streamers how about playing some videogames?
i used to agree but i liked drew and dan and jason its when they got abby that i started to fall offGood riddance. I'm sorry but Giantbomb only went downhill since Ryan's passing and they leaned more and more into their biases and often times had completely false or misleading information in the bombcasts. I loved what they once had, Vinny was still great all the way through their history though.
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It died with RD. Sad. It was really great back then. I listened religiously and had a premium sub. Then at some point after this everyone seemingly turned on Gerstmann and everyone was just bitter. Then they all went woke when it was fashionable to do so and I tapped out. I will still listen to Gerstmann's solo show here and there and he is nothing if not consistent with his terrible game opinions.
that was abbyEh. It was her voice. Just so fucking not okay for a podcast. It's like someone chewing glass and nail scratching a chalkboard
this and jeff also had to go on that that trump rant smh.Shame because Nextlander is garbage and solo Jeff isn't as fun.
or bensolo jeff is fine, prob even prefer it unless the guest were brad and vinnie. jeff sometimes says weird things but overall good show.
i liked aw.Austin and Abby destroyed giant bomb.
Crazy GB still exists these days....they are from another era, like they guys from Easy Allies.
Like many others here, I loved GiantBomb but it seem to quickly go down hill at certain points for different people. I know some feel when Ryan Davis died that was the start of things failing, but for me it was that fucking cuck Patrick Klepic joining. He made me skip so many videos and streams that it started to become "I'll wait a few days for shows or videos" to then weeks and months.
Of course other members were completely against my tastes, but he really ruined it for me.
Ryan dying was really awful, not even the fact it was his wedding, just overall. The crew did try and work through it, but it did seem like it was too much for some of them (to be clear, not in a attacking way, more of a sympathetic way).
Then most of the origionals left and it became GiantBomb in name only (even though I hadnt watched anything of theirs in years). On a happier note, I do still randomly watch their long play through of Deadly Premonition.
noWas anything of value lost?
What's the rumored new brand?Some shit is going down. They recorded an episode today, it was up on the podcast apps and YT for a little bit then got taken down.
From what I've read elsewhere, Dan and co talked about the new rules and guidelines they've been given by the new Fandom ownership, the new ownership wants to make the show more PG friendly and limit their usage of casual profanity like 'fuck' etc in the episodes.
Based on other things and some comments they've been posting on socials, looks like either GB is not gonna be around for long or some of the key staff are about to leave. Dan, Jeff, Mike Minnoti etc are all apparently following a newly created brand on Instagram, I forget the name right now but it reads like a video game podcast / patreon kind of name.
What's the rumored new brand?
Oh they get political and that direction. Yeah there is a reason I ditched game sites in the early to mid 2010s. Before 2014 it was only about the games then injecting identity politics and other bullshit.I think advertisers anger must have to do with this flop as well , maybe they hated grubb going anti-israel on stream as well as other ways he's not advertiser friendly. The gamespot shows are real high production work, but giantbomb has gone as cheap as possible. Just speculating Of Course. But It must have to do with the POW block not being advertisement friendly and too much effort for the few viewers.
It died twice.A lot of people say Giant Bomb died when Ryan did. Could someone please elaborate on this opinion because I would like to know everyone else's thoughts. In my opinion, it died when Abby and Ben joined or when the team was physically split.
It died twice.
Once with Ryan and then with the split.
The split just broke the whole vibe of a group of guys who enjoy hanging out and playing games as it was clear that some of them wanted to be elsewhere.
Would have been better if they'd stayed in the West together. Mind you after the split I started listening less and less and pretty much stopped once Ben and Abby joined.GBeast was fucking awesome though. It brought back Alex in all his cranky-ness, and is mostly where Dan shined. Dan, Vinny and Alex were probably the best team in the GB era since the OG 4.
less profanity wtf??????????????????????????????????????????????Some shit is going down. They recorded an episode today, it was up on the podcast apps and YT for a little bit then got taken down.
From what I've read elsewhere, Dan and co talked about the new rules and guidelines they've been given by the new Fandom ownership, the new ownership wants to make the show more PG friendly and limit their usage of casual profanity like 'fuck' etc in the episodes.
Based on other things and some comments they've been posting on socials, looks like either GB is not gonna be around for long or some of the key staff are about to leave. Dan, Jeff, Mike Minnoti etc are all apparently following a newly created brand on Instagram, I forget the name right now but it reads like a video game podcast / patreon kind of name.
A lot of people say Giant Bomb died when Ryan did. Could someone please elaborate on this opinion...
sameSadly, Giant Bomb died with Ryan Davis. I literally cried over the loss of RD.
i know right gb in name only if you leave out danIt's about fucking time. Been so disgusted seeing these idiots parading around in it's corpse, and calling themselves giant bomb.
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I know Ryan and him got along, but Patrick was really actually the downfall of the site, because he was one of the assholes who was all chummy with with Zoe Quinn.
Thank you for explaining. Jeff was accused of being cynical a lot. Do you think Ryan's more positive attitude helped Jeff's attitude? I still watch Jeff's show from time to time and he seems better than he used to be in that respect but I'm not totally sure. He got married and had kids which can change a lot of stuff.Jeff was 'the star' of Giant Bomb, but I think the chemistry between Ryan and Jeff was the foundation upon which everything else rested. Both in the sense that there seemed to be genuine friendship between them, and in terms of their compatibility when making content.
I think we got a different Jeff without Ryan, because Jeff was the most improved by Ryan. He could still do the job after Ryan died, but the joy was largely gone for him I think.
Do you think Ryan's more positive attitude helped Jeff's attitude?