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They need to get Yves Guillemot on.
have they said if they will do anything with the destiny alpha? seems like bad timing since they will all be dead from e3 this weekend i'd really like to see them playing it though
have they said if they will do anything with the destiny alpha? seems like bad timing since they will all be dead from e3 this weekend i'd really like to see them playing it though
Guys, we can complain about the lack of women in Giant Bomb, but we all know the real person keeping it from happening: Brad "woman-hater" Shoemaker.
(Can anyone even remember why someone called Brad a woman-hater? I think it was because he liked South Park, but I'm too lazy to look and I like not knowing for sure).
Guys, we can complain about the lack of women in Giant Bomb, but we all know the real person keeping it from happening: Brad "woman-hater" Shoemaker.
(Can anyone even remember why someone called Brad a woman-hater? I think it was because he liked South Park, but I'm too lazy to look and I like not knowing for sure).
Also, if people want more diversity on the panels, they could just name some names they want to see. I like Lucy James for example, who works for the UK show G!nx and also does some stuff for BBC News, Danny knows her and she was at E3.
But, I see a tweet like this and ask myself if the person even knows who's in that picture, because they are objectively good guests to have. There's one of the most important tech entrepreneur in the gaming world right now, a long term game journalist, now making great indie games and one developer of one of the most exiting games of the show. They happen to be white guys. Too bad, I guess. But replacing them because of that would just be insane.
Giant Bomb OT 8 | The New Hire is Quiet
yup!Giant Bomb is about fun and happiness !
Giant Bomb is about fun and happiness !
Hey guys, I propose we stop talking about that. Pretty much everything has been said already and I don't like when this thread is negative. It makes me sad.
Giant Bomb is about fun and happiness !
Giant Bomb OT 8 | Air Force Ryckert
I wonder if he will debut on tuesday
But, I see a tweet like this and ask myself if the person even knows who's in that picture, because they are objectively good guests to have. There's one of the most important tech entrepreneur in the gaming world right now, a long term game journalist, now making great indie games and one developer of one of the most exiting games of the show. They happen to be white guys. Too bad, I guess. But replacing them because of that would just be insane.
This, honestly thought Greg derailed it worse this year than Leigh Alexander ever did.
Leigh Alexander has caught SO MUCH SHIT for that one appearance on Giant Bomb, it's not even funny. Like, years later, people still joke about it. I doubt Greg's gonna hear in 3 years how he took his shirt off like a dumbass that one time, all the time.
Giant Bomb OT 8 | Air Force Ryckert
Having said that, if at least one of the two new hires is not a woman, I think they've fucked up.
Wait, there are two hires ?
I thought it was her second appearance on the trot and she acted like a clown on both?
Greg Miller sucks and isn't funny. Leigh Alexander has caught SO MUCH SHIT for that one appearance on Giant Bomb, it's not even funny. Like, years later, people still joke about it. I doubt Greg's gonna hear in 3 years how he took his shirt off like a dumbass that one time, all the time.
If GB is not inviting Leigh back because of that still, there's a pretty serious problem. Also, I think attacking Giant Bomb because they didn't have enough women on is kind of bullshit, because they're clearly trying and are self-aware, but I usually don't agree with Simins and her scorch the earth style of rhetoric. Having said that, if at least one of the two new hires is not a woman, I think they've fucked up.
OT 8 | You thought it was Dan Ryckert. But it was me, Dio!
I believe I read somewhere that he said he's starting his new job on the 30th.Highly doubt it. He said on Twitter that he'll be in SF from the 28th this month, so my guess would be the following monday. It fits well with the "one month until the new hire starts" theme Jeff has been talking about. Still, they could do something before that/announce it before that, but I'm betting it'll be in about two weeks.
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I only remember the 775 million appearance. So what though, it's been years. She does a lot of good work over at Gamasutra and she's been a good guest on Patrick and Alex's show as well.
OT 8 | You thought it was Dan Ryckert. But it was me, Dio!
I only remember the 775 million appearance. So what though, it's been years. She does a lot of good work over at Gamasutra and she's been a good guest on Patrick and Alex's show as well.
I only remember the 775 million appearance. So what though, it's been years. She does a lot of good work over at Gamasutra and she's been a good guest on Patrick and Alex's show as well.
God, it would break my heart if Dan wasn't the new hire. The guy has such a good rage mode when getting frustrated playing games that you can't help but fantasize about the features you could put him in to. Just saying Breaking Dan is alot more appealing to me than Breaking Brad.
Leah added oil to the fire over the years as well; she didn't let it go. There was this one time when Ryan semi-jokingly called her a "sociopath" because she had been acting super-weirdly on Twitter. I forget the specifics, but I remember thinking at the time that his comment was not unfounded and that she was way out of line. She still follows the GB crew on Twitter though, and I've seen Brad interact with her several times, so it's not as if they hated each other. That said, I don't think she's interested in going on the E3 podcast again. She said herself that it's not a good venue for her, as when she's caffeinated or drunk she becomes that type of person.
Anyways, I did not know she guested on Patrick's show. Could anyone tell me which one it was ? A search yielded nothing.
I only remember the 775 million appearance. So what though, it's been years. She does a lot of good work over at Gamasutra and she's been a good guest on Patrick and Alex's show as well.
I'm sure she does. But maybe she's just not a suitable guest, if they have been burned twice I can understand the apprehension.
I don't think she did. A cursory search of the archive did not show her name too.
I'm with you on that. You want equality? GB should get the most interesting and relevant folks on the show. Simply inviting guests for the sake of ticking boxes is ridiculous.
In an ideal world, sure. But we do not live in an ideal world, and sometimes we need to drag ourselves there a little bit. An ideal world would allow me my to pluck a series of developers and just happen upon a more diverse cast. That wouldn't happen, so I need to seek that out, while also trying to make sure we accomplish our goal of entertaining the audience. Giant Bomb has a pretty limited rolodex of regulars that we need to expand. Really tough to see the harm in that.
Yet, Paul Barnett continues to turn up and offer nothing of worth apart from stories which all strangely enough revolve around him.
I said earlier on in the thread why was he even in the final segment?
I'm pretty sure more people work at Giant Bomb than Jeff and this "one" other hire. Even if you don't want to count Ryan, Brad, Vinny, and Alex as hires (and I don't see why you wouldn't count them), that still leaves way more than one hire.
Well, we can also look at the people that show up on their streams and look, it's mostly white guys. Which isn't surprising. But still, it proves that when it comes to people appearing on GB streams, if Patrick didn't exist, it's highly likely would've been Leigh Alexander, Carrie Gouskas, and that's about it in the past few years.
Sorry, this is a "don't attack the job creators" argument. I have plenty of appreciation for what Jeff, Ryan, Brad, and Vinny has done. But, that also doesn't mean I can point out their entire circle that shows up on streams, podcasts, and such tends to be other white dudes. That doesn't mean they're bad people. However, it also means that if they want to expand beyond that, they'll have to bring in people they haven't been to 15 E3's with.