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CBS Interactive (GameSpot parent company) buys Giant Bomb
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Opus Angelorum
Member
Yup. Gamespot's forums are the worst gaming forums on the web. PG-13 rules and a haven for trolls. The only active forums on GS are System Wars (troll-fest), and their lame, sanitized Off Topic forum. I posted there while I waited for my GAF account to be approved, and it was a shithole. But I still post on my GS blog for my game reviews. :lol
You mean done for obvious reasons.
It's pretty clear that GB (and probably all of WM) was in financial trouble, and wouldn't have survived for much longer. While CBS wanted all the mouse clicks and "gamer cred" that GB has.
funkystudent
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWID9_sZkqc
IM NOT GOING TO LET CBS KILL WHAT I CREATED!
I'm going to kill my creation.
I'm going to inject gamespot with a lethal dose of POISON!!!
(camera moves to reveal "KLEPICK" written on the back of the chair)
Well, now at least the hiring of Patrick Kelpek makes sense.
Because Davison is in charge now and the dickheads who fired him are gone.
cuz asshole management is long gone.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I dunno, Whiskey always seemed really experimental, to the point where something like this retroactively makes a ton of sense. Shelby probably knew in the long term he was going to eventually sell the site. Wonder what he's up to now. He did help form CNET, he must be well-off enough for any loss he may have incurred to be survivable.
Even if that management is long gone think about how awkward it must be in that office right now. I would not trust GS or any of there management. Jeff has to be thinking WTF right now this is just crazy everything that GB stands for will be broken by CBS. CBS is all about the bottom line and if that means compromising your values and integrity to get more advertising dollars what do you think CBS is going to do?
LOL!
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
You say that, but everything Jeff has said indicates he isn't worried about that.
What do you expect him to say? Right now he is just playing it cool until he can plan the destruction of GS. There is no way they can survive with CBS at the helm.
Actually, a lot of the GS staff are still friends with them. The only thing to worry about is CBS but i'm gonna give Jeff more credit that he knows what he's doing.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
You sound like a conspiracy nut.
Jeff and the GB guys have been talking with CBS for a while. It's so arrogant to think that we can judge the situation better than them. After all the bullshit Jeff went through there's no way he'd accept this unless he was sure that they were going to fit in and he thought that they wouldn't be ripped apart in a year or two.
I get why people were dubious at first, but in the last 24 hours GB and CBS have done everything possible to show that the situation isn't going to be anything other than positive for GB. If you don't want to accept that, well, keep on preaching I guess.
Jeff and the GB guys have been talking with CBS for a while. It's so arrogant to think that we can judge the situation better than them. After all the bullshit Jeff went through there's no way he'd accept this unless he was sure that they were going to fit in and he thought that they wouldn't be ripped apart in a year or two.
I get why people were dubious at first, but in the last 24 hours GB and CBS have done everything possible to show that the situation isn't going to be anything other than positive for GB. If you don't want to accept that, well, keep on preaching I guess.
But the business model still remains. New management doesn't change the fact that CBS is beholden to stockholders, who want to see growth in each and every single quarterly earnings report. If the CBSi division is not doing so, then there's no doubt it will be restructured to become profitable.
Basileus777
Member
It seems likely that it always the plan to sell off these sites once they had grown enough. It's hard to imagine that he was in it for the long haul considering these sites had no real revenue stream outside of GB subscriptions.
Keyser Soze
Member
The way some of you people are talking, you think the whole place was going to crumble tomorrow... that's not going to happ...
OH SHIT, has anyone archived the podcasts??
OH SHIT, has anyone archived the podcasts??
chickdigger802
Banned
Oh come on. Gamefaqs boards aren't bad. If you ask a question it usually is answered.
Now if you post a troll topic. It's not really that much different from gaf
Now if you post a troll topic. It's not really that much different from gaf
Foliorum probably has like 5 different GB torrents seeded.
Keyser Soze
Member
Oh come on. Gamefaqs boards aren't bad. If you ask a question it usually is answered.
Now if you post a troll topic. It's not really that much different from gaf
I posted a question on GameFAQ once, and I got called "gay" and a "pussy" for "sucking" at an "bitch easy" game in one single reply
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
One great thing about all this is that Alex is back at GB, really felt like he belongs there.
A question about memberships though, will they continue to have member fees...even though CBS pays the bills now? I know every site has em, I just saw GB's version of it as survival. Will they keep them in favor of increasing advertising or something?
A question about memberships though, will they continue to have member fees...even though CBS pays the bills now? I know every site has em, I just saw GB's version of it as survival. Will they keep them in favor of increasing advertising or something?
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
Huh? Haha.
I'm still working on downloading everything from GB. Taking a long time unfortunately! I only have about 400 QLs at the moment. It's hard downloading years of content from when I wasn't downloading everything when it went up!
If the GB library is ever lost you guys can't rely on me though. A 3/4tb torrent on my 50kb/s upload speed? Good luck having it all in 2050
GitarooMan
Member
Lol, that podcast clip is so perfect.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Ugh.
A year from now we'll know if this worked out. But I don't feel right about this...
A year from now we'll know if this worked out. But I don't feel right about this...
Keyser Soze
Member
For now, until he jumps ship somewhere else.
That is the only bad thing that could happen, but he is still working on been Gamespot's Jesus and resurrecting it. If someone bad goes in his position, it could be 2007 all over again - and MegaExplosion.com will be born.
You're right, but there's really no point even to worry much about it. The deal's done; if the content gets worse, stop going to GB. We just don't get a say about this, one way or another.
Huh? Haha.
I'm still working on downloading everything from GB. Taking a long time unfortunately! I only have about 400 QLs at the moment. It's hard downloading years of content from when I wasn't downloading everything when it went up!
If the GB library is ever lost you guys can't rely on me though. A 3/4tb torrent on my 50kb/s upload speed? Good luck having it all in 2050
I downloaded the archive for GFW when that went up in flames. Hoping that you can get a faster connection or something. 50 kb/s upload? Are you on dialup? Haha
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
5mb. Pretty standard speed here in the UK... can't get anything faster in my area!
I had all the GFW/1UP Yours podcast when it died so I didn't have a heart attack like lots of people. I should note I'm downloading videos to save them for watching years later and because of bandwidth issues (I don't have enough of a monthly allowance to stream everything I'd want to - better to have it on my HD and save my bandwidth) not because I'm afraid GB is going to die. I've been making an effort to download everything slowly for the last few months.
For now, until he jumps ship somewhere else.
Except that there aren't too many positions he can jump to that would be better than where he currently is. That's why I think he won't be leaving too soon.
Oh come on. Gamefaqs boards aren't bad. If you ask a question it usually is answered.
Now if you post a troll topic. It's not really that much different from gaf
GAF's admins & mods are leagues better than the ones at GS/Gamefaqs. That's what truly separates GAF from the rest. Plus, not having the PG-13 rules that GS has is a huge benefit as well.
5mb. Pretty standard speed here in the UK... can't get anything faster in my area!
I had all the GFW/1UP Yours podcast when it died so I didn't have a heart attack like lots of people. I should note I'm downloading videos to save them for watching years later and because of bandwidth issues (I don't have enough of a monthly allowance to stream everything I'd want to - better to have it on my HD and save my bandwidth) not because I'm afraid GB is going to die. I've been making an effort to download everything slowly for the last few months.
That's rough. 5 mb is pretty standard here in the US for cable connection, I pay an extra $5-10 for a turbo connection which doubles that and I believe makes my upload at 3 mb. Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of hard drive space or I'd download all this. Also, not a paying member so can't download.
funkystudent
Member
If Davison left maybe Gestmann would take his place overseeing the Giantbomb/gamespot empire.
Jeff sure has the experience for such a role.
Jeff sure has the experience for such a role.
censorship there is terribad and not just with curse words. I stopped posting blogs there long ago when I can't even type "style" cuz they think people will use that to fuck with the blog code. it's stupid.
and the community there is pretty unbearable as well. too many kids.
YOUR HTML IS NOT WELL FORMED
GlitchSpot indeed. Like you said, you can't even use words like "style" or "classic" because of their fear of hacking, or something. Just a terrible website all around, which is I why I worry about GB's future.
I only post, for myself mind you, game reviews on my blog for each game I finish. I like putting my thoughts on (virtual) paper. That's about the extent of my GS use these days.
Now if you post a troll topic. It's not really that much different from gaf
I know it's not a direct comparison, but be extremely careful with comparing GAF to gamefaqs. I've seen Evilore react pretty harshly to such comparisons.
no one stops the Bomb
^^This.
Broder Salsa
Banned
http://soundcloud.com/ventilaator-1/bombcast
That's why. What they always say and what never happens.
phosphor112
Banned
You know, I saw this when it was first announced, but it wasn't until about 30 minutes ago, I realized CBSi owns Gamespot... and the whole Kane and Lynch thing...
smfh
smfh