Keyser Soze
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It's been a good run...
I'M HOTLINKING FROM GIANT BOMB OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I'M HOTLINKING FROM GIANT BOMB OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
yep, eff that.eznark said:So much for everything on the site being the same and the subscriptions just adding content.
Seeing how bad the reaction is already looking at a ton of twitter comments getting sent to them, I'm sure they're gonna get the message.hamchan said:Yeah this is taking away something instead of giving.
Giant Bomb guys, if you're reading this, THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!
Dizzy-4U said:I was going to pay anyways, but splitting the bombcast doesn't sound very good :/
They said if you pick the yearly membership and you live outside the US it costs an extra $10 for shipping.Stackboy said:I'll bite.
First gaming site sub I ever pay for.
Are they shipping tee's internationally? I'm in Australia.
I think any backlash is going to be totally outweighed by the people willing to pay money for it.Khezu said:I love giant bomb, but that is straight up bullshit, hopefully there is enough backlash here, and there actual forums for them to realize how fucking stupid that is.
Mar said:Wow, this is absolutely crazy...
But, these guys deserve support as they give me more entertainment than the video games themselves. I'll certainly sign up for the yearly.
Someone had to move to a subscription base for podcasts, I actually wish a lot of them did it a long time ago. If they did we might still have the best podcasters in the business still podcasting. GFW, Idle Thumbs, classic 1up Yours...
This is going to be a fucking shit storm though. Worlds will be split in half, the internets will explode. The Giantbomb dudes are going to be inundated with abuse.
They discuss that briefly in the podcast, but dismiss it because there's no easy way to report the number of listens, just downloads, to advertisers.hamchan said:Y'know what, if they really want to monetize the bombcast I'm very willing to accept ads between segments instead of splitting it up.
Anyone else prefer something like this?
Um, this is actually a fucking disgusting practice. I was a major fan of the site, and avid listener of the cast, but I think that's about to change unless they scrap this awful idea.Dizzy-4U said:# the bombcast is now being cut into two parts...same amount of time, but just categorized into two parts.
# the full two hours will only be available to subscribers, HOWEVER, that first hour will still be free to everyone.
# in that first week, that full two hours of the bombcast will only be available to members. However, that following week, we will make that free to everyone. yes, that 2nd hour will be put up.
So it'd be $60 for the first year for me... damn.OMG Aero said:They said if you pick the yearly membership and you live outside the US it costs an extra $10 for shipping.
criesofthepast said:These guys are full of themselves. You did this GAF. You worship these guys and now they think they can pull this kind of shit and get away with it.
It's a podcast for fuck sakes.
Get away with it? I doubt it.criesofthepast said:These guys are full of themselves. You did this GAF. You worship these guys and now they think they can pull this kind of shit and get away with it.
It's a podcast for fuck sakes.
criesofthepast said:These guys are full of themselves. You did this GAF. You worship these guys and now they think they can pull this kind of shit and get away with it.
It's a podcast for fuck sakes.
Kabuki Waq said:yea its surprising they are still getting a free pass here. I mean cmon pay podcast?
HamPster PamPster said:Count me among those who will pay just because I love the site... but splitting the bombcast?
They should have done what GWJ did and added extra content for those who pay... not cut off half the podcast for a week
I'll miss the weekly bombcast threads
Dude, 8-4 are launching theirs in like two weeks, this is no time to quit.Lunchbox said:bombcast was one of the only things i still listened regularly, now thats fucked too
fuck video game podcasts
Aquavelvaman said:Splitting the podcast is dumb, but like Jeff said: after the first week you still get 2 hours of bombcast free every week. The second half just comes later for unsubscribers. Still dumb.
Yeah I'm actually really happy to see GAF giving them hell about this. I know they are loved on here so I expected the defense force to be in full effect.hamchan said:What free pass?
I'm a huge fan of Giant Bomb and even I'm giving shit to them for this.
Absolutely.hamchan said:Y'know what, if they really want to monetize the bombcast I'm very willing to accept ads between segments instead of splitting it up.
Anyone else prefer something like this?
I was hoping for something like that, but more news-focused, since the news section of the podcast is so light. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I enjoy their talk about the industry at large more than individual games.lawblob said:This really is insane. Could they not just record a second, paid-only Bombcast later in thte week and give that to paid members? Maybe focus on in-depth discussion of a few games or somethinng?
Zombie James said:Here's an alternate idea...
Free: Bombcast with ads.
Paid: Bombcast without ads.