Thaedolus
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End of an era
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End of an era
Edit: article on the site discussing it:
worldwithpyramids
Member
so he's gonna join Nextlander?
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
8.8
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Wow what the fuck. GB is dead and buried. Will be hilarious is he joins Nextlander.
I hope my boy got a nice payout when he sold it.
I hope my boy got a nice payout when he sold it.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
His memoirs.
AJUMP23
Gold Member
I hope not.
Thaedolus
Gold Member
Subscribe to his twitch to find out!
The Wheel of Fortune
Member
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qwertz12345
Banned
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Jess Obrien stinks. Just talking over everyone and being obnoxious. The podcast in it's current form is unlistenable. I am gonna guess Jeff goes to work for Iron Galaxy or does mock review consulting. I hope he puts together another podcast but who knows.
SantaC
Member
I doubt it. He would of done so at the start if that was the case.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
qwertz12345
Banned
Where's that screenshot from?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
he might've stuck around for some retention bonus after he sold the company
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SantaC
Member
Kacho
Member
GameFAQS
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Well damn.
Looks like that Red Ventures buy out was worse than expected. Every original member has left now.
Looks like that Red Ventures buy out was worse than expected. Every original member has left now.
Fox Mulder
Member
I haven’t been to Giant Bomb since like 2015, but the basement and early whiskey media days with Tested dudes was magic.
The whole thing was built on the dudes that are now gone. Lol at the investment company or whatever than now owns a husk.
The whole thing was built on the dudes that are now gone. Lol at the investment company or whatever than now owns a husk.
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Giantbomb is leaving giantbomb !
I've been out of there for few years. In fact, I joined here because I got banned there (as a subscriber of 10 years) for critiquing some woke bs in the chat. PERMANENTLY. They banned paying customer and fan for saying nothing. Remember when that quinn bitch killed a guy? yeah...
First Ryan died. He was the best. Amazing man! Played amazing with everyone. Especially Jeff and Patrick.
Then Jeff died a bit inside but Dan was great addition.
But abby... Vinny hid in the corner and never returned. Her stupid agenda and stupid friends guest ruined the site.
The west/east split did not help. I've not seen any of covid stuff but I feel it was bad.
So yeah - I would put the end of GB around 2017.
RIP. I loved that site to death until few years after Ryan passed
I've been out of there for few years. In fact, I joined here because I got banned there (as a subscriber of 10 years) for critiquing some woke bs in the chat. PERMANENTLY. They banned paying customer and fan for saying nothing. Remember when that quinn bitch killed a guy? yeah...
First Ryan died. He was the best. Amazing man! Played amazing with everyone. Especially Jeff and Patrick.
Then Jeff died a bit inside but Dan was great addition.
But abby... Vinny hid in the corner and never returned. Her stupid agenda and stupid friends guest ruined the site.
The west/east split did not help. I've not seen any of covid stuff but I feel it was bad.
So yeah - I would put the end of GB around 2017.
RIP. I loved that site to death until few years after Ryan passed
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Honey Bunny
Member
Somehow, even though I haven't watched them for so long, and actively disliked them for many years, I still feel sad. Maybe because the first few years of GB were the most fun I've ever had with gaming coverage.
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Decontamination Silo
Banned
Shut it down then. Also, it's weird to see someone who looks as old as Jeff dress the way he does and talk about "Follow me on Twitch!"
bender
What time is it?
Not surprising. I wish Jeff well. I mostly checked out when Dan left even if the best days were long behind them. I fully checked out when Vinny, Brad and Alex left. GiantBomb's hiring trends should be a case study, especially in a personality driven industry. I might not have cared for Patrick or Austin all that much, but they were at least well versed in their discussions. Everyone hired after Dan was a disaster.
dugdug
Banned
Surely people don't still believe things are cool between them all, right?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Ben Pack was pretty good. When they first started the voicemail dumptruck and it was just Ben and Jeff, those were way better podcasts then what they do now.
strange headache
Banned
Same story as Rockpapershotgun:
1. Site hires woke staff
2. Community warns about unhealthy dynamic
3. Loyal fans are getting banned
4. Woke staff slowly takes over the site
5. Original members leave
6. Community dies
What remains is a husk of its former self, artificially kept on life support to leech the last few clicks.
1. Site hires woke staff
2. Community warns about unhealthy dynamic
3. Loyal fans are getting banned
4. Woke staff slowly takes over the site
5. Original members leave
6. Community dies
What remains is a husk of its former self, artificially kept on life support to leech the last few clicks.
SpiceRacz
Member
My guess is the new format of GB wasn't producing the results Red Ventures wanted and Jeff was asked to resign or Red Ventures wanted more control.
Another thing to keep in mind - Jeff has mentioned several times in the past that he liked the idea of building another site from the ground up. So, maybe he's got something in the works.
Another thing to keep in mind - Jeff has mentioned several times in the past that he liked the idea of building another site from the ground up. So, maybe he's got something in the works.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
8.8 for twilight princess is generous if anything. I'm bothered more by only a 9. 4 for wind waker.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
If only we had not only modern, but historical patterns and trends to easily recognize the same ole playbook, instead of letting it happen over, and over, and over...
GhostOfTsu
Banned
Bye
R6Rider
Gold Member
This isn't what happened with GB.
Ryuji Goda
Member
Prime Giant Bomb (Jeff, Ryan, Vinny, Brad) was the best.
MiguelItUp
Member
Man, I absolutely loved and miss Giant Bomb when it was at its peak. I used to listen to the bombcasts regularly, watch all their content, etc. After Ryan passed, it was still very good for awhile. But then when people started leaving it of course started changing. I was wondering when Jeff was gonna bounce, figured it was only a matter of time. I really hope he's happy where he ends up, I wish that dude the best, truly.
SantaC
Member
Woke culture ran that place to the ground
BigBooper
Member
End of an era. Gotta give credit where it's due. What they initially created was best in class. Jeff just wasn't good at managing the other staff or he changed for the worse in some way, possibly with Ryan's death.
Still, it was my primary source of gaming news and discussion for several years.
Still, it was my primary source of gaming news and discussion for several years.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
That seems to be the playbook at IGN, except they seem to be more into temp bans. Any time they do a political article, I get a 1 day to 1 week ban by not going along with the woke viewpoint.
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