BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
I miss listening to Brad try to reason with Jeff when Jeff was being stubborn. Ah, halcyon days.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
I miss listening to Brad try to reason with Jeff when Jeff was being stubborn. Ah, halcyon days.
JeTmAn81
Member
Wait, they got Dan back? And Lucy James? This ain't so bad...
What hurts about this shit that if the Bombcast consists of Gertsmann, Ryckert, Grubb and Jan with sporadic appearances by Rorie and Backalar it would be listenable again.
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
Yea, that cast is alright. I just miss that they lost the office setting. It just feels so foreign with them all being remote.
Majima Everywhere System
Member
They will be in office again when it makes sense. Hope that means E3 and GOTY.
Definite pivot from Jeffs position. Premium stuff now free as well.
teezzy
Banned
He's high energy, zany, and unpredictable
Dude is literally what GB needs if it has any hope of success moving forward
YukiOnna
Member
This GB I can definitely agree. I don't think he'll be able to do it and I'm not sticking around to find out, but I'm mainly talking about his first run. I hope it works out for him out of respect at least.
Imagine Wagons
Member
He does this "LOOK HOW DUMB I AM" bit which got old quick. I have no clue what people get out of him doing that constantly.
bender
What time is it?
While is babe in the woods routine, whether act or genuine, could be grating, there is no doubt that he has a tremendous work ethic and brought an exuberance that had long been missing from the site. He was a content monster and brought a lot of cool new features to the site. I don't begrudge anyone for disliking him (cooking eggshells) but I do think the good far outweighed the annoying. And like I mentioned about Jeff, all things aside he seems like a nice guy.
This and what you mentioned about defaulting to woke. The constant other foruming woke everything is ridiculous. It’s grating when it filters through all the threads.
Back on topic. Jeff = GB in my heart. While I really enjoyed Dan and loved how he bounced stuff off Jeff it was the combination that worked. Like Ryan Brad and Jeff. Like Vinny Drew and Jeff. Like Jason Ben and Jeff. (Ranking of fighters. You burned too bright and now you’re gone!)
I needed a reason to remove GB from my podcast feed. Moving on.
Also even though the Nextlanders sound (from these forum reports) lukewarm on Jeff it would feel really good if they got together again. I’d love to see Alex and Vinny take on a single intern out East and Jeff and Brad have industry vets throughout the year and just do a summer session and a GOTY session.
The out of office is what finally killed GB. The evolution and Jan, Abby, Ben was fine. Grating sometimes but enjoyable and heartwarming at other times.
March Climber
Member
Dan, while disliked initially during his last run, was the main person who constantly brought childlike ideas and entirely new off the wall segments to Jeff and Vinny to be greenlit in a time where they were feeling low in spirit. He was a content machine, damn near carried the site at times, and in terms of energy he was exactly what Jeff and the crew needed after Ryan Davis passed. Who knows if this new run will be good, but regardless if you love him or hate him he had definitely earned his GB hall of fame status. I always felt like he was a lost (Bosman arc)Easy Allies member who somehow stumbled his way into GB headquarters. The sad thing is that people didn't realize how big of an impact he actually had until after he left and viewers were left with Abby and Ben to fill that void.
On a side note, whether or not you think his ignorance was a bit, he actually ended up teaching some of the younger viewers a lot of info by simply being brave enough to ask those dumb questions that no one else would.
Grechy34
Member
no thanks. All I see is that it's pain and misery if you don't live with your parents.
We have a small flat and we both work. 30-50-100 years ago families were bigger and grandparents or family took care of the kids while parents worked.
Now it's 2022 and if you don't have enough money for a caretaker, having a kid is not for everyone...
I see all these people in pain who are telling themselves they are happy because what else are they going to do?
I used to think the same until I had a kid. It's extremely tough, no doubt at times but until you have children of your own it can't be explained how much joy they bring to your life.
Listening to the last Bombcast & good luck to them. I think Jeff was the odd one out in that current group and just didn't fit the mould.
I noticed on one of the last episodes he was kind of over it. I think he tried his best to re-ignite it after Vinny/Brad/Alex left but it wasn't to be. I still think he needs someone to bounce his opinions off but I definitely will follow him as his industry knowledge is second to none and he is for us older folk still passionate about older retro stuff which he has a large portfolio of experience with.
SpiceRacz
Member
It sucks because all of these really talented, integral pieces of Giant Bomb split off and went their separate ways. What we're left with isn't completely awful. It's just that there's no substitute for the gang sitting around on a sofa, playing games, and talking shit. They're better as a whole and I think the quality of content between them is proof of that.
kurisu_1974
is on perm warning for being a low level troll
I noticed this with a lot of people that got kids. My secret is I never listen because it is not interesting to anyone but you.
Brute
Member
I want to disagree but I can’t because it’s true.
SCB3
Member
Yea he confirmed it on his stream today and was finally able to talk wrestling again, loves AEW and some of the pidxast ideas he had were genuinely great
But WWE gotta WWE and not go with anything that’s not from the kind of Vince McMahon
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
This sounds true of anyone discussing domething you're not interested in. Just tune out until the topic moves on.
Can't expect people who don't have kids to understand some people talking about their kids. It's something you don't understand until you have them.
ozz ex machina
Member
Rykert was the last good hire. His twitch streams the last few years have been more giantbomb than anything GB has done in years.
People saying end of an era now are mad. GB died when ben and abbie were hired. It was hanging on nicely for a while after Ryan passed. You have to think how much of the lame shit Ryan would have prevented if he hadn’t tragically passed.
As someone who listened to jeff and ryan since on the spot, it was a shock a few years ago when I realised I could no longer listen to bombcast. But this all died years ago for me.
kurisu_1974
is on perm warning for being a low level troll
Problem is that he is literally as dumb as a lamppost and pretty annoying to boot.
chromatic9
Member
I thinks it's more age, and a fragmented gaming landscape. They've always been drifting off ever since youtubers started to take over and the older they and we get the more it starts to unravel.
The GB crew had their time and shone brightly.
Brute
Member
I actually think Dan is a very intelligent and a savvy guy. The ‘I’m dumb’ schtik is his online persona thing I think.
Revolutionary
Member
Gotta be honest, I'm baffled by the Patreon support because Jeff has had an active disdain for Giant Bomb subscribers for at least a decade. I don't see how a different platform is going to change that in the long run.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Gerstmann is at 5,400+ Patreons right now.
SoggyBiscuit
Banned
The man is set for life. Assuming he retains even half of those for the year that's like 130k a year for doing a podcast. Not bad at all.
Amory
Member
I don't think he was fired. I'd be very surprised.
My guess is the others wanted to go in a different creative direction with him not at the helm, and he left. He's had an opportunity lately to get an idea of what his market value might be on Patreon, since Brad, Vinny, and Alex did it first, and realize that he can make it on his own.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
After watching his stream, I am leaning more toward it being a mutual decision. He was very clear in that he was burnt out and stressed out. Clearly he was not happy. I don't think I will hold a grudge against the new GB. But, I still don't necessarily think it's going to be something I seek out. GB without Jeff is not a website I want to follow, especially as it becomes a zoomer centric site.
Amory
Member
I bought a year of premium during one of their sales, so I'm locked in whether I'm interested or not. Bringing Dan back is an interesting move. Idk if it'll work but they needed some energy. They need to get back to quick looks and fun let's play series and it sounds like that's the plan.
I'm glad Jeff left. I really like the guy and I've been following him since Gamespot. But at this point GB wasn't good for Jeff and Jeff wasn't good for GB. Hope this new venture will be good for him.
Regarding the breakup, I do think there was some drama rather than it being purely mutual. He left too suddenly and everyone is being way too weird about it for it to have been a simple mutual break. But the details probably aren't that interesting
oldergamer
Member
Leaving? Sounds more like it was fired based on twitter where he said "weird" like it was unexpected.
Nobody that mutually agrees to leave a company they helped start, says "weird" when they leave...
Nobody that mutually agrees to leave a company they helped start, says "weird" when they leave...
Yeah. I mean obviously he agreed no to say why he left, probably with some reasonably sized payment attached.
Rockeeo
Member
It is funny to me how some of the comments on the internet mention how happy and energetic Jeff looked yesterday. Of course he is happy. He is watching the Patreon numbers go up. He is now in a position of getting $30k+ a month to do a weekly podcast. He gets to do all this without leaving the house.
Also...it helps Jeff if it appears that he was fired by Red Ventures. Makes him more sympathetic compared to "I left Giant Bomb because I can make more money doing my own Patreon."
Also...it helps Jeff if it appears that he was fired by Red Ventures. Makes him more sympathetic compared to "I left Giant Bomb because I can make more money doing my own Patreon."
Last edited:
SoggyBiscuit
Banned
It's crazy to me that at MINIMUM he's now pulling down 22k a month. Obviously, that's without taking taxes and Patreon's fee into account but damn son.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
There's no way something isn't off. Didn't even appear on a final episode, very brief eulogy from Jan, doesn't really explain anything properly on Twitch. There has to be bad blood somewhere.
Anyway, he should have done this alongside Vinny etc. leaving but it was noble enough of him to try and keep the wheels on GB. Will give his solo show a go for sure but I think it might end up pretty boring with nobody for him to bounce off of.
GB is totally dead to me now, the fact that Jason still - STILL - has a "core member" slot is just a joke at this point. Not even Dan can save it.
Anyway, he should have done this alongside Vinny etc. leaving but it was noble enough of him to try and keep the wheels on GB. Will give his solo show a go for sure but I think it might end up pretty boring with nobody for him to bounce off of.
GB is totally dead to me now, the fact that Jason still - STILL - has a "core member" slot is just a joke at this point. Not even Dan can save it.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Senior video producer, who shouldn't be allowed within ten feet of a podcast.
SoggyBiscuit
Banned
Thaedolus
Member
I have no idea what he was making at GB but I doubt it was over 200k, which he should be getting after Patreon’s cut and equipment costs etc.
Amory
Member
Aside from his personality which will either appeal to someone or not, Ryckert is a content machine. They need him.
Bigfroth
Member
Yup, wondering why he didn't do this earlier. GB's E3 couch afterparty shows we're the shit. I'm his age so I can understand his grumpiness lol. Good luck to him.
Last edited:
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Glad his patreon is flying. He is a genuine old school games coverage legend, he deserves the money. I'll deffo tune in. Flung him my twitch prime sub too.
data_jack
Member
He'd rather talk about early DOS and amateur radio. His Fallout 4 rant was epic though.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
The Rooster Teeth clowns giving out about Jeff while not only being sponsored by Fallout 4 but all wearing Pipboys. Games Journalism peaked that day.
AJUMP23
Member
I assume he made some money when he sold GB to CBS.
Naru
Member
Listened to the first Podcast and it was an absolute mess in my opinion. I mean he seemed to notice it himself judging by how often he said "what am I even talking about haha". I know this was thrown together in a short period of time but for someone that has done podcasts for years now, this seemed weird. This had awkward written all over it.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt in that it's starting as "one man talks into microphone" and, yeah, he's obviously thrown something together very quickly after whatever went down went down.
But for sure, needs time to figure out what exactly this thing is and where it's going.
Similar threads
- Locked