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 Web Site What is GiantBomb? iTunes RSS Bombcast Twitter  Giant Bomb is a personality based gaming website that values entertainment on at least an equal footing with presenting the facts. Once part of Whiskey Media, but now back at the site that several of them originated from, Gamespot. Do note that each person's name below leads to their twitter. The People Jeff Gerstmann  A founding member with Ryan, as it was his firing from Gamespot caused the creation of the site. Appears in a lot of the videos and also has a really bad habit of buying the dumbest things possible, be it Game Room or multiple copies of the same game. Ryan Davis  Handles the hosting duties of giantbomb podcast and appears in a large proportion of the quick looks. Brad Shoemaker  Brad is the straight man of the group, but also takes dying to a game very rough, even in quick looks or the Breaking Brad premium content.He may be reading this thread right now!  Vinny Caravella  Is the video producer for the site but also channels an almost contagious about of glee when describing games or mechanics he likes. Due to this he is probably the consensus favorite for person you want in a quicklook, at least on Something Awful. He loves green screens, fire, and not playing games without playing the previous entries in the series and not advancing in those games until he has every single worthless collectable. Patrick Klepek  The news editor who probably gets carded buying R-rated movie tickets.He actually has turned news reporting on the site from just basically an industry rss feed into actual interesting journalism*. *reader interest may vary Dave Snider  Hardcore Dave is the lead Designer of Giant Bomb. He is a huge pc gamer who seems to be drawn to weird european games. He will often do pc specific quicklooks for giant bomb. Drew Scanlon  A Video editor who occasionally shows up to do video content on giant bomb. He is a fan of hardcore simulations and the quicklooks for those are always awesome. Alexis Gallisá  Site engineer for Giant Bomb. He behind most of the designs of the site. Also nearly died eating 100 chicken nuggets. Alex Navarro  Alex is the reviewer located in the east coast. He rarely appears with the others on video due to this reason, but you will often see his reveiws pop up each week. A great example of Alex's reviews is here What is on the site Most of the content on the site is the basic stuff you see on video game sites, like reviews, trailers, and general new stories. But here some stuff that's generally exclusive to Giant Bomb. Quick Looks: Ten to Hour and Half long videos showcasing gameplay of games. For the most part these are generally good, but there are some stinkers out there. QL EX tend to have a person from the developres, which can either be really great (Double Fine) or really awful (Sonic Racing). Endurance Run: Only three to date, but LP style video contents from the start of the game to the end. TNT: Game night on thursday to play with the staff on the site. Most of the time these can be boring (with only saving grace is Vinny's Tri-caster), but they can be worth watching. Every once in a while these will be in-house and generally really good (minus Portal 2).  Subscriber Content These content require a monthly or yearly premium account to view. TNT technically goes here, but only for the archives (and even then the recordings are still up on Twitch). Random PC: Name says it all, just them playing a random old PC game. Load Our Last Save: Resuming years old X-Box saves. Haven't had a new entry in a long while, so it might not be coming back. Jar Time: Jeff answering questions from the community. Breaking Brad: Brad trying to earn a hard to obtain achievements. Spookin' With Scoops: Patrick with a scare cam. Rirse fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2012 around 21:26 |
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Old TNTs (not on the site archives) and older events like the first Big Live Show and End of the X-Box Can be found 
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Hey new thread, let's hope this one is less  than the old oneReally looking forward to the Wii U stream tomorrow. Even if I'm not falling over myself to get that system, launches are always entertaining to behold. I do hope the Wii U ends up coming into its own like the 3DS did, though, I legitimately do want a reason to get one. There just isn't one right now.
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| # ? Nov 17, 2012 22:15 |
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I can't wait until we win the coveted worst thread in Rapidly Going Deaf award. Also you should update the QL list; I'd say all of the past couple sports games QL's, Jeopardy and Wheel, Hotline Miami and WWE 13. There are probably more but I can't think of them right now.
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Cityinthesea posted:Also you should update the QL list; I'd say all of the past couple sports games QL's, Jeopardy and Wheel, Hotline Miami and WWE 13. There are probably more but I can't think of them right now. Sleeping Dogs was pretty great too. And maybe the Sleeping Dogs DLC, in a huge trainwreck sort of way. Roller Coaster Rampage and Kerbal Space Program were absolutely amazing.
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Vargs posted:Sleeping Dogs was pretty great too. And maybe the Sleeping Dogs DLC, in a huge trainwreck sort of way. Roller Coaster Rampage and Kerbal Space Program were absolutely amazing. Also Ravaged, which, although it was mostly boring, has one of the single funniest QL moments this year. You can't script poo poo like that.
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| # ? Nov 17, 2012 23:03 |
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Watching this anime tree comedy club Quick Look, this is just some lovely Persona ripoff like those Pokemon rom hacks, right? This isn't a game people have to pay for, right?
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Nope! it's 8 bucks. There are so many more free ones that are legit better than that, the writing is sooooooo bad.
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| # ? Nov 17, 2012 23:44 |
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It will be funny seeing two GB threads on the first page of RGD for a week or two. The new site host images are pretty great. OP suggestion which I forgot to post last thread: Remove reference to Screened from Alex because it is mega outdated, and Dave's "weekly segment" is disappointingly misleading. 
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OLIVIAS WILDE RIDER posted:Watching this anime tree comedy club Quick Look, this is just some lovely Persona ripoff like those Pokemon rom hacks, right? This isn't a game people have to pay for, right?
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| # ? Nov 17, 2012 23:55 |
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:It's really too bad because I would play the hell out of that game if it were funny or had good characters or something but it just looks dumb as hell.  it's called Persona 4 and you don't even have to play it, you can just watch Jeff and Vinny play it!
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| # ? Nov 17, 2012 23:57 |
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I own Persona 4, though I have not beaten it. Doesn't mean I can't want another thing!
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:00 |
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:It's really too bad because I would play the hell out of that game if it were funny or had good characters or something but it just looks dumb as hell. If you want something similar that actually has good writing and is pretty funny try Magical Diary (it is 15$ on Steam). It's about a magical school but it is very similar.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:01 |
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Yeah I need to add more of the quick looks suggested to the second post still. Can someone hunt up a better Alexis and Ryan picture for the OP.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:01 |
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Can't wait to see how this thread gets angry about videogames and the people that suck at them this time around.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:03 |
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Is the time for events on the site correct for your timezone? That Wii U stuff is really early.
Carecat fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2012 around 00:06 |
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Carecat posted:Is the time for events on the site is correct for your timezone? That Wii U stuff is really early. They said 11am sunday for them, so yeah, really early for GB stuff.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:04 |
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This is a pretty good list of recommended quick looks: http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/be...looks/46-14596/ I think it's by someone in the last thread, but I don't know their username. It's also worth mentioning the best-of compilations by xpantherx, I think.
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OLIVIAS WILDE RIDER posted:They said 11am sunday for them, so yeah, really early for GB stuff. 12:01am is when the embargo/restrictions end I assume
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:07 |
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OLIVIAS WILDE RIDER posted:They said 11am sunday for them, so yeah, really early for GB stuff. It says 8AM on the 18th for me but I am ahead of their timezone, it should be 7PM.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:09 |
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Cityinthesea posted:If you want something similar that actually has good writing and is pretty funny try Magical Diary (it is 15$ on Steam). It's about a magical school but it is very similar.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:10 |
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flatluigi posted:This is a pretty good list of recommended quick looks: http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/be...looks/46-14596/ I think it's by someone in the last thread, but I don't know their username.  What the gently caress Microsoft. (this is DF Happy Action Television)
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:12 |
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The OP says Brad might be reading the thread right now () but has he ever mentioned it or posted here? As far as I was aware Jeff was the only GB staff who posted in the last GB thread.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:18 |
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cronox2 posted:
Man, it must suck to be DF, they pretty much removed all reference to them from the cover, not even a logo. I sure hope the money was worth it at least. VVV Oh, phew. Time to look for the real box art then... couldn't find it. That up there might actually be 'it', unless that is a fan mock-up, since it is an Arcade game. VVV Another Person fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2012 around 00:24 |
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You realise that isn't box art, right?
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:21 |
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The main reason I'm looking forward to tomorrow is for the livestream. PS: recommended video links lacks one of the best QLs: WWE 13 AKA i hate ghosts
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:25 |
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Wow Patrick. The only guy whose opinions I'm always waiting for. He's on another level.
Palpek fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2012 around 00:31 |
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C-Euro posted:The OP says Brad might be reading the thread right now ( I think there was an ILM a few months ago where Brad clearly had the thread open in the background.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 00:30 |
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Poor Brad, he doesn't deserve this.
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Another Person posted:Man, it must suck to be DF, they pretty much removed all reference to them from the cover, not even a logo. I sure hope the money was worth it at least. http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/P...125c?cid=search It's no mockup. What a completely bland re-title. I'd love to hear why it had to change since there's no way it's a Trenched situation.
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^^^ Aw man, that is just grim. I guess what makes it sell is more important, ultimately. If it makes Double Fine more moolah, then I guess it all works out. Figured I would help by making some links you can just copy from the quote for post 2... Just copy that and it should work, I think bbcode keeps when you open it in a quote to copy. Edit: Quick test confirms it does. Once/if you put it in, I will remove the list here, otherwise it would just look odd if someone read the first page to find posts repeating. Edit: Copied. Just making the page smaller. Another Person fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2012 around 01:02 |
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Another Person posted:^^^ Aw man, that is just grim. I guess what makes it sell is more important, ultimately. If it makes Double Fine more moolah, then I guess it all works out. Thank you very much. Adding these now.
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Hahaha "Kinect Party" is the single least appealing title I can possibly think of.
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Cellophane S posted:Hahaha "Kinect Party" is the single least appealing title I can possibly think of. It'll probably sell better than any of their games because somehow Blank Party sells stuff. I was listening to this week's idlethumbs and they talked about Kinect Party and I was confused for like 15 seconds until I remembered they had to change the name of the game.
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Sputty posted:It'll probably sell better than any of their games because somehow Blank Party sells stuff. Yeah I guess "X Party" still sells. Good for Double Fine if they find more success  Rirse posted:Yeah, now the game probably won't even do nearly as well because it looks like some shoveware now thanks to that awful box and title. Or this! I guess we'll see. loving atrocious title at any rate. Cellophane S fucked around with this message at Nov 18, 2012 around 01:14 |
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Cellophane S posted:Hahaha "Kinect Party" is the single least appealing title I can possibly think of. Yeah, now the game probably won't even do nearly as well because it looks like some shoveware now thanks to that awful box and title.
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Kinect Party isn't just bland, hasn't it even been used before? I'd swear there was some "Kinect party in motion" a year or so back.
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 01:43 |
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Rirse posted:Can someone hunt up a better Alexis picture for the OP.  
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| # ? Nov 18, 2012 01:49 |
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Now replace the baby with a chicken nugget.
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I like that picture a lot, adding to the new OP.
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