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I kinda fell off Idle Thumbs in the last year or two of it, but I super wish Important If True came back. That was where all their best energy was and I'm sad that if they ever decided to podcast again they'd probably prioritize Idle Thumbs since it's the flagship. But I guess we don't have to worry about that much anyway :/
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Crate & Crowbar largely hits the part of my brain that really liked Idle Thumbs. They’ve recentlyish embraced long distance podcasting too, which helps a ton since they’re able to keep in touch with most of the hosts they have in rotation. Highly recommended.
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Looks like Giant Bomb is dead or very close to it at least. Please come back, Important if true.
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I’m going to miss GB. Feels like this has everything to do with CBS selling them.
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That’s crazy, figured they would be there forever.
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Jeff sounded full steam ahead we're gonna figure out a future, likening it to pulling over and changing tires, but yikes I dunno. He said he's never had the level of support from higher-ups he has now, but that certainly doesn't square with Abby and Ben leaving, followed by these three OGs leaving on the same day. And there's this quote from the GameSpot: quote:In a statement, Giant Bomb founder Gerstmann said: "I've spent a lot of the last year thinking about what's next for Giant Bomb and most of those roads lead to a full-on rethink of what it means to be a Website About Video Games in 2021. While I certainly would have loved to solve these challenges with my longtime friends and coworkers by my side, it just wasn't meant to be. I wish Vinny, Alex, and Brad the best. Meanwhile, we have a pretty exciting opportunity to broaden our horizons, rethink every facet of our operation, and get to a place where we're truly able to build that bomb all over again... or die trying." RetroHelix fucked around with this message at 23:06 on May 4, 2021 |
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I was a huge GB fan early on then got smashed for six over ryan's death. I think I stopped listening a few months later. I'm left with the crate and crowbar (which is great). I realise I haven't been looking for any new gaming podcasts at all. Any suggestions? Jippa fucked around with this message at 23:27 on May 4, 2021 |
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May 4, 2021 23:18
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Bummer. I think I was actually more upset when they broke the news about Vinny moving to New York though. At this point I mostly feel like they had a great run, and I hope all those vids stick around in some form whatever happens. I could keep subscribing to GB just for Jeff, but I hope they do something completely new and fresh feeling, especially for however long it would take them to get new hires. Do different kinds of streams and podcasts. Just gently caress around.
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May 4, 2021 23:28
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Waypoint is pretty good but I always did like Patrick and Austin.
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I like Waypoint’s current crew of Rob / Austin / Patrick and Cado. I also like insert credits, almost entirely because of Tim Rogers.
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Jippa posted:I was a huge GB fan early on then got smashed for six over ryan's death. I think I stopped listening a few months later. Retro hour uk, retro asylum, and video game history hour are my recs. All focused on classic games. Retro hour and history hour both get guests from the industry to talk about cool stuff like a bug that could've killed the dreamcast on launch, or what it was like working at atari in the golden age. Retro asylum is a games club podcast usually. I can't stand the group bullshits for two hours vaguely about games anymore
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Waypoint is extremely good these days (and if you like the chemistry / energy their spinoff More Civilized Age is excellent.) The only real problem I have is that most digressions are great but I can't give a rootin toot about football. I also recommend Watch Out for Fireballs, but that's more a game club than a weekly news sorta thing.
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I would also recommend video game history hour if you're into retro games
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If you like strategy games three moves ahead is fantastic as long as rowan kaiser isn't on.
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Gaius Marius posted:If you like strategy games three moves ahead is fantastic as long as rowan kaiser isn't on. Three moves ahead is great, and I love that Bruce and Troy still show up after all these years.
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Waypoint radio is a ephemeral thing for me that I constant worry will disappear without notice. As Austin is just laid to run the podcast last i believe and I'm just dreading when some terrible failed upwards Vice CEO looking at the books and realize they are paying for the podcast.
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Jordan7hm posted:Three moves ahead is great, and I love that Bruce and Troy still show up after all these years. Everytime I see Bruce, Troy, or Julian is on the episode it's getting played asap.
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Jippa posted:Any suggestions?
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Man, that's a bummer. I knew this would come from way back when GBeast split off. I figured that the CBS higher ups never saw them as as worth supporting. Jeff is great as the old video game man, but I'm not sure if he can carry the whole thing.
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The Atomic Man-Boy posted:Man, that's a bummer. I knew this would come from way back when GBeast split off. I figured that the CBS higher ups never saw them as as worth supporting. Jeff is great as the old video game man, but I'm not sure if he can carry the whole thing. You knew this would happen when GBeast, which has 310 episodes and is nearly 6 years old, split off? Do you also predict doom for the canadian housing market?
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They usually hire pretty good personalities, I can see it working just fine. I’ll miss the GBeast though.
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I'm really disappointed by the Giant Bomb news. Weird how the podcasts have been such a big part of my life. Have oddly-specific memories of listening to them while biking. Kinda hope they end up somewhere where I can still follow them. Rykert may as well have fallen off the face of the earth for me as I have no interest in wrestling. Him and Vinny interacting is some of the funniest poo poo I have ever heard in my life. I was happy that Austin and Patrick ended up at Waypoint together, and do like their regular crews.
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teethgrinder posted:I'm really disappointed by the Giant Bomb news. Weird how the podcasts have been such a big part of my life. Have oddly-specific memories of listening to them while biking. Strange, I also have a specific memory of listening to one of my first bombcasts while riding my bike. It was Dan's story about frying the 'egg whites'.
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kanonvandekempen posted:Strange, I also have a specific memory of listening to one of my first bombcasts while riding my bike. It was Dan's story about frying the 'egg whites'. Another one of Dan’s that I loved was the ‘flavour crystals’ from White Castle. I think Dan is the person I have told my wife the most about out of anyone.
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teethgrinder posted:Kinda hope they end up somewhere where I can still follow them. Rykert may as well have fallen off the face of the earth for me as I have no interest in wrestling. Him and Vinny interacting is some of the funniest poo poo I have ever heard in my life. Dan is a big Twitch streamer now, and has a games podcast with two former GameSpot alumni Mike Mahardy and Merry Kish, so if you want more Dan there's plenty of it.
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I know why people like him and good on him but Dan is the definition of failing upwards. I’m probably just jealous.
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Pasco posted:Dan is a big Twitch streamer now, and has a games podcast with two former GameSpot alumni Mike Mahardy and Merry Kish, so if you want more Dan there's plenty of it. What’s the name of the podcast?
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Looks like it just started https://anchor.fm/fireescape
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Invalid Validation posted:I know why people like him and good on him but Dan is the definition of failing upwards. I’m probably just jealous. He legit works super hard, and was willing to smash his head into any problem long enough to get results
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Bombcast hasn’t been the same since Vinny moved home, although that did give us some amazing Austin/Vinny/Alex content
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Gaius Marius posted:He legit works super hard, and was willing to smash his head into any problem long enough to get results Yes but let’s not pretend he hasn’t had an extreme amount of luck on his side on top of being a white guy.
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teethgrinder posted:Looks like it just started https://anchor.fm/fireescape Thank you!
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Np!Solemn Sloth posted:Bombcast hasn’t been the same since Vinny moved home, although that did give us some amazing Austin/Vinny/Alex content But anyway I guess it's implicit that the New York office is completely toast. Wonder what'll happen with Bakalar. I liked him, though a friend considered him "the annoying suit".
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Invalid Validation posted:Yes but let’s not pretend he hasn’t had an extreme amount of luck on his side on top of being a white guy. He's lucky but I really think he's also an example of "making your own luck" because he just tries stuff without worrying about failing. He's also the only reason GB had any good and creative content while he was there so I really don't think his success is undeserved.
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PantsBandit posted:He's lucky but I really think he's also an example of "making your own luck" because he just tries stuff without worrying about failing. He's also the only reason GB had any good and creative content while he was there so I really don't think his success is undeserved. I think Vinny explained it perfectly. He was a nightmare and a pleasure to work with. Lol.
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Vinny has been burned out for awhile and you could see it in his content. Brad surprises me though, he was pretty much the stabilizing influence on the show and they will have a tough time replacing him. I guess he has some other podcast with Will to focus on now. Most people don't last half this long in "videogame journalism" so it's amazing they made it this long. I'm still going to keep subbing and listening to Jeff while he tries to reinvent it yet again. The whole nostalgia about the way things used to be is fine but the whole industry changed and they need to do the same or just shut it down. Either way it was a great run. They pioneered a few things and built out an entire platform but never really got the success they deserved for it. Meanwhile my nephew watches some kid on YouTube play Minecraft and it nets 3-5M views in less than a week. Bonkers.
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Invalid Validation posted:Yes but let’s not pretend he hasn’t had an extreme amount of luck on his side on top of being a white guy. That describes ~75% of anyone remotely successful, and I'm probably low-balling that due to my wokeness insisting that surely at least 20% of successful people aren't white.
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