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uPen posted:What in the world are they going to be covering at this? Sorry our game is so awful please buy this other thing? It's not the dev dude, it's just another event like GDC for developers to get together and talk about game design. D.I.C.E. is an acronym for "Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain" and they have awards and stuff. http://www.dicesummit.org/
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I'm just glad at least there's one other person who likes Madden for the same reason giant bomb does. http://www.sbnation.com/2014/1/30/5351052/breaking-madden-super-bowl-broncos-seahawks
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randombattle posted:I'm just glad at least there's one other person who likes Madden for the same reason giant bomb does. I discovered this for the first time a few hours ago and it is amazing. Time to go through the older episodes I guess.
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Feb 1, 2014 06:52
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criansoft.com is registered to Christian Fanucci, I think he made all of those games.
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Age of Barbarian looks way more competent than it has any right to be (excluding weird 3d porno sprites), and I kinda really want to check out B.A.D. Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 08:40 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Feb 1, 2014 08:36
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Good news!Jeff Gerstmann posted:
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Feb 1, 2014 10:44
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Why would anyone assume that GB is not doing well? Oh wait let me guess Patrick posted a video that made everyone go "DUR DUR DUR I HATE PATRICK HE IS THE WORST JUST LIKE BRAD GIANTBOMB IS DEAD"
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Feb 1, 2014 11:07
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Also dumb "they're not making enough content like they used to" when Octodad is probably the most mainstream release this week.
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Feb 1, 2014 11:12
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randombattle posted:Why would anyone assume that GB is not doing well? Oh wait let me guess Patrick posted a video that made everyone go "DUR DUR DUR I HATE PATRICK HE IS THE WORST JUST LIKE BRAD GIANTBOMB IS DEAD" They've been pretty understaffed for a while now to the point where it's really strange how they seemingly hadn't gotten a single new person since the buyout that wasn't stolen from Gamespot. I was definitely getting the creeping feeling that CBS didn't think GB was worth spending extra money on, personally. The extreme imbalance between the amount of paid and free content along with the new trend of podcast ads could imply a need for more money, too. I don't think the worry about the site is unwarranted or completely off-base and it's good to hear that it's going well.
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Yeah, some sort of update just like this is exactly the sort of thing that helps assuage fears that the site isn't doing well. Giving the community at large a quick rundown of what's happening behind the scenes(what they can talk about at least) is useful in dispelling doubts of the site's success.
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flatluigi posted:They've been pretty understaffed for a while now to the point where it's really strange how they seemingly hadn't gotten a single new person since the buyout that wasn't stolen from Gamespot. I was definitely getting the creeping feeling that CBS didn't think GB was worth spending extra money on, personally. The extreme imbalance between the amount of paid and free content along with the new trend of podcast ads could imply a need for more money, too. That, combined with Ian leaving (which I think was 100% that he wanted to advance his own interests, and good for him) and them still seemingly not having gotten reimbursed for the stolen E3 gear, last we heard anyway. I personally didn't think the sky was falling, but I could see how some would. It's not like doomsaying is unheard of in this particular circle. The thing people need to realize is that businesses go through cycles where they get all retarded about spending anything, even if they're doing fine, and it's all at the whim of whoever is on top. CBSi might have just been in a phase like that, who knows? That said, I do hope Jeff gets some capital so he can get a video production guy at least - Drew and Vinny at this point are primary content guys, as much as I love Vinny loving around on the Tricaster.
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Right, I forgot about the E3 equipment. That's another thing on the pile that'd make people worry, yeah.
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flatluigi posted:They've been pretty understaffed for a while now to the point where it's really strange how they seemingly hadn't gotten a single new person since the buyout that wasn't stolen from Gamespot. I was definitely getting the creeping feeling that CBS didn't think GB was worth spending extra money on, personally. The extreme imbalance between the amount of paid and free content along with the new trend of podcast ads could imply a need for more money, too. I didn't think the site was in any danger, but Jeff once said that CBS just kind of leaves them alone in a corner somewhere, which has both good and bad consequences, like taking forever to approve new funding and such. I'm glad to hear he's optimistic, though!
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Feb 1, 2014 12:42
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Also Rorie coming back into the fold was way, way after the acquisition, wasn't it? And he wasn't poached from Gamespot or anything.
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As a manager at a small business I've been kind of curious about how CBSi views Patrick and Alex working out of the area and presumably earning full salary. For a site that is incredibly personality driven having two people not able to appear on camera and up until recently released a much smaller portion of the content, it probably appears to put them in a tough spot with management. It doesn't really make sense to me. You've got two people you're probably paying decent money that possibly to management don't appear to contribute as much as they could if they were on location and may factor into why CBSi was a bit reluctant to increase staff size for a while there. Honestly if you count every person and the couple engineering guys GB appears to have a decent sized team for their site. Also if a manager isn't familiar with the site and Vinny and Drew are labeled "Video Production" as their title explaining to a manager why you need another video guy probably doesn't make the slightest sense either. But I'm completely just looking at it from a hands off management perspective and hopefully nothing like this is actually occurring and the management team actually pays attention and cares about the site enough to follow what they're doing.
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IRQ posted:That, combined with Ian leaving (which I think was 100% that he wanted to advance his own interests, and good for him) and them still seemingly not having gotten reimbursed for the stolen E3 gear, last we heard anyway. I personally didn't think the sky was falling, but I could see how some would. It's not like doomsaying is unheard of in this particular circle. It's not in an industry even remotely connected by Giant Bomb but I've been through a few acquisitions from the perspective of the company doing the buying and in every case there has been a transition period of a good 12-18 months while integration happens, mid and long range business plans get put together and it's only after all that behind the scenes stuff has been done that investment begins to happen.
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Though they're not on camera they do seem to post the majority of the actual written content on the site between Patrick's articles and Alex's reviews, but that's just my impression and less actual hard numbers.Akuma posted:Also Rorie coming back into the fold was way, way after the acquisition, wasn't it? And he wasn't poached from Gamespot or anything. He came back because Dave Snider left if I'm remembering right, so it was less an addition and more of a replacement.
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Also, in the last few months Patrick & Alex did as much, if not more, on camera appearances as the rest with Bombin' the A.M. alone.
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Lastly, Alex writes for some other CBSi sites.
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flatluigi posted:Though they're not on camera they do seem to post the majority of the actual written content on the site between Patrick's articles and Alex's reviews, but that's just my impression and less actual hard numbers. I never fully understood what the deal was with Alex. I always figured he was part-time, as he does write stuff for other sites. Before the morning show justifying his employment would be a real challenge. I can't remember if he was writing for other places prior to the acquisition though. Rorie also didn't replace Dave as such, since Dave was an engineer, and Rorie is doing community management.
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Samopsa posted:Also, in the last few months Patrick & Alex did as much, if not more, on camera appearances as the rest with Bombin' the A.M. alone. But how much traffic does that account for?
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Tae posted:Also dumb "they're not making enough content like they used to" when Octodad is probably the most mainstream release this week. Yea this is what I never understand. People do grasp that a site like GB gets as much content as is in relation to video games right? Like, yea poo poo's gonna be dry till the end of the month, that's how it always is, until late Feb/early March ain't poo poo coming out.
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I hope they poach Danny from Gamespot. I mean he just seems to fit there on the couch!
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Hakkesshu posted:Those Audiosurf 2 mods are Looking at the Unfinished thing and Pete Tong... isn't he like 90 now or something? Christ he used to be cool once.
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Large companies can be really fuckin terrible when it comes to new employees. It's like "oh, one of them died? Great! Now we can report a reduced head count for FY14."
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Yea this is what I never understand. People do grasp that a site like GB gets as much content as is in relation to video games right? Like, yea poo poo's gonna be dry till the end of the month, that's how it always is, until late Feb/early March ain't poo poo coming out. Yeah like those hot new releases, Dark Souls and Spelunky. People want more of that, going back to older games that didn't really get much attention earlier when new releases are rare.
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The latest Botchamania featuring last week's Royal Rumble just went up. Check it out if you wanna see fans slowly turn on a product as it's happening.
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Feb 1, 2014 18:32
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cronox2 posted:The latest Botchamania featuring last week's Royal Rumble just went up. Check it out if you wanna see fans slowly turn on a product as it's happening. I'm getting an error (THIS ERROR BROUGHT TO YOU BY HOSTGATOR) but you can still see the embedded video on google cache
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Feb 1, 2014 18:39
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Oh thank God the new video player. I wish I could figure out the whole show/hide control bar in the current one because goddamn what a swing in the dark getting that to disappear is.
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Yodzilla posted:Oh thank God the new video player. I wish I could figure out the whole show/hide control bar in the current one because goddamn what a swing in the dark getting that to disappear is. Let's not forget that half the time if you're on streaming things just stop loading/buffering. It's gotten so bad that I have to watch at super low quality to get something that's not a slide show or watch on youtube. Which is weird, because when it's their livestream I can watch at the highest quality and not have problems. Also holy hell that botchimania video is just...hard to watch.
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Good lord the audiosurf video is straight up unwatchable on their on-site player. Some of the mods would be amazing to view with 60 fps though. Also i really really don't get wrestling. This isn't at all what those game scene-editors promised!
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Yea this is what I never understand. People do grasp that a site like GB gets as much content as is in relation to video games right? Like, yea poo poo's gonna be dry till the end of the month, that's how it always is, until late Feb/early March ain't poo poo coming out. Except the reason they've been light on content is due to Jeff finalizing money issues so he can hire new people, and Vinny ordering new equipment? If they had the time to do more content, they easily could. There are 15+ games they could do Unfinisheds of. They could do Bombasticas. Jar Times. The Daily Desura with Vinny. How about more Pathfinders? Oh, or how about Rust/DayZ, I mean they kept saying they really wanted to cover those, but needed like a full week on just one of them to do it justice. If nothing is coming out surely they have a week to burn on Rust/DayZ. Or what about all those games they missed during the holidays last year, while they were on vacation, that'd be some easy QLs, and doing them in January wouldn't be that hard. Why not reintroduce TNT, or a variation of TNT, I mean if they are just sitting around doing nothing waiting for the new games to come out, shouldn't be that hard to do multiplayer stuff with the community. Why not double Bombcasts, one on Tuesday, one on Thursday focused on Science/Comedy. Not like they have any better things to do, right? Or hell a "Battlefield Hour with Jeff." where he plays Battlefield 4 with Vinny. I could keep going if you want? They could come up with plenty of content that has nothing to do with new releases if they wanted, and have probably thought of most of this. The bigger issue is Jeff/Vinny don't have any time to do much besides Bombcast/Unprof because they are working backend right now to get some new people on board.
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RoadCrewWorker posted:Also i really really don't get wrestling. FINALLY! Someone sane.
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Rookersh posted:I could keep going if you want? They could come up with plenty of content that has nothing to do with new releases if they wanted, and have probably thought of most of this. The bigger issue is Jeff/Vinny don't have any time to do much besides Bombcast/Unprof because they are working backend right now to get some new people on board. Giant Bomb's greatest strength is that they can put out content besides coverage of the latest games and people love it. Everyone clamoring for "More, more, more" is a good thing, not some "entitled baby" thing. They can show that to CBSi and say "Hey, we can't give this to them if you won't let us hire more people".
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Rookersh posted:Why not reintroduce TNT, or a variation of TNT, I mean if they are just sitting around doing nothing waiting for the new games to come out, shouldn't be that hard to do multiplayer stuff with the community. Because TNT isn't entertaining unless it's inhouse and the community is terrible? Please don't bring back TNT!
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