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Post by hedben on Oct 3, 2022 15:47:45 GMT
This feels like big-ish news. Giant Bomb and GameSpot weren't with RedVenture for very long were they?
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Post by Frog on Oct 3, 2022 17:22:13 GMT
Hopefully not too many changes at giantbomb as they seem to be in a fairly good place at the moment (although I don't use their website, just listen to their 2 podcasts).
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Post by simple on Oct 3, 2022 17:40:59 GMT
Just don’t cancel Albummer is all I’m asking
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Post by Chopsen on Oct 3, 2022 19:12:53 GMT
Al.....Bummer?
Unfortunate name.
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Post by simple on Oct 3, 2022 19:21:08 GMT
Its a Giant Bomb music show where the writers of Two Minutes To Late Night review bad albums
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 3, 2022 20:34:29 GMT
Those sites about to get a godawful redesign with half the screen becoming one big ad.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 3, 2022 22:11:01 GMT
Yeah, the fandom sites are probably the most aggressive ones I can think of for autoplaying videos and the like. I absolutely hate them.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 4, 2022 7:25:30 GMT
As of now the GB wiki is staying.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 6, 2022 7:36:37 GMT
GB finally doing a all the in the same room (15hr) stream was a crazy beautiful mess.
Hopefully not the last.
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Post by HairyArse on Oct 10, 2022 13:38:23 GMT
I wonder whether long term the plan is for Jeff G to join Nextlander. I suspect there's some sort of non-compete clause he has to satisfy for a year before he can join another company. Wasn't him leaving GB exactly a year-to-the-day from the date Vinnie, Alex and Brad started Nextlander?
It's a real shame how things have panned out because I really like Jeff Bakalar, Dan and Tamoor but don't have time to listen to so many podcasts.
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Post by tonyferrino on Oct 10, 2022 13:42:53 GMT
I hope not. I like the Nextlander vibe, they seem really relaxed at the moment. Not sure JG would add anything.
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Post by Frog on Oct 10, 2022 14:13:23 GMT
He would probably take over and not give anyone else a chance to get a word in. I like him and he is interesting to listen to but he has a tendency to dominate the conversation. I actually prefer the bombcast now as it's far more varied in opinions.
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Post by Nemesis on Oct 10, 2022 16:36:53 GMT
If he joins the team it would have to be its own thing, that trio is great at the moment and the podcast is superb.
Alex used to boil my piss when he was on the GB, in Nextlander I really like what he has to say and don’t mind him at all. 🤷♂️
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Post by uiruki on Oct 10, 2022 16:50:02 GMT
Honestly if they were to get a fourth person I think it should be Abby. Their Gabriel Knight playthroughs have been excellent.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 12, 2022 12:46:22 GMT
I feel like Jeff has had a bit of a falling out with all but Alex.
Still find it odd they didn't do a tribute to him on the Best of video like they have done for everyone.
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Post by hedben on Oct 12, 2022 13:59:53 GMT
I’ve kept up with all of them as they’ve split off, and I quite like Gerstmann’s solo effort now. It took some getting used to, but it doesn’t feel weird just having a one guy monologue any more, and he frequently adds perspectives to the news items that you don’t hear on GB or Nextlander.
I can just about keep up with the main GB and former-GB podcasts, but I feel like I’m missing out on some of the Patreon extra ones. Not enough time for everything.
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Post by Onny on Oct 12, 2022 17:03:20 GMT
I feel like Jeff has had a bit of a falling out with all but Alex. Still find it odd they didn't do a tribute to him on the Best of video like they have done for everyone. I did notice that pretty much as soon as Gerstmann left GB then we started seeing GB x NextLander crossovers. So maybe there is some bad blood there. |
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 12, 2022 18:04:38 GMT
They did one during the annual for the kids streams but Jeff was absent.
But yeah they have done a couple more since and bought back Quick Looks and so on which Jeff took away the year before.
He never wished them well publicly when Nextlander started or even did the polite follow on twitter.
It felt like once they left the studio Jeff disliked sharing a mic with others.
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Post by Onny on Oct 13, 2022 5:58:09 GMT
Yeah it does speak to some serious fallings out.
I only have the time to watch and listen to GB intermittently these days but I honestly feel like the team they have now is great. Obviously it depends on how much you can stand Dan’s antics, but they’re a good and interesting bunch and I hope they do well. Especially good to see Jan emerge from the background.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 19, 2022 15:13:00 GMT
Speaking of..
Much better with someone.
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Post by Happenstance on Oct 19, 2022 15:58:13 GMT
Jeff always needed someone to play off of, that's why I thought his pairings with Vinny or Ryan worked so well.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 28, 2022 6:42:31 GMT
Jeff has confirmed he was fired 3 weeks before he was due to leave
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Post by Happenstance on Oct 28, 2022 12:14:54 GMT
Sad to say that isn't surprising in the slightest.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 28, 2022 12:40:54 GMT
Wonder if both parties will talk a bit more about it now GB have new owners.
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Post by cristar on Oct 28, 2022 12:57:32 GMT
They've Lynched him.
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Post by KD on Oct 28, 2022 17:36:00 GMT
I still want to think 3 people are working shifts trying to find the best clips for a best of for Jeff leaving and got about 5000hours of content left to watch.
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 28, 2022 17:49:27 GMT
Maybe now they have new owners they can finally do a Best of send off?
But as said before it's interesting that old crew members came back or have done stuff with GB since he left.
Maybe he had become so hard to work with they said fuck it just leave now.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Oct 28, 2022 17:56:38 GMT
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Post by hedben on Oct 29, 2022 11:05:51 GMT
I just listened to Jeff’s latest podcast and 2 things stuck out - the fact that it was a “bad fit”, and him saying he’ll be angry about aspects of it for a very long time. Can’t see there being a best-of or a happy reunion under those circumstances.
I do like where the Giant Bombcast has gone more recently, but I can also totally imagine there being some pretty big personality clashes between Gerstmann and the newer members
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Post by baihu1983 on Oct 29, 2022 16:12:57 GMT
It took about 10 minutes to realise what this was. Impressive doing it live, the cuts by himself and talking based off the comments but not my thing. Response seems to be pretty positive though
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