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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: fistfulofmetal on June 12, 2010, 05:12:17 PM

Title: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 12, 2010, 05:12:17 PM
because thanks to the INTERNET you can!!!

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gbjg
Brad and Jeff (which is currently down). Last seen eating at Del Taco

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gb-video-hustler
Drew and Vinny. Spent some time discussing Deadly Premonitions a bit ago.


My day is all booked now it seems.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: demi on June 12, 2010, 05:35:06 PM
No Ryan? Who cares.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Rman on June 12, 2010, 06:44:49 PM
It seems so.  Good for him.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 12, 2010, 07:04:26 PM
 :lol

I love the Giant Bomb guys.

What is this the 80's. Do people still tint their windows?
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Sho Nuff on June 12, 2010, 07:58:44 PM
wtf @ illegally tinted windows, how the hell does that work
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 12, 2010, 08:08:58 PM
wtf @ illegally tinted windows, how the hell does that work
When I was a kid I remember tons of people having shabby and illegal (too dark) tint jobs. But that seems like a relic of the past.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 12, 2010, 08:18:34 PM
People still do it on the East Coast, I remember my father had to cut down his to a certain point (a certain percentage can be tinted). It looked horrible. Isn't it ok in California?
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: OptimoPeach on June 12, 2010, 08:23:23 PM
I dunno where they were pulled over but here in California it's illegal to have aftermarket tinting on the front windows. They probably would have gotten away with it if the Governator could come up with a better way to mend the state's financial woes than more stringent enforcement of petty traffic violations
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 12, 2010, 08:28:48 PM
In the picture it looks like the windshield is clear? Pretty wack if they got stopped for side tinting. The Po-Po :teehee
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 12, 2010, 08:29:02 PM
It would have been funnier if they'd got busted for pot or something.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Sho Nuff on June 12, 2010, 08:38:54 PM
It would have been funnier if they'd got busted for pot or something.
This
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: cool breeze on June 12, 2010, 10:11:17 PM
jealousy is not very becoming  :wag


I like Giantbomb for the quicklooks.  That's really all I want from most game sites.  Raw game footage, with or without commentary, just so I can get an idea of what it's like.  I'm surprised other sites don't do that.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 12, 2010, 10:14:30 PM
jealousy is not very becoming  :wag


I like Giantbomb for the quicklooks.  That's really all I want from most game sites.  Raw game footage, with or without commentary, just so I can get an idea of what it's like.  I'm surprised other sites don't do that.

Other sites think we care about their "writing" and their "editorials"
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: demi on June 12, 2010, 10:16:15 PM
I just want to fuck Ryan Davis
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Post by: Barry Egan on June 12, 2010, 10:26:46 PM
I just want to fuck Ryan Davis

(http://www.slashgear.com/gallery/data_files/1/4/6/ryan295_screen.jpg)
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 12, 2010, 10:27:29 PM
White Wolf, Black Bear
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: demi on June 12, 2010, 10:27:49 PM
Ryan Davis FUCK YEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR so hot
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: demi on June 12, 2010, 10:30:06 PM
Did he dye his hair? Cause it's still all natural everywhere else, baby.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: demi on June 12, 2010, 10:45:47 PM
(http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/04/ryandavis.jpg)

true story i rubbed myself to this
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on June 12, 2010, 10:47:27 PM
How do they make money?
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on June 13, 2010, 12:15:01 AM
Perhaps companies pay them to do quick looks and such?

not likely. most of the quick looks are from games they literally go to the store and buy. a bunch are from games they know nothing about. they just grab it and pop it into the console for the first time and hit record.


when it comes to how they are making money. i think it has to do with the rise of Whiskey Media. it's a fairly young company that's trying to create an empire of websites. i wouldn't be surprised if that company go bankrupt eventually. Giantbomb is just riding the wave of their early success.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 13, 2010, 12:20:08 AM
The reason why I love Giant Bomb is because they're a group of dudes who review games for a living and don't pretend they're anything else. They have fun, show off games, slap their opinion on it and call it a day.

They don't come across as the usual smarmy game journalist that plays armchair game designer and tries to elevate their life of reviewing games as some higher calling in fine art. Fuck those assholes.

Oh an Ryan Davis. Dude rocks.

This.

They sort of anticipated correctly where a lot of people are as gamers as we've gotten older. When I go to a game site I want to see videos, be entertained. And not be treated like I'm an idiot and the people writing this shit are god's gift to gaming.

Sites like IGN are useless for me. That's the old model and its completely irrelevant to me.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: treythemovie on June 13, 2010, 02:49:22 AM
How do they make money?

That's a good question. I remember seeing ads for Tropico 3 and ads for Bioshock 2 before a video played but since then, I haven't seen any ad whatsoever. In fact, none of the Whiskey media sites seem to have ads anywhere on them. Perhaps companies pay them to do quick looks and such?
They don't get payed to do quicklooks. Instead Whiskey Media operates by selling their site metrics to marketers. Even their occasional real ads are done moreso as "case studies" than for the added revenue. Its really hard to explain since its under the realm of selling information but you can get a better idea by looking at their advertisers page: http://www.whiskeymedia.com/advertise.shtml

Basically they sell information to companies so that they can better advertise to those consumers.

Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on June 13, 2010, 04:12:41 AM
damn, I didn't know Ryan davis was fat. I totally pictured him looking differently.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: demi on June 13, 2010, 09:28:58 AM
damn, I didn't know Ryan davis was fat. I totally pictured him looking differently.

He's always been a big tub of man. And for that, he is my waifu
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Post by: TripleA on June 13, 2010, 05:41:32 PM
:lol

I love the Giant Bomb guys.

What is this the 80's. Do people still tint their windows?

Yes, and lovin every minute of it.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: TripleA on June 13, 2010, 05:46:02 PM
The reason why I love Giant Bomb is because they're a group of dudes who review games for a living and don't pretend they're anything else. They have fun, show off games, slap their opinion on it and call it a day.

They don't come across as the usual smarmy game journalist that plays armchair game designer and tries to elevate their life of reviewing games as some higher calling in fine art. Fuck those assholes.

Oh an Ryan Davis. Dude rocks.

Also, they don't come off as microsoft employees reviewing Wii and Ps3 games for a living.

Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: Stoney Mason on June 13, 2010, 05:47:18 PM
The reason why I love Giant Bomb is because they're a group of dudes who review games for a living and don't pretend they're anything else. They have fun, show off games, slap their opinion on it and call it a day.

They don't come across as the usual smarmy game journalist that plays armchair game designer and tries to elevate their life of reviewing games as some higher calling in fine art. Fuck those assholes.

Oh an Ryan Davis. Dude rocks.

Also, they don't come off as microsoft employees reviewing Wii and Ps3 games for a living.



God you're a dumbass.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: TripleA on June 13, 2010, 06:04:01 PM
The reason why I love Giant Bomb is because they're a group of dudes who review games for a living and don't pretend they're anything else. They have fun, show off games, slap their opinion on it and call it a day.

They don't come across as the usual smarmy game journalist that plays armchair game designer and tries to elevate their life of reviewing games as some higher calling in fine art. Fuck those assholes.

Oh an Ryan Davis. Dude rocks.

Also, they don't come off as microsoft employees reviewing Wii and Ps3 games for a living.



God you're a dumbass.

Thank you.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 18, 2010, 06:40:16 PM
Leigh Alexander was drunk as shit last night on their live bombcast and ended up showing her titties to the internet.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 18, 2010, 06:54:24 PM
I like how Jeff is like "Hmm, interesting." and Ryan is all "woah get this skank AWAY from me".
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: TripleA on June 19, 2010, 12:19:16 AM
She's chatty and she's a bad drunk, nothing more nothing less.
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Post by: Rman on June 19, 2010, 11:40:17 AM
How do they make money?
I'm pretty sure they're at the start up phase right now.  Whiskey Media, their owners, are probably waiting until they develop a sizable web following, which they've already have, to introduce more ads to the site.
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: TripleA on June 19, 2010, 11:43:41 AM
They do have ads on their site, you can see them in Internet Explorer.

Also, merchandise.
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Post by: maxy on June 23, 2010, 06:56:09 AM
 :rofl
Arguing with her is like arguing with TripleA...$775 million for an event,out of Bobby Kotick pocket :lol...my inside sources :lol
:rofl
Title: Re: You guys wanna watch the Giantbomb crew drive to E3?
Post by: TripleA on June 23, 2010, 10:04:41 AM
:rofl
Arguing with her is like arguing with TripleA...$775 million for an event,out of Bobby Kotick pocket :lol...my inside sources :lol
:rofl

Such a weird comment.