How To Build A Bomb: Episode 5

We’ve been out seeing pre-release games lately, and as such, the office has been pretty quiet. But that doesn’t mean that we haven’t acquired a bunch of new, weird stuff. Take a look around the office and give a warm hello to Gamedeer.

108 Comments

  1. GodzillaVsJapanNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:04 pm | Permalink

    woot glad to see its back

  2. Wiseguy127No Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:05 pm | Permalink

    nice setup

  3. Wiseguy127No Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:07 pm | Permalink

    ^Fail, and also, I laughed my ass off as soon as I saw the Tokyo drift poster, and Sylvester stalone striking a pose.

  4. IvanNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:11 pm | Permalink

    great work around the office.

  5. WillNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:11 pm | Permalink

    Man I would totally relocate to cali just to work with you guys. Your office looks great.

  6. VagerNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:15 pm | Permalink

    Deer head on a couch…

  7. RizALTORNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

    Nice job, lookin better already. Btw what is the song you used for the intro of the arrowpointing down podcasts ?! i just love it.

  8. DutchNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:19 pm | Permalink

    Hello there, Gamedeer.

  9. David SnakesNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:23 pm | Permalink

    Pretty ballin’

  10. David SnakesNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:25 pm | Permalink

    Ryan Davis looks like Dom from Gears in War. At least in this video.

  11. David SnakesNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:28 pm | Permalink

    Gears *of War of course

  12. SpencerNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:28 pm | Permalink

    I would imagine that while building a videogame website constantly being reminded of Tokyo Drift would make everything more intense.

  13. raviNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:30 pm | Permalink

    hell yeh giant bomb!!!! im working 4 u guys after i finish college

  14. LepukeNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:35 pm | Permalink

    Looks to be coming together pretty nicely.
    Man I wish I had your jobs.
    Oh and by the way, thanks and your welcome :o)

  15. Rob RoyNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:37 pm | Permalink

    You wake up in your cubicle, sucking the drool back in…and that’s when it hits you. You’re surrounded by…ninja monkeys.

  16. jackel2072No Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:41 pm | Permalink

    Great video! I think it goes with out saying you guys need a poster of The Rock(the movie) to go with the rest of your collection! Also i am guessing Jeff you made the music. it was pretty cool sounded like something from Rez!

  17. jackel2072No Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:43 pm | Permalink

    Oh and one more thing i forgot to mention. Dude. Whats up with the deer head?

  18. Steven BeynonNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:44 pm | Permalink

    Epic

  19. AnTi PRONo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:56 pm | Permalink

    You guys have mass computers.

  20. Colin DanielsNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 6:58 pm | Permalink

    Great start. Keep the videos coming. I’m always checking back to see what you guys are up to. Honestly even these kinds of video are all right. We just like to know what’s going on. :)

  21. GMhawkNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:06 pm | Permalink

    Sweet tunes!

  22. jmic75No Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:07 pm | Permalink

    well I guess we know where all those fleas came from (points to deer head) lol

  23. GrambyteNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:16 pm | Permalink

    I see the couch is still there so I take it’s not forming any danger of some kind anymore…

  24. DiGiTaL_SiNNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:16 pm | Permalink

    So these are the “people” upstairs? I guess it totally makes sense now that they have a say on what happens on GiantBomb.

    LOL!

  25. StevenNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:18 pm | Permalink

    What happened to finding out about the people upstairs? I’m dying to know!!?!?!

  26. DiGiTaL_SiNNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

    By the way, this video should’nt play automatically! It might not be a problem now, but after a couple of new posts we’ll still have to keep pausing it everytime we load the site.

  27. StriderNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

    neat to see behind the scenes

  28. Josh (joshel)No Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:27 pm | Permalink

    Yeah I don’t think it should start automatically, I’m sure Jeff or Ryan will fix that. Great video though, would love to hear a bit more about what’s been happening even though you mentioned a lot on the last bombcast. You have hella nice equipment in there, I wouldn’t put that open-topped beverage anywhere near that shit! I would freak out…thousands of dollars worth of high tech stuff on a desk then a bottle of fizzy pop? Not in my house, son!

  29. DariusNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:32 pm | Permalink

    Man things are shapin up really well.

  30. GodzillaVsJapanNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:33 pm | Permalink

    I forgot to mention OMGDEER

  31. AlphazeroNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:41 pm | Permalink

    That deer gave its life trying to finish Dark Sector.

    A moment of silence please.

  32. ArtieNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 7:50 pm | Permalink

    BUT WHAT DO THE MONKEYS MEAN?

  33. manathirstNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 8:09 pm | Permalink

    What’s going on upstairs? It looks like another office setup too.

  34. An-DNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 8:18 pm | Permalink

    Place is looking more and more awesome. Love the row of monkeys!

  35. Kallin NagelbergNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 8:27 pm | Permalink

    That music kicks ass!

  36. nagnalNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 8:32 pm | Permalink

    Who would win in a fight, GameDeer or GameDog? I supposed only time will tell…

    In case it wasn’t clear, I am in fact encouraging you to harass that poor dog with the severed head of a deer.

  37. ThomasNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 8:32 pm | Permalink

    That intro music was intense. I loved it. I wish it was the Giant Bombcast intro music.

    Thanks for the update on how things are shaping up. Very cool.

  38. RageNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 8:36 pm | Permalink

    hard at wrk

  39. TubbsNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    The intro rocks my face off! Seriously, my face is on the ground and my roommate slipped on it.

    But on a less gruesome note: Robot voices saying words to music is awesome!

    G-I-A-N-T-B-0-M-B

  40. Me-reyNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 8:51 pm | Permalink

    Strange vid, kinda goin for the trippy art stuff i guess. Still cool to see another episode. Two questions though: What font is that? (the Star Wars-esque scrolling part at the beginning) and What the H-E-double-hockeysticks is up with those creepy ninja monkeys? Can’t wait for the full site launch :D

  41. DiluvioNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 9:03 pm | Permalink

    Cobra is a great film; and with that poster your office shall closely resemble Det. Billy Rosewood’s apartment (which is also great).

  42. DemokkNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 9:10 pm | Permalink

    Nice!

  43. DeauxNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 9:24 pm | Permalink

    If you want to know who’s upstairs, I think you can probably figure it out. I don’t really care, but I have a theory. They obviously aren’t ready to say anything yet, probably for boring business reasons. It was a fun mystery for, like, ten minutes.

  44. JoeNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 9:55 pm | Permalink

    Gamedeer is definitely the new Giant Bomb mascot.

  45. TheFBINo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 10:24 pm | Permalink

    that didn’t exactly “introduce you to the people up stairs”.

  46. TheFBINo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 10:25 pm | Permalink

    gamedeer’s cool you sit next to him on late nights, you feed him some champagne and redbull and you make an evening of it.

  47. LukusLukeNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 10:28 pm | Permalink

    Keeping it real bomb squad, One more week with Alex N. this month please!

  48. JaredNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    It is nice to see things are still moving along nicely. Gamedeer looks sad. You need to let him play more games! Also, props for the poster of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

  49. DurffenNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

    I hope me saying something on the last Bomb-Cast about bringing back How To Build A Bomb helped! Once again, it’s cool to see a game site/game office in the making, and hopefully something I will do one day.

  50. UriNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 10:54 pm | Permalink

    whats with the music?

  51. Red5112No Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 11:32 pm | Permalink

    cant wait!

  52. AgulfNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 11:49 pm | Permalink

    So you’re telling us there’s a bunch of monkeys upstairs? Interesting.

  53. zekeNo Gravatar
    Posted April 23, 2008 at 11:50 pm | Permalink

    Love!

  54. MattyftmNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 1:16 am | Permalink

    Glad to see that kick ass couch.

  55. Reverse faceNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 1:17 am | Permalink

    I hope thats not a real deer head because thats just fucking wrong dudes. :(

  56. RanabirNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 1:31 am | Permalink

    Woah!

    You guys must be loaded!!

  57. michaelNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 1:36 am | Permalink

    Great ;) Lookin better already.

  58. LukeNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 2:00 am | Permalink

    Yay! Finally… ;P

  59. ReeteshinatorNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 2:44 am | Permalink

    Why dont you guys have a Tag for all the How to make a Bomb Vids, that would make it easier to find all the videos at one click. I kinda missed the last one and now have to do a bit of searching to find it.

  60. armandoNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 3:02 am | Permalink

    Great, let’s throw a dead animal on a flea ridden couch!!! I wouldn’t want to sit there.

  61. NoelNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 3:10 am | Permalink

    Can’t see it right now, i’m late for school… DAMMIT!!!. I’ll take a look at it later.

  62. unrealNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 3:26 am | Permalink

    ZOMG!!!!!!! more more, i need more

  63. TheGibsonSGNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 3:43 am | Permalink

    God, I love Giant Bomb….

  64. Dante the JediNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 3:46 am | Permalink

    Gamedeer is the new god of gaming.

  65. kevNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 4:11 am | Permalink

    well… that sucked

  66. EndogeneNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 4:28 am | Permalink

    shelves are the solution to all

  67. ReeteshinatorNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 5:11 am | Permalink

    Woah! if that deer blinked its eye.. I would have dropped dead here itself :P

    and those monkey were awesome!

  68. WorkingTavoNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 5:21 am | Permalink

    great to see that everything is coming to piece

  69. CoreyNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 5:41 am | Permalink

    What’s the doggy’s name?

    Hopefully Dino.

  70. robNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 6:17 am | Permalink

    lol nice deer :P

  71. Darren JonesNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 6:32 am | Permalink

    Ok when you guys mentioned gamedeer i was expecting a picture or animation of some kind not an actual deers head.. lol. any way nice setup in the office, i see Jeff is still hooked on Tokyo drift judging by the big poster.

  72. WickedCobra03No Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 7:45 am | Permalink

    What is the place up stairs? Just more of your office? Someones apartment? Or just the neighbor!

  73. Scott BibusNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 8:04 am | Permalink

    As a gamer and a taxidermist I fully support Gamedeer. If you guys need any more unusual taxidermy decorations, hit me up!

  74. Citizen KaneNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 8:17 am | Permalink

    Awesome! Everything is looking like it’s coming along nicely. Keep up the good work! :)

  75. DeauxNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 8:31 am | Permalink

    Reeteshinator: If you click on the “Videos” tab at the top of the page, you will see all of their videos. At this point, that means all and only How to Build a Bomb. When the Bomb is built, I’m sure there’ll be more organization for their features (and everything else).

  76. MKLOLNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 9:23 am | Permalink

    Doggy! :D

  77. Andy WuNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 9:26 am | Permalink

    the dog is the cause of all the flea problem. Take it out back and solve the problem

  78. ontheochoNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 9:33 am | Permalink

    As a vegan gamer, I must share my most vocal distaste for the displaying of the partial carcass of one of our woodland friends. It is an abomination. I had chosen to come to this site for information on games that matter to me and my sensibilities, GTAIV, Gears of War, Man Hunt 2, but your calouse display of support for those who pillage the fruit of mother nature has left a sour taste in my mouth.

    Good day sirs.

  79. ocdog45No Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 9:35 am | Permalink

    you guys got a mess going on over there.

  80. JaredNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 9:48 am | Permalink

    Gamedeer is pretty rad to say the least.

  81. LepukeNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 10:02 am | Permalink

    To those of you complaining about the deer head, you do realize that a certain number of deer do have to be culled from the population each year don’t you?
    Why? Because of us, the human race.
    If we didn’t allow people to hunt a number of them set by each individual states wildlife commissions each year, their population would explode and instead of us culling them you would have thousands of starving disease ridden animals wandering the wildlife instead.

    We have developed so much of the one time natural habitats of these and many other animals that, that simply is how it is.

    Being from Maine, a Native American, and not a big city has given me a decent understanding of this.

  82. NoelNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 10:06 am | Permalink

    OMFG!!! A GAMER DEER!!! AND A LOT OF MONKEYS THAT LOOK PRETTY MUCH LIKE APE ESCAPE!!! AND LOTS OF CAPITOL LETTERS IN THIS MESSAGE!!! Sorry… that wasn’t my intention…BUT IT’S SO COOL I CAN’T STOP THIS!!! AND A RABID DOG!!!

  83. Adred88No Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 11:06 am | Permalink

    lol, taxidermy.

  84. KingOfIcelandNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    This episode was a bit Lost-esque.

    Looks a bit messy in there

  85. neilNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 11:50 am | Permalink

    the COBRA picture is possibly two of the most beautiful thing i have ever seen

  86. Call me FishmealNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 12:24 pm | Permalink

    The people upstairs are probably the moneyed interests that keep the place going, pay the rent, shell out money for initial equipment until the site is all up and running. Venture Capitalists. Perhaps a small publishing firm. Maybe giantbomb is a wholly owned subsidiary or they just share revenue. You know, some such thing… What do I know anyway…

  87. MattNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 1:41 pm | Permalink

    I hope Gamedeer is the wierd, otherworldly replacement for trivia robot.
    Because that would be great.
    NEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRDDZZZZZZZZZZZZ

  88. quezcatolNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 2:06 pm | Permalink

    WTF WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

    WTF DUDES,WHERES THE ROCKING YA KNOW?

  89. JasonNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 2:16 pm | Permalink

    Anybody know what the killer music was that plays during this? Band? Anything?

  90. ontheochoNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 4:18 pm | Permalink

    Lepuke…

    It was sarcasm dude. Vegan gamer, really? Lighten up. Sorry I didn’t spoon feed you the humor.

  91. ghnvtNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 4:40 pm | Permalink

    That place is pure pimp and btw that couch is straight out of the 70s…Which is awesome.

  92. RVonENo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 5:19 pm | Permalink

    I guess this episode was alright…

  93. animateriaNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

    Gamedeer FTW!

  94. aleksNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 5:59 pm | Permalink

    ohh that was just satisfying! :D
    thanks guys, that was my request! :D
    wery nice office, you have the whole Shabang! now play some games you dudes! can’t just w8 untill you guys lunch the full site!

  95. blahblahbleaghNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

    hey jeff… cool videos… you should totally film future clips in simulated first person view. with the bobbing camera, the fake eating of food.. drinking of ENERGY DRINKS. just to give us poor folks the grand illusion that we were there ;)

  96. LepukeNo Gravatar
    Posted April 24, 2008 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

    Heh, don’t know why I went off there. Probably cause I woke up with a hangover.
    Besides people are offended by just about everything nowadays with good reason or not.

  97. ~Spirit-of~No Gravatar
    Posted April 25, 2008 at 8:54 am | Permalink

    You should reversed the zoom on Gamedeer. It would have been much more “Psycho” in tone, but it was still disturbing.

    It’s as if Gamedeer can look into my soul.

  98. Ef_MaNNo Gravatar
    Posted April 25, 2008 at 9:48 am | Permalink

    Looks RAD guys, things are thriving to shape up at a great pace, can’t wait until you guys blow the GIANTBOOOOMB. Things aside, That deer head scared the crap out of me.

    Keep up gentlemen!!

  99. Ef_MaNNo Gravatar
    Posted April 25, 2008 at 9:48 am | Permalink

    …And I loved the music

  100. AgulfNo Gravatar
    Posted April 26, 2008 at 2:29 am | Permalink

    Gamedeer needs some accessory. Mirror glasses? 80s Aviators? A hat?

  101. Snake EyesNo Gravatar
    Posted April 26, 2008 at 11:18 am | Permalink

    Did I just start watching Cloverfield?

  102. DeauxNo Gravatar
    Posted April 26, 2008 at 1:41 pm | Permalink

    People are saying that The World Ends with You is pretty awesome. I’d like to hear the GB take on it.

  103. JordanNo Gravatar
    Posted April 26, 2008 at 2:29 pm | Permalink

    Game dear is awesome

  104. packsterNo Gravatar
    Posted April 26, 2008 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

    okay episode, too bad none of you talked in it.
    Cant wait for the whole site. THEY SHOULD MAKE A TV SHOW ABOUT YOU GUYS! :P And Alex N. should so join the GiantBomb crew!
    that would be awesome!!

    “Did I just start watching Cloverfield?” -SnakeEyes
    haha

  105. TripwolfNo Gravatar
    Posted April 28, 2008 at 7:04 pm | Permalink

    Stuff is coming along nicely guys! Can’t wait to see the site in full swing. Keep up the great work!

  106. JasonNo Gravatar
    Posted May 4, 2008 at 1:23 am | Permalink

    Glad to see the office coming around. Wish you guys the best and will always keep checking in to catch your latest blogs, videos and reviews.

    Alex & Jeff, you guys were always my favorite reviewers over the years at GS. The XBOX RoboCop video review will forever be my fav.

    As a life long gamer who’s always wanted to be a video game journalist myself, I’m glad to see you all doing your own thing and continuing to share your gaming thoughts with the rest of us.

    “DO THE JOB”

    Gibby

  107. GlennNo Gravatar
    Posted May 13, 2008 at 5:48 pm | Permalink

    I love these videos. I have been working on a gaming site of my own focused on retro gaming and its really inspiring to watch. I’m glad to see you guys broke off and did your own thing after leaving Gamespot. Best of luck with this you both have a lot of talent and personality and I think this site will do great.

    Glenn

  108. RodgeNo Gravatar
    Posted May 14, 2008 at 11:09 am | Permalink

    i know this might be slightly intrusive - but how do you make money doing this?

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