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Have You Seen The Luchazine?

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The community is still a threat.

It was something I always felt when I was just a user: there's something about Giant Bomb that makes the people who visit this site want to take every aspect of the site--its iconography, its dumb game pitches, its "cast of characters" and terrible inside jokes--and continue to build on them. I feel like Giant Bomb serves as this incredible conduit for artwork, music, clothing, photoshopped images and self-supported features, all because you guys have latched onto the site and want to be involved in its future. It's totally crazy and bewildering and bananas and awesome. 
 
Crazy and bewildering and awesome are the apt words to describe The Luchazine, an entire damn magazine created by members of the Giant Bomb community and hosted online. Helmed by users GoranP and indian_boy, The Luchazine features a swath of community interviews, contributor articles and discussions, reviews, and interviews with industry professionals. 
 
 

 Dude, what?!
 Dude, what?!
 
And I'm not talking about interviews with people loosely connected to game creation. I'm talking about how The Luchazine was able to get an audio interview with former Capcom director of production/rum drinker Adam Boyes. No small feat for any publication!   
 
Huge props to everyone who worked on the two issues of The Luchazine so far: GoranP, indian_boy, aurahack, buzz_clik, Danielle J, Count Rockula, Pepsiman, ThatFrood, natetodamax, Origina1Penguin, nofx4208, LordXaviorBritish, RecSpec, Bo17, RenMcKormack, JJWeatherman, XII_Sniper, MattyFTM, EpicSteve, TurboMan, Mmmslash, and Vinchenzo. You folks are out of your damn minds. Keep it up!
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Brilliance! You got competition, Giantbomb. STEP IT UP.

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Jesus. I got front page name-dropped. This is fame. 
I now expect you all to follow me, shower my articles in praise and offer me free incongruous sexual favours, until I give a seemingly great game a middling review and you all accuse me of selling out, except for a few freaks and weirdo's (you know who you are) who think I'm entirely correct in my obviously attention seeking bullshit article. Goran fires me and I drink myself into a hole. Everyone's happy...at some point or another...=/
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lol.

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@DeadFish said:
That's really interesting. As a guy who isn't involved in the forums that much, have there been any community podcasts? I've seen a few major sites have that sort of thing.
Yea I'd like to see our BonusEXP podcast featured on the main page too.  Although we are more of a separate entity from the Giant Bomb forums than some of the community podcasts, Giant Bomb is my only forum, and same for sodiumCyclops.  The site is very much inspired by Giant Bomb too, although we try to do our own thing.
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This magazine is better than some things I've seen in actual game magazines. Excellent work guys.

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Thanks for giving this stuff front page recognition!

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i should update my profile now that i have been mentioned in the news.  thanks. 

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Trust you Kessler to put a spotlight on this.
 
Also, not to be too much of a scrooge...but the whole <> thing is getting old real real fast, i just hope people tone it down so it doesn't become a new 8.8 or something, please keep it fresh. Having it on the front is both clever...and extremely painful.

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Little Nemo? 
 
I'm interested.

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News!

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GB community, crazy. But the best kind of crazy.

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@ZombiePie: 
Cool! Now I feel dumb for asking and not checking out the forums more often. ^^
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Now if they'd just show some love to us developers with some API improvements... boy oh boy... We could really get cooking... 

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Awesome article. Good to see the community collaborating on more GB content. 
 
You can nary get enough Giant Bomb, I say!

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Sounds like a great idea Kessler, GB as an awesome community and I'm honoured to be part of it. 

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@AjayRaz said:
" @DeadFish said:
" That's really interesting. As a guy who isn't involved in the forums that much, have there been any community podcasts? I've seen a few major sites have that sort of thing. "
yup. there are a ton of community podcasts. you should check out the community spotlight.  "
'Tis true we have plenty of community podcasts. Also I've been toiling away on the Spotlight for over a year now.
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@DeadFish said:
" That's really interesting. As a guy who isn't involved in the forums that much, have there been any community podcasts? I've seen a few major sites have that sort of thing. "
Funny you should ask that in this thread of all places, since part of what got Matt Kessler recognized in the community was making his own, now defunct, Giant Bomb community podcast.
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Who said video game magazines where dead!?

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Dude, front page recognition.  This thing is awesome.  Way to bring it to the light Kessler. 

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Matt, thanks a bunch for the front page spotlight.
 
And, again, thank you to all of the contributors as well everyone posting in the thread. We will continue reading everything and always replying.

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This news article just reminded me of the Age of Booty preview/drinking video. I watched it again and that shit is still awesome.

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@VinceNotVance said:
" @AjayRaz said:
" i have  "
WELL HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE NCP????? "
OH DUDE, IS THAT ONE OF THOSE COOL PADCASTS?! 
 
Lucha-whatt? 
 
(lol)
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Best title on the front of that magazine cover? 
 "Skittles behind bars" hahaaha

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@AjayRaz said:
" i have  "
WELL HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE NCP?????
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=)

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Dude, Hell Yes.

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Hell yeah! It's awesome to see that up there, thanks for the attention.  
 
And mad props to Goran and Abhishek for putting this together. 

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@DeadFish said:
" That's really interesting. As a guy who isn't involved in the forums that much, have there been any community podcasts? I've seen a few major sites have that sort of thing. "
yup. there are a ton of community podcasts. you should check out the community spotlight. 
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congratz guys! yay steve is working in it!

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Being tagged in a front page story of Giantbomb is kind of mind-boggling.

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The Luchazine is the epitome of this site. It's just one of many things that make the GB community unlike any other on the web. Long may it reign.

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Indeed, as crazy as our community here is I always enjoy their creativity.

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i have 

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lol Adam Boyes former "Rum Drinker" 
 
That's really cool, I think I'll go read it. :D

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It is a fantastic piece of community content, and I'm proud to be involved in it. Everyone involved deserves a medal, with GoranP and indian_boy both deserving several medals. It's great to see it featured in an article on the site.

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Awesome!

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Thanks for the plug Kessler. Tell the Bombsquad I appreciate the news story.

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Mad props, bitchz!

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nice to see the community moving on up

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Great to see this getting more recognition, especially from the front page of Giant Bomb itself!

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That's really interesting. As a guy who isn't involved in the forums that much, have there been any community podcasts? I've seen a few major sites have that sort of thing.