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Welcome Back!

Jeff welcomes all of you to the real Giant Bomb.

I just ate some really sour candy.
I just ate some really sour candy.
Hello and welcome to Giant Bomb. You've come at a very exciting time, as we've just launched the site. I'm trying to think of ways that I could be more excited, and I'm coming up short. We here at Giant Bomb and Whiskey Media have been hard at work on this site for some time now, and we're happy to finally share all this stuff with you.

So what, exactly, is Giant Bomb? That's a good question. it's a lot of things.

- It's a place that will contain the same style of game-related editorial that you've seen on our pre-launch blog. We still have our weekly podcast, game reviews, previews, and commentary on the gaming world around us. We will still bring our opinions to each and every aspect of gaming without fear. We will focus our coverage on the games that you care about, allowing us to go in-depth on the games that matter.

- It's also ready to become a pretty big gaming community. We, naturally, have a healthy forum section that will let you chat it up with other like-minded individuals. In addition to the standard discussion forums, every single page in the database has a forum at the bottom. Want to post specifically about Gears of War 2? Or Astrosmash? We've got your back.

- One difference you may notice from the way other game sites handle their business is that we put the games first, not the platforms. We're pretty tired of all the platform comparisons that end up saying "dude, I don't know, they both look pretty much the same." We have ONE home page for Grand Theft Auto IV where players can come together, regardless of platform of choice, and talk about the game.

- Then, of course, there's the database. We're stacked full of pages for games, platforms, franchises, characters, concepts, objects, locations, accessories, and the people that actually make games themselves.

All of these pages can be attached to one another. So if there's an object (like a hamburger) that shows up in a game (like River City Ransom), you'll be able to see that link. The end result is a page that shows you every game with a hamburger in it.

Truly the future is now.

I've pieced together a brief tutorial video on how to use the site's various features. Take a look!
  
    
I don't really know why there's a picture of Method Man here. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
I don't really know why there's a picture of Method Man here. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Of course, we're not done yet. Not even close. We have a space for arcade and pinball machines that's practically empty. And you may find a few holes here and there while you're looking around. If you turn up some missing pages, you have the power to add it to the site. That's a good way for you to quickly earn points on the site.

We're pretty happy with where we're at so far, and we're already forming plans for the future. So please, poke around the site and see what you think.





Thanks,
Jeff Gerstmann
Giant Bomb
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Edited By lorn_renegade

YAY!  I've been waiting for this site to come up for a while.  Congrats! Looks great.

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This is great, I'll just make myself at home here.

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Site is looking great.

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Haha Method Man, And damn thats some sour candy Jeff. Couldnt be happier here

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Bomb go boom.

Me like boom.

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YAY! Great sight Jeff (and gang)!

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Site is crazy so far.

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Loving the site!!!!

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Awesome, awesome, awesome. And maybe wicked bad too, just for good measure.

Great work guys.

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Looking great!

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best of luck to my new favourite web site!amazing staff,and interesting podcasts and videos.gaming just wasnt the same without jeff,ryan,brad,and vinnie.long live the giant bomb!

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Hey guys love the site :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D 


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congrats! to all of you and myself for getting my name. It means monkey in danish

I'M  THRILLLLED

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The look!!! And Sound!!! of... PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nice. Site looks sweet!

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good to see the site launch
two things:
signing up for an account is a pain - took forever to find a user name the thing would accept instead of saying "user name not available" although I know no one has already chosen the stuff I was typing in (I'm using Firefox 3 and IE 7 if that helps)
also: holy crap the site navigates slow, what's up with the bandwidth, I don't wanna be a negative nancy but..yeah..whether I'm making changes to my profile or moving around game pages everything is moving really slow and its not my connection

other than that, I love the podcasts please keep making them I listen to every one of them, and the site looks good cosmetically, gj

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Edited By anklebreaker

Nice site........:D

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Love the site,  its good to have the old school crew back :P

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looking sweet.  hope to make my mark here like a dog on a tree.

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looks like i will b espending more time here now. been waiting for a while.

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NICE....Keep up the good work

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Loving the new site guys, awesome work...

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Woa...truly awesome

Congrats, Giant Bomb

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This is awesome! I have been waiting for this for all this time and now the site is up! You guys rock!

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Welcome back guys, you were missed. Upwards and onwards eh?

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This site is awesome.  But you can swear? FUCK YES!

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Congratulations!

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Awesomeness in a box.

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So is Ben Cuello one of the guys upstairs or is he still just doing a favour for you guys? By the way there is no entry for "guys upstairs". what the hell?

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Well done guys!
This is fantastic.

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 The site rocks

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Damn, nice site! It's got a Gamespot vibe, but better.

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I love you all...Long Time =)

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Dammit! Why did I have to go to sleep last night?!

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Congrats on the launch, the site is looking excellent.

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The video up there should be called "How to blow a bomb" for the sake of consistency.

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Congratulations on the launch, guys!

It's only to the sky from here!

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Site looks so damn sweet, okay now I wanna edit some stuff;)

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Hell yeah, finally lol. Awesome nuclearjeff picture btw

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The king is dead. Long live the king!

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Good work so far guys, keep it up, I'm surely gonna be around.

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Very Very cool!  And Slick!

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Best of luck with the site guys. Looks like a win.

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"FIle under: Shaq Fu"

Gotta love that. :)

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Yay, Giantbomb is radtacular and it rox my sox in the bedtime! W00t!

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Fantastic looking site.  
Will there be a mobile version?  

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well, it sure beats the site which shall not be named, but you know what im talking about

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Glad to be here. :-)

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The site looks fantastic, can't wait to see how this all turns out! Good luck guys!