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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
Jeff Gerstmann on Google+

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Edited By Sedarati

Rock on

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Good luck with the site, not that you will need it. Truly gonna be amazing seeing this grow.

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Good luck with the site, not that you will need it. Truly gonna be amazing seeing this grow.

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Edited By tATu

Aweome. Good luck!

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WOOHOO!!

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Edited By sizu

great site.  good luck with the launch.

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Edited By Gen_Warbuff

OMG, this looks like it will be amazing, congrats on the new pad!

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Edited By Mox007

I've been looking forward to the Giant Bomb Launch. I also want to thank you guys for all of the E3 podcasts. They kept my work week from being overly dull. :) 

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Edited By zityz

The site is the bomb diggity... wait, does anyone even say that anymore? oh well. Awesome site!

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Edited By Skywarpgold

"Rawr, rawr, like a dungeon dragon!"

Congrats on the site launch guys!  Can't wait to delve into the pages.

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AWESOME!!! site looks really cool

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Edited By Legend

YESS! I've been waiting for this for a long time.

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Edited By Fontan

I couldn't  wait any longer! And it's better than all my expectations. Good job, guys, and good luck!

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Edited By djofsparta

Simply magical.  Great work guys!

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Edited By Darklyte510

Now we're talking! Awesome site and good luck with everything, guys!

Cheers!

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I've been waiting for this to launch! ^__^ It seems great so far.

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Yay, the site's up and going!

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The first impression sure was awesome! I am loving the database thing, and the best thing is that you guys are doing one of the bravest and probably greatest thing!

Making uniform board for MP games :D i love it!

and your WYSIWYG for the comments itself looks nice!
Huzza!!

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Edited By Feanor

The site is looking pretty good.

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HUZZAH!

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Edited By AntonySmithLive

Im really really excited about this site wooooop :D

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Im really really excited about this site wooooop :D

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Edited By Gigastormz

Sweet!  Can't wait to check out the site further.  Great work guys!!

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Edited By afriskydingo

jeff you rock! sweet site.  much better than gamespot.  looks like i can finally say good riddance to that site.  this looks much better.  love everything you guys are doing here.  awesome podcasts, videos, and the whole thing looks really good.

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the site looks great and more user friendly than 1up.com. Great job guys upstairs.

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yay!

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I've been following giantbomb since I found it on Jeff's blog.
And now that its been launched I am happy.
Read this Jeff, I am happy! :-)

This is a great site, and I will be here daily. If not all day, every day ;-)

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Edited By mercanis

Well done, the site looks great so far. It will be interesting to see what else you guys add to it in the coming months.

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Edited By MidnyteWolf

Excellent site guys, it looks awsome, i really cant wait to see how big this site will grow. 2008 year of the GIANT BOMB!!!

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Edited By cyberchop

This site is AWESOME!!!!! You Guys were great before, and here's hoping that wthout all the previous restrictions, you'll be even better!!!!!!

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Wooho giantbomb rocks. You guys have done a tremendous job making it. My new gaming home for sure!

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yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay  I'm so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The site looks killer guys.  You all did an awesome job.

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Games over platforms.  It's so obvious, it's stupid that others don't do it that way.  Thanks for launching a rad site.

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'grats, guys. Looking forward to spending countless hours wandering round the place!

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Awesome job with the site.  Keep up the great work.

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Nice, Well done guys. Good luck with the site. :)

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sweet looking site

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Edited By Kowalski

Congratulations Jeff and everyone working on the site! Crack open the champale and stuff yourselves full of Djungenvrål!

Let's do this!

/akagenokeri

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Edited By Wray77

Looking forward to your site, run by people with a lot of experience, without the corporate handlers :)

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Some really awesome ideas are going on here, I think I found a new site to be a permanent member at :)

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Some of the features seem great! Great job guys!

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Edited By Nobility

Congratulations on completing the site.  Hopefully this is the beginning of a strong gaming community.

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Edited By Bane

Fantastic!  I don't think I've ever been so happy to be hit with giant bomb shrapnel!

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Loving it! Can't wait to edit some pages. :)

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Keep up the amazing work and its a great website

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Awesome, New first place to go site!

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Edited By cspiffo

This site is amazing!!!

BTW...A game isn't a game unless it has hamburgers in it!

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I can't believe its finally up! Keep up the good work!