8 years later...

36. Not gaming enough. Working alot. Single, yet content.

Xbox One user. Though feels like I'm missing out... no time anyway lol.

Is this a poetry slam?

What happened 8 years ago? I must know

This website was founded

Happy first post, by the way!

@ericjasonwade: *snaps fingers*

*a bass beat starts up*

I was 16. Sitting in the dark.

Kotaku wasn't cutting it, I needed a new spark..

for games. My phone lit up, it was so bright

This podcast starting playing and it was so tight

Ryan Davis, welcoming me to the Bombcast

The sweet comedy and news left me aghast

So yeah, I remember it to this day

The day Giant Bomb entered the fray

So where was I when they dropped the bomb?

Sitting in a car with my mom

I'm out of here. Catch y'all lata

@cerberus3dog: It's eight years later and now Tony Hawk is no longer a skater.

That's the only rhyme I had so... Time to read Air Force Gator?

(Well done btw!)

when we get to the ten year anniversary my brain is gonna break

The old times were the best times, that's where I'm at

Podcasts popped off with a funky drink chat

Back in the spring of 2008

Jeffrey Gerstmann'd been canned For his Kane and Lynch hate

But they started a new thing, better than the old spot

Talking Cobra and G2 and which bevs they thought hot

If you don't know site history you look like a clown

Before the Bomb got built the arrow pointed down

Now it's 2016 and the years have flown by

Lost the big man in '13, and that made me cry

But the bomb keeps on ticking while other sites fizzle

The torrent of games journalism slowed to a drizzle

And that's why we give thanks for our home, Giant Bomb

Game content on a website, not a black CD-ROM

I've said all I wanted, I ain't got no more

But I'll be back to rap atcha in 2024.

Suddenly, a keystyle thread. *shrug* Why not?

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2007, Kane & Lynch was the game

An honest review clinched the shame

that was placed on the Gamespot name

But a year later a bomb's fuse was lit, history writ

First there was the Gerst, the Rap Man, too human, too legit

Then Ryan Davis came to save us with his razor wit

Vinny Caravella, hella fella! Adventure game? He'll quick look it

Brad Shoemaker rounds it out, a mellow man without a doubt

The OG four, the first to be, the first chapter of bomb history

Fuck, it's midnight, I should wrap this dumb post up

Fuck rhyming, I'm tired

Shout out to French Stewart

Peace

I tried to include some hot rhymes multiple times, but no matter what I did, whatever I put on the grid, it turned depressing and I'm guessing weirdly political.

And that's just unforgivable.

Sound of sodapop.

The charming garrulity.

And E3 that was.

You know, I was going to just flag this and move on earlier today.

I'm glad I didn't.

I was 21 when I found this site.

Alone, on my computer in the middle of the night.

Not out drinking, just sitting in remaining out so sight.

I've enjoyed this community, the gaming I've had has been more than alright.

It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, we endured our share of blight.

But that's okay, it made us stronger, more ready for a fight.

Here's to the next 8 years, may they be even more bright!

Found the bombcast on Itunes sometime in 2010.

Listened to the podcast for a while before coming here, but don't know exactly when.

I checked out the forums and the duders were ok.

The staff did too, so I didn't split and chose to stay.

This is the best fucking thread I've seen in a long time. I love you all.

I miss the enthusiasm and jank of the old days.

A lot can happen in 8 years. 8 Years ago I had depression and was living on wellfare. I was single and felt alone. I had never had a job and had no money and could barely afford food. Today I am married and have a child, I own my own apartment, my depression is over and while I did just loose my job I have been working for 6 years and while I make very little money I at least have enough to get by and not worry about not having food and even if I have put a stop on all gaming related purchases due to loosing my job I have ammassed a huge collection of games over the years that I've bought on steam sales and such to last me a decade.

The site has changed as well. It's still good but not as great as during the Whiskey Media days. I miss Ryan and the Tested crew and having Vinny in the same office as Jeff. Persona 4 Endurance Run that was the best piece of internet content ever created. I still like what they have done like Metal Gear Scanlon. I just finished it before my gold subsciption expired, but it doesn't feel the same anymore.