Giant Bomb, step your game up!

Yeah, yeah...you've probably already guessed what this is about. But I need to air my concerns somewhere because I like Giant Bomb. Okay, here it goes.

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Agreed.

You're complaining that the new guy that frees up the staff to do other projects is putting out too much content?
 
The stories aren't the first to break. Big deal. I didn't realize video game news was so time sensitive.

Also, Kessler is still writing them.

" You're complaining that the new guy that frees up the staff to do other projects is putting out too much content?  The stories aren't the first to break. Big deal. I didn't realize video game news was so time sensitive. "

I also agree. There must be a better way to sort between original content and the regular news and trailers. 

I don't see why them covering more news is such a bad thing. There is also a video tab at the top that keeps track of all quicklooks. You unsubscribed because they are giving us readers more options to stay here and to not have to go to other sites to get news? You essentially just explained that because you don't want to have to click a couple things you would rather just not read this site at all. Wow, people are really getting lazy.

I like the idea to seperate the Giantbomb produced stuff from the news. I don't like to see a Quick Look drown after a few hours because news stories kick it out.

Meh, my opinion differs. I personally like the new influx of content as opposed to having nothing to read for two days straight. 
 
Edit: And after looking at the most recent news stories how the hell are they borderline spam? Lets run through the stories: New Deathspank game, Torchlight coming to consoles, Neverwinter release, Fallout ending info (this is a BIG deal to people going to buy the game), Crackdown 2 DLC, L4D DLC, and I can't be fucked to write the rest...

Compared to other...certain websites, the news section here is actually incredibly good. 
Practically no flame bait...it really is incredible.

The one thing I feel like we're forgetting is that commenting and discussing news stories on GB is far better than other sites. So if I see the same story here as I do on Kotaku, etc. I'm more inclined to comment because the community here is more fun to engage. 

" You're complaining that the new guy that frees up the staff to do other projects is putting out too much content?   "

So there's TOO MUCH content now? You'll never be happy, will you?

agreed, brad nicholson and kessler are really, really bad.
 
they just cover pointless news stories and try to rip off the gb crews style, but they completely fail

" The one thing I feel like we're forgetting is that commenting and discussing news stories on GB is far better than other sites. So if I see the same story here as I do on Kotaku, etc. I'm more inclined to comment because the community here is more fun to engage.  "

Man, that song caught on quick..

" Meh, my opinion differs. I personally like the new influx of content as opposed to having nothing to read for two days straight. "

" Agreed. "

" Have fun at Gamespot! "

I thought this was going to be about a PSP video.

Way to go actually providing some ideas to fix the issue. I think the ability to filter news--by author even--could be interesting. 
 
That said though, Giant Bomb is the only gaming site I visit on a regular basis. Due to that being the case, more news is always good news in my eyes.

o god here we go.

" @hack745 said:

" You're complaining that the new guy that frees up the staff to do other projects is putting out too much content?   "

i expect to see this comment a hundred more times and my god why dont the people repeating it like parrots actually READ what the OP said ? he doesnt mind the news much, they're here for whoever is interested,  he, however, is NOT. and Giantbomb, as we all agree, is a really unique site with amazingly entertaining content from the main 5 staff members. when the spammy news smother that original content that we're here for, then there's a problem isnt there?  You enjoying the new brad news? thats FINE. we LOVE that you're enjoying that shit, but a big part of the community is here for what Jeff, Ryan, Brad, Vinny and Dave give us, and we'd like to be able to filter the news so that we can get the latter content, while you get the former.  I swear that we're gonna get 50 more comments going "you're bitching about the new guys helping the staff out and giving them the chance to work on other projects ? JEFF HIRED THOSE GUYS, STOP CRYING" or something like "if you dont like the news DONT CHECK OUT THE FRONT PAGE"  Please try to understand what the problem is. I love the new brad, i wanna blow him, but i'd like his shit to stay separate from the MAIN reason im on here, which is the awesome stuff the staff posts. videos and articles so unique and entertaining that we ditched everything else for them.  Hey, Killjoi, stop fucking bitching about the new guy !!!  (sarcasm) "

" Giant Bomb is the Carlos Mencia of gaming new sites.  
 

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Generally, I've always preferred forums to get me my news. Forums are lightening fast for this sort of thing, and work wonders for discussion. I've never liked the way news is posted on any video game website. It's always fraught with a ton of "humorous" prose that you can tell was painstakingly labored over for an hour or two. It's always a giant article with nothing but filler, trying to make a full article out of maybe 3 bits of info and an image. 
 
If news was simply the scant few tidbits released in bullet-point form, whatever pictures were given to the press at the time, and a source, I'd read it and comment more often. News is a subject of discussion, not something to spin a tale about.

Totally agree with OP. A re-design is in order! A way to filter news by author would be nice too, but I doubt thats going to happen.

A very simple fix is to separate the Staff stuff and the news stuff. 
 
Just make the Staff articles Editorials, since that's more of what they are. That way if you don't go to other sites you can go to News and see Nicholson and Kessler do releases and leaks and stuff like that. 
 
But if you wanna see what Jeff has to say about Mortal Kombat when it got announced, or what Ryan wants to say about Rock Band 3 complete set list, etc. etc. Vinny talk about Catherine (WHERE IS THAT?) it'll be in Editorials 
 
Then again all this stuff is usually in the bombcast which is why you probably don't see more of it, since they figure it's too much overlap and they wanna do other stuff. 

" So there's TOO MUCH content now? You'll never be happy, will you? "

 I like going to a site and learning whats up and being entertained, instead of being entertained and then going to another site to learn. 

"So there's TOO MUCH content now? You'll never be happy, will you? "

OP is right.  Some kind of quality control on the news wouldn't go amiss.  The decent content is getting buried under piles of shit, which was expressly what Giant Bomb wasn't going to do at one stage.  Last week there was a story about Respawn not working on something, and a story about that Carmine poll not having a result yet.  This isn't news in a slow week, let alone whilst GamesCom is going on.

" @Axxol said:

" Have fun at Gamespot! "

Ha.  This is Gamespot now guy.   Actually, considering GB's content.  Gamespot is better.
 
I completely agree with op.  All GB does is poach other real site's news and put a stoner dress on it, while acting like they know wtf they are talking about.  Because they are in the biz? Right?  

Giant Bomb is the Carlos Mencia of gaming new sites.  
 

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" @TwoLines said:

"So there's TOO MUCH content now? You'll never be happy, will you? "

Reposted stories from other sites with a 1 paragraph reaction are not what I consider content. "

" I thought this was going to be about a PSP video. "

Remember when Jeff said video game news had gotten stale? Yeah, me neither.

Usually I would get angry at these posts because they were singling out the new staff and calling their writing styles bad, but this was straight to the point and I actually agree. The reason I love Giantbomb, is because the love the same games I like, and I never had to filter through anything. Even games that weren't my style became my style, because the staff made them seem interesting. Now I rarely read through anything, just because there is so much stuff I don't care about.

I cannot possibly explain with words how much I agree with this.

Agreed. Myself and several friends who visit the site daily find it difficult to locate original content by the staff at times due to everything being in just one list on the homepage. Just the other night we were trying to find an older mail-bag video and it was a pain, it shouldn't be the hard. Personally, I think the front page needs to be revamped, a new's column and a dedicated exclusive GB content column would be nice. GB is an amazing website...about video games (haha)...but it's lack of organization is hurting it right now.

You know you could always just filter content using your eyes and your brain. Maybe that's too difficult of a concept. I mean, if you hate sports games, don't read an article about sports games. I ignore most news and articles/other content that I don't care about so I don't really need a filter to do it for me.
 
Now if you want higher quality articles... then that's a different story. I wouldn't mind the staffs opinion on more things rather than just reposting the same stuff. It doesn't really matter to me either way since I come to this website for the bombcast, endurance run, quicklooks, tang, reviews, and any other video content with the staff speaking their mind formally or informally.
 
Also, why isn't this thread about the PSP.

" Also, Kessler is still writing them. "

You all seem suprised that GB are aiming their site at an audience that doesn't need to go to other sites, I find this suprising myself.  Why would they want you to go to other sites? surely it makes more sense for people to get their news on GB.
 
Yes I'm going to bring this up again, they are able to do alot more work now they don't have to keep writing news articles, you can say "stop saying that" all you like, but it's true. 
 
The news is staying, deal with it, they don't work 24/7, some news articles will be late because they don't work weekends, some news might be similar to your precious Kotaku because, here's the kicker; publishers send out the same press release to everyone, so no shit that stuff is going to be on other sites.
 
Now before you rage, I agree that the front page could do with some sorting, just some tags or something so I know if I'm clicking on a video, news, a write up, or a review. There has been times when a video is posted up on the front page, then an article goes up about that video, would much prefer to only have it up once.

" You know you could always just filter content using your eyes and your brain. Maybe that's too difficult of a concept. I mean, if you hate sports games, don't read an article about sports games. I ignore most news and articles/other content that I don't care about so I don't really need a filter to do it for me.  Now if you want higher quality articles... then that's a different story. I wouldn't mind the staffs opinion on more things rather than just reposting the same stuff. It doesn't really matter to me either way since I come to this website for the bombcast, endurance run, quicklooks, tang, reviews, and any other video content with the staff speaking their mind formally or informally.  Also, why isn't this thread about the PSP. "

I don't mind if they expand their news coverage, but I do think that there needs to be some restructuring of the front page to accommodate it. If some cool, unique article/video is posted early in the day and has been pushed out of the set of stories on the front page by the time I get home from work, I might never notice it unless someone points it out to me or I spot the comment thread in the forums.