I wonder if they have a separate area for playing games. For me, that open environment would be too distracting.
Giantbombs New Office
Ugh, People on both sides of the desks? Seeing as how much gear everyone has and such close proximity I can't imagine that helping productivity. I remember Ryan playing GH3 in the gin video. Imagine that on the other side of your desk while you're trying to write something.
" Ugh, People on both sides of the desks? Seeing as how much gear everyone has and such close proximity I can't imagine that helping productivity. I remember Ryan playing GH3 in the gin video. Imagine that on the other side of your desk while you're trying to write something. "Seriously... everyone is all bunched together... I'm surprised everyone didn't get their own site space - Tested getting a section, Giant Bomb getting a section.... Seems silly to have everyone together in the middle of the basement.
" @AlwaysBeClothing said:They're the ones doing the setup (and the work), so I imangine they'll do what's good for them." Ugh, People on both sides of the desks? Seeing as how much gear everyone has and such close proximity I can't imagine that helping productivity. I remember Ryan playing GH3 in the gin video. Imagine that on the other side of your desk while you're trying to write something. "Seriously... everyone is all bunched together... I'm surprised everyone didn't get their own site space - Tested getting a section, Giant Bomb getting a section.... Seems silly to have everyone together in the middle of the basement. "
They need to order some of these fake outdoor windows and sky lights:
put some of those into the ceiling and some of these into the brick walls:
http://www.theskyfactory.com/products/ - I wish I had space/reason to buy some for myself.
tbh, I guess some of the personal and intimate spirit that surrounded GB will be lost along the way. Seeing this, all that Whiskey media stuff in one big hall, it doesn't feel like GB is a "handful of friends"-operation anymore. This looks a lot like the gametrailers offices to me." We have another picture of it courtesy of tested:
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I most certainly won't effect the media output and for the bombcast they'll have a corner or extra room but still, it's a different feel.
" lol it looks like basement. i'm sure they are going to finish and upgrading it to look better. if they are getting a new office how come we are still online. aren't the servers like on the next floor from where the crew work? "Giant Bomb was down for a few hours the other day while they switched servers.
" @iam3green said::O i thought they were because the crew always saying like we will go to the guys upstairs and fix that problem. something a long the lines of that. i thought the servers were upstairs.The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe. "" if they are getting a new office how come we are still online. aren't the servers like on the next floor from where the crew work? "
Reminds me a little of the old Gamespot office space for some reason.
@AlwaysBeClothing said:
" @TheHT: It seems almost like they were assigned seats."
They were. Mathew Rorie on Screened said in a recent video that he thinks he's supposed to be sitting next to Ryan in the new office, meaning they have pre-assigned work areas already.
It's not uncommon for websites to locate their servers away from their offices. I assume they rent/lease them from a company that does server stuff, since I imagine owning and maintaining your own servers would cost an absolute fortune. But I really don't know much about the inner workings of keeping a website up and running, only that the Giant Bomb offices and servers are located quite a distance away from each other. It could be sorcery and witchcraft for all I know. SORCERY AND WITCHCRAFT I TELL YOU!!!!!!!" @MattyFTM said:
:O i thought they were because the crew always saying like we will go to the guys upstairs and fix that problem. something a long the lines of that. i thought the servers were upstairs. "" @iam3green said:
The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe. "" if they are getting a new office how come we are still online. aren't the servers like on the next floor from where the crew work? "
" @iam3green said:I always figured Whiskey Media was involved in the dark arts in some fashion.It's not uncommon for websites to locate their servers away from their offices. I assume they rent/lease them from a company that does server stuff, since I imagine owning and maintaining your own servers would cost an absolute fortune. But I really don't know much about the inner workings of keeping a website up and running, only that the Giant Bomb offices and servers are located quite a distance away from each other. It could be sorcery and witchcraft for all I know. SORCERY AND WITCHCRAFT I TELL YOU!!!!!!! "" @MattyFTM said:
:O i thought they were because the crew always saying like we will go to the guys upstairs and fix that problem. something a long the lines of that. i thought the servers were upstairs. "" @iam3green said:
The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe. "" if they are getting a new office how come we are still online. aren't the servers like on the next floor from where the crew work? "
" @MattyFTM said:They will be with a hosting company or server farm like most sites. Remember all the times they bitched about how bad the internet was in the old place? Not ideal to run servers off a crappy Comcast business line :D" @iam3green said::O i thought they were because the crew always saying like we will go to the guys upstairs and fix that problem. something a long the lines of that. i thought the servers were upstairs. "The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe. "" if they are getting a new office how come we are still online. aren't the servers like on the next floor from where the crew work? "
I believe 365 main is very near the SF buiness district and remember a lot of the sites based on 2nd street (1up, IGN, gamestop, etc) used them a few years ago 'cause brown out in the power grid took out all those sites for a few days back in 2007.
Just needs a little decorating, a good place to hang Luchadeer and some good old game posters on the wall. I want to see proper photos of the office after everything is sorted.
Oh thank god. You cant have a proper office without that thing. Thats like forgetting the Luchadeer.
Wait...... they DID remember Luchadeer right? 0_0
I actually have a quick question. Are they sharing their office with any of the other Whiskey Media sites? are they going to be rubbin elbows with the tested people when they work on their computers or something? Or if theyre in teh same office, do they each have their own floor?
" I actually have a quick question. Are they sharing their office with any of the other Whiskey Media sites? are they going to be rubbin elbows with the tested people when they work on their computers or something? Or if theyre in teh same office, do they each have their own floor? "They're all on the same basement floor.
" @Vito_Raliffe: Oh thank god. You cant have a proper office without that thing. Thats like forgetting the Luchadeer. Wait...... they DID remember Luchadeer right? 0_0 "Yep! Luchadeer was placed in the back of the truck.
Yup" @Raven_Sword said:
" I actually have a quick question. Are they sharing their office with any of the other Whiskey Media sites? are they going to be rubbin elbows with the tested people when they work on their computers or something? Or if theyre in teh same office, do they each have their own floor? "They're all on the same basement floor. "
You can see Jeff in the upper left, and Ryan sits right next to Norm.
Maybe it wont be a big deal, but that sounds like it could be problematic. Theyre trying to do video stuff, and the other sites wont STFU and let them do it or maybe it could become a conflict of goals and become distracting. I dont know, having multiple sites doing completely different things working literally right next to you sounds like it could be kinda problematic. Again, itll probaly be fine, just seems weird to me for some reason. And honestly, its not really the Giant Bomb office then, its the Whiskey Media office. Meaning no more cool office tours devoted only to what their doing. Also, I hope they dont have to work around eachothers schedules to get like green screen usages and all that, because that would be lame.
ALL the Whiskey Media sites? or only like 2 or 3? or all 5 of them? because god damn if they all 5 on one floor.
" @Binman88: ALL the Whiskey Media sites? or only like 2 or 3? or all 5 of them? because god damn if they all 5 on one floor. "I know Tested, Giantbomb and Comic Vine are for sure on one floor. I'd guess Screened too, dunno about those Anime Vice guys though they're a little.... funky.
No no I see your point. I would make the case, though, that waiting might be a better choice. I'm sure they've taken into account the fact that the Giantbomb guys will be playing games, and talking to each other about said games, which is bound to create some noise. I wouldn't be surprised if there's small sections that will, in the future, be partitioned off for said uses.
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