Giantbombs New Office

Avatar image for charlesalanratliff
CharlesAlanRatliff

5763

Forum Posts

13647

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 34

I wonder if they have a separate area for playing games. For me, that open environment would be too distracting.

Avatar image for gav47
Gav47

1583

Forum Posts

2761

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 11

#52  Edited By Gav47

Too bright

Avatar image for alwaysbeclothing
alwaysbeclothing

2075

Forum Posts

6765

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 4

#53  Edited By alwaysbeclothing

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.

Avatar image for robothamster
RobotHamster

4284

Forum Posts

1446

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 11

#54  Edited By RobotHamster

I need videos! How to rebuild a bomb!!!!

Avatar image for alternate
alternate

3040

Forum Posts

1390

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

#55  Edited By alternate
@Berezov said:
" There's an awful lot of pillars in there, I'd still love to work there. "
Underground level of a presumably large building in a city with history of earthquakes.  Once you get the partition walls in it should sort itself.
Avatar image for binman88
Binman88

3700

Forum Posts

49

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

#56  Edited By Binman88

Looking forward to seeing more. Hope they retain some of the personality of their old space when they've got everything set up.

Avatar image for theadmin
TheAdmin

1062

Forum Posts

6686

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 8

#57  Edited By TheAdmin
@AlwaysBeClothing said:
" 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.
Avatar image for theht
TheHT

15998

Forum Posts

1562

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 9

#58  Edited By TheHT
@99X said:
" @AlwaysBeClothing said:
" 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're the ones doing the setup (and the work), so I imangine they'll do what's good for them.
Avatar image for theadmin
TheAdmin

1062

Forum Posts

6686

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 8

#59  Edited By TheAdmin

They need to order some of these fake outdoor windows and sky lights:   

No Caption Provided

put some of those into the ceiling and some of these into the brick walls: 

No Caption Provided

  http://www.theskyfactory.com/products/ - I wish I had space/reason to buy some for myself.  
Avatar image for alwaysbeclothing
alwaysbeclothing

2075

Forum Posts

6765

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 4

#60  Edited By alwaysbeclothing
@TheHT: It seems almost like they were assigned seats.  Hopefully they should have conference offices or something to isolate noise for bombcast and such.  However, everything is speculation till the videos hit the sites.
Avatar image for fluxwavez
FluxWaveZ

19845

Forum Posts

19798

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

#61  Edited By FluxWaveZ
@99X: I'd never, ever want to install one of those where I lived or anywhere, really.  I would go crazy constantly thinking about how all of it was fake.
Avatar image for devwil
DevWil

976

Forum Posts

8022

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 11

User Lists: 7

#62  Edited By DevWil

it honestly looks like they're just getting ready to have a Quake 3 LAN.

Avatar image for toowalrus
toowalrus

13408

Forum Posts

29

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

#63  Edited By toowalrus
@99X: We have one solitary fake skylight tile at the pizza joint where I work. Just one, it's really weird looking, especially when it's raining outside, or dark.
Avatar image for cptbedlam
CptBedlam

4612

Forum Posts

7

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#64  Edited By CptBedlam
@MattyFTM said:

" We have another picture of it courtesy of tested:
 

No Caption Provided
"
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.
 
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.
Avatar image for viggo123
VIGGO123

582

Forum Posts

1018

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

#65  Edited By VIGGO123

Does anyone know, with the moving and stuff, if there will be a Bombcast this week??

Avatar image for pkshields
Pkshields

827

Forum Posts

113

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

#66  Edited By Pkshields

I'm also worried that this will make the site lose the personal feeling from the content on the site, wonder if one long room is the final setup of the new offices.

Avatar image for gearhead
gearhead

2381

Forum Posts

1594

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

#67  Edited By gearhead
@Pkshields said:

" I'm also worried that this will make the site lose the personal feeling from the content on the site, wonder if one long room is the final setup of the new offices. "

Exactly my fear.
Avatar image for cptbedlam
CptBedlam

4612

Forum Posts

7

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#68  Edited By CptBedlam
@VIGGO123 said:
" Does anyone know, with the moving and stuff, if there will be a Bombcast this week?? "
They said they would do a bombcast, no matter what.
Avatar image for iam3green
iam3green

14368

Forum Posts

350

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#69  Edited By iam3green

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?

Avatar image for faint
Faint

837

Forum Posts

46

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

#70  Edited By Faint

looks like it has a very similar feel to the old office. i like it :)

Avatar image for charlesalanratliff
CharlesAlanRatliff

5763

Forum Posts

13647

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 34

@iam3green said:
" 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.
Avatar image for gamer_152
gamer_152

15029

Forum Posts

74573

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 71

User Lists: 6

#72  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

Right now it's looking rather large but rather soulless, it'll probably look better once they've had the time to cover the walls in movie posters and pictures of Shaq.

Avatar image for meetthepyro
MeetThePyro

440

Forum Posts

197

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

#73  Edited By MeetThePyro

So.... BIG! 

Avatar image for mattyftm
MattyFTM

14914

Forum Posts

67415

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 11

#74  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator
@iam3green said:

" 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? "

The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe.
Avatar image for iam3green
iam3green

14368

Forum Posts

350

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#75  Edited By iam3green
@MattyFTM said:
" @iam3green said:

" 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? "

The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe. "
: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.
Avatar image for zombie2011
zombie2011

5628

Forum Posts

8742

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

#76  Edited By zombie2011

ewwwww they got Anime Vice in my Giantbomb.

Avatar image for jp_russell
JP_Russell

1195

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

#77  Edited By JP_Russell

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.
Avatar image for mattyftm
MattyFTM

14914

Forum Posts

67415

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 11

#78  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator
@iam3green said:

" @MattyFTM said:

" @iam3green said:

" 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? "

The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe. "
: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. "
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!!!!!!!
Avatar image for mistermouse
MisterMouse

3608

Forum Posts

272

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 5

#79  Edited By MisterMouse

I am interested to see how the place will look.

Avatar image for colinryan
ColinRyan

306

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

#80  Edited By ColinRyan

Now I want the bombcast! Love to work there.

Avatar image for dalai
Dalai

7868

Forum Posts

955

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

#81  Edited By Dalai
@MattyFTM said:
" @iam3green said:

" @MattyFTM said:

" @iam3green said:

" 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? "

The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe. "
: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. "
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!!!!!!! "
I always figured Whiskey Media was involved in the dark arts in some fashion.
Avatar image for alternate
alternate

3040

Forum Posts

1390

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

#82  Edited By alternate
@iam3green said:
" @MattyFTM said:
" @iam3green said:

" 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? "

The servers aren't (and have never been) located in the Sausalito office. They're somewhere in Canada, I believe. "
: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. "
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
 
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.
Avatar image for jimbo
Jimbo

10472

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

#83  Edited By Jimbo

@->--   xXx Ryan xXx   --
@->--   xXx Ryan xXx   --
Avatar image for coldwolven
Cold_Wolven

2583

Forum Posts

3

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#84  Edited By Cold_Wolven

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.
Avatar image for ravensword
ravensword

4330

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

#85  Edited By ravensword
@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
Avatar image for ravensword
ravensword

4330

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

#86  Edited By ravensword

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?
Avatar image for binman88
Binman88

3700

Forum Posts

49

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

#87  Edited By Binman88
@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.
Avatar image for sammichman
Sammichman

126

Forum Posts

79

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

#88  Edited By Sammichman

No Caption Provided
From Jeff's Twitter. The Podcast room.
Avatar image for charlesalanratliff
CharlesAlanRatliff

5763

Forum Posts

13647

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 34

@Raven_Sword said:
" @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.
Avatar image for jkz
jkz

4287

Forum Posts

268

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 3

#90  Edited By jkz
@Binman88 said:

" @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. "
Yup 
 
 
 
You can see Jeff in the upper left, and Ryan sits right next to Norm.
Avatar image for danieljw
DanielJW

4933

Forum Posts

8618

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 8

#91  Edited By DanielJW

We're seeing it in a rather bare state. I wouldn't be too worried about them losing personality. Give them a few weeks to get settled and spice things up. It'll feel like a cozy little home soon enough. 
 
Also do they have a cafeteria?!  

    
 
(from Ryan's Twitter)

Avatar image for ravensword
ravensword

4330

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

#92  Edited By ravensword
@jukezypoo:

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.
Avatar image for teptom
teptom

2074

Forum Posts

9175

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 7

#93  Edited By teptom
@DanielJW: They could have just gone down the street or something.
Avatar image for ravensword
ravensword

4330

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

#94  Edited By ravensword
@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.
Avatar image for ravensword
ravensword

4330

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

#95  Edited By ravensword
@DanielJW:

Im curious about Diana's meat pie.
Avatar image for sammichman
Sammichman

126

Forum Posts

79

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

#96  Edited By Sammichman
@Raven_Sword said:
" @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.
Avatar image for soothsayergb
SoothsayerGB

1500

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#97  Edited By SoothsayerGB

I can't see much.  So I don't know.  Blarg.

Avatar image for jkz
jkz

4287

Forum Posts

268

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 3

#98  Edited By jkz
@Raven_Sword: 
 
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.
Avatar image for rtslord
RTSlord

1242

Forum Posts

132

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

#99  Edited By RTSlord

 
 
The new podcast area! Now with fire extinguisher...   
 
EDIT: Dang, someone beat me too it
Avatar image for dany
Dany

8019

Forum Posts

416

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

#100  Edited By Dany

ah, so bright/white