I think giantbomb might be have a huge influence on the internet

This video feels like it was made explicitly for Jeff and the others. I feel like this has to be shown on this site. My question is, is this a result of Giantbomb's view on the genre that has spawned this dubstep craze or did it start somewhere else only to be adopted by this site. Where and when did this ridicule of Dubstep start? i feel like last year about this time year i was discovering real dubstep and was kinda liking it in a non ironic fashion (i enjoyed everything but the weird modem noises which always ruined overall good songs). So tell me. Where did all this start? who decided dubstep was dumb, could it really have been this site?

I've seen this video before and I'm sure it's unrelated to Giant Bomb. Over the past few years, at least here in the UK, dubstep has just been a pretty recognisable part of pop culture and whatever's "in" right now is always going to attract a significant amount of jokes about itself. I wouldn't call it ridicule exactly, I think that's a bit strong, but some people, the Giant Bomb crew and community included, certainly seem to have an ironic appreciation of it.

I'm pretty sure dubstep was popular before Giantbomb jumped on board.

You're fo-WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR AVATAR!?

people hating dub step and this video have been around for some time, its not because of Giant Bombs crazy tastes.

I'm pretty sure dubstep was popular before Giantbomb jumped on board.

More than likely, the internet has a huge influence on Giant Bomb.

It's still terrible.

You're fo-WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR AVATAR!?

@Video_Game_King said:

You're fo-WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR AVATAR!?

I laughed.

I think giant bomb DOES have a huge influence on sites. If there aren't a ton of examples of that now, then there will be shortly. I dont think giantbomb INVENTED their payed-content method, but I have noticed a lot of websites doing a similar "we're not going to make you pay for content that you already have, but we will do more for you if you want to give us some cash" A few podcasts have done additional Radio Dave type content for paid subscribers.

@EuanDewar:

I know, but WHAT!?

It's still terrible.

@Natedogg2 said:

More than likely, the internet has a huge influence on Giant Bomb.

Yeah, its more likely this than the other way around.

Debatably, there may actually be a few Youtube channels/commentators that have more sway on the internet than Giant Bomb does.

Well- in their own ways with an emphasis on Debatably that is. :P

People outside of Giantbomb know about dubstep to you know.....dubstep became popular years before Giantbomb was even created.

@Unknown_Pleasures: im not talking about Dubstep the music. Im talking about this attitude that is so prevalent hear on this website, the ironic enjoyment. I am well aware this form of music has been around a long time. Sorry if i didnt make that clear.

@Vinny_Says said:

I'm pretty sure dubstep was popular before Giantbomb jumped on board.

Yes, but I think that GiantBomb was ahead of the curve in making fun of dubstep. In fact, I had never heard anyone really making fun of it before Jeff and gang. Then again, I hadn't really heard of dubstep before that, either, because I'm fucking elderly as shit.

Yeah, ironic appreciation of dubstep has been around for a while, nearly around the time dubstep started popping up. Giant Bomb has certainly added to my personal appreciation of dubstep, but I think it's a much larger cultural concept of ironic appreciation than simply something born of Giant Bomb's own influence.

No no no no no, Giant Bomb's dub-step obsession is a result of the Dub-Step Craze, not the other way around. It was a slow burn but the music was huge for years in the UK before it really caught on here. C'mon man there's more going on than 5 guys on a video game website.

Giant Bomb IS dubstep.

Feeling pretty good about my generation.

I love dubstep. I like to make it with my mouth.

@CharlesAlanRatliff said:

I love dubstep. I like to make it with my mouth.

This.

I heard Giant Bomb invented the internet.

I knew about dubstep long before it became a running joke on Giant Bomb. I have a good friend who's way into it. At that time I mainly just thought that most of it sounded pretty bad.

Giant Bombstep Reloaded is the best dubstep created (not joking)

I'm pretty sure there were no video games before Giant Bomb.

Dubstep has been dumb since it started. When that genre popped up, people were insta-dumbing it. It had a renaissance of sorts when white angry europe decided dubstep wasnt about dub or step or bass or anything, and more about the hardest drum&bass imaginable at half the bpm. Then Skrillex put a face on it and his OCD style of random bullshit flew under everyone's sensibility radars and made a home there. And here we are.

It's a genre that can be mighty and impressive and fucking bombastic as hell, but 99/100 times it's the worst, laziest kind of electronica.

Not dubstep. But it's part of the movement that has made dubstep what it is now.

Sidenote. I love this shit.

Oh hey, what do you know, dubstep by someone who knows what dub is!

@jorbear said:

Giant Bomb IS dubstep.

I want that on a t-shirt.

@Ravenlight said:

@jorbear said:

Giant Bomb IS dubstep.

I want that on a t-shirt.

I want to burn that t-shirt.

I think internet might be have a huge influence on grammar.

4chan is a site that has influenced the Internet ridiculous amounts. Also, Wikipedia.

@pornstorestiffi said:

@Ravenlight said:

@jorbear said:

Giant Bomb IS dubstep.

I want that on a t-shirt.

I want to burn that t-shirt.

I want a way to wear that t-shirt, on fire, all day long.

I started to mock dubstep years ago, clearly Giantbomb is biting my style in order to appear hip. You're not fooling anyone Gerstmann!

I think dubstep being a big fat joke invented making fun of dubstep. I remember laughing at sick blow-out bass on people's shitty little Nokias when I was in high-school like 5 years ago, before it turned into its own genre.

@ectoplasma said:

I think internet might be have a huge influence on grammar.

I think I might be have a stroke.

@I_smell said:

I think dubstep being a big fat joke invented making fun of dubstep. I remember laughing at sick blow-out bass on people's shitty little Nokias when I was in high-school like 5 years ago, before it turned into its own genre.

No! I am the one who invented the idea of making fun of dubstep! Swallow your words or I will fight you!

I liked dubstep before it was dumb to hate it.

@Ravenlight said:

@pornstorestiffi said:

@Ravenlight said:

@jorbear said:

Giant Bomb IS dubstep.

I want that on a t-shirt.

I want to burn that t-shirt.

I want a way to wear that t-shirt, on fire, all day long.

If you ever find a way to do that, let me know ASAP.

@Getz said:

No no no no no, Giant Bomb's dub-step obsession is a result of the Dub-Step Craze, not the other way around. It was a slow burn but the music was huge for years in the UK before it really caught on here. C'mon man there's more going on than 5 guys on a video game website.

Yeah pretty much nailed it, dubstep has a huge following now and the Giant Bomb staff took notice; Jeff especially.

Dubstep was part of the EDM underground scene in the UK for a good while, but it expanded and started to reach the UK dance charts and eventually its influence spread to the US and now its popular worldwide... sounds pretty different from the bits of dub step I heard 8+ years ago though, no longer has that 2 step garage vibe that it once had.

Oh, also I think Jeff mentioned this video in the bombcast.

Freddie and company have been doing their own thing for several years now. I highly doubt Giant Bomb has anything to do with it.

dubstep? no

trackmania and skylanders? YES

There weren't games before Giant Bomb decided to cover them, it turns out.

Giant Bomb created dubstep, energy drinks, and hotdog toasters. On the fourth day, we rested.

Why do you think they call the Big Bang the Big Bang? Giant Bomb, that's why.

@Vinny_Says said:

I'm pretty sure dubstep was popular before Giantbomb jumped on board.

Yes, but I think that GiantBomb was ahead of the curve in making fun of dubstep. In fact, I had never heard anyone really making fun of it before Jeff and gang. Then again, I hadn't really heard of dubstep before that, either, because I'm fucking elderly as shit.

O_o

I feel like some people here just don't get the way the guys on Giant Bomb work. To a large degree, they're the "I don't like anything" kind of people. They're hipsters. That's why games that look good are spoken of on the podcast as "Game looks okay". Unless it's something completely subversive like saint's row in which case they get all over it. And even then you get alot of "Ooh, I shouldn't like thsi but I do"s. And "Oh no, I'm going to have to play this game. Ugh."s.

I say that to say that it's pretty clear that Giant Bomb LIKES dubstep. As evidenced by Jeff putting tons of it in the Trackmania server. Them talking badly about something repeatedly means they like it. It makes no sense, I know.

GB became hip to dubstep with it's over-use in game trailers. So no, they didn't start anything.

Giantbomb has definitely influenced the internet in that now almost every video game website has something like a quick look.

Yeah dubstep has been a thing for a while. Brostep, sometimes decent, however overshadows its origin.