Giant Bomb seems to be on a hiatus all the time. :) Forums and other news sites help me stay informed. I came here for the fun and weird videos they used to make. Now Giant Bomb makes less of everything.
For content: old GiantBomb videos and random youtubers I think don't suck like 2BFs, LAGtv, MaximusBlack, RoosterTeeth, and maybe a few others.
As far as news, I never really used GB as a news site. I just use Joystiqs and Destructoids RSS feeds...
Yup. I thought that would change at least a little with Scoops coming in, but nope. Most news is forwarded from other websites and once in a while we get an article. Once a week? I prefer Giant Bomb to focus more on making fun video game related videos like their Endurance Runs, their older Quick Looks and shoulders down interviews with people in the industry. I like their Co-op with Gamespot for the weekly new releases show.
Nowhere really. I don't care about news as much as fun content. Sometimes I drop in to GameTrailers to watch a review, but mostly just to see a lot of gameplay footage rather than hear any constructive criticism.
If I'm looking for news to read, I usually hit up Polygon. I've also been trying to support the dudes over at Gamespot but their video content is hit or miss. Plus they seem to have a lot of "filler" videos along with all that E-SPORTS! crap.
Revision3.com/games also has a lot of video content. If anything, it's worth watching some of Adam Sessler's new shows. They also have the Destructoid Show which is... ok? sometimes?
Boggles my mind that someone would really visit IGN. I do understand that people visit Polygon though. They sometimes have nice feature stories and it's necessary to check those evolving review scores once in a while. You never know what's the latest score for a game.
Giant bomb Is the only place I consume video game content. Ive been spending most of my time looking at my steam list deciding what to play, downloading games then uninstalling them. Need some content......need it! Soon!
I just fall back on old quick looks. That community made filter with a Vinny reverse filter, watching whatever picks my fancy, that's a good setup. I've only just managed to get to the "HD" era of GB.
Other than that, I normally browse a bunch of major sites for news; IGN, Gamespot, Gamersyde, GameInformer.
For extra video content, I also follow DevilDogGamer on youtube and there's usually a bit to watch from him when GB is low on content.
Honestly, I don't really change my pattern when GB is radio silent, except for not consuming new GB content obviously.
Yes, I will say since the Sess joined Rev3Games their content has got much better (at least the content with Adam in). Adam has always been great and I feel with Rev3 he can be the master of his own destiny and set the tone of the content.
I want to check out Polygon but I'm conflicted about supporting their douchey ways, the initial guns blazing 'fuck everyone else, we're doing it right' attitude with 'Press Reset' and then hearing about the SimCity score change when they shouldn't of really put out a review of an always online game until it was released and working (or not) in the public arena. Then again what am I getting from that other than denying myself what could be interesting content?
I do everything. My favroites are: Rebel FM, Kotaku, Polygon, GameSpot, Complex VideoGames, IGN, Rev3Games, Destructoid, HipHopGamer, and TechnoBufffalo.
VGCW, Game Center CX. Unrelated to video games, I've been watching a lot of Batsu Games and am a big fan of DragonBall Z Abridged. The former is how I've recently spent most of my time in place of watching Giant Bomb videos.
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