Audio would be nice, preferably in the format jeff is doing the NDX. But text would suffice just fine too. Thanks Pat and welcome to Giant Bomb.
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First off welcome Patrick to Giant Bomb. Hopefully we get to see you participating in some shenanigans with all the other guys soon.
This is awesome news. About news. Pull this off, gentlemen, and you may have just reduced my "newsy" RSS feed count to 1.
Wow. I mean, nothing gives me more joy than GiantBomb (I have 3 Tshirts and all the Limited Quests), but I would have thought G4 was a better gig influence and career wise. It is smart of him to get in early, before GiantBomb is the sole power in the universe, though.
Welcome, Patrick. Pretty awesome.
I would prefer text updates possibly with a weekly wrap-up video... and of course make him eat all of the "food" you can force him to
This sounds really exciting. I love Giant Bomb for the great content and the complete lack of insipid top ten lists. Adding a bonafide journalist like Klepek to the fold should be awesome. I can't wait.
I definitely don't get enough Whiskey Media podcasting! I would love to see more of that in a short daily format if it was doable. ;)
Hell yeah Klepek, love that guy!
Though having a weekly news roundup video with quick news hits might be a neat thing to have, I feel like the real value behind people like Klepek is their ability to do long-term stories like Infinity Ward v. Activision, which feels very much like feature article territory to me. And because I'd love to see more of that sort of thing (and stuff like the age-old Dallas Observer story about Ion Storm back in the day), I'd have to vote for text.
First off, as Jeff mentioned, welcome Mr. Klepek. I feel the best way to get his news across would be the standard text postings, along with a video wrap up akin to the comic vine weekly news. Adding him to the bombcast may not be a bad idea either, maybe give him the news segment to read and have you guys discuss instead of Ryan handling everything. Just my thoughts, and again, that's what we call a get!
Wow, this came out of left field. I'm excited to see what he brings.
Used to Follow Totilo, Klepek and Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer Blog for a long long time. All have gone to other places, and luckily, its to places where I already visit, well other than Tracey, she writes for MANY PLACES :P
But Yeah, would definitely like a news roundup podcast. I've been getting almost no time to read my RSS feeds now a days, and none of the 5podcasts that I hear cover news as much as I would want. I always feel like I'm missing something. (And find out when I eventually check feeds at a later date)
News podcast please, I know video sounds good, but daily video was tried way-back-when in you-know-where by JeffG and others and it was just too much work both for the makers and for viewers. Something like a nice and funny 30m length daily podcast or a bombcast length news roundup per week would be really really good.
Looking forward to new audio feeds! I commute a lot, 1h daily and things like these are way more useful than textual feeds.
Congrats and All the best :D
I, for one, would like to welcome our curly headed news overlord.
Also, YES to the Tested segment. I think all new Whiskey Media employees should be subjected to a Tested hazing on the Happy Hour!
A Video news report segment would be cool, or a weekly text/podcast wrap up that is a one-man or 2 man mini-show.
This is quite awesome to hear. Welcome aboard, Patrick!
As for the news style, since you have the video and audio side pretty well covered, it'd be nice if Patrick mostly stuck to really high-quality text stories. That way, you have the best of all forms of media on this site, and I have little to no reason to visit any other video game sites out there.
Hey Patrick, welcome to the team. Glad to see the in-house Whiskey team expanding a bit, especially in the wake of Alex's imminent departure to the East coast
Patrick, welcome to GiantBomb and Whiskey Media!
Been reading you since MTV. Not sure if that is saying much but glad to have you.
Only word of advice, watch the rate of the news stories. When Nicholson and Kessler were added, there were like 5-7 posts a day and most people, including myself, didn't like it. They had to tone it down. Keep it focused on the important and occasionally the obscure stuff.
Since Whiskey is video focused, you should have your own segment on the Happy Hour. Take Q&A from the chat and callers on the week's news. The Bombcast already talks about the news on Monday/Tuesday. My guess is you'll be on there when big news breaks.
Wow, Klepek is going to be a really great addition to Giant Bomb. Congrats to all involved!
Been following Klepek since his 1UP days. Cool addition to the team, I think. As far as news, I think text is good, but since he's going to be working out of the office (while most of the other news editors don't, I believe) a video feature sounds like a good idea. Or a podcast. Or him just taking over the news segment of the podcast. Something. Use the man's beautiful face is what I'm saying.
And yes, torture the poor sucker with some Tested segment on his first Live show. Nothing but good can come out of hazing.
Hey Jeff, thats great news. To answer your question, I think having a daily news podcast would be incredible. I might not be in the majority here, but between going to work and college I don't have much time to scour blogs for up to date news like I used to and therefore just miss a bunch of important stuff or just end up falling behind.
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