I think it was back at Gamespot where I heard about Jeff and Ryan looking into starting up a site. I started following that progress back when this thing was basically a blog.
How did you become aware of this site's existence?
I think it was back at Gamespot where I heard about Jeff and Ryan looking into starting up a site. I started following that progress back when this thing was basically a blog.
How did you become aware of this site's existence?
Yeah i had a gamespot account for awhile than when I heard they were starting a site, I went to giantbomb, and I've been here since the "How To build a Bomb" days
@Afroman269 said:
I think it was back at Gamespot where I heard about Jeff and Ryan looking into starting up a site. I started following that progress back when this thing was basically a blog.
How did you become aware of this site's existence?
It was basically the same for me. I always checked Jeff's game reviews on Gamespot, and after his last review on that site kinda forgot a little about it. Until google saved my day when I wanted to know what happened to that unbiased reviewer. and I found the blog that were the beginning to the giantbomb :)
I have been trying to remember exactly how I ended up here for a last month or so.
With the combo of quicklooks, bombcasts, and original content I fell in love with the site and have totally dropped all other gaming websites in favor of giantbomb.
I used GameSpot as my main gaming site and heard about Jeff's firing through the forums. I wasn't really that attached to the staff back then, but with all the speculation about the Kane and Lynch review, I decided I wanted to stop supporting the site. I migrated over to 1UP and was happy enough there until the UGO buyout, at which point I needed another gaming site to main. I tried IGN, but absolutely hated their layout, so I left. I had remembered hearing about Giant Bomb at some point, so I went and gave them a shot, realized that it was Jeff's thing, thought that was really cool and stayed.
A friend telling me about the original Endurance Run when it had just started.....that was during my first year of Uni...god I feel old....
I was listening to a podcast doing their best games of the year and someone mentioned Persona 4 and the Giantbomb Endurance Run. I watched a few episodes, got hooked and have been here since.
When i went to gamespot one day and noticed that most of my favorite reviewers weren't there like Greg Kasavin, Jason Ocampo, and Jeff weren't there anymore (granted i wasn't a casual gamespot member, i just went there for reviews maybe once or twice a year). So i went internet researching and tried to find out what they were doing and found Giantbomb in the process.
@Video_Game_King said:
Can we get a count on how many people answered "GameSpot"? I count, too, of course.
Me too, me too!
Followed Jeff and Ryan from GS to Arrow Pointing down, then joined Giant Bomb as soon as it went live, and I am still here, so obviously they're doing something right. Either that, or they've been brainwashing me through their podcast with subliminal messages.
I found out from an article somewhere that described GB is kinda like Gamefaqs/IGN for mature gamers, and yeah it's definately the case.
@Video_Game_King said:
Can we get a count on how many people answered "GameSpot"? I count, too, of course.
Ya, I'm guessing that the initial base of users when this site began was mostly former Gamespot users.
I started listening to the Hotspot in early 2007 and when Jeff left, I was like whatever. Then I realized that I didn't find the hotspot interesting without Brad, Ryan, Vinny, and Jeff adding color. So I stopped listening to the Hotspot and started listening to the Sarcastic Gamer podcast, that was a mistake. Anyway, during this time (the dark days of SG), I stumbled upon the bombcast in December of 2008 and listened to the latest episode which was the Spike VGA episode with the cereal bar bit. I thought that was hilarious, but for some reason I stopped listening. Then sometime in about September of 2009 I went to listen to the bombcast because I had not listened to a gaming podcast in a really long time. Then I started watching the office videos, then I started watching the quick looks, then I started reading the reviews. The rest is history.
Everyone got canned at 1up and I needed a new game site to read that wasn't just a news feed. I never followed them at gamespot, but I should have.
IGN was my gaming site. On occasions I would visit gamespot and read reviews but that was about it.
When the Scandal Gerstman hit digg I was intrigued by the story and the community backlash. Occasionally I would do searches to see if Jeff was spilling the beans on what really went down... Those searches brought me to GB. I checked it out a few times but it wasn't until I got into the Bombcast that I really checked out all that GB had to offer. I'm been following the podcast for about 2 and a half years. I've started visiting the site more and more. The live E3 wrap shows in 2010 is were the thing that started me on the quests which lead me to visit 20X times a day and being a paid member.
One day I wondered what Jeff Gerstmann was up to since Gamespot fired him so I googled his name which lead me here. I think the site was about six months old when I did that.
Posted the answer to this in like 10 other identical threads. Forget the lie I was going with. I'll just say since day 0 I was stalking Jeff.
I heard about the thing with Jeff and was really impressed by his handling of it. After hearing Bombcast referenced on more than a few gaming podcasts Id listened to, I decided to give it a listen. That's pretty much been it for me. I listened to the show for a month before I finally gave the site a chance. I still don't spend a ton of time on the site, but I love Bombcast.
So Jeff.
I saw Jeff got fired, and was pretty upset. I wanted to know why he was, but there wasn't much news. I went to Ign after learning the staff left from Gamespot. I stayed there until January 2009 when I saw Giantbomb as the topic on a forum and clicked it. I was pretty amazed that the old crew had started a new website.
I didn't like it much at first......, but soon the hilarious quick looks and Mailbags sold me.
I honestly don't remember. I never really went to any game site much before Giantbomb. I remember hearing about the the mess that went down at Gamespot. I guess I may have googled Jeff and/or Ryan one day or something. All I can say is that the reason I stayed once I found Giantbomb is the video content/bombcast. I've never been too big on reading reviews.
I listened to every Hotspot up until a year and change after Jeff got fired. At some point I stopped listening to podcasts and kind of stopped following games (not playing them of course). A friend introduced me to GB and I kind of ignored it for a while. I'm not even sure what started me coming here, but one day I just said "fuck it" and copied my entire game collection over from GS to GB (which took about 3 days going on and off). And that, as they say, was history.
My brother (CornbredX) started showing me videos back in 2009 and I opened my account in 2010 when I finally had internet on my computer. My tale is dull and simply one of word of mouth.
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