Have them listen to the Bombcast. I've introduced several friends to GB via the podcast and it's now what they listen to regularly in the car or while falling asleep.
Bombcast Excerpts are a pretty good way to give somebody a lot of bite sized pieces of goodness, particularly if they are animated.
Very true. When it comes to games that my friends and I are interested in, I'll pull up a QL if I can. For just the "vibes" of the crew, I'll pull up a funny animated Bombcast excerpt video. No animation is ok, but from my experience, since the person doesn't know who they are or what's about to be "the joke", they have short attention spans and might lose interest.
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I have a bunch of moments in my head that I consider classic, but a lot are reliant on being familiar with the personalities.
The Sleeping Dogs quick look is actually how I found the site. I believe it was the one before the game was properly out. (it featured a few of the GB crew)
It's a personality-driven video game news/reviews site with a heavy focus on video content and an expansive wiki. Introducing them to the site through in-jokes or memes only long-time visitors would understand or care about is not the way to go.
When they're interested in a game, but haven't bought it (yet), show them the QL of that game. It will prove to be a valuable resource instantly, and they will come back to the site for more QL's. Then, slowly overtime, they will get way deep into the site all on their own. That's what happened to me, at least.
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