Should Bombcast become a Vidcast?

nah man, I like listening to them while I play games.

I would have liked to see the expressions on their faces, especially on the last bombcast. 

If it was video, you could still just listen to it....

Oh come on. You can't have a "Maybe" option without a "NEVER!"

And I don't see a reason not to do a vidcast version, though I'd hope to keep the audio-only portion as well.

I think it would be cool to at least see the first 10 minutes while they do drinks.

I like the bombcast the way it is...

Hmm... I dunno. Watching the Day 00 Podcast video was entertaining, but most of the time it was Brad playing with his iPhone and Ryan walking around while Vinny and Jeff talked about the Microsoft Press Conference. If I recall correctly, I even remember Brad drumming on the side the bed beecause he seemed bored. Plus Jeff's expressions weren't as good as I imagine them being.

no, aint got the bandwidth for a 2hour++ show of 4 dudes sitting in a basement.

Plus all you can see if the ridiculas spit shields where people's faces should be.

I love GB, but not enough to sit through feature film length vidcasts weekly. The bombcast is perfect as is.

Yeah Im gonna say the bandwidth thing and also some peeps still have slow internets and those dl caps so... No.

If they did both I would like that BBBBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTT that they will never do and i cant blame them. I have a two hour drive to work so I enjoy listening to them as I drive.

They are podcast for a reason.  It makes it so you do not have to be at a computer to listen to it.

I think that a video version of the most recent podcast would be good, so I could see the expression on the GB crew's faces when Leigh Alexander started ranting about romance in Resident Evil, the Sex Appeal of Nazi Uniforms, why people under-appreciate Metal Gear because they don't understand all the meta shit that is going on, and (of course) Boning.

But otherwise no. I usually listen to the Bombcast whilst working out or playing games with the volume turned down.

I listen when I'm doing work outside and stuff. They pretty much keep me from going insane from my awful work ADD.

NEVER!!!

Or really more like sometimes. I don't need to watch them talk all the time but sometimes would be cool.

I think they should do a special BombVidCast every now and again. I mean I would have loved to see the expressions on their faces when that Gamasutra she called Bioware a bunch of dorks. 

No, I don't think it should become a vidcast. I've watched a couple of vidcasts of other sites podcasts and it was really quite boring. Just a bunch of guys sitting around a table covered with electronics and big microphones. I just ended up minimizing it to listen to the audio.

Now, I will agree for special occassions it's perfectly acceptable. If they're getting trashed for the Game of the Year show I wouldn't mind watching that. The slow decline from semi-sobriety to drunken ranting is always amusing to see.

no because i like listening to them while doing other stuff.

Um there's not much to watch. Just the Giant Bomb crew sitting there, talking, surrounded by egg carton space-age foam.

No. I would be against this as the Bombcast is one of the few things that helps me get through my daily commute to work.  I can't listen to the radio anymore as presenters these days wind me up so badly I was arriving at work ready to go postal.

No. I like listening to the Bombcast in bed. Away from computers and screens.

Just to make it clear. Just because there is a video doesn't mean there can't be a audio version. Just look at Mega64, they put up a video and audio version of their podcast.

I agree with what's been said, it basically is just video of them talking and it'll probably put extra work on Vinny and Drew. Instead, they have those cheap flip cameras that they shoot shorts around the office with. They should have one of those at the podcast table and when they do drink tests, Jeff goes off of the voicebox or anything visual, they should tape it and post it.

NEVER

I am in favour of a Video show, but I do not necessarily think The Bombcast is that show. I think Vinny could probably come up with a better way to do a regular Giant Bomb Magazine Show than just pointing a camera at the Bombcast. And if he's too drunk to do that, and Drew is out of the office, I'm quite happy to put together such a show for them.

Maybe every now and then for special events, or an extended live video review of big games. But the bomcasts are like 2 hours long so that's a lot of extra bandwidth to watch Jeff and the guys sit on a couch. If there's a lot of interest maybe they could come out with a 45-1hour video podcast to showcase what everybody's playing, but keep it completely separate from the bomcast.

I definately say no. I generally listen to the podast before I go to sleep or on the way to college (as I do with all podcasts) and I need nmy eyes to prevent myself walking into stuff. If they did it as a compliment to the podcast, such as filming them recording as normal, id definately watch it but even the mid-step of filming a video show and also having it to download as audio only wouldent really be enough since then it just feels like your missing out of part of the show, whereas adding video to a podcast just means your getting slightly more.

Plus I have a terrible download speed and dont want to suddenly have to download more data for the same amount of time, because that means that overall I get to enjoy less content.

If they were to do both they could set it up so they can be filmed and get someone like Drew or Dave to film it, and just upload both but that could be troublesome but it'd stop them recording it twice.

I am in favour of a Video show, but I do not necessarily think The Bombcast is that show. I think Vinny could probably come up with a better way to do a regular Giant Bomb Magazine Show than just pointing a camera at the Bombcast. And if he's too drunk to do that, and Drew is out of the office, I'm quite happy to put together such a show for them.

You wanna watch a bunch of dudes sitting in a circle talking into mics for two hours?

i think it would be cool if it was like a slide show of images of the stuff they were talking about and have the bombcast in the background.

Hell no. I like listening to them while I'm trying to fall asleep. A video would just be horrendously boring.

No. 

Since they are usually over 2 hours in length, that would be a bit huge to post very week.

NEVER

...Should definitely have been an option, also that's asking alot of both Vinny and Drew for a somewhat pointless reason. So no.

They should definitely do some sort of weekly video show, but keep it seperate to the Bombcast.

I think it would be cool to have it video for the ones where it's a total clusterfuck...  I can never recognize the voices of 10 random game developers in one room.

If you make a video podcast you have to make it visually interesting, video for the sake of video is just boring. I don't think trying to make a two hour video podcast pop is worth the effort. Audio all the way.

It would always be nice to have more video content of the guys, but the Bombcast should stay audio. I would prefer to see a shorter video come out regularly maybe like what the COOP guys do and keep the Bombcast. Of course Im sure thats just gonna be too much extra work.

No, because I don't always listen to them while I'm at my computer.

They could easily set up a justin tv account and just let it stream live as they record the bombcast every week. Problem solved!