@gamer_152 said:
I think all of those guys are passionate about games, but Ryan, Jeff, etc., they're just laid back dudes. Perhaps Patrick was more enthusiastic than them, but their personalities are a little more chill than Patrick and that's how they've always been. It doesn't necessarily mean that they're jaded or tired, and I'd never want them to force any enthusiasm. If you're looking for a group of people who have that same demeanour as Patrick, I'm afraid that's just not what Giant Bomb is.
The amount of content on the site is a different issue, but I'm not feeling a particular drought of late. They're not covering a huge number of big games right now, but that's more because the big games just don't seem to be there. E3's just around the corner though. I'm not a big fan of the DoTA streams as that game isn't my thing, but it's cool to see Kessler have a place back on the site again. Maybe there's something to be enjoyed in a new intern, but I didn't feel like any of those guys were as entertaining to me as Kessler was.
I'd like to imagine that this is the case, yeah. Not only are there not really any games worth covering now, but we're in the slow, quiet phase of pre-console launches. Once that stuff gets going again, I have no doubt that business will resume as usual, at least for the most part.
That said, I'll absolutely miss Patrick's enthusiasm. The rest of the crew certainly seems to still love what they do, but there was a clear interest for everything Patrick covered and it's been really nice to not have someone be dismissive of a game at first glance.
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