What even is this?? It’s just a complete mess that can’t even be parsed into a basic summary of what is changing. I’m not going to waste anyone times digging into it, but… . What’s the “the archive”? Is everything prior to 2021 now inaccessible to non-Premium members? Or only the stuff that was Premium before? What is Level 2? Level 3? What what what?
I always wondered about possible interpersonal machinations that lead to Vinny, Alex and Brad and now Jeff leaving but now I realize that probably had absolutely nothing to do with it. With this garbled mess of a policy change it’s crystal clear that there’s one party and one party only that’s responsible for the departures and that’s Red Ventures. When you can’t even communicate a clear and cohesive business plan it’s a very big problem. It’s also telling that a ton of the “new hires” over the past year aren’t even full-time / exclusive. It’s like Tam, Grubb, Lucy, Danny aren’t / weren’t confident in the stability of the site to fully commit. And I don’t blame them one bit. There is still plenty of great talent at the site. It’s a shame to see it wasted by this shambolic organization.
I won’t go into whether or not I’ll be cancelling my sub because that kind of discourse isn’t important. Giant Bomb started out and grew as something very pure. A rebellion against the establishment of stale, corporate online games journalism. They held on for a very long time and gave us a ton of great content and even better memories throughout. I’m sorry to say that the site has mutated into exactly what it raged against and unless there is a change in ownership this will be its final form as it putters along into obscurity. RIP to the GB that was.
Sorry but this post is just disingenuous. A new age of transparency? It was 5% vague platitudes about Jeff and 95% “it’s all gonna be ok everyone!” Maybe they can’t go into details for personal reasons, but Jeff’s departure is shocking and disruptive. I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this is a little weird. No goodbye, no send off, nothing. Which is fine, if that’s the way it has to be. But don’t posture as somehow now being transparent. Were they not transparent in the past? What was the alternative? Brushing this under the rug and not saying anything about it at all? It’s super patronizing…something that Giant Bomb never was under Jeff’s stewardship. Just call it what it is.
Ok um I look EXACTLY like the solider at 8:48. Right down to my quarantine-induced unkempt, shaggy hair. Half of me is like “oh hey neat” but the other half is very much in “wait, what the fuck?” territory. Is there any way to find out if an actor was scanned for the character’s appearance or if he’s entirely CG? If the former, do games have “casts” that I could reference to find out who he is?
NB: should specify that my resemblance is sadly limited to the neck up. This dude could probably bench press me and the most I can bench press is a cheeseburger.
I adore GB and can't believe I'm saying this but... this series is complete garbage. I can't watch another second of it. Vinny...stop talking to characters that clearly have nothing to say. Dan...stop talking in general...please. Really missing Austin's calming, cerebral presence. I'm afraid Dan moving to NY is going to ruin GB East.
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