I just watched Danny's NoClip Patreon Update video released on Friday where he talks about his work at Giant Bomb for part of it. Here's a summary of what he said:
Danny was appearing on the Bombcast temporarily for free because it was fun. The hours he would spend at Giant Bomb was his free time outside of NoClip. He's been in conversation with Jeff Gerstmann and Jeff Bakalar about his involvement with the site in the short and long term because he needs to be aware that anything he does adjacent to games could affect his energy and inspiration for working at NoClip (he doesn't want to get burnt out). NoClip is still his focus, he loves it and hopes to continue building it for the next few decades if possible. That said, he's a big fan of Giant Bomb and the staff there, and wants to help them out during a tough time. Also, changes to how his NoClip business is run means he actually has more free time to try things.
He hasn't settled on a decision of how much his work at Giant Bomb will expand, but he'd like to try making videos that he's wanted to do for years but either didn't get around to at GameSpot or that didn't fit with the aims of NoClip. He currently spends 3-4 hours a week of his free time on Giant Bomb per week. This is on the bombcast and checking out a few games beforehand. He's thinking about increasing up to maybe 8 hours of work a week and formally becoming a contractor (so he will actually get paid).
I was unsure if he meant the upcoming E3 this year, or E3's in general (post the pandemic) but... he says Giant Bomb already had some interesting plans for E3 which has fallen to the wayside now (especially with Alex, who traditionally organizes guests, leaving). So Danny's looking into how Giant Bomb and NoClip could potentially work together to bring some of those ideas to fruition.
He frequently stresses that he doesn't work for Giant Bomb, and he's just talking about his own experience from the view of how it affects his NoClip work (with the aim is that it doesn't - i.e. those who don't care for the site and didn't realise he's been appearing on the Bombcast recently should continue to not notice anything different).
[Edited for grammatical clarity]
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