Man, it's crazy to think how long it's been. I still remember how I came across them - I had spare time at work in the evenings, so I started listening to the GameInformer podcast, since I was familiar with the magazine. They didn't have many episodes at the time, and they were short, so once I made it through all of them, I did a Google search for other video game podcasts, and the Bombcast came up, so I gave it a whirl. The rest is history.
I haven't been around as long as some people - this was in early 2011, shortly before Patrick came aboard. I was in a WoW bubble for most of the late 2000s, so I wasn't playing anything else at the time. I started listening to the Bombcast, and they introduced me to a bunch of games I never would have known existed. Super Meat Boy, Antichamber, Fez, Shadow Complex, Hotline Miami, etc.
They've been a constant every single week ever since, up until the last couple of months when I've cove to realize that working from home actually gives me less time to listen to podcasts because I'm not commuting and walking around while on my lunch break. So I'm less plugged in than I was before.
Which is a long way of saying that I wish nothing but the best for all three of them. It's so weird to feel like I know them because I've listened to them talk for so long, but I've never met any of them. I can't imagine trying to do the sort of work they do for a few months, let alone for years and years. Hopefully they find something enjoyable and fulfilling, whatever it is.
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