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I wish they would actually drop some of the non-game experimental videos and focus on making quality game content first - or at least put that on a separate YouTube feed. For me, it's the main reason I'm no longer subscribed to the YouTube channel because it feels like dilution of the site's main strength and makes it harder to find what I want from them. Not that non-game content should never appear, but they need to nail the fundamentals first.

There's a lot of video game media that partially takes the place of reviews, but I think reviews will always have worth because they are the most effective way to communicate "I've actually finished this game, and I've put some effort into organizing my thoughts about it".

Sure, the same thoughts can be mentioned in a podcast, stream, etc., but those thoughts will be much harder to find later on.

My sub expires in October; currently it seems like RV is trying to shoe-horn their other media stuff into the GB brand with very little effort shown to make sure it's a good fit. It's pretty much of zero interest to me based on what they've shown so far.

Maybe after the pandemic is truly over, someone is going to recreate the Giant Bomb magic with an in-person studio and everything. I don't know if that will happen at this company or somewhere else, but if it it does I'll definitely be back.

I think a good review doesn't have to be a detailed blow-by-blow thing, but is a good summary when a staff member has powered through the whole game, and is able to say some more definite things than they did in the quick look. Granted, we do get this in another form via Bombcast conversations and Game of the Year talks.

For music reviews especially, I think a good reviewer can give some deeper context that a layperson wouldn't get just listening to it in a vacuum. By extension, having dyed-in-the-wool industry vets giving their takes and having that truly deep context is why I keep coming back to this site.

Just tried to add it, getting same error as above.

I can't get it working for the official iOS podcast app either.

@ballsleon: I'm not too worried about Oculus, it sounds like Palmer isn't actually involved with the day-to-day operations any more. After this shitstorm, they'll either sever ties, or just sweep him under the rug and never let him be their spokesperson anymore.

The main reason I'm still leaning towards the Vive over Oculus is their anti-competitive tendencies.

I don't think that's quite right, the name "alt-right" isn't inherently pejorative like "SJW" is. I'm definitely what some people would call an "sjw", but I would never call myself that in front of normal human beings.

I've seen enough alt-right style politics spilling over well beyond the boarders of Reddit and 4-chan to know it's not some tiny thing - how about every message board on the whole internet, facebook, and at least a few people I know personally? There is a large group of younger conservatives that match the label, and for now the word we're using is "alt-right".

Well, the basics are here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right

Basically it's a newer, younger group of conservatives that are united by a shared anti-immigrant nationalism, and also a strong hatred of anything they perceive as "political correctness". As a group their priorities are distinct from the religious right or the pro-business wing of the republican party, and they have a strong distrust of the "political establishment", globalism, free trade, and such. That last part actually has some overlap with the Bernie supporters (although Bernie supporters don't have nearly the same nationalistic / anti-PC streak).