mortface

When I'm not logged in and I go to http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/

Then none of the links work anywhere on the page, and everything redirects to the Netflix ad. See the screenshot? Cursor is hovered over a forum title, but the URL in the address bar is to doubleclick.net

This only seems to affect the forum pages, all the other pages seem to work for me. I'm using the latest version of Chrome on Windows 7. Same happens for me on Firefox.

Is this just my machine being weird, or is this affecting anyone else?

@nophilip: Yeah, and that's kinda my question. The vast majority of GB users are never going to go to PAX, and I imagine those that do will most likely go again - so all they're really doing is connecting with the *same* duders over and over again. Which is cool for them, certainly! But I just wonder if that 'connecting' is worth it when the overwhelming majority of GB users don't really get anything from it.

I love Giant Bomb and all the content they produce, but I question if it's really worthwhile for so many of the crew to be attending all these expos. I mean, the site basically shuts down without any content every time they do. Sure, we often get the panels and they're sometimes pretty good - but I'd take a UPF over a PAX panel every single time.

I know that the people in the audience must really enjoy seeing the crew live and it seems like a good time for them, but is it really worth it to entertain ~100 people while the remaining 1000s of us get pretty slim pickings as a result?

Is there some other value to PAX that I'm missing? I'm kinda starting to resent PAX itself, because every expo means Giant Bomb shuts down for a few days.

I'm not saying I think GB shouldn't go to these expos at all, just that maybe they shouldn't send everyone on staff. Maybe with GBeast this won't be as much of a problem - I'd watch a UPF with only Vinny!

Can you get better than Super Rare without paying?

@rockyraccoon37: I have the same specs as you, is the game totally unplayable? Even on medium or low?

Dude, we can't post links directly because this is subscriber-only content. We covered this above.

Ah! It works for the 'High' quality (code 1800), but not HD (code 4000).

That trick isn't working for me. :-( It says Failed - Network error.

I also actively avoid Quick Look EX, I always feel like the GB team are censoring themselves in those videos.

I absolutely love Giantbomb, I've been enjoying all the content for years. I love the site, the reviews, and of course all the video content. I'm a premium subscriber, so I see the site without any ads, but occasionally I visit the site without logging in and see what it looks like for 'normal' users and it sure is a different experience.

I understand the site has to generate the duckets to keep the lights on, and I imagine it's pretty expensive to host the long form video content that GB does. But at a certain point, is there not a fear of turning away some segment of the audience because of the diminished user experience?

Many of my friends, while avid gamers, avoid the GB main site now because of how it feels and consume GB content only through YouTube. Maybe that's fine, they're still generating views, but GB is missing out on potential premium subscribers. Or maybe my friends are just peculiar.

Does anyone else think this is maybe an issue?