As we all have heard, Giant bomb has been taken over (i.e. bought out) by CBS. And while this could mean some great things for the site, it's fans, and obviously it's editors, I personally foresee things going down the tubes. So first off, lets talk about the good.

1) More money to put into the site - More money hypothetically means better content, better behind the scenes operation, less stress on the staffs part leading to more and better content, more publicity for the site leading to more users and blah blah blah.

Thats all i can think of right now (Sorry, I just woke up)

Now the bad. First off, let me start by saying that I firmly believe that CBS is a conglomerate that has no interest in anything but making money; whether it be through sensationalizing lousy media, advertising, or any other of the multitude of things that they do. They do not care about; keeping the purity of something, staying loyal to their fans, or any other sort of altruistic purpose. And trust me, if there wasn't money to be made, they wouldn't buy giant bomb, or run GameSpot. So here are bad things that I know in my heart are going to happen.

1) Loss of control - Now this is the biggest drawback that comes with being owned by a major air-quote "information" network. While, I'm sure that there is talk about how creative control and what not, will ne'er be changed, this however just doesn't happen. Money, and power change things. As the saying goes "absolute power corrupts absolutely". We see this all the time from shock DJ's bought and tamed, to movie rights distorted from original vision, to music being bought and turned into standard fair, to whatever else you can think of. Simply... now that CBS controls the purse strings, there will be disagreements over how things should go down. And while these will start off small, it will ultimately lead to a complete and utter changing of the guard on this site. "So what?" you say. Well, what is it that you enjoy about this site? Now what if those things were not there anymore, or changed drastically. The things that I really appreciate about this site over others are;

A) Unbiased reviews. But what happens when you add money. No longer will GB be able to remain true to the notion that it can offer fair and unbiased reviews. Now advertisers will be paying big bucks, and therefore, giant bomb will be forced to give good reviews less they loose that advertisers money. And even if that advertiser doesn't give funds to this site, CBS now has a vested interest in affairs on this site. What if a publisher threatens to pull it's money from all of CBS, just because a website gave it's new and upcoming product a negative review. Wow... that's weird, it seems that something like this has happened before. Who got fired? "I just don't remember. LOL. So now reviews will be slanted to the 7-10 split. and even if they aren't how can we be assured that the knowledge of CBS having their grubby little hands in the pot won't make us feel like they are.

B) Advertisements - one thing that I have always appreciated about GB is that it is not full of ad banners, crappy video ads, and other just annoying marketing things to visually distract the eye. But hey... there is money to be made. I'm sure that it will happen slowly and gradually; ads will start to be here and there. Nest thing you know, ADS EVERYWHERE. But don't worry they will do what they can to make sure that you don't even notice the in your face advertising becoming progressively in your face. And hey, they can always sell you a subscription that will keep all the ads away.

C) User interaction and created content - CBS bows down to the FCC. They have too. If they don't, then they get shut down. Now yes, the FCC doesn't control the web YET but, they still have managed to put the fear of censorship into CBS. Unfortunately this means that the overcautious management will ultimately coerce the staff of Giant Bomb to censor the content to some degree. Also, this could mean that it will become much more difficult to submit user created content that does not fit the definition of CBS's standards.

D) Sillyness - I really like the fact that content on this site is not button up and stodgy. It makes me feel as if the staff is much more similar to me, and therefore I can trust what they say more than I do. I highly doubt that the content will change that much in this facet, but I am concerned that there will be a little less of the goofy fun going on, due to the more uptight nature of a huge corporation calling the shots.

Well, I am temporarily out of things to say. Except this. I truly hope that I am wrong about all this, and that things only change for the better. I have enjoyed Giant Bomb so much, and I hope that it continues to rock like it does. But I must say that if things do change for the worse I will sadly have to say "Aufwiedersehen".

Well, till next time.

Love Ya❣❣❣

☆Megan☆