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All of those shows were done by Giant Bomb staff. One of the major reasons why a lot of the GB audience came from the early GameSpot days, to Whiskey Media, to CBSi, and to RedVentures, was to follow the personalities that went through all of those companies.

Hell, the Bombcast started out with energy drink reviews, and over the years, widely varied to non-video game topics. But it maintained a core audience because people enjoyed the GB personalities that were creating that content.

This new show doesn't involve those 2 things: Giant Bomb staff, or video games. It tries to follow the essence of "hey, GB folks will probably get a kick out of this non-video game thing" without realizing that also having GB personalities in them was the major draw.

GrubbSnax landed well because a lot of GB audience enjoys digging down into the nitty-gritty of video game development and stories that come from that.

The two shows involving Danny O'Dwyer heavily feature video games, and approach them in unique viewpoints. Danny is also heavily involved in those shows.

I'm keeping an open mind about this new direction, and I'm willing to sincerely give this show a try. But this just reminds me of when GameSpot started branching into "entertainment" coverage, and when CNET started doing non-tech coverage, because the revenue from the core content wasn't satisfying the executives.