Disregarding Taste- The Scaled Back Situation

 First things first, you might notice that stuff has gotten scaled back. You also might also realize that nobody is going to read this either way. So anyway, here comes a new scaled back version of Disregarding Taste. Here's how it breaks down from here on out, for you guys and me. No extraneous sections, no unlimited amount of blogs just fifteen and some recommendations for people to follow for blog purposes (thanks designers!): 
 
- Six Blogs on Video Games (you may have heard of them) 
- Two Blogs on Film 
-Two Blogs on Music 
- Three Blogs on a Trending Blog Topic 
- Recommendations 
 

Trending Topic

Some people are pissed off over Infinity Ward's treatment of PC players. Others aren't. But these people felt the need to talk about the issue enough that they actually wrote a few  blogs (hint: they're not half bad). Check 'em. 
 
1. Gditz blogs about his feelings on the whole issue. He seems to think that PC gamers ultimately deserve to retain the more niche aspects of their PC gaming experience.   
 
2. ...as does mrhankey... 
 
3. ...as does Dragonseer...
 
What are your guys thoughts? Voice in the comments below.
 

Gaming Corner 

1. tokyochicken seems to disagree with Randy Pitchford. He said some stuff, and Mr. chicken provides a nice rebuttal in this blog. Curious as to what he has to say?  
  
2. Jeust blogs about the best horror games. Do you agree with his opinions? Disagree? Debate below...
 
3. Dude, yes! Read it, good stuff. Herein SnapdragonStew provides a series called IndyCircuit in which he provides some great blogging on indie games that he thinks are good. Isn't Kush doing something like this as well?? 
 
- Indy Circuit 
 
- Indy Circuit #2
 
4. demontium does some serious blogging. And they've all come out pretty well so far. Keep it up man!  
 
- Serious Blogging Episode 1 
 
- Serious Blogging Episode 2 
 
- Serious Blogging Episode 3
 
5. PartTimeNinja blogs about the game industry. He seems to prefer indie games or commercial games more and more nowadays. What are your thoughts?
 
6. lordofultima consistently blogs about SFIV very well. Now if only I could get into it in myself...
 

Movie Corner

 1. You know, RHCPFan24 seems to be the only dude really blogging about film. In any real capacity. And he write some great reviews, so please read them. Here is what he's written lately: 
 
- Where The Wild Things Are
 
- Drag Me To Hell 
  
- Zombieland
 
- Jennifer's Body 
 
- The Informant!
  
2. Blog about film more people! I suppose you could always check out Linkyshinks Rate The Last Film You Watched Thread...

Music Corner

1. The Phantomnaut reviews Converge- Axe To Fall for us. Seems pretty good... I might have to check this out.
 
2. Bruce blogs about music. Well. Songs of the Day, links to YouTube videos, in-depth reviews. And a couple of random pieces of shit. Either way, go check it out, the stuff is pretty good.
 

Cultural Corner

1.  macandcheese went on a trip. In Europe. And he blogs about it! Read on, he appears to be having good times.
 
2. ...dude reviews beer...yep... 
 

The Ushe...

 Here are some fairly regular bloggers. I'll add more! This is by no means complete...
 
Video_Game_King 
 
jakob187 
 
natetodamax 
  
Enjoyed? Didn't? Voice your comments and PM me feedback to make it better. Nothing's perfect.  :)

I'm not sure even John Davison can fix this. Please, dear God, let's hope. He deserves better than this. That guy Patrick on the left, I think he is the antithesis of what is bad about some parts of the gaming industry and what I don't like about people. Maybe they were just having a bad day... but wow. The fact that they even call their podcast Thirsty Thursdays, should have made me aware of what  I was in for. Wow.
 
Godspeed, John Davison. Godspeed.

Welcome To the Community Spotlight!

Welcome to the Giant Bomb Community Thread! Here, you can find links to user run content like the IRC channel and podcasts. Join in on a Game Night sometime. If you have a suggestion for improving the thread, PM me.
 

Game Nights/Bombing Runs

It wouldn’t be a video game website without people who play video games….

Nope...

 

User Content

Featured User Review
 

• Check out FireBurger's review of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

 
 Author's note : If you've written a review (or read a review) that you think is deserving of front page honors, feel free to PM Kush with a link to the review and if it truly is a kick ass review it may very likely end up becoming the next featured review! Good luck and keep up all the good work. :)
 

Lovable Lists

1. Top Ten Most Peculiar Heroes in Video Games (By: jonnyboy)
   
2. 10 Most Annoying Things in Video Game Industry (By: MattyFTM)
   
3. Brad Quick Look Start to Death Time (By: Mustard)
4.   Missing Body Parts (By: SuperJoe)
   
5. The Manliest Men Alive (By: Neon941) 
   
6. Games Best Suited for DJ Hero Turntable Support (By: MattBodega) 

Fantastic Forum Posts

• These are threads of humor to serious discussions on video game and those who play them.

1. Giantbomb SFIV Match Setup Thread (By: Scooper)
   
2. What's the Rarest Item in Your Possession (By: slayerofheroes)
   
3. What's Your Favorite Painting? (By: Metal_Gear_Sunny)
   
4. Join the Giantbomb Modern Warfare Community (By: Redsand26)
   

Golden Guides

• The following guides are truly golden and are wonderful tools of assistance for all GiantBomb users.

1. Achievement Rarity Guide (By: JackiJinx)
   

Wonderful Wikis

• These wikis are wonderful and should be used by all users as a guidance on how to make well written wikis!

1. Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Houseki
   
2. Jade Empire
   
3. Bioforge
   
4. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
5. Star Raiders    

User Created Podcasts

Column Head 1	Column Head 2	Column Head 3
Counter Culture Weekly	Counter Culture Weekly Episode Four: Ready Set Go	Latest Episode: October 19, 2009
No New Games	NNG Podcast Episode 3	Latest Episode: October 16, 2009
Distributed Failure	DF #78: The Citizen Kane of Gaming Podcasts	Latest Episode: October 15, 2009
Distributed Failure	DF #77: Ginger Kids Are Bastards	Latest Episodes: October 8, 2009
American Gamer	American Gamer Episode 4.5	Latest Episode: October 5, 2009

Author's Note:  To get content on the Spotlight just post on this forum or send me a PM, and then I'll review it. All content (threads, guides, wikis and podcasts) will be showcased for a max of two weeks and then removed

Features/Useful Content

GiantBomb IRC

 

•   Chat with Giant Bombers here! If you're using Firefox as a browser, download Chatzilla. If not, then download 
  mIRC  (windows only)!  
  

 

GiantBomb Twitter 

•  Follow GiantBombSquad, the Giant Bomb Community Feed. You can also find some user Twitter accounts here .
  
  

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• Find and connect with other users through Steam by joining the Steam Giantbomb Community Group

Gamertags/IDs/Friends Codes 

• Xbox Live Gamertags!

• Wii Friend Codes!
• PSN ID's

NOTE: I hate to see ZombiePie's Community Spotlight Redux be savagely wiped away every week in favor of newer and equally as good content. I don't have his permission to do this, but since he's not gonna do it anytime soon, I'm gonna do it here. This should be a place for people to re-access his old content and if he approves of the idea, maybe we could start archiving them in his blog instead of mine. Hope you don't mind man!!

Welcome To the Community Spotlight!

Welcome to the Giant Bomb Community Thread! Here, you can find links to user run content like the IRC channel and podcasts. Join in on a Game Night sometime. If you have a suggestion for improving the thread, PM me.
 

Game Nights/Bombing Runs

It wouldn’t be a video game website without people who play video games….

Halo 3 Bombing Run [10/17/2009 (5PM PST)] Check it HERE

 

User Content

Featured User Review
 

• Check out dankempster's review of Gran Turismo

 Author's note : If you've written a review (or read a review) that you think is deserving of front page honors, feel free to PM Kush with a link to the review and if it truly is a kick ass review it may very likely end up becoming the next featured review! Good luck and keep up all the good work. :)
 

Lovable Lists

1. Top Ten Most Peculiar Heroes in Video Games (By: jonnyboy)
   
2. 10 Most Annoying Things in Video Game Industry (By: MattyFTM)
   
3. Brad Quick Look Start to Death Time (By: Mustard)
   

 

Fantastic Forum Posts

• These are threads of humor to serious discussions on video game and those who play them.

1. Giantbomb SFIV Match Setup Thread (By: Scooper)
   
2. What's the Rarest Item in Your Possession (By: slayerofheroes)
   
3. What's Your Favorite Painting? (By: Metal_Gear_Sunny)
   
4. Join the Giantbomb Modern Warfare Community (By: Redsand26)
   

Golden Guides

• The following guides are truly golden and are wonderful tools of assistance for all GiantBomb users.

1. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (By: Xaxk007)
2. Achievement Rarity Guide (By: JackiJinx)
   

Wonderful Wikis

• These wikis are wonderful and should be used by all users as a guidance on how to make well written wikis!

1. Bioforge
   
2. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
3. Touhou 09 - Phantasmagoria of Flower View
   

User Created Podcasts

Column Head 1	Column Head 2	Column Head 3
Distributed Failure	DF #78: The Citizen Kane of Gaming Podcasts	Latest Episode: October 15, 2009
Counter Culture Weekly	Counter Culture Weekly Episode Three	Latest Episode: October 10, 2009
No New Games	No New Games Podcast Episode 2	Latest Episode: October 5, 2009
Distributed Failure	DF #77: Ginger Kids Are Bastards	Latest Episodes: October 8, 2009
American Gamer	American Gamer Episode 4.5	Latest Episode: October 5, 2009

Author's Note:  To get content on the Spotlight just post on this forum or send me a PM, and then I'll review it. All content (threads, guides, wikis and podcasts) will be showcased for a max of two weeks and then removed

Features/Useful Content

GiantBomb IRC

 

•   Chat with Giant Bombers here! If you're using Firefox as a browser, download Chatzilla. If not, then download 
  mIRC  (windows only)!  
  

 

GiantBomb Twitter 

•  Follow GiantBombSquad, the Giant Bomb Community Feed. You can also find some user Twitter accounts here .
  
  

GiantBomb Steam Group 

• Find and connect with other users through Steam by joining the Steam Giantbomb Community Group

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• Xbox Live Gamertags!

• Wii Friend Codes!
• PSN ID's

I wrote this... putting it here for safekeeping.  :) 
 
  Fuck, where do I start.  
 
I could write an essay of what's fucked up with humanity, why opinion is the simultaneous salvation and destruction of man, what exactly human nature is, why Magnolia is the best film ever made, why Shadow of the Colossus changed my perception of games, why Led Zeppelin is my favorite band of all time and helped me through the loss of a family member, what things I hate about people on a daily basis, what I want to do with my life, why love isn't really love anymore, why what David Cage is trying to do for games is one of the most sink-or-swim attempts in gaming, why my new girlfriend perfectly complements me as and individual, intellectual and personality, why small dogs are better than large dogs, why store- bought bagels are sooooo much worse than fresh bagels, why I don't have as many friends as I'd like and yet am still living the most fulfilling life possible, why America is turning into a bunch of consumerist  idiots who no longer think about the actual issues, why Japan is probably the best place to live on Earth, why Disney World will destroy the human species, why I don't want kids, why I think abortion is okay, why a long walk through the woods is the best thing possible, why humanity is so lazy, why cookie-dough is the best type of ice cream, why pie is better than cake, why I never friends growing up, why I'll never reach my lofty goals for life and yet keep them in my wallet on a regular basis, why much of modern science is fundamentally changing the way we live our lives for the worst, why games are artistic, what my favorite bands are, why giantbomb.com, gamasutra and bitmob are the only gaming sites I visit nowadays, why the very idea of religion is stupid, why aliens exist, why I would kill myself before working a 9-5 job, why I show such pride in these writings, why i believe in Fate even when I don't believe in God, why rap destroyed modern music, why I plan to never use a credit card so long as I can, why critical analysis these days in any medium is so up it's own ass, why people murder each other, why I plan to never have kids, why marriage is unnecessary, why my stepdad represents everything I don't wanna be, why I have to read more, why Wikipedia is the greatest thing ever invented, why evolution is not a theory and why the egg came before the chicken.
 
That's all I got for now. :P  So, is that what you were talking about? Stuff like that??