wrighteous86

@Thoseposers said:

man, so many internet cynics. i'll be getting one and i'll be enjoying all the cool stuff it has to offer. i'm probably most excited for innovative games that haven't been announced yet

This is why most people are "cynical". I LOVE Nintendo, but by all accounts they have an underpowered machine with MAYBE one game that interests me (ZombiU) announced, and the system is out in 2 months.

When Zelda, Mario, or Metroid come out, I'll pick one up, but I'm not even a little bit excited, and I think the screen in the controller is a good idea. If I'm not excited, as a professed Nintendo fanboy, I fear for this system's potential.

@Hashbrowns said:

@Wrighteous86: YES! Holy cannoli, when did they add that shirt? I had given up all hope of seeing the logo on anything!

I think they were added right before the CBS buyout. That's when I got my hoodie at least; around February.

@dagas said:

I've still not used last years code. Is it possible to combine them to get 30 dollars off?

As far as I know, you can only use one code at a time.

I think it's odd that they didn't have the Big Live Live Show BEFORE subscriptions renewed, to convince people to stay, but I guess doing it this way means people will have to subscribe to get the Premium footage... still, I'd think they'd want people to stay on more than anything, especially since, as people are saying, the price is the same, but the value is lessened after the buyout.

Oh well, I'm resubscribing anyway.

@Hashbrowns said:

Why can't I just have a nice black shirt, jacket or hoodie with the default, iconic Giant Bomb logo?

You know, the thing up in the top-left corner of the site? That'd be great.

These other designs are, well, nice I suppose, but I would actually WEAR a proper Giant Bomb logo shirt, jacket or even a hoodie. And I don't even wear hoodies.

You mean like this hoodie?

Or this t-shirt?

Or this jacket?

@Video_Game_King said:

@Wrighteous86 said:

Memes aren't funny. They are knock-knock jokes for the internet age.

Is this controversial or unpopular?

The original Epic PM had a group of people plotting together to "chase me off of the boards" by looking through my posts and pictures and trying to embarrass and shame me from posting because I said "Brad's leaving" was unfunny.

Edit: Allegedly. Witness testimonies. I was certainly harassed until I stopped paying attention to them.

Brad's good at video games.

These guys care about the website, their jobs, and their fans.

Memes aren't funny. They are knock-knock jokes for the internet age.

@Hizang: THEY contacted YOU about blueberry pancakes? Haha. Where do they stand on the subject?

@MoleyUK: True, but I'm not much of a lawyer. Paralegal is a pretty meaningless term. This isn't necessarily a job-focused thread though. I was wondering if people knew people at companies, or if they had ever visited a studio for any reason, really any kind of connection. Thought it might be interesting to hear some stories.

@Gunslinger0130: Oh yeah, in that sense, I guess I've worked on contracts with game companies; Xbox, Activision, etc. No real interaction though, just reading over and enforcing contracts they've signed.

@Piperium: Do you find that most AP's start in QA? Or do they often hire AP's from outside of the company/industry?

(This thread really wasn't supposed to be about this, but I'm interested now, haha.)

I was just wondering how tied the Giant Bomb community is to this industry we love.

I went to college with a girl that became an Audio Designer and Producer at a studio particularly loved by Giant Bomb. I did some focus-testing on unreleased products for them, thanks to that. It will be cool to see if they use any of my suggestions/ideas in the final game (they seemed pretty excited by some of them, and others they hinted at prototyping already).

I also nearly got a Sales/PR job at High Voltage Software (the guys who made The Conduit for the Wii). I was their second choice, unfortunately.

I've got a steady job now as a Paralegal, but I've been looking around thinking about applying for some Writing or Associate Producer jobs at a few studios, just on a whim.