I'll admit I'm always slightly confused by the comment that Giant Bomb isn't what it used to be. Like what era are they referring to? The early days where Vinny finagles a quick look or feature onto the site to just get content up? Or the initial premium days where essentially all their premium content were just quick looks except for older games? Or Whiskey Media heyday cross site collabs? and the list goes on and on. Honeslty, the site has changed dramatically, its never been a static thing at least from my perspective. I mean I subbed premium way back in the day to get more Random PC Game features and I don't think the site even has anyone who has played any old PC games at this point (except Rorie).
I've thought NuBomb has been very good, Bakalar's addressed long standing issues with the site around scheduling and recurring features. They seem more responsive to comments and issues people have with the site in general. There is a mix of traditional long play format, occasional quick looks, and weird new shows that I find fun even if not all of them hit for me. My one slight note would be that Gerstmann seems very separate from almost all the features on the site. I'm sure that's not true behind the scenes but visibly he just isn't in much.
Not to compare apples to oranges but I'll be honest, in the initial pitch for Nextlander vs NuGB I thought Nextlander sounded more exciting but honestly I've found I vastly enjoy the new shows on GB versus what Nextlander has been streaming. That being said, I am paying for both partly out of inertia. I have however thought about cancelling the Nextlander patreon more than I have about cancelling GB premium.
For me the issue with Nextlander has been that its both incredibly low energy and banal. They don't really dive deep enough into any game and dissect it (which I thought was their goal with them playing the same game), they don't ride the wave of what's latest and greatest close enough to be informative, and they don't produce anything noticeably different or substantively more now that they have no corporate oversight and meetings filling up their time.
So I'm not fighting game expert at all but I have been looking hitbox controllers as someone who is bad at inputting commands using a arcade/joystick since childhood. I imagine the hitbox is something much more accesible given directional inputs are now just button sequences.
They are very pricey though, here is the website: https://www.hitboxarcade.com/
@frytup: I saw that thread and I do occasionally listen to the bombcast or UPF although not always 100% given life in general. That's why I was asking. I mean it sounds like the hiatus is going to be at least for as long as Jeff G is out on paternity, I don't think that was communicated in the previous thread about Danny's vacation which made it sound like it would be back when his vacation is over. I don't see the harm in asking if its still on hiatus for the foreseeable future or (given the history of the site) its just been abandoned for things with more interest.
I like the new show model they are trying but I would appreciate at least seeing that there will be a break in scheduling beyond a remark in a live show.
Yeah it is weird, cause at this point Guilty Treasures is also off schedule as well. I assume its underlying issues that's stopping both and its not something they feel should be discussed publically.
It would be helpful if there was some notice that either show is on hiatus or stopped with out going into details? Maybe @rorie can help shed some light about expectation for the shows schedule into the near future? A little bit of expectation setting would go a long way here I guess. I also may have missed them talking about it on some UPF or Bombcast, apologies if I did.
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