Say Hello to Austin Walker, Giant Bomb's New News Editor

Welcome Austin!

Hooray for education and intelligence and honesty and truth! Down with stupidification and evil!

But we shall see about your supposed "tiny robot men;" I remain guardedly skeptical.

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Welcome, Austin! You seem to have really interesting and cool goals for your time here. I look forward to your content.

Hello Austin, looking forward to your fresh perspective and all the dumb conversations you and Vinny will probably have. Welcome duder!

My God, he really is the anti-Dan... Austin quick, what are your thoughts on Taco Bell?

Doc Austin has become one with the BEAST!!!

Already super stoked for this new vidjagam fire. You're gonna be a fantastic addition to the team, @austin_walker! <3

Hello bizarro Kessler. :)

Phd? Dissertation? CalArts? Vinny are you sure we can afford this fella?

but is he a wrestling fan?

Good to see you joining the crew Austin - Welcome to GBEast! Also, if they didn't say that when you joined up, they messed up!

Oh and he was right, Giant Bomb certainly Is A Website

That there is a thinking man! In love already.

Welcome to the Jungle Austin! Happy to have you aboard the Nintendownloadexpress!

Austin is so charming!

I know! My academic soul finally has a companion.

Finally, someone on Giant Bomb with facial hair

hooray, welcome Austin!! Glad to have your voice and perspective added to the Giantbomb community. Looking forward to some thought provoking articles!

Holy crap an academic, critical, yet cheerful attitude about games. Love it. I look forward to reading your work!

Welcome Austin! Looking forward to your coverage of the news etc etc.

HELLO, SAN ANTONIO!

Eh... close enough.

welcome home!

Super happy to see @austin_walker here. I'm all for being critical about game so I'm eager to see what he'll write.

He's like a mixture of Patrick, Alex, Ryan and Jeff...like, this is great! :D Welcome, we are happy and so very lucky to have you!

Welcome! Great to have you with the family. :D

You seem really cool and I can't wait to see what you do for this site!

Welcome!

Has the true anime editor come to liberate us?

This dude is adorable.

Mech lovers rejoice!

Is there a fucking pool table back there?

Wow, this dude seems like a brain. In a perfectly awesome, OK way. Love to see what he brings. Fresh blood is always good with me; helps keep things from getting stale. As much as I miss Scoops, the Dan experiment has turned out fantastically and I can't wait to see what happens here :)

Hey Austin, best welcome :)

Now that Austin has mentioned that he is an academic, he must approach every news piece satirically by pretending to write seriously about even the most ridiculous gaming topics. "Physics of Just Cause 3" would be a good start.

Welcome, Austin!

Austin's a super rad guy! As much as I love Giant Bomb I was afraid that it would be a stifling environment for the sorts of things he likes writing about, but those fears have been dissolved after seeing this video.

Hi, Austin!

To obtain Austin in the Giantbomb iphone game, you must level up Patrick Klepek and Kessler to 99 each and then fuse them.

This guy seems pretty rad.

Welcome, Austin! I'm super-excited to follow you here on GB!

Coast To Coast Anime

Welcome to my dreams

I think that Austin hit the nail on the head with his remark about balancing criticism while also being enthusiastic / entertaining. Some people definitely struggle to find that balance and come off as preachy and condescending towards the audience. I look forward to hearing more from him and can't wait to see his interactions with the San Francisco guys at E3.

I only have one question:

Is he a cop?

Austin seems like a great guy. Excited to see him mixed in with everyone

I like him already! Welcome Austin!

thank god for this

This is exciting. Welcome in

Austin feel welcome, looking forward to seeing you on the team.

they just hired him because he's adorable, didn't they?

Hey Austin. I missed news since Patrick left. Can't wait to start reading!

PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENT! Welcome to the bomb crew Austin!!!

Welcome Austin!

Greetings from Argentina!!

uhhh so Austin seems like a top-tier sweety pie

Austin, you are one lucky bastard! Great to have you at GiantBomb, good luck and have fun.

Welcome to Giant Bomb, Austin! I hope you enjoy your stay!