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Giant Bomb's Work-From-Home Spectacular

It's... a Lockdown?

With increasing health concerns around the current viral outbreak, Giant Bomb has determined that, starting Wednesday, 3/11, the San Francisco-based staff will work remotely until further notice. In the meantime, you can join us over at our live chat starting at 11:00 AM PDT for a variety of streams, from our home to yours.

Above: Simulated photo of a Giant Bomb staffer's home streaming rig.
Above: Simulated photo of a Giant Bomb staffer's home streaming rig.

What sort of stuff should we expect?

We'll hopefully have chat live for most of the day with a variety of streams hosted by all your pals from Giant Bomb. These streams will range from casual multiplayer sessions, to live recordings of shows, and maybe even a little more experimental stuff thrown in here and there. Part of the fun is we'll be figuring it out with you along the way.

How much are you streaming?

The current plan is to start every day this week (Wed-Fri) at 11:00 PDT and stream for several hours. Other than that, we'll throw some things in the schedule, but someone will be around to take questions and entertain from the mornings on through the day. We'll make adjustments along the way and see how it all goes. Cool?

Wait, will it all be archived?

Maybe! There might be some chunks missing here and there but we'll do our best to make sure everything worth watching goes up on the site until the inevitable destruction of the Internet.

This is where the quick looks live.
This is where the quick looks live.

That's it! We don't know when things are going to return to "normal," but we'll update you guys as we learn more about the situation. In the meantime, stay safe and wash those hands!

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Good luck to all Bombers! I'm particularly vulnerable to this shit so I'm staying at home.

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This Covid-19 is no joke. E3 just got cancelled, and I agree with what Jeff said on UPF, we likely won't see another one again. Many gaming companies have clearly moved on from the show with their own live streams and events. It was fun while it lasted.

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god this is the perfect time for a full playthrough of Bugdom to make it onto the site

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Worst news of the pandemic: Lockdown 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus.

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Weird. I know Giant Bomb changes are actually super small in comparison to other things getting cancelled, sporting events without fans and work from home measures by other companies, but none of them have made it feel real till now. Fuck, this is truly crazy.

Stay safe guys! Thanks for all your hard work and future streams.

It's the end of world as we know it and I feel fine 🎶🎶

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Stay safe guys!

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Stay safe and healthy first and foremost! Glad to hear there are plans to archive, too.

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Weird. I know Giant Bomb changes are actually super small in comparison to other things getting cancelled, sporting events without fans and work from home measures by other companies, but none of them have made it feel real till now. Fuck, this is truly crazy.

Was taken aback watching both Spurs in SA and Golden State in SF play to PACKED crowds last night. Made me think "this is fine, I guess?" and "or this is going to quickly escalate because of these dumbasses". It's like some things won't stop because too much money will be lost and so they will continue until they are forced by the government to shut down. E3 and Coachella are different because they are likely more worried about the money they'll lose by trying to hold the event in terms of low ticket sales, where as a lot of ongoing events are afraid to cancel because they will lose money or go bankrupt. Even SXSW was only shut down because the mayor forced it. Props to him.

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Great to hear you're putting safety above all else and are willing to take precautions even if it's a huge inconvenience for you. Sure hope more people could think like that... then maybe this mess wouldn't have happened at all?!?

Take care and hope to see you soon (in a mildly lower bitrate)

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@undeadkink: I only know server rooms as hundreds of cables going from one rack to the other, being intwined in other cables, if there's a patch needed nobody removes cables they just unplug them and add new ones to the mix. It's a nightmare.

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Stay safe guys. I'm off work sick and looking forward to the streams

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Stay safe everyone! Holed up at home myself, in self-imposed remote-office quarantine.

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Thanks for the alternative content schedule GB, it's much appreciated to have you finding ways to bring us the hottest Video Game Action despite the unfortunate circumstances.

Stay safe and healthy as best y'all can!

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@forcen: thank you, that's was super helpful

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Glad you all are doing this, hopefully the east coast gets to do the same soon! Everybody stay safe!

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Hope you guys can figure a way to podcast from home

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I hope you guys announce the same thing for the East coast crew as well.

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Investigate 3/11.

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good news after all of my UCLA classes were also just moved online. lets all stay healthy while still having fun!!!

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@ravelle: Yup, that's the electronic nightmare with which I'm familiar.

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Be safe, to GB staff, GB community and everybody else out there. It got real crazy pretty quick.

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Stay safe GB crew.

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Sounds good. I know Vinny has prepared for this type of thing -- staff being able to stream on their own -- and it'll be awesome to see how it pans out.

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Thanks for the updates all!

Do what you need to do!

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@vectortheangel: Yes even a completely unedited "raw" version of whatever it is they do is better than content that is taking the place of regular content being lost.

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@pananabeel: No doubt Vinny will podcast over ham radio if there are no other options.

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A real missed opportunity to call this the Giant Bomb Covid-eogame Spectacular.

(That said - all kidding aside, hope everyone stays safe)

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Could you guys please start using restream to point also at YouTube? It would make it very convenient.

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Stay Safe..... Everyone

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I love how every comment is supportive. Good work lads.

I wonder if those fine people at VinnCo might have a fix?

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Take care guys!

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@luciddreams117 said:

Weird. I know Giant Bomb changes are actually super small in comparison to other things getting cancelled, sporting events without fans and work from home measures by other companies, but none of them have made it feel real till now. Fuck, this is truly crazy.

Was taken aback watching both Spurs in SA and Golden State in SF play to PACKED crowds last night. Made me think "this is fine, I guess?" and "or this is going to quickly escalate because of these dumbasses". It's like some things won't stop because too much money will be lost and so they will continue until they are forced by the government to shut down. E3 and Coachella are different because they are likely more worried about the money they'll lose by trying to hold the event in terms of low ticket sales, where as a lot of ongoing events are afraid to cancel because they will lose money or go bankrupt. Even SXSW was only shut down because the mayor forced it. Props to him.

The PSG game was behind closed doors and thousands of fans gathered outside the stadium to celebrate anyway after watching it in the local bars. So unless you ban public gatherings of all kinds (and enforce it with police) there isn't much point banning just money making events. Either that or you wait until shit gets real (e.g. Italy) and the public start to take it seriously.

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No! I refuse to wash my hands! Seriously though, stay safe.

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This is the right decision.

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Stay safe guys! Glad they are keeping you guys out of the city for a bit. Looking forward to the home streams!

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Glad you all are being proactive (I know it's probably a mandate from Top Men, but still, wise choice). I imagine GBE won't be long to follow.

As a live-in innkeeper, I share a place with 9 people, so that's scary. I'm young-ish and healthy and will almost certainly be fine should I get it, but many of my tenants aren't. Hard not to worry about that.

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@shagge: Not sure how helpful this is but in my research (via Dr. Andrew Weil) 4000 IU of Vitamin D, allicin/garlic, and astragalus are the best things to boost your immune system against viral infection. Also helpful to know that the virus doesn't show itself for the first week but will 95% of the time result in fever and dry cough. Reading this gave me some peace of mind because it's allergy season and easy to freak yourself out with a runny nose.

My attitude is if I get it, I get it. No biggie. I had the flu before and it sucks but I still was able to work after a couple days off. Much more worried for people I know with asthma, lung problems or have scheduled surgeries in coming weeks.

@alternate: Rudy Golbert, one of the best players in the league tested positive tonight. The NBA immediately decided to shut down the season, as he may have infected his team, other teams and fans. Unreal. Here I was thankful I can at least view NBA games during this mess. Makes me extra grateful for what the duders are doing. Hopefully other sporting events/leagues take notice and shut down or play without fans.

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Stay Safe and looking forward for this. Thank you guys and gals!

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Y'all kept making fun of 311, who's laughing now?! Joking aside, hoping you guys stay safe. Good luck braving the storm.

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Everyone stay safe and healthy, Bombers and Duders alike. This shit is scary, but let's take care of each other and then escape into the internet. GLHB.

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@lucifunk: i'll wash my hands for you but I will NEVER wash my stank ass for anyone. suck it. sincerely, me

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@notadishwasher: young people surviving but with scar tissue of the lungs to the point where they have choose a different way of life is pretty scary. sounds like no one will be spared from this except for maybe children.

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If Brad and Ben stream DOTA all day, the VIRUS WON! LOL

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I love you guys, take care and be safe 🖤

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Wash your hands everyone. Stay safe.

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@shagge: Not sure how helpful this is but in my research (via Dr. Andrew Weil) 4000 IU of Vitamin D, allicin/garlic, and astragalus are the best things to boost your immune system against viral infection. Also helpful to know that the virus doesn't show itself for the first week but will 95% of the time result in fever and dry cough. Reading this gave me some peace of mind because it's allergy season and easy to freak yourself out with a runny nose.

People, please don't get your medical advice from a video game site.

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"It's a.... lockdown?"

*slow clap*

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@syncretic: I get all of mine from the games themselves. And wouldn't you know it, I haven't been sick once since I covered my floor in first aid kits and stuck roasted chicken in the walls! Worst case scenario, I duck behind cover when I feel something coming on, then after a few seconds my vision clears up and I'm fine.