Eh.

Win Win? More like Vin Vin.

This is next level stuff

When I saw this thread I thought how much that kind of thread title would fill me with dread if I were Brad.

But then, as it is, it's just a bunch of people saying how awesome Brad is, which pleases me hugely. Brad is awesome and ever since the 2008 GOTY, when he argued for MGS4 to win only to get fuckedby Ryan, he's been my favourite member of the crew.

You're absolutely baller Shoemaker, keep it up!

Brad seems like a carefree dude that loves games and would be glad to work at Giant Bomb forever. He's the only one in the crew I get that vibe with (the others seem to have more stuff to worry about).

Also, someone link that Gamespot documentary with young Brad, where he's in a tiny apartment sleeping on the floor. Then you'll understand everything.

Love, of, the game!

Starcraft Brad was more my taste yes. And I wish he cursed more.

I like Brad a lot. He's got different perspectives from the rest of the crew, and I always appreciate his teachable moments. The only thing I don't like is his style of gaming. It's frustrating to watch him flub over and over again on sections of a game he should have a handle on. The swearing makes up for that I guess. Ryan summed it up best: Skip to 3:48.

Brad tweets pictures of guinea pigs. 'Nuff said, he's great.

@dudeglove: Was he really good at Starcraft before Dota entered his life? I've seen a lot of Starcraft references in older cotent. If you think about it Dota is kind of the same type of game. Maybe a more advanced form. But that's debatable.

@meatball said:

@bigjeffrey said:

Man, that was so fantastic. Poor sick brad.

Nothing, and i do mean nothing can stop a Dota run.

Brad is fucking awesome! You can't help but root for him! At least I can't.

Who doesn't like Brad? That's weird. I don't get the whole not liking people on this crew but sticking around to watch the content thing. People make this shit weirdly personal, like they've been directly affronted by the crew. It's like the people who send death threats to the Game of Thrones cast because they play shitty characters. Get a fucking grip. If you don't like the cast, maybe not consume the content?

I find Brad to be the staff member that I personally identify with most, partly because he's clearly the more introverted of them. So I've always had a fondness for Brad that dwarfs my fondness for Jeff, even though I recognise that Jeff is the funnier and more charismatic of the two. But they're charismatic in entirely different ways - Brad's charisma is in understated charm, and Jeff's is in bombast and energy, and I tend to have a greater appreciation for the former.

I also think that Brad is by far the best writer on Giant Bomb. There's a craft and a flow to his reviews that I very much appreciate. It's a shame that his talents aren't as well displayed on a very video-focused site, and I almost wonder if they should give Brad a space to write about things more often, instead of just for reviews. I don't know what form that would take, and if they could come up with as brilliant/dumb of a name as Guns of Navarro, but I'd like to see it.

I agree. He's so entertaining when he's on the Tested podcasts; he gels with Will and Norm extremely well.

Yo Brad sorry about that time I called you a sick fuck in chat.

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Probably should disclaim that I made the site up. Don't try going there or permutations of it.

@gaspower: Yeah I would love to see Patrick take on Brad and Vinny in DS2 somehow. I think he would win easily.

I dunno probably? maybe he just likes to roll flying blind. That would certainly explain some of the Brad deaths if he did.

really though I bet it's contacts since video work is his job these days and I think's he's busted the specs out for some livestreams from his place.

lookingback on that moment, it really was huge. Huger than perhaps I realized at the time. That was probably the moment, post the sale to CBSi, that I think convinced a lot of us Whiskey Media holdovers that Giant Bomb was going to be ok. That CBSi wasn't going to ruin them or the site was going to fold into Gamespot, it was still going to be the same guys doin what we love to watch them do. It was visual proof that the guys were still the guys and the content was going to be back. 'Cause man the first several months were rough, real rough. We as community really needed that moment, it was a great thing to rally around. It united the forums in positivity for the first time in 3/4 of a year when there was tremendous friction here. Even today it still feels like the site has not yet fully recovered as so many site features remain gone, but we believe it's going to be ok.

definitely one of the top 5 moments in Giant Bomb history in my mind.

I still have no idea how Vinny managed to time the Vangelis Chariots of Fire song so perfectly as it aired live!

I want to give Brad a hug. That is all.

@slag: Because Vinny. That's about all we need to know!

Alpaca paca if you asked me....hmmm....

Someone said "Brad the Impaler" during the most recent stream. I had to make that happen: