Our Officially Unofficial Feud With GamesRadar (They're So Dead)

ROUND ONE!!  FIGHT!!!

lmao AWESOME!!

Are they sure they wanna mess with a site called GIANTBOMB

KICK SOME ASS. Blow some shit up

It's time for another video Bomb Crew! ROLL OUT!

HAHAHaha

TDar is better than any podcast on the web (construtive critsism)

wat is da name of da song in da backround of da video

We need another internet beef video Jeff!

One thing that's clear... Jeff is wittier and faster on his verbal feet than those folks.

OH SNAP! NO HE DIDN'T!

But for real, it's true.

blap, blap... blap?

WOOT WOOT!!!

Why do people have such a difficult time understanding that game reviews are just opinions. They are going to differ, big deal. You can't expect to agree with every single one of them. Move on...

And hurray for forum lemmings that are constantly trying to start controversy.  >_>

"TDar is better than any podcast on the web (construtive critsism)

oh yeah HEY YOU LOOK LIKE A REAL JERK!"

Gamesradar just got CRITIQUED

im suddenly reminded why i love this site so much, and why i used to love GameSpot :)

1. Games Radar = douche bags. amirite or amirite?!?!!?

2. That video is the shit.

lukegib:
Bow Down: The Westside Connection

and lol@bringing back the video. hahahaha

I just listened to the podcast and go talkradar sucks what do they think there howard stern or something?

"wat is da name of da song in da backround of da video"

It's called "Bow Down" by Westside Connection

"Why do people have such a difficult time understanding that game reviews are just opinions. They are going to differ, big deal. You can't expect to agree with every single one of them. Move on...

And hurray for forum lemmings that are constantly trying to start controversy.  >_>"

And this podcast sucks btw so far. I think they start having Jeff on around 30:00.

Okay I lied, it's more around 40:00

I just listened to the original podcast where they're slating GiantBomb for giving it 100%. One of the first things the guy says "...I haven't read the review, but..."

Does this mean that the feud with GameSpot is over?

Or is this feud in addition to that feud?

Jesus, why even sink yourself down to their level? They remind of these really really annoying radio DJ's we have on the radio here.

Sound quality of their podast is crap too. F*cking amateurs.

Those a-holes only picked jax lines to laugh at. 

Racists

God their podcast sux! sounds like an fm radio morning show.... weak.

god their podcast is shit ... you shouldn't have given them the time of day  ;)

I like da Giant Bomb kthx.

Seriously, the bombcast makes me laugh every week, I really look forward to listening to it Wednesday morning at work.  Please keep up the great work guys.

"Dude, these guys took a gun and put a chainsaw on it.  DON'T PLAY IT." -Jeff

I laughed my ass off when that was on the thanksgiving week bombcast.  Great stuff.

Intimidating.

Nobody talk to crap about Jeff's reviews man are beat them down... with TooHuman game cases.

Anyone who talk smack about GiantBomb and its crew.......PLAP PLAP PLAP!

Hah ha ha. That was awesome funny.

Even better the second time

Are we West side or East side? Somebody should make a flash game based on this.

Mmmm.  Well this tiff (pretend or otherwise) can only end up being a bit embarassing for all concerned.

Regardless, what people have to keep in mind with the GB rating system is that (for some reason) it's based on 'absence of problems',  rather than 'inclusion of awesomeness'.  It seems to me that any given game starts on 5 stars and will get that so long as the developers haven't dropped the ball on something.

The 5 star description is "Recommend without reservation" - in other words, "You should play this because there isn't anything wrong with it."  I don't think there's any question that the GB reviewers genuinely believe that each game they 5 star meets that requirement - it's just that it's not a very a high target for a game to hit. 

Personally, my preference would be that a 5 star rating should be reserved for games that are solid, obviously, but also bring something new to the table (COD 4's multiplayer structure say) or that take an existing concept and do it to a much higher standard than it's current competition (Bioshock's atmosphere / art / story for example).  I would get far more from a rating system that differentiates between the truly outstanding and the (much more common) 'there's nothing wrong with it' games. 

Take Battlefield: Bad Company for example - it's a solid game, but does it bring anything that I haven't already had from a dozen other games just like it?  Not really.  I feel you could probably make a similar argument for a handful of other 5 starred games on the list.

Given that GB already cherrypicks the games it reviews - therefore making 1* virtually redundant - I feel that they could toughen up the 5* rating without cramping the rest of their scale.  I suspect most people (that care enough to frequent sites like this), care more about easily identifying the creme de la creme than they do about distinguishing between the bad and the terrible (neither of which they will ever buy anyway).

Integrity plainly isn't the issue - integrity is the very reason most of us initially chose to come here in the first place.  The rating system may be too forgiving, but the scores given do match the current rating descriptions. 

That said, the content of the review itself is infinitely more important to me - at least here I can read or watch a review without feeling like some smarmy salesman (who started gaming when Wipeout or GTA 3 made it ok to do so) is just quoting the back of the box at me verbatim.

TOASTY!

Too Human, it's  a video game.

Yup, that about sums it up.

ROFL, that video was awesome. Loved the Kevin VanOrd and Hillary Goldstein references.

Time for Giant Bomb to kick some Games Radar @$$.

BiggerBomb: Go back into your hole of idiocy. They never take themselves seriously, and neither should you.

Oh my god Jeff, that was amazing.

Did you guys actually listen to it? You're missing the point.

Thats one of the best video i've ever seen.  Dude in the background with the GiantBomb shirt as a bandana made it official

I love that video.  Have for awhile.

Well, I hate when people argue about reviews.  Especially GB's.  These guys know what they are doing, and MKvs.DC is a lot fun.  I played it at a friend's house.

absolute comedy. jeff you are a sucker mc son, and i mean that as a compliment.

srsly, who gives a crap about gamesradar?