GDC Broadcasts

I haven't been able to watch them live, because of work, so will they be made into podcast form and released?

If Jeff was on schedule then you would already have the first nights endeavours in podcast form.

" The coverage has been piss poor in my opinion.  Almost no content.  "

" The coverage has been piss poor in my opinion.  Almost no content.  "

" The coverage has been piss poor in my opinion.  Almost no content.  "

" The coverage has been piss poor in my opinion.  Almost no content.  "

" The coverage has been piss poor in my opinion.  Almost no content.  "

As much as people are prone to defend GB, I almost wonder why they go events like GDC if they don't relay some of the core tenets that make the show what it's supposed to be (i.e. the panels, technical developer discussions, creative thought processes). Sure, the podcasts have been great and entertaining, but they've hardly been illuminating what with Jeff STILL asking about Midway whenever the Adam and Johnny are around or asking questions that have already been repeated over and over. For example, the SWERY interview. Again, while entertaining, it was full of questions that have already been asked; most of which were even from GB's own now-defunct community magazine. Yes, I know many people don't consume news and interviews from multiple outlets, but GB didn't go above and beyond the norm aside from an exchange of goods and snacks.
 
They're a small group of guys and, obviously, they'd be shouldering a bigger workload because of that, but I'm not seeing a concerted effort to actually cover the event. Really, how hard is it to get a couple of industry friends to sit down, drink and talk about some games? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because of some embargoes they have in place, but does anyone remember their DICE coverage? I sure as hell don't, aside from, "Oh yeah, we drank and poked out a few inside jokes we can't talk about."

" As much as people are prone to defend GB, I almost wonder why they go events like GDC "

" As much as people are prone to defend GB, I almost wonder why they go events like GDC if they don't relay some of the core tenets that make the show what it's supposed to be (i.e. the panels, technical developer discussions, creative thought processes). Sure, the podcasts have been great and entertaining, but they've hardly been illuminating what with Jeff STILL asking about Midway whenever the Adam and Johnny are around or asking questions that have already been repeated over and over. For example, the SWERY interview. Again, while entertaining, it was full of questions that have already been asked; most of which were even from GB's own now-defunct community magazine. Yes, I know many people don't consume news and interviews from multiple outlets, but GB didn't go above and beyond the norm aside from an exchange of goods and snacks.   They're a small group of guys and, obviously, they'd be shouldering a bigger workload because of that, but I'm not seeing a concerted effort to actually cover the event. Really, how hard is it to get a couple of industry friends to sit down, drink and talk about some games? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because of some embargoes they have in place, but does anyone remember their DICE coverage? I sure as hell don't, aside from, "Oh yeah, we drank and poked out a few inside jokes we can't talk about." "

" I haven't been able to watch them live, because of work, so will they be made into podcast form and released? "

keep in mind a lot of stuff is embargoed and what video content they have is coming because they had 2 days of live streaming podacast.

" keep in mind a lot of stuff is embargoed and what video content they have is coming because they had 2 days of live streaming podacast. "

Granted, I haven't had a chance to look at the archived streams, but I can imagine that:

A) With Ryan and their general substitute Alex both out being ill, they're down to four people. Vinny and Drew recording and editing the videos, leaving Brad and Jeff to attend panels, browse the show floor, and in Jeff's case, host and edit the podcasts.

B) Judging from tweets from the event itself, there is a fair bit of counter-programing going on: the biggest example of which was Apple and Nintendo on the first day. That's a lot of hard choices to make. A good alternative would be to have a few industry friends who have attended some panels and gather their opinions, which, whaddayaknow, is precisely the purpose of the podcasts.

On a final note, I personally never thought of Giant Bomb as a site that excels at covering news "as it happens". It's hard to compete with already established sites such as Gamespot, IGN, 1Up, and the various magazine / website hybrids on that front, all of which have much larger staff numbers than GB. GB though has carved a niche for themselves in providing high quality video content, community building and the Quest system. And Twitter is rapidly becoming my main source for news.

Oh, speaking of GDC coverage, a podcast is up!

"I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because of some embargoes they have in place..."

" The coverage has been piss poor in my opinion.  Almost no content.  "

" @Panic_Switch: I never asked for content and was merely asking why they're at these shows if they aren't going to cover pertinent information. I also never formed a stance of entitlement throughout the entirety of my reply to this topic. Be careful of what you read before you rattle off your mouth. Also:

@Sleepy_Insomniac said:

"I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because of some embargoes they have in place..."

 I'm all for how this site operates (I'm a yearly subscriber for a reason), but if I find any aspect of it lacking, I sure as hell am not afraid to call them out on it. Encouragement lifts their spirits, but criticism helps them grow; plus they're big boys and I'm sure they can handle a nobody like me saying, "Hey, I think you should cover this better." "

" @Sleepy_Insomniac said:

" @Panic_Switch: I never asked for content and was merely asking why they're at these shows if they aren't going to cover pertinent information. I also never formed a stance of entitlement throughout the entirety of my reply to this topic. Be careful of what you read before you rattle off your mouth. Also:

@Sleepy_Insomniac said:

"I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because of some embargoes they have in place..."

 I'm all for how this site operates (I'm a yearly subscriber for a reason), but if I find any aspect of it lacking, I sure as hell am not afraid to call them out on it. Encouragement lifts their spirits, but criticism helps them grow; plus they're big boys and I'm sure they can handle a nobody like me saying, "Hey, I think you should cover this better." "

First of all, I would like to say I never implied any such thing and was just merely answering the questions you proposed in just a rather condescending manner. A manner of which I'm really sorry about now because it was completely uncalled for and unfair to you.  Secondly however, your words not mine so don't make mine up okay?!So how 'bout next time you please follow your own advice "before you rattle off your mouth"?! Yeah Thanks... Also:
 
@Sleepy_Insomniac said: 
 "I also never formed a stance of entitlement throughout the entirety of my reply to this topic." 
 " I'm all for how this site operates (I'm a yearly subscriber for a reason), but if I find any aspect of it lacking, I sure as hell am not afraid to call them out on it."  Sounds a bit entitled in my opinion?! But nobodies saying it's wrong as a paid member "yearly slash monthly" or anything... So of course you for sure should be able to express your opinion about "practices" all you want especially since your the consumer in the equation. It's like you said anyway though "they're big boys and I'm sure they can handle a nobody like you saying, Hey, I think you should cover this better". "

" @Panic_Switch said:

" @Sleepy_Insomniac said:

" @Panic_Switch: I never asked for content and was merely asking why they're at these shows if they aren't going to cover pertinent information. I also never formed a stance of entitlement throughout the entirety of my reply to this topic. Be careful of what you read before you rattle off your mouth. Also:

@Sleepy_Insomniac said:

"I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because of some embargoes they have in place..."

 I'm all for how this site operates (I'm a yearly subscriber for a reason), but if I find any aspect of it lacking, I sure as hell am not afraid to call them out on it. Encouragement lifts their spirits, but criticism helps them grow; plus they're big boys and I'm sure they can handle a nobody like me saying, "Hey, I think you should cover this better." "

First of all, I would like to say I never implied any such thing and was just merely answering the questions you proposed in just a rather condescending manner. A manner of which I'm really sorry about now because it was completely uncalled for and unfair to you.  Secondly however, your words not mine so don't make mine up okay?!So how 'bout next time you please follow your own advice "before you rattle off your mouth"?! Yeah Thanks... Also:
 
@Sleepy_Insomniac said: 
 "I also never formed a stance of entitlement throughout the entirety of my reply to this topic." 
 " I'm all for how this site operates (I'm a yearly subscriber for a reason), but if I find any aspect of it lacking, I sure as hell am not afraid to call them out on it."  Sounds a bit entitled in my opinion?! But nobodies saying it's wrong as a paid member "yearly slash monthly" or anything... So of course you for sure should be able to express your opinion about "practices" all you want especially since your the consumer in the equation. It's like you said anyway though "they're big boys and I'm sure they can handle a nobody like you saying, Hey, I think you should cover this better". "

That doesn't sound entitled at all.  It sounds like he feels the content is lacking, which it was.  The fact that he was a yearly subscriber has no bearing on whether or not the content was poor (again, I agree with that statement) but rather that he enjoys the site but takes some issue with it.  Quoting out of context.  The fact that they didn't even have a news story up for the GDC podcasts is inexcusable.  I found out about the podcasts a day and a half later (when they still weren't up) and then watched them on justin.tv.  Also, anybody should be able to express opinions about "practices" all they want, not just subscribers. "

" @whitesox said:

" @Panic_Switch said:

" @Sleepy_Insomniac said:

" @Panic_Switch: I never asked for content and was merely asking why they're at these shows if they aren't going to cover pertinent information. I also never formed a stance of entitlement throughout the entirety of my reply to this topic. Be careful of what you read before you rattle off your mouth. Also:

@Sleepy_Insomniac said:

"I'll give them the benefit of the doubt because of some embargoes they have in place..."

 I'm all for how this site operates (I'm a yearly subscriber for a reason), but if I find any aspect of it lacking, I sure as hell am not afraid to call them out on it. Encouragement lifts their spirits, but criticism helps them grow; plus they're big boys and I'm sure they can handle a nobody like me saying, "Hey, I think you should cover this better." "

First of all, I would like to say I never implied any such thing and was just merely answering the questions you proposed in just a rather condescending manner. A manner of which I'm really sorry about now because it was completely uncalled for and unfair to you.  Secondly however, your words not mine so don't make mine up okay?!So how 'bout next time you please follow your own advice "before you rattle off your mouth"?! Yeah Thanks... Also:
 

@Sleepy_Insomniac

said: 
 "I also never formed a stance of entitlement throughout the entirety of my reply to this topic." 
 " I'm all for how this site operates (I'm a yearly subscriber for a reason), but if I find any aspect of it lacking, I sure as hell am not afraid to call them out on it."  Sounds a bit entitled in my opinion?! But nobodies saying it's wrong as a paid member "yearly slash monthly" or anything... So of course you for sure should be able to express your opinion about "practices" all you want especially since your the consumer in the equation. It's like you said anyway though "they're big boys and I'm sure they can handle a nobody like you saying, Hey, I think you should cover this better". "

That doesn't sound entitled at all.  It sounds like he feels the content is lacking, which it was.  The fact that he was a yearly subscriber has no bearing on whether or not the content was poor (again, I agree with that statement) but rather that he enjoys the site but takes some issue with it.  Quoting out of context.  The fact that they didn't even have a news story up for the GDC podcasts is inexcusable.  I found out about the podcasts a day and a half later (when they still weren't up) and then watched them on justin.tv.  Also, anybody should be able to express opinions about "practices" all they want, not just subscribers. "

Agree to Disagree? Oh... I definitely didn't mean that just subscribes should be able to voice their opinions about practices that would be really wrong and unfair. But as for anything about subscribing and having a bearing on content that wasn't really what I was talking about. However though I definitely don't disagree with all your points about the coverage but like a majority of people have been saying throughout the thread  already that there are numerous extenuating circumstances involved.  
 
Uh.. I don't think he was necessarily concerned about content.
 

@Sleepy_Insomniac

said:
I never asked for content and was merely asking why they're at these shows if they aren't going to cover pertinent information.  "

" As much as people are prone to defend GB, I almost wonder why they go events like GDC." "

Extenuating circumstances or not, the coverage has been poor.  I (hope) we can all agree on that.  You did not quote, as far as I can tell, that last part.  But while he never specifically asked for content, he did ask why we weren't getting any.  When someone is entitled, they tend to say something along the lines of "They have to give me more coverage."  Where has he said "Why are they going if we are not getting coverage?"  It's a semantic argument surely, but I don't see the entitlement. "