Giant Bomb community census: Age

45

20 going on 21 in about a month here.

Been with the site for almost exactly seven years, though, so since I was about 13/14

21, Joined the site when it was a blog in 08 so I must have bee 12-13. I was watching the endurance run in junior high.

I'm the same age group as most of the duders; mid to late 30s.

Now this is some market research I can get behind.

30. Was 23(?) when I started watching GB, and 24 when I created an account. I think. Shit, I don't remember. I've spent a lot of time here, is what I'm saying, haha. Vinny had hair and everything!

Seeing as I started this inquiry, I should probably chime in and admit that I'm 44. But young at heart!

I'm 22. I joined the site back in 2011, so I was 17 when I started coming to the site. But I was listening to the podcast for a few years before that even. I got an iphone around 15. That's when I discovered podcasts. Kinda went crazy for a few years there. I would probably be horrified if I saw how many hours of my life I've spent listening to dudes talk about video games. I actually remember the first Bombcast I listened to bored me to tears. I think they had a dev on and all they talked about was Wow. Not the best first impression, but I gave it another chance later on and loved it.

23. Will be 24 in May. I started watching the content on this site when I was around 17 (the Persona 4 Endurance Run, obviously). When I finished that, I watched the Deadly Premonition ERs and started listening to the Bombcast. Been a loyal fan ever sense.

21. I started listening to the bombcast in 2011? 2012? I forget. I do remember that I stated to go to the site when Jeff and Ryan put up a short podcast in the bombcast feed about how recent changes to the site might cause some wierdness with the RSS feed and, ended with Jeff asking people to check out the site changes. I still can't believe that was four years ago.

This question was on that official user survey just before Christmas, I think. Is there no way to see the results of that one?

Paul Ryckert has to be the one guy who said 50+.

Will be 32 in March. Started visiting the site regularly back in 2011.

22. Started visiting in early 2010. Found the site by listening to another podcast which referenced the bombcast. First episode I listened to was the one where Will and Norm came on to talk about Tested which had just started.

26. Joined in 2008 when I found the site while digging for any Too Human coverage. By the time the P4 Endurance Run kicked off they had me and I've been here pretty much daily ever since. Stayed quiet though until recently. A lot can change in nine (!!!) years, and these days my friends and I live hours apart and my girlfriend who I live with works crazy hours as a nurse, so I have more downtime and find myself in the forums more often now.

I want Too Human II. Screw the haters.

23, 24 in april.

Ah so many young whipper snappers.

Turning 31 this year, my join date is 2010 so I guess I was 24 when I started. Wow... what is time?

Same it'll be 7 years this April. The site doesn't even feel that old.

28 going on 29. Jeez, hard to believe I was most likely 20 when I started visiting this site

Just turned 39 a little over a month ago.

24, gonna be 25 in March. I constantly think I'm 25 though.

Turning 32 in about a month. I signed up in 2011, but I've been coming here since mid 2009. It's kind of weird to think that I've been reading/watching the GB crew for close to 1/4 of my life.

Wow i expected 15-18 to be much higher. I guess most other teenagers do more than sit at home and watch old guys play video games all day :P

31. This site's full of industry vets that are 30+, so I guess that's why I stick around here?

The forums rarely involve terms like "flame shield up" so that's probably why I've stuck around this long.

36

Never even heard of that term, so yeah, you're in good company duder.

26, been visiting the site since it started.

Didnt think i'd be in the majority.

28. Visiting the site since the early episodes of the dp er, so for almost 7 years now.

I had to urbandictionary that :S

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flame+shield

I'm 23 now, I've been with the site since I was 14. Kinda crazy to type that!

Yeah, my forum posting days started at Gamefaqs around 2000. Jumping into a board and seeing someone go "I hate your game and all of you *FLAME SHIELD*" was a pretty regular thing. I have a hard time getting angry on the internet, so since these forums are moderated fairly well it's a decent place to be.

30 I've been following GB since I was in my mid-earlier 20's cant even remember the year at this point.

I'm 24, started listening to "Gamespot presents the Hotspot" when I was 12 and followed them here. Looks like everyone on this site is 20+.

I've been following the GB crew since they were at Gamespot live streaming "On the Spot" back before flash video was even a thing. Remember those days?

30's. Made a Gamespot account in 2005, not sure why but it seems to coincide with my purchase of F.E.A.R. and Quake 4. Jumped ship to GB when all that stuff happened.

Good old 32 here.

That's a bell curve if I ever saw one.

Just turned 29 a few weeks ago. My life is pretty much over.

28 here. Seems the most populated bracket.

I turn 40 in a month. Still in the 35-39 bracket!!

25 going on 26 this year, I've been here since the founding of giant bomb, so I was 16.

32, going on 33 in about 6 months time.

Joined in '08, which seems surprisingly long to me, but then I remember I made an account fairly early but didn't become super active until later on. Originally I was a big GameSpot guy and really loved (still do love) Greg Kasavin, so I was pretty bummed when he moved on but at the same time happy for him and what it meant for his future. Eventually I got around to really enjoying the antics of Jeff, Ryan and one Rich Gallop, and was again quite bummed when he left.

Then the whole Kane & Lynch controversy came about and I stopped going to GameSpot for coverage, but still stuck around the forums as I had some good friends I still followed there and enjoyed having conversations/debates with. Eventually that kind of dried up as well and since I had made an account on here after hearing from a friend that Jeff and Ryan had made their own website, I decided to take a look around.

Don't know what exactly it was that made me stick around but I'm glad I did. A small confession I must make is that I never finished the Persona 4 Endurance Run. I had played P4 and eventually fell off for whatever reason, (likely in no small part thanks to the PS3 coming out) but after watching some of the P4 ER it got me real motivated and I went back and finished the game.

I'm 30. Been on GB since the beginning and followed the guys at Gamespot before that (maybe only a year though prior with the gamespot stuff).

19, been with the site since 2010 after thinking the bombcast art was really cool

29. Don't remember what year I joined GB, only that Ryan was the podcast host at the time.

26. Joined GB in early 2016 so I could watch Metal Gear Scanlon. No regrets

I'm 25 and I came across Giantbomb in 2009.

They tend to watch young guys who scream a lot and pretend to have extreme reactions to stuff instead of genuine funny dudes who know a thing. Either that or watch people who play nothing but one specific game.

GB is a smaller niche, but I'm pleased as heck that it exists.

@bojackhorseman said:

To be fair, it could also be Jeff Green.