HEY GUYS, what do you guys want to read about?

We're going to be in a slow period before E3 and definitely a good part of the summer. What do you want to know more about? What kind of stories would you like to see on Giant Bomb? I'll make no promises on what comes of this thread or if any of the ideas are used, but I'd love to hear what you guys are interested in and how I might be able to help make that happen.

Have at it.

Take the Kotaku path and write about anime, your personal life and countless other things that have nothing to do with video games.

Hamburgers

Bar stories. You know, drunk guy, bar fights, bad hookups...

You could look back at old games that have not had a chance for a reboot yet, and work out all the pros/cons of why they should be remade or why a game known for a certain genre would be great in another one. Or top 10 lists.

I know it's not news, but stories where a developer reflects back on a favourite game they were involved in years and years ago are usually quite interesting to me atleast. A little bit like Iwata Ask's I guess, just not roundtable-ish.

Editorials. There really have not been many on Giantbomb and while I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I would like to see editorials in non-bombcast form

@brainboy77 said:

Editorials. There really have not been many on Giantbomb and while I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I would like to see editorials in non-bombcast form

You will see that soon.

You could look back at old games that have not had a chance for a reboot yet, and work out all the pros/cons of why they should be remade or why a game known for a certain genre would be great in another one. Or top 10 lists.

More "Inside baseball"-kind of things! All the Activision stuff is great!

I would want to see specific beat stories like someone talking about the fighting game industry and another about Starcraft but that shit requires more people.

more endurance runs rumors. 

Text based endurance run?

How about a blog chronicling a journey through PlayStation Home?

I think some past game content could be interesting, if you took a look over entire game franchises/series and provoked some discussion on those it could be pretty fun. Maybe just pick the odd series, play through a bunch of it and write about it's legacy and possible future developments. It's kinda hard to put across what I mean, don't know if somebody could help me out...

Just past game insight shit! Thought provoking articles to stimulate discussion.

Maybe something about the actual effect of pre-order bonuses, demos and betas would be cool but probably difficult to measure on a game by game basis. Maybe info about game budgets, marketing budgets etc. could be cool too

Text previews of games would be great, especially those with a lower profile like the recent Hector: Badge of Courage or just about any and all indie games released on Steam.  Even if it's just a feature with quick blurbs about each, that'd be awfully handy for those of us who enjoy those sorts of smaller games.

And if we can't get I Love Monday's, can we at least get a text preview of what's in store for Giant Bomb for the week?  Maybe?

@brainboy77 said:

Editorials. There really have not been many on Giantbomb and while I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I would like to see editorials in non-bombcast form

You will see that soon.

@brainboy77 said:

Editorials. There really have not been many on Giantbomb and while I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I would like to see editorials in non-bombcast form

You will see that soon.

More inside the industry stories.  The way you get into the mind of developers with some things or the way you got that email from Activision that was addressing the MW3 leak was great.  More stuff like that.

I'm a stats freak and I would really like to know a little bit about how game development is spread around the globe. Where are the centers today, how do the different continents compare etc.
I'm from Europe and I feel like the industry is unscrutable over here. There are some guys in Sweden, some in the UK, Crytek from Germany, but I feel like it's all pretty much a blur.
But I could also see this being really boring to other people.

Also, I enjoyed "Building the Bastion" alot, something like that is always nice for me.

edit: YES! "Revisiting Playstation Home (again)" - make it happen.

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If I knew what the GB populace was interested in, I probably wouldn't tell you :P.

I would want to see specific beat stories like someone talking about the fighting game industry and another about Starcraft but that shit requires more people.

We're going to be in a slow period before E3 and definitely a good part of the summer. What do you want to know more about? What kind of stories would you like to see on Giant Bomb? I'll make no promises on what comes of this thread or if any of the ideas are used, but I'd love to hear what you guys are interested in and how I might be able to help make that happen.

Have at it.

@ThePhantomnaut said:

I would want to see specific beat stories like someone talking about the fighting game industry and another about Starcraft but that shit requires more people.

Yeah. That kinda stuff usually popped up at 1UP when they had the video crew. They did a video on a garage arcade (Keystone II I think) dedicated to an actual arcade (Keystone) and interviewing people.

Sadly the current 1UP is just a dead horse, where the only new things that happen are them losing key/memorable features of the past.

If you really want to know, there are a ton of us that wants to get some pc gaming coverage. It's always ignored unless brad plays starcraft 2, otherwise it's overlooked over consoles. Some of us really enjoy articles about windows pc gaming, even tested has a few every now and then unlike this site. If you wanted me to voice my honest opinion, I would say a bit more pc coverage, not just the big games like the witcher 2.

I want to read about The Rapture.

Retro news. Solve the mysteries of gaming histories...like...did Nolan Bushnell steal Pong from a legal standpoint?

Hamburgers

I'm a stats freak and I would really like to know a little bit about how game development is spread around the globe. Where are the centers today, how do the different continents compare etc.
I'm from Europe and I feel like the industry is unscrutable over here. There are some guys in Sweden, some in the UK, Crytek from Germany, but I feel like it's all pretty much a blur.
But I could also see this being really boring to other people.

Also, I enjoyed "Building the Bastion" alot, something like that is always nice for me.

@kingzetta

Hamburgers

How about a story on studios with a lot of talent, like Raven, who end up being rolled up into the massive asset generation machine for big budget annualized franchises like Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed.

We're going to be in a slow period before E3 and definitely a good part of the summer. What do you want to know more about? What kind of stories would you like to see on Giant Bomb? I'll make no promises on what comes of this thread or if any of the ideas are used, but I'd love to hear what you guys are interested in and how I might be able to help make that happen.

Have at it.

Battlefield 3

I'd love to make the PlayStation Home series actually happen. Maybe after E3.

Also, I maybe wanna punch the guy who suggested top ten lists.

Retro news. Solve the mysteries of gaming histories...like...did Nolan Bushnell steal Pong from a legal standpoint?

Looks at games we North Americans, or Western Society Citizens  wouldn't usually play.

Or

Developer Gossip, oh juicy gossip......mmhm

PC Gaming and everything related to it, including why it's the best way to play video games.

Looks at games we North Americans, or Western Society Citizens  wouldn't usually play.

More "Inside baseball"-kind of things! All the Activision stuff is great!

Shady-ass inside baseball. Do an expose of Zynga or something.

The retro news idea is good too.

I really enjoyed the Portal in the classroom piece and would love to see more like it.  More stuff that's not necessarily about new games, but other places games are popping up.  Hope that makes sense.

I'm interested at how video games are viewed by the mainstream, how healthy the industry is compared to say movies or television. Stuff like L.A. Noire being the first game to make it into the Tribeca Film Festival, what benefits would that bring? I liked your stuff about "videogames are officially art" etc, as I feel I'm the only person in my circle of friends who knows about stuff like Mass Effect and Assassins Creed. I think it's still viewed as a kids medium and people just don't understand what they are missing.

More editorials, for sure. I'm satisfied with the content we've been saying from the news section lately, but I still feel the site could stand to have some more original written content. Even though you've done great so far, Patrick!

I want stories about vidja games.