Isn't it amazing how everyone does Quick Looks now?

" @Siphillis said:

" @Nomin said:

" There are tons of 'Let's Play' threads on the Interwebs that are precursors to the video format iterations. GB Quicklooks are hardly original.  "

"Let's Play" features are substitutes to actually replaying games, and aren't necessarily made for promotional or critical purposes, but rather nostalgia.  While a Quick Look lasts for roughly 10-20 minutes, LPs span an entire game. "

Oh so like an 'Endurance Run'? "

I was surprised to see today that Massively, the Joystiq MMO site, has a live-stream channel on the site and a section where all those unedited videos are stored for visitors to watch at their own pace.  Like any Quick Look, they play the game as is with comments about what's going on.  They're not as funny as QLs, though.

   @Kibblez said: 

   (plus, don't get too gung-ho over 'FAP' when 'TANG' exists!) "

Yeah the second series of TANG was called WUTANG. "

tbh, giantbomb isn't the first. jeuxvideo.com have been doing it since 2004-2005. here's shadow of the colossus gaming live 
edit: actually, I'm not sure about this, but i think I showed it to them way back when but never received a response. It's a great feature but they're not the innovators. As I'm sure jeuxvideo.com are not ether as i'm sure there are people who've done it before them. 

" @RoyCampbell said:

" FAPping?  That's shameful. "

thats gamsradar. "

Soon, other sites will copy Jeff's Nintendo Download Podcast.

" FAPping?  That's shameful. "

I also noticed the quick looks on other sites, and what we are playing this week tags. I have to admit im enjoying the endurance runs/ quick looks of older games on game informer. I didnt think they could match GB's team, but watching them unable to figure how to save a game playing Overblood after playing for :40 and then dieing was pretty epic.

" Giantbomb is the original, and best.  They're clever and funny.  The one I saw months ago on IGN, for Darksiders, was little more than a preview of the game.  I lost interest quickly.  The Giantbomb guys go beyond just previewing a game, they entertain the viewer as well. "

" @I_smell said: 

   @Kibblez said: 

   (plus, don't get too gung-ho over 'FAP' when 'TANG' exists!) "

Yeah the second series of TANG was called WUTANG. "

Dumb-but-funny acronyms are one thing; naming a thing on your website after a slang word for masturbation - and not just that, but an internet slang word, so it's automatically kinda lame- is just patronizing and not all that funny. I mean, don't get me wrong, masturbation jokes can be great, but that's just... kinda stupid. "

Fakie Quick looks are impossible to follow with the most boring people ever doing them.

" Aren't they with the developers of the game though? I haven't watched any of these except for Gamespot's "Now Playing" and I think that was with the developer. If that is the case, then they aren't really the same thing as original Quick Looks, but even then I think it's cool that QLs are catching on, as I think they are one of the most informative ways of letting the audience know how a game is. Also, Gamespot has achivement tracking, called Fuse... Like the fuse of a bomb... Maybe even a giant bomb... "

they should have trademarked it or something shit... fuck these biters dude, need to hop of the GB pipe. 

DudeDragsBench.com 
 
It sparked a revolution, that would save the world.

" Not only Quick Looks, but IGN, Gamespot and even 1UP all now have member systems very similar to Giant Bomb's. "

Nothing "amazing" about it to me. 
I've seen it done before (just mostly without the witty commentary)

" @MaFoLu said:

" Aren't they with the developers of the game though? I haven't watched any of these except for Gamespot's "Now Playing" and I think that was with the developer. If that is the case, then they aren't really the same thing as original Quick Looks, but even then I think it's cool that QLs are catching on, as I think they are one of the most informative ways of letting the audience know how a game is. Also, Gamespot has achivement tracking, called Fuse... Like the fuse of a bomb... Maybe even a giant bomb... "

Gamespot had those achievements long, long before GB introduced them. While the GB crew were still working there in fact. "

" @Vitor said:

" @MaFoLu said:

" Aren't they with the developers of the game though? I haven't watched any of these except for Gamespot's "Now Playing" and I think that was with the developer. If that is the case, then they aren't really the same thing as original Quick Looks, but even then I think it's cool that QLs are catching on, as I think they are one of the most informative ways of letting the audience know how a game is. Also, Gamespot has achivement tracking, called Fuse... Like the fuse of a bomb... Maybe even a giant bomb... "

Gamespot had those achievements long, long before GB introduced them. While the GB crew were still working there in fact. "

Wrong. The middleware that tracks the achievements for them existed before, however they implemented it into their website way after GB did their achievement stuff.   Also, to chime in with what the others have already told you: Let's Play's have absolutely nothing to do with Quicklooks. "

Id enjoy QuickLooks a lot more were it not for the fact that I really dislike Jeff

SHAMEFUL 

I find Gamespot's "quick looks" to be the most mindbogglingly charisma-free zones. Just utterly joyless pap.
 
And Shaun McInnis needs to ask the Wizard for a personality. Cause he has none.

If only sites like Gamespot could steal the great site design from GB. It's so easy and fast and most of all clean looking. I hate it when websites try to cram in a thousand different frames and flash and ads all over the place and force you to click on next page after every paragraph instead of just scrolling down. Sites should be as minimalistic as possible when it comes to UI.

I love quick looks, but I think it's dumb how some people are saying GB should "trademark" this in some way. Dude, you're sitting down for like 15-45 minutes and talking about a game. It's not really that original or novel of an idea.

X-Play is doing the first 15 minutes. 
1UP does there weekly game thing (whatever it's called now, if they still do it).

" I also noticed the quick looks on other sites, and what we are playing this week tags. I have to admit im enjoying the endurance runs/ quick looks of older games on game informer. I didnt think they could match GB's team, but watching them unable to figure how to save a game playing Overblood after playing for :40 and then dieing was pretty epic. "

Even if Giantbomb didn't invent Quick Looks, which I would argue they did. They still made them mainstream.

Yeah FYI it looks like Cheap Ass Gamer will be doing something similar to this also. It's pretty funny how everyone is jumping on now.