Let's all welcome Austin Walker =D

Seems pretty promising based on The Giant Beastcast. Welcome, sir!

Welcome! Really looking forward to your contributions!

Yup, I like him.

I read his review of Battlefield Hardline, and I was sold right away by his analysis. His feature on 'real' player choices (and what people think they mean by that) in regards to Dragon Age Inquisition was very enlightening. I foresee enjoying the 'written word' features from Giant Bomb.

Fantastic hire! I've really enjoyed Austin's writing in the past so it's awesome to see him become part of the Bombcrew!

Welcome to the crew!

welcome to the site dude.

Hadn't heard of him, but I am going back and reading a lot of his work from last year and he is amazing. Loved him on the Beastcast as well. Welcome!

Welcome Austin!

Welcome aboard! I don't know much about your work but I'm excited to see what you bring to GB and GBE. +1 for being Canadian too.

@haz:

@conmulligan: DAMN! Deception. Oh well!

BETTER WATCH YO SELF AUSTIN

just kidding you're pretty aight. Welcome to the family!

I have no idea who you are , but welcome :D

Welcome Austin, I look forward to your content!

Welcome Austin!

Austin, your writing is phenomenal and you felt super natural on the Beastcast! Excited to see what the future holds!

Welcome Austin. Have Fun.

So glad to have a pal like Austin involved with GB. I'm a long time Giant Bomb fan but also have spent more time lately with more critical stuff as well as being part of the community Austin helped build at streamfriends.tv and twitch.

If anyone is looking for more Austin content check out http://friendsatthetable.net/ Its a tabletop roleplaying podcast GMed by Austin with his friends from the Streamfriends community (and Keith). Also there's probably hundreds of hours of Lets Play videos with Austin at http://streamfriends.tv and http://twitch.tv/streamfriends and all of his written words at http://clockworkworlds.com

He has also written a real good interactive fiction game at http://thecalcutec.itch.io/ascentury featuring art from everyone's pal Fobwashed

I found the end of the Beastcast extremely confusing and thought the whole "you're hired" thing was just a joke. Anyway, great to have you duder, welcome aboard!

I can't claim to have read all of Austin's writing, but what I have was impressive and has me really intrigued to see what he'll bring to the site. Glad to have you sir!

Welcome Austin. I really need to finish the beastcast now. But seriously, it's great to see GB solidifying in the east.

I pledge allegiance to Team Austin.

Dwarf Fortress, top ten game of 2014.

Welcome, Austin. I'll just assume you look like the Google results until proven otherwise.

Benvenuto Austin!

Welcome aboard!!

@fobwashed: So happy so happy so happy so happy

Hey, awesome! Welcome, Austin!

Welcome to the crew Austin!

Been poking through some of Austin's writing. Good stuff! Heavier than most, obviously, but it's nice to have a deeper perspective. Seems like a great addition to the team. Welcome!

Also, anyone who rides the Dwarf Fortress train is alright on my list.

This makes me very happy, but also very ashamed to admit I didn't read enough of Austin's work beforehand. I'd see a lot of praise for something like his GTA or Hardline piece, read it, think, this is good, I should read more of his stuff...and then not.

Super happy to see you'll be part of my favorite site and looking forward to having easier access to your work!

This is exciting!

+1

I'm new to Austin's work, but having only read a couple of his pieces, I can already see that he is a witty, insightful, and perspicacious author. I very much look forward to enjoying his content now that he has joined the impeccable Giant Bomb team. Congratulations!

I heard of Austin for the first time on last week's beastcast, and I was surprised as how well he fit right in!

All of this positivity surrounding him (and dat PhD work! shit!) combined with this makes me real excited.

No idea who you are, Austin, but everyone seems pretty excited about you so I'm happy...FOR NOW.

Welcome! I'm not familiar with you at all (as far as I can recall anyways), but judging by the general sentiment of this thread, you're pretty awesome. So that's great!

Welcome to the madhouse! I wasn't too familiar with you before this thread (I'd read an article of yours once before), but looking up your work has me excited to see whatcha do here on Giant Bomb. Good stuff. :)

What are his thoughts on Professional Wrestling and Mario Party?

Welcome, Austin Walker! I am really excited for the GBeastCast!!

Beast Coast confirmed for best office.

Holy shit it's the new News Guy!

Sorry but the original post is bullshit. It's ALWAYS been cool to follow Austin. He's the raddest and baddest dude around. I'm super pumped to have him around.

Welcome!

I'm not familiar with his previous work, but it is impossible for anyone to be worse than Dan, so welcome!

Welcome to the crew Austin. Will definitely check out the BEAST cast.

Welcome aboard! Looking forward to seeing your work!

Sounds like a compelling add. Enjoyed Austin's presence on the beastcast, welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard! Looking forward to more in depth writing to go alongside all the awesome video content.