Something Awful's view on Giant Bomb's situation

Just saw this article at Something Awful. While yeah, it's supposed to be funny, there's definitely a lot of truth here concerning what everyone thought when we heard Giant Bomb was going back to Gamespot.

Giant Bomb: Worst Case Scenario

The new motto will be: Your #1 Source For Cheats, Copy+Pasted News Stories, And Hot Babe Lists

Can't wait! Also, this:

Everyone that works on the site will literally be lined up against a wall and executed on a livestream, just hours before they get a chance to reveal the new game to be featured in the next Endurance Run feature.

I laughed at that but now I'm seriously wondering if they would force them to change the name Giant Bomb to a generic game site name...

if you ever wanted to discuss whether the dark room of the jar time videos meant that Jeff is depressed or not, look no further than the SA GB thread

I wonder how long it'll take for someone to be offended by this satirical post.

@ajamafalous said:

Brad Shoemaker will be fired for not being good enough at video games.

I lol'd

Me too.

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

@Irvandus said:

@ajamafalous said:

Brad Shoemaker will be fired for not being good enough at video games.

I lol'd

Me too.

That was probably the best part.

I really liked the article, it's clear that the writer is a fan and it's fun to get some humor out of it.

The name change to Gamespop, which would further confuse people trying to get to GameStop or GameSpot is hilarious. Me mistyping "GameStop" for "GameSpot" is the reason I found out about that website and Jeff.

Speaking of which, I was confused when on that video with Jeff and that GameSpot guy, they said "people are wondering if we're going to start seeing GameSpot style of content up on GiantBomb". What does that mean? When I think of GameSpot, i don't think of "content". I think of spam and link-bait and clutter. The last thing I think of is actual content. I don't think of reviews or articles or commentary or personalities or talent or discussion or community. I just think of a rabid community of mouth-breathers (say what you will about GiantBomb, at least the discussions are largely deep, involved, and thought-out -- versus thirty pages of one line slur-combinations) and a bunch of clutter trying to sell me on shit.

Nice. It's fun to finally laugh at Something Awful after all this time.

Long live ironic uses of activewear.

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

That's the most incredible typo I've ever seen. It's like a completely different word, and yet I skimmed right over it without noticing when I was reading.

@Slab64 said:

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

That's the most incredible typo I've ever seen. It's like a completely different word, and yet I skimmed right over it without noticing when I was reading.

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

I hope you guys don't mind, but every time I need to say unformcotable from now on, I will spell it like this.

@Slab64 said:

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

That's the most incredible typo I've ever seen. It's like a completely different word, and yet I skimmed right over it without noticing when I was reading.

me too.

They forgot the new memes. Softcore Dave, We call them like they tell us to - Jeff Gerstmann, The Vinny Happy Face Thread, All Gamespot trailers have all the power and our community gang sign :)

Like an article from The Onion only less funny.

A strict no-tracksuit policy will force Jeff Gerstmann to come in to work in a baby blue tuxedo every day.

I don't think this is the worst idea. Make it happen CBSi

@benson said:

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

It's funny that the only word I couldn't immediately latch onto was "spelling." I had to go over it a couple of times to get it. Also, my Chrome browser spell check only finds a couple of these words misspelled.

@MrKlorox said:

Nice. It's fun to finally laugh at Something Awful after all this time.

Yeah, it really has been a while.

@benson said:

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

It's funny that the only word I couldn't immediately latch onto was "spelling." I had to go over it a couple of times to get it. Also, my Chrome browser spell check only finds a couple of these words misspelled.

Mass Effect 3

Better ending: The jellyfish from the first game was behind everything. 7/10

Still, less typos than your average Patrick scattered-half-paragraph newz story.

@UltimAXE said:

Initially read it as "sleeping" myself, but I'm all like that doesn't make any sense! Fun article, I guess.

I totally read it as sleeping too. As for the article, I understand it's supposed to be amusing, but there were a couple things not that far fetched. The ones dealing with censorship of stupidity.

@WilltheMagicAsian said:

I wonder how long it'll take for someone to be offended by this satirical post.

Hopefully people read the first paragraph and understand its all in jest

1996 - Apple acquires NeXt

1999 - Exxon merges with Mobil

2000 - Chase Manhattan acquires J.P. Morgan

2006 - Disney acquires Pixar

2006 - Google acquires YouTube

2006 - AMD acquires ATI

2010 - Oracle Corp acquires Sun Microsystems

2012 - CBS Interactive acquires Giant Bomb

We'll be just fine.

This is me being cynical I suppose but I see it going down like this. The change will happen very gradually little by little GB will be assimilated by GS and eventually GB will no longer exist and you will have similar GB features on GS but watered down significantly, and we will have officially gone full circle and end up back in the cold heartless corporation environment with idiots that spend all their free time arguing about review scores.

In short, we are all fucked.

Something Awful still has a front page?

A scowling man in a suit will dissuade the crew from going off topic on the Bombcast. No more pizza talk, no more personality, no more negative opinions about games without pre-approved evidence that could stand up in court.

2real :(

"Ryan Davis will be prohibited from wearing shorts. A strict no-tracksuit policy will force Jeff Gerstmann to come in to work in a baby blue tuxedo every day. Brad Shoemaker will be fired for not being good enough at video games."

Hi-larious,

@benson said:

@Slab64 said:

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

That's the most incredible typo I've ever seen. It's like a completely different word, and yet I skimmed right over it without noticing when I was reading.

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

Awesome.

@Simplexity said:

This is me being cynical I suppose but I see it going down like this. The change will happen very gradually little by little GB will be assimilated by GS and eventually GB will no longer exist and you will have similar GB features on GS but watered down significantly, and we will have officially gone full circle and end up back in the cold heartless corporation environment with idiots that spend all their free time arguing about review scores.

In short, we are all fucked.

Remember that there was a time that Gamespot was great. Back in 06-07 when you had Rich Gallup producing stuff with Jeff, Ryan and Alex really coming into their own as on screen talent. Of course with Greg Kasavin, Carrie Gouskous and Rich leaving over the course of 07 and the last bastions of talent quitting after Jeff's termination and coming to Giant Bomb, the site turned to a sewer.

I'm hopeful that we'll keep our gated community of entertainment here at Giant Bomb and the Gamespot can stay in it's ghetto.

@LordAndrew said:

I look forward to Giant Bomb becoming the Internet's number one source for what Notch ate for breakfast.

"Next up on the Hot Bomb, a dramatic reading of Notch's twitter feed, followed by 5 hours of 'News from the Blogosphere'!"

People actually visit Something Awful? I thought it was just there to be known as the website that pays to get into its forums.

Dammit, I was gonna register gamespop.com and have it redirect to GB, but it's not available.

@Shady said:

Mass Effect 3

Better ending: The jellyfish from the first game was behind everything. 7/10

This.

Silent Hill: Downpour

When it rains it bores - thank you, I'm taking a rare bow for that one. 6/10

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

The best part about that typo is that, even after fixing it, they still got it wrong. It's spelled as "uncormfortable" now.

I can't wait to see how they'll spell next.

@C_Rakestraw: Might be deliberate. Corm.

@benson said:

@Slab64 said:

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

That's the most incredible typo I've ever seen. It's like a completely different word, and yet I skimmed right over it without noticing when I was reading.

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

Gross this reminds me of the kind of dumb shit I get on facebook all the time from my older relatives.

What if they force vinny to wear black shirts with *gasp* CBS or gamespot logos on them! The horror.

Well this was the funniest thing I've seen all day. No tracksuit policy would be DEVASTATING

@laserbolts said:

@benson said:

@Slab64 said:

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

That's the most incredible typo I've ever seen. It's like a completely different word, and yet I skimmed right over it without noticing when I was reading.

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

Gross this reminds me of the kind of dumb shit I get on facebook all the time from my older relatives.

Yeah, I believe I've seen that exact thing on FB before.

@Slab64 said:

@laserbolts said:

@benson said:

@Slab64 said:

@Mystyr_E said:

Unformcortable with a brand using the word "bomb" in a post-9/11 world

Might wanna proofread this article next time, guys

That's the most incredible typo I've ever seen. It's like a completely different word, and yet I skimmed right over it without noticing when I was reading.

I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

Gross this reminds me of the kind of dumb shit I get on facebook all the time from my older relatives.

Yeah, I believe I've seen that exact thing on FB before.

It was already a common FWD in the 90s you N00bz.