Your Giant Bomb Expansion Plan Patch Notes

Now let me ask the real question that is on everyone's mind......When is the Giant Bomb Science Department going to start up the process of taking over the world?

But seriously, I hope you and your family do well out in New York Vinny :)

Huge change. Huge.

I'm going to miss Vinny on Unprofessional Fridays, but who knows? That could very well change as part of this process too -- which would be fine, so long as the squad keeps up with the premium content. But it's also important to me that Vinny (everyone for that matter) is happy, and is in a place where he can raise his family and see his relatives. As a person who worked for a company in LA (in the games media space) while being from Arkansas/NC, I sympathize immensely with wanting to stay/go back home.

I do wonder what sort of content Vinny and Alex will be working on, and would love to see Patrick looped in were it not for him being in Chicago. Can't wait to see what they come up with.

I see Brad, Jeff and Drew being in GB San Fran continuing to be a great combo, and a good headquarters.

It'll be extremely interesting to see where GB goes in the future. With announcements like these, you definitely can't say it's stagnant over here.

Wow, that's a total shock, but I'm very excited about what's next.

This has to happen now. Right?

For as short a time I've even known about this website it's strange how nostalgic I'm feeling right now. It's making me feel older than I imagine I should be at 23. Time flies.

Whoa, best of luck Vinny and Alex in establishing Giant Bomb NY!

I hope the move is as stress-free as possible, and I'm always happy to see people do what they think is the right thing to do, but at the same time, I'm really starting to miss how things used to be.

Holy crap! I am uneasy because I love Vinny interacting with the East crew just so much. But looking forward to the future. Go Vinny! Hopefully this doesn't mean an end to Vinnyvania...

as much as i'm glad that vinny is excited about this i am really not looking forward to watching things with alex navarro in them just to see vinny

Be with your family. <3

Good luck with everything Vinny, going to miss you with the guys. But knowing you are staying with the GB family is a great thing.

Gonna miss the Vinny while he is moving :(

Vinny is my favorite member of GiantBomb, and the thought of him not having Jeff, Brad and Drew to play off of has me definitely bummed out.

But he's Vinny! Vinny could make a paper bag interesting. Good or bad, at least it'll be interesting...?

Good luck Vinny!

This is going to change the website forever.

Will have to wait and see!

I'll miss VC in OGGB, but I'm sure GBNY will be A-OK. :P

Though this makes me sad for purely selfish reasons, it is not sad, and I wish Mr. Caravella all the best on the not so best coast. (THAT'S RIGHT, SUCKERS. THIS BEEF IS ON NOW.)

GIANT BOMB BEST COAST REPRESENTIN'. WHAT'S GOOD? WHAT'S REALLY GOOD?!

This is very bittersweet news but I'm very happy for you Vinny! Keep up the great work you always do in New York!

He's BACK! Back in the New York groove...

Woah. This will be interesting. First Patrick and now Vinny. The events every year will be even more special. I wholly endorse the idea put forth by the one Duder of the Giantbomb tapes out twice a week instead of bombcast. Damn he is my favorite. Going to miss him on UPF.

So what's gonna happen with E3? Will Vinny be around to help Drew since he is part of production.

Best of luck Vinny. It will be nice to see more Alex stuff as well.

Don't worry guys, Vinny will be coming back with everyone else to our precious Cali in 3 weeks for E3.

Does that mean we will be seeing Bombin in the AM with Scoops and the Wolf brought to you by Vinn Co. This is an interesting change that I'm not sure how to react to, hoping for the best.

i'll just say i love all you guys and i will follow you, wherever you may end up, whatever shady crimes you may commit. :')

East coast Beast coast Biggie 4 life!

brad will definitely be head physician

Giantbomb New York is actually a thing now.

Sounds like good news, and always good to have family around with a kid. much better than just seeing them every few years or so.

80+% of why I fell in love with Giant Bomb was Ryan, Vinny, and Jeff improving off each other. Finding out even 2/3rds of that will essentially never happen again (Game of the Year has scripts, E3 will be focused on cutting videos and guests) is a total bummer, though you can hardly fault Vinny for wanting his family to be closer than three time zones away.

From a strictly logistical point of view, GBNY will have to hire at least TWO more people, or else every video will turn into "Alex + Vinny / new guy behind glass" or "Alex + new guy / Vinny behind glass", which A) will quickly grow stale, and B) Alex's strong suit is not improv comedy, much less "appears in every video". Given the hiring problems since the CBSi buyout, I am not at all optimistic.

also SPACEWAR IS THE TOOL OF SATAN

Dang small business Man! You are a wizard.

Wow this is huge news. Does this mean we're getting nyc.giantbomb.com?

This is a great idea.

Since Vinny is moving back to New York with Alex, I think this means NY Quick Looks with both Vinny & Alex (Might be wrong) and other special video features. Just a guess though.

I feel kind of bittersweet about this. It'll be weird not having you in the regular stuff I'm used to, at least not in their current form, stuff like the Bombcast, Unprofessional Fridays, etc., but, on the other hand, this could mean there could be new shows sprouting up in New York. A Casual Monday (Super Unprofessional? I don't know) show, something along the lines of Super Professional Fridays/Unprofessional Wednesdays/whatever-the-heck-it's-called, but in New York, has the potential to be really great.

Well, I wish you all the luck in the world Vinny. Hopefully the move won't be as explosive as Kerbal Space Program. And, on the plus side, Giant Bomb New York will be slightly less awkward at the next PAX, so there's that.

:'(

Losing Vinny from GB Prime is gonna suck.

Seems like this site has a huge change happen at least once a year. And you know what? They always figure it out.

If the alternative is no Vinny, we should all embrace east Vinny.

I'm happy for Vinny but sad because Vinny and Drew!!! Aw man... This'll be weird and different and kind of makes me nervous but I have faith in these guys to keep being awesome. I hope we have multi office giant bomb stuff happening with streams crossing over from office to office. I'm someone who doesn't like change but this'll be a new chapter for Giant Bomb. Jeff and Vinny comedy duo I will miss. New chapter.

Thinking on this, I do not envy @mb and the other mods once they announce the new hires. This is that much more held over the heads of the new blood having to replace Vinny on the Bombcast. Not that that is how it actually is, but that is how it will be perceived.

Looking forward to GBNY hitting it big time! Hope the move goes/went well for you and the family!

@zhabermann said:

Thank you for summarizing my feelings on the subject so quickly! :-)

Good luck, Vinny! Now we're closer to the SF Office being comprised of only Jeff running through the streets with a camcorder pointed to his face Cloverfield style except it's somehow about videogames.

Good Luck Vinny, GBNY should be great... what a season its been, what a season...

it begins...

Good luck, Vinny! I'm super excited for you guys!

Vincoast is best coast.

Godspeed Mr Caravella. Godspeed.

*salute*

Where are the other patch notes? Have they fixed the audio bug yet?

This could lead to some interesting opportunities not available before, I'll be interested to see how this turns out for sure! Good luck duders!

BTW we had better get a weekly Alex Rant segment now, I'd love to see that happen.

We're gonna fight. BLAT BLAT.

If I see or hear less Vinny on a weekly basis, I'm going to be one very sad panda.