I finally stopped listening to the Bombcast a few weeks ago, and to be honest, I should have done that a while ago. I'm all for quirky personalities and a few tangents, but I come to Giant Bomb for video game coverage with personality, not post-modern comedians that sometimes talk about video games, and that's what it's been slipping into.
And for all the joking they do, there's a real undercurrent of weary cynicism, and that's not a compliment. There's very little genuine joy showing through in what they do; maybe that's ultimately what happens when your job and hobby are the same thing, I don't know. What I do know is that the Bombcast has become taxing to listen to. It just isn't fun any more, so I moved on.
I still value Quick Looks and especially the Random PC Game installments. My Premium Membership just renewed, and I'll hold onto it this year, but I have my doubts about sticking with this longer than that. Not sure why I even wrote this all out, considering I'm most likely to just receive insults for it. I do want to enjoy the Bombcast, I really do.
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