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I guess I'm a little confused by all the negative reaction. Did people really come to the site for quick looks or video game coverage? I haven't found quick looks fun in years and uninformative for even longer. I guess I'm in a minority in that I liked the people on the site and that's always been what I found to be strongest with Giant Bomb.

Jeff and co have talked about other interests/weird stuff they've want to get into, I think they are living up to that.

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@asshat said:

Lastly, for anyone that disputes the output in the last several years, the afore mentioned community had a project to compile the hours of video and podcast content created across GB for several years running. Utilizing the API to pull raw data makes simple work of creating analytical reports with any number of dimensions including per hour totals by week/month/year, premium or not, by host, by cast and so on. There is no arguing hard data, and when I say there was a precipitous drop off even when staffed appropriately, the numbers don't lie. When an average work week is 40-50hrs per person, there are hundreds of manhours left on the table with maybe a few hours of output for customers. I'll parrot the obvious sentiment here - can anyone, without absolute fabrication of fact, detail what takes hundreds of hours "behind the scene" per week that keeps this staff so busy? Unlikely, just as I cannot, but it certainly seems odd.

I don't doubt what your saying but is there a site to see the total hrs on avg over the years or any of the stats your citing? I'm not angry about GB seeing as how I'm still a subscriber but those numbers sound interesting.

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I got in a reservation, still not sure I want one though.

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I imagine someone projected how many potential refunds they would have to make and how much additional fees they'd have to pay for those rufunds and decided to delist. Its probably a bonus that they'd get to screw over CDPR after the move CDPR made sticking them with the refunds.

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Best wishes to Abby on her next thing! I thoroughly enjoyed her work on Giant Bomb. She's leaving as all ex Giant Bomb producers do, after becoming an internet sensation!

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I loved this game growing up. The online multiplayer was brutal from what I remember.

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Me too but weird thing is I don't subscribe to the newsletter.

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#9  Edited By YapaPanda

It occurred to me the other day that Giant Bomb has been around for almost a decade. I was thinking back to the first video I ever watched on the site (~8 years ago) and how a lot of members probably don't go that far back into the catalog. I was wondering what were the videos that everyone else first watched on Giant Bomb (or what was the video that sold you on a premium account)?

Here's mine. The combination of Vinny and Dave playing a next level bonkers MMO sold me on the site immediately.

When they first started subscriptions I balked at the idea. I made the excuse that I'd subscribe to Whisky Media if Vinny and Dave ever played Baldur's Gate II. Sure enough, a few years later this video happened and I signed up next month with my paltry stipend. I even remember calling Dave on the Big Red Phone during a live show and telling him about it

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Hey duders, just got Splatoon recently. Feel free to add me. Friend Code: SW-1534-9484-4800