ready for another complete shit show like last year? I can't wait to watch middle aged cali hipsters being passive aggressive over video games they are paid to cover
i can't wait til they act really aloof and flippant, because that really speaks to me, as a gamer.
The only time i watch giant bomb is during their 3e coverage
To be fair, 3 of them aren't middle-aged, and 4 of them aren't Californians (Brad is clearly a state traitor).
Hang around video games long enough and it all starts looking the same.
Just stop watching GB if you hate them so much. I did the same years ago.
who the fuck are those people?
>>340654302
>>340654302
on some of their podcasts lately they have seen incredibly uninformed about major releases.
maybe i'm autistic, but when video games are all you cover you should know your shit 2 weeks after a games release.
>>340654563
the good ones are middle aged
>>340654706
t. newfag
>>340654716
What major releases?
The last game I remember coming out was Witcher 3, and I didn't even play that. The only thing I've done since then is set up a dozen Overwatch filters.
>>340654302
Easy Allies > Giant Bomb
Giant Bomb are people who do it because it's their job. Easy Allies do it not just because it's their job, but they love vidya games.
If money stopped coming through for GB, they would probably quit altogether.
Did it bug anyone else how Brad keeps bringing up how big of a "mess" SF 5 has been, but he also said the reason he doesn't own a fight stick is cause they're aren't any good wireless ones??
>>340654863
well it pertains to OW so maybe you won't see my response.
they were talking about different characters' abilities and names and sounded like they had spent very little time educating themselves about the game.
I'm ready for Jeff's Yoshi hate! XD
https://boards.fireden.net/v/search/image/slAzdYu-lGQpWwjeVXpieQ/
report
move on
>>340654997
Have you ever seen Brad play a fighting game? Just ignore everything he ever says about them. Just ignore everything he says in general.
>>340654968
>>340654997
Brad bugs me in general since somewhere around when he got into Dota. He talks shit without ever knowing anything, and when he is actually excited about something it sounds like he's trying to convince himself more than anyone else.
When it comes to fighting games, only Jeff and Jason know anything.
>>340654968
Brandon, huber, and that hipster looking faggot who the the fast news segment are all terrible
>>340655601
>Hating Brandon and Huber
Ian is a SJW faggot though that much is known.
>>340655531
>>340655585
I know that he doesn't know shit about them (he seems to care about a story or arcade mode for some reason) its just... why even speak if you know so little?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpywKJchts
Why dont you watch people who give a shit about gaming instead?
>>340655690
brandon has old man syndrome and doesnt seem to even like video games
i just find huber annoying. it is a personal problem i suppose
>>340654706
this pleb not recognizing Jeff Gerstmann please get the fuck off this board
>>340654302
outside nintendo puppets i don't remember any memes from last year, were there any
>>340655601
>>340655690
I hate Ian I'm >>340654968 as well.
Has shit opinions, is annoying, And his "show" makes no sense.
>>340655741
>why even speak if you know so little?
That's Giant Bomb in a nutshell.
>>340655826
>>340654968
this looks like advertisement to me...
>>340655858
That's why Brandon is interesting, the rest of the crew are teaching him about anime and games like pokemon and he's the old dad who doesn't understand gaming and trying to enjoy it for the first time.
>>340655945
fuckin... got me...
>>340654302
>One of the few people out there that still try to keep game companies honest
Eww what a bunch of middle-aged hipsters they are jaded and hate everything omfg
t. millennial
>>340655858
>brandon has old man syndrome and doesnt seem to even like video games
I don't get that feeling at all. He's as old as the older GB people but he's still excited about games.
>>340656041
I just realised Giant Bomb are basically DSP.
Fucking moaning retards that don't know which end of the controller to hold, but their reviews are pretty alright.
Are we going to pretend to hate Giant Bomb again, /v/?
>>340656181
I think Brad is kinda the only one who is really like that... watch him play hitman...
[is it bad that I totally dont hate Austin?]
>>340656189
>pretend
It's been ass garbage since ryan went on vacation. He's smart enough to never come back though.
>>340656352
Austin is fine when he's just talking about anime, some board game or video games but as soon as he starts to bring up "problems" he becomes cancer.
Will Meme Man be there?
I wanted to link the comparison video of Giant Bomb's underwhelmed E3 reactions versus Gametrailer's literally jumping and screaming reactions, but I guess the video got marked private or taken down.
So anyways, hey, remember that video, guys? That was a fun one.
>Kotaku is dying
>mfw Jeff feels bad for Patrick losing his job and hires him back
>>340656397
Pretending again, huh? How dull.
e-celebs aren't videogames, underage.
>>340656937
>Kotaku is dying
For real?
>>340655826
autism
>>340656921
Giant bomb got so asshurt about that video that they told youtube to take it down due to copyright violations and so cant be uploaded again.
At least GT or now EZA is now doing their own E3 show which is going to be far more interesting and fun than GB.
>>340657005
Hulk Hogan dealt a death blow to them.
>>340654302
How come I haven't seen Ryan talking about any E3 stuff yet?
>>340657117
Prove it.
>>340656937
I want to suggest a silver lining in that Patrick will be forced to interact with Dan, but he'll probably just get added to GBEast, even if he stays in Chicago. Then the Beastcast will be Papa Vinny, Sadsack, Austin, and Patrick.
I'm glad I already don't listen.
>>340656189
I cannot believe that someone would not like something that I like too.
>>340657379
you should listen to today's, no alex. it was awesome. But I don't mind alex much.
>>340656937
That nigga just bought a house, so he's not moving to either coast, and they already have a "news/op-ed" replacement, not to mention the guest writer program allowing them to fart out as many "disabled trans-racial woman dragonkins in gaming" articles as they see fit.
>>340657005
Gawker, a sister site of Kotaku, wouldn't stop posting Hulk Hogan's sex tape, so he sued them. He sued them so hard, he has broken them.
Someone else was also fucked by Gawker and responded by suing not just the company but, the people behind it. I can't remember who.
>>340654716
>Lately
>>340657560
I don't mind Alex, but I do mind Austin.
The last time I listened he told a story about being a teaching aid. Some guy made the most stock, bland, boiler plate joke about giving pretty girls better grades and he got so bent out of shape about it that I got counter-bent over his bentness. It was the fucking Mummy 3 of jokes, like nobody should ever care about it as much as he did, and now he's made me care by proxy.
If anything, I can admire Alex's gray demeanor.
>people are still mad that these guys weren't excited for a Kickstarter announcement and weren't literally jumping on their chairs for the announcement of a remake of a 20 year old game that they knew was coming anyway
heh
>>340656189
duh. these threads are always in denial.
>>340654302
the only fun part will be vr reactions
>>340654968
this
>Alex making passive aggressive tweets about the Gawker thing.
>>340656352
Austin seems like a cool enough dude when he doesn't start using podcasts as a box for his politics
>calling the industry out on bullshit and not getting overhyped for bullshit trailers and marketing terms.
so what company do you shill for and what did giant based bomb say about them?
E3 has always been a corporate shitshow
>>340657908
co founder of PayPal chipped the 10 million to Hogan to kill them. they outed him and made him their enemy.
Jeff's E3 drive is tomorrow I am ready for a comfy day
>>340656189
no memes, how could you like this shit? i tried watching upf and i dont think ive seen more people completely tired and disinterested in a job where they literally sit on a couch and play games for a living, it was profoundly boring and i was nodding off like they were.
just, like, play video games yourself.
>>340659537
>Couple of weeks ago they talked about shitty things they did when they were younger on the podcast.
>Didn't want to mention specifics in some cases.
>Thinks it's totally fine to out Hulk like this over and over and that he's the bad guy for suing Gawker.
>>340656937
Never, Patty left to resume build and attempt to launch a YT channel.
Neither worked out.
>>340655872
oh no someone hasn't recognized a games journalist. who gives a flying fuck?
>>340655051
why does it matter? they don't need to be game experts on anything you sperg.
1. Pre child Vinny
2. Excited Jeff
3. Vinny now
4. Jason
5. Drew
6. PreDota Brad
7. Jeff when he hates your favorite game
POWERGAP
8. Alex
9. Austin
It's not to just tie Brad and Dan for worst but I'll say Dan wins it.
10. Brad
11. Dan
This is the right list and you know it.
Sometimes when I'm in the mood for a good laugh, I'll go read the youtube comments on their Bethesda conference video from last year. Never seen so much ass blasted babies in my life. They really cannot fathom anybody not whipping their dick out and jerking to anything Fallout.
Overwatch livestream happening:http://gamespothdflash-f.akamaihd.net/usvsthem06102016_1_1400@46333?
I used to browse GB daily, but quit the site cold turkey. In that time I've found I am enjoying games more and avoiding a lot of political drama that wraps it self in gaming media.
GB was just becoming more miserable and demonstrated more contempt for their viewers than anything else. I think the site will continue to decline, they aren't willing to adapt and respect their audience. A lot of long time members abandoned the site, the community and forums are just shit now.
>>340659963
UPF is great second monitor material. It's a podcast you can look at sometimes.
And yeah, they're all tired and disiniterested. Like me. "Fuck video games." ~Jeff Gerstmann
ECELEB
CANCER
>>340660315
Move Dan up to 9 and you've got yourself a deal.
I don't get the appeal of listening to bitter old fucks say everything is terrible.
>>340661102
Then why are you on /v/?
seriously though someone explain to me why they continue watch this shit, it's seriously fucking boring. fat middle aged over the hill men doing feature film length quick looks of shitty indie games that can be summed up in just 5 minutes of play, upf being 2 hours of complete apathy and boredom, most of their various other video content is just as boring. i used to love to watch quick looks because they were genuinely entertaining but now its physically impossible for me to sit through 90 minutes of boring discussion and gameplay. used to laugh at their content a ton but now i hardly even smirk, i haven't changed, i feel shit just went downhill after fatman died and venny left. ive always listened to the bombcast even before i tried watching their video content and that remains decent although with the addition of a far left marxist faggot overanalyzing trivial things and whining and alex's voice is grating because he sounds like an anxious goat.
i know i only continue to watch it because its became routine, a bad habit, like browsing /v/.
>>340661102
>what is critique
>of any medium
They lean more cynical than other outlets but it's frankly a breath of fresh air, and they don't hate everything.
I hate Jason. When he is trying to form a sentence it takes way too long and when he finally utters the sentence one word at a time with a quiet monotone voice it is nothing interesting.
>>340661142
/v/ is mostly teenagers or early 20s suburban kids crying about people criticizing games they don't like, it seems.
>>340654302
LE SARDONIC GAME JOURNALISTS
>>340661102
If anything, they are too positive. They won't shut the fuck up about Overwatch. Even Jeff says "It's a good game," even if he doesn't like to play it. At least I'll always have you, /v/.
>>340661142
Because "/v/ hates video games" is just a meme. Unless the thread is loaded to burst with shitposting I can almost always find actual discussions about the good and bad of a game going on and even when people are being negative, again when it's not just blatant shitposting, you can tell they're speaking from a place where they at least tried to give it a chance.
they had a guy on their show maybe a couple years ago who said that in the future someone who lives in a shitty apartment could use a VR headset to live in a good apartment and sounded really sincere
so, you know, california
>>340654716
>Austin picking an email about a "native American"1/150th doesn't fucking count!complaining about cultural appropriation in Overwatch concerning the alternate costumes in the game.
They can pick and choose any fucking email and they choose this.
Meanwhile on the other bombcast we get horror stories about Street Fighter erection pills and Dan doing drugs.
Vinny must be in hell every fucking day.
Why am I not surprised that Brad is "that" guy.
The one who picks sniper on a map like this.
unsurprisingly they are all really fucking bad at this game
>>340655858
>>340656040
He slips into old man syndrome for sure, but ultimately he's just as excited for his interests as everyone else. He does still play Disney Infinity every week.
He's on fire in this week's podcast. Horror movies are shit and showing No Man's Sky has been an issue.
why is brad so shit at games
good god all they had to do was split up a little bit and they won
>>340662805
being a game journo requires no skills
>>340654968
More like Shill Allies, Giantbomb guys get excited when there's something worth getting excited for. Not excusing the garbage quality West puts out now, but they've been in the industry so long they know what's bullshit hype and what isn't.
Can't wait til the Jeff-Alex argument over how bad Nintendo is this year
>>340662805
he's just all around kinda dumb
>>340661793
vinny was on side with alex and austin bitching about sjw non-sense
>>340661228
Watch the best ofs instead.
>>340666374
>GB are so fucking lazy they turned a long running user created series into one of their features
Fuck sake, surprised they didn't make it premium.
>>340661228
I felt the same way, but managed to kick the habit. Been mostly GB sober for at least a year now.
Now I'm feeling the same way about mega64 but haven't been able to cut it from my routine yet. They spend so much fucking time ""ironically"" talking about memes and shit that they """hate."""
I like to play a fun game every time Alex is involved in any video or podcast. I see how long he can go without mentioning his "crippling anxiety and black hole of depression."
Also in all the video features he ALWAYS nervously takes a drink from his beer after he yells a "joke" that no one gets while he contemplates suicide, but keeps trying again and again.
Reminder about this gem from last year.
>>340660315
this is a good list
>>340660518
>Overwatch
fucking dropped
>>340660315
Move austin to "Everyone will be happy if I tear that head from your shoulders" tier, then it will be fine.
How anyone stand that faggot is beyond me.
>>340660315
>Jeff when he hates your favorite game
AUGGHHH it shouldn't bother me but it always does, usually because he has a bad reason for hating it and then he praises some shit game nobody likes. I'm not even a huge Witcher 3 fan but the way he bitched about that game after playing literaly 45 minutes of it and calling Geralt "Gurr-alt" over and over again just got under my skin.
take e-celeb shit to >>>/b/
>>340660465
Jeff calling out Fallout 4 during GOTY discussions was awesome. Sick and tired of everyone sucking off Bethesda's shitty games.
>>340654302
do we get to see austins side fat hanging out of his fucking shirt again?
>watch giant turd E3 coverage vods last year for a bit
>after every trailer/gameplay video every one of them quickly tries to come up with a snarky comment or a meme about the game that was just shown while looking very uninterested in the whole thing.
Yeah, no thanks. Why would anyone unironically watch this shitshow?
Anybody watched the Overwatch stream
>Brad: wait, Roadhog has a self heal?
>Jeff playing as Pharah and staying grounded most of the time
>They lose all games they're in
>>340672706
Jesus christ how can they know so little about games? Like, any game.
>>340672869
Welcome to casual video gaming. Deeper knowledge of games makes you a nerd.
>>340660518
>brad trying to convince them to go play dota instead
>>340673642
Jeff needs to put him out of his misery
>>340654302
I'm sure there's some millenial youtuber making "reaction livestreams" you can follow.
>NEW CALL OF DUTY?!! OH MY GOOOD!!!! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDD!!! SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON IF YOU GREW UP WITH COD!!!
can it start already?
