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    Alex Navarro

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    Senior Editor at Giant Bomb from 2010 - 2021. Formerly GameSpot editor and PR specialist for Harmonix. He previously worked for Whiskey Media on their movie site Screened. Drum God. Ask him about Big Rigs.

    Alex deserves a set of cartoon avatars ...

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    #1  Edited By alternate

    if you are going to co-opt screened staff to write reviews in the silly season.  Least he deserves :)

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    #2  Edited By Insectecutor

    I thought he did have them... There's one on his Kirby review.
     
    Edit: oh i see. MooseyMcMan you are CORRECT.

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    #3  Edited By MooseyMcMan
    @Insectecutor: No, I think he means a full set, where there's a happy one for five stars, good one for four, etc. I think there's just the one where he has the gun for Mr. Navarro. 
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    #4  Edited By WalkerTR77

    Did Matt Rorie ever review games? Seems like if Alex is providing some extra reviews then so could he.

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    #5  Edited By natetodamax
    @WalkerTR77 said:
    " Did Matt Rorie ever review games? Seems like if Alex is providing some extra reviews then so could he. "
    I don't think so. It says he was a Games Guide Editor at Gamespot before working at Obsidian and then going to Screened.
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    #6  Edited By zzzleepy
    @natetodamax said:
    " @WalkerTR77 said:
    " Did Matt Rorie ever review games? Seems like if Alex is providing some extra reviews then so could he. "
    I don't think so. It says he was a Games Guide Editor at Gamespot before working at Obsidian and then going to Screened. "
    He could probably still do it, he seems pretty knowledgable about games from what I've heard here and there. He might review Cataclysm? 
     
    I would like to see Will and/or Norm review some PC games though! And more Dave, always more Dave.
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    #7  Edited By turbo_toaster

    AGREEING.

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    #8  Edited By Gav47

    Well, they are going to have to get Johny V one so they should do Alex and maybe Dave a set while they are at it.

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    #9  Edited By Video_Game_King

    Didn't he have one for that one sports game, or something? Also, anybody know the HTML crap to get them working in blogs? Tried it, failed.

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    #10  Edited By WalkerTR77
    @natetodamax:@Zzzleepy:  I would say that since he writes film reviews professionally (and good ones at that), he's qualified to throw down with the occasional game review, especially since giantbomb can't cover everything and screened doesn't always have worthwhile movies to review. And I happily welcome reviews from the Snide man. Without him, how will we know what to think of dragon age and metro 2033?
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    #11  Edited By Vorbis

    I don't think those avatars are done in house, from what they said on the TNT it sounded like they need to get that person back to do Johnnys avatar. So maybe Alex and Dave will get some done at the same time.

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    #12  Edited By TheHT

    Yeah I think he's done enough now to warrant a set.

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    #13  Edited By AuthenticM

    Every whiskey media editor should get a set.

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    #14  Edited By alternate

    No doubt Matt could write a review or too but there is a way of writing a games review and I think the reason for using Alex is that he must have written so many in his previous jobs that I imagine that skill set comes back easily and you can really knock them out in an afternoon.  Especially if they are not particularly long games he is covering.  Like Ryan can review movies for TANG and WUTANG but I bet i takes him a lot longer than with a games review.

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    #15  Edited By Yummylee

    If Dave doesn't get 'em, like hell Alex should ;P

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    #17  Edited By JerichoBlyth

    Alex is working harder than the actual Bombcast - bunch of lazy fat bastards.

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    #18  Edited By Yummylee
    @gakon5 said:

    " Did Ben Coello (animator for Time Trotters) make the avatars?  I have to assume that's who did a lot of that art, like the original Bombcast logo and the review score portraits.  I've never heard the crew reference him but the style is too similar. "

    Was it not TurboToaster? She does the art for practically everything else on the site.
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    #19  Edited By alternate
    @Abyssfull said:
    " @gakon5 said:

    " Did Ben Coello (animator for Time Trotters) make the avatars?  I have to assume that's who did a lot of that art, like the original Bombcast logo and the review score portraits.  I've never heard the crew reference him but the style is too similar. "

    Was it not TurboToaster? She does the art for practically everything else on the site. "
    Apparently not, I made a similar mistake and was corrected.  It is the same person who did the GB logo I think.  Presumably all it requires is the effort to commission them and the application of funds - which can't be that much.  Less than all the digital keys, broadcasting equipment, explosion effects DVD, etc.
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    #20  Edited By williamhenry
    @alternate said:
    " @Abyssfull said:
    " @gakon5 said:

    " Did Ben Coello (animator for Time Trotters) make the avatars?  I have to assume that's who did a lot of that art, like the original Bombcast logo and the review score portraits.  I've never heard the crew reference him but the style is too similar. "

    Was it not TurboToaster? She does the art for practically everything else on the site. "
    Apparently not, I made a similar mistake and was corrected.  It is the same person who did the GB logo I think.  Presumably all it requires is the effort to commission them and the application of funds - which can't be that much.  Less than all the digital keys, broadcasting equipment, explosion effects DVD, etc. "


    I thought Dave did all of the Whiskey logos? Someone asked Will in a mailbag about the logos and he said Dave did them all. Turbo has only been doing Whiskey art for a year or so now, and those review cartoons are older than that, so she didn't do them.  I don't see why she couldn't take over and do ones for the new guys though.
     
    I agree totally that Alex should have them though, and anyone who reviews a game should. Its weird going to the review and not seeing one there.
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    #21  Edited By turbo_toaster

    Pretty sure Ben Coello did the original Bombcast art and review pics, that was long before my time. Dave as far as I know did all the logos ( save for Anime Vice I assume). I think they need me to allocate my work time for Quests as of right now, but if they asked I'd be happy to do them up. ^_^

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    #22  Edited By RobotHamster

    Well since Johnny V's getting his then why not.

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