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That's why they invite a bunch of friends of the site to write about their favorite games to supplement the game of the year discussions.

It's not possible to be popular and have a "good" community at the same time. The US elections have proven that approximately 50% of people suck, so statistically, trolls are unavoidable. If a community prides themselves as being welcoming and positive, it's a guarantee that they're tiny.

I disagree with your assessment that they haven't discussed it fairly. The reasons to wait vastly outnumber the reasons to buy a new console day one, especially with this pre order mess or if you're not interested in either DS or Spiderman. Naturally, the discussion time will reflect that. If it sounds biased or one-sided to you, that's because it is.

It doesn't matter how negative or positive they are, as long as it's their honest opinion.

It's always the same - people seek validation for liking something and feel bad when GB doesn't give that to them.

For me, it's a simple case of numbers. Games like Sekiro, Spelunky, and Darkest Dungeon are so very rare that I will defend their right to exist. Looking at the current landscape, and even future of video games, we are already in a good place in terms of catering to all sorts of people and play styles. I actually agree with a lot arguments for the inclusion of various difficulty settings in games, and so do a lot of developers which is why a vast majority of games already implement them. Going on a crusade against a handful of uniquely difficult games will only limit diversity and choice. I just don't see the point in seeking the extinction of a genre that we almost forgot about before demon's souls because they are so few.

It's unfortunate that the changes will not make it in time for GOTY since it's a busy time for the site traffic wise and the redesign could potentially turn off newcomers. I'm guessing that there will be a slightly tweaked version of the site(or even a single page full of links) to accommodate GOTY content since browsing the many videos and articles released each day with this current layout might be unwieldy.

I'm curious about what changes are off the table at this point? Some people are still complaining about the white theme being gone, for example, and it might be helpful to make a final post that it's not coming back. Personally, I find everything way too large, so I would also like to know if that's just how it is so I can change my bookmark to https://www.giantbomb.com/videos/ and accept that the homepage is not designed for people like me. I might miss new stuff that's not video and I liked the Upcoming and Twitter feeds, but there's no other page that I know of that contains most of the stuff i'm interested in without scrolling down a lot.

During the upcoming GOTY deliberations, whenever someone on staff will discuss how a game wastes their time, is clunky, changes things unnecessarily, and launches in an unfinished state, I can't help but think about this redesign. I know it's unfair to make that association, but it's gonna be tough listening to this website criticize video games without the irony of it creeping up in my thoughts.

Not really liking this new site design. I think the layout of https://easyallies.com/ (which they kinda copied from GB) is a much cleaner and compact version of what i think they're trying to go for.

Regarding the logo, unfortunately i don't like it either. The wick was necessary to make it look like a bomb and the star flame was iconic and creative. Also, it's a small thing but the old logo seemed like it was staring straight forward while the new one is looking left a bit.