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I'm out. At least with Jeff we know he intended to leave anyway, even if he was forced to do it on a fucked up timetable. Straight-up layoffs are where I draw the line. A personality-driven site where the personalities are expendable is nothing. Love to the current and past crew, hope you all find something better.

I was actually pretty pumped for the gonzo public access angle they pitched after the Nextlander guys left, but the majority of that content either petered out (Borne to Run, Very Online Show, Reel Layers, Ranking of Evil, Hot Takeouts) or got axed after the Fandom acquisition (Albummer, Friday Night Forking). It seems the site has mostly settled into "hangout" style content, which I don't begrudge anyone for, but doesn't particularly excite me. Nextlander similarly waxed hopeful about doing new, experimental things at the start and then settled largely into playing games on Discord calls. I truly don't hold anyone's decisions about what content to produce and feature against them; whatever formula achieves a workable balance of material security and mental/physical wellness will always be the one I support. But I prefer a bit more of a driving concept to my shows (even if that concept is seemingly inscrutable, or leaves a lot of room for digressive riffage) than any Bombiverse-affiliated outlet is currently offering.

This is very nice of you! Throwing my lot in for the precious cardboard.

@brunothethird: Read my mind. I'm currently reading Name of the Rose and constantly thinking about what a great adventure game it would make.

I was honestly thinking Cybernator would be mine when the show was announced, so I was delighted to see Jeff pick a game from the same series.

If I had to choose a new one, it'd probably be Cubivore. Every single thing about that game, from aesthetics to mechanics to narrative, and even down to the naming of bosses, is a capital-C Choice.

I heard Giant Bomb contains no actual tuna DNA.

"Demented public access tv" is my favorite flavor of giant bomb, so if this leads to more of that I'm in.

Obviously this is a huge loss and nobody knows exactly what the future of the site will look like, but I've always appreciated that Jeff seems like the type to say fuck a graceful fade-out and leave everything on the mat. Even if Giant Bomb's final stream is just Jeff being dragged out of his garage in a straightjacket while he yells about Tempest, the world will be better for it.

The first piece of GB content I ever encountered was Brad's glowing BK Nuts and Bolts review, and I immediately thought: man, this guy gets it. Turns out it was the gateway into a whole gaggle of duders who "get it" in a way very few outlets do, where "it" is simply how to be genuine and likeable on the internet. Happy trails guys, you've accomplished great things here!

Most consumers want every game on every platform. I don't think anyone really has the double standard you're describing, there just tends to be more talk surrounding MS putting games out on rival platforms because it has a much higher chance of actually happening.