On the first Game Mess Mornings today, Jeff Grubb mentioned that their plan going forward for heavier news stories is to limit their discussion to that show, instead of mentioning them on the Bombcast - with the intent of keeping the Bombcast fun.
This is a disappointing decision for me - the Bombcast has a huge reach compared to what a daily news show on the site/Twitch is going to have. Don't get me wrong - I love Grubb and am incredibly excited for his presence on the site, and what Game Mess Mornings is going to be. However, I believe Giant Bomb has a responsibility to continue to talk about some of the more unpleasant things going on in the industry, and taking that conversation away from their biggest platform is moving in the wrong direction.
Curious to hear thoughts from other members of the community.
Mod Edit: Grubb commented further explaining what he meant. shoutout to the GB subreddit for gathering these:
Grubb on Discord, issuing clarification: "If something heinous happens and needs the bombcast spotlight, it'll get the bombcast spotlight."
And separately, "I just don't think we need every week for it to turn into 20 minutes of us discussing the bummer news of the week on Bombcast. But there are a lot of passionate people working at Giant Bomb now, and they're gonna want to discuss these things."
"Like, there are layoffs every week. I can talk about that on Game Mess Mornings. But then if Jim Ryan eats a hobo, we will talk about that on Bombcast."
I didn't explain it very well: We will still talk about tough topics on the Bombcast -- especially if they are fresh wounds. I'll give an example:-- If a bunch of people get laid off on Friday and I talk about what that means for the developer involved on Monday, we don't want to spend a lot of time on that during the Bombcast.-- If Bobby Kotick gets accused of new union-busting tactics on a Friday, we will talk about it in depth on Monday on GMM and we will still likely bring it up on Bombcast.
What I'm basically talking about here is having a slightly higher threshold for getting into serious news that needs to be treated with sensitivity. There are a lot of smart and passionate people on staff and they are gonna want to talk about these things, and we will never put any rule in place to stop them from doing that.
Let me know if you have any specific concerns about that.
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