When Jeff Gerstmann was fired from GameSpot, a Blog Post by Rich Gallup recalled a time when Jeff, frazzled from working hard during GameSpot's customarily intense E3 coverage, had accidentally misstated his own name as "Jeff GameSpot." It was in reality a simple slip of the tongue for "Jeff Gerstmann from GameSpot," but as Rich pointed out at the time, it was also symbolic of just how inexorab...
Here there be spoilers. You have been warned. Like many of you, I recently picked up The Last of Us Remastered. I didn't play it on PS3, and I steered clear of any spoilers, so I didn't know a whole lot about what goes on, beyond the very basic Joel/Ellie dynamic. If you played it on either PS3 or PS4 through to the end, you'll know it has a very dramatic conclusion. Joel ultimately takes Ellie...
Here there be spoilers. You have been warned. Like many of you, I recently picked up The Last of Us Remastered. I didn't play it on PS3, and I steered clear of any spoilers, so I didn't know a whole lot about what goes on, beyond the very basic Joel/Ellie dynamic. If you played it on either PS3 or PS4 through to the end, you'll know it has a very dramatic conclusion. Joel ultimately takes Ellie...
Here there be spoilers. You have been warned. Like many of you, I recently picked up The Last of Us Remastered. I didn't play it on PS3, and I steered clear of any spoilers, so I didn't know a whole lot about what goes on, beyond the very basic Joel/Ellie dynamic. If you played it on either PS3 or PS4 through to the end, you'll know it has a very dramatic conclusion. Joel ultimately takes Ellie...
Here there be spoilers. You have been warned. Like many of you, I recently picked up The Last of Us Remastered. I didn't play it on PS3, and I steered clear of any spoilers, so I didn't know a whole lot about what goes on, beyond the very basic Joel/Ellie dynamic. If you played it on either PS3 or PS4 through to the end, you'll know it has a very dramatic conclusion. Joel ultimately takes Ellie...
Here there be spoilers. You have been warned. Like many of you, I recently picked up The Last of Us Remastered. I didn't play it on PS3, and I steered clear of any spoilers, so I didn't know a whole lot about what goes on, beyond the very basic Joel/Ellie dynamic. If you played it on either PS3 or PS4 through to the end, you'll know it has a very dramatic conclusion. Joel ultimately takes Ellie...
The Destiny Beta has drawn to a close. Throughout the adventure, I was regularly broadcasting my gameplay on my Twitch Channel and posting highlights to my YouTube Channel . The full playlist of Highlights is above, and below are a couple of my favourite individual videos. First up, there's my first run in the beta through the Strike, Devil's Lair: Next, a more bite-sized video of a rapid taked...
Paul "TVPaulD"/"Jensonb" Douglas and Tom "SteepInKline" Kline get together for the second LIVE video episode of the newly rebooted, ironically named pop culture show. This time, it's to pay tribute to the one and only Ryan Davis, who was stolen from the world a year ago.
All this drama has coincided with me going back to a question we once had an answer to, back in the very early days. What if there was a place that gave Giant Bomb users a face and voice? What if we took that old answer and updated it for the here and now? I'm actively exploring this...So there may be more soon.
Paul "TVPaulD/ Jensonb " Douglas and Tom " SteepInKline " Kline are back with another roundup of their thoughts on the Electronic Three...But this time, there's Video. And it's broadcasting LIVE. This manner of nonsense can only lead to trouble, and it's all right here.
There are two things all leaders should do. The first, is take the fall. The buck should stop with them. The second is to ensure that there is an effective tier of leadership below him-, her- or them- self to continue in the event of a disaster or simple departure to prevent the ship from ever being without a rudder. Steve Jobs at Apple managed to do just that. The second time. The first time,...
I still haven't really managed to come to terms with the idea that Ryan's infectious laughter won't be here to lift our spirits in the future. I can't imagine how those who actually knew him personally must be feeling, and my thoughts and my heart are with them at this time. In Ryan's memory, I want to share with you the earliest thing I can remember he and Jeff doing together which has really...
So, yesterday, Microsoft did a one-eighty on their consumer-hostile disc-based game DRM policies. All through today, some people have been lamenting the loss of the Xbox One Family Sharing plan as a part of that. As it turns out, they shouldn't have been. It turns out, it was going to be awful. One of the architects of the Xbox One has (allegedly) posted the following information on PasteBin ....
I recently stumbled back across this, from the folks at Sarcastic Gamer : It amused me remembering just how badly Sony started the Seventh Generation compared to Microsoft, considering how thoroughly the tables have turned. In some ways, it lends hope to the idea that Microsoft can come back from their bad start. Of course, Sony had some help in the form of a few stumbles from Microsoft like th...
Going into this week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo , I was as jaded and cynical about the video gaming industry as I have ever been. In years gone by, for every E3 in the past eight years, I have gone in excited to see what was going to be shown. Ready and eager to be wowed by the big three platform holders. Usually, at least one always did manage to excite me. More often than not, it was Nin...
It took me several tries to succinctly write down my thoughts on this subject. I finally did so satisfactorily in a comment on Reddit, which this Blog post is based on... Like many (though by no means all) other video game fans, I was pretty disappointed by Microsoft's Xbox One reveal. Aside from a name which gets stupider the more you hear it, and is even worse when abbreviated (XONE), the Xbo...
Wow. We're back under the watchful eye of GameSpot. GameSpot X Giant Bomb is not something I had even the remotest idea was a possibility. Two years ago, I'd have probably accused you of heresy if you suggested that it would one day happen. And yet here we are. The Giant Bomb Staff, including the always fantastic Hardcore Dave, are in the same CBSi Offices as our old friends at GameSpot. And in...
Christmas Letter 2011 Season's Greetings Friends, Family & assorted hangers-on! It's that time of year once again where many people choose to send each other nice simple Christmas Cards - short, sweet indications that they're thinking of you at this, the most wonderful time of the year. And, as has become tradition, I am instead wasting your time with this, my annual Christmas Letter, in which...
The Counter Culture Franchise returns with the first edition of the Counter Culture Weekly Re-Boot, 'The Counter Culture', an inaccurately named pop culture podcast about movies, game, TV Shows, music, anime and more. In this first edition, your intrepid hosts Paul Douglas and Tom Kline run down their reactions to the Press Briefings held at the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Check it out!
It’s here, at last. I got my Nintendo 3DS on Thursday alongside copies of Pilotwings Resort from Nintendo and Super Monkey Ball 3D from Sega . As many of you will know, I’ve been excited about the 3DS right from the start. So, now I’ve got my own (In Aqua Blue - Team Blue FTW), has it lived up to my high expectations, or has it left me disappointed and frustrated like the current PSN outage? Th...
Ah Nintendo ...How the times have changed. When I was a kid, I was raised on a strict diet of PlayStation (later PlayStation2 ) and admired your systems from afar, until I got into the portable gaming scene with your delightful Game Boy Advance . And I'm crazy, so I only ever had that first one. The ridiculously hard to see one. But I ADORED it. Mario Kart: Super Circuit ? I played the shit out...
Ah 2010, what a long and crazy year you have been. As you draw to a close, it's time to reflect on the year that was, with all the craziness that went on. But when it comes to games, I find, in retrospect, I am somewhat drifting out of the inner circle. Maybe it's the easier access to alcohol, or the fact that since I now live in a city the majority of the time instead of a village and therefor...
Dear family; friends; casual acquaintances; people who I don't know reading this online and Google Spiderbots, It's that time of the year again. You know? The most wonderful one. That one. Christmastime. Yeah? You probably noticed what with all the pretty lights and tinsel and goodwill to all men and sudden inexplicable rise in quality of television. Which also means it's time for me to write m...
It's a Mountain Berry Blast as Paul Douglas takes on Coca-Cola's Gatorade rival, Powerade. Join our intrepid sometimes-comedian and drinks fanatic as he attempts to discover if Powerade Mountain berry Blast is especially tasty, if it really helps your sporting prowess and whether or not he can use it to drown himself - no, sort of, like, really. See More Paul Douglas Online Videos
It's a showdown! Paul "Jensonb" Douglas returns with his innovative beverage reviews show "Paul Douglas Drinks to Beverages", and this time, there's a fight...Our intrepid drinks critic seeks to find out which of the world's two favourite lymon-flavoured beverages is better: Is it 7 Up or is it Sprite? Watch and find out!
Counter Culture Weekly is back, once again, with another healthy dose of Pop-Culture related madness! Up for debate this week are free comics - and which are worth YOUR nothing; Law & Order; Heroes; FlashForward; Scrubs; Steam for Mac; rich guys flying around in metal suits which for some reason have been painted red; Scarlett Johansson and how hot she is (SO hot) and so much more! It’s Counter...
I've noticed something lately...Over the past couple of years, I've changed quite a bit. Hitting the WayBack Machine, I remember back in 2007 and 2008, I was way into the gaming and technology subculture. There was seemingly no limit to my appetite for gaming culture. And that, clearly, is what led me here, to Giant Bomb. And it's a great site. A full-on celebration of gaming culture & related...
In the run up to the 2008 Presidential Election, I outlined why it was that I, an out-of-country observer, felt that it was so important that Barack Obama be elected to the highest office in America. Now, it is time for the United Kingdom’s General Election. And once again, I want to get my thoughts down in writing. My politics are best summarised in the phrase “March of Progress Socialism”. I...
It's time for more drink-related nonsense with another episode of Paul Douglas Drinks to Beverages! This week, the fluid deemed fit for human consumption is Red Bull Cola...You can probably see where this is going. Watch in delight as Paul Douglas succumbs to the torment and terror known only as "Drinking Red Bull Cola"!
Paul Douglas is back with another Drink to Beverages! This time he takes on the newest member of the Lucozade family, Lucozade Cherry. What on earth will he make of this bizarre concept (Everyone knows the answer to "Which Lucozade flavour should I drink?" is "Orange", and oranges are nothing like cherries)? Watch and find out!
Paul Douglas Drinks to Beverages once again, this time taking on New Age cola-drink, Skinny Cola. Join Paul as he attempts to discern just what creators Bio Synergy had to do to Cola in order to make it a dietary aid. Surprisingly, it's not magic. Unsurprisingly, the answer is disappointing. See More Videos
So I guess Giant Bomb is now a meta-game...This is a problem, because the site was already great...Now it's just addictive. Like if you made an MMO which was actually fun. This place is going to become one hell of a timesink.
Counter Culture Weekly wishes you a very happy Easter, the only way we know how. That’s right, we’re taking on yet another godawful movie from the Twilight franchise. If you were concerned that we were suicidal after we took on Twilight at Christmas, that’s nothing compared to the abject horror of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Listen, if you dare, to our screams of sheer terror as one of the wor...
It's the first in a new series as Paul Douglas indulges his well known passion for...Drinking things...In this exciting first episode of Paul Douglas Drinks to Beverages, Paul takes on one of the many cheap knockoffs of Red Bull which have sprung up since the ubiquitous energy drink's rise to popularity, Red Rooster...
Counter Culture Weekly returns with an explosive 90-minute, un-edited extravaganza of pop culture banter and general talking about nonsense! Paul “Jensonb” Douglas and Tom “SteepInKline” Kline use their time and their new home to discuss cancelled TV shows, Pokemon, sequels to wildly successful 2009 Comedy Movies, Power Rangers and so much more! Counter Culture Weekly is back, at a new home, wi...
Thruster check 75%...72%...Alright, fire. Pre-launch checks have been completed...Greens across the board. We are go for launch, repeat, we are go no go for launch. Counter Culture Weekly blasts off into the unexplored realm of space, and does battle with TV shows like Lost, Glee and Dexter’s Laboratory! Objection! There’s not nearly enough discussion of games and movies in that list, Jensonb!...
Hey sports fans! Grab your commemorative hats and Jerseys and get on down to the Counter Culture Dome to cheer on your heroes Paul “Jensonb” Douglas and Tom “SteepInKline” Kline as they take on future hall of famers The Super Bowl, The Who, Adverts, super heroes with real-world problems, MMOs based on beloved Sci-Fi franchises and anime series which Jensonb cannot write the name of despite Stee...
Hello, I'm Jensonb. And that's why I drink. Welcome to Avoiding Controversy 101 . Avoiding controversy in your Blogs is easy, and I would do well to remember that before doing anything like you know what again. So here's a look at the process: Say things which you know your audience will likely agree with. That's pretty much it. So, here we go with a totally uncontroversial Blog Post, which is...
Wall of Text Alert. Here is a Summary of my Position for Forum Dwellers: Giant Bomb Community Content is as important as Editorial, and the two should be integrated to give Community Content the same prestige as Editorial, which it deserves. You can read the full Blog Post below. If you wanna speed through it, the highlights are in Bold Italics Underlined . And the Wall of Text (Highlights are...
Hop aboard the Counter Culture train as SteepInKline & Jensonb bid a fond farewell to The Tonight Show. This service is calling at Avatar winning awards it doesn’t deserve, The Big O, Street Fighter IV, Convex & Concave Junction and terminates at Stupidly Named Overhyped Product with Unclear Uses Annexe. All Aboard, this service is direct and speedy - and no I don’t know why I went with a train...
Counter Culture Weekly returns for more ironically named madness! Join Jensonb & SteepInKline as they dole out a couple last minute awards, voyage through desolate wastelands for loot, launch careers as DJs and take on their most formidable foe yet: the inevitability of Avatar sweeping the Oscars, and how much that FUCKING BLOWS. I mean seriously! Plus, as a special bonus, unedited and in its e...
In their Tenth (Eleventh? Damn Jensonb & his insane numbering system!) spectacular episode - also the longest one yet, Jensonb & SteepInKline take a look back on the year Twenty-Oh-Fine and hand out literally dozens of awards to the best and worst media of the year, using their age-old judging system: making it up as the go along! Join our heroes for this batshit loco award ceremony/awards deli...
Category Winner 2009's 2008 Game of the Year Fable II For some bizarre reason I never proceeded too far into this game in 2008, even though I loved it. I rectified that this year by steaming through the rest of the game. Most Divisive Game Demon's Souls I never wrapped my head around what it is is about this game people find appealing. I was going to simply forget about it, then I found out tha...
In a special Christmas Treat, Counter Culture Weekly’s hosts confront their greatest foe for your amusement. That’s right, Jensonb and SteepInKline sit through (the entire) Twilight Motion Picture. And they’ve recorded their exploits for your amusement. So listen in as this abomination of a movie drives a drunken Jensonb and his long-suffering co-host to the brink of madness! Theoretically, you...
So as you may have heard, having finally moved the original Endurance Run Endurance Run video to my new video player (The original host had ceased operating and I was undecided on a suitable replacement until recently), the series will finally be continued from this month. I’ve been thrashing through several ideas for how to get the show done over the past few days, because the way it’s done in...
Counter Culture Weekly returns with your regularly scheduled dose of ironic pop culture nonsense! This week brings you your promised extended Pokemon discussion, a look at James Cameron’s Avatar The Official Movie Of the Game Of the Movie of the Idea that probably should have been left on the table, a special guest, talk of the next (And surely best) Rock Band release and much much more! So wha...
It's that time again folks. Yes, it's the time of the year when, in lieu of sending Christmas cards (Because sitting and writing someone's name then my name then someone's name then my name over and over and over is the kind of thing which will eventually drive me over the edge and thus cause me to go on the psychopathic rampage which the majority of you are still expecting of me), I write out...
Counter Culture Weekly returns with another madcap talk-athon on TV, Anime, motion pictures and books - sometimes all at once! Join Jensonb & SteepInKline as they battle airplanes, cult TV shows, Digimon - Digital Monsters (Digimon are the Champions!), the evil force known only as Daniel Radcliffe and more! All this, plus an exciting sneak peak into some of the things we’ve got planned for the...
Hah-hah! Endurance Run Endurance Run Part 1 is finally available once again through the magic of blip.tv! And that's not all, I can exclusively (Me being the one responsible) reveal that there will be more Endurance Run Endurance Run coming this month! So yeah! That's something that's going to happen. Look forward to it if you're weird that way.
It’s the Seventh Exciting Edition of Counter Culture Weekly and it’s crazier than ever before! Your regularly scheduled buddies Jensonb and SteepInKline return with a guest playmate, MetalGearSunny! Together, this trio of zany adventurers confront things like the most powerful woman alive, mutant freaks with superpowers, the Brawl to end them all, pedophile movie directors, Farmville (No, reall...
Counter Culture Weekly is back! Recovered from its case of the H1N1, back from Paris and ready to reignite your lives with more outrageous media and entertainment banter! And to celebrate our comeback, it’s another extra long bonanza, covering how New Moon is at the root of all evil, diminutive versions of already relatively small horses and stupid card games played by anime characters! Plus, a...
My friends will all be playing this online...I'll stick with Killzone 2 It is true, I am among the admittedly relatively small group, consisting of thousands, who have decided not to give Activision Blizzard money in exchange for Modern Warfare 2. It's possible I'll play someone else's copy to see the Campaign, or pick up a used copy at a later date, but I have no intention of buying a new copy...
It’s a bumper edition of Counter Culture Weekly to make up for Jensonb’s gallivanting in France, leaving you to fend for yourselves! Get ready to join him and SteepInKline as they tackle such exciting topics as Pirates, Turtles, Detectives, LaLa Land and more! Iy’s the longest and most exciting Counter Culture yet! Grab it while it’s hot! Stream It Here Direct Download Here Subscribe (RSS) Subs...
Counter Culture Weekly is back for a fourth fantastic episode! This week, our intrepid hosts battle: Sharks Whoever the hell it is that's overhyping games like Uncharted 2 Hordes of demons with a heavy metal flava Wild Things The estate of one Michael Jackson All this and more in your fourth dose of ironically named pop culture Podcast madness! Don’t miss your chance to get in on all this crazi...
Counter Culture Weekly is back again with your (Kinda) regularly scheduled dose of pop culture news and banter with Paul “Jensonb” Douglas and Tom “SteepInKline” Kline! Join our intrepid heroes as they battle: Cartoon Smut Zombies Perverts like David Letterman Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Warren Spector’s Epic Mickey Lily Allen Zombies (If there’s a difference between those two) And much much mor...
FlashBackwards with Jensonb and SteepInKline to Tuesday September 29th as they tackle such exciting topics as: TGS Metal Gear Solid Conan O’Brien taking one for the team An alien frog with machinations to take over the earth Heroes & FlashForward The finer points of teaming up a bunch of superheroes & having them go at it (Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2!) Much Much More! It’s your second weekly dos...
In the first ever episode of Counter Culture Weekly, your hosts Paul “Jensonb” Douglas and Tom “Steepinkline” Kline tackle a wide array of exciting topics - such as: What’s the deal with NBC right now? Why does Kids’ TV suck now? Neil Patrick Harris Halo 3: ODST The Beatles Batman What’s the deal with all this Marvel drama all of a sudden? A Facebook identity crisis And much more! Don’t delay!...
Rich Gallup busting a move like only he knows how. Back in the so-called "Golden Era" of GameSpot, Ryan MacDonald and Richardine K. E. Gallup III IV Jr. created a live weekly show called On The Spot. On The Spot was the shit . It was perhaps the only Live video game show that actually mattered (Outside of E3). Certainly, it would be uncontroversial to say that in all its forms (Except its latte...
Okay, I know it's been a while (Even since we first began to try and resurrect the show after its involuntary hiatus), but all the delays have been down to problems cropping up in real life for key talent. We apologise for the delays to those of you who like the show, or are at least curious to see how it has ended up. Anyway, for those of you interested, I've got a few snippets of info about "...
Disgaeamad>godhand predict my future my internet standards, that ain't bad for him godhand in order to predict that 100% of that godhand predict my future i predict thats what is a picture of the new xbl account is silver ENJOY YOUR SILVER ACCOUNT FOREVER KARMUM godhand predict my future can you predict what pain is the zion repair zion? that's too ironic. godhand irony just above irony [04:42]...
Once upon a time, there was a Podcast, called "The Bomb Should Have A Face" - "BSHAF" for short. It proceeded on its merry way for a couple dozen episodes. And then, it went to sleep. Then came "Bomb Should Have A Face Season 2". "BSHAF" for short. It did not do so well. It's parents didn't have enough time for it. It burned. The end? No. Ex cinis cineris. ...it's coming... One day, there shall...
Hello again Giant Bomb! The New BSHAF Experience is now Live and you can hear it here But the madness doesn't stop there! We have another episode this week, which for the sake of two already signed up guests (Mr. Joseppie himself and Jnerd) is recording at the same time as last week's crazy ishdition! Location Time New York 12 Noon San Francisco 0900 (9AM) United Kingdom 1700 (5PM) Sydney, Aust...
Jensonb embarks on a deliciously meta quest to catch up with the Giant Bomb Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Endurance Run...
Hey there Giant Bomb! Bomb Should Have A Face, the first of many wonderful Giant Bomb Community Podcasts is getting a re-vamp! After a lot of thought and considerable heated discussions (Fueled by Red Bull and Irn-Bru, like all good heated discussions), The BSHAF Crew has decided on a few changes we can make to help improve the entertainment factor of the show, and get the Community even more i...
You've possibly noticed that the BSHAF has been having a few logistical problems of late and our episodes are sporadic. I'll explain. TokyoChicken and I are the driving force behind getting BSHAF done normally, as MattBoodega has other nefarious deeds going on (Moderation, College, opening a pit to hell, playing Path of Neo). Unfortunately, it's exam time for both of us. That's having a major i...
Hey guys, as some of you may know, I'm working on an AS-Level, and eventually an A-Level, in Media Studies in order to go to University to get a degree in Video Production. I'd really appreciate it if you could find a moment to help out with the Production Coursework segment by filling this out (Using the Blogger Comments system). The Brief is a 2-minute film opening, we're doing an 80s-style S...
The way in we we consume entertainment and the media in general has changed radically in the past decade, and that change is only accelerating. The sheer number of media being affected is also rapidly growing, as every conceivable source of information and entertainment is re-shaping itself for a new age. In the Changing Media Blog Series, I will be looking at the ways in which media has change...
But it's all the way Killzone 2. That game looks sooooooo good.
I suck at chugging Coca-Cola. Enjoy the hilarity that ensues when I try!
So, I played it. What did I think? Well... Going in, I had heard that the controls of Killzone 2 were somewhat “floaty”. To me, that suggests that the aiming is imprecise and not particularly sensitive. I didn’t find that, though maybe I just misinterpreted the word. Anyway, I found the aiming tight and easy - especially after knocking the sensitivity up 2 Notches above standard. The button con...
Background So Bomb Should Have A Face , the Giant Bomb Community Podcast, has come a long way since it was a crazy idea MattBodega came up with way back when. Now, owing to changing circumstances, the show's various jobs have changed hands and changed method a lot since we began. At first, MattBodega did almost everything. He found topics (With TC's help), edited the show, booked guests and of...
Okay. To put to rest rumours (Admittedly, largely perpetuated by me) that former BSHAF Co-Host Disgaeamad is dead, I can confirm he and I have had a PM discussion on Last.fm. He can't connect to the site or the IRC. I don't know why. Shit's weird. Anyway, he's alive. So...You know...Stop asking. Edit: Pics or it didn't happen you say? Bam!
So you might be aware I just bought a bunch of accessories for my PlayStation 3. It’s now my most heavily accessorised console ever. And that’s cool, because accessories are awesome. So let’s take a look at the ones I just got and see if they’re cool. Joytech 3-Way HDMI Switcher This is a really nifty product. I use it so that both my PS3 and my 360 can be hooked up to my sole HDMI port at once...
This is how not to do it, and how to lose followers. Do not follow SuperMooseman's example!
Here's a sneaky peak at the Town hall guys.
Well guys, I do much of my Blogging over on my totally awesome website, Jensonb.co.uk. Once the Giant Bomb upgrade is done in a few months, I'll be able to feed those posts to you automagically on this awesome website, Giant Bomb. Till then, linking manually will suffice. And boy do I have a humdinger for you today. Three, yes three, posts, all ready for your reading pleasure. Let's start with...
Just a quick reminder that tonight we're recording a very special Bomb Should Have A Face with Giant Bomb Favorite Sons David Snider and Jeff Gerstmann. Essentially, Bomb Should Have A Face and The Giant Bomb IRC, in conjunction with Jeff and Snide, are hosting a Town Hall meeting to discuss updates to the site and any new features. You can get involved by joining in the discussion starting at...
SIGH So Bomb Should Have A Face episodes have to change hands a couple times before they go up. We primarily exchange the files using that most evil of sites, RapidShare. Why do I hate RapidShare so much? Well take a look. That's why.
Category Winner Best Explosions Battlefield: Bad Company Best Classic Revival Mega Man 9 (Cos Evan Brass said so) Best Multiplayer Game Left 4 Dead Best Premise Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Character I'd Most Like To Party With Drebin 893 (MGS4) Character Whose Phone Calls I'm Least Likely To Return Dwayne Forge (GTAIV) Best Debut Left 4 Dead Most Satisfying Sequel Grand Theft Auto IV Best Gr...
Right now, it's probably Killzone 2 on my mind the most for next year, cos I just got my PS3 and I'm itching to make lots of use of it. GTA: Chiantown Wars looks awesome, so there's that... Ghostbusters definitely, looking pretty fun there. Of course Formula One 2009, it's been far too long since the last proper new F1 game. Halo 3: ODST sounds like it'll be pretty good. Heavy Rain is intriguin...
Oh, I guess it's that time of year again. You probably think I mean Christmas, but in fact you are but half-correct, half I say! I am referring to the (As of this year) annual custom where I waste the time of my friends and family with a pointlessly and arguably too-long letter reflecting on the past year, which this year means we have a lot to cover, and with any luck we'll get some hilarious...
Well folks, it's that time of year when every even half-way journalistic entity known to man puts out some cheesy awards show thing for the Something Of The Year. And since Bomb Should Have A Face, your Officially Official Only Audio Source for all the Community Matters that Matter Most (And remain a threat) is (Often tangentially) about video games, we have boldly opted to give out fake intern...
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I just posted this in the comments of Jeff's MK Vs. DC review, but it's long enough that I feel like re-posting it here. I'm only going to say this once: Giant Bomb is not The Next GameSpot. I that's what you're looking for, try 1UP. Giant Bomb is about a far more casual style of games coverage. Jeff gave this game the highest score because he thinks it's awesome. You might disagree. The man hi...
So, we've been handing these out for a while. I think it's about time we listed them out so you can all try really hard to earn them. Because everyone wants BSHAF achievements right? Of course they do. Why would you not want an arbitrary, uncounted score? No reason at all, that's why. So here's the list. But remember, DLC means that this list can grow, so be sure to check back on a regular basi...
On November the 4th, the United States of America will be electing a new President. They will be deciding who controls the House of Representatives and who controls the Senate. All of these are important decisions, but the former is even more important as it is not just important for the American people, but for the world. For 8 years, America has been ruled by George W. Bush. And for 8 years,...
Yeah, Okay
So I finally got around to making myself a website. I've been putting it off for some time, but it's so easy now I just had to. It'll be the place to find my Blog (I'll still sue this one though, but only for gaming stuff), the videos I make and more. Also, check out the My Stuff page. I have some neat stuff. Here it is!
I skipped over the Lite, but the DSi is looking very cool. SO I will definitely be picking one up.
Yep, I edited this one folks. On my sexy Mac mini (Which also just made a website for something at school, butt hat's a whole 'nother story). This week we discuss a whole hot of crazy things. From the sex obsession which has taken hold here on Giant Bomb to advertising on Giant Bomb, a long (Seemingly endless) rant about WAR and I've even left a special comedy treat at the end. So, it's the usu...
Episode 2 of BSHAF, the Giant Bomb Community Podcast, has now gone live. We call this one "You're so Twelve" after the internet insult I am trying to spread. Basically, whenever anyone does something dumb, immature or like what idiots on Xbox LIVE do you tell them "you're so twelve". Cos everyone says those people are 12. It makes sense, I promise. This week's episode features community moderat...
General observations which are self-evident. 1) If you demand I take what should be a public debate to the PMs, you bet your ass I'm going to blog about it. 2) Communities with no rules cannot possibly be managed. 3) Being a mod does not make you unquestionable nor does it make you right. 4) If someone points out a legitimate concern in a reasonable way and you as a moderator react by simply ta...
It's up folks! The first exciting episode of the Giant Bomb Community Podcast, Bomb Should Have a Face (BSHAF for short) is now available for your listening pleasure. There are two ways to join the fun with MattBodega , TokyoChicken , PureRok , Disgaeamad and myself as we run through topics as serious as video game criticism being critiqued and as insane as how having Atheistium post on your bl...
A full conversation with godhand? MADNESS
godhand is a bastard
moose, jayge, zaapp1,
Now this is a strange one folks. Following a comment about sleeping pills, godhand was heard to opine: making a dildo eh
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Right, time to pimp out the general access Giant Bomb IRC chat channel. The server you want is irc.gamesurge.net, the channel is #giantbomb. You really should join us in there. Round the clock chat with a bunch of nice people. We've also got ourselves some pretty funny characters. Seriously. God's Hand for example. Or Hulk. It's fun, it's communal, you should be there. Edit: Full, easy instruct...
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O2 and Apple's tagline for the iPhone 3G over here is "The iPhone you've been waiting for", referring to the fact many people here in the UK were holding out for the 3G speeds and whatnot to bring the backend hardware up to similar levels to competing smartphones. Unfortunately, I'm still waiting for it. You see, being under 18, I cannot sign a contract for the phone, nor do I want to be tied d...
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The following is a comment I posted on Jeff's response to this, reprinted for, you know, posterity. "The game has JK Simmons in it, as far as I'm concerned they can do what they like, that makes up for anything But it doesn't have to cos I really don't have a problem with Jenny McCarthy"
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That game looks mediocre at best. Dyack needs to learn when to keep his damn mouth shut, he's what caused this mess- not the game. However, it's not so bad that without Dyack shooting his mouth off it would have been equally as panned. It's a video game. (Customary: BRAP BRAP BRAP.)
Foreword An alternative title for this is Six-Point-Oh, let me know which you prefer. This is a dramatic interpretation of the events which led up to 29/11/07 and subsequently, The Bomb. It does not suppose to be absolute fact, but it is a best guess I have had based on all the information I have found. The later events are deliberately condensed as well, the most important part of the story is...
It's a widely acknowledged fact that PC Gaming, and computer gaming in general, is on the decline. Matching the death spiral of arcades which began in the early nineties but took until earlier this decade to conclude, computer gaming is being beaten out by an easier, more cost-effective way to play. Arcades were a hassle because they were physically remote from one's other leisure activities. T...
I'm very keen to see an Apple take on Nettop/ULC Laptop. I think the Air is a fantastic product and an important part of the product matrix (And let me make this clear, the Air is a portable iMac), but it does leave us with a problem. The Air is the portable iMac, as I've said. That makes the MacBook the entry-level Mac notebook, the portable Mac mini. That's flagrantly wrong. Apple is missing...
I recently went nuts and decided to redo my setup once again. I've been doing this frequently since I decided to buy the Mac mini and it's now, with these changes, at a point where I feel like I can be happy. This latest modification followed my moving the 750GB External HDD up high, a shelf above the Mac mini and the VGA switcher, where the Hi-Fi box used to sit. This time, I decided I wanted...
So, Giant Bomb have now launched the Community Image Moderation Engine. This is fantastic because the more images the community deals with for The Bomb, the more time the staff at The Bomb Shelter (They don't call it that) can spend moderating our text submissions, like my awesome writeups for kids' games. But, naturally, not everyone knows what to do 100% of the time, and some of the rules can...
They're now approving submissions from 3 hours ago. I was at work 3 hours ago. I have days old submissions What is going on? I'm pissed off. Edit: Yay, they've gotten to one of mine, maybe they've just randomised it.
Recently, the editorial team at The Bomb Shelter (They don't call it that) informed their fans that the Giant Bomb pre-launch blog was no longer available and all its content now visible elsewhere only. Well they were mistaken, it's still up at: http://blog.giantbomb.com/ Enjoy. This is most useful for getting at the old comments.
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To address this issue right now, the image on my profile is the Beta Preview of the cover to my upcoming Crowd Sourced video games magazine called Multiplayer Magazine. The content on it's all made up. It looks way cool though, eh? Like the logo font? It's called Synchro LET and I think it looks fantastic.
So everyone loves LittleBigPlanet apparently. Seriously, the game's not out yet and everyone seems to love it. Everywhere I look, it's heralded as the second coming. And I can't see why. Okay, it lets you make your own levels. It's not that big a deal. I see people rave about every little thing. People call me weird for not being interested. I'm sorry folks, it's just not that interesting an id...
Since this profile is getting more reads than my Blogger blog, I'm toying with the idea of making this my primary blog and mirroring the posts back to that one...It has basically no readers. I have a couple of diehards, but that's about it. Yeah, I think it makes sense. This is gonna be my main Blog. I suppose I better put a link back to the old one so if you ever need to check back it's easy e...
Oh dear. The site goes down and then comes back. I check my submissions queue and all the pendings are gone, so I resubmit the important one and then the original returns to the queue. Twice this has happened now I think. Oh, and now all my pendings have disappeared for no apparent reason. Terrific.
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