I’ve been a fan of the Giant Bomb crew for a long time. Over 20 years by my estimate. Long before the invention of quick looks or this video thing . Before they built a bomb or bombcast. Before the entire crew were all together, I followed Jeff, Brad, Vinny, Alex, and Ryan on their silly adventures on the internet. I imagine it's hard to understand the type of relationship someone like me can h...
Intro By now you're probably more than aware of SimCity's launch as an always-on gaming experience and how that's not going so well . This event, and others like Diablo 3, got me thinking about what my expectations for a game that requires a constant internet connection and/or relies on cloud computing to deliver the product. I will be referring to this feature as "cloud support". Here are my e...
I love it so much. I can't get enough and I'm super excited for the new update to come out... I also hear there is a PC Gamer article in the works that Notch, the dev, recently sent them information for. Building and building and breaking and crafting... such a simple premise sure is addictive.
I wasn't even sure I was going to purchase StarCraft 2. I hadn't really given it much thought until I watched the unboxing and Brad running around all childlike with the box. After watching a few more videos about it - I went and bought it and boy, I'm not disappointed. So I can now say that it is an excellent game and I love playing it. I'm actually kind of addicted. I watch replays all the ti...
Over the last few weeks that Brad N. has been added to the news team, news has been inconsistent, poorly researched, half assed and often many days behind other news sources. My understanding for why Giant Bomb added Nicholson was so that on days when the team is busy there can be some news articles posted on the homepage. Unfortunately, it seems Nicholson is allowed to post these articles with...
Let me tell you, I'm not a super huge sports fan. I only watch occasional sports and "big" games... So it seems unusual that I would be into having ESPN on my Xbox 360. I stopped getting cable TV in January and haven't looked back. The reason I was so excited about hearing ESPN was coming was it started to look like bigger media was seeing the power of reaching audiences outside of cable. Heari...
Boss : “We need people to be able to save, but only temporarily, unless they beat stuff.” Employee : “So, like a save file that really doesn’t save?” Boss : “Yes! and if you continue from that save it deletes it and then they lose progress unless they temporarily save again. That’ll teach them to quit before castles.” One of the first strange things I encountered while playing, *deep breath*, n...
Giant Bomb's new quest system is awesome and horrible at the same time. I want to go do other things... but i can't. I must continue on - finding new pages, writing silly blogs and making long lists... for what? Points? that mean nothing? Are we as humans so easily manipulated? I guess so... back to questing.
I had not purchased a Wii yet (I own a high-end PC and Xbox 360 already) and was seriously considering one, but after that horrible E3 press conference, Cammie Dunaway's nausea-inducing smile/speech, and the total lack of anything that you need even the slightest of skill to play (is Wii Music even a game? no, it's not) I said forget it. Maybe if they were showing some more cool games, even fro...
Well, it's been a little over a week since Giant Bomb debuted their new site and I have to say that I've had a hard time not coming and adding or editing content or blogging or posting. Well done site creators - you've made a place that's a lot of fun to come and talk all about games in all different ways. I've updated quite a few things so far... now that they're approved you could check out:...
I can't tell you how excited and happy I am to be joining and participating with this site, mostly because of who runs it. Jeff Gerstmann and the gang were really the reason that I became a Gamespot total access member in the first place and when they left, it just wasn't the same. Now, though, I can enjoy all of Jeff's wacky humor, Brad's deep voiced reviews, Ryan's hi jinx and the rest of the...