Due to the winner and runner up of the previous auction not responding for whatever reason, we have decided to redo this auction to give more of you a chance to bid on it! FOR THE KIDS! @oddbit (Lisa A. Striker) carved a Giant Bumpkin LIVE for Extra Life. It's plastic, so it won't turn to mush and it has been signed by all of GB West and most of the guests who were on the Extra Life stream (the...
I think most of us knew as soon as it was announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider wasn't going to be truly exclusive to the Xbox One, but this just gets better and better. Yesterday, on Tumblr of all places, Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix released a short FAQ to address the backlash they've been getting on the internet since Gamescom about their upcoming Tomb Raider sequel. On Tumblr. Yes...Tumb...
I've been craving a good Porterhouse for awhile. Earlier today, I went down to my favorite butcher (a real butcher shop, that's all he does...yes they still exist in San Francisco) and asked for two of the best Porterhouse steaks he could cut me. He looked around in the back a bit, and called me back to the walk-in to show me an entire short loin from a certified grass-fed Angus. Of course it l...
I wrote an article about six months ago regarding a Bioware Austin job listing that hinted at microtransactions being used in SWTOR. Well, as many of you may know, beta signups went live over at the SWTOR site yesterday. Here's what I found while reading through the fine print in the beta testing agreement: (H) You acknowledge and agree that all points acquired during the Game Program are non-r...
I've got an iPhone 3GS coming via FedEx tomorrow or Friday and I need a good case for it. I've been an iPod Touch user for some time and I've always liked the combination of an anti-glare screen protector and a rubber case. I have the Incase rubber sleeve for my and it seems to work well. I don't want anything too bulky but I do want the case to offer some decent protection. I'd prefer somethin...
I thought it would be cool to start a thread for all of the amateur or would-be amateur photographers out there. I just started a few months ago with my first "real" camera, a Nikon D60. I'm still in the very early stages of just learning how the camera works, and I bought an instructional DVD to show me what the different features of the camera are and how to use them. I've never taken any cla...
So I came up with a delicious and refreshing drink for summer. Alcohol optional, here's the virgin version: Glass full of ice Sprite and/or club soda. I like two parts sprite to one part club soda so the drink isn't too sweet, but adjust as you like. Squeeze the juice out of two or more lime wedges and drop them in Add grenadine (cherry syrup) to taste (or any other flavored syrup) Stir & enjoy.
As part of the continuing series that began a couple of weeks ago with Airwolf Wars - Imperial Edition , I bring you...the opening to Macgyver, Star Wars style! Or is it the opening to a Star Wars TV show , Macgyver style? Who knows. This will probably only appeal to people old enough to remember Macgyver that also are Star Wars nerds, but I don't care, I love this stuff. Enjoy.
In this week's obligatory Star Wars-related entry, I bring you the genius of Airwolf Wars. I love this stuff, and this gets the nerd in me excited for the upcoming Star Wars live action TV series . Coming next week...the Rebel edition.
Simply brilliant...thanks Rachael :)
This post is full of major spoilers, read at your own risk. So I just got back from seeing this flick, and I have to admit - it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. It was impressive in many ways, and I thought it really tied everything together well while also providing a bit of fan service to followers of the series like myself. The casting was brilliant, including the likes of...
Nothing else to add here, not going into the forums...just you watch, Wii fans! SFIV > Hamburger and Wii.
For those of you that are actively flagging inappropriate threads, don't worry about your karma point count for now. We are monitoring point levels and adjusting them down as necessary for people who are gaining bad karma by flagging things that needed to be flagged. This is new for all of us, but we don't want you guys to feel like you're getting punished for reporting spam or porn or other of...
I stopped into the Subway on Kearny today for a delicious BMT on wheat for lunch, and I happened to overhear the dude in front of me ordering his sandwich. Jalapeno on sourdough. That's it...no mustard, no other veggies, just jalapenos piled high on a foot long sourdough roll. He paid his $5 and was on his way. I was dumbfounded. I like me some jalapenos on my sandwiches, but damn. I'm thinking...
Hey everyone, head on over to the front page of Giant Bomb (at the bottom) to take a look at Atheistium's comprehensive review of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin . Thanks to Atheistium for writing such a great review! We're going to be featuring a different user review every few days or so, but we need your help. If you come across a particularly well-written user review for a game, please send a PM...
For the next few days, Giant Bomb user Temperance will have his excellent review of Legacy of Ys: Books I & II for the Nintendo DS featured on the front page . At any time, just go to the front page of GB and scroll all the way down to the bottom to see the current featured review. We're going to be featuring a different user review every few days or so, but we need your help. If you come acros...
Fight back the Ken scourge! (you have to say this sentence out loud in a 1940's olde tyme radio announcer voice...ok, read on) You have all encountered this online, both in ranked matches and player matches - Ken. Lots and lots of people using Ken. Some are more skilled than others, but most are dragon punch-spamming noobs. The intent of this thread is to compile some strategies for new players...
...and lost 120 BP. I feel like I should just turn in my copy of SFIV and never speak of this again.
Further confirmation of the rumored microtransaction-based fee structure for SWTOR was recently posted on Electronic Arts' careers page. In the listing for the Customer Service Director position at Bioware Austin, one of the key qualifications is to have "online gaming with micro transaction experise." It looks like this is just more proof that the upcoming Star Wars MMO will be at least partia...
Hey guys, you probably have all noticed by now, but just in case you haven't, the mechanic which hides posts after they receive a certain number of negative ratings have been removed. You can still rate posts, the rating just doesn't do anything anymore. Additionally, the Community Ratings Tool has been disabled for quite some time. In lieu of an actual reporting feature, please refer to this p...
Hi everyone! Since launch, we have pretty much kept the same, small staff of forum moderators. There were five of us in the beginning: Myself , Hamz , Suneku , CitizenKane , and BoG . That worked out just fine for awhile, then we brought over one of the many excellent Wiki mods to the forum side, TheBeast , in mid-August. Since then, things have been pretty status quo around here. The forums ha...
If you all hadn't noticed yet, there is a "feature" which leaves blog posts that are published to the forums virtually pinned to the top until they get a reply. You won't see this in the newest topics feed - you need to go into the individual main forums like Off Topic or General to see this. Take a look at this: Bug You'll see that the feature/bug leaves blog posts published to forums pinned a...
Please post your requests for search engine alias changes here! Aliases allow users to find games under different names or acronyms that they are commonly referred to as. For example, Star Wars: The Old Republic has the following aliases: SWOR SWTOR KOTOR MMO Star Wars MMO You can see for yourself how an alias works by typing one of the above nicknames for The Old Republic in the search window...
Now, I just bide my time until coding drives Snider so insane that he goes on an absinthe binge and cuts off part of his left ear...then, profit! This man is obviously in the wrong line of work. First, we have a piece titled "Inigo". Simply brilliant. Next, a stunning yet unnamed example of raw, natural talent...straight out of Snider's own personal sketchbook. This is going to be worth million...
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In short, multiple accounts are not allowed under any circumstances. This is covered in the Giant Bomb Terms & Conditions under the " You may not create user accounts...under false pretenses. " clause. In particular, these are a few of the things we look for: Ban dodging. Creating an alternate account to continue posting while banned Bumping one's own posts. Users having conversations with them...
A couple of boring pieces of business for Tuesday, August 12th: The ability for users to delete their own first post in a forum topic has been removed. This was causing problems because users were going back and deleting their own first post, leaving an empty shell of a topic that made no sense and had to be locked or deleted. Special characters can no longer be used as the only part of a forum...
Effective immediately, anyone found to be exploiting the WIki by either plagiarizing others' work or otherwise abusing their live edit privileges to get points will have their points reset to zero. In addition, these people will be banned from making any further submissions or edits to the site. If you've copy & pasted something from another website into the Wiki, it would be best if you went b...
I'm pleased to announce that there is a new feature on the forums, a sort of Crowd Moderation/Reporting Tool. The way it works is that the moderators are notified when a post gets a certain number of negative ratings. That number is subject to change, but for now I'll reveal that the number is not very high at all. Once a post gets it's required number of negative ratings, a moderator will be n...
Through a combination of hard work and the power of technology, we've reduced the queue to around 7,500 submissions. The turnaround time is just about 36 hours at this point. We expect to meet our goal of a 24 hour turnaround time by the end of the week! -Mike Edit: To clear up a little confusion, this number does not include image submissions, those are in a separate queue. Again, thanks to th...
The staff has just rolled out a new script that automatically approves certain duplicate entries. This will show as an Approval on your submissions queue, but you will not get points for these submissions if someone already had entered them before you. In English - the moderating queue just got reduced in size by about 50%. caption
This is a problem. A big problem. The que is stuck at 18.5k and I'm out of gin. Discuss. caption
A bunch of us are hard at work on moderating your submissions. In the last two hours, the number of subs in the que has actually gone up by about 20. I need a drink. I'm thinking Bombay Sapphire & Tonic?
I think I speak for all of the forum moderators when I say...THANK YOU! You guys have been great. Of course there were a couple of trolls and bad apples, that was to be expected, but to be honest, I thought there would be far more than there actually are. Everybody has been really cool. It's also refreshing to see that you all are actually trying to post in the appropriate forums, which I know...
The bug that allowed members to see posts in the moderators forum through profile feeds has been fixed. Feed turned back on! -Mike