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I've been thinking about bringing this up somewhere: I'm really enjoying Giant Bomb lately!!!

When Vinny/Brad/Dan left, I had very little hope, and indeed, it was really bad for a while, after that. I really couldn't stay awake for any of their content for many months after that. I was resigned to just enjoy Nextlander's podcasts and Fire Escape.

BUT since Dan came back, GB's been really great! It's not PEAK but it's very good.

Blight Club is the best thing they've got going on right now. It has similar vibes to some all-time great GB video content like Vinnyvania and This Is The Run, where they're laughing and struggling through a hard and/or bad game, saying "ugh are you kidding me??? The game is making me do THIS???" Also the combo of Jeff Grubb, Mike Minotti, and Dan is perfect vibes, they're all really funny to me.

Even UPF has been a lot more creative in 2023, instead of the old formula of "play 4 boring games for 30 minutes each" which got really stale.

But most surprising is the Bombcast itself. This is the best the Bombcast has been since the Ryan era. (I stopped being able to finish Bombcasts after like 2017. It was so dull. And the Beastcast was a million times better.)

BUT, everyone on the Bombcast right now is hilarious and silly, the vibes are so good. Jan's a fantastic host, Jeff Grubb is really fun and brings great industry knowledge. And any episode with either Bailey or Mike Minotti or Dan ends up being A-Tier in terms of comedy (and since they all rotate in constantly, pretty much every episode is an A-Tier). Also Bakalar is a great villain to cause some friction, otherwise everyone would agree too much on everything.