Board 8 > Giant Bomb Topic: Godspeed, Meme Scanlon

(+) Yeah! (+)

Drew is departing Giant Bomb on March 3 and the site is now looking for three new hires, if you haven't heard. Drew is chasing all that meme money (actually it's unclear what he's doing -- but he's not joining another company, is not joining Danny and is looking forward to more "travel").

Also since the last topic we've got one thousand and eighty pees and Jeff loves Horizon.
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Also does anybody know what this is in reference to? http://jeff.zone/post/157552165381/i-know-that-its-just-a-factor-of-personality

Did anybody of note trash Jeff recently?
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Probably some s*** got said on twitter or reddit or some backend hellhole of the internet. Denizens of the internet will speculate and talk s***.
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Yeah I think he just means randos
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I guess Drew won't be flying everyone to events in his own private jet he's clearly getting.

digiiiiiiiii posted...

Also does anybody know what this is in reference to? http://jeff.zone/post/157552165381/i-know-that-its-just-a-factor-of-personality

Did anybody of note trash Jeff recently?

I think this might be in reference to the topic on NeoGAF about Drew's departure, where after a couple pages of earnest heartfelt messages the topic devolved into a discussion about how jaded Jeff is. But it could be anything
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Man, Jeff is so much less jaded now than he was a few years ago right after Ryan died

I credit Dan for that in part
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but jeff doesn't lose his mind over e3 press conferences

checkmage
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that was a typo and i refuse to edit it
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iiicon posted...

I think this might be in reference to the topic on NeoGAF about Drew's departure, where after a couple pages of earnest heartfelt messages the topic devolved into a discussion about how jaded Jeff is. But it could be anything

Ah that would make sense. I dont go to the GAF so I would never have seen that. I was wondering if someone of "note" was talking about him and thought it might be linked to his five-star Horizon: Zero Dawn review, a la when Rooster Teeth implied a lot of s*** about him when he didn't give Fallout 4 a high score (while those idiots were wearing Pip Boys lol)
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http://jeff.zone/post/157544679011/hows-the-whole-hiring-thing-going-dont-care

OMG I never even considered this aspect

Pray for Jeff
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I mean, maybe. it seems like every day there's a new YouTuber out there with five million followers doing something stupid. and a certain segment of reddit lost their minds over 1. the fact that Horizon stars a woman 2. that gender dynamics is apparently a notable theme of the game and 3. that the game is apparently good, and Jeff gave it 5 stars. so, who knows.
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Jakyl25 posted...

http://jeff.zone/post/157544679011/hows-the-whole-hiring-thing-going-dont-care

OMG I never even considered this aspect

Pray for Jeff

awesome. time for Jeff to give a young upstart like Jeremy Parish his time to shine.
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I saw a lot of people being like "Hmph! He gives it 5 stars but then also says the game isn't perfect. Fraud!"
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Yeah I was reading a lot of the comments on the review and like a dozen different people were like "This reads more like a four star review!" like holy crap these people are weird
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tag
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https://twitter.com/jaredr/status/834280074778062848
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Dammit.
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I woke up hoping it was all a dream.

:(
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My mom is actually best friends with Drew's mom, so I knew he was leaving like a week ago. I might even know what he's doing next! I might have even stolen his sister's notes when we went to high school together eight years ago!
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baubeta posted...

My mom is actually best friends with Drew's mom, so I knew he was leaving like a week ago. I might even know what he's doing next! I might have even stolen his sister's notes when we went to high school together eight years ago!

W
H
A
T
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also his uncle works at nintendo
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baubeta posted...

I might even know what he's doing next!

spill the beanssssss
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnPfiFxkEm8
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DeepsPraw posted...

baubeta posted...

I might even know what he's doing next!

spill the beanssssss

I promised my mom I wouldn't tell!!!!

But I can say if you like Drew talking about Drew stuff, you'll be into it.
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Jakyl25 posted...

Man, Jeff is so much less jaded now than he was a few years ago right after Ryan died

I credit Dan for that in part

pretty much, he saved the site then left to save vinnys soul from alex
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guys nobody knows anything, if it was out there it would be out there, and only people who wish they knew things pretend to know things
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Brad played some Mass Effect and wanted to Mako video about it.

FIRE DREW
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I started watching Giant Bomb a while after UPF began as a show, so I recently started watching them in order. Wow, in the very first one, Drew shows off his PDF-making skills and says he's having his first ever flying lesson and says some other stuff that's pretty interesting given his departure.
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I don't think I got into GB until...2010?

I remember just starting to watch thursday night throwdowns at some point and then listened to all of GotY while playing through DMC4
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ninkendo posted...

I don't think I got into GB until...2010?

I've talked about this before, but my own anxiety makes it hard for me to like ... watch video of other people talking. It took me awhile to latch onto Giant Bomb. Eventually, it was a Farming Simulator quick look (or something similar) featuring Ryan and Vinny that got me in.
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for Uunprofessional Friday, it's all about Professional Wednesday

not really

and yeah I started mid-2010
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I got in on the ground floor. The first QL I showed the lady was either NSMB Wii (after which made me go buy it) or Ship Simulator Extreme. She's been as big a fan ever since.
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before GB I didn't really know who any of them were as I never really went to Gamespot I was more of an IGN guy.

I had heard of Jeff Gerstmann several times before then but didn't really know anything about him

I was pretty much hooked the 1st time I listed to a bombcast and idolizing the way Jeff carries himself as a videogamesmen
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Holy hell does that Berserk game look bad, even by Musou standards.
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I'm so glad rorie is in the MEA video so we can get insights like "Mass Effect's gameplay didn't change much from 1 to 3" less than ten minutes after saying he never played a Mass Effect
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I wish I had never known Rorie
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Rorie brings suffering.

All the staff leaving and moving while he remains.
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GANON1025 posted...

I'm so glad rorie is in the MEA video so we can get insights like "Mass Effect's gameplay didn't change much from 1 to 3" less than ten minutes after saying he never played a Mass Effect

...Did he really?
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uh matt rorie has definitely played mass effect
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Matt's Effect
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Apparently he forgot.
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Rorie: "Obviously there were some adjustments along the way but combat didn't change that drastically in the trilogy."
Jeff: pushes back, remarks on how the series focused more on the shooter elements as time went on
Rorie: "Yeah, you're right, Mass Effect 1 [a game that came out 10 years ago] and 2 had some pretty big differences. I'm probably understating."

this totally normal conversation where one person jogs his memory of a thing he experienced a decade ago while talking to someone else is an outrage.
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To be fair I did sorta skim the video, but I saw someone else talking about it too so I didn't think I was crazy but maybe I was sorry rorie
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typical fake rorie news
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also i just want to say after recently completing the first mass effect game that it was a much more enjoyable experience in terms of gameplay than the last time i played it

for reference, this time i played it on normal with a pc where it ran at 60fps while the last time was on insanity with a ps3 where it ran at like 20fps, so maybe that had something to do with it
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I recently (seven months ago? a year ago?) played through the trilogy for the first time and had a blast with Mass Effect 1 via Xbox One backwards compatibility
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ME1 is fantastic. ME2 is fantastic.

Such a great 2-game series.
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I think I liked ME1 more than 2
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The Mana Sword posted...

ME1 is fantastic. ME2 is fantastic.

Such a great 2-game series.

Why would you skip the best game in the series?
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