GIANT BOMB

>make thread advertising shitty journalists
>why are shitty journalists still relevant

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Most people who play video games aren't turbo spergs like you, OP.

>>390062867
you do realize journalists/hosts whatever will often *ask* questions to their co-host/guest so that the co-host/guest can explain a concept to the intended audience?

do you really think a 55 year old anchorman doesn't know how hurricanes form and has to ask his meteorologist to explain it to him? or is he asking scripted questions so that the dunces watching the news can hopefully learn something instead of trying to shoot down a category 4 storm?

same applies here you dunce. most of their viewers don't know what ping is because the term is getting more and more obsolete what with internet getting faster and shit

Eh I've seen worse. If you grew up without playing any PC online games you'd never even know that's a thing.

>>390063690
>the intended audience for a game made for 12 year olds is actually 5 years old
lol

>>390063972
Ben is a homo?

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>>390063972
I'll take a fanboy like Ben over fuckwits like Klepek or Austin Walker any day.

>>390064487
atleast austin actually brought good speaking points to the conversation sometimes and isnt a complete bumbling retard whose voice is like nails on a chalkboard

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>>390063690
>this entire post

>>390063294
But being a sperglord is a good thing pardna, that's just natural to us goymergoyt people. Let cosmic autism face, #votewithyourdegeneracy

Austin and Brad defending Fallout 4 during the GOTY 2015 talk was hilarious.

>>390066101
Brad single-handedly getting Skyrim to win in 2011 is still the biggest bullshit

>>390064786
he is though. he was a little petulant child with a high pitched faggot voice

Brad managed to get Dota into the goty list two years in a row. Yet somehow he barely understands how most hero abilities work. I don't understand Brad at all, he acts and plays like somebody who's still in their first 50 matches despite having played over 1500 matches.

>>390062867
Women were a mistake.

Yet no one had a problem with Drew being terrible at everything during Metal Gear Scanlon. Drew and Abby are/were both entertaining regardless of their ability/knowledge, because unlike everyone else left at GB(sans vinny and jeff), they have decent personalities.

>>390062867
She knows basically nothing about video games and technology in general. She is the stereotype of the clueless gamer girl. All these people hate on Ben but I think she is far worse.

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I'm in Bombcast chat right now. What offensive word should I PM to Jason to get banned?

Man, she was such a good choice for their behind the scenes, tech-oriented hire. I can absolutely see why they made the brilliant choice to hire her over literally anyone else who applied!

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>>390063690
>internet getting faster and shit

I fucking wish.

What fucking blows my mind is how much Jeff was talking about the sheer volume of people he talked to/interviewed, and at the end of the day, this is what he considered would work.
It baffles me, Jeff is such a smart fucking guy. How did he mess up so bad.

>>390068028
loli

>>390063972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vv5CsP1pAg

>>390062867
Because Vinny wants to ruin his life by fucking her for some insane reason.

>>390065828
Middle guy looks like Alex.

>>390063690
Shh now, no logic on /v/, only shitposts

>>390068028
Threat to kill his family and bombing their studio with a giant bomb

>>390064341
If Ben had a gf he would have said it was his gf. The only people that say partner are homos who think they're fooling anyone.

>>390063690
back to giving money to gb please

>>390068260
Have you heard anything about Vinny's wife, she's a raging bitch who doesn't actually have any interest in his hobbies, in fact she sounds like she detests everything he's into, from trying to burn his gundam collection to constantly telling him to not bother with games at home.

>>390068473
why are you listening to beastcasts

>>390068401
No, basic cucks say it too these days.

>>390067115
That and Destiny.

>>390067714
Oh I dunno about all that. I checked out during TPP. A combination of Drew being bad and made worse by Dan's advice was too much to watch 30 episodes of. As I recall, viewer numbers also dropped drastically during TPP.

>>390068028
Statutory rape.

i wonder how many people who clicked this thread did a google search on the word "ping". even if you had some clue on what it meant, you googled it anyways

yeah, dont lie, i know YOU googled it. but now you can just pretend you knew what it means all along and shit on people who didnt know what it meant exactly.

>>390068473
Ok so he should divorce the harpy and then fuck Abby. Fucking Abby first is only going to ensure the rest of his life is a neverending hell.

>>390068609
absolute state of /v/

I miss Ryan so much

>>390068548
Because blacktrick isn't there anymore, I had to stop listening for about year after episode 9 since I nearly broke a blood vessel at some of the audaciously stupid shit he said.

As it is now I just kinda listen to them passively at work once and then delete them, usually skipping that weird mail asking for birthday wishes they are doing now.

I'll bet one shine :D i'll bet one shine Vinny can do it :>

>>390068609
I've known what ping means since the 90's you fucking child.

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Becauae she relieves Vinny's stress using her highly sexual feet.

>>390068609
fuck you I still remember what ping means from computer class

>>390068767
im sure you do but i know youre gonna search it up anyways just to make sure your definition of it is correct.

>>390062867
>>Abby: ping... does that mean like fastest internet?
Well, it ain't a count of how many Chinese people are on the server...

Abby SO wants to fuck Vinny

Not hiding it AT ALL

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>>390069036

>>390069182
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_daxY_s_wE4
>43:00

what did abby mean by this?

>>390062867
>hire Abby to do production so Vinny can be on camera more
>she doesn't know shit about video games but who cares she won't be on camera that much
>exact opposite happens and Vinny is actively on camera less because he wants to include his cumdump in the shows so she'll feel good

>>390062867
I dont even like Giant Bomb any more but you're pretty autistic for being mad at a videogame journalist or whatever the fuck to call them for not knowing something internet tech related

Do you watch gaming e-celebs for their videogame opinions or internet speed opinions?

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>>390069715
>ping
>internet tech related

do you honestly expect us to believe that ping isnt a completely normal and widespread term for gaming latency and is only for tech IT nerds?

>>390063972
Giant bomb is so fucking awful now. Holy shit why is this creepy fag part of the main crew? San Francisco should be nuked and contained.

>>390070092
GBE is now the main crew.

I haven't touches GBW in months.

>>390069867
The vast majority of people who dont play games on PC have no idea what ping is other than if its green its good and if its red its bad. Abby falls into this group and you're autistic for being mad that a normie doesnt understand something that normies dont have an interest in.

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>>390063972

This dude sucks any enthusiasm and excitement out of the room whenever he speaks, hell when he talks in any video it makes me want to fall asleep and I just close the video, East isn't any better because now everyone there is tip toeing around the woman and pampering her, jesus christ it's depressing how GB has sunken so fucking low, just put a bullet in it's head already...

everything is terrible

they haven't even done a demo disk or game tapes or jar time recently (aka the only things that matter)

does anyone have any GB metrics? I can't help but feel the content has objectively gotten worse and I can't imagine they're growing with so much YouTube competition.

>>390070385
>demo disk without drew or dan
>demo desk with just jeff and probably ben

yeah nah its alright just let it die

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I like Abby.

I don't know why you guys are so consistently surprised that a young millenial female is stupid and misinformed.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN A NEW RANKING OF FIGHTERS IN OVER A YEAR NOW

WHERE IS THE CONTENT?!?

>>390070475
Jeff said it's their best year ever and rumor at CBSI is that they are making GB their main game site.

>>390070489
game tapes in a dark closet with just jeff and the glow of an old CRT

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>>390070538
>those facial aesthetics

Top Tier:
>Brad

High Tier:
>Drew
>Dan

Alright Tier
>Jeff

Mostly Boring Tier
>Jason
>Ben

List related is why I barely watch them any more. Podcast went from fun to boring once Dan and Drew left.

>>390070538
I'm not surprised she's a moron, I'm surprised Jeff was dumb enough to listen to horny Vinny and hire her.

>>390068701
We all do anon, we all do.

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>>390070761
>inb4 vinny announces a divorce on twitter because of "complications
>6 months later its public knowledge they are fucking

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>>390070705
If it's good enough for Vinny it's good enough for me.

>b-b-buh they hired her for production it doesn't matter if she doesn't know shit about video games

then why is she a regular seat on a video game related podcast and various video game streams and shows

fuck you thirsty faggots white knighting an honest to god 3/10

>>390070934
I unironically expect this to happen.

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>>390070538
And that's the entire problem of the industry. Pushing the appearance of competence instead of actual competence will eventually lead to the complete distrust of the media.

Gresham's Law: the industry

>>390070934
>Abby makes it obvious she's teasing Vinny's dick with her feet under the desk in videos

>>390063690
barney is apparently journalism now

>>390070576
It always cracked me up that Jason and Ben act like they love fighting games but Jeff is so casual he likes MK and is still way better than both of them

>>390068820
Forget the girl, I wanna see papa vinny in a swimsuit.

>>390070308
You are clearly a faggot for taking Alex over Jeff. Hell, man who am I kidding even Jeff is unbearable now

>>390071359
What makes me laugh is Dan trounces them both using absolute scum/ retard tactics of mashing buttons and they can't beat him. It just shows you how bad they both are really.

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Oh, Goddess of Pain thread?

>>390071439
I think we all try to forget that Alex exists. Even Alex tries to forget he exists.

>>390071439
I never said Alex was better than Jeff. Jeff was one of my favorite people ever, but he can't hold up 3 shitty people.

I unironically like most GBE content. I don't listen to the podcast, just features. Abby is fine. Alex is trash but tolerable trash. I always liked Dan as the(admittedly forced) wildcard.

Jeff, Vinny, Brad, Alex, Abby, Dan would be pretty good. Alex is there to get shit on.

>>390071872
>Dan

Now I know it for sure.

>>390071628
>obscured feet

FUCK IT ALL TO HELL

>Dan Ryckert joins GB
>People condescend him and tell him he is ignorant all the time on the show and twitter
>Brainwash him in to socialism
>Make him in to a person in their own image
>call the new person New Dan

loving every laff

Abby is the recording tech person, the only reason she's in stuff at all is because people like her.

The same was true for Drew and no one complained then

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>received a warning for saying "isis music"

>>390072107
Drew was interested in video games and had a basic understanding of video game lingo

>>390072224

What?

I just wanted to see Jeff and Ryan making sweet love on camera.

>>390068473
>Have you heard anything about Vinny's wife

He married Susie Greene

>>390072292
No he fucking wasn't, and no he fucking didn't.
It took him years to even figure out he likes games where he operates vehicles, and then get alright at some of those.

>>390072107
Drew was charming and attractive, Abby is just attractive.

aint she like an editor or part of the tech crew or something?.

>>390063690
>the average user on GiantBomb these days needs to have simple concepts like "ping" be explained to them

The absolute state of GB shills

>>390070676
>Jeff said it's their best year ever

All the free premium previews, premium sales, and facebook ads say otherwise

>>390072568
Video tech crew. Basically runs video things so papa Vinny doesn't have to.

>>390072568
she is the Head of 'Giving Vinny the Head' Department

>>390070337

>Abby falls into this group and you're autistic for being mad that a normie doesnt understand something that normies dont have an interest in.

Then why the fuck is she on a gaming show? Does she have the "eyerolling normie"-role in their group or something?

>>390068609
I don't know exactly what "ping" means or its etymology, but I know what it's referring to in the context of the situation and within a server browser, and I didn't Google it.

The point is that you don't need to Google it or really even ask that way. It's kind of a general thing that should be understood by people who grew up playing games.

Though if you're like 22 or something like Abby, then sure it makes sense why she probably hasn't heard of it, or only seen it like once.

>>390072708
Think about it, anon.
Server browsers barely exist these days, everything's automated matchmaking. And even ingame, you usually just get a signal symbol or high latency warning when shit's fucked. Kids playing games these days just aren't exposed to the word anymore.

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since we'll never ever have a Waypoint thread, I'll leave Danika right here.

Does anyone else fantasize about joining GB and bringing them back to a reasonable political spectrum? Not redpilling them /pol/style just making them not be huge SF/NY yuppies. Jeff gets his edge back and I btfo Alex everytime he tries to SJW me.

Also, I'm really funny, witty and good at games. I show them these cool obscure wacky pc games haha. Our Pathologic playthrough becomes one of the best features on the site.

Oh, and I date Mary but she leaves me for Drew but I'm cool with that because I know they would be perfect as a couple.

>>390072951
Ping doesn't exist just inside video games you fucking sped. Everyone should have a basic understanding of the internet.

Society deserves a nuke at this point.

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>>390062867
>my subscription ended
>no longer visit the site
>haven't bothered resubbing to non-premium podcasts
>feel a tremendous peace in the world
>realise they're not longer annoying me with their shit opinions that I'm paying for

>>390073136
...So basically resurrecting Ryan.

>>390073160
Ping as a synonym for latency is pretty much videogame exclusive slang.

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>>390073334
>I'm not happy enough with my life to do that

just kill me senpai

>>390073420
jesus christ, millenials

>>390073420
Absolute bullshit. You don't know what you're talking about.

Is that you Abby?

>>390073136
Not exactly but I fantasize about being on the podcast when someone says some stupid shit.

I would pay to BTFO Alex on a regular basis in a public setting.

>>390073348
Ryan would be a rabid anti-Trumper sadly. He was hyper liberal but he was smart enough to know the limits.

>>390073136
Sometimes I fantasize that I'm Vinnys son.

>>390073420
Kill yourself, piece of filth millenial.

>>390073509
>>390073560
>>390073635
Nice arguments, children.

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>>390073734
Sometimes I feel like people just do this to tick me off

>>390073820
You're actually just fucking wrong though, retard.

Find me a single technical definition of "ping" that treats it as synonymous with "latency".

>>390073734
Arguing that Ping is only related to video games deserves no fucking rebuttal. You comment was just plain stupid. You are either shitposting or have zero idea what you're talking about.

>>390073635
>>390073560
>>390073509
he's right you fucking autists

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I miss him

>>390073951
I never said it's only related to videogames you mong, I said it's only synonymous with latency in videogames.

lmao at brad and abby confused on how to play Sonic. It's literally just mario but sometimes you go left

>>390074008
Better he died while you still had fond memories of him rather than live on and become what the rest of them have

The idea of a ping is a near constant technogical concept. From radar, to networking, to electrical wiring, to wireless signals, even non-tech applications exist.

To willfully ignore this to make your argument means that you must be a young person who thinks their limited perspective is law or just baiting.

I like Abby and would lick her feet with wild abandon but if she truly was hired for her video production skills, then she should know about ping.

Can we stop responding to the retard ITT now?

>>390074023
Ping is used to measure latency - for everything. It's basic internet 101. If you (Hi Abby!) don't even understand what ping is then what the fuck are you doing on the internet?

>>390074353
>>390074558
If you're treating the word loosely enough that it means the same thing as latency, you might as well say it stands for fastest internet.

More so than what people usually mean by "fastest internet", which isn't speed at all but bandwidth.

>watching giant bomb in 2017
What the motherfuck is wrong with y'all. Site died with fat man and got cremated with the east west split.

>>390072873
Normies can still play and enjoy videogames. Just because she doesnt play Anime Girl Panty Quest Xrd; Rebirth 9 doesn't mean she doesnt play a lot of games and has knowledgeable opinions on them. Dont even care for her but its retarded to dismiss someones opinions because they arent the most ebin hardcore game ever who knows all the #Gamer lingo.

>>390074921
holy shit you mongoloid. no one gives a shit about weebshit, she doesn't even know the most rudimentary things about games and that makes her a diversity hire

>>390074904
And now the ashes are being loaded into an obese mans colon and being farted down your throats with the Ben pack hire

>>390075035
Was Dan a diversity hire because he's a fucking moron who isn't sure if birds are mammals or reptiles.

>>390074921
As already explained, it's not that she doesn't know about video games. She doesn't even understand basic internet knowledge, yet works for an internet business.

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>>390075035
>being mad someone who plays games on console doesnt know the specifics of what ping is when the majority of people console gamers also dont

>>390075035
Don't reply to GB forum posts

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>>390068820

>>390075169
dont forget egg shells were actually egg whites
dont forget using glasses as a child without the need for them and fucking up his eyesight to actually needing them
dont forget unironically liking super mario sunshine

>>390075268
I worked at a retail store and stacked shelves. Should I have been fired because I didn't know how the economics of the store? You retards are taking this cuphead memery too far.

She's not wrong tho
conceptually speaking anyway

>>390075285
>Hired for an internet based company specializing in video games
>doesn't even know basic terminology that even my dog knows at this point

She's a great fit, honestly! I'm sure her diversity will become beneficial soon enough.

>haven't been to GB since Ryan died
>discover the site with all their premium content on it
>been going through a lot of it
>it's all terrible

The Mario party stuff was the only thing that made me giggle a couple of times. Other than that it's all so boring. Why are you people still consuming their content?

Both sides of this are retarded.

She should know what it means but you fucks are just using that fact to bitch some more. All you faggots do is whine.

And you faggots white knighting and acting like ping is an obscure concept. Fucking kill yourselves. I like Abby but not that much. Stop bullshitting.

>>390075471
If she worked in the background in a mundane position then you might have a point.

Instead she's the video producer and now a commentator. Yet doesn't even know basic concepts of the things she is commentating.

>>390076150
Yes, you're right.

Please whine about it for 50 more posts.

>>390075949
I was going to buy a month of premium for all the content. That was until I viewed a few of their videos for free... fucking garbage. Boring, cynical shit. I wonder who their audience is these days.

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Got banned for implying Ryan apologized for the same reason PewDiePie did. He had an audience to pander to. 3 year account gone. I think I'm free now

>>390062867
that tipped you off? not the fact that she doesn't know about ANY video game they name? ever?

>>390073964
>open cmd in 1998
>type ping in cmd

WOW video game slang!

>>390073092
she makes literally anything shes in unwatchable. ive never been "sexist" about women being in gaming media but holy shit what a retarded fucking cunt.

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>>390076920
>in 1998

It's been almost 20 years, my man.

>>390068609

how old are you for real? ping has been common in pc gaming vernacular forever

>>390075598
>Abby was 12 years in 2007 when Jeff was fired from Gamespot

>>390072884
> if you're like 22 or something like Abby, then sure it makes sense why she probably hasn't heard of it, or only seen it like once

no there's pretty much no excuse. this person is wholly ignorant of technology

t. 23 year old

>>390062867
I love how you dumb fucking NEET's are just now finding out about affimative action hires through a videogame website

SHE WAS HIRED BECAUSE SHE HAS A VAGINA

When you're a woman, that's literally all you need to start a career in any field you want

Just claim "oppression", mumble something about the patriarchy and bam you can get any job you want despite having an useless degree like history or some shit.

>>390062867
That's what it means though

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>>390077826
>getting this worked

A few weeks ago, a email question came up about 'Games that everyone seems to love, but you just couldn't get into.'

Abby took this time to cement her status as 'a shit' by first not having anything, until she piped up with "Bayonetta. Now, I've never played it, but--" and I'm sure you know where it's going from there.

I'm sure she's a fine video editor, which is what she was hired for, but holy shit her disdain for any real game is aggravating. All she ever talks about is today's latest indie walking simulator.

>>390078105
>muh real games

surprise surprise not everyone likes Dude Sex or System Shock or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. or whatever the meme game of the month is

>>390078105
I remember that, even Alex was quick to handwave her opinion aside because it was so fucking garbage, everyone wanted to get off the topic so damn quick they never gave her a chance to keep talking the same obvious talk point she started with which was "She's so sexual"

>>390078572
Dan tried to argue it with her, talking about the actual gameplay, but she would have none of it. Because of course not.

>>390077949
>anime girl

she's fucking hideous

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>Hated Dan at first
>slowly grew up on me
>hear him talking about something he likes
>sounds really enthusiastic about it
>everyone constantly shuts him down

He deserves better

>>390068152
Ben isn't going anywhere, Jeff has realised this and factored it in so he doesn't get another Austin

>>390079494
>Dan deserves better

He is far and away the luckiest person there are you fucking serious? The man should have died due to poor choices in his teens for fuck sakes. Wife and an easy job? Get the fuck out of here.

>>390062867
>implying 90% of /v/ knows what it is, other than that lower = better

>>390079494
Dan is good.

>>390080240
not everybody is as stupid/new as you before having to google things because they doubt their own common sense knowledge so much