Giant Bomb, a web site about video games, has been purchased from Fandom

Giant Bomb, a web site about video games, has been purchased from Fandom
from ampersandrew@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 10 May 23:18
https://lemmy.world/post/29455254

Just announced on twitch.tv/pax, live from PAX East. The reaction was so negative to what happened with Giant Bomb that Fandom sold to Jeff Grubb and Jeff Bakalar. It sounds like this deal closed yesterday. Along with those two, Dan Ryckert and Jan Ochoa are now co-owners. Mike Minotti was informed of this deal this morning, and he will be the fifth co-owner when he comes back from Disney World. Blight Club and Grubb’s morning news show sound like they are returning this coming week. This PAX panel is officially episode #889 of the Giant Bombcast.

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livjq@lemmy.world on 10 May 23:37 next collapse

Honestly can’t believe it. So happy to see this on the stream.

Jeffool@lemmy.world on 10 May 23:54 next collapse

I’ll say this: props to Fandom for realizing the right thing to do. I know there was really no other good solution for them, but that hasn’t stopped many companies from being so obstinate that they cut their nose off to spite their face.

But more seriously, good for those guys buying it. I hope it goes well for them.

justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io on 11 May 00:08 collapse

I hope the indie and AA game communities/devs keep moving off of Fandom.

andros_rex@lemmy.world on 12 May 13:18 collapse

I feel like they have a deal with Google/search engines to have independent wikis downranked. There’s no reason why UESP should show up below the TES fandom wiki.

paraphrand@lemmy.world on 11 May 00:21 next collapse

Good news for those who are into the current generation of GB.

AceTKen@lemmy.ca on 11 May 01:13 next collapse

Now bring Jeff back and make him play Mario Party.

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 11 May 02:06 collapse

I’d start watching regularly again if Jeff somehow came back

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 11 May 02:08 collapse

Which Jeff? Jeff, Jeff, or Jeff? Jeff and Jeff are now co-owners, and Jeff has his own solo thing, being a family man, which seems to be how he wants to live his life these days.

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 11 May 02:12 collapse

I’d say the Jeff that hates Mario party, but now that I think about it, I don’t know how Jeff, Jeff, or Jeff feels about it. I only know how Jeff feels about it.

Jeffool@lemmy.world on 11 May 06:52 collapse

I always wanted to do a podcast called Just Jeffs, where I interview other Jeffs. But I’d love it if they used the name instead.

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 11 May 01:45 next collapse

NeryK@sh.itjust.works on 11 May 02:59 next collapse

What a roller coaster of a ride ! At least they have a fighting chance, and (hopefully for them) did not take too big a financial risk.

Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works on 11 May 03:28 next collapse

I don’t know these people. Should I?

I knew the old crew. Still watch Jeff on YouTube.

I see Dan is there. He’s too uneducated and incurious American for my tastes. Bro doesn’t know shit about anything but wrestling. It’s play up for laughs but it’s just cringe to me.

jonathan@lemmy.zip on 11 May 11:14 next collapse

Bakalar joined GB East 10 years ago. Jan’s been at GB for 7+ years, but as a producer so you wouldn’t have seen his face as much until the big shift when Jeff, Brad, Vinny and Alex left. Grubb only joined in 2022.

Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works on 11 May 11:27 collapse

A good catch up, but I meant more like: are these people worth following? Because yeah I didn’t stick around once the east/west split happened to know these people.

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 11 May 11:49 collapse

Grubb’s got an excellent morning news show that he’ll be back to doing this coming week if you wanted to poke your head in and check it out. They’ve also got a number of shows that are a good laugh, like Blight Club, where they take turns playing awful video games all the way to credits.

jonathan@lemmy.zip on 11 May 12:02 collapse

I can only take so much of Dan, but I like the rest of them. Grubb is great, Jan is a sweetheart.

Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works on 12 May 13:04 collapse

Alright, I’ll give the new to me crew a go. Thanks for the follow ups!

Flamekebab@piefed.social on 11 May 16:55 collapse

Wow, there is someone else out there that feels the same as I do about Dan!

Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works on 12 May 13:02 collapse

I wasn’t sure how others felt about him before either, kinda validated haha.

EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de on 11 May 03:36 next collapse

I hope they take a shot at written content again. It’s less a gaming website and more of a podcast network at this point.

anas@lemmy.world on 11 May 05:05 next collapse

I know nothing about anything in this post, I misread the title as “purchased by Fandom” and was confused as to why everyone is happy about this lol

Lokoschade@feddit.org on 11 May 07:06 collapse

Holy shit I misread that too and was sooo confused

it_depends_man@lemmy.world on 11 May 06:21 next collapse

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Disgusting. I don’t demand or expect them to rewrite their website, but those people are nowhere near even “neutral” status, as long as they behave this way.

Certainly not allies or friends I would support.

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 11 May 11:50 next collapse

The sale is also hours old, and the new owners are all out of town.

it_depends_man@lemmy.world on 11 May 20:38 collapse

Ok, I’m looking forward to them changing this practice then. We’ll see if they do.

MoonRaven@feddit.nl on 11 May 17:17 collapse

They literally just split off of Fandom. There has been no time to do anything about this.

it_depends_man@lemmy.world on 11 May 20:38 collapse

Ok, I’m looking forward to them changing this practice then. We’ll see if they do.

Vespair@lemm.ee on 11 May 07:36 next collapse

“to what happened with Giant Bomb”

Boy I sure am glad that seemingly-crucial part of context was included in this post.

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ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 11 May 11:45 collapse

A boss several steps up the chain decided to make changes to how the site operates that were incompatible with what Giant Bomb is, namely that they wanted an advertiser-friendly, “brand-safe” image with less swearing and streaming. This led to a number of key people leaving, at which point, the name Giant Bomb isn’t really worth anything to anyone. It’s been covered in tons of gaming circles this week alongside the similar destruction of Polygon, so I didn’t think it needed to be stated yet again as I was summarizing bullet points from a live stream.

MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website on 11 May 12:32 next collapse

RIP Escapist Magazine

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world on 11 May 15:30 next collapse

Second Wind is filling the “Yahtzee rants about a game that I’m unlikely to play anytime soon” hole nicely.

zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com on 11 May 16:56 collapse

Meh

Vespair@lemm.ee on 11 May 21:25 collapse

It’s been covered in tons of gaming circles this week alongside the similar destruction of Polygon, so I didn’t think it needed to be stated yet again as I was summarizing bullet points from a live stream.

Very fair and valid.

I will just gently state that this is c/games, not c/gamingcircles and thus many of us are very interested in video games but not necessarily the industries on the periphery thereof, so what seems “yet again” to you might be a first time for others.

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 11 May 21:45 collapse

Very true. Though at the same time, you probably could have found that context you were looking for by typing a couple of those words into your favorite search engine or Wikipedia.

EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world on 11 May 21:49 next collapse

I mean sure but we could all just do that with everything and we wouldn’t need Lemmy at all lmao

ampersandrew@lemmy.world on 11 May 21:51 collapse

You wouldn’t know what to search for, but in this case you would.

Vespair@lemm.ee on 11 May 21:49 collapse

I agree with you, but I do believe that is an unrealistic expectation for interacting with casual lemmy posts when a custom of including relevant context exists. But all good, I’ll admit my lack of awareness on this one; you did nothing wrong.

Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca on 11 May 17:25 collapse

I’m curious if any of the previously let go people will end up returning now that it’s independent.