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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    Hopefully he can still spend time at CES to give us the yearly Fridge Update.

    Those Switch stands aren't going to tip themselves over.

    Well, actually...

  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    Veagle wrote: »
    Jeff B's permanent rotating chair to become a permanent seat.


    Hello my friends, some news:

    After many fulfilling years at CNET I will be moving over to the Games division at Red Ventures to work with the fine people at Gamespot and another website about videogames, Giant Bomb™, to help lead content strategy/development and partnerships

    GB hard pivots to pinball coverage in 3....2.....1.....

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Veagle wrote: »
    Jeff B's permanent rotating chair to become a permanent seat.


    Hello my friends, some news:

    After many fulfilling years at CNET I will be moving over to the Games division at Red Ventures to work with the fine people at Gamespot and another website about videogames, Giant Bomb™, to help lead content strategy/development and partnerships

    GB hard pivots to pinball coverage in 3....2.....1.....

    So the best outcome possible? Great!

  • Lavender GoomsLavender Gooms Tiny Bat Registered User regular
    edited April 2021
    Sounds like he's one level up rather than being in Giant Bomb directly. So the same chair, just a different label on it.

    Lavender Gooms on
  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Giant Bomb is a website? About video games?

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    art

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    admanb wrote: »
    fart

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    I believe he was referring to the fine video game website videogames.com.

  • SpaffySpaffy Fuck the Zero Registered User regular
    Awesome news about Jeff B, hope we get to see more of him.

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
    Law and Order ≠ Justice
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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular

    Transformers Optimus Prime Auto-Converting Programmable Advanced Robot - Collector's Edition is up for preorder on Hasbro Pulse ($699.99) https://bit.ly/39ZPKmb

    "industry first Auto-Converting, Interactive, Programmable, Voice Activated, Mobile Controlled - Optimus Prime Robot"

    I saw @vinnycaravella tagged at least 4 times in the replies to this tweet

  • Snake GandhiSnake Gandhi Des Moines, IARegistered User regular
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    Hopefully he can still spend time at CES to give us the yearly Fridge Update.
    He’s obviously getting ready to review the Xbox Series X Mini-fridge MS is threatening to make.

  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    Hopefully he can still spend time at CES to give us the yearly Fridge Update.
    He’s obviously getting ready to review the Xbox Series X Mini-fridge MS is threatening to make.

    Still waiting on his KFConsole review.

  • RandomHajileRandomHajile Not actually a Snatcher The New KremlinRegistered User regular
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    Hopefully he can still spend time at CES to give us the yearly Fridge Update.
    He’s obviously getting ready to review the Xbox Series X Mini-fridge MS is threatening to make.

    Still waiting on his KFConsole review.
    I still think KFPC would be a better name for that thing because that’s what it is.

  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited April 2021


    I like how in the reading of this that he is going to be working with the fine people at Gamespot . . . and also Giant Bomb. Bakalar did not have it in him to comment on, or is undecided about, the quality of those people. Except to say that he might be insinuating that "fine people" don't play a fucking clip of someone shouting Yeehaw! while someone else is talking about concessions having to be made with the planning of their sons birthday.

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2021
    Rehab wrote: »


    I like how in the reading of this that he is going to be working with the fine people at Gamespot . . . and also Giant Bomb. Bakalar did not have it in him to comment on, or is undecided about, the quality of those people. Except to say that he might be insinuating that "fine people" don't play a fucking clip of someone shouting Yeehaw! while someone else is talking about concessions having to be made with the planning of their sons birthday.

    Technically, as written the "fine people" descriptor does apply to both Gamestop and Giant Bomb. If he wanted to separate them out, he'd need a comma before the "and" or change it to something like "as well as" or "along with". It's definitely valid to read it the way you describe, but strictly speaking it can't be taken as his clear intent.

    Why yes I have worked as an editor for the past 15 years, how did you know?

    Houk on
  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    It would definitely be much funnier given the playacting antagonism between Jeff and the Beastcast. "Oh and those assholes too, I guess"

  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular


    For those of you that need a Ryckert fix.

    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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  • SproutSprout Registered User regular
    Dan tells the New Day his egg whites story on the newest episode of that pod. Their reaction is about what you'd expect.

  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    Bit late to the party on this, but I'm super happy Bakalar is making the move to the vidya games land permanent. He's become one of my favorite personalities and I'm glad he's going to be around for the foreseeable future.

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    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • NosfNosf Registered User regular
    Had to google the egg whites thing. Seriously? Dan isn't a fully functioning adult, is he?

  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    Nosf wrote: »
    Had to google the egg whites thing. Seriously? Dan isn't a fully functioning adult, is he?

    As an American, the scary thing is that last November and January 6th have demonstrated that Dan is above average when it comes to adult functioning.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    edited April 2021
    Even as someone who isn't a fan of Dan, I agree with that. He's much more lovable bumbler than professional victim.

    GnomeTank on
    Sagroth wrote: »
    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • Lavender GoomsLavender Gooms Tiny Bat Registered User regular
    edited April 2021
    Dan is curious about things and will ask questions (sometimes way too late, but he asks them) and change his views in response to the answers he gets. He admits when he doesn't know shit about something.

    He's very above average.

    Lavender Gooms on
  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    It's mostly just a lot of small things that he never learned as a child that he probably should've been taught.

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    There are a lot of people like Dan. Most of them just never ask the questions he asks, and when they do they don't ask in front of an audience.

  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    Aistan wrote: »
    Dan is curious about things and will ask questions (sometimes way too late, but he asks them) and change his views in response to the answers he gets. He admits when he doesn't know shit about something.

    He's very above average.

    ehhh, this is true sometimes

    he also still has a bad habit of writing some things off as stupid or bad without any willingness to consider why he feels that way

    generally he's better than average but he still very much has his blindspots

  • BRIAN BLESSEDBRIAN BLESSED Maybe you aren't SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGHHH Registered User regular
    Aistan wrote: »
    Dan is curious about things and will ask questions (sometimes way too late, but he asks them) and change his views in response to the answers he gets. He admits when he doesn't know shit about something.

    He's very above average.

    This is basically correct, and also shows us how terrifyingly low the average is for humanity

  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Aistan wrote: »
    Dan is curious about things and will ask questions (sometimes way too late, but he asks them) and change his views in response to the answers he gets. He admits when he doesn't know shit about something.

    He's very above average.

    ehhh, this is true sometimes

    he also still has a bad habit of writing some things off as stupid or bad without any willingness to consider why he feels that way

    generally he's better than average but he still very much has his blindspots

    That's just being a person

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  • NosfNosf Registered User regular
    What I said comes off harsher than intended, I have no really animosity for Dan, he's entertaining mostly. Just uh, hard time wrapping my head around that one.

  • Dark WhiteDark White Registered User regular
    SyphonBlue wrote: »
    Aistan wrote: »
    Dan is curious about things and will ask questions (sometimes way too late, but he asks them) and change his views in response to the answers he gets. He admits when he doesn't know shit about something.

    He's very above average.

    ehhh, this is true sometimes

    he also still has a bad habit of writing some things off as stupid or bad without any willingness to consider why he feels that way

    generally he's better than average but he still very much has his blindspots

    That's just being a person

    He's also improved significantly on this front over the past whatever seven years. He's consistently trending away from having obnoxious opinions "just because" or because Paul gave him bad advice or taught him something dumb when he was younger. I think his personal growth should be celebrated, honestly.

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  • Lavender GoomsLavender Gooms Tiny Bat Registered User regular
    All this said, he still has his shtick and leans into it heavily and often so I understand if people don't like watching him regardless.

  • Dark WhiteDark White Registered User regular
    Absolutely an acquired taste.

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    As someone who is a vocal non-fan of his shtick, I've always found it important to separate dislike of the shtick from dislike of the person. His on screen personality is sand paper to my mind but I have no issue with Dan as a person nor do I begrudge his success in the slightest. I'm always happy when people who are generally good folk get their shine, even if it's not for my palette.

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    Oh c'mon FyreWulff, no one's gonna pay to visit Uranus.
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  • FuriousJodoFuriousJodo Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    I also generally dislike Dan's shtick but do not dislike him personally.

    That said, I've actually enjoyed his nonsense on the New Day's podcast - him being the worst to them on the regular is quite good.

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  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    edited April 2021
    I also generally dislike Dan's shtick but do not dislike him personally.

    That said, I've actually enjoyed his nonsense on the New Day's podcast - him being the worst to them on the regular is quite good.

    Crippl3 on
  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    Jokes on him, Kofi actually looked great in that Halloween shirt.

    Anyway, I guess people are really excited about Fire Escape, but honestly I am realizing more and more that I only care about these people when they are in the Giant Bomb sphere, interacting with the Giant Bomb staff.

    I barely tolerated Dan when he worked at GB. I'm not going to seek him out now.

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  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    Jokes on him, Kofi actually looked great in that Halloween shirt.

    Anyway, I guess people are really excited about Fire Escape, but honestly I am realizing more and more that I only care about these people when they are in the Giant Bomb sphere, interacting with the Giant Bomb staff.

    I barely tolerated Dan when he worked at GB. I'm not going to seek him out now.

    Yea i can take dan in small doses. He does put out some gems. Out of the three I'd want to see more content from Mary outside of her twitch stuff.

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