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* ThemeNaming: Patrick named all of his EtrianOdyssey characters after characters from [[StephenKing Stephen King's]] DarkTower series.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: When doing a Quick Look of the VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas DLC "Old World Blues", they eventually realized 0 is [[TheVentureBros Dr. Rusty Venture]]. The DLC is pretty blatant at pointing this out.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: When doing a Quick Look of the VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas DLC "Old World Blues", they eventually realized 0 is [[TheVentureBros [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Dr. Rusty Venture]]. The DLC is pretty blatant at pointing this out.
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* ATasteOfPower: Dubbed the "Abilitease" by the site.
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* GenderBlenderName: Two of the guys on staff have the name Alexis- a site engineer who appears on video occasionally, and Navarro, who goes by Alex.
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** There are also the group's playthroughs of the final hours of ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline'' and ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxies'', and the ''Star Trek Online'' Open Beta.
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** There are also the group's playthroughs of the final hours of ''VideoGame/TheMatrixOnline'' ("Not Like This") and ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxies'', ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxies'' ("There is Another"), and the ''Star Trek Online'' Open Beta.
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** Greg Kasavin also marathoned {{Skyrim}} for 12 hours, like he did for {{Oblivion}} back in their Gamespot days.
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** Greg Kasavin also marathoned {{Skyrim}} [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]] for 12 hours, like he did for {{Oblivion}} [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]] back in their Gamespot days.
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Crazy Awesome is about people who are insane and are awesome because of it. I\'m sure no one at Giant Bomb is insane
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* CrazyAwesome: Half the point of the site. [[invoked]]
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** ''"[[WhatTheHellPlayer Oh, please!]] [[WelcomeToCorneria Alright, let me reintroduce you two.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb97Ahy0NNg Rider meet horse, horse meet rider.]]"''
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* HurricaneOfPuns: Ryan and Vinny fly to [[TheBeatles Liverpool]]. HilarityEnsues.
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On his blog on March 5, 2008, and again on a broadcast of ''XPlay'', Jeff Gerstmann, best known for his role in the KaneAndLynch debacle at Gamespot in 2007 (long story short- he was fired, essentially for giving an overly negative review to a game heavily featured in Gamespot advertising), revealed that he and Ryan Davis (an editor who had resigned in the aftermath of said debacle) had joined forces to create a new gaming Web site called Giant Bomb. Vinny Caravella and Brad Shoemaker, two other resigning Gamespot editors, joined them soon afterward, with Alex Navarro (again, of Gamespot) and Patrick Klepek (not of Gamespot) having joined since (Alex as a general editor and Patrick as news editor). The site started as a simple blog while the actual layout was being constructed. It is now, in addition to featuring reviews and industry news, a wiki for anything related to gaming.
Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb (and Comic Vine) being sold to CBS Interactive (The staff and site stayed the same, only the ownership changed).
Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb (and Comic Vine) being sold to CBS Interactive (The staff and site stayed the same, only the ownership changed).
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On his blog on March 5, 2008, and again on a broadcast of ''XPlay'', Jeff Gerstmann, best known for his role in the KaneAndLynch debacle at Gamespot in 2007 (long story short- he was fired, essentially for giving an overly negative review to a game heavily featured in Gamespot advertising), revealed that he and Ryan Davis (an Davis, an editor who had resigned in the aftermath of said debacle) the review debacle, had joined forces to create a new gaming Web site called Giant Bomb. Vinny Caravella and Brad Shoemaker, two other resigning Gamespot editors, joined them soon afterward, with Alex Navarro (again, of Gamespot) and Patrick Klepek (not of Gamespot) having joined since (Alex since, Alex as a general editor and Patrick as news editor).editor. The site started as a simple blog while the actual layout was being constructed. It is now, in addition to featuring reviews and industry news, a wiki for anything related to gaming.
Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb(and and Comic Vine) Vine being sold to CBS Interactive (The Interactive. The staff and site stayed the same, only the ownership changed).
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* BookEnds: Their [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-forza-horizon/17-6675/ Forza Horizon quick look]] has them performing continuous donuts with their car.
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* BerserkButton: Jeff went on an especially enraged rant during the Quick Look of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-fallout-3-broken-steel/17-556/ Broken Steel]], specifically about the ending of VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}.
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** Jeff went on an especially enraged rant during the Quick Look of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-fallout-3-broken-steel/17-556/ Broken Steel]], specifically about the ending of VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}.
** Jeff went on an especially enraged rant during the Quick Look of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-fallout-3-broken-steel/17-556/ Broken Steel]], specifically about the ending of VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}.
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On his blog on March 5, 2008, and again on a broadcast of ''XPlay'', Jeff Gerstmann, best known for his role in the KaneAndLynch debacle at Gamespot in 2007 (long story short- he was fired, essentially for giving an overly negative review to a game heavily featured in Gamespot advertising), revealed that he and Ryan Davis (an editor who had resigned in the aftermath of said debacle) had joined forces to create a new gaming Web site called Giant Bomb. Vinny Caravella and Brad Shoemaker, two other resigning Gamespot editors, joined them soon afterward, with Alex Navarro (again, of Gamespot) and Patrick Kleppek Klepek (not of Gamespot) having joined since (Alex as a general editor and Patrick as news editor). The site started as a simple blog while the actual layout was being constructed. It is now, in addition to featuring reviews and industry news, a wiki for anything related to gaming.
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* GretzkyHasTheBall: The guys readily admit they know little about sports, and it shows when they review sports games. In a Quick Look for ''NHL '12'', they spent a bit of time trying to select the Hartford Whalers to play as. The Whalers moved to North Carolina in 1997 (they are now the Carolina Hurricanes).
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** There are also the group's playthroughs of the final hours of ''The Matrix Online'' and ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxies'', and the ''Star Trek Online'' Open Beta.
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** Patrick later joined in with his Chicago accent.
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* MemeticMutation: '''CHINA. DON'T. CARE.'''
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* CatchPhrase: Plenty. One is Shoemaker saying "There it is!" whenever something cool happens (in reference to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXN7vLPsDSM this]]).
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On his blog on March 5, 2008, and again on a broadcast of ''XPlay'', Jeff Gerstmann, best known for his role in the KaneAndLynch debacle at Gamespot in 2007 (long story short- he was fired, essentially for giving an overly negative review to a game heavily featured in Gamespot advertising), revealed that he and Ryan Davis (an editor who had resigned in the aftermath of said debacle) had joined forces to create a new gaming Web site called Giant Bomb. Vinny Caravella and Brad Shoemaker, two other resigning Gamespot editors, joined them soon afterward. The site started as a simple blog while the actual layout was being constructed. It is now, in addition to featuring reviews and industry news, a wiki for anything related to gaming.
Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb (and Comic Vine) being sold to CBS Interactive. The staff and site stay the same, only the owner is different.
Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb (and Comic Vine) being sold to CBS Interactive. The staff and site stay the same, only the owner is different.
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On his blog on March 5, 2008, and again on a broadcast of ''XPlay'', Jeff Gerstmann, best known for his role in the KaneAndLynch debacle at Gamespot in 2007 (long story short- he was fired, essentially for giving an overly negative review to a game heavily featured in Gamespot advertising), revealed that he and Ryan Davis (an editor who had resigned in the aftermath of said debacle) had joined forces to create a new gaming Web site called Giant Bomb. Vinny Caravella and Brad Shoemaker, two other resigning Gamespot editors, joined them soon afterward.afterward, with Alex Navarro (again, of Gamespot) and Patrick Kleppek (not of Gamespot) having joined since (Alex as a general editor and Patrick as news editor). The site started as a simple blog while the actual layout was being constructed. It is now, in addition to featuring reviews and industry news, a wiki for anything related to gaming.
Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb (and Comic Vine) being sold to CBSInteractive. The Interactive (The staff and site stay stayed the same, only the owner is different.
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Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb (and Comic Vine) being sold to CBS
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* BerserkButton: Jeff went on an especially enraged rant during the Quick Look of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-fallout-3-broken-steel/17-556/ Broken Steel]], specifically about the ending of {{Fallout 3}}.
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* BerserkButton: Jeff went on an especially enraged rant during the Quick Look of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-fallout-3-broken-steel/17-556/ Broken Steel]], specifically about the ending of {{Fallout VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: When doing a Quick Look of the FalloutNewVegas VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas DLC "Old World Blues", they eventually realized 0 is [[TheVentureBros Dr. Rusty Venture]]. The DLC is pretty blatant at pointing this out.
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* RunningGag: Starting from the {{Persona 4}} Endurance Run, all [[HelloInsertNameHere protagonists]] in Quick Looks of ShinMegamiTensei games are named variations of "Charlie Tunoku" ([[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Charie Tuna]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} Chuck Tuna]] and [[{{Persona 3}} Charlene]], to name a few).
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* RunningGag: Starting from the {{Persona 4}} Endurance Run, all [[HelloInsertNameHere protagonists]] in Quick Looks of ShinMegamiTensei Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei games are named variations of "Charlie Tunoku" ([[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Charie Tuna]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} Chuck Tuna]] and [[{{Persona 3}} Charlene]], to name a few).
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->''It's a website about video games!''
-->--Jeff Gerstmann
->''...charmingly garrulous...''
-->--The New Yorker
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On his blog on March 5, 2008, and again on a broadcast of ''XPlay'', Jeff Gerstmann, best known for his role in the KaneAndLynch debacle at Gamespot in 2007 (long story short- he was fired, essentially for giving an overly negative review to a game heavily featured in Gamespot advertising), revealed that he and Ryan Davis (an editor who had resigned in the aftermath of said debacle) had joined forces to create a new gaming Web site called Giant Bomb. Vinny Caravella and Brad Shoemaker, two other resigning Gamespot editors, joined them soon afterward. The site started as a simple blog while the actual layout was being constructed. It is now, in addition to featuring reviews and industry news, a wiki for anything related to gaming.
Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb (and Comic Vine) being sold to CBS Interactive. The staff and site stay the same, only the owner is different.
[[http://www.giantbomb.com/ The website can be found here.]]
Not related to BigBulkyBomb.
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!!This Web Site Provides Examples of:
* AmericanAccents: The Bombcast notably contains a strong variety of US accents: Ryan and Jeff sport Northern California accents, Brad's legendary smooth voice is of an Appalachian accent, and Vinny carries a Long Island/New Yorker accent.
* BerserkButton: Jeff went on an especially enraged rant during the Quick Look of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-fallout-3-broken-steel/17-556/ Broken Steel]], specifically about the ending of {{Fallout 3}}.
** Net-speak used in games or real life tend to set them off. For the win indeed.
** Exhibiting characteristics of TheStoner is a surefire way to get on their bad side.
* BuffySpeak: In the titles of a few of their features, most notably "The We Just Thought To Do This Live Show" and "Video Thing".
* ButtMonkey: Brad Shoemaker, especially in the video for [[http://www.giantbomb.com/dsi-xl-unboxing-extravanganza/17-2223/ the NintendoDSi XL.]]
--->*Shoemaker takes off his blindfold [[spoiler: and sees that Jeff and Ryan have made off with ''all'' of his things, including his wallet and ''the keys to his car''.]]*
--->Shoemaker: "''Awwwww'', ''[[WithFriendsLikeThese not again]]''..."
** Matt Kessler, because he was the intern. The fact his internship is over has not changed this.
* CatchPhrase: Plenty. One is Shoemaker saying "There it is!" whenever something cool happens (in reference to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXN7vLPsDSM this]]).
* ClusterFBomb: The [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-rogue-warrior/17-1719/ Rogue Warrior Quick Look]].
* CountryMatters: Infamously averted by Caravella, who can NeverLiveItDown.
* CrateExpectations: [[http://www.giantbomb.com/giant-bomb-mailbag-crate-barrel-edition/17-1580/ Jeff Gerstmann]] [[DieChairDie shows us]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny how it's done]].
---> ''*Jeff axe-kicks a shipping crate and smashes the top in*''
---> '''Dave:''' [[{{Angrish}} I hope that totally wasn't something, what if somebody, this is why we don't have pretty things...]]
---> '''Jeff:''' I...well...
---> '''Ryan:''' ''And that didn't really help our cause any!''
---> '''Jeff:''' This is their fault for sending us a ''f-f-FUCKING CRATE!'' ''*Jeff smashes it again*''
** The best part? The crate's top wasn't nailed on, so they could have lifted it off at anytime.
* CrazyAwesome: Half the point of the site. [[invoked]]
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The annual Big Live Live Show Live. It's LIVE!
* {{Determinator}}: In the Game Room Quick Look for the [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-game-room-for-102710/17-3441/ week of 10/27/10]], Jeff endures a glitchy server and the stench of sewage to buy and play three games.
* [[DuelingShows Dueling Endurance Runs]]: The GB crew split into two groups for their ''DeadlyPremonition'' Endurance Run. The two teams are Shoemaker and Davis, and ''{{Persona 4}}'' Endurance Run veterans Gerstmann and Caravella.
* DuelingShows: For the 2011 Podcast Awards, Giant Bomb is one of several podcast shows trying to earn the most votes for the award, particularly against ESPN Podcast, The Instance and 4PlayerPodcast.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: If you're used to how the staff looks now, it can be quite shocking to see how they looked in old Gamespot reviews. Ryan with no beard and bleached blonde hair, anyone? Or how about Brad with a full beard and shaggy hair?
* EightPointEight: Jeff [[hottip:*:(whose Gamespot review of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess is the TropeNamer)]] caused a stir again when he SuperSmashBrosBrawl 4 stars instead of a perfect 5. [[invoked]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[invoked]] While playing Persona 4, Jeff and Vinny became ''extremely'' attached to [[CuteBruiser Chie]] [[ActionGirl Satonaka]], as well as the Fox and "[[JiveTurkey Funky Student]]". Likewise, [[RealMenWearPink Kanji]] [[TheBigGuy Tatsumi]] and [[TheCutie Nanako]] became their {{Butt Monkey}}s (though still beloved in their own way).
** As for the site itself, engineers Dave Snider and Drew Scanlon.
** Since its origins in early 2012, the Giant Bomb Flight Club has been one, with the aforementioned Dave and Drew joining up with Vinny to mess with Track IR, joysticks, and all manner of strange Flight Simulators.
* FlippingTheBird: Jeff raises two middle fingers in the [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-motion-sports/17-3469/ Motion Sports]] Quick Look. Ryan does the same in the QL of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-wipeout-2/17-5049/ Wipeout 2]].
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The original Bomcast crew: Vinny is sanguine, Ryan is choleric, Jeff is melancholic, and Brad is phlegmatic.
* FunWithAcronyms: TANG ('''T'''his '''A'''in't '''N'''o '''G'''ame), WU TANG ('''W'''onderful '''U'''niverse of '''TANG'''), and TNT ('''T'''hursday '''N'''ight '''T'''hrowdown).
* GamingClan: The [[MemeticMutation Space Neon Lobsters]] in Star Trek Online.
** And the Kessler Run in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
* HeyItsThatGuy: When doing a Quick Look of the FalloutNewVegas DLC "Old World Blues", they eventually realized 0 is [[TheVentureBros Dr. Rusty Venture]]. The DLC is pretty blatant at pointing this out.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Ryan and Vinny fly to [[TheBeatles Liverpool]]. HilarityEnsues.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGGJcpxxRg&feature=related A discussion about]] NeedForSpeed as a contender for Most Improved Franchise of 2010 award quickly devolves into one of these.
* IReadThatAs: On [[https://twitter.com/#!/VinnyCaravella/status/190158529192148992 his Twitter]], Vinny commented that he misread LegendOfGrimrock as Legend of [[{{Transformers}} Grimlock]]. [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs It saddened him that this was not the case.]]
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Rich Gallup and Alex Navarro have both been on the Bombcast multiple times. [[spoiler: And good old Bob turns up while the crew are playing StarCraft 2 live.]] The latter eventually became a reviewer in the site.
* LetsPlay:
** The Endurance Runs:
*** Jeff Gerstmann and Vinny Caravella's Persona4EnduranceRun.
*** DeadlyPremonition, one by Brad and Ryan, and another by Vinny and Jeff.
*** Patrick and Ryan's playthrough of VideoGame/ChronoTrigger.
** There are also the group's playthroughs of the final hours of ''The Matrix Online'' and ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxies'', and the ''Star Trek Online'' Open Beta.
** Quick Looks are pretty much mini-[=LPs=].
** Greg Kasavin also marathoned {{Skyrim}} for 12 hours, like he did for {{Oblivion}} back in their Gamespot days.
* MoodWhiplash: During the 2011 Game of the Year Deliberations;
---> '''Ryan''': I'm gonna put [my hands] in glue then put broken glass on the tops of my hands so that we can fight about Giantbomb's--
---> '''Patrick''': Game of the Year: {{Catherine}}!
---> '''Jeff''': "Fuck, *incoherent yelling*, goddamnit."
---> '''Ryan''': "--Top 10 Games of 2011. It's gonna be something fierce."
---> '''Brad''': "Not game of the year: {{Trackmania}}."
---> '''Jeff''': "Uhhh."
---> '''Vinny''': "Wearin' my DarkSouls shirt."
---> '''Ryan''': "We'll see you guys soon."
---> '''Jeff''': "Burn in your DarkSouls shirt."
** [[MoodWhiplash *cue happy]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSPgvvnMnQ8 break music*]]
* NamesTheSame: Tested's Will Smith, who sometimes pops up on the Giant Bombcast, is in no way related to the actor. Not that this hasn't stopped Ryan Davis from joking that they're the same person.
* OverlyLongGag: While Game Room in and of itself could be a considered an OverlyLongGag orchestrated by Microsoft to rob Jeff Gerstmann of all his money, the Game Room Quick Look for [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-game-room-for-122210/17-3634/ the week of 12/22/10]] ends with a series of elaborate jokes about the game Venetian Blinds.
* PretentiousLatinMotto: "Colluctatio Cervus Reperio Excellantia" for the 2010 Game of the Year stuff. It means something like "Find the Excellence in the Wrestling Deer" (in reference to Luchadeer).
* RunningGag: Starting from the {{Persona 4}} Endurance Run, all [[HelloInsertNameHere protagonists]] in Quick Looks of ShinMegamiTensei games are named variations of "Charlie Tunoku" ([[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Charie Tuna]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} Chuck Tuna]] and [[{{Persona 3}} Charlene]], to name a few).
** Brad's tendency to die whenever he's on camera.
** Jeff searching for "broken avatars" in Game Room. One time, there were even [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-game-room-for-081810/17-3100/ two at once!]]
** For the VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Endurance Run, when given the chance to rename characters, Ryan simply changes the first letter of the name to B. This leads to names like Brono, Bobo and Brog.
** Due to an incident while playing Daggerfall in which nearly a half-hour spent in the character creator was lost due to them forgetting that autosave hadn't been invented yet, Vinny constantly implores Dave to save the game whenever they are recording a Quick Look or a Random PC Game video.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-jurassic-the-hunted/17-1593/ doing a Quick Look]] for ''Jurassic: The Hunted'', Ryan got so disgusted with the line [[{{Narm}} "What the Foxtrot is going on here?"]] that he left in the middle of it all and had Brad take his place.
** In the second episode of the [=NintenDownload=] X-press, Jeff tricks Vinny and Brad into guesting by making them think they were recording a Bombcast. When they realize they've been duped, they angrily storm out of the podcast room, leaving Jeff sad and alone.
* SpinOff: All aboard the [=NintenDownload=] X-press! Created when the Nintendo downloads section of the Bombcast was canceled, the NDX is the underground podcast that sticks it to the man as Jeff Gerstmann brings the thunder as he reads the descriptions of Nintendo's download only titles!
* TooDumbToLive: In the Persona4EnduranceRun, they decided to auto-fight against high-evasion enemies with [[UselessUsefulSpell Hama]]. [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou They got hit by one]], and lost an hour of grinding.
* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Ryan Davis' This Ain't No Game segment explores many of the most terrible video game to film adaptations. [[invoked]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: The [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-new-super-mario-bros-wii/17-1633/ Quick Look]] of VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii by Jeff, Ryan, Vinny, and Brad is spent by them raging at each other for getting each other killed.
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-->--Jeff Gerstmann
->''...charmingly garrulous...''
-->--The New Yorker
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On his blog on March 5, 2008, and again on a broadcast of ''XPlay'', Jeff Gerstmann, best known for his role in the KaneAndLynch debacle at Gamespot in 2007 (long story short- he was fired, essentially for giving an overly negative review to a game heavily featured in Gamespot advertising), revealed that he and Ryan Davis (an editor who had resigned in the aftermath of said debacle) had joined forces to create a new gaming Web site called Giant Bomb. Vinny Caravella and Brad Shoemaker, two other resigning Gamespot editors, joined them soon afterward. The site started as a simple blog while the actual layout was being constructed. It is now, in addition to featuring reviews and industry news, a wiki for anything related to gaming.
Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies, [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga, and [[http://www.comicvine.com/ Comic vine]] for comic books. As well as [[http://www.tested.com/ Tested]] which is not a media site but rather a foundry for technology inclined news. These websites, including Giant Bomb, were collected under the ''Whiskey Media'' banner. In March 2012, the Whiskey Media sites were sold to various companies, with Giant Bomb (and Comic Vine) being sold to CBS Interactive. The staff and site stay the same, only the owner is different.
[[http://www.giantbomb.com/ The website can be found here.]]
Not related to BigBulkyBomb.
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!!This Web Site Provides Examples of:
* AmericanAccents: The Bombcast notably contains a strong variety of US accents: Ryan and Jeff sport Northern California accents, Brad's legendary smooth voice is of an Appalachian accent, and Vinny carries a Long Island/New Yorker accent.
* BerserkButton: Jeff went on an especially enraged rant during the Quick Look of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-fallout-3-broken-steel/17-556/ Broken Steel]], specifically about the ending of {{Fallout 3}}.
** Net-speak used in games or real life tend to set them off. For the win indeed.
** Exhibiting characteristics of TheStoner is a surefire way to get on their bad side.
* BuffySpeak: In the titles of a few of their features, most notably "The We Just Thought To Do This Live Show" and "Video Thing".
* ButtMonkey: Brad Shoemaker, especially in the video for [[http://www.giantbomb.com/dsi-xl-unboxing-extravanganza/17-2223/ the NintendoDSi XL.]]
--->*Shoemaker takes off his blindfold [[spoiler: and sees that Jeff and Ryan have made off with ''all'' of his things, including his wallet and ''the keys to his car''.]]*
--->Shoemaker: "''Awwwww'', ''[[WithFriendsLikeThese not again]]''..."
** Matt Kessler, because he was the intern. The fact his internship is over has not changed this.
* CatchPhrase: Plenty. One is Shoemaker saying "There it is!" whenever something cool happens (in reference to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXN7vLPsDSM this]]).
* ClusterFBomb: The [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-rogue-warrior/17-1719/ Rogue Warrior Quick Look]].
* CountryMatters: Infamously averted by Caravella, who can NeverLiveItDown.
* CrateExpectations: [[http://www.giantbomb.com/giant-bomb-mailbag-crate-barrel-edition/17-1580/ Jeff Gerstmann]] [[DieChairDie shows us]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny how it's done]].
---> ''*Jeff axe-kicks a shipping crate and smashes the top in*''
---> '''Dave:''' [[{{Angrish}} I hope that totally wasn't something, what if somebody, this is why we don't have pretty things...]]
---> '''Jeff:''' I...well...
---> '''Ryan:''' ''And that didn't really help our cause any!''
---> '''Jeff:''' This is their fault for sending us a ''f-f-FUCKING CRATE!'' ''*Jeff smashes it again*''
** The best part? The crate's top wasn't nailed on, so they could have lifted it off at anytime.
* CrazyAwesome: Half the point of the site. [[invoked]]
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The annual Big Live Live Show Live. It's LIVE!
* {{Determinator}}: In the Game Room Quick Look for the [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-game-room-for-102710/17-3441/ week of 10/27/10]], Jeff endures a glitchy server and the stench of sewage to buy and play three games.
* [[DuelingShows Dueling Endurance Runs]]: The GB crew split into two groups for their ''DeadlyPremonition'' Endurance Run. The two teams are Shoemaker and Davis, and ''{{Persona 4}}'' Endurance Run veterans Gerstmann and Caravella.
* DuelingShows: For the 2011 Podcast Awards, Giant Bomb is one of several podcast shows trying to earn the most votes for the award, particularly against ESPN Podcast, The Instance and 4PlayerPodcast.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: If you're used to how the staff looks now, it can be quite shocking to see how they looked in old Gamespot reviews. Ryan with no beard and bleached blonde hair, anyone? Or how about Brad with a full beard and shaggy hair?
* EightPointEight: Jeff [[hottip:*:(whose Gamespot review of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess is the TropeNamer)]] caused a stir again when he SuperSmashBrosBrawl 4 stars instead of a perfect 5. [[invoked]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[invoked]] While playing Persona 4, Jeff and Vinny became ''extremely'' attached to [[CuteBruiser Chie]] [[ActionGirl Satonaka]], as well as the Fox and "[[JiveTurkey Funky Student]]". Likewise, [[RealMenWearPink Kanji]] [[TheBigGuy Tatsumi]] and [[TheCutie Nanako]] became their {{Butt Monkey}}s (though still beloved in their own way).
** As for the site itself, engineers Dave Snider and Drew Scanlon.
** Since its origins in early 2012, the Giant Bomb Flight Club has been one, with the aforementioned Dave and Drew joining up with Vinny to mess with Track IR, joysticks, and all manner of strange Flight Simulators.
* FlippingTheBird: Jeff raises two middle fingers in the [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-motion-sports/17-3469/ Motion Sports]] Quick Look. Ryan does the same in the QL of [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-wipeout-2/17-5049/ Wipeout 2]].
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The original Bomcast crew: Vinny is sanguine, Ryan is choleric, Jeff is melancholic, and Brad is phlegmatic.
* FunWithAcronyms: TANG ('''T'''his '''A'''in't '''N'''o '''G'''ame), WU TANG ('''W'''onderful '''U'''niverse of '''TANG'''), and TNT ('''T'''hursday '''N'''ight '''T'''hrowdown).
* GamingClan: The [[MemeticMutation Space Neon Lobsters]] in Star Trek Online.
** And the Kessler Run in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
* HeyItsThatGuy: When doing a Quick Look of the FalloutNewVegas DLC "Old World Blues", they eventually realized 0 is [[TheVentureBros Dr. Rusty Venture]]. The DLC is pretty blatant at pointing this out.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Ryan and Vinny fly to [[TheBeatles Liverpool]]. HilarityEnsues.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGGJcpxxRg&feature=related A discussion about]] NeedForSpeed as a contender for Most Improved Franchise of 2010 award quickly devolves into one of these.
* IReadThatAs: On [[https://twitter.com/#!/VinnyCaravella/status/190158529192148992 his Twitter]], Vinny commented that he misread LegendOfGrimrock as Legend of [[{{Transformers}} Grimlock]]. [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs It saddened him that this was not the case.]]
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Rich Gallup and Alex Navarro have both been on the Bombcast multiple times. [[spoiler: And good old Bob turns up while the crew are playing StarCraft 2 live.]] The latter eventually became a reviewer in the site.
* LetsPlay:
** The Endurance Runs:
*** Jeff Gerstmann and Vinny Caravella's Persona4EnduranceRun.
*** DeadlyPremonition, one by Brad and Ryan, and another by Vinny and Jeff.
*** Patrick and Ryan's playthrough of VideoGame/ChronoTrigger.
** There are also the group's playthroughs of the final hours of ''The Matrix Online'' and ''VideoGame/StarWarsGalaxies'', and the ''Star Trek Online'' Open Beta.
** Quick Looks are pretty much mini-[=LPs=].
** Greg Kasavin also marathoned {{Skyrim}} for 12 hours, like he did for {{Oblivion}} back in their Gamespot days.
* MoodWhiplash: During the 2011 Game of the Year Deliberations;
---> '''Ryan''': I'm gonna put [my hands] in glue then put broken glass on the tops of my hands so that we can fight about Giantbomb's--
---> '''Patrick''': Game of the Year: {{Catherine}}!
---> '''Jeff''': "Fuck, *incoherent yelling*, goddamnit."
---> '''Ryan''': "--Top 10 Games of 2011. It's gonna be something fierce."
---> '''Brad''': "Not game of the year: {{Trackmania}}."
---> '''Jeff''': "Uhhh."
---> '''Vinny''': "Wearin' my DarkSouls shirt."
---> '''Ryan''': "We'll see you guys soon."
---> '''Jeff''': "Burn in your DarkSouls shirt."
** [[MoodWhiplash *cue happy]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSPgvvnMnQ8 break music*]]
* NamesTheSame: Tested's Will Smith, who sometimes pops up on the Giant Bombcast, is in no way related to the actor. Not that this hasn't stopped Ryan Davis from joking that they're the same person.
* OverlyLongGag: While Game Room in and of itself could be a considered an OverlyLongGag orchestrated by Microsoft to rob Jeff Gerstmann of all his money, the Game Room Quick Look for [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-game-room-for-122210/17-3634/ the week of 12/22/10]] ends with a series of elaborate jokes about the game Venetian Blinds.
* PretentiousLatinMotto: "Colluctatio Cervus Reperio Excellantia" for the 2010 Game of the Year stuff. It means something like "Find the Excellence in the Wrestling Deer" (in reference to Luchadeer).
* RunningGag: Starting from the {{Persona 4}} Endurance Run, all [[HelloInsertNameHere protagonists]] in Quick Looks of ShinMegamiTensei games are named variations of "Charlie Tunoku" ([[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Charie Tuna]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} Chuck Tuna]] and [[{{Persona 3}} Charlene]], to name a few).
** Brad's tendency to die whenever he's on camera.
** Jeff searching for "broken avatars" in Game Room. One time, there were even [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-game-room-for-081810/17-3100/ two at once!]]
** For the VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Endurance Run, when given the chance to rename characters, Ryan simply changes the first letter of the name to B. This leads to names like Brono, Bobo and Brog.
** Due to an incident while playing Daggerfall in which nearly a half-hour spent in the character creator was lost due to them forgetting that autosave hadn't been invented yet, Vinny constantly implores Dave to save the game whenever they are recording a Quick Look or a Random PC Game video.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-jurassic-the-hunted/17-1593/ doing a Quick Look]] for ''Jurassic: The Hunted'', Ryan got so disgusted with the line [[{{Narm}} "What the Foxtrot is going on here?"]] that he left in the middle of it all and had Brad take his place.
** In the second episode of the [=NintenDownload=] X-press, Jeff tricks Vinny and Brad into guesting by making them think they were recording a Bombcast. When they realize they've been duped, they angrily storm out of the podcast room, leaving Jeff sad and alone.
* SpinOff: All aboard the [=NintenDownload=] X-press! Created when the Nintendo downloads section of the Bombcast was canceled, the NDX is the underground podcast that sticks it to the man as Jeff Gerstmann brings the thunder as he reads the descriptions of Nintendo's download only titles!
* TooDumbToLive: In the Persona4EnduranceRun, they decided to auto-fight against high-evasion enemies with [[UselessUsefulSpell Hama]]. [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou They got hit by one]], and lost an hour of grinding.
* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Ryan Davis' This Ain't No Game segment explores many of the most terrible video game to film adaptations. [[invoked]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: The [[http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-new-super-mario-bros-wii/17-1633/ Quick Look]] of VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii by Jeff, Ryan, Vinny, and Brad is spent by them raging at each other for getting each other killed.
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