History Website / GiantBomb

* CrateExpectations: [[http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/giant-bomb-mailbag-crate-barrel-edition/2300-1580/ Jeff Gerstmann]] [[DieChairDie shows us]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny how it's done]].

Giant Bomb had several sister sites that serve similar purposes including [[http://www.screened.com/ Screened]] for movies (since folded into Moviefone), [[http://www.animevice.com/ Anime Vice]] for anime and manga (site has folded, althought fourms still exist; link goes to YouTube page), 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, which also owns Gamespot. The staff and site stayed the same, only the ownership changed.

'''Brad:''' Not game of the year: {{Trackmania}}.\\

* IReadThatAs: On [[https://twitter.com/#!/VinnyCaravella/status/190158529192148992 his Twitter]], Vinny commented that he misread VideoGame/LegendOfGrimrock as Legend of [[{{Transformers}} Grimlock]]. [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs It saddened him that this was not the case.]]

* ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: After the release of ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'', they repeatedly predicted that a couple of years later nearly every open world game would have some variation on the Nemesis System. As of three years later, the only game that had explicit inspiration from the Nemesis System was ''VideoGame/XCOM2WarOfTheChosen'', an expansion for a turn based strategy game.

*** Jeff Gerstmann and Vinny Caravella's Persona4EnduranceRun.

** The Giant Bomb East team, between the Playdate and Choose Our Own Adventure series, has so far featured full playthroughs of ''{{VideoGame/Contradiction}}'', ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange,'' and ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria 2}}''.

** Starting from the ''VideoGame/Persona4'' Endurance Run, all [[HelloInsertNameHere protagonists]] in Quick Looks of Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei games are named variations of "Charlie Tunoku" ([[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Charie Tuna]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} Chuck Tuna]] and [[VideoGame/Persona3 Charlene]], to name a few).

** Starting from the ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' Endurance Run, all [[HelloInsertNameHere protagonists]] in Quick Looks of Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei games are named variations of "Charlie Tunoku" ([[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Charie Tuna]], [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} Chuck Tuna]] and [[{{Persona 3}} Charlene]], to name a few).

* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: The "Northies", the retired as of 2012, yearly award for best use of/performance by NolanNorth in a video game.

*** For subscribers, there's the Random PC Game of ''{{VideoGame/Phantasmagoria}}'' that ended up turning into a full playthrough, Vinny's ''VideoGame/BioForge'' series of videos, Metal Gear Scanlon (Dan watches Drew play through the [[Franchise/MetalGear Metal Gear Solid]] games), and Beast in the East, with the GB East team playing through the ''{{VideoGame/Yakuza}}'' series.

*** For subscribers, there's the Random PC Game of ''{{VideoGame/Phantasmagoria}}'' that ended up turning into a full playthrough, Vinny's ''VideoGame/BioForge'' series of videos, and Metal Gear Scanlon (Dan watches Drew play through the [[Franchise/MetalGear Metal Gear Solid]] games.)

* RealityEnsues: In the 11/10/2015 Bombcast guest starring Dave Lang, Jeff asks the latter exactly what happened with the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' PC PortingDisaster (Lang is the CEO of Iron Galaxy, which was also involved in the port). Lang very politely informs them that despite being a good friend and loving them all, that he cannot say anything because Warner Bros. is "handling all communication" in the matter and one does not succeed in business by throwing partners under the bus (and judging by the others' reaction and responses, everyone was fully aware this would be the answer and merely asked to avoid potential accusations of collusion).

-->''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]]...

** Yes, but what ''is'' Firewatch?

On his blog on March 5, 2008, and again on a broadcast of ''Series/XPlay'', Jeff Gerstmann, best known for his role in the ''VideoGame/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 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), [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Drew Scanlon, Dan Ryckert, Jason Oestreicher, and Austin Walker (not of Gamespot)]] having joined since. 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.

** The Giant Bomb East team, between the Playdate and Choose Our Own Adventure series, has so far featured full playthroughs of ''{{VideoGame/Contradiction}}'', ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', and ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange,'' and are currently working their way through ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria 2}}''.

'''Patrick:''' Game of the Year: {{Catherine}}!\\

* CountryMatters: Infamously averted by Caravella, who can NeverLiveItDown.

** The GBE Playdate premium series has so far featured full playthroughs of ''{{VideoGame/Contradiction}}'', ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', and ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''.

** The GBE Playdate premium series has so far featured full playthroughs of ''{{VideoGame/Contradiction}}'' and ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''.

* ThemeNaming: Patrick named all of his ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' and ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' characters after characters from [[StephenKing Stephen King's]] ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.