History Characters / GiantBomb

Video producer at Polygon and a former Giant Bomb intern.

* TheSlacker: He is apparently quite proud of the fact that he managed to complete a full college degree with very little effort thanks to strategic picking of courses and negotiating with professors for alternate projects. The results are quite apparent since he has never seen neither ''Film/TheGodfather'' nor ''Film/CitizenKane'' despite having majored in Film Studies; claimed all his knowledge about TheRenaissance came from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed2'' despite having a minor in History and he had no idea who Creator/JaneAusten was before discussing ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' on the Bombcast despite writing for a living.

** Dan is also a huge fan of SelfDemonstrating/{{Waluigi}}, and hopes that someday the latter will get his own game.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Does Shift+F1 (formerly Alt+F1 before he and Drew left CBSi), an F1 podcast, with Drew Scanlon. He and Dan Ryckert also hosted Danswers, a podcast where both Dans answer questions pertaining to real life problems.

Former video producer who showed up often in video features and live shows. Before leaving in March 2017 to start his "Cloth Map" documentary series, Drew was a weekly guest on the Giant Bombcast from 2013 onward, and co-hosted Alt+F1, a podcast about Formula-1 racing, with Danny O'Dwyer.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Hosts Alt+F1, an F1 podcast, with Danny O'Dwyer.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Did Alt+F1, an F1 podcast, with Drew Scanlon. He and Dan Ryckert also hosted Danswers, a podcast where both Dans answer questions pertaining to real life problems.

Formerly of Game Informer, Jason joined as the site's new video guy alongside Dan in July 2014. He was an infrequent guest on the Giant Bombcast before becoming a regular after Drew left..

Formerly of Game Informer, Jason joined as the site's new video guy alongside Dan in July 2014. He is an infrequent guest on the Giant Bombcast (usually subbing in for Drew).

* AuthorAppeal: Emotional games, deeper meanings. And ''VideoGame/StarCraft''. And {{Dota2}}. Outside of video games, Brad has a soft spot for anything involving Guinea Pigs; and at least one of his Extra Life home livestreams devoted a number of hours to him showing off and feeding his.

Formerly an intern during the Whiskey Media days, Ben was announced as the new Giant Bomb West hire on 5/01/17.

The newest member of the Giant Bomb East team, whose hire was announced on 5/01/17.

** With his beard and longish hair, he has recently been compared with {{Troy Baker}}.

* AuthorAppeal: Emotional games, deeper meanings. And {{StarCraft}}. And {{Dota2}}. Outside of video games, Brad has a soft spot for anything involving Guinea Pigs; and at least one of his Extra Life home livestreams devoted a number of hours to him showing off and feeding his.

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!!Abby Russell
The newest member of the Giant Bomb East team, whose hire was announced on 5/01/17.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Is the first female member of the Giant Bomb team.

Founder of Creator/IronGalaxyStudios, formerly of Creator/MidwayGames with Adam and Johnny V. Host of Team GFB Radio. History’s greatest monster.

** During the PAX 2017 panel when an audience member compared them to ''LiveActionTV/{{SNL}}'':

Former video producer who showed up often in video features and live shows. Before leaving in March 2017, Drew was a weekly guest on the Giant Bombcast as of 2013, and co-hosted Alt+F1, a podcast about Formula-1 racing, with Danny O'Dwyer.

[=CNET=] Senior Gaming Editor and semi-regular guest on the Giant Beastcast.

Former video producer for [=GameSpot=].

* ThoseTwoGuys: Does Alt+F1, an F1 podcast, with Drew Scanlon. He and Dan Ryckert also host Danswers, a podcast where both Dans answer questions pertaining to real life problems.

!!Drew Scanlon
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Another video producer who shows up often in video features and live shows. Drew is a weekly guest on the Giant Bombcast as of 2013, and co-hosts Alt+F1, a podcast about Formula-1 racing, with Danny O'Dwyer. On the 22nd of February 2017, he announced his departure from the site effective on March 3rd.

* AscendedExtra: Unlike much of the Giant Bomb staff, he was not a former [=GameSpot=] editor but was originally hired as an intern. After being hired full time, he occasionally made guest appearances in Quick Looks and on the Bombcast when there was an empty seat. In the summer of 2013 he became a permanent member of the Bombcast and was included in the Game of the Year deliberations for the first time later that year.
* AuthorAppeal: Extremely realistic and realistically complicated military/vehicle simulators. He's a bit of a military/outdoors nut in general. Also loves world travelling, which is probably half the reason he's the one who tends to go on the crew's crazy adventures (like to Iceland for Eve Online's Fanfest)
* CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: Drew is fascinated with planes and frequently plays flight simulators on the site. As of 2016, Drew has begun taking actual flying lessons to get a real pilot licence.
* CelebrityResemblance: Commonly compared with [[Series/{{Dexter}} Michael C. Hall]].
** With his beard and longish hair, he has recently been compared with {{Troy Baker}}.
* DeadpanSnarker: Unlike most of the crew, Drew is fairly quiet and reserved, but manages his share of witty, well-timed barbs.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim
* FormerlyFat: Once mentioned that he was "kind of a fat kid" in high school.
* TheMovieBuff: Seems to watch more movies than he plays games; he frequently quotes entire exchanges in film at the drop of the hat, and started the Film and 40's podcast with Dan.
* MemeticMutation: [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/drew-scanlon-reaction Drew blinking]], which just [[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/23/meet-the-man-behind-the-white-guy-blinking-meme-drew-scanlon exploded out of the blue]]. Doubly ironic since it involved a 2013 clip and it blew up right before he announced his departure from the site.
* MoralityPet: If the 2014 GOTY deliberations were anything to go by, Drew's this for Alex Navarro. Navarro repeatedly pointed out how his decisions were influenced by if a game negatively affected Drew.
* OddFriendship: With Dan Ryckert. As listed in Dan's character section, they have done a lot of videos together.
* TheQuietOne: He speaks the least on the Bombcast, and plays the least amount of video games.
* TheStoic: The most calm and emotionally reserved of the duders. Seeing him truly angry is extremely uncommon, and he has rarely, if ever, cursed on camera. However...
** NotSoStoic: He has his moments, such as in Metal Gear Scanlon and the Mario Party videos, especially Mario Party 3. And then there was the ''Ghostship Aftermath'' Quick Look...
* ThoseTwoGuys: Hosts Alt+F1, an F1 podcast, with Danny O'Dwyer.
* UpThroughTheRanks

* BornUnlucky: It has long being theorized that there are cosmic forces in play that refuse to allow him to have any kind of luck in MarioParty, as the little he does get [[YankTheDogsChain is immediately recalled.]]

* MemeticMutation: Possibly. A Bombcast email claimed that after substantial investigation, he discovered that Vinny was actually the ''first'' recorded person to refer to something as the "[[VideoGame/DarkSouls]] of X" on the Internet (Vinny highly doubts it).