Aww geez. Thanks for the summary duder. Been at a conference in the bay so kinda detached from it all. Gonna be wild if Fandom is the shitdicks that kill GB.
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ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 days agoSee my other comment below, but the gist of it is that they were told to pause streaming for a while as everyone tries to figure out a path forward. They put out one Bombcast that rebelled against the new Fandom “values”, and you can find a link to it if you look through Bluesky or the Giant Bomb reddit. They’re still paused, and it’s been about a week now. It might be the end of Giant Bomb, in which case, Grubb, Mike, and Dan have sworn to keep doing Blight Club, and the others are probably preparing their parachutes too. It also might not be the end of Giant Bomb; nothing’s been decided yet, and everyone currently still has their jobs.
vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
If Episode 888 is the last Bombcast, it will leave the world with the integrity that created it in the first place. Give it a listen, when you get around to it.
vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Copy that. Found a drop on archive.org. Planning to grab it when I’m back home. Cheers friend!
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Breaking news: Grubb seems to have been let go.
villainy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Awesome. Yet another reason to donate to the IA!
Jeffool@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Dan removed GB from his BSky bio, and Grubb posted that he’s no longer with GB.
To add more context, last night Dan was streaming on Twitch and said he expects episode 888 to be the last Bombcast. He said things that, if he stays employed, would make Fandom the most understanding employer ever. To use words he used: he’s very annoyed with working for giant corporations and wants to bet on himself.