Giant Bomb, a web site about video games, has been purchased from Fandom

Submitted ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ampersandrew@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

Just announced on twitch.tv/pax, live from PAX East. The reaction was so negative to what happened with Giant Bomb that Fandom sold to Jeff Grubb and Jeff Bakalar. It sounds like this deal closed yesterday. Along with those two, Dan Ryckert and Jan Ochoa are now co-owners. Mike Minotti was informed of this deal this morning, and he will be the fifth co-owner when he comes back from Disney World. Blight Club and Grubb’s morning news show sound like they are returning this coming week. This PAX panel is officially episode #889 of the Giant Bombcast.

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Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m curious if any of the previously let go people will end up returning now that it’s independent.

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Jeffool@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ll say this: props to Fandom for realizing the right thing to do. I know there was really no other good solution for them, but that hasn’t stopped many companies from being so obstinate that they cut their nose off to spite their face.

But more seriously, good for those guys buying it.

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Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
“to what happened with Giant Bomb”

Boy I sure am glad that seemingly-crucial part of context was included in this post.

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- ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  A boss several steps up the chain decided to make changes to how the site operates that were incompatible with what Giant Bomb is, namely that they wanted an advertiser-friendly, “brand-safe” image with less swearing and streaming. This led to a number of key people leaving, at which point, the name Giant Bomb isn’t really worth anything to anyone. It’s been covered in tons of gaming circles this week alongside the similar destruction of Polygon, so I didn’t think it needed to be stated yet again as I was summarizing bullet points from a live stream.
  
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  - MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    RIP Escapist Magazine
    
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anas@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I know nothing about anything in this post, I misread the title as “purchased by Fandom” and was confused as to why everyone is happy about this lol

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- Lokoschade@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Holy shit I misread that too and was sooo confused
  
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it_depends_man@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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Disgusting. I don’t demand or expect them to rewrite their website, but those people are nowhere near even “neutral” status, as long as they behave this way.

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- MoonRaven@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  They literally just split off of Fandom. There has been no time to do anything about this.
  
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- ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The sale is also hours old, and the new owners are all out of town.
  
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livjq@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Honestly can’t believe it. So happy to see this on the stream.

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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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AceTKen@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Now bring Jeff back and make him play Mario Party.

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- NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’d start watching regularly again if Jeff somehow came back
  
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  - ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Which Jeff? Jeff, Jeff, or Jeff? Jeff and Jeff are now co-owners, and Jeff has his own solo thing, being a family man, which seems to be how he wants to live his life these days.
    
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NeryK@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What a roller coaster of a ride ! At least they have a fighting chance, and hopefully for them did not take too big a financial risk.

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Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I don’t know these people. Should I?

I knew the old crew. Sans Dan who’s too uneducated and incurious for my tastes.

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- jonathan@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Bakalar joined GB East 10 years ago. Jan’s been at GB for 7+ years, but as a producer so you wouldn’t have seen his face as much until the big shift when Jeff, Brad, Vinny and Alex left. Grubb only joined in 2022.
  
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  - Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    A good catch up, but I meant more like: are these people worth following? Because yeah I didn’t stick around once the east/west split happened to know these people.
    
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paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Good news for those who are into the current generation of GB.

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EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I hope they take a shot at written content again. It’s less a gaming website and more of a podcast network at this point.

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