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{{Infobox Website
| name = Giant Bomb
| logo = 
| screenshot =
| caption = Screenshot of Giant Bomb home page on February 15, 2009
| url = [http://www.giantbomb.com/ GiantBomb.com]
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Video game|Gaming]] [[wiki]] and [[video game journalism]]
| registration = Optional (free and paid)
| owner = [[CBS Interactive]]
| author = [[Jeff Gerstmann]]<br/>Ryan Davis
| launch date = March 6, 2008 (blog)<br/>July 21, 2008 (full website)
| current status = Active
| slogan = Giant Bomb is the world’s largest editable video game database. We're into [[XCOM: Enemy Unknown|alien autopsies]], [[Hot Rod (video game)|the shop music from Hot Rod]], and viewers like [[Giant Bomb#Community content|you]].
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'''Giant Bomb''' is an American [[video game]] website and wiki that includes [[gaming news]], [[game reviews|reviews]], commentary, and video, created by former [[GameSpot]] editors [[Jeff Gerstmann]] and Ryan Davis in collaboration with [[Whiskey Media]]. The website was voted by ''Time'' magazine as one of the Top 50 websites of 2011.<ref name="TimeMagazineTop50"/> The site was acquired by [[CBS Interactive]] in March 2012.<ref>http://www.gamespot.com/news/giant-bomb-comic-vine-join-cbs-interactive-6366357</ref>

After being controversially fired from his position as Editorial Director of [[GameSpot]], Gerstmann began working with a team of web engineers to create a new video game website. His intent was to create "a fun video game website"<ref name="XPlay"/> that would not heavily cover the business side of the game industry. The site's core editorial staff includes former GameSpot editors Gerstmann, Ryan Davis, Alex Navarro, Brad Shoemaker and Vinny Caravella as well as Patrick Klepek, formerly of [[G4 (TV channel)|G4]], and Drew Scanlon. Giant Bomb was unveiled on March 6, 2008 as a [[blog]]; the full site launched on July 21st 2008. The Giant Bomb office was originally located in [[Sausalito, California]] and is, as of June 26, 2011, located in [[San Francisco]].

Content on Giant Bomb is split between its small staff providing written articles and videos in a [[video game journalism]] editorial capacity and its community expanding upon it by creating and interacting with the website's socially progressive tools and functions, namely a [[video game]] [[Wiki|wiki-database]], open to editing by all registered users in which they create content,<ref name="UsingThesite"/> and a Quest system in which they then earn points in a social gaming element. The Giant Bomb staff reports on video game news and reviews new releases. Their weekly [[podcast]], the ''Giant Bombcast'', is posted on Tuesdays and covers recent news and releases in the video game industry, as well as happenings around the office.<ref name="CastMediumBombcast"/> Giant Bomb produces a number of regular video series, most notably ''Quick Looks'', 20-60 minute unedited previews,<ref name="ShankQuickLook"/> the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4]]'' ''Endurance Run'', which ran for 155 weekday episodes over eight months<ref name="er-ep155"/> and ''This Ain't No Game,'' a weekly series produced by Davis, in which he reviewed movies based on video games.<ref name="MKTANG"/>

Its too bad Fandom nuked this awesome website.

==History==
===GameSpot departures, origins under Whiskey Media (2007-2011)===
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[[Jeff Gerstmann]] was terminated from his position as the Editorial Director of [[GameSpot]] on November 28, 2007.<ref name="gr-interview"/> Immediately after his termination, rumors began to circulate around the Internet that his dismissal was a result of external pressure from [[Eidos Interactive]], the publisher behind the video game ''[[Kane & Lynch: Dead Men]]''. Gerstmann had given the game a negative review<ref name="gs-spoton"/> while Eidos had Kane & Lynch: Dead Men advertising on the website. Both GameSpot and their parent company [[CNET Networks]] stated that his dismissal was unrelated to the review.<ref name="gs-spoton"/> In what was labelled as the 'GameSpot Exodus' by [[Joystiq]], Alex Navarro, Ryan Davis, Brad Shoemaker and Vinny Caravella all left GameSpot. Davis announced his departure from GameSpot in February 2008, citing Gerstmann's firing as one of his reasons for leaving.<ref name="joystiq-exodus"/>

{{Quote box
 |quote  = Jeff's firing just destroyed me, and I think it shed a light on the other stuff that I had been kind of rolling along with. It's just that I had been at the job for a long time, and a lot of the stuff that made the job fun for me has dissipated. Sometimes you don't love the job, but you make your way through it by focusing on the good stuff. Gamespot is also a huge site, and an organization of that magnitude comes with a fair amount of bureaucracy, and everyone ultimately ends up spending a fair amount of time doing stuff other than producing the content. I realize that the big story is the nasty management team and their dirty dealings, but honestly before Jeff's firing, I had very little contact with upper management, and I had no reason to believe that they didn't know what they were doing, I think the Kane & Lynch thing gets way more weight in this story than it deserves. Any disagreements about that game strike me as a symptom, not a cause.
 |source = Ryan Davis, February 5th, 2008<ref name="joystiq_RyanDavis_leaving_GameSpot_interview"/>
}}

Gerstmann ultimately decided he did not wish to work in game development or [[public relations]] and began to work with Shelby Bonnie's Whiskey Media to begin developing a new site.<ref name="gr-interview"/> Talking with Tyler Wilde of [[GamesRadar]], Gerstmann said that their intent was not to make a site that would compete with GameSpot, but rather create "a really great and fun video game website…that we like and that we would use, and that users will have a blast using as well."<ref name="gr-interview"/> In the process of deciding on the name for the website, over seventy different [[domain name]]s were considered. Gerstmann wanted the website name to be catchy and original, saying there were too many video game websites with the word "game" in them.<ref name="gr-interview"/> In addition to Davis, who recorded early episodes of the site's podcast, the ''Giant Bombcast'' with Gerstmann, former GameSpot editors Shoemaker and Caravella joined the site in June 2008.<ref name="JoystiqGameSpotReuniteGiantBomb"/> Navarro left his post as [[Community manager]] for [[Harmonix Music Systems]] to join Giant Bomb and its sister-site Screened in May 2010.<ref name="WhiskeyMediaLaunchesScreened"/> Giant Bomb started as a [[Wordpress]] [[blog]], which opened on March 5, 2008.<ref name="welcometo"/> The full site launched on July 20, 2008.<ref name="welcomeback"/>

Unlike most video game websites, Giant Bomb does not heavily cover industry news from a business perspective. During an interview on [[X-Play]], Gerstmann said that he thought video game websites had become too focused on the business side of games, and that game news had become "stale" in the process. "We want to get out there and talk about games, because we like games…and it seems like there's an audience out there, and they like games... and their needs aren't being met by what's out there right now."<ref name="XPlay"/><!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:HTBAB2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Brad Shoemaker and [[Jeff Gerstmann]] discuss the classification of hamburgers in an episode of ''How to Build a Bomb'']] --> 

{{Quote box
 |quote  = We're still just four guys, and we still feel that there's plenty of places to get 'coverage' out there. Our focus will be on commentary and perspective on the significant goings-on in video games. And, you know, fun! We don't want to run sales numbers stories. There's enough business out there in the game press, everyone trying to be Serious Journalists. I've got big respect for the way guys like [[N'Gai Croal]] and Stephen Totilo carry themselves, but no ... I'd rather do stuff that makes me laugh. ... I'll be honest, I wasn't 100% sure this was going to work before we launched, but the response we've gotten so far has been so overwhelming, I'm confident that we're doing something that no one else really is.
 |source = Ryan Davis, August 23rd, 2008<ref name="joystiq_RyanDavis_2008interview"/>
}}

In 2011, Gerstmann commented that the industry was now "not getting as much news from the news sites as [it] used to, but the post count from these sites just seems to go higher and higher."<ref name="KlepekHiredNews"/> In order to establish its own brand of "honest, original reporting" news, Giant Bomb hired Patrick Klepek as News Editor. Klepek, known for breaking the story of the [[Infinity Ward#2010 employee firings and departures|2010 employee firings, departures and lawsuits between Infinity Ward and Activision]]<ref name="InfinityWardActivisionNews"/> began working for Giant Bomb in April, 2011.<ref name="KlepekHiredNews"/>

===Acquisition by CBS Interactive (2012)===
March 2012 saw Shelby Bonnie sell Whiskey Media in 2 deals, splitting the company's websites. While [[Gail Berman]] and [[Lloyd Braun]]'s BermanBraun bought the company and its publishing platform (including [[Tested.com|Tested]], [[Screened.com|Screened]] and [[Anime Vice]]), Giant Bomb and its comic-book sister-site [[Comic Vine]] were sold separately to [[CBS Interactive]], the owners of GameSpot and its parent company CNET. Gerstmann explained that behind the scenes Giant Bomb had been looking for new ownership in order to facilitate the website's growth and that talks between themselves and CBS Interactive had started as far back as December 2011. Staying in San Francisco, the Giant Bomb and Comic Vine editorial staff (along with designers Dave Snider and Alexis Gallisá) moved to the CBS Interactive building where Gerstmann, Davis, Shoemaker and Caravella had worked for GameSpot.<ref name="GiantBombCBSAnnouncement"/>

As part of the new deal, the non-disparagement agreement between Gerstmann and CNET was nullified, allowing Gerstmann to openly talk about the reason why he was fired from GameSpot in 2007. Appearing on GameSpot for the first time in 4 years, Gerstmann was interviewed by CBS Interactive vice president of games programming John Davison. Rather than simply being fired for his ''Kane & Lynch: Dead Men'' review Gerstmann revealed that the firing was a result of a much longer stand-off between GameSpot's then-management division and its editorial staff. Gerstmann had been "called into a room" three times between October 23, 2007 and November 29, 2007. The first time concerning one of Gerstmann's reviewer's 7.5 review of ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]'' - which [[Sony Computer Entertainment America]] had threatened to pull advertising money for - and the second concerning Gerstmann's infamous 6.0 ''Kane & Lynch: Dead Men'' review - for which Eidos Interactive had done the same. On the third call, some time after the review, Gerstmann was informed that his contract would be terminated.

After commenting on the need to support one's editorial team which hadn't been done by the former management team, Gerstmann and Davison, who worked for [[1UP.com]] at the time, stated that they hoped that now the incident could be put to rest. The interview ended on a reassuring note for users of Giant Bomb and GameSpot that the 2 websites won't be merging or changing their respective styles of video game coverage.<ref name="GiantBombGameSpotInterview"/>

===Growth===
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[[Quantcast]] lists Giant Bomb as currently reaching 2.2 million people monthly having risen from 450,000 at the end of 2008 and 1.6 million in 2010.<ref name="QuantcastStats"/> As of February 2012 Giant Bomb has an [[Alexa Internet]] ranking of 4,838.<ref name="alexa"/>

==Main features==
===Editorial content===
====News====
Giant Bomb's news is written by News Editor Klepek and writer Navarro. Articles produced aren't limited to general gaming news, they include investigative journalistic pieces about the industry, such as the controversy surrounding [[Team Bondi]] (developers of [[LA Noire]]) and its work practices.<ref name="TeamBondiNews"/> Additional editorials and interviews by Klepek about gaming ethics, experiences and impact include the noteworthy story of one person who detailed the mental processes of [[Asperger syndrome]] and how his time playing video games differs from the average gamer.<ref name="AspergerSyndromeNews"/> An article in July 2011 about the 'Game Trekking' concept (world travel-influenced game creation), featured an interview with founder Jordan Magnuson and his "notgame", The Killer. The Killer was based on his travels in [[Cambodia]] and his observations of a nation still recovering from its time as the [[Democratic Kampuchea]] under the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime, led by [[Pol Pot]] over 30 years ago.<ref name="NotGameNews"/> Following the 2011 [[Evo Championship Series]] in which Rising Star award winner, 8 year-old Noah Solis made the top 48 players in [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]], Klepek interviewed Solis and his father Moises Solis who praised [[video games]] alongside [[education]] in avoiding [[Los Angeles#Organized crime|Los Angeles organized crime]].<ref name="Evo2011News"/>

====Reviews====
Video games on ''Giant Bomb'' are rated on a scale of one to five stars, with five stars being the highest rating a game can receive and one star the lowest.<ref name="info"/> Video reviews were first introduced on ''Giant Bomb'' on June 20, 2008 with Shoemaker's review of the [[PlayStation 3]] title ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''. [[Metacritic]] lists Giant Bomb as having over 500 reviews in its records, with more than 300 of them positive, more than 150 being mixed and over 70 of them being negative. Of those reviews, 30% are higher than the average critic, 2% the same and 68% are lower.<ref name="Metacritic"/> In contrast to their time working for GameSpot, Davis has stated that reviews are not representative of Giant Bomb as an entity but are very personalised saying that, "as far as the review process goes, we're being very open about a review being that person's perspective. When a review has to represent an entire organization's perspective on a game, that's where you can run into trouble."<ref name="joystiq_RyanDavis_2008interview"/>

====Video====
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Giant Bomb videos are produced by Caravella and Drew Scanlon. Videos are hosted on [[YouTube]] and are embedded into the website. Videos are also available as a free channel on digital media streaming devices such as the [[Roku]].<ref name="RokuChannelAddition"/><ref name="RokuChannelListing"/>

=====Quick Look=====
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The site regularly posts '''Quick Looks''' (also known as Quick Look EX or Quick Look Road Show in cases where developers participate or when filmed on-location), videos showing unedited gameplay footage of a single game, featuring commentary from staff members playing the game, or simply watching another play. The feature has been used to profile highly anticipated games,<ref name="Fallout3QuickLook"/> give mention to lesser-known games,<ref name="ValkyriaChroniclesQuickLook"/> or to intentionally showcase bad games for humorous purposes.<ref name="CrashTimeQuickLook"/> Quick Looks by Giant Bomb of lesser-known games are often more publicized by their respective developers<ref name="ShankQuickLook"/> or communities, such as the fighting game community,<ref name="SkullgirlsQuickLook"/> as a sign of [[mainstream]] recognition.

=====This Ain't No Game=====
'''This Ain't No Game''' (or TANG) and its 2010 spin-off '''The Wonderful Universe of This Ain't No Game''' (WUTANG) was a weekly series in which Davis reviews movies based on video games and movies with video game elements respectively. Davis' intention to, "challenge [himself] to watch and assess every video-game movie ever made."<ref name="TANGPrologue"/> To assess each title, Davis considers both how it stands on its own as a film, and how well it "evoke[s] the spirit of the game it's based on".<ref name="TANGPrologue"/> The title of the series is derived from a slogan used to promote the game-based movie ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'': "This ain't no game, it's a live-action thrill ride!"<ref name="pax09p-01"/> The first episode of ''TANG'', which covered ''[[Double Dragon (film)|Double Dragon]]'', was released on February 11, 2009.<ref name="TANGDoubleDragon"/> Despite TANG criticizing the ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation]]'' film, ''[[Mortal Kombat (series)|Mortal Kombat]]'' co-creator [[Ed Boon]] said the episode in question was kind to it, considering its critical response.<ref name="MKTANG"/>

=====Endurance Run=====
'''The Endurance Run''' is a daily video feature in which Caravella and Gerstmann played the [[PlayStation 2]] [[role-playing game]] ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4]]'' in real time, with their own commentary over the video. The idea for the ''Endurance Run'' stemmed from Gerstmann and Caravella's own interest in playing ''Persona 4'', a game they were both curious about but didn't have time to play.<ref name="pax09p-01"/><ref name="er-ep01"/> The series' fiftieth episode was commemorated with a [[making-of|behind-the-scenes]] video discussing the origins of the series.<ref name="ER50"/> Gerstmann and Caravella completed the game in over one hundred hours, although the last saved game time counter read 99:59 hours, not counting time lost due to deaths.<ref name="er-ep155"/>

Dual Endurance Runs began in April and ran through to end of May, 2010, when Gerstmann and Caravella (referred to as "Team VJ") and Davis and Shoemaker ("Team BR") played the [[Xbox 360]] budget action-adventure game ''[[Deadly Premonition]]''.<ref name="ER2VJ"/><ref name="ER2BR"/> After the show ended, ''Deadly Premonition'' creator [[Hidetaka Suehiro|Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro]] visited Giant Bomb.<ref name="Swery65Interview"/>

Speaking at sister-site [[Tested.com]]'s 24-hour charity podcast (for [[Child's Play (charity)|Child's Play]]), Davis and Klepek revealed themselves as the players of the 3rd Endurance Run and that they would be playing the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] release of ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''.<ref name="OctoberkastER3"/>

=====Thursday Night Throwdown=====
[[File:giantbomb TNT trenched.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Jeff Gerstmann]], Ryan Davis and Patrick Klepek joined by [[Tim Schafer]] and members of [[Double Fine Productions]] during Thursday Night Throwdown featuring ''[[Iron Brigade (video game)|Iron Brigade]]'', known then as ''Trenched''.]]
Members of the editorial team play a game for users to watch and interact via [[Twitch.tv]] (formerly [[Justin.tv]]). Players are encouraged to add "GBTNT" to their [[PlayStation Network]] and [[Xbox Live]] accounts to play multi-player with them. [[Gary Whitta]] is a regular guest on the show, recording the This is only a Test podcast with sister-site [[Tested.com|Tested]] the same day.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tested.com/news/octoberkast-24-hours-of-this-is-only-a-test-for-the-kids/2950/|title = OCTOBERKAST! 24 Hours of This is Only a Test For the Kids! |date = 2011-10-14|publisher = Tested
|accessdate = 2011-05-11}}</ref> In the case of recently released games, developers may appear on the show, such as Uber Entertainment during the [[Monday Night Combat#Development and marketing|Monday Night Combat]] episode, who participated after learning of it through [[Twitter]].<ref name="UberEntertainment1"/><ref name="UberEntertainment2"/><ref name="UberEntertainment3"/> [[Double Fine]] appeared at the Giant Bomb studio at the Whiskey Media offices for the North American release episode of Trenched, now known as [[Iron Brigade (video game)|Iron Brigade]].<ref name="DoubleFineTNT"/>

=====Building the Bastion=====
Preceding the release of the 2011 video game ''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]'' was '''Building the Bastion,''' a collaboration with Giant Bomb and the creators of ''Bastion'', [[Supergiant Games]]. The developers, which includes the former GameSpot Editor-in-Chief of Davis, Gerstmann, Shoemaker, Caravella and Navarro, [[Greg Kasavin]], would document its development in video diaries. These videos would be broadcast live monthly on Giant Bomb and would follow with an interview with Davis, talking about the game and demonstrating it at various stages of its development. The show began in October 2010 and ended in May 2011, two months before the game's release on Xbox 360. Documented events featured include the in-house development and designing of the game as well as Supergiant Games showing it to the public for the first time at [[PAX Prime|PAX Prime 2011]], [[PAX East|PAX East 2011]] and eventually gaining [[Warner Bros.]] as a publishing partner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://supergiantgames.com/?p=285 |title=This Is Bastion |publisher=[[Supergiant Games]] |date=2010-09-02 |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>

In reference to potentially reviewing the game, Gerstmann announced that, "As soon as we went ahead with Building the Bastion, I knew we'd end up seeing too much of that game and that running an actual, scored review would be right out of the question. Rather than hem and haw about that end of the coverage, I said up front that we wouldn't review the game."<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.doublefine.com/news/comments/happy_trenched_day/ |title=A Look Back At Building The Bastion  |publisher=Giant Bomb
 |date=2011-07-19 |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>

=====Limited series=====
In July 2009 and January 2010, Giant Bomb ran two MMORPG shows, '''Not Like This''' (a quote from the first ''[[The Matrix|Matrix]]'' movie, the final words of the character [[Switch (The Matrix)|Switch]] before she is killed), which explored the final hours of the [[MMORPG]] ''[[The Matrix Online]]'', and '''Set Phasers to Fun,''' a playthrough of the ''[[Star Trek Online]]'' [[Beta release|beta]].<ref>{{cite video |people=Caravella, Vinny; Gerstmann, Jeff |date=2009-08-01 |title=The Matrix Online: Not Like This - Finale |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/the-matrix-online-not-like-this-finale/17-1130/ |publisher=Giant Bomb
|accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite video |people=Shoemaker, Brad; Caravella, Vinny; Snider, Dave |date=2010-01-13
|title=Star Trek Online Beta: Set Phasers to Fun - Part 01 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/star-trek-online-beta-set-phasers-to-fun-part-01/17-1871/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2010-01-17}}</ref> The shows featured real-time comments of both game's qualities, humorous glitches and discussions of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' and ''[[The Matrix (franchise)|The Matrix]]'' franchises. The final episodes, which featured the 'end of the world' when the ''MxO'' servers were shut down and the end of Star Trek Online testing before the game's release, were broadcasted in [[Streaming media|live streams]] on [[Justin.tv]].<ref>{{cite video
|people=Shoemaker, Brad; Caravella, Vinny; Davis, Ryan |date=2009-08-01 |title=The Matrix Online: Not Like This - Finale
|url=http://www.giantbomb.com/the-matrix-online-not-like-this-finale/17-1130/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite video |people=Shoemaker, Brad; Caravella, Vinny; Davis, Ryan |date=2010-01-27 |title=Star Trek Online: Set Phasers to Fun - (Almost) Live! |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/star-trek-online-set-phasers-to-fun-almost-live/17-1936/ |publisher=Giant Bomb
|accessdate = 2011-08-17}}</ref> Their positive outlook of the Star Trek Online beta in particular led to Gerstmann purchasing a lifetime subscription of the game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/deal-of-a-lifetime/1839/ |title=Deal of a Lifetime? |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-01-22 |accessdate=2010-01-24}}</ref>

In December 2011, prior to the launch of ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'', the website streamed ''[[Star Wars Galaxies]]'' during its final 5 hours before being shut down. [[Kotaku]] reported events as they happened on the Giant Bomb stream, including a [[Player versus player]] event between the Star Wars factions the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]] and The Rebels, as well as an appearance from the [[Force Ghost]] of [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] as depicted in ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/5868648/goodbye-star-wars-galaxies |title=Goodbye, Star Wars Galaxies |publisher=[[Kotaku]] |date=2011-12-15 |accessdate=2011-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/there-is-another-the-end-of-star-wars-galaxies-part-01/17-5439/ |title=There Is Another: The End Of Star Wars Galaxies - Part 01 |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-12-20 |accessdate=2011-12-31}}</ref>

====Podcast====
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|hosting    =      Ryan Davis
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|length     =      Approx. 150 min.
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|Audio Caption = The opening and closing theme of the Giant Bombcast 
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The ''Giant Bombcast'' is Giant Bomb's weekly [[podcast]], released on Tuesdays.<ref name="bombcast-page">{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/giant-bombcast/id274450056?v0=WWW-EUUK-ITUHOME-TOPPODCASTS&ign-mpt=uo%3D2# |title=Giant Bombcast By Giant Bomb |publisher=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=2011-08-27 }}</ref> The show is hosted by Davis, with weekly guests Gerstmann, Caravella, Shoemaker and Klepek as of 2011. [[Nicholson Baker]] of [[The New Yorker]] described the podcast as "charmingly garrulous" and compared it with ''[[Car Talk]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/09/100809fa_fact_baker?currentPage=5 |title=Painkiller Deathstreak |publisher=[[The New Yorker]] |authorlink=[[Nicholson Baker]] |date=2010-08-10 |accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref> with ''[[The A.V Club]]'' also commenting on it during its review as "resembling a conversation among gaming enthusiasts listeners are overhearing."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/week-of-jan-511,67613/1/ |title=Week of Jan. 5-11 | TV | Podmass | The A.V. Club |publisher=[[The A.V Club]] |date=2012-01-13 |accessdate=2012-01-13}}</ref>

The show's weekly format includes discussion of games played over the weekend, industry news, recently-released games, and e-mails sent in by listeners. The site's staff have also recorded shows in [[Tokyo]], Japan for the [[Tokyo Game Show]], as well as during the [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]] and the [[Penny Arcade Expo]].<ref name="bombcast-page" /> The podcast has over 100,000 listeners and is in the [[iTunes]] Store Top 10 Podcasts for Games and Hobbies in various countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://supergiantgames.com/?p=285 |title=This Is Bastion |publisher=Supergiant Games |date=2010-09-02 |accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/podcasts/top10podcastsgameshobbies.html |title=iTunes Store Top 10 Podcasts - Games & Hobbies |publisher=[[Apple Inc.]] |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>

====Game of the year awards====
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The annual [[Game of the Year|game of the year]] awards features multiple podcasts which are live-recordings of the staff's deliberations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/podcast/?podcast_id=205 |title=Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Day Six |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-01-01 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref> Additional comical awards created by Giant Bomb include the Best Use of [[Nolan North]], otherwise known as The Northies, an award North himself joked about in an interview with Davis and Klepek in December 2011.<ref name="NolanNorthInterview"/> During the awards week, top 10 games of the year videos are posted from each staff member.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/game-of-the-year-2010-jeffs-top-10/17-3643/
 |title=Game of the Year 2010: Jeff's Top 10 |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-12-31 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref>

In 2011, the decision was made to abandon awards based on which console they were released on and to choose the game of the year from a Top 10, derived from the games picked in each staff members personal Top 10 video.
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! Game of the year award winners
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'''Console-specific awards (2008–2010)'''
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! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Year
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Best Debut
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Best Multiplayer
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Most Disappointing game
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Best PC-only game
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Best Multiplatform-only game
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Best Download-only game
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Best PlayStation 3-only game
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Best Xbox 360-only game
! style="background:#e3e3e3; width:10%; text-align:center;"| Game of the Year 
|- style="text-align:center;"
| '''2008'''<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/features/best-of-2008/1/ |title=The Giant Bomb Golden Anniversary End-Year Awards Extravaganza Spectacular |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2008-12-26 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref>
|| ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]'' || ''[[Burnout Paradise]]''  || ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' || ''[[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King]]'' || ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' || ''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]'' || ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' || ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' || ''Grand Theft Auto IV''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| '''2009'''<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2009-day-one/1805/ |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2009, Day One |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2009-12-27 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2009-day-two/1806/ |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2009, Day Two |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2009-12-28
 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2009-day-three/1807/
 |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2009, Day Three |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2009-12-29 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2009-day-four/1808/ |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2009, Day Four |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2009-12-30 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2009-day-five/1809/ |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2009, Day Five |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2009-12-31 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2009/1821/ |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year, 2009 |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-01-01
 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref> || ''[[Infamous (video game)|Infamous]]'' || ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]'' || ''[[Scribblenauts]]'' || ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'' || ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' || ''[[Shadow Complex]]'' || ''[[Uncharted 2]]'' || ''Shadow Complex'' || ''Uncharted 2''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| '''2010'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2010-day-one/2800/ |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2010: Day One |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-12-27 |accessdate=2011-08-21
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2010-day-two/2801/
 |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2010: Day Two |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-12-28 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2010-day-three/2802/ |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2010: Day Three |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-12-29 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2010-day-four/2803/ |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2010: Day Four |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-12-30 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-game-of-the-year-2010-day-six/2805/
 |title=Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2010: Day Six  |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-01-01 |accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref> || ''[[Bayonetta]]'' || ''[[Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty]]'' || ''[[Fable III]]'' || ''StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'' || ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' || ''[[Pac-Man Championship Edition DX]]'' || ''[[God of War III]]'' || ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' || ''Mass Effect 2''
|}
'''Top 10 (2011–Present)'''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-size: 85%;"
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|Year
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|Best Debut
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|Best Multiplayer
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|Most Disappointing game
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|10th
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|9th
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|8th
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|7th
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|6th
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|5th
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|4th
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|3rd
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|2nd
!  style="background:#e3e3e3; width:7%;"|Game of the Year
|- style="text-align:center;"
|| '''2011'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-2011-game-of-the-year-awards-day-one/3863/ |title=Giant Bomb's 2011 Game of the Year Awards: Day One |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-12-26 |accessdate=2011-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-2011-game-of-the-year-awards-day-two/3864/ |title=Giant Bomb's 2011 Game of the Year Awards: Day Two |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-12-27 |accessdate=2011-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-2011-game-of-the-year-awards-day-three/3865/ |title=Giant Bomb's 2011 Game of the Year Awards: Day Three |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-12-28 |accessdate=2011-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-2011-game-of-the-year-awards-day-four/3866/ |title=Giant Bomb's 2011 Game of the Year Awards: Day Four |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-12-29 |accessdate=2011-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bombs-2011-game-of-the-year-awards-day-five/3867/ |title=Giant Bomb's 2011 Game of the Year Awards: Day Five |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-12-30 |accessdate=2011-12-31}}</ref>||''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]''||''[[Battlefield 3]]''||''[[Dragon Age II]]''||''[[Rayman Origins]]''||''[[L.A. Noire]]''|| ''[[Gears of War 3]]''||''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''||''[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]''||''[[Dead Space 2]]''||''[[Portal 2]]''||''Bastion''||''[[Saints Row: The Third]]''||''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]''
|}
|}

===Community content===
Users on Giant Bomb have the ability to create [[blogs]], keep track of their game collections, and add information to game entries. Additionally, the site has [[internet forum|message boards]], saying that "building a community of people...is a big part of what Giant Bomb is all about". There are also General, Bombcast and Off-Topic boards plus several related to site maintenance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-bomb-your-questions-answered/21/ |authorlink=Jeff Gerstmann
 |first=Jeff |last=Gerstmann |title=Giant Bomb: Your Questions Answered! |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2008-03-13 |accessdate=2009-09-21}}</ref> Giant Bomb allows all users to write and edit [[Creative Commons licenses|creative common licensed]] guides which include, but are not limited to, FAQS, walkthoughs and archives. Users have access to dynamic tables of contents, as well as image inserting, [[YouTube]] video embedding and other HTML code.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/guides/ |title=Game Guide Database, with Walkthroughs, Game Faqs and tools to build your own |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2008-03-13 |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>

====Wiki-database====
The Giant Bomb video game [[wiki]]-[[database]], which opened with the full site launched in July 2008, is editable by registered users of the site. Its design has been described as built around the interactivity of video games in contrast to existing wiki models.<ref name="joystiq_RyanDavis_2008interview"/> Users with more than 1000 "wiki points" may submit changes to the wiki without moderator approval, and users with more than 5000 points are able to create new pages without moderator approval. There are eight types of wiki pages: games, franchises, characters, locations, objects, concepts, people, and companies. "Concept" is considered a miscellaneous category, containing gameplay concepts, species, or character abilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/franchises/ |title=List of video game franchises |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2008-03-13 |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>

====Quests====
Users earn experience points and level up in a social gaming element that, "give users incentives to create more content,"<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-05-23 |title=Whiskey Media Launches Screened for Movie Fans |url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=128764 |publisher=Media Post |accessdate=2010-06-09}}</ref> by doing things as simple as posting a blog or making a list. The quests with a larger amount of points give hints towards wiki-database pages that users must find like "goofy scavenger hunt tasks."<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-04-08 |title=Giant Bomb Has A Rat Problem |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/giant-bomb-has-a-rat-problem/398208/ |quote=Quests are essentially an achievement system for the site with an XP / Leveling component. |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2010-05-26}}</ref>

===Paid subscription service===
Giant Bomb's subscription service launched in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/coming-september-9-the-big-live-live-show-live/2463/ |title=Coming September 9: The Big Live Live Show: Live! |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-08-19
 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> In June 2011, Whiskey Media's Mike Tatum reported that they were nearing 10,000 paid subscription members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whiskeymedia.com/news/business-update-ads-are-back/17/ |title=Business Update: Ads are back
 |publisher=Whiskey Media |date=2011-07-01 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>

Initially included in the service was the ability to view videos in 720p HD and download them, a mobile version of the site in [[HTML 5]], and an extra weekly live stream show, the '''Whiskey Media Happy Hour'''.

The primary form of promoting the service is Whiskey Media's annual '''Big Live Live Show: Live''', an 8 hour live-stream event featuring all of Whiskey Media's websites. Previous guests on the Giant Bomb segments have included Double Fine Productions who announced the global rebrand of their video game Trenched, to Iron Brigade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/11/trenched-renamed-iron-brigade-worldwide/ |title=Trenched renamed Iron Brigade worldwide |publisher=Joystiq |date=2011-09-11
 |accessdate=2011-09-18}}</ref> [[Capcom]]'s Seth Killian brought a version of the then unreleased [[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]] for a live Quick Look and then commentated on matches which featured 8-year-old fighting game player Noah Solis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capcom-europe.com/blog/2011/09/noah-vs-giantbomb-with-added-seth/ |title=Noah vs Giant Bomb (with added Seth) |publisher=[[Capcom]] |date=2011-09-12 |accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> [[Harmonix]] have appeared two years in a row, demoing [[Dance Central]] and [[Dance Central 2]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://twitter.com/#!/Dance_Central/status/112268813365555200
 |title=Tune in for a live demo of @Dance_Central 2 today on @giantbomb's Big Live Live Show Live around 2:20 PM Pacific Time - Giantbomb.com |publisher=Harmonix |date=2011-09-09 |accessdate=2011-09-18}}</ref>

==Corporate affairs and culture==
Giant Bomb is known for its alternate method of [[video game journalism]], described as, "not looking to take over the world, they've got a very small editorial team that's very focused on covering the things they want covered and that's it."<ref name="ChrisGrantVoxGamesInterview"/> This concept is based on focused, personalised coverage and wanting "the [[byline]] to matter," as opposed to the accepted industry coverage that generally exists.<ref name="Arcademia_JeffGerstmann_2011interview"/> Gerstmann has described their approach of competing with large established gaming websites as focusing on the top percentage of games editorially while functioning in a [[curator]] role to direct users to lesser known games through video features and the wiki-database pages.<ref name="Arcademia_JeffGerstmann_2011interview"/>

The website had several interactions with [[Buckner and Garcia]], creators of "[[Pac-Man Fever (song)|Pac-Man Fever]]" in 2011, starting in June when Giant Bomb ran an in-office ''[[Pac-Man]]'' tournament on Thursday Night Throwdown. The show featured an interview with Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia who were promoting their first set of Pac-Man Fever songs releasing on the [[Rock Band Network]] via Ozone Entertainment. Davis would later joke about wanting "Buckner and Garcia to write a song about this stupid website," the following week on the Giant Bombcast. ''Found me the Bomb'', written and performed by Buckner and Garcia, would release as a new track with the 2nd set of Pac-Man Fever songs in September.<ref name="GiantBombSong"/> This would be the final song the duo would create with the death of Gary Garcia on November 17, 2011.<ref name="GaryGarciaObituary1"/><ref name="GaryGarciaObituary2"/><ref name="GaryGarciaObituary3"/>

January 18, 2012 was the [[Protests against SOPA and PIPA]], a collective effort against the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]] and [[PROTECT IP Act]]. Many websites including the [[English Wikipedia]] went on a 24-hour long blackout against the two proposed laws. [[FleshEatingZipper]] reported that Giant Bomb was also in opposition against SOPA and PIPA and ran an impromptu comedy show that day.<ref name="FleshEatingZipper_SOPA_PIPA"/>

Molyjam or What Would MolyDeux? was a worldwide 48-hour [[game jam]] in March through to April 2012, founded by [[Double Fine Productions]]' Anna Kipnis, Giant Bomb's Patrick Klepek and [[Idle Thumbs]]' Chris Remo. Based on a [[parody]] account of known [[video game developer]] [[Peter Molyneux]] on [[social media]] [[website]] [[Twitter]], both professional and amateur game designers and developers in over 30 cities created games based on the parody account's comedic "emotional" and "innovative" tweets. While Kipnis, Klepek and Remo ran the main game jam at the Giant Bomb and GameSpot CBS Interactive offices in San Francisco, USA, Molyneux himself visited the [[London]], UK game jam. Various video game journalism websites reported that almost 300 games were created.<ref name="moly1">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/5898401/play-more-than-200-ridiculous-peter-molydeux-games-right-now |title=Play More Than 200 Ridiculous Peter Molydeux Games Right Now |publisher=Kotaku |date=2012-03-02 |accessdate=2012-10-24}}</ref><ref name="moly2">{{cite web |url=http://www.shacknews.com/article/73157/what-would-molydeux-jam-produces-more-than-280-games |title='What Would MolyDeux?' jam produces more than 280 games |publisher=Shack News |date=2012-03-03 |accessdate=2012-10-24}}</ref><ref name="moly3">{{cite web |url=http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/4/2/2919792/molyneux-game-jam-celebrates-absurdity-creativity |title=Fake Molyneux game jam celebrates absurdity, creativity |publisher=Polygon.com |date=2012-03-02 |accessdate=2012-10-24}}</ref>

In April 2012, [[Game localization|video game localization]] company [[8-4]] announced that they would be entering a partnership with Giant Bomb in which the website would become the new host for the bi-weekly 8-4 podcast.<ref name="8-4_partnership">{{cite web |url=http://8-4.jp/blog/?p=1125&lang=en |title=8-4 Play 4/20/2012: S2E01 |publisher=[[8-4]] |date=2012-04-20 |accessdate=2012-10-26}}</ref>

In September 2012 at the Giant Bomb [[Penny Arcade Expo]] Prime 2012 panel, [[party game]] [[Cards Against Humanity]] co-creator Max Temkin and Ryan Davis announced a Giant Bomb-themed Cards Against Humanity expansion.<ref name="Cards_Against_Humanity_partnership1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/GB/ |title=Cards Against Humanity Giant Bomb Expansion |publisher=[[Cards Against Humanity]] |date=2012-09-04 |accessdate=2012-10-26}}</ref><ref name="Cards_Against_Humanity_partnership2">{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/pax-prime-2012-the-giant-bomb-panel/17-6526/?page=4&sort=first |title=PAX Prime 2012: The Giant Bomb Panel |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2012-09-04 |accessdate=2012-10-26}}</ref>

==Development==
Giant Bomb was designed by [[Whiskey Media]], an online media company based in [[San Francisco, California]].  The technology that runs Giant Bomb, as well its sister sites Tested, Screened, Comic Vine and Anime Vice, includes the [[web framework]] [[Django (web framework)|Django]], the [[database management system]] [[PostgreSQL]], [[Apache Solr|Solr]], and [[MooTools]], a [[Javascript]] framework.<ref name="site-faq">{{cite web|url = http://www.giantbomb.com/help/|title = Help with editing and using the site|accessdate = 2009-09-21|publisher = Giant Bomb}}</ref> In 2011, Whiskey Media's Sean Coonce updated their engineering details, moving from Mootools to [[JQuery]] and introducing the use of [[RabbitMQ]], [[Redis]], [[MongoDB]] and [[Memcached]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.whiskeymedia.com/news/the-whiskey-technology-stack/4/|title = The Whiskey Technology Stack |publisher = Whiskey Media |accessdate = 2011-03-01 |date = 2012-02-23}}</ref>
 
Giant Bomb videos are produced using [[Final Cut Pro]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.whiskeymedia.com/news/the-wonderful-world-of-video-data-management/1/ |title = The Wonderful World of Video Data Management |publisher = Whiskey Media |accessdate = 2010-12-07 |date = 2012-02-23}}</ref> In the months leading up to the launch of the full site, the ''How to Build a Bomb'' video series followed the staff during the pre-launch development phase of the website.<ref name="joystiq-gnbt">{{cite web| url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/07/gerstmanns-next-thing-giant-bomb| title=Gerstmann's next big ting: Giant Bomb| publisher=Joystiq| date=2008-03-07| accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref>

==Reception==
In voting the website into its Top 50 websites of 2011, [[Harry McCracken]] of [[Time Magazine]] described Giant Bomb as having, "news, reviews and video — all looser, funnier and more opinionated than much of the stuff on game sites owned by larger media companies."<ref name="TimeMagazineTop50"/> [[Complex magazine]] shared the sentiment when adding Gerstmann into their top 25 celebrities of video games, mentioning Giant Bomb as "one of the best [video game websites] around."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/01/the-25-biggest-celebrities-in-the-video-game-industry#15 |title=Power Players: The 25 Biggest Celebrities in the Video Game Industry |publisher=[[Complex magazine]] |date=2012-01-05 |accessdate=2012-01-06}}</ref>
In January 2012 it was announced that [[Vox Media]] had hired several names from gaming journalism to launch [[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] including Editor-in-Chiefs of [[Joystiq]] and [[Kotaku]], Chris Grant and [[Brian Crecente]]. When asked why he thought there was room for another video game website, Grant said that, "The only site I would really look at and say they have enviable technology is Giant Bomb; nothing else out there has anything that's really attractive."<ref name="ChrisGrantVoxGamesInterview"/>
Review aggregate scores website [[Metacritic]] acknowledges Giant Bomb as a regarded website in video gaming, including it in its group of publications used to make its aggregate scores.<ref name="Metacritic"/>
Initially plans were made to split the Giant Bombcast in half with non-paid subscription members only listening to the second half a week later after its release. This decision was reversed<ref>{{cite web |url=http://twitter.com/#!/whiskeymedia/status/24237025965 |title=The bombcast is officially... |publisher=Whiskey Media |date=2010-09-12 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> after fans cited an article by Giant Bomb designer Dave Snider which had said that no content that was currently free would become paid content.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/snide/paid-membership-update-the-basics-and-a-video-test/30-57781/ |title=Paid membership update: the basics and a video test |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-08-10 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>

===Media attention===
[[Sky News]] referenced Giant Bomb in 2009 when reporting about the Japanese "molestation simulation" video game, [[RapeLay]] after [[Amazon.com]] banned it from being sold on its website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/15222279 |title=Amazon Blocks Sale Of 'Rape' Game |publisher=[[Sky News]] |quote="According to game review site Giant Bomb, RapeLay is a "molestation simulation that allows you to terrorise a woman and her two teenage daughters, with events ranging from groping on a train to gang rape and forced abortions." |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> The [[Battle.net]] website ran a [[Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty]] news story when Shoemaker and video producer Drew Scanlon visited [[South Korea]] during the [[GOMTV Global Starcraft II League]] Finals in November 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://battle.net/sc2/en/blog/1010011
 |title=Giant Bomb at GSL StarCraft II Finals  |date=2010-11-23 |publisher=[[Battle.net]] |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
Shoemaker and Scanlon recorded footage on the studio in which the broadcasted finals took place and interviewed the English "shoutcasters" and the tournament winner NesTea. An additional video featured a tour of the [[Old Generation Starcrafters|oGs]] and [[Team Liquid]]'s living quarters and interviews with its players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://feedthegamer.info/2010-11-20/giant-bomb-in-korea-ogsteam-liquid-house-tour/ |title=Giant Bomb in Korea: oGs/Team Liquid House Tour |date=2010-11-20
 |publisher=feedthegamer.com |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> Giant Bomb content is frequently highlighted on the [[PlayStation Blog]] feature, PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read.<ref name="PlayStationBlog1"/><ref name="PlayStationBlog2"/><ref name="PlayStationBlog3"/>

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<ref name="KlepekHiredNews">{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-latest-news-about-the-latest-news/3046/ |title=The Latest News About The Latest News |authorlink=Jeff Gerstmann |first=Jeff |last=Gerstmann |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2011-04-17 |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
<ref name="InfinityWardActivisionNews">{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/702911/update-security-appears-at-infinity-ward-studio-heads-missing-activision-investigating-insubordination/ |title=UPDATE: Security Appears At Infinity Ward, Studio Heads Missing, Activision Investigating "Insubordination" |first=Patrick |last=Klepek |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2010-03-01 |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
<ref name="GiantBombSong">{{cite web |url=http://ozoneent.com/news/090911_BLLSReveal.html |title=Brand New Buckner & Garcia Track Debuts, Based on Giant Bomb |publisher=Ozone Entertainment |quote="During the Whiskey Media Big Live Live Show, we not only revealed the song's existence but also that it will be a special addition to Pac-Man Fever Set 2 on the Rock Band Network." |accessdate=2011-09-22 |date=2011-08-09}}</ref>
<ref name="GaryGarciaObituary1">{{cite web |url=http://bucknergarcia.com/welcome/ |title=Gary Garcia |publisher=http://bucknergarcia.com |quote="I just lost my oldest and closest friend. The memories keep swirling through my mind of a friendship and business partner spanning over 50 years." |accessdate=2012-01-06 |date=2011-11-18}}</ref>
<ref name="GaryGarciaObituary2">{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/co-writer-of-pac-man-fever-passes-at-63/3817/ |title=Co-Writer of "Pac-Man Fever" Passes At 63  |publisher=Giant Bomb |quote="not having really known Gary Garcia, it seems shallow and hollow to speak strictly within the confines of this sliver of his existence. If you’re looking for something of a little more substance, I recommend reading what Jerry Buckner had to say about his close friend." |accessdate=2012-01-06 |date=2011-11-18}}</ref>
<ref name="GaryGarciaObituary3">{{cite web |url=http://www.ozoneent.com/news/111811_GaryGarcia.html |title=Gary Garcia, of Buckner & Garcia, Passes Away |publisher=Ozone Entertainment |quote="Not once did they question my crazy ideas, whether it was giving out copies of the CD with signed cheat sheets on various Web sites, or appearing on Giant Bomb's Thursday Night Throwdown during a Pac-Man tournament to discuss their experiences." |accessdate=2012-01-06 |date=2011-11-18}}</ref>
<ref name="QuantcastStats">{{Cite web |url=http://www.quantcast.com/giantbomb.com#!traffic |title=giantbomb.com traffic and demographics by quantcast |publisher=[[Quantcast]] |accessdate=2012-01-22}}</ref>
<ref name="GiantBombCBSAnnouncement">{{cite web |url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/giant-bomb-comic-vine-join-cbs-interactive-6366357 |title=Giant Bomb, Comic Vine join CBS Interactive |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |accessdate=2012-03-20 |date=2012-03-15}}</ref>
<ref name="GiantBombGameSpotInterview">{{Cite web |url=http://uk.gamespot.com/features/this-week-in-games-march-17-2012-6366792/ |title=This Week in Games: March 17, 2012 |publisher=GameSpot |accessdate=2012-03-20|date=2012-03-17}}</ref>

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<ref name="joystiq_RyanDavis_2008interview">{{cite web| url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/23/ryan-davis-talks-up-giant-bombs-explosive-re-launch/| title=Ryan Davis talks up Giant Bomb's explosive re-launch| publisher=Joystiq| date=2008-07-23
| accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
<ref name="RokuChannelAddition">{{cite web 
|url = http://blog.roku.com/blog/2011/09/21/new-in-the-channel-store-this-week-disney-giant-bomb-comic-vine/|title = New in the Channel Store this week: Disney, Giant Bomb & Comic Vine |publisher = [[Roku]]|date = 2011-09-21|accessdate = 2012-02-20}}</ref>
<ref name="RokuChannelListing">{{cite web|url = http://www.roku.com/roku-channel-store#7|title = Roku Channel Store - Tech |publisher = [[Roku]]|accessdate = 2012-02-20}}</ref>
<ref name="ShankQuickLook">{{cite web |date=2010-02-15 |title=Shank on Giant Bomb — Quick Look |url=http://shankgame.com/art/shank-on-giant-bomb-quick-look/ |publisher=[[Klei Entertainment]] |accessdate = 2011-08-20}}</ref>
<ref name="er-ep155">{{cite video |people=Caravella, Vinny; Gerstmann, Jeff |date=2009-09-18 |title=Endurance Run: Persona 4 - Part 155 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-persona-4-part-155/17-1380/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2009-09-21
}}</ref>
<ref name="MKTANG">{{cite web |url = http://www.trmk.org/news/12674/mmm_giant_bombs_take_on_mk_annihilation.html
|title = MMM: Giant Bomb's Take on MK Annihilation |publisher = TRMK |date = 2009-07-27 |accessdate = 2011-08-17}}</ref>
<ref name="gr-interview">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/f/jeff-gerstmann-on-gamespot-giant-bomb-and-snark/a-20080403102237110057 |title=Jeff Gerstmann on GameSpot, Giant Bomb, and snark |publisher=[[GamesRadar]] |date=2008-04-03
 |first=Tyler |last=Wilde |accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref>
<ref name="TeamBondiNews">{{cite web |date=2011-06-06 |title=New Internal Emails Paint an Even Uglier Picture of Team Bondi's Work Practices |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/new-internal-emails-paint-an-even-uglier-picture-of-team-bondis-work-practices/3451/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
<ref name="AspergerSyndromeNews">{{cite web |date=2011-06-20 |title =Beyond the Screen: The lives of a player |url=http://www.anjelsyndicate.org/2011/06/20/beyondthescreen/ |publisher= anjelsyndicate.org |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
<ref name="NotGameNews">{{cite web |date=2011-07-18 |title=Interview with Giant Bomb |url=http://www.gametrekking.com/interview-with-giant-bomb |publisher=gametrekking.com |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
<ref name="Evo2011News">{{cite web |date=2011-08-18 |title=Giantbomb Interviews Rising Star Noah Solis (and His Father) |url=http://iplaywinner.com/news/2011/8/18/giantbomb-interviews-rising-star-noah-solis-and-his-father.html |publisher=iplaywinner.com |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
<ref name="info">{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/giant-info-bomb-2-reviews-podcasts-and-more/24/ |title=Giant Info Bomb #2: Reviews, Podcasts, and More! |authorlink=Jeff Gerstmann |first=Jeff |last=Gerstmann |publisher=Giant Bomb |date=2008-03-18 |accessdate=2009-09-21}}</ref>
<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/publication/giant-bomb?filter=games |title=Giant Bomb Profile at metacritic.com |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
<ref name="Fallout3QuickLook">{{cite video |people=Gerstmann, Jeff |date=2009-01-27 |title=Quick Look: Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-fallout-3-operation-anchorage/17-188/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2009-09-21}}</ref>
<ref name="ValkyriaChroniclesQuickLook">{{cite video |people=Shoemaker, Brad; Snider, Dave |date=2009-02-05 |title=Quick Look: Valkyria Chronicles |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-valkyria-chronicles/17-207/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate= 2009-09-21 |time=0:16 |quote=[''Valkyria Chronicles''] came out back in November, and apparently not many of you are playing it. It hasn't been selling extremely well, so, we think it's kind of nifty, we thought we'd take a look at it, do some video, and maybe see if you guys are interested.}}</ref>
<ref name="CrashTimeQuickLook">{{cite video |people=Davis, Ryan; Gerstmann, Jeff |date=2009-02-03 |title=Quick Look: Crash Time |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-crash-time/17-203/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2009-09-21 |time=0:20 |quote=So this game is based on a German TV show, it's called ''[[Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei|Cobra 11]]'' or something like that. And I thought that sounded really ridiculous and that it was probably going to be terrible, so I figured, well, I've got to get this. And it was immediately cheap, so, I got it, and it is.}}</ref>
<ref name="SkullgirlsQuickLook">{{cite web |date=2011-03-03 |title=Giant Bomb's Quick Look EX of Skullgirls |url=http://iplaywinner.com/news/2011/3/3/giant-bombs-quick-look-ex-of-skullgirls.html |publisher=iplaywinner.com |accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>
<ref name="TANGPrologue">{{cite web |url = http://www.giantbomb.com/news/the-giant-bomb-video-game-movie-experiment-prologue/41/|title = The Giant Bomb Video-Game Movie Experiment: Prologue |first=Davis |last=Ryan |date=2008-04-14 |accessdate=2009-09-21}}</ref>
<ref name="pax09p-01">{{cite video |people=Caravella, Vinny; Davis, Ryan; Colyaco, Bob; Gallup, Rich; Gerstmann, Jeff; Navarro, Alex; Shoemaker, Brad |date=2009-09-08 |title=Giant Bomb PAX 09 Panel: Part 01 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/giant-bomb-pax-09-panel-part-01/17-1310/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2009-09-21}}</ref>
<ref name="TANGDoubleDragon">{{cite video |people=Davis, Ryan |date=2009-02-11 |title=This Ain't No Game - Double Dragon |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/this-aint-no-game-double-dragon/17-224/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2009-09-21}}</ref>
<ref name="er-ep01">{{cite video |people=Caravella, Vinny; Gerstmann, Jeff |date=2009-02-09 |title=Endurance Run: Persona 4 - Part 01 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-persona-4-part-01/17-219/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2009-09-21 |time=0:50 |quote=So, yeah, we're going to invite you to come along, and see how long we can keep playing ''Persona 4'', until we give up.}}</ref>
<ref name="ER50">{{cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/news/behind-the-scenes-endurance-runs-50th-episode/1144/|title = Behind The Scenes: Endurance Run's 50th Episode|first=Dave |last=Snider |date=2009-04-17|accessdate=2009-09-21 |publisher=Giant Bomb}}</ref>
<ref name="ER2VJ">{{cite video |people=Caravella, Vinny; Gerstmann, Jeff |date=2010-03-05 |title=Endurance Run: Deadly Premonition: Part VJ-01 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-deadly-premonition-part-vj-01/17-2281/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2010-03-05}}</ref>
<ref name="ER2BR">{{cite video |people=Shoemaker, Brad; Davis, Ryan |date=2010-03-05 |title=Endurance Run: Deadly Premonition: Part BR-01 |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-deadly-premonition-part-br-01/17-2280/ |publisher=Giant Bomb |accessdate=2010-03-05}}</ref>
<ref name="OctoberkastER3">{{cite video |date=2011-10-14 |title=OCTOBERKAST #3 |url=http://www.tested.com/podcast/?podcast_id=102 |publisher=[[Whiskey_Media#Tested|Tested]] |accessdate=2011-10-17}}</ref>
<ref name="UberEntertainment1">{{cite web |url=http://twitter.com/UberEnt/status/21617436844  |title=playing Monday Night Combat live! |publisher=Uber Entertainment via [[Twitter]] |date=2010-08-19 |accessdate=2010-08-20}}</ref>
<ref name="UberEntertainment2">{{cite web |url=http://twitter.com/JohnComes/status/21618049031 |title=Hi from everyone at Uber Entertainment!  |publisher=John Comes of Uber Entertainment via [[Twitter]] |date=2010-08-19 |accessdate=2010-08-20}}</ref>
<ref name="UberEntertainment3">{{cite web |url=http://twitter.com/ooo27/status/21623955425 |title=Enjoyed chatting with our fans, answering questions, and handing out free codes! |publisher=Bob Berry of Uber Entertainment via [[Twitter]] |date=2010-08-19  |accessdate=2010-08-20}}</ref>
<ref name="DoubleFineTNT">{{cite web |url=http://www.doublefine.com/news/comments/happy_trenched_day/ |title=Happy Trenched Day! |publisher=[[Double Fine]] |date=2011-06-22 |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
<ref name="NolanNorthInterview">{{cite web |url=http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2011/12/nolan_north_chats_uncharted_drakes_journal_and_the_prestigious_northies |title=Nolan North Chats Uncharted, Drake's Journal & The Prestigious 'Northies' |publisher=pushsquare.com |date=2011-12-14 |accessdate=2012-02-18}}</ref>

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<ref name="Arcademia_JeffGerstmann_2011interview">{{cite web| url=http://arcademia.com/videos/jeff-gerstmann-pax-prime-2011
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<ref name="FleshEatingZipper_SOPA_PIPA">{{cite web| url=http://www.flesheatingzipper.com/off-grid/2012/01/i-love-whiskey-medias-sopa-coverage/ | title=I Love Whiskey Media’s SOPA Coverage| date=2012-01-18| accessdate=2012-02-19}}</ref>

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<ref name="ChrisGrantVoxGamesInterview">{{cite web| url=http://www.industrygamers.com/news/vox-games-can-they-be-the-biggest-game-site/| title=Vox Games: Can They Be The Biggest Game Site?| publisher=industrygamers.com| date=2012-01-05
| accessdate=2012-01-21}}</ref>
<ref name="TimeMagazineTop50">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2087815_2087939_2087927,00.html |authorlink = Harry McCracken |first= Harry |last = McCracken |title=Giant Bomb - The Top 50 Websites of 2011 - TIME |publisher=[[Time Magazine]]
 |date=2011-08-16 |accessdate=2011-08-17}}</ref>
<ref name="PlayStationBlog1">{{cite news |url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/23/playstation-around-the-web-what-we-read-157/ |title=PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read - October 23rd 2011 |publisher=[[PlayStation Blog]] |date=2011-10-23 |accessdate=2012-02-17}}</ref>
<ref name="PlayStationBlog2">{{cite news |url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/02/05/playstation-around-the-web-what-we-read-169/ |title=PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read - February 5th 2012 |publisher=[[PlayStation Blog]] |date=2012-02-05 |accessdate=2012-02-17}}</ref> 
<ref name="PlayStationBlog3">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2087815_2087939_2087927,00.html |title=PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read - February 12th 2012 |publisher=[[PlayStation Blog]] |date=2012-02-12 |accessdate=2012-02-17}}</ref> 

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<ref name="1up">{{Cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8587828&publicUserId=4561231 |title=GameSpot's Sad State of Affairs |publisher=1UP |date=2008-01-21 |accessdate=2008-01-22}}</ref>
<ref name="cnetofficial">{{Cite web|url=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50157|accessdate=2007-12-24|publisher=Shacknews
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