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where do yall go for your gaming coverage/pods? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by peasinspace@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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Giant Bomb - great coverage, funny, not problematic. wide range of content, amazing chemistry, two awesome podcasts plus game mess mornings

Jeff Grubb - he brought me over to GB. the man. watch him and GB cover SGF and you'll get it. man is talented and so charismatic. hes also got a couple more pods on his personal channel with known menace Mitch Minotti

∆honestly cant sing praise for these two enough

Noclip - AMAZING docs, great pod with passionate hosts.

Minnmax - just turned onto them recently after GB had some of them on the couch at SGF. good takes, nice people.

used to be really into spawncast and it's member's channels. not as much recently. spawnwave is still great but some of the group is overly negative which can be very grating over time. they do have good chemistry, still catch the pod sometimes. - that being said, spawnwave's 20 min morning news digests aren't a bad watch while you're waking up and getting caffenated in the morning

Nate the Hate & MVG - part of the spawncast but they also do their own pod. Mature discussion of news and industry topics. MVG has a long history in the modding scene and is an active dev. Nate is some sort of insider, he protects his identity but i would imagine he's in the industry. despite the name, he's not overly negative.

~~there are def a few more but these are the ones that came to mind immediately. might add more as they come to me ~similar kinda thing but about content more geared towards entertainment i.e. dunkey, thorhighheels might be fun to do in the future

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[–] shortypig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nextlander - giant bomb made better imo.

[–] RxBrad@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's never been a better podcast! (I fell off them at first, but I think that was because the world sucked quite a bit right around when they started, and it leaked into their podcast. They're pretty great now.)

I stuck with Giant Bomb right up until they canned Jeff Gerstmann. Quickly after that, Giant Bomb just felt icky. That said, I couldn't hang with Jeff's solo gig -- while he's still a threat, he sorely needs a co-host(s).

[–] peasinspace@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I got into GB a bit after when Gertsmann got canned because i enjoyed Grubb and his takes/personality so much. I realize when an outfit has been going for a while like they have a regime change/ almost total personnel change would feel weird af

[–] peasinspace@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

now do u say this about current GB or their more well known previous iterations? ive only been into them since their main hosts/people being Jan, Grubb, Bakalar and Ryckert. Tam and Lucy from gamespot are frequent collaborators along with Mike Minotti.

if you're not familiar with their current crew i suggest giving em another look, they crack me up and bring a ton of personality to the table.

From what I know, nextlander is former GB people. I'll definitely check it out, i have lots of drive/work/gaming time to consume pods

[–] RxBrad@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

When I bailed right after JeffG left, there were personalities I liked, and some I did not.

Also, since it was a complete dice roll who'd actually be on a given podcast: some were great; some not so much.

And more often than not, their podcasts were populated by randos not even on the crew.