Giant Bomb - CD-I Don't Know About These Games, Man

One of my personal favorites from Giant Bomb. It's only on their site, and I figured it's best to preserve it on KZbin, before the inevitable happens.
This and just about everything else is luckily up on archive.org, but it can be a pain to search for specific videos. Hoping to upload a few of my other favorites to keep their quality and legacy on a platform that's a bit easier to navigate.

[@foreignuser_]

Giant Bomb was so good. It's basically an entirely different cast and vibe now. RIP

[@TheSonicWafflez]

Love this era of GB, thanks for preserving this absolute gold

[@TheKazzerscout]

The best era.

[@bobbydyne]

I miss when shows had actual people on a set instead of it being a zoom call. The dynamic is way better in person.

[@TheKazzerscout]

Unfortunately I don't think this style of game video will be captured ever again now that everyone uses Parsec and zoom.

[@CaptainKenway]

It WAS so much better, but at the same time it's almost impossible to imagine it happening now. No company would set an operation like Giant Bomb up in a large office in the center of San Francisco or New York and a pay a whole staff to commute in every day to play video games. This sort of content can be produced from people's bedrooms (and that's basically what Giant Bomb became). It inevitably won't be as good and you'll miss out on all the awesome in-person interactions we got back in the day, but it'll also cost a fraction of a fraction as much to produce. It's honestly wild to look back at CBS bankrolling this stuff. Jeff capitalized on a perfect moment in time between gaming going fully mainstream in the Wii era and the average person's live streaming abilities becoming "good enough" to make a setup like this obsolete. I feel privileged to have been there to experience it. We probably won't see the like of (this, real) Giant Bomb ever again.

[@dancinginfernal]

It's extremely expensive, and not feasible now. Especially now that most of them have families.

[@bdre5555]

Even though I've been watching all these guys going back to the early Gamespot days, it still is crazy to see them together again. Feels like it's been so long since everything blew up at Giant Bomb

[@Muppio]

I miss these dudes together. Yes, they do have their own shows, but it just isn't the same.

[@Zyphent]

Its true, each of the GB crew has their own vibe i enjoy, but nothing beat the chemistry of them bouncing off each other. And in-person was the secret sauce.

[@BunnLilah]

Rewatching the old Christmas stuff where the entirety of East AND West are together in one room is bittersweet. I look at all of them together and it's like damn...you didn't realize how good it was until it was over.

[@Pendarr]

Thanks for saving this! When Jeff G was gone I resubbed for 1 month just to download this and all the Game Tapes/Demo Derby/Mario Party vids, this was the golden era for me. I'm glad others can enjoy this one now regardless of whatever happens to GB.

[@Squalltiduscloud]

Man. I miss this so much. Takes me back to watching these duders every single weekend.

[@Behardy24]

Old giant bomb content is honestly the best content on the internet. Going back and watching their old stuff is the best.

[@craiczaibatsu8930]

"You can put anything into a computer if you try hard enough"-Jeff Gerstmann

[@joeslickback]

Inca People That's a real fucking jam

[@KROMO50]

Favorite song real jam

[@vikingdeath1]

Man, its crazy how much nostalgia I have for this Couch.

[@JackssonClark]

All of this stuff from 2012-2015 is so evergreen. I still go back to it on a very regular basis.

[@bdre5555]

Gotta love Drew nodding off during Zelda

[@Achoohorsey]

I've lost track of how many times I've watched this.

[@grugparty]

Dan's deadpan "I think it's clear what you need to do" at 56:01 kills me

[@venatioo]

Hey, I’ll say the same as others, I miss this site, I’ll watch Jeff do his solo Show thing and the Nextlander crew do their thing but it is not the same. Also I get my Drew fix from Shift+F1 because I’m a big racing. But I miss when they were all together, Jeff is a great solo streamer but I miss him interacting with others. That’s all.

[@Pendarr]

Right there with you. Jeff shined when he had at least one other person to bounce off.

[@funforalgernon]

That big dude playing the Terminator-style baddie was legitimately Arnold’s longtime stunt double.

[@selfnoise]

I somehow watched an hour into this without realizing this was the "Inca People" stream.

[@eN1X]

God I miss the real Giant Bomb

[@fluxalpha]

Giant Bomb hasn't been Giant Bomb since Brad Vinny and Alex left. Even though Jeff was still around I stopped paying attention to the site completely.

[@rxprozach6567]

It's dead jim

[@VeI_2.0]

Based. Unfortunately.

[@octocoq]

Maybe the real Giant Bomb is the friends we made along the way

[@compufood]

@@octocoq no, the real giant bomb was these goofy fuckers having fun on a couch while we watched on in a voyeuristic way

[@krathoon2338]

Playing that "Name that Tune" game is a special kind of hell when you were not born during that time period.

[@KairuDeLarge]

Please upload more of these. It hurts a little, but I want more.

[@sirprintalot]

I'm 5 minutes in, realising this is the stream Inca People came from. I miss GB.

[@NunoSilva94]

OI, ALIEN GATE!

[@doccatface6868]

I had to look up "La-La Means I Love You" because that intro was doing it for me. It's by the Delfonics, weapons-grade banger.

[@MissAshley42]

I miss when Dan looked like a dork instead of a crazed hillbilly.

[@GeoGlock]

Take me back.

[@Behardy24]

I wish we could have known we were in the good old times before the good old times ends.

[@ynnadanny]

Alien Gate was designed by Stefan Posthuma, who is now a Director of Engineering at EA!

[@TheKazzerscout]

Imagine if Jeff had skipped the intro when he was about to hit the button. Would've lost one of the best GB bits ever

[@mrangryface]

I do miss this era quite a bit- doesnt mean the current crew isnt trying hard to deliver something good- that recent lethal company video was amazing

[@EddieTHead2266]

I missed that one is that what it was called for a time frame and any additional details so I can find it. I do watch them or at least see almost all the new content when uploaded.

[@EddieTHead2266]

Oh and thanks duder.

[@mrangryface]

@@EddieTHead2266 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jobVnomCYtaZisU that's the one, so many players, so chaotic

[@mmd3585]

Without Jeff, it isn't even Giant Bomb anymore. I really loved the chemistry between them, but they moved on, and GB is a sad place now. I loved GB not because of these guys, not loved these guys because of GB

[@GreggyAck]

This was a decade ago. What is time?

[@EddieTHead2266]

2014 maybe Dan is there ry passed in 2011 or 2012 I think so ...

[@InternetSlumlord]

@@EddieTHead2266 This was produced on Sep. 4 2014, Ryan Davis passed away 07/03/2013.

[@storyoptics4964]

Not going to be that guy, except I'm totally going to be that guy: Back when GB was good, man!

[@MattHall]

tbh this is a pretty solid song selection for the time

[@mmd3585]

Drew logged out during the Zelda segment lol Loved them together

[@Siwkann]

One of the songs in the guess that tune cdi game it's a song featured in city skylines radio. It's very nice.

[@rehannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

58:41 they're so in sync

[@SkinnerIJA]

I'm guessing both of them are sleepy on the couch and had the same idea to slap themselves awake.

[@yaosio]

I miss these videos. I also miss not being depressed and suicidal. Everything keeps getting worse.

[@nfcknblvbl]

Burn Cycle was actually fun as hell. Still though, nobody should have paid $700 for the CD-I.

[@shidonidoni5704]

I made a playlist of the Name That Tune answers, in case you want to be able to say you've heard those songs at least once: kzbin.info/aero/PLCAUMJ3mQLE7dhwN80zhHiacBK81OP4ae

[@Pendarr]

Thanks!

[@KiltsOhh]

Gills DuTweeb

[@Hardworlder]

This 24 inch python is Horace Hogan's father, brother!

[@sc41295]

Thank you Slumlord

[@VeI_2.0]

Sleepy Drew. :-)

[@refinedsugar]

I never want to hear the 3DO put in the same sentence as the Philips CD-I. Holy lord I never knew just how bad this system and it's titles were.

[@antonpo5474]

thank you

[@spewp]

How can I mirror all of the GB content? I have the storage.

[@NTA_Luciana]

It's all on the internet archive, including premium vids

[@the_derpler]

So weird to see them actually interacting in person.

[@G0rgar]

I mean the only one of these dudes still there is Dan but they're about to be together in person tonight.

[@chillnspace777]

​@G0rgar ya, I watched it. Doesn't hit the same, that is for sure. They are there for game of the year awards

[@PeterTeal77]

No, it's weird to see people pretend to interact over webcam and call it a show.

[@shoeroo1]

I never noticed Drew drawing a wiener on the CD-i at 1:25 lmfao

[@jkrycz]

🎵Inca People 🎵

[@DriveupLife22]

We are ALL Inca People.

[@RandomShinigami7]

"...before the inevitable happens" OK so real talk, I've been wondering about that myself lately. Just how long until the plug is finally pulled? And I hate saying that because Giant Bomb brought me years of entertainment! For a while it was easily one of my go-to places on the internet. Also, Inca People will never not be a classic.

[@InternetSlumlord]

It's hard to say really. There's people who are obviously still interested in current GB, but I'm not sure if that's enough for a company to keep it going.

[@RandomShinigami7]

@@InternetSlumlord Oh I didn't mean for this to be an attack on the current crew. They're fine, I don't have a problem with them. To me Giant Bomb just doesn't feel anywhere near the same as it did back then. It doesn't have that same sense of comradery that it used to have. Giant Bomb, back in 2009 - 2020, genuinely felt like friends who just happened to work together. Giant Bomb now, while perfectly fine, just feels like every other video game centered KZbin show. So if they're not doing anything interesting, if they're just doing the same song and dance as everyone else is, eventually people are going to look elsewhere. Those numbers are going to drop, and once they do, 3 guesses as to what will happen.

[@Pendarr]

​@@RandomShinigami7They should just rebrand the group as Ryckertnomics or something, it doesn't feel like the same company in any way.

[@Achoohorsey]

If GB does shut down, those who are still there will just fan out and do their own streaming stuff, unless they want to pivot to something else. Just like those who have already left. Thankfully, it's so inexpensive to create video content about gaming now.

[@TheKazzerscout]

@@RandomShinigami7 The numbers have already dropped a huge amount. Before 2020 you'd regularly see 1000+ people in the GB chat for UPF, that's with no cross streaming to Twitch or KZbin as it was premium only. Now they do cross stream and often get less than 200 on the GB site.

[@DEBaihuTV]

To think Jeff wanted to skip...

[@MNeely]

#aliengate

[@CharlieALeigh]

Jeff please make an appearance on Nextlander and pull out some shit like this. Please!

[@incompletex2]

:inca

[@beatchef]

Some of that music is actually not that obscure like Ride Like The Wind and You Got Troubles. I'm glad at least Jason knew :) Crimson and Clover is a fairly big song too. The rest though, yeah not great songs to have on a quiz.

[@Fredchuckdave]

There one of these for the genesis mini? (As in a 2-3 hour video not a 15 minute one, supposedly its an unprofessional fridays)