Giant Bomb
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Type of site
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Gaming , video game journalism, Internet community, comedy |
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| Owner | CBS Interactive |
| Created by |
Jeff Gerstmann Ryan Davis |
| Website | giantbomb |
| Alexa rank |
 3,203 (February 2015[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (free and paid) |
| Launched | March 6, 2008 (blog) July 21, 2008 (full website) |
| Current status | Active |
| Hosted by |
Ryan Davis (2008-2013) |
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| Genre | Video gaming |
| Language | English |
| Length | Approx. 150 min. |
| Production |
Ryan Davis (2008-2013) |
| Debut | March 11, 2008 |
| Provider | Giant Bomb |
| Website | http://www.giantbomb.com |
| The opening and closing theme of the Giant Bombcast | |
| Ryan Davis | |
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| Born |
Ryan Thomas Davis June 4, 1979 Los Alamitos, California, United States |
| Died | July 3, 2013 (aged 34) United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Video game journalist, Internet personality |
| Notable credit(s) |
GameSpot journalist (1996–2007) Giant Bomb co-founder, editor (2008–2013) |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Davis (m. June 29, 2013–July 3, 2013) |
Giant Bomb is an American video game website and that includes personality driven gaming videos, commentary, news and reviews, created by former GameSpot editors Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis. The website was voted by Time magazine as one of the Top 50 websites of 2011. Originally part of Whiskey Media, the website was acquired by CBS Interactive in March 2012.
After being terminated 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" that would not heavily cover the business side of the game industry. The site's core editorial staff consists primarily of former GameSpot editors. Giant Bomb was unveiled on March 6, 2008, as a blog; the full site launched on July 21, 2008. The Giant Bomb offices were originally in Sausalito, California, and as of June 26, 2010, they were moved to San Francisco.
Jeff Gerstmann was terminated from his position as the Editorial Director of GameSpot on November 28, 2007. 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 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. 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.
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.
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