Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by bigstrat2003 on Saturday May 10, 2025 @11:40PM
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> to Jeff Gerstmann getting fired AGAIN
Hold up what? I didn't know that. It seems insane to fire the man from the organization he co-founded.
Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by cube00 on Saturday May 10, 2025 @11:44PM
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Once the VCs get involved you will soon find the company you founded is no longer the company you work at.
Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by bigstrat2003 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:48AM
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Yeah I suppose. It just is shocking to me, because for me Giant Bomb was Jeff (and Ryan, may he rest in peace). Hard to fathom the site without him, but so it goes I guess.
Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by lazide on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:45AM
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Things change, and sometimes require you to change in ways you’re not okay with to stay/have it keep working.
So either change yourself, leave (if you can), or get pushed out (if you’re not majority control). Or everything grinds to a halt.
It isn’t just companies.
Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by RevEng on Sunday May 11, 2025 @12:34AM
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It happens. Our CTO "resigned" about 6 years after we started our VC funded startup. He sold his shares to the rest of the investors. It wasn't his choice to leave.
Re:Fandom Sells Giant Bomb to Independent Creators
by riffraff on Sunday May 11, 2025 @02:44AM
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You're gonna be blown away if you read a bit of Apple's history ;)
And a funny bit of trivia: likely the most widespread impact the site has had outside of gaming is that it was the origin of the "blinking white guy" meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6BsegPewk