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Fuck. Long time, first time. I'm a few episodes behind. Any additional info available? Links?
See my other comment below, but the gist of it is that they were told to pause streaming for a while as everyone tries to figure out a path forward. They put out one Bombcast that rebelled against the new Fandom "values", and you can find a link to it if you look through Bluesky or the Giant Bomb reddit. They're still paused, and it's been about a week now. It might be the end of Giant Bomb, in which case, Grubb, Mike, and Dan have sworn to keep doing Blight Club, and the others are probably preparing their parachutes too. It also might not be the end of Giant Bomb; nothing's been decided yet, and everyone currently still has their jobs.
Dan removed GB from his BSky bio, and Grubb posted that he's no longer with GB.
To add more context, last night Dan was streaming on Twitch and said he expects episode 888 to be the last Bombcast. He said things that, if he stays employed, would make Fandom the most understanding employer ever. To use words he used: he'll keep taking their money as long as they'll give it to him, but he expects that won't keep happening for very long. He's very annoyed with working for giant corporations and wants to bet on himself.
Aww geez. Thanks for the summary duder. Been at a conference in the bay so kinda detached from it all. Gonna be wild if Fandom is the shitdicks that kill GB.
If Episode 888 is the last Bombcast, it will leave the world with the integrity that created it in the first place. Give it a listen, when you get around to it.
Copy that. Found a drop on archive.org. Planning to grab it when I'm back home. Cheers friend!
Breaking news: Grubb seems to have been let go.
What the fuck.
Awesome. Yet another reason to donate to the IA!
Edit: Grabbed episode 888 from IA. I'm only 10 minutes in and already these guys are going for it. I love this, fuck Fandom.