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Giant Bomb (2008)
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- Cost
- 5 RAM
- Power
- 10
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: If an enemy card was revealed here earlier this round, +2 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 5 RAM to play and brings 10 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.
The site, in 2008
An American video game website and wiki with personality-led videos, news, reviews and a weekly podcast, started by former GameSpot editors.
Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis founded it. Time named it one of the 50 best websites of 2011. It has passed from Whiskey Media to CBS Interactive, Red Ventures and Fandom, and by 2025 was independently owned.
In 2008: Unveiled in March as a blog, with the full site launching in July.
Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2008 page.
Put it on your site
Run Giant Bomb, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2008, then plays a short scene. Want Giant Bomb in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
