dub3 card · www.giantbomb.com
Giant Bomb (2013)
High score: you, for now.
- Cost
- 4 RAM
- Power
- 8
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Modern (2009 on)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: -1 to +3 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 8 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 2013
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 2013: A rebuilt site launched in February. In July co-founder Ryan Davis died at 34, days after his wedding.
Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2013 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 2013, 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.
