Discord Townhall 7/30/26

It's time for another Discord Townhall with the GB community! The whole crew (almost) is here to answer all of your various questions about the state of the website. Questions such as the reality of Vacation Week, Blight Arenas, Chinese Buffets, production work, and more! 

WELCOME TO BLART CLUB! Thank you to everyone that chipped in and helped us reach our goal during the Donkey Kong 64 Sub-a-Thon to do a Film & 40s over the cinematic masterpiece that is Paul Blart: Mall Cop! We got Mikey, Chuck, Grubb, Jan, and our special guest Abby Russell! Let's see if Kevin James joins the pantheon of action movie stars. Count down starts at 5:30We're watching the Blu-ray of Paul Blart: Mall Cop

It's been a hot minute since we've checked in with y'all, but here we are! Most of the crew is here to answer your questions about what's happening behind the scenes, how show ideation happens, and more!

The whole gang is here to answer all of your burning questions on the current happenings and other misc goings on behind and in front of the scenes over at GBHQ! 

After hearing Dan talk about this movie for years we finally sit down with some brews to watch! Dan, Grubb, Mike, and Jerf witness the brilliance of Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky!!! VERY IMPORTANT NOTE! WE ARE WATCHING THE ENGLISH DUB OF THE MOVIE! Get your video player ready at the 0:13 mark and then Dan will start the countdown at the 7:51 mark on the podcast recording! 

Let's check in with everyone in the community and answer some of your questions! We chat about hockey, saying "I love you" to dump truck callers, dream collector's items, and a STING HAPPENING WITH THE 3D PRINTED DRAGONS!

It's been a minute and we're here to answer your burning questions about everyone's sanity and our ideal Taco Bell orders.

Despite Discord trying to stop us we're gonna Townhall! We answer your questions about making sure Shawn gets paid, future merch ,and perhaps another long stream in the future?

(00:00:00) Jason Fanelli, Celia Bee, Emmet Nahil, Nikky Armstrong, Son M (00:26:07) Kate Sanchez, Phil Salvador, Chandana Ekanayake, Jill Grodt, and Jason Schrier (01:02:47) Segment 3 - Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, Marcus Stewart, and Alex Van Aken (01:30:57) Segment 4 - Johnny Galvatron, Dean Woodward, Cessia Castillo, Kristy Norindr, and Mark Essen (02:10:56) Segment 5 - Jeff Gerstmann, Dan Ryckert, Mark MacDonald, Jordan Middler, Greg Miller, and Danny O'Dwyer (03:13:12) Segment 6 - Mike Minotti, Dan Ryckert, HBomberguy, Jeff Bakalar, Jan Ochoa, and Niki Grayson We found a couch in Los Angeles and we're getting our friends from all around the industry to hang out at the Warframe Villa! Thanks to our friends at Annapurna Interactive for presenting this stream!Thanks to Young Horses for their support of Giant Bomb @ Nite! Bugsnax VR is out now, go play it!Sign up for the Young Horses newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/g5DUzTAnd check out their Steam page! https://store.steampowered.com/developer/younghorses/00:00 - Opening00:04 - Nite 2 - Segment 1 - Jason Fanelli, Celia Bee, Emmet Nahil, Nikky Armstrong, Son M26:07 - Nite 2 - Segment 2 - Kate Sanchez, Phil Salvador, Chandana Ekanayake, Jill Grodt, and Jason Schrier01:02:47 - Nite 2 - Segment 3 - Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, Jacob Geller, Marcus Stewart, and Alex Van Aken01:41:25 - Nite 2 - Segment 4 - Johnny Galvatron, Dean Woodward, Cessia Castillo, Kristy Norindr, and Mark Essen02:10:56 - Nite 2 - Segment 5 - Jeff Gerstmann, Dan Ryckert, Mark MacDonald, Jordan Middler, Greg Miller, and Danny O'Dwyer03:13:12 - Nite 2 - Segment 6 - Mike Minotti, Dan Ryckert, HBomberguy, Jeff Bakalar, Jan Ochoa, and Niki Grayson

We found a couch in Los Angeles and we're getting our friends from all around the industry to hang out at the Warframe Villa! Thanks to our friends at Annapurna Interactive for presenting this stream!Thanks to Young Horses for their support of Giant Bomb @ Nite! Bugsnax VR is out now, go play it! Sign up for the Young Horses newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/g5DUzTAnd check out their Steam page! https://store.steampowered.com/developer/younghorses/00:00 - Opening00:07 - Nite 1 - Segment 1 - Jesse Vitelli and John Carson19:02 - Nite 1 - Segment 2 - Imran Khan, Bailey Meyers, Tyler Gardner, Mike Vayatta, and Adam Cole44:41 - Nite 1 - Segment 3 - Ben Starr, Jen English, and Gavin Verhey01:06:57 - Nite 1 - Segment 4 - Rashad Redic, Bryna Dabby Smith, Riana Manuel-Peña, and Danny Peña01:28:29 - Nite 1 - Segment 5 - Alanah Pearce, Wout Van Halderen, Whyatt Bushnell, Mike Salyh, and Billy Shibley01:57:23 - Nite 1 - Segment 6 - Andrea Rene, Niki Grayson, Charles Harte, Guillermo Leoz, Michael Fitch, and Peter Hunt Szyptek02:42:01 - Nite 1 - Segment 7 - Russ Frushtick, Brad Shoemaker, Niki Grayson, Abby Russell, and Jeff Bakalar