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Drama at Kotaku
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Radical Dreamer
Member
first thing that came to my mind, this thing should've went down way earlier lol
Ehhh, it was a shitty effort at playing devil's advocate to rib you a bit even though we agree. I figured the same thing would have happened in the football world that we expect to happen in this instance. But ultimately going against the employer's interest made the likely a non-event. I'm just suggesting he might not be as marketable as we expect if future employers take issue with his participation in shaming his employer. I really do believe that might pose him more problems than we would expect at first glance because of his name. If an outlet wants to get off the social commentary bandwagon, or just wants to make sure employees will not attack the entity, he could end up in CK's shoes.
alabtrosMyster
Banned
It seems like they were not doing their jobs, like many in the media businesses they injected "politics" and current affaires in pretty much everything, sports, video games, etc. (they would say that they added depth and reflection, but I disagree, their takes are often misleading, based on lies and fabrication, but it fills the gap in their knowledge of the subject they should be covering with words).
I don't think that critical theory and internationality are good lenses to understand the world around if, if anything they are a good way of creating conspiracy theories and attributing random (impossible to dis-prove) claims about one's intent.
So it's a good thing that media is moving away from that toxic way of creating content, hopefully there will be some level of introspection coming their way.
It's a necessary correction.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
Lol following that restera thread. Looks like someone spoke out against him. I wonder how long before they get banned.
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Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
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Hissing Sid
Member
So sad.
Musky_Cheese
Banned
I don't assume he would be out of a job. You're right, he'd quickly find another.
And Kotaku readers will quickly find another. Because horseshit like "Spider-Man working with the NYPD is out of touch" isn't exclusive to Kotaku. Many of the sites coordinating with "White Phosphorus" or BF:V women solders makes sites like Kotaku a dime a dozen.
Shai-Tan
Banned
If we purge games news I’m sure the hyper-politicization in games will stop. Those threads on forums full of partisan political whines about games (and movies, and comics...) are clearly the fault of game journalists... Ethics in video game journalism. (Conservative) Gamers rise up etc and so on
Jooxed
Gold Member
Yeah, I almost feel like messaging the poor guy "I know of a place where you won't get judged for your opinion"
Cybrwzrd
Banned
I loved Kotaku back in the mid 2000's. But after they did their first major site overhaul and stopped being a gaming website and transitioned into lifestyle blog, they jumped the shark. Good riddance.
On the other hand, since the tumor that was modern Kotaku is metastasizing, the cancer cells are going to spread out into other publications.
On the other hand, since the tumor that was modern Kotaku is metastasizing, the cancer cells are going to spread out into other publications.
Toecutter
Member
Stopped reading regularly a while ago when it became more of a political mouthpiece than a gaming site, then it moved to ridiculous extremes afterwards so I'm not sorry to see it go if that is what's happening.
I hope Luke Plunkett lands on his feet though - I always enjoyed his stuff.
I hope Luke Plunkett lands on his feet though - I always enjoyed his stuff.
AlphaMale
Member
They are. I wrote on there that I thought both Kotaku and Polygon are shit and I'm getting blasted for it.
They don't like opinions that differ from their own over there. haha
strange headache
Banned
Kotaku's brand has become so toxic through their particular form of clickbait outrage journalism, they had to be resold on numerous occasions. First in 2016 by Univision when Gakwer went bankrupt after Hulk Hogan went all brother on their owner Nick Denton, then in 2019 when Univision finally decided to sell their decrepit site to some lousy and shady media company called G/O Media.
G/O were literally the only company willing to buy their toxic brand and now Kotaku and co. are surprised that they need to bow to their crappy advertisement practices? I don't wish for people to lose their jobs, but how many times do you need to fail that spectacularly until you realize that your harmful brand of tabloid reporting and your refusal to change are the reasons why things are what they are?
Kotaku have done more damage to the gaming community than any other media outlet out there, except maybe for Polygon and the now defunct Waypoint. Literally the only company that wanted to associate itself with them was a private equity firm called Great Hill Partners. Do Kotaku writers truly suspect that their new owners care about journalistic quality content? Which is not to say that there was any to begin with.
G/O were literally the only company willing to buy their toxic brand and now Kotaku and co. are surprised that they need to bow to their crappy advertisement practices? I don't wish for people to lose their jobs, but how many times do you need to fail that spectacularly until you realize that your harmful brand of tabloid reporting and your refusal to change are the reasons why things are what they are?
Kotaku have done more damage to the gaming community than any other media outlet out there, except maybe for Polygon and the now defunct Waypoint. Literally the only company that wanted to associate itself with them was a private equity firm called Great Hill Partners. Do Kotaku writers truly suspect that their new owners care about journalistic quality content? Which is not to say that there was any to begin with.
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Bladed Thesis
Member
Enjoy that ban.
Ivory Blood
Member
TheUsual
Gold Member
To the E3 leak story:
Man...he was so salty when that happened. You know he was thinking "THAT WAS MY STORY!"
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Dirk Benedict
Member
Some of them have me blocked on Twitter, so here's a screengrab by @ReeraTakes for some more corroboration that all of their writing staff have been sacked.
While I feel for people who lose their jobs, integrating politics in every fucking thing is what will have people move away from your content. We get enough of that shit shoved down our throats from various sources of media and people like myself play games to escape from that shit. When you attempt to marry the two (politics and games) like they are actually cohesive, in some meaningful way, people will eventually get sick of it. Because Political integration of something like gaming doesn't mix. Politics is mundane, boring and Kotaku used it in their so-called "reporting" because they were trying to push a narrative. The politically Correct narrative.
Also, this sounds like they may rebrand Kotaku. I don't have all the facts, but it doesn't seem like it's dead, but rather, gutted for the time being.
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Kadayi
Banned
Like Coding?
Screamer-RSA
Member
Fuck’n A! Gaming as a whole can only get better without their clickbait toxic “opinions”.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
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Fake
Member
Besides game coding, but you got the ideia.
I mean, people can defend that Jason and I can fully understand that, but the guy has been an asshole over the twitter for a longtime. Its not a profissional way of behave.
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Hosam6xavi
Banned
We will miss this ):
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AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
Reason why you dont like Kotaku is because of articles made by people who got laid off. So saying you feel sorry for the same people makes no sense.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
So fun to watch this.
spons
Gold Member
No shit. Abide to the status quo of what I hesitantly call a "forum" or get dogpiled.
Phunkydiabetic
Banned
What a juvenile way of thinking.
"Boo hoo they made articles that are different than my opinions and have no effect on my life but fuck them they deserve to be unemployed and banished from the industry!!"
I can't stand Kotaku but I'm not going to sit here and wish ill upon the people working there, it's uncouth.
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Dirk Benedict
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#Phonepunk#
Banned
yes hopefully these 4 or 5 people, all who have high profile jobs writing & in media, and have made a living by writing about things other people make, can land on their feet, and continue to shit out articles like "Spider Man Shouldn't Help Cops" and "How Many Butts Can We Find in Game X?"
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kraspkibble
Permabanned.
A couple people have spoke up but getting told to fuck off and not to share their thoughts/opinions. They aren't even trying to hide it.
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Foamy
Unconfirmed Member
Used to like Kotaku before the sjw movement kicked into overdrive.
Fuck em.
Fuck em.
JordanN
Banned
zeorhymer
Member
Oh wow. I wonder if they trashed the game so hard that they all had to get fired.
diffusionx
Gold Member
1. Journalists spend years talking down to hard-pressed red staters with contempt about how the economy has moved on from their pitiful blue collar jobs and how they should get with the times and just learn to code.
2. Same journalists get laid off years later.
3. People mock them on twitter saying their jobs are outdated and how they should just learn to code.
4. Journalists whine and get twitter to issue bans for telling them to learn to code.
IMO no profession has suffered more, just from seeing the people actually in it, than journalism. It wasnt' that long ago that I thought the old image of the grizzled truth seeker was more or less true, a fantasy implanted to me by, well, journalists.
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Helios
Member
If Kotaku is truly dead than the fact that people will lose their jobs is sad, but at the same time I can't help but feel a little schadenfreude from this whole situation. People like Jason and that whole publication have consistently tried to get people fired over the years.
So...
So...
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ValiantTraveler
Member
So long Kotaku. Not gonna lie, I liked the "20 JRPGs you must play" article. Aside from that, nothing worth salvaging.