StreetsofBeige
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Drama at Kotaku
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Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
It’s easier just not to go there at all. Has worked for me for years. Haven’t missed out on anything worthwhile. Unless of course, I care about Mario’s nipples or if Pokemon is racist or some equally useless shit.
Signaling, coding... it's virtually the same thing!
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yet_another_alt
Member
You all got my hopes up that Kotaku is kill because of their click-bait politics but it's just plain old employees bad-mouthing their boss. And it's not even directly about Kotaku. I guess I got click-baited into this thread. Hey
Jooxed
, I heard there's vacancies over at G/O Media, maybe you can apply.
Jooxed
, I heard there's vacancies over at G/O Media, maybe you can apply.
MayauMiao
Member
I barely read Kotaku but I set up adblock anyway in case I accidentally click a link to the site. Most gaming news I get is from here or youtube.
Later Alligator
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i guess im in the minority but i actually like some of the articles they do. as an example:
kotaku.com
i've seen some pure dog shit come out of there as well, but thats easy enough to ignore
How The Dead Space Saga Lost Its Way
The Dead Space series was riding high after the release of Dead Space 2 in 2011, having become one of the most highly-rated horror series of all time. Even today, people still praise Dead Space 2 as an incredible horror game. Unfortunately, Dead Space 3 was poorly received. What happened? How...
kotaku.com
i've seen some pure dog shit come out of there as well, but thats easy enough to ignore
ExpandKong
Banned
You will also notice that I did it all without wondering how big Leon’s dick is or shoving a Joy-Con up my ass to check for connectivity issues.
You all got my hopes up that Kotaku is kill because of their click-bait politics but it's just plain old employees bad-mouthing their boss. And it's not even directly about Kotaku. I guess I got click-baited into this thread. Hey
Al Capone was busted for tax evasion. I’ll take it.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
I'm usually not happy about people loosing their jobs, but I'm ok with this. 
A Regular Guy
Banned
Journalism in General no longer needs to be in any office or big Cities anymore. It's better off if they just have their Journalist live anywhere away from City Hubs and can video chat as long as they have access to the internet.
Komatsu
Member
You are absolutely correct, but for many reasons (some of them rather dumb), 80% of the people working in the big players in the online media landscape (Vox Media, G&O, etc.) all live within 3 miles of each other in Brooklyn. Former Bushwick resident here, so I know these types well.
CyberPanda
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A Regular Guy
Banned
Yep, and they wonder why Conservative Digital Media has been rapidly growing. They don't have any main office in a city hub.
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Nydius
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Haven't been around in a while but this news made me feel like posting again. This is one step and I hope one of many before Kotaku (and the rest of their sister sites) are gone. I'm getting a right good laugh out of Schreier claiming that anyone happy about this news is an 'alt-right chud', as if it was only the alt-right Kotaku took a piss on over the years. He succinctly shows his own leftist bias with that tweet (as if many of us didn't already know, some of us more than others [speaking from experience]).
I'm also laughing at his claims that this is all because Deadspin is having their "editorial autonomy" infringed. No matter what anyone else may claim, Deadspin started as a sports blog. Their popularity was built off of being a sports blog. They were a direct shot at Bleacher Report which was launched the same year. But then Gawker let all of their sites bleed into each other. Articles that were at home on Jezebel were being written and published on Deadspin or Kotaku -- and vice versa. They all were part of the same shitshow and the lines between them all were blurred.
So the new owners come in (and they're lucky they can even get new owners after all the controversy Gawker sites have stirred up) and tell Deadspin to get back to sports. You know, that thing that they were originally created for? Deadspin throws a temper tantrum, Kotaku follows suit, and G/O Media lays down the law. Sounds perfectly legit to me.
If Kotaku, Deadspin, and Jezebel disappeared tomorrow, nothing of value would be lost.
I'm also laughing at his claims that this is all because Deadspin is having their "editorial autonomy" infringed. No matter what anyone else may claim, Deadspin started as a sports blog. Their popularity was built off of being a sports blog. They were a direct shot at Bleacher Report which was launched the same year. But then Gawker let all of their sites bleed into each other. Articles that were at home on Jezebel were being written and published on Deadspin or Kotaku -- and vice versa. They all were part of the same shitshow and the lines between them all were blurred.
So the new owners come in (and they're lucky they can even get new owners after all the controversy Gawker sites have stirred up) and tell Deadspin to get back to sports. You know, that thing that they were originally created for? Deadspin throws a temper tantrum, Kotaku follows suit, and G/O Media lays down the law. Sounds perfectly legit to me.
If Kotaku, Deadspin, and Jezebel disappeared tomorrow, nothing of value would be lost.
Kotaku is so out of touch, that might as well be a "ten" symbol.
Kotaku is so out of touch, Optimus took the Matrix back.
Kotaku is so out of touch, Jason Schreier posts his face unironically.
Kotaku is so out of touch, crazy wants its mild epithet back.
Kotaku is so out of touch, Apple is safe.
Kotaku is so out of touch, celibacy said "fuck it."
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Punished Miku
Gold Member
They're unionized and they're trying to act like they control the company instead of the people who own it. It's a power fight.
nush
Member
It super common for businesses to have a vanity address, all the directors can afford to live close by. The rest of the workers can't, so they have long commutes, shitty tiny apartments or house shares.
Komatsu
Member
Yep. They usually all commute to Manhattan when/if they need bodies in the office. Media people usually share apartments in neighborhoods such as Williamsburg, Bushwick, Green Point, Park Slope, Prospect, etc. I have no idea how much money these people make - probably not a lot, as all my media friends are perpetually broke - but the vast majority of media people in this ecosystem live in NYC proper. From the lefty types at Jacobin all the way to most of the gaming journos in sites like Kotaku, Polygon, etc. Some of the newsy websites like Splinter (defunct), Mic, etc. had "newsrooms" but most likely outlets like Kotaku were probably all strictly remote.
kiphalfton
Member
You would have them poison the water elsewhere?
LOLCats
Banned
Kotaku Interview
Interview with Kotaku Janitor today.......................................
captiongenerator.com
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Aceofspades
Banned
Awesome news Lol.
GreyHorace
Member
So I'm a bit late to this party. But man, after catching up on everything that's transpired, I can't help but laugh at the sheer stupidity of it all.
Kotaku decides to shit on their new management by telling readers how to turn off the ads? In what reality did they think this was a good idea?
Forget about fanboys being entitled, it's journalists who are truly whiny about what they feel they're entitled to. Did Schreier and his fellow cucks think being part of the so called press grants them immunity from the consequences of their woke agenda?
And what's with this talk of unionizing? Unless they have the support of readers (i.e. gamers), this whole plan of theirs is going to fail in spectacular fashion. And game journalism in recent years seems hell bent on trying to piss off gamers, who should be their main audience.
Kotaku decides to shit on their new management by telling readers how to turn off the ads? In what reality did they think this was a good idea?
Forget about fanboys being entitled, it's journalists who are truly whiny about what they feel they're entitled to. Did Schreier and his fellow cucks think being part of the so called press grants them immunity from the consequences of their woke agenda?
And what's with this talk of unionizing? Unless they have the support of readers (i.e. gamers), this whole plan of theirs is going to fail in spectacular fashion. And game journalism in recent years seems hell bent on trying to piss off gamers, who should be their main audience.
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nush
Member
Game journalism seems to be one of those jobs that actively hates the audience they are supposed to be providing a service to and that pays their salaries.
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
I guess that is due to the fact that game journalists have stopped being actual gamers for quite some time.
Plague Doctor
Member
Their target audience is the traffic ( metric ) they tout to advertisers for ad rates. Their income comes from those advertisers which are typically the companies they are reviewing. (which brings up interesting questions on how they review and report on the companies that pays their salaries)
They will post anything that gets traffic to then tout to advertisers.
What we see as "woke" was initially concieved as sensational hot takes around 2010 to get people to click on the website for traffic. Didn't matter if the people clicking approve or disapprove of the content or the editorial stance, so long as they clicked on the ad and upped the web traffic count.. Eventually though, they hired people who believed this stance to varrying degrees.
The TLDR version: What many call "woke" or "sjw" was supposed to be bullshit and sensational hot takes to get web traffic for advertising money that some people eventually started to believe in. That's why some of us on the left of center see SJWs as a fucking joke of a political position. They drank the koolaide of what was supposed to be clickbait for money.
Edit: Don't give them traffic. Voice your opinion they are clickbait/disingenious/intellectually dishonest. If you must read their article, get an ad block extension for your browser. If you want to discuss the article, copy and paste it or use a service that does. Starve them at the root and they will go away as we are seeing now.
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Pumpkin Seeds
Member
He says he knows how to code, but it's worth mentioning that he also thinks he knows how to journalism.
Paracelsus
Member
Proof of this is the reaction on reddit.
"The new owners want to suppress what makes Kotaku popular". More like the only thing barely keeping them alive.
Also, why the * would they cry to the unions? They're biased partisan crooks, they defied the code of ethics time and time again, and now they want to exercise the first amendment in a private corporate environment after all the times they said "first amendment doesn't work with corporations"? Basically "I'll keep shilling against Dvorak Grumplfh on your dime and you can't stop me"?
If people like Schreier, just have him start his own "solo" journalist site, maybe that'll clear his mind from that kotaku poison.
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Plague Doctor
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I agree and don't have much to add to this other than Schreier is an interesting case. He can do journalism but he seems like a total grifter that can read the room. He writes anything that boosts his personal stock value with the circles he wants to. He is wildly inconsistent in tone and opinions (example being working conditions of different companies - Bioware and Valve) which makes me believe it's journalism as a performative act. The social following of an audience appears to just be a side perk that I don't think he cares about. He will land on his feet unlike the rest with a non gaming publication.
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GenericUser
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You got to be a very very special and stupid snowflake to do such a thing.
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SLoWMoTIoN
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They banned that dude? Why?I'm sure /|/|()/|/|b()7 is laughing in Twitter banned heaven.
Kazza
Member
I'm guessing they are just trolling their own management with these articles (although parody and real life is sometimes very hard to differentiate these days):
There Are Only Two Acceptable Wedding Dress Codes
Yesterday, I was having a nice coffee outside with a friend who was telling me about an upcoming trip. He and his girlfriend were going to a wedding in Austin. I, a famous lover a good wedding, wanted details. There’s a moment when you ask people who wear dresses about weddings that never comes...
adequateman.deadspin.com
Three Good Dogs I Met
I spent the last three months living in Mexico City. While I was there, I met three good dogs.
theconcourse.deadspin.com
HoodWinked
Member
this is just wishful thinking doesnt seem like kotaku is going anywhere.
CyberPanda
Banned
Pretends to be shocked!
Schrödinger's cat
Banned
I look forward to many gaming establishments writing about Kotaku's extended suicide efforts as "has died" in their headline.
Karma.
Karma.
Kadayi
Banned
Yes, it's great. One of HBOs better ventures. You need it in your life. Season 1 was solid, but Season 2 has been astounding. Highly recommended.
bosnianpie
Member
"gaming journalists" 
Isn't that the profession where you fuck around with peoples livelihood by claiming that their game is racist or sexist so your ideologically "woke" website can gain some more clicks?
Isn't that the profession where you fuck around with peoples livelihood by claiming that their game is racist or sexist so your ideologically "woke" website can gain some more clicks?
Von Hugh
Member
Cancel and outrage culture in action.
I want Kotaku gone as well, so I'm not really surprised, though.
GnomeChimpsky
Member
And then he ran Kotaku into the mud. How ironic!