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[PSYGN]

I never heard of them

 

[ByWatterson]

New Coke was also discontinued.

 

[AmuroChan]

They have no one but themselves to blame. They talk down to their audience and alienate anyone who doesn't agree with their activist dogma.

 

[Mr Hyde]

And nothing of value was lost.

Though credit were credit is due, they did at least give us this gem:

This is all he is going to be remembered by. Imagine this being the legacy you are leaving behind as a video game journalist. Good riddance.

 

[Power Pro]

 

[Fuz]

We've always been an extremely weird website—our podcast sign off is "fuck captilaism, go home," after all

So brave and beautiful.

 

[Varteras]

Never heard of them. Seems I missed nothing.

 

[Fuz]

Edit: too mean, I realized I rather not kick someone when he's down.

 

[TransTrender]

So brave and beautiful.

I stood up and clapped every time then tipped my waitress

 

[Fuz]

Yeah VICE is collapsing.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

 

[realcool]

be cool if somebody tweeted him the box art for "Don't Starve"

 

[SirKicksalot]

And there it is, the game journalist's final form...

 

[ReBurn]

I don't like to see people lose their jobs. I didn't care for their content, though.

 

[Senua]

 

[01011001]

never heard of Waypoint...

 

[A.Romero]

It's a shame but at the same time I doubt they thought about developers losing their jobs while boycotting stuff that didn't align to their views. They also had families and were passionate about their jobs.

I'm sure he will be able to find a job although maybe not related to video games and that's fine. I also wish I could work in the industry but got a mortgage to pay.

 

[Quasicat]

We're going to miss some quality content such as this:

Hogwarts Legacy Imagines a Harry Potter Without JK Rowling

Even if Rowling didn't work on this game, everything eyebrow-raising in the series came from one source.

www.vice.com

I had never read anything from Waypoint, so I read your link. I didn’t even make it halfway through it. What garbage.

 

[Unknown?]

I was thinking Waypoint Living Spaces and was like, "wrong forum?"

 

[lmimmfn]

Never heard of anything they produced thar was relevant, checked their website and jebus is anything of relevance lost?

 

[GHound]

Game journalists are one of the few groups of people I am completely incapable of feeling bad for.

 

[Pejo]

No joy for those that lost their jobs, but as an outlet, I'm fuckin' celebrating. Time to clean out modern game journalism. Let's talk about games again instead of politics.

 

[Schmendrick]

This. And also:

 

[tkscz]

You guys gave me a heart attack, I read Way Forward at first.

 

[digdug2]

Holy shit, I read this as "WayForward" initially and felt bummed for a split second until I re-read the title.

 

[Gambit2483]

Holy shit, I read this as "WayForward" initially and felt bummed for a split second until I re-read the title.

Trust you're not the first...

In a way I feel bad for this..."Waypoint".

 

[ozz ex machina]

I actually never minded Patrick and Austin while they were on GB. But yeah Waypoint was a no from me and I won't be following what they do next. But with them all the best. It always sucks to see people lose their jobs.

 

[FullMetalx117]

I looked at some of their articles just now, didn’t know waypoint existed.

Tbh, this is not journalism. It’s basically the op ed portion of WSJ but for games? Gaming journalism does need to get better, imo nothing beats OG Gameinformer and Gametrailers (but those are basically dead now too)

 

[invisible_face]

little bit of schadenfreude with this one, ngl

 

[AtomicStarving]

 

[Adam_802]

lol fuck patrick klepek

 

[Elder Legend]

Thank god. Any woke overly progressive fuck face who forces their shit on other peole/world and loses his/her job or business and stays jobless is a blessing. Fuck the progressive media.

Fuck VICE and everything they stand for.

 

[Fake]

So long. Hope you can find happiness, healthy, another job and to stay that hell out of gaming foverer.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Lol imagine living in a society that has produced so much excess wealth to the point where you can actually make a job out of talking about video games. Then you end your shows with “fuck capitalism”.

 

[lh032]

i.....never heard of it and dont even bother to google.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Lol imagine living in a society that has produced so much excess wealth to the point where you can actually make a job out of talking about video games. Then you end your shows with “fuck capitalism”.

Now they have an even more personal reason to say this. The system has spoken.

 

[Aenima]

And there it is, the game journalist's final form...

Thank Skynet Jebus the Ai chatbots will take over the writting soon.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

it took long enough, never bothered with anything it produced.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Nothing of value was lost. Hope those affected learned a lesson and find future work.

 

[Clear]

Lol imagine living in a society that has produced so much excess wealth to the point where you can actually make a job out of talking about video games. Then you end your shows with “fuck capitalism”.

Yup, Klepek & co must have such a flabby and entitled mind-set to think they deserve to be paid in perpetuity for talking about games with a "progressive" bent!
As if that's sooooo intrinsically valuable that it supersedes all market forces in that Capitalist system they are endlessly decrying!

Talk about slacktivism...

 

[Shifty1897]

I find the man a hypocrite and a repulsive human being. I still sympathize with anyone who stays up at night wondering how they're going to feed and shelter their family in a few weeks. I hope he finds new work, preferably outside of the video game industry forever.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Yup, Klepek & co must have such a flabby and entitled mind-set to think they deserve to be paid in perpetuity for talking about games with a "progressive" bent!
As if that's sooooo intrinsically valuable that it supersedes all market forces in that Capitalist system they are endlessly decrying!

Talk about slacktivism...

Lol yes, they literally had a job where they got to sit in an air conditioned room and talk about entertainment products. That has to be the cushiest and least essential job in the history of mankind, and they act like they are living in the most unfair and oppressive society on earth

 

[Corian33]

Sucks for anyone to lose their job unexpectedly. I used to listen to the podcast a lot. Generally, it was like 40% excellent video game discussion, and 60% left wing yadda yadda about every little thing.

Like many other podcasts over the past few years, I got exhausted with the “our view is the absolute only correct view and you’re a terrible, evil person if you think otherwise.” I even agreed with some of their thoughts on things, but it was just too much. It’s like wallowing in misery to be that mad all the time.

 

[AmuroChan]

I find the man a hypocrite and a repulsive human being. I still sympathize with anyone who stays up at night wondering how they're going to feed and shelter their family in a few weeks. I hope he finds new work, preferably outside of the video game industry forever.

You are a better person than he is. If you were someone of the opposite political leanings and lost job, someone like Patrick Klepek would be laughing his ass off and tweeting that your nazi ass deserved it.

 

[Rentahamster]

That sucks for the people out of a job in this economy. I hope they get back on their feet soon.

 

[bluecowboys]

Game journalists are one of the few groups of people I am completely incapable of feeling bad for.

They are still human and need to eat. There are hundreds of things worse than being a game journalist.

 

[LordCBH]

Good riddance. If only Shittaku would close too.

 

[HoodWinked]

it was already a miracle they survived the wave of layoffs a year(?) ago. They were making 6 figures while being able to work remotely. also they're part of the gaming woke cabal so they'll easily get jobs in this shitty nepotistic industry through their connections or rebound with a patreon.

 

[Interfectum]

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Not to throw salt in their wound. I didn’t read their stuff. It felt too much like an agenda driven site than a video game news site. It’s a finger pointing contest with people who have worked in the gaming journalist industry for X+ amount of years. Hopefully their families will survive this.

Unemployment is at an all time low. If they want to work they can this isn't the 1930s.