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It's just a shame he's so wrapped up in the woke BS.

The real shame is not that he is, but that all of the gaming press are like a hive mind out-woking each other. They're either forsaking games to dive into progressive extremism with religious zeal, or they're so afraid of their peers that they're pretending to.

It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers with gaming journalists.

 

[angelic]

 

[#Phonepunk#]

S+

 

[DanielsM]

I was fucking close.

 

[Big-ass Ramp]

Turns out the people at Kotaku love freedom of speech... as long as you say (or make) things they like.



A game journalist blocking a game developer's official account (which could provide relevant news which is the game journalist's job to report) is the climax of ludicrous head-in-sand attitude.

This is... wow...

Please sir, may I bother you for a morsel of pussy?

 

[petran79]

aw man they are really going to lean on this advertising thing? for real?

imagine if back in the day when i was reading EGM every other article was about how bad advertising is and capitalism is evil, then i flip the page and see a full page ad for some game. LOL face the facts, you work in an industry, your job is selling products.

they need to quit kidding themselves, they are corporate shit peddlers. they could refuse to write for any of these ads, but apparently they want to go on working for and accepting money from these companies (that they hate).

they have no moral high ground to stand on. complete total hypocrites.

They have no idea how things work in online and offline privately owned media.
There is no luxury to choose their ads. Even from Chinese game companies

 

[Wwg1wga]

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Why are you guys talking about "coding"? They are journos, not programmers.

It's a joke about journalists. If I recall correctly, a group of journalists insensitively suggested that miners who lose their jobs should just learn to code, when obviously not every blue collar worker is going to easily transition to being a programmer. Later when some of these journalists were getting laid off, people found it amusing to tweet at them "learn to code." Twitter did not find this amusing however, as journalists are a sacred class of information gate keepers, so those naughty accounts got banned. Let's presume they were all Alt-right.

 

[Majima-Goro]

to this day I’m still surprised these guys get so many likes, Kotaku is such a clickbait website with dogshit articles.

Besides the 2 articles on Andromeda and Anthem, I never saw anything genuinely interesting.

Just delete this trash site already !

 

[Kadayi]

The real shame is not that he is, but that all of the gaming press are like a hive mind out-woking each other. They're either forsaking games to dive into progressive extremism with religious zeal, or they're so afraid of their peers that they're pretending to.

It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers with gaming journalists.

They're all cucked to each other in terms of having to be seen as supportive to whatever madness or outrage the more unhinged members of their Circle have come up with that day because they know next week they might be looking for a job.

 

[Endless Fluff]

Ok in all seriousness, I fucking hated Kotaku, their woke hit pieces were amateur tabloid journalism at best, and their whole child porn hentai article was disgusting and probably illegal.

HOWEVER, Jason Schreier did write some great investigative pieces. His exposé on the development behind Mass Effect Andromeda and Anthem were brilliant, and if anything put public scrunity on devs RE crunch and inhuman working conditions.

It's just a shame he's so wrapped up in the woke BS.

Jason Schreier lost all the credibility he had left when he got in a fight with Kamitani back when Dragon's Crown came out. He's a moron blogger who happens to have sources, he's not an investigative journalist.

The fact that he said that the sorceress is a lolicon fantasy shows what a galaxy brain this individual is.

Spoiler

Never Change Japan

 

[JimmyJones]

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

The fact that he said that the sorceress is a lolicon fantasy shows what a galaxy brain this individual is.

What? He said the adult sorceress's quintupple H cups were a lolicon fantasy?

I suppose he also criticized the muscle bound amazon for promoting conventional female beauty?

 

[JoeyWestSide]

Isn't "not sticking to sports" insubordination if your job is to cover sports? What is a union gonna do about that?

 

[MayauMiao]

Get Woke Go Broke delivers.

 

[Endless Fluff]

What? He said the adult sorceress's quintupple H cups were a lolicon fantasy?

I suppose he also criticized the muscle bound amazon for promoting conventional female beauty?

For reference, let's look at this picture of the sorceress. Other than her proportions, there are a couple of details worth noting. One is that her shirt is trying to escape from her chest. She also has a very childish face that resembles lolicon imagery. I don't think either of those features is beautiful or worth lauding in any way.
[...]
See, I don't think the sorceress's design is problematic because of her large breasts. What's problematic is that the character is explicitly designed to draw our eyes to her large breasts. They're exposed; they're jiggling; they're disproportionate. They're immediately striking. They're part of a lolicon fantasy, drawn to appeal to people who are interested in lolicon fantasies (and people who are interested in large breasts).

Dragon's Crown (Vanillaware PS3/PSV) Sorceress Trailer

Found this both relevant and interesting. Lemme know if someone has already posted it. This is awesome It's just an indie dev but I liked her opinion on the subject:

www.neogaf.com

 

[Lionel Richie]

Jason Schreier is a fucking scumbag. This couldn't be happening to a better person.

 

[Clear]

Look , from the moment this "news" came-up I've been unable to shake the suspicion that they are simply going to go back to business as usual in a few days claiming some sort of bogus "moral victory" despite accepting a token conciliatory response from corporate management.

Never forget, the primary skill of the people involved is to blow up trivial drama into massive scandal.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

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.

I didn’t know about Kotaku at the time, but when Polygon first launched, I was pretty stoked at the thought of sort of an A Team of game journalists launching their own website. I didn’t know who owned them or what not but the first 6 months or so, their stuff was fire. I especially liked their features section. Their videos were well produced and attractive, and their podcast was good too.

Then I started noticing how much liberal SJW content was popping up on their front page. After awhile, HALF of articles and videos were SJW related. Almost all of it was related to socialism, gender, or sexuality.

It got old real quick. The last straw for me was when they introduced trigger warnings at the start of their articles.

I complained twice about them in the comments section. The first time my comment was deleted, the second time I was banned for life.

So sad to see great potential snuffed out by wannabes that think they’re going to be the next Woodward & Bernstein.

Kotaku I see is no different.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Dragon's Crown (Vanillaware PS3/PSV) Sorceress Trailer

Found this both relevant and interesting. Lemme know if someone has already posted it. This is awesome It's just an indie dev but I liked her opinion on the subject:

www.neogaf.com

That's...crazy. How do you reason with someone who has that kind of "logic?" At least this guy is saying that stuff while not having a legitimately inappropriate tattoo on his body. Probably. I think...

Never forget, the primary skill of the people involved is to blow up trivial drama into massive scandal.

Well said. The amount of times comically small groups of ideologues have gotten huge corporations to think "this is what everyone is saying on twitter" is crazy.

 

[Azelover]

This is how we know there is a God.

 

[demigod]

All i wanna know, HAS JASON CONFIRMED IT?

Good riddance btw, fuck these SJW bitches.

 

[HeresJohnny]

That site has been a dumpster fire for a while now. Kill it with fire and start over with completely new faces. Gaming was just fine before we had to get lectured by a bunch of cucks about political shit that had nothing to do with games anyway.

Auto play ads do suck tho.

 

[Dontspeakforme]

He is one of the most respected, recognizable, and well connected names in game journalism at the moment. If he loses his job he would have a new one within a day if he wanted to.


I get that not everyone likes him, but to pretend that he would be out of a job for long is kind of silly.

The term “Game Journalism” is oxymoronic.

 

[Punished Miku]

They literally gamergated themselves to death lol.

After losing millions in advertising from gamergate, they then tell their readers to target the ads on their own site lol.

It's like poetry. It rhymes.

 

[Plague Doctor]

Monthly Reminder that Jason was the same asshole who criticized Valve for giving their employees too much vacation time as he was trying to slam them for their 30% cut, and didn't say a peep about Epic's clearly shitty practices to the whole industry at large.

So yeah, the same white knight who exposed the poor working conditions at other companies changed his tune for Valve.

Internal consistency, what is it?

 

[nush]

He'd better have a Patreon account handy, because no one in their right mind should hire Jason or any of these "protesters" into another corporate position.

Hey Jason, where was all your outrage towards managemnt at the underage porn article last month? "Don't ask me, I didn't write or approve it".

Not that we needed any more examples of your hypocrisy.

 

[darkangel-212559]

The term “Game Journalism” is oxymoronic.

But it doesn't have to be. We just need actual talented journalists having the balls to work in gaming journalism and not be corporate, woke, cock suckers...

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LOL AS IF AMIRITE

 

[renzolama]

This is devastating news. How will I know which new video games I can publicly dislike on social media to signal my virtue?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Jason Schreier Personality #1: Hey gamers, let me find some dirt on niche developer corporate culture. Hmmm.... Which ex-employee can I contact?

Jason Schreier Personality #2: Ya, there's some rumblings going on at Kotaku. But I'm too chicken to say anything about it

 

[Hendrick's]

MGMGa

Jason Schreier of Kotaku posts a really ominous tweet

damn, if this is what i think it is that really sucks.

www.resetera.com

I took a peak but had to bail at this comment.

Ads are a tax on the poor and the technologically illiterate.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Jason Schreier Personality #1: Hey gamers, let me find some dirt on niche developer corporate culture. Hmmm.... Which ex-employee can I contact?

Jason Schreier Personality #2: Ya, there's some rumblings going on at Kotaku. But I'm too chicken to say anything about it

Liked because of your account name

 

[Jooxed]

MGMGa

I took a peak but had to bail at this comment.

It's really getting insufferable over there, just browse for some of the news and try to bring it over here

 

[ultrazilla]

Terrible, terrible news! Not.

 

[Maxximus]

Fuck you Kotaku. Hope you all end up working fast food. You’ve been a plague on this industry and you’re a plague on humanity.

 

[SlimySnake]

He'd better have a Patreon account handy, because no one in their right mind should hire Jason or any of these "protesters" into another corporate position.

the guy just had a kid. the same corporate gave him like a month or two of paid paternity leave. 99% of the companies in the u.s dont even give paid maternity leave. i had to take vacation time for a week of paternity leave because my company doesnt believe in two months paid leave for dads.

this guy is a very irresponsible father. hes trying to get fired. his child needs healthcare. his wife just gave birth and needs it even more. what a jackass.

you dont bite the hands the feeds you.

 

[ULTROS!]

Legit, slightly off-topic question:

Does the US have any protection to those who get terminated so suddenly? I mean the rules where I'm from, it's pretty difficult to terminate somebody even if it comes to personal theft (can be for corporate theft but will require loads of evidence). Our department of labor sides with the terminated employees whenever they file a case against their former employer.

Also on topic:

Jason says he knows how to code, but to what extent? Can he create a game? An application? A system? Does he know how to create a website even using WordPress and buying a theme (this requires almost no coding)?

 

[TrainedRage]

God I love capitalism! Fuck you commies!

 

[A Regular Guy]

Legit, slightly off-topic question:

Does the US have any protection to those who get terminated so suddenly? I mean the rules where I'm from, it's pretty difficult to terminate somebody even if it comes to personal theft (can be for corporate theft but will require loads of evidence). Our department of labor sides with the terminated employees whenever they file a case against their former employer.

Also on topic:

Jason says he knows how to code, but to what extent? Can he create a game? An application? A system? Does he know how to create a website even using WordPress and buying a theme (this requires almost no coding)?

Nope, you abide to companies policies. The government has no interference on how a company handles their Human Resource department, whether big or small. The only unjust firings will require taking those companies to court if the terminated employee believes that the company failed to follow their own policies.

On-topic: Kotaku can Unionize all they want, but being a Gaming Journalist is NOT something to pursue as a career in the long term, and they're very replaceable. G/O can lay them all off, and replace them with Freelance writers for half the costs.

 

[Mihos]

Legit, slightly off-topic question:

Does the US have any protection to those who get terminated so suddenly? I mean the rules where I'm from, it's pretty difficult to terminate somebody even if it comes to personal theft (can be for corporate theft but will require loads of evidence). Our department of labor sides with the terminated employees whenever they file a case against their former employer.

If he was terminated without cause, he would get unemployment benefits.

Fired with cause, then usually not unless he sues and wins

 

[StreetsofBeige]

He'd better have a Patreon account handy, because no one in their right mind should hire Jason or any of these "protesters" into another corporate position.

Supposedly the editor was sacked for turning the site into politics, instead of keeping the focus on sports. I'd fire the guy too.

Then the rest of the staff revolted into babies by making the whole home page about politics. I checked, and it's back to normal.

Maturity at its finest.

As for the editor getting off topic, it makes sense for head office to steer the ship. It's a sports site, so stick to sports.

If there's a website out there talking about cars, why would the writers put up articles on the front page talking about chocolate bars?

 

[TIMSTER_777]

I'm crying with tears streaming down my face right now...


/s

 

[strange headache]

I think there is more going on than just a spat over ads and editorial control. Just a few months ago the Deadspin staff openly declared war on the site owners:

This Is How Things Work Now At G/O Media

When Jim Spanfeller and a private equity firm called Great Hill Partners took over G/O Media—formerly Gizmodo Media Group—in April, their stated goal was to make the company profitable. It was a welcome refrain for employees all too aware of how the company had languished under Univision’s...

deadspin.com

They accused the owner Jim Spanfeller of cronyism and sexist hiring practices among other things:

Spanfeller, a man who is regularly and perhaps euphemistically referred to in press accounts as a digital media “veteran,” has so far hired a slew of his former colleagues at Forbes.com—where he was CEO from 2001 to 2009—and Playboy—where he was a senior vice president from 1989 to 1993. These include a senior vice president of marketing who last week wrote a baffling reader “satisfaction” survey for Deadspin at Spanfeller’s behest; a sales executive who, sources say, appears unable to give an effective sales pitch; and an editorial director who repeatedly attempted to kill the reporting process for this story.

These men, and others who now hold C-suite positions at the company, were each hired without a public recruitment process, and several were installed over high-ranking women who had been successfully performing those jobs at the company for years.

I'm pretty sure their boss didn't take kindly to these accusations

 

[ULTROS!]

If he was terminated without cause, he would get unemployment benefits.

Fired with cause, then usually not unless he sues and wins

Interesting... Here it's like... Fired without a cause, with your case 100%. Fired with a cause, can still win the case but depends on the proof.

 

[Petrae]

He'd better have a Patreon account handy, because no one in their right mind should hire Jason or any of these "protesters" into another corporate position.

So brave, shittalking your employer in a very public space like Schreier is.

If you don’t like the job and what it entails, fucking quit. Leave. Nobody is entitled to a job, especially one that involves writing about video games (sometimes). These “gaming journalism” asshats love throwing around the “entitlement” tag when consumers complain about their industry bedfellows, but it turns out that— SURPRISE!— they’re just as guilty of being entitled, just in a different scenario. Same goes for the Deadspin crew that got their walking papers today for failing to follow directives.

Employers don’t take kindly to getting shat upon by the people they pay to perform a service, especially when they’re easily replaceable. Most states in the USA have “at will” employment; employees can be terminated at any time for any reason. Sure, you can sue for wrongful termination, but lawyers don’t work for free and employers are more often than not going to have legal teams ready to drag things out or even fight back directly... so it’s a matter of survival at that point.

I don’t give a speck of shit how many people would consider me a “bootlicker” for following the directions of my employers without question or resistance. I like having a job that supplies me with the money I need to pay my bills and allows me to afford the things I want. If/when I get to the point where I no longer am happy or comfortable with following the rules and directives set before me, I am fine with discreetly looking for a new job instead of publicly shitting into the mouths of the people who sign my paychecks. I may be a bootlicker, but I am a bootlicker with a roof over my head, food in my mouth, a decent vehicle for transportation, and a budget for entertainment like video games.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I think there is more going on than just a spat over ads and editorial control. Just a few months ago the Deadspin staff openly declared war on the site owners:

This Is How Things Work Now At G/O Media

When Jim Spanfeller and a private equity firm called Great Hill Partners took over G/O Media—formerly Gizmodo Media Group—in April, their stated goal was to make the company profitable. It was a welcome refrain for employees all too aware of how the company had languished under Univision’s...

deadspin.com

They accused the owner Jim Spanfeller of cronyism and sexist hiring practices among other things:



I'm pretty sure their boss didn't take kindly to these accusations

An exec bringing over ex-colleagues from his past employer. What a surprise. I don't think that has ever happened in real life at any company. /S

 

[StreetsofBeige]

So brave, shittalking your employer in a very public space like Schreier is.

If you don’t like the job and what it entails, fucking quit. Leave. Nobody is entitled to a job, especially one that involves writing about video games (sometimes). These “gaming journalism” asshats love throwing around the “entitlement” tag when consumers complain about their industry bedfellows, but it turns out that— SURPRISE!— they’re just as guilty of being entitled, just in a different scenario. Same goes for the Deadspin crew that got their walking papers today for failing to follow directives.

Employers don’t take kindly to getting shat upon by the people they pay to perform a service, especially when they’re easily replaceable. Most states in the USA have “at will” employment; employees can be terminated at any time for any reason. Sure, you can sue for wrongful termination, but lawyers don’t work for free and employers are more often than not going to have legal teams ready to drag things out or even fight back directly... so it’s a matter of survival at that point.

I don’t give a speck of shit how many people would consider me a “bootlicker” for following the directions of my employers without question or resistance. I like having a job that supplies me with the money I need to pay my bills and allows me to afford the things I want. If/when I get to the point where I no longer am happy or comfortable with following the rules and directives set before me, I am fine with discreetly looking for a new job instead of publicly shitting into the mouths of the people who sign my paychecks. I may be a bootlicker, but I am a bootlicker with a roof over my head, food in my mouth, a decent vehicle for transportation, and a budget for entertainment like video games.

I have the same outlook when it comes to jobs.

But some reason certain people think every company out there owes them a job for life like they are untouchable and can badmouth the company and execs...... PUBLICLY TOO!

What ever happened to the grievance box, or simply meeting the boss to discuss business matters? lol

Sounds old school, but even out company had a drop box one time for execs to read suggestions. And people used it. So suddenly at company meetings, the execs tell the audience some suggestion tips that got dropped in.

Then again, some people prefer to gun with Twitter battles with head office. lol

 

[ExpandKong]

Hey G/O I will write reviews and news articles once a week for y’all for chump change once you clean house. I’m looking for a side hustle anyway HIT ME UP. Check this out:

“Resident Evil 4: 9/10”

“E.T.: 1/10”

Super easy

 

[oagboghi2]

Mild Succession Spoilers: -

That looked epic. Is this show good?

 

[Cleyra]

It's good seeing kotaku in shambles.