What? No. No no nonononononononono this can't be happening NOOOOOOOOOOOO
But more seriously, Drew's my favourite person on the site. He's so good at taking pretty much any game thrown at him and giving it a fair and honest shake, and he's always such a calming presence on the site. I'm really going to miss him, but I'm sure whatever he's got planned next will be awesome and I wish him luck.
wonder what this means for the Drew/Alexis Extra Life marathon though
I think ultimately it's that people have career ambitions, and while I'm sure Giant Bomb is a fun enough place to work, it's a pretty small office and there's not necessarily a ton of higher positions to advance to. You don't necessarily have to have a shitty work environment to want to move on from a place.
Gaming journalism isn't exactly the highest paying job. Unless you're a manager or doing very well with freelance stuff due to connections, it's not something you'll be doing your whole life.
Drew is one of the ones I could see leaving games completely. Probably stay in video production, but games always seemed to be more of a hobby that happened to coincide with his passion for video.
Patrick wanted to move back home to Chicago to be close to both his and his wife's family, GBEast effectively started for the same reason with Vinny. Austin got offered a job to run Waypoint so it was a huge step up for him. Its not like these people are leaving on bad terms.
Most of them have moved upwards in their careers. It's the natural progression of things. Austin left to run a site, Patrick made more of a lateral move likely due to him living in Chicago.
I mean outside of those two, who have they really lost?
Gaming journalism isn't exactly the highest paying job. Unless you're a manager or doing very well with freelance stuff due to connections, it's not something you'll be doing your whole life.
What makes you think otherwise? Patrick had to move, Austin got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to run his own site, and Drew has been with the company for eight years.
Only 3. Austin was offered to chance to start his own gaming website at Vice (a huge leap up), Drew was at the site for 9 years, and Patrick moved to Chicago and wanted to get back into editorial.
