Plus even if he was he could just set up Final Hours, LLC and he'd be fine.
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GameTrailers Hit with Layoffs?
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Plus even if he was he could just set up Final Hours, LLC and he'd be fine.
Yeah. Despite the shit people have given Geoff in the past, he's probably the most notable personality/face of the entire industry. He could get a job anywhere, tbh. And well, he's actually extremely talented. When he does work (like Final Hours and other journalistic endeavors), the guys is really good at it. So yeah, while not everyone is a fan of his "PR" host of the industry stuff, he actually does incredible work.
KingItachi
Member
I Can't say a bad word about you Ryan, I loved it when you Shane and Marcus went head to head on various topics. I knew Rich was gone when Rohan started popping up in voice overs GT Countdown {Rich Brown Voice}. So can I assume that Meg was also let go, damn it sucks but I wish all those affected the best and hope you land on your feet asap.
Yeah he's pretty damn talented. Excellent host, interviewer, journalist, author, and even PR when he wants to.
ChosenPredator
Banned
Yeah, he is really good I've always liked Geoff, he's like the john cena of journalist the face of gaming news. really sucks for everyone else though i really like GT
mohsinkhan
Member
Couldn't agree more, he is really talented.
FullMetalx117
Member
who was the one who voiced the reviews? Has he been affected? GT is my go to sites for reviews.
Swass
Member
Could also be due to too many using adblock, remember Pachters blow up about it not to long ago..
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Either way, he's affected, which sucks. Gametrailers is probably my favorite gaming website and I'm sad to see the folks who make it so good have to be forced out.
Isn't he the founder? I'd figure he would be safe.
"Oh boy, let's use a group's misfortune to take a shot at someone completely unrelated and unaffected!"
Well shit...that doesn't exactly sound comforting. I mean he's the voice of GT ffs.
Like Adam Sessler.
Andrea Rene is awesome. She seems like a genuinely good person. I'm not sure why you're wishing some random person loses their job over someone you prefer.
So far, yes.
Damiani
Bosman
Bloodworth (he was given the choice to leave or stay, he's still weighing his options).
Jones (although his latest tweet is kind of concerning).
Are you talking about voice overs for reviews? Isn't that Brandon Jones?
It doesn't it kinda makes it seem they want to dump the editorial voice completely and be a video dump for all game media.
RichieRich
(works for gametrailers)
Just to clarify, Geoff Keighley was NEVER a member of the GameTrailers staff. His position was always a contract employee of Viacom/Spike/GT. So all of the Doritos and Mt. Dew jokes were misdirected. Although Geoff did lead GT shortly after Shane Satterfield's departure, he was never a GT staff member.
Yeah Brandon Jones just tweeted this:
Given he's a founder/the voice for all of GT, it just worries me how this tweet is worded.
RPGCrazied
Member
Hope everyone effected finds something soon, good luck.
Glad Brandon is staying, he is the voice of gametrailers. Reason why I like watching the video reviews.
Glad Brandon is staying, he is the voice of gametrailers. Reason why I like watching the video reviews.
The_R3medy
Banned
It looks like Defy is cutting out a large portion of the staff, and trying to keep the core and either rebuild or refocus the team from there. As a business move, it's smart. GT needs to be refocused and likely build it's youtube presence to gain greater exposure. As a moral sorta move, it's incredibly shitty to do just after e3.
The Xtortionist
Member
Best wishes to all of these guys. Gametrailers really stepped up its game over the past year. Became one of my favorite sites.
Yeah, the entire way they went about doing the lay offs after E3, just seems really suspect and shitty. I don't know what happened behind the scenes, but it's like laying off someone right before Christmas.
FullMetalx117
Member
Does no Rohan=no pach attack? 
Does no Rohan=no pach attack?
Bosman has been the producer on Pach Attack for the past year. Unless Rohan was still doing something else with the show? Even so, not sure if Pach Attack is gone or not. I think Pach has said he gets paid nothing to do the show (unless I heard that wrong). So really, it's on the new owners if they want to continue to have that content or not.
In a perfect world even the ones who were proposed to stay quit the site and start a brand new website with the ones that got the boot.
I never understood why GiantBomb had so many subscribers, I mean 50$ per year is a lot. But now I know, I'd gladly pay that money for all the content GT put out. Hopefully everyone lands on their feet, I liked every single guy and girl I've seen on screen and I'm sure even the ones working behind the scenes were top notch.
Good luck everyone, I know it's impossible but if GiantBomb made the move they'd have my money immediately (I'll probably subscribe in September anyway).
PS: the last ManUps ending now is so sad, with Slusser eating sadly all alone
Does no Rohan=no pach attack?
Kyle's been producing the Pack Attack lately. However, Rohan was involved with The Final Bosman if I remember correctly.
It's fine, I'm kind of going crazy here (been refreshing this thread non-stop) and posting way too much. TBH, I'm just really upset about this. I'm a pretty empathetic person in general, so I always get really sad for the well being of others that lose their job in this industry. But GT was really special to me. I never expected to LOVE it the way I did. It crept up on me this past year, and became one of my fav things. So this news has really devastated me.
My last year in college was really rough. I went through some depression and really rough times. But this site was always something I could look forward to. It really got me through a really hard time in my life.
I probably need to step away from the computer and get my mind off of this. =/
I read that in his voice. It would be pretty jarring to hear any other voice doing a review on GT.
It really is sad. Like you I'm also refreshing constantly. What a horrible way to end an otherwise very enjoyable E3
I know. They could hire Morgan Freeman and I'd still be thinking "What the hell, where's Brandon?!".
Fudgepuppy
Banned
At this rate, I kind of hope everyone leaves ship. If Defy only want 20 people, they're asking for a war and accepting the torn refugees afterwards.
I don't want people to lose their jobs, but firing so goddamn many people is just asking for a total collapse and it just seems like the better choice for these talented people to go somewhere else and do something to prove a point.
Best case scenario is still everything staying the same, but Defy don't seem to want that.
I don't want people to lose their jobs, but firing so goddamn many people is just asking for a total collapse and it just seems like the better choice for these talented people to go somewhere else and do something to prove a point.
Best case scenario is still everything staying the same, but Defy don't seem to want that.
I'll just chime in with my 2 cents - this sucks.
I should have guessed something was up when Marcus Beer left at the end of last year along with a few departures in the last year or so. It felt eerily similar to when 1up started to fall apart but no one outside of their office really knew or was able to say what was going on.
Looks like the worst of what happened in 1up.coms case is possibly occurring here too , new parent company, massive layoffs (I mean , it's what 50% of the staff ? and virtually all the senior employees) and if all goes really bad, the eventual absorption of the remaining IP's and assets and finally the website getting turned off.
I REALLY hope this isn't the case but it does seem odd that the oldest and most experienced staff members at GT outside of Brandon Jones have seemingly been given pink slips. Almost like the new owners saw their collective salaries and said "nah, we can higher younger people for less , screw 'em" Ian, Elyse and Kyle are all newer and I love their shows but they undoubtedly have lower salaries but know enough about the current state of the website that they were worth keeping.
I know I'll keep watching final bossman and mandatory update as well as the odd other show so long as they keep getting made. Hopefully those affected by the layoffs, whatever the reasoning behind them, all land on their feet and find new jobs soon.
I should have guessed something was up when Marcus Beer left at the end of last year along with a few departures in the last year or so. It felt eerily similar to when 1up started to fall apart but no one outside of their office really knew or was able to say what was going on.
Looks like the worst of what happened in 1up.coms case is possibly occurring here too , new parent company, massive layoffs (I mean , it's what 50% of the staff ? and virtually all the senior employees) and if all goes really bad, the eventual absorption of the remaining IP's and assets and finally the website getting turned off.
I REALLY hope this isn't the case but it does seem odd that the oldest and most experienced staff members at GT outside of Brandon Jones have seemingly been given pink slips. Almost like the new owners saw their collective salaries and said "nah, we can higher younger people for less , screw 'em" Ian, Elyse and Kyle are all newer and I love their shows but they undoubtedly have lower salaries but know enough about the current state of the website that they were worth keeping.
I know I'll keep watching final bossman and mandatory update as well as the odd other show so long as they keep getting made. Hopefully those affected by the layoffs, whatever the reasoning behind them, all land on their feet and find new jobs soon.
Atomic Airplanes
Member
Damn. They just refreshed their whole site and brand not even 2 years ago. Good luck to bloodworth, stevens, damiani, jones, and all the other vets in the Santa Monica office. There were still a couple of good guys there.
Edit: Maybe some of them will join Machinima. They're office is in Hollywood. Does anyone know how they are doing financially?
Edit: Maybe some of them will join Machinima. They're office is in Hollywood. Does anyone know how they are doing financially?
SolidSnakex
Member
Yeah Brandon Jones just tweeted this:
Given he's a founder/the voice for all of GT, it just worries me how this tweet is worded.
Like I said earlier, it really sounds like they're cutting back big time on the exclusive content that comes out of GT. If that's happening then it's not too surprising that he'd be wondering if sticking around is the right thing to do.
Zeyphersan
Banned
If all the GT peeps leave and form their own site, I'd pay $50 a year for it. Gladly, even.
Well i mean, GT is just a name, people tuned in for the personalities.
The trailers, you can watch on YouTube, in this day and age.
You lay off personalities, you lose the value of what you just bought.
To me well it is such a shame what is happening. But like it happend with Gamespot back with Jeff like someone said in this thread. Everyone even who are still working there should leave it is still there decision to stay but such a huge group gone who people have been working with for years ends up being devastating. Defy media are such classy a-holes to even to this after E3 when people worked so hard to make great coverage.
A big group like that are like family at a point and that is difficult to leave that behind.
A big group like that are like family at a point and that is difficult to leave that behind.
no, Bosman likes video games