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[justiceiro]

Someone else having a deja Vu? Like, i can swear I already saw this outlet closing years ago.

 

[Humdinger]

Aww. Poor Patrick Klepek.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

And nothing of value was lost.

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

And this is how they will be remembered. Fitting, really.

 

[InterMusketeer]

 

[RavageX]

While it does suck to be faced with unemployment, this type of journalism has no place in gaming (IMO is also part of what is wrong with gaming these days). The less of this the better.

Now, on another note....this isn't the same Vice that does the Darkside of the Ring series? I dig that and I heard a new season is coming so....

 

[drganon]

 

[EviLore]

#learntocode

 

[nush]

While it does suck to be faced with unemployment, this type of journalism has no place in gaming (IMO is also part of what is wrong with gaming these days).

Modern game journalists hate their audience. Well, their perceived audience that they can project onto anyway.

 

[Interfectum]

#learntocode

 

[MLSabre]

For a second I tought it was Wayforward games. Stupid brain of mine

Definitely took me by surprise.

 

[MayauMiao]

Wonderful news but I am shocked it was recently shut down. Thought it happened a year ago.

 

[SpiceRacz]

I think we all knew Waypoint was doomed from the start when we heard Austin Walker's mission statement for the site.

 

[nush]

#learntocode

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www.vice.com

Gaf status: Alive and well
Evliore: Also actually learned to code

Waypoint: RIP
Klepek: Unemployed

 

[Soltype]

The BEST 2D based developer is no more??

I misread it too, that's wayforward.

 

[DEAD ORIGINAL]

Halo Waypoint

 

[Honey Bunny]

I'll always remember them for their Monster Hunter review that complained about colonialism. Joke, I'll probably never think about them again after this. Farewell!

 

[MALpractice311]

Literally never heard of them. I just know the name Patrick Klepket and I've seen that gif of that guy covering his eyes while playing Yakuza.

But add me to the list of people who saw this headline and thought it was referring to the makers of the Shantae series.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

I cant believe a grown man would cover his eyes like that. Like even if you find that content childish or cringe, covering your eyes is so soy..

I'm pretty sure the dude chokes his monkey to BBWs and Corey Chase on PornHub every night... so that BS was just some idiotic leftist virtue signaling.

 

[MayauMiao]

Extra cheerful news:



The same "professional" Kotaku:

 

[chromhound]

never heard of Waypoint...

Probably the reason why they went under

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Good riddance lol

 

[LiquidJensen]

 

[CLW]

They should learn to code

 

[salva]

I thought this was Halo Waypoint shutting down for a second and legit wondered wtf next is coming to MS/Xbox this week

 

[UnNamed]

Yeah VICE is collapsing. I’m shocked they kept Waypoint this long

Impossibru considering the quality of their articles.

For a second I tought it was Wayforward games. Stupid brain of mine

The samr

 

[Saber]

Really hard to feel pity and wish them luck when they were one of those type of cancer in gaming journalism. Perhaps if they worked fair instead of doing drama and political, but nope. So then nothing of value was lost.

 

[EviLore]

Stop. Like PK is absolutely annoying and performative, but that isn't relevant when someone with kids in a niche market they probably should've prepared for, gets the boot. Losing a job when you're older and taking care of a family aint a fun experience.

His wife can always divorce and find someone with actual job skills. There's no place for useless fathers in this world.

 

[Otre]

Had I bet Giantbomb, Easy Allies or Waypoint would go out first, I wouldve said Waypoint.

 

[Jaybe]

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

 

[Faust]

Good riddance.

 

[bender]

His wife can always divorce and find someone with actual job skills. There's no place for useless fathers in this world.

 

[semiconscious]

looking at their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WaypointVICE/videos

at best, they sometimes get 5k views. more oftentimes, 2k-3k, & sometimes less. how much revenue could they possibly've been generating?...

 

[nush]

looking at their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WaypointVICE/videos

at best, they sometimes get 5k views. more oftentimes, 2k-3k, & sometimes less. how much revenue could they possibly've been generating?...

-$

Not even enough to cover the salaries of the staff that made them. Jornos missed the boat on video content and the fans came in and ate their lunch for them.

 

[Itchy Tickles]

Fuck him and all of Vice. To think too, someone recently posted a tweet of his in another thread, which was him bragging about his earnings and how he's worth it. Well, you are on zero dollars now and that fits better.

This cunt probably has a bath with a blind fold, snorkle, and an emotional support rubber duck for company in case he sees himself naked without permission.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

I thought it’s Halo Waypoint. I said to myself wow after this ABK things Xbox is really fucked up and now this.

 

[Denton]

Oh no!

Anyway

 

[XXL]

 

[Thebonehead]

 

[SatansReverence]

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I don't care what a true, defined Cuck would say... He is disingenuous, deceitful... I feel bad for everyone else, though..

 

[KaiserBecks]

Oh thank god this isn’t about Wayforward Games. Also fuck this guy.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

So much for that cushy six figure union job where you play video games and write awful articles about them for a living….

Good riddance, the market was due for a reset from insanity like this

 

[Esppiral]

Welcome to the real world were people lose their jobs, at least we leave in Europe a place were you don't lose basic human rights like healthcare when you get fired.

 

[rapid32.5]

Almost had a heart attack, read the title as Bluepoint.

 

[Soodanim]

Stop. Like PK is absolutely annoying and performative, but that isn't relevant when someone with kids in a niche market they probably should've prepared for, gets the boot. Losing a job when you're older and taking care of a family aint a fun experience.

No one is obligated to give a shit. Innocent children potentially going through hard times isn't anything that anyone wishes for, obviously. But when a company builds the reputation it did in this industry then goes under, you can bet every penny that people are going to talk about the reasons why. Especially when the person announcing it turned himself into a meme by being such a ridiculous pansy. That company was lucky to be alive as long as it was.

 

[Boss Mog]

Great news!

 

[Burger]

I tried listening to their podcast a while ago and it was so unprofessional. Just a bunch of giggling school girls. I think they spoke about fucking termites or bed bugs for 30 mins before I said what am I doing with my life.

 

[StueyDuck]

Oh nooooooo... not shitty people at a shitty website being laid off.

Sad thing is that they are all part of the gross incestuous moronic games media cult. They'll all have jobs at GameSpot and IGN imminently (meanwhile, young talented individuals who aren't part of the cult get glossed over daily).

Here's to hoping that we'll at least get a month without the shit stain that is klepek muddying up the internet and influencing soft Twitter brains for the worst

 

[GymWolf]

Good riddance.

 

[Robb]

For a second I tought it was Wayforward games. Stupid brain of mine

Same, got worried there for a second.