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Teeth said:
I kinda doubt that? It's not like they are going to hire a bunch of new people after laying off so many.

I guess it's possible that they were hacking out high salaried people to replace with cheap new labor, but if it happens quickly...well, isn't that illegal?

I suppose it's also possible to fill gaps with freelancers, but I feel like they'd want to be paid for the appearances. Also, how many of the freelancers live in the SF region?
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Unless they did it to hinder their ability to collective bargain, that would be perfectly legal.
 
Zaph said:
Writers, editorial directors and event producers by the looks of it.

Little bit concerning that a bigger deal wasn't made of firing the EiC (has a new one even been announced?). I hope there is still good editorial/sales separation there and our Danny isn't going to be roped into Call of Duty advertorial. I've noticed that once sites start downplaying who's in charge (like they did after Greg Kasavin left) and avoid bylines in favour of 'Staff', ethics get messy...
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Yeah, that's how it looked to me too. Which says to me that they're moving away from more of the written editorials and over to more and more straight news and reviews written by freelancers and overseen by a couple of staff editors. Oh, and more of the console war clickbait bullshit they've been doing more of the last few months.

And yeah, I share your concern about the wall between business and editorial. They haven't announced who the new EIC will be. Kevin has the most seniority over there now, maybe him.

Teeth said:
Yes, absolutely. That's the "realignment strategy" that the suits talked about. They were folk who were less suitable for video (by suit standards) and were likely the highest paid content staff. Use freelancers for written content and you don't have to pay for benefits (50% on top of salary or more), office space, AND because they often don't live in SF, they are more willing to work for lower wages. Additionally, it's non-tenured people, so the wage demands are doubly low.

None of the people that were laid off had the cult of personality of the GB guys, and in the case of McShea and Petit, had active detractors. That + high cost + non-standard "look"= layoff when only beans are being counted.

Such is the death of written games stuff.
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Yup, agree with you completely. You just need to look at the thread about the firings over at GS to see how some people over there viewed McShea and Petit. A large part of that community seems actively hostile towards the site these days, especially after the redesign about a year ago. Redoing that site with all that bad old code laying around was always gonna be difficult, but there seems to almost a consensus among those left on the forums over there that it pretty much destroyed what was left of the community.
 
Zaph said:
Brad and Dan are going to be on The Lobby in about 2 and a half hours. http://www.gamespot.com/videos/rogue-legacy-the-swapper-the-lobby/2300-6420616/
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Man... I'd really like to watch this... Watching Dan tackle the swapper could be gold. But to be honest I'm not sure I can watch/listen to Chris Watters anymore. Guy just rubs me the wrong way nonstop. He just always comes across smug or something to me.

(Nothing personal against the guy as I've never 'met' him before and he's probably a cool dude. Just as a viewer, I don't tend to enjoy his work.)
 
elementalsin said:
Man... I'd really like to watch this... Watching Dan tackle the swapper could be gold. But to be honest I'm not sure I can watch/listen to Chris Watters anymore. Guy just rubs me the wrong way nonstop. He just always comes across smug or something to me.

(Nothing personal against the guy as I've never 'met' him before and he's probably a cool dude. Just as a viewer, I don't tend to enjoy his work.)
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I'll save you the trouble - don't watch it. Dan and Brad each have good segments but they're flanked by two hosts who suck the fun out of it.

Hopefully when Danny returns he'll have Dan back on.
 
elementalsin said:
Man... I'd really like to watch this... Watching Dan tackle the swapper could be gold. But to be honest I'm not sure I can watch/listen to Chris Watters anymore. Guy just rubs me the wrong way nonstop. He just always comes across smug or something to me.

(Nothing personal against the guy as I've never 'met' him before and he's probably a cool dude. Just as a viewer, I don't tend to enjoy his work.)
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He's trying way too hard to be Geoff Keighley, but can't pull it off.
 
70s Style Pimp said:
Agreed from a UK perspective.

Bowling was a fun pastime big in the 90s, but now who goes bowling?
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The centre I play indoor cricket at is also our ten pin bowling centre. It gets packed out atleast twice a week with various comps (I live in a smallish, regional town in Australia). I'll go bowling once a year I guess, whenever there is extended family around.

Zaph said:
So we're all in agreement that Kingpin is the best bowling film ever made? Good.
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Zaph said:
I'll save you the trouble - don't watch it. Dan and Brad each have good segments but they're flanked by two hosts who suck the fun out of it.

Hopefully when Danny returns he'll have Dan back on.
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So it wasn't just me on that then. I did give it a shot before I saw your reply, but I honestly only watched about 10 minutes before I bailed.

Here's hoping for Dan and Danny... That could be killer indeed!

Aaron said:
He's trying way too hard to be Geoff Keighley, but can't pull it off.
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That hadn't actually occurred to me, but now that you mention it... I totally see that. Definitely not a fit at all.
 
How are you guys liking Brad hosting the bombcast ? I like it. I'm still unsure if I prefer him over Jeff though; it hasn't been long enough. But he's doing a great job. I think he might be more energetic and positive than Jeff. That would be a plus.
 
AuthenticM said:
How are you guys liking Brad hosting the bombcast ? I like it. I'm still unsure if I prefer him over Jeff though; it hasn't been long enough. But he's doing a great job. I think he might be more energetic and positive than Jeff. That would be a plus.
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Brad is good. I don't mind if Jeff decided to host again whenever. But Brad needs to continue to pick emails.
 
The thing about Brad as host is, he actually pays attention when he's doing it. If he's not host he often seems to either be on his phone or nearly comatose.

I don't think it really matters in the end who the host is, but I think the act of hosting also makes Brad a better participant, so I'm all for it.
 
AuthenticM said:
How are you guys liking Brad hosting the bombcast ? I like it. I'm still unsure if I prefer him over Jeff though; it hasn't been long enough. But he's doing a great job. I think he might be more energetic and positive than Jeff. That would be a plus.
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Clearly better than Jeff. Brad pays attention and Jeff is at his best fucking around, not hosting.
 
Nishastra said:
The thing about Brad as host is, he actually pays attention when he's doing it. If he's not host he often seems to either be on his phone or nearly comatose.

I don't think it really matters in the end who the host is, but I think the act of hosting also makes Brad a better participant, so I'm all for it.
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Bingo.

Brad has been amazing since he took over. Before that he would talk very little.
 
AuthenticM said:
How are you guys liking Brad hosting the bombcast ? I like it. I'm still unsure if I prefer him over Jeff though; it hasn't been long enough. But he's doing a great job. I think he might be more energetic and positive than Jeff. That would be a plus.
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I like Jeff as a substitute host, but I like him as first chair better.
 
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