Holy crap this is fantastic..... New avatar incoming?
Austin Walker joins Giant Bomb
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Holy crap this is fantastic..... New avatar incoming?
BRocknRolla
Member
Interesting that he'll be at GBeast. I'm quite excited about it. He seems like a talented writer with a real depth of knowledge when it comes to criticism. That's rare in the video games world unfortunately. Eager to see what comes of it.
Sorry
AuthenticM
Member
I asked him if he intends on bringing back Dwarf Fortress videos.
Haven't listened to the new one yet but I thought he was awesome on the last one. Hopefully he drops in often as I was actually kind of bummed that he wasn't going to be a reg.
Pocky4Th3Win
Member
He will probably show up on the podcast often I bet...
He'll also be the main news guy for GB, if the job rec for the position is any indication.
EDIT: Whoops! Talking about wrong guy.
MisterR
Member
He's a really good writer.
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
So who's in Giant Bomb East? I haven't been keeping up and didn't realize there were two teams.
That was a great episode. Everything GBeast is doing has been working with me.
They may have usurped regular-ass GB.
shadyspace
Banned
He is the new Patrick except he actually has the credentials to be successfully doing what Patrick was trying to do.
Seems possible that he could be a permanent member of the beastcast. 4 man podcasts are the best after all.
Vinny, Alex, and now Austin.
Piston Hyundai
Member
Yeah, I'm curious how he'll develop on-camera, considering his career background is more like Patrick's, focused on written work. I never really went to GB for the writing, and while I'm not one of those guys who would instantly thumbs-down a Patrick quick look on YouTube, the dude was simply not that entertaining in video content. I liked when he was getting a little more experimental with his video things (see the A Story About My Uncle video), but he bailed pretty shortly after that so it never really got a chance to grow from that.
Regardless of whatever he's like on-camera, it'll be pretty hard not to enjoy him coupled with Vinny. Dude's like the cheese of Giant Bomb: there isn't much he doesn't make better.
man he kind of looks like wesley willis in pixel form, doesn't he
Who?
Google gave a weird result for that name:
At least Alex won't be the only stoner at GBeast!
trailmix16
Member
marxists gotta eat too
'Its medication'
It went well and he seemed to be well accepted so I think you're right.
What does this even mean?
OdysseusVA
Banned
What's the need for comments like this? What even is the point of this one?
some people can't let it go
That sure is a list of things.
It was me all along.
stump sock
Member
Man, Beast QLs are going to get weird(er)
Glass Shark
Banned
I know his name and have seen tweets from him here and there, but I'm not familiar with his work. The GB dudes have great taste, though, so I welcome him to the team!
shadyspace
Banned
This criticism of what I said makes no sense. Is your implication that I disliked Patrick for writing on social justice issues in video games like so many did? No, that would not make much sense when my post was about being glad that someone who is clearly much more well-suited to writing about social issues in games has joined the site.
Nintenyearold
Neo Member
He seems like a good fit based on the beastcast. I'm looking forward to seeing more of his work!
Not Phil Koller if I remember correctly.
SlipperyFishes
Banned
I've worked alongside Austin Walker in the past. He's the sort of person who takes no shit at all and is an expert in digging in to find the meat of any story.
Wayback Archive on his Six Days in Fallujah timeline that many sites, including Kotaku found to be revealing.
Congratulations, Austin.
Wayback Archive on his Six Days in Fallujah timeline that many sites, including Kotaku found to be revealing.
Congratulations, Austin.
Piston Hyundai
Member
Giger Pilot
Banned
Really? In like a funny ha ha kind of way? Dan doesn't seem like the kind of guy to not get along with someone.
Nope, my point was people feel the need to go out of their way to shit on Patrick instead of just celebrating what Austin will bring to the site.
AwakenedCloud
Member
I kind of want the GBEast guys to have a Mario Party run themselves. Mario Party is the fastest way to see a man's true soul.
RepairmanJack
Member
Neh they gotta do some weird off-shoot clone. Fusion Frenzy Fest or something more dumb.
shadyspace
Banned
Criticism is not "shitting" on him. I have always commended Patrick's attempts and have consistently found his work to be shallow and poorly-written. From what I have read of Austin's work, he clearly does not have those things in common with Patrick. I would suggest you never pick up a journal of literary criticism if you found what I have said to be "shitting" on Klepek, you wouldn't be able to handle it.
2 Slice Toaster
Member
Hopefully Austin is more open to your efforts in assisting him in improving his writing then Patrick was.