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[mm04]

I couldn't care less about Arthur's situation and how it affects various podcasts etc., but people are seriously getting on about capitalization on Twitter? Seriously? I can tell you this, in quick forms of communication, it is common to type everything in lowercase, even at the workplace. A great majority of my co-workers on Communicator do not ever use capitalization. We're talking business professionals here. It's a much less formal type of communication. I guess I just don't hold Twitter to that high of a standard.

 

[infinityBCRT]

I was never a fan of Arthur's blatant bias towards MS and the 360 and lack of objectivity at times but I do have to say I did respect his reviews at least, he was definitely one of the better writers at IGN.

I've always hated that theres no easy way to find all the reviews from one writer on IGN. I guess they don't want to make the writer bigger than the site but I'd love to go through all of the video content with Arthur and Anthony. By chance I stumbled upon a vid that Arthur did of Halo Anniversary on youtube and after going back to IGN I still couldn't find that vid.

 

[weekendCONFIRMED]

Based on the note it looks like he is going to another site. I liked Arthur on podcasts and on RebelFM, so it would be cool to see him at Giant Bomb.

He posts here on Gaf, and was a great help during HaloFest in watching Gaf for stream issues. Thanks for the work Arthur!

If he went to GB I would shit bricks. I doubt it though, they rarely hire and already got the epic Klepek.

I <3 Arthur, but his negativity sometimes gets to me on podcasts. He's so damn hard to please!

 

[Duffyside]

I've always hated that theres no easy way to find all the reviews from one writer on IGN. I guess they don't want to make the writer bigger than the site but I'd love to go through all of the video content with Arthur and Anthony. By chance I stumbled upon a vid that Arthur did of Halo Anniversary on youtube and after going back to IGN I still couldn't find that vid.

This is something I've always wanted metacrtic and sites like it to do: don't just catalogue the sites' reviews, but do the same with the writers' as well. That's more important to me than the site.

 

[clashfan]

If he went to GB I would shit bricks. I doubt it though, they rarely hire and already got the epic Klepek.

I <3 Arthur, but his negativity sometimes gets to me on podcasts. He's so damn hard to please!

It would be great if he went to GB. He would add a more serious discussion about games. I'm alittle tired to all the talk about "nothing" on GB.

 

[Curufinwe]

I still haven't recovered from Nick Suttner and Philip Kollar breaking up

Kollar still pops up on the Game Informer podcast every now and then. But yeah, they were a good podcasting duo.

 

[rocksolidaudio]

I still haven't recovered from Nick Suttner and Philip Kollar breaking up

news to me.

 

[cluto]

It would be great if he went to GB. He would add a more serious discussion about games. I'm alittle tired to all the talk about "nothing" on GB.

I am offended by all three of these sentences.

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

It would be great if he went to GB. He would add a more serious discussion about games. I'm alittle tired to all the talk about "nothing" on GB.

The GB crew gets bullied a bit by Brad at times.

I highly doubt that would happen with Arthur. I'd love to hear Arthur and Brad go toe to toe on different viewpoints.

 

[StuBurns]

I guess I just don't hold Twitter to that high of a standard.

Do you hold English to a high standard though?

That's like saying you'd openly shit in public if you don't value the area you're shitting in.

 

[Curufinwe]

The GB crew gets bullied a bit by Brad at times.

I highly doubt that would happen with Arthur. I'd love to hear Arthur and Brad go toe to toe on different viewpoints.

Arthur and Jeff debating Transformers: War for Cybertron would be better. Arthur gave it a 9 and IIRC Jeff said on the Bombcast that only crazy people like that game.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

There is actual nostalgia for Matt Cassamassina now? I guess time even heals GAF's "DARK GAEM" and "Man Icarus" wounds.

 

[Cartman86]

Seems to be some confusion in this thread. Ive listened to every RebelFM episode, as well as some other episodes with Arthur, here's the history.

Arthur met Anthony (Chufmoney from GFW podcast) from a previous job. It was Tower Records I think, and they became roommates. Anthony worked his way up at 1up and finally got placed on the 1up/GFW podcast from what seems Shawn Elliot liking him and getting him on. Arthur wasn't working in the game press at this time.

When 1up exploded in January 2009, Nick Suttner, Phillop Kholer, and Anthony formed RebelFM the same week. Arthur kind of lucked out here because he was Anthony's roommate, so he got on this podcast that had a ton of interest in it at first because of the 1up layoffs. It also had alot of listeners. I believe it was even number 1 on overall itunes podcasts, a huge feat for a gaming podcast. They also raked in the money. They accepted donations as the "ex-1uppers" who were mistreated and laid off, and made at least 10k, probably much more. I think this rubbed some mods here at Gaf the wrong way, as I seem to remember reading in my lurker days about Evilore posting he wouldn't allow these charity collections to be organized and collected from "mainly" gaffers. Within a couple months both Suttner and Kholer left. Arthur, Anthony, and Tyler remained. They have been very regular since then. They have consistently put out 1 show a week (plus a game club for a while where they played old games). The last few months though has been horrible. They NEVER do the podcast. Seems like they have averaged 1 a month, sometimes 2. And when they do the podcast, you can tell they don't want to be there. None of the passion or enthusiasm they used to have exists. Its like they just want to get it done and get out of there. Maybe because the are wanting to move on with their lives.

He was controversial from the first episode. I believe it episode 2 or 3 he made the infamous comment about Half Life 2 not being a good or competent shooter. That hate ensued from there. Arthur was unemployed at the time, so he worked fully on the podcasts. He eventually got a job at TeamXbox, and Anthony at Gamespy. They both soon were transferred to IGN.

Alot of times I agree with Arthur. And though he can come off as abrasive and know-it-all, he generally tries to be informed on what he speaks about. The only thing that rubs me wrong is his never ending push at all things far left on his twitter and podcasts. I don't care that hes liberal or has certain beliefs, but he goes out of his way to tell you why hes right and everyone else in the world needs to catch up to his rightness. He went to some San Francisco college for a degree in Art, and he fills the stereotype of what this means to be. You review video games man, dont need to hear what you think about the oppression of transgender people and how religion is Hitler. Also was kind of annoyed when he said " A gaming forum don't mean shit", when he was taking alot of flak on GAF for something he said. This is after they receive thousands of dollars in donation from mainly a forum you asked for it on.

Annoyances aside. He was the sole driver on RebelFM, and seems like he did most of the work. And that probably has lessened lately because he wants to move on. I cant stand Giant Bomb, but would listen to it if he joined. Hope he lands on his feet, I'm sure he will. He seems to be a hard worker.

Well it is his personal twitter, not a videogame website.

 

[T Primex]

I find Arthur to be pretty annoying but not too annoying. I usually respect and sometimes even agree with his opinions but he typically comes off as a know it pushing all of his opinions on others. If they disagree he doesn't even to give up on any chance he gets to tell them their wrong. I'm a regular listener of Rebel FM and follow him on twitter. Dude definitely has interesting opinions just the way he presents them makes him look like an asshole. I wish him all the best but for all of those reasons I really don't want to hear him on the Bombcast.

 

[Shalashaska]

I've always hated that theres no easy way to find all the reviews from one writer on IGN. I guess they don't want to make the writer bigger than the site but I'd love to go through all of the video content with Arthur and Anthony. By chance I stumbled upon a vid that Arthur did of Halo Anniversary on youtube and after going back to IGN I still couldn't find that vid.

I asked Daemon Hatfield about that on twitter, he said they were working on it (well, the tech guys not the editors obviously) so I'm assuming that it's coming at some point. I want the same thing. It is much easier to find writers who have similar tastes to you that way.

 

[Proposed Law]

Good luck Arthur, hope this isn't the end of RebelFM.

 

[Struct09]

I loathed listening to the guy on podcasts, but I wish him the best. Hope your new gig is awesome Mr. Gies.

 

[mm04]

Do you hold English to a high standard though?

That's like saying you'd openly shit in public if you don't value the area you're shitting in.

LMAO, so you mean to tell me, that a communication method which is rife with misspellings, word truncation and poor grammar should be a bastion for championing capitalization? Oh come now. You're just picking nits at this point.

 

[Ghost Dad the Whip]

Zzzzz - zzzz = Zzzzzzzz


ps. Klepek has done enough to raise the bar at GB, they prolly aint hiring this d00d (whom I wish nothing but luck to).

 

[StuBurns]

LMAO, so you mean to tell me, that a communication method which is rife with misspellings, word truncation and poor grammar should be a bastion for championing capitalization? Oh come now. You're just picking nits at this point.

I don't think correctly using English is some chore, only to be applied to material expected to be a certain standard. And I'm not nit picking, I don't especially care, I was just surprised.

 

[Duffyside]

LMAO, so you mean to tell me, that a communication method which is rife with misspellings, word truncation and poor grammar should be a bastion for championing capitalization? Oh come now. You're just picking nits at this point.

I think he's just saying whenever people use the language in any text-based medium they should do what they can to properly exercise the language. Don't have any idea why you would have a problem with this, and it may literally be the stupidest case I've ever seen of someone taking umbrage with an opinion.

 

[bengraven]

RebelFM is called that because it was an offshoot of fired members of 1UPFM. Gies was a friend/roommate of Gallegos and essentially got a free ticket into the spot light.

I liked both of them. Gallegos' voice got on my nerves, but his suddenly awkward yet firm views on uber nerdiness were entertaining. Gies seemed like he was a bit more uncomfortable with gaming journalism.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Glad to see him free of that pit called IGN personally. Guy is a nice guy and did a great job during Halofest with the feeds.

 

[mm04]

I think he's just saying whenever people use the language in any text-based medium they should do what they can to properly exercise the language. Don't have any idea why you would have a problem with this, and it may literally be the stupidest case I've ever seen of someone taking umbrage with an opinion.

If you think my opinion of StuBurns' opinion on Arthur's twitter manners is the "stupidest case" of umbrage you've ever seen, you haven't been on GAF for very long or were just born yesterday. Since neither is probably true, I'm assuming you're feeling quite hyperbolic at the moment...which is also a GAF/message board staple.

My last bit on this, since it's completely OT at this point, is do you hold text messages in the same regard? It is text-based medium after all. Twitter almost inherently butchers the English language because of its design, so I find it odd to single out that particular faux pas.

 

[njean777]

Arthur seems like good people. He was probably the most articulate editor on IGN. Looking forward to seeing where he's going.

Me to, aside from anthony's articles and arthurs I rarely ever read ign. I hope rebel fm still keeps going. Love the podcast. I like arthur cuz he doesn't bullshit, he calls it how he sees it and if he is wrong corrects himself. Good luck arthur and please keep on making rebel fm.

 

[Moussi]

so is chuff still at IGN then?

 

[Jburton]

Never really liked the guy, from the first time I heard him on RebelFM.

Wish him no particular harm, he just came across as a know it all who liked the sound of his own voice.

So he got another job ........... big whoop!

 

[Corky]

Yikes people are waaaay too vitriolic towards someone with , absolutely no offence to anyone, such a position.

 

[redlemon]

Wish him no particular harm, he just came across as a know it all who liked the sound of his own voice.

In fairness, he does have a lovely voice.

 

[Calcaneus]

He always struck me as a really serious person, to the point of being humorless on podcasts. Not saying its bad, just not really the kinda atmosphere I want on my dorky podcasts.

Good luck to him, though.

 

[MikeE21286]

lol. whenever someone leaves they are always rumored to be going to Giant Bomb for no apparent reason.

 

[Mooreberg]

Thank fuck it's not GB.

This.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

I think he's just saying whenever people use the language in any text-based medium they should do what they can to properly exercise the language. Don't have any idea why you would have a problem with this, and it may literally be the stupidest case I've ever seen of someone taking umbrage with an opinion.

I think some of us feel the same way about your objection to not capitalizing a throwaway twitter message.

Word choice matters, spelling matters, grammar matters, clarity matters. Capitalization, in an informal setting, does not matter. It doesn't change the meaning of the words in any way. It might change your perception of the words because you infer that the person doesn't care about capitalization so they must not care about having their message read seriously either, but that assumption is unwarranted, so it's really mostly your problem, not the writer's.

 

[daycru]

If you fed NPD numbers and wikipedia into a Mr. Speak-and-Spell you'd have the platitudinous docent contribution of Mr. Aegies.


boom.

I actually like Arthur but fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff this killed me.

 

[edeo]

Hope he manages well. I'd switch from loving to hating him and back on a pretty regular basis.

He is pretty eloquent, but a little too in love with himself and stuffy. He'd try to hide it with self-effacement a lot.

No one should wish him ill. Hell, I even felt bad for Scott Bromley when he lost his job, and hearing his voice on any podcast was enough for me to pause and delete.

 

[JaxJag]

Arthur is very pretentious, annoyingly so.

I've never listened to a podcast where one man would try and correct the other hosts as much as Gies.

He also doesn't take people disagreeing with him very well. I remember a pretty silly argument he had one episode with a guest about iPhone games.

 

[Chuck]

I just saw the news with this thread. I do know that GAF seems to hate Arthur for having strong opinions and views, but that's only made me respect him that much more. I didn't always agree with what he said, but he's always given opinions and reviews which I can trust.

Good luck with your future endeavors, Arthur. If it's not in the games press, you will be missed.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

Arthur is very pretentious, annoyingly so.

I've never listened to a podcast where one man would try and correct the other hosts as much as Gies.

He also doesn't take people disagreeing with him very well. I remember a pretty silly argument he had one episode with a guest about iPhone games.

I don't think I'd call him pretentious (though I'm hesitant to use that word in general) but I agree that he sometimes didn't handle disagreement well. When Tyler (on RebelFM) said he wasn't liking Dead Space 2, Arthur become a little bit petulant and incredulous and it was annoying to listen to.

 

[AiTM]

Well it is his personal twitter, not a videogame website.

I meant his podcast. He can say whatever he wants wherever he wants. But it annoys me when people actively troll religion or politics on gaming podcast. Its a video game podcast man. Its one thing if you want to joke around and have fun, but he actively goes on rants that you would hear from the chick with hairy armpits at a community college. Its not why I listened. And he has no reason I would want to hear his opinion on the subject. He's a straight, white male art student who writes for the gaming press. Anyways he can do what he wants, not my job to tell him how to do things, it just annoys me. Some of my favorite podcasts don't alienate people or bring up those issues, they just talk about games and have fun. Lately Tyler on there does too, which is sad, because he used to seem like such a relaxed cool guy.

 

[Calavera520]

I feel that he writes only in malapropisms. He might not be the best journalist, but seems ok otherwise.

Isn't he the one that called out the validity of message boards through his very own message board post? I think it was in the recent Deux Ex thread.

 

[Rodhull]

Look forward to seeing where he goes. I enjoyed his work so I hope he goes somewhere where I can still see it rather than a development role.

Good luck to him.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

he typically comes off as a know it pushing all of his opinions on others. If they disagree he doesn't even to give up on any chance he gets to tell them their wrong...the way he presents them makes him look like an asshole.

Sounds like he hangs out on NeoGAF a lot.

 

[njean777]

I meant his podcast. He can say whatever he wants wherever he wants. But it annoys me when people actively troll religion or politics on gaming podcast. Its a video game podcast man. Its one thing if you want to joke around and have fun, but he actively goes on rants that you would hear from the chick with hairy armpits at a community college. Its not why I listened. And he has no reason I would want to hear his opinion on the subject. He's a straight, white male art student who writes for the gaming press. Anyways he can do what he wants, not my job to tell him how to do things, it just annoys me. Some of my favorite podcasts don't alienate people or bring up those issues, they just talk about games and have fun. Lately Tyler on there does too, which is sad, because he used to seem like such a relaxed cool guy.

I actually find Arthur to be much more reasonable when it comes to religion, he has his opinions sure, but I never found him to alienate people due to what they believe. Tyler on the other hand had a huge rant over it, which kind of made me a little angry. Arthur though from what I remember usually just says his opinion and doesn't alienate people (he won't even let them use the word retarded on the podcast).

Sounds like he hangs out on NeoGAF a lot.

ZING!

 

[Duffyside]

If you think my opinion of StuBurns' opinion on Arthur's twitter manners is the "stupidest case" of umbrage you've ever seen, you haven't been on GAF for very long or were just born yesterday. Since neither is probably true, I'm assuming you're feeling quite hyperbolic at the moment...which is also a GAF/message board staple.

My last bit on this, since it's completely OT at this point, is do you hold text messages in the same regard? It is text-based medium after all. Twitter almost inherently butchers the English language because of its design, so I find it odd to single out that particular faux pas.

Yes, I do. You should see my text messages, which I don't like to send in the first place. I use commas and punctuation, properly hyphenate, and capitalize. That last one is actually worth noting since I don't have a fancy smartphone. My phone is provided by my work, and is old, so I have to do the old "hammer '2' three times to get a 'C'" thing. So, to capitalize something that isn't the beginning of a new sentence, I have to pretend I have ended a sentence with a period, start the next word, then go back and erase the period. I also have to go through the many options in the '1' button to find semi-colons, parentheses, etc, which is a total pain in the ass. It's one of the reasons I dislike text-messaging and always have.

So... thanks for asking? No hypocrisy here.

 

[MThanded]

aw shit

 

[MThanded]

Sad that he wasn't fired, couldn't stand him on podcasts.

 

[GhaleonQ]

Lately Tyler on there does too, which is sad, because he used to seem like such a relaxed cool guy.

I listened for awhile after he joined, and he was far worse than Arthur on that front. So, this isn't a new development.

 

[snap0212]

Sounds like he hangs out on NeoGAF a lot.

No, he doesn't give a shit about GAF. Wasn't there even a Thread about this when he went on about how shitty GAF was after they've received thousands of dollars in donations from message boards?

 

[fredrancour]

Haven't been to ign since the IGN nintendo crew fell apart. I've given up on professional reviews being helpful, and I get all my news from GAF now.

 

[Duffyside]

I meant his podcast. He can say whatever he wants wherever he wants. But it annoys me when people actively troll religion or politics on gaming podcast. Its a video game podcast man. Its one thing if you want to joke around and have fun, but he actively goes on rants that you would hear from the chick with hairy armpits at a community college. Its not why I listened. And he has no reason I would want to hear his opinion on the subject. He's a straight, white male art student who writes for the gaming press. Anyways he can do what he wants, not my job to tell him how to do things, it just annoys me. Some of my favorite podcasts don't alienate people or bring up those issues, they just talk about games and have fun. Lately Tyler on there does too, which is sad, because he used to seem like such a relaxed cool guy.

Struggling to find the words to describe this silly viewpoint. Umm... you seem nearly as batshit crazy as Arthur usually does? The only difference being he complains about straight white males daring to speak their mind about an issue while being one himself, and implying that he's just so insightful that he's exempt from needing to keep his opinion to himself.