I agree with this. The sites have two very different styles, and I think he fits better in their paradigm.
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I agree with this. The sites have two very different styles, and I think he fits better in their paradigm.
Incandenza
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Well I wish him the best and hopefully he finds whatever niche he's looking for. Maybe he'll have more of a budget for some long form reporting there.
Fantastapotamus
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I was afraid I was being to subtle (read also: unfunny). It makes me happy somebody got the joke
At least this much
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stump sock
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probably people like me that stopped caring about the site years ago, before all their terrible editors left. Jason's good people. the site seems to be quite a bit better since Owen and Brian split.
For those of you who don't like the rest of kotaku but want to keep following Patricks work it should all be posted here in future http://patrickklepek.kinja.com/.
SuperSonic1305
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Not sure even Patrick can get me over to that site. Looking at their front page alone is turning me away.
Huh. Makes sense for him, Totilo and doing news. Kind of a bummer for me personally. I don't really care about reporting in video games, I think criticism and engagement are more worthwhile.
Curious to see Kotaku's new direction but ultimately don't care that much.
Congrats to Tricky in any case, sure he's happy about it.
Curious to see Kotaku's new direction but ultimately don't care that much.
Congrats to Tricky in any case, sure he's happy about it.
Agreed. That and video content from multiple site personalities, which is kinda tough to do from halfway across the country.
You mean you don't like stories on cosplay, random top 10 lists and dating advice articles?
All you people saying Kotaku is better than it used to be, what the hell did it used to be? Because looking at their past few pages it looks pretty damn bad.
Fantastapotamus
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I mostly remember Kotaku for an article about a watermelon that looked like a butt.
Kotaku has (IMO) never deserved all the shit it gets. A lot of the articles are bland click bait but it delivers an awful lot of news content - even if it is quantity over quality - with the occasional decent piece.
That said - I am surprised that Pat is willing to take a pay cheque from Gawker - one step better than TMZ in my opinion - and that is coming from someone who has been employed by banks over my entire career.
That said - I am surprised that Pat is willing to take a pay cheque from Gawker - one step better than TMZ in my opinion - and that is coming from someone who has been employed by banks over my entire career.
SweetTeddie
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Kotaku was at IGN levels of clickbait articles when I visited there years ago. Maybe they've improved, but if Patrick isn't doing any video content I probably won't see any of his stuff. So he's working from home still? I thought Kotaku was based in NY.
Overall it's still not great, but they do have quality articles from time to time, which is better than what it used to be.
bigwinnerx
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I don't need their front page. I follow him on Twitter, he'll post articles there, I'll read them.
Remember him doing the series of differently formatted articles a few months ago. Maybe he learned none of them did very well and those talents would work better somewhere else.
Remember him doing the series of differently formatted articles a few months ago. Maybe he learned none of them did very well and those talents would work better somewhere else.
Kotaku is based in NYC, yeah. He's working out of the CAH office, last I heard.
Infinite Justice
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As said before i'm not surprised given his love for writing/articles
Incandenza
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Ah yes, that classic meme "OSU Sidepiece Girl"The trending sidebar is fairly baffling
Eh, from what I remember, Kotaku was a solid newsblog from 2007-2011 or so. When Totilo took over is really when the clickbait articles seemed to take over.
Totilo himself seems like a decent guy, but also way too passive and forgiving of bad writing.
And the Gawker network is shit in general, filled with writers who are quick to point the finger, but won't hesitate to compromise their ideals when it gets them clicks.
Fantastapotamus
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The trending sidebar is fairly baffling
This is....don't actually read the articles attached to this. Please don't.
I'm sorry, Schreier is an excellent Journalist, so is Patrick but I just cannot stand Kotaku.
Jimmyfenix
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Jeff is still mad at Drew for stalling the truck in the log simulator quick look
ThreePiMatt
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Vinny was kicked out of San Francisco for casting Bufu on Shadow Teddy. Those feelings of anger simmered for years and finally boiled over.
Plus Jeff hates Brad because of Brad's love of Garden Warfare.
firehawk12
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Patrick to move to Japan and complain about small size fries in 2015?
Leftrighttriggergate (catchy name!) will never be forgotten.
Anyways, congrats again to Patrick. Hope he gets to focus more on actual reporting now. Seemed like he had a source on the MCC fiasco, so let's see what comes of that.
Fantastapotamus
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ReginaldXIV
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Does Patricia Hernandez still work for Kotaku? She was the main reason I never gave them the time of day.
oh some video game stuff too
RPS also has kotaku beat on nude dude skyrim mod coverage too. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/03/14/s-exe-hot-mods-nsfw/
Jimmyfenix
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danganronpa taking over the world
The only TES mod i like is killing that god awful adoring fan from Oblivion
Because it's cool.
ReginaldXIV
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TES games (especially Skyrim) allow for very in-depth modding that is also pretty user-friendly. On Nexusmods Skyrim has over 38,000 different mods, even if 1% of them are nude mods, that's still quite a lot.
funkystudent
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I dont even know what Kotaku is outside of Jason Schreier's stuff.
Its just a random collection of internet bullshit with no target audience or aim. Just whatever you need to do to hit your hit target for the week.
Joining Gawker is a real bummer though but I guess full time jobs are hard to come by for the games press these days.
Its just a random collection of internet bullshit with no target audience or aim. Just whatever you need to do to hit your hit target for the week.
Joining Gawker is a real bummer though but I guess full time jobs are hard to come by for the games press these days.
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