Piston Hyundai
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patrick was going to call gawker a fucking
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It feels like everything is tending towards video though. Or at the least, just writing isn't enough to get by anymore, you need to do more. Think they talked about this on a recent Beastcast.
Luckily, Patrick's got that on-camera experience, and he's producing podcasts and videos as well. He'll probably be fine.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Like mentioned, it does seem like a cop out response. He's seemingly oblivious to something happening within his sphere, and before where he would talk against a news site outing a gay person without their permission and abetting blackmail, all he has to say is 'I'm going to turn off twitter before I say something I regret.'.
Yeah it's his paycheck he'd be speaking out against, and I feel he would really say something about it, but it goes against what he stands for.
Yeah, no problem with him playing it close to the chest here. It's not like he wrote the article or decided to publish it. Or was involved in any way whatsoever.
Glitchesarecool
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The problem is that a lot of that is solo and it's kinda shit for it. He played so much better with a group.
it's his livelihood at stake. it's understandable. we shouldn't gripe about that.
Glitchesarecool
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NumberThree
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In other news, John Carmack Tweet of the Week
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I feel like the giantbomb guys made fun of CBS with little to no regard.
Different kettle of fish though, compared to a site actively publishing blackmail.
Different kettle of fish though, compared to a site actively publishing blackmail.
petethepanda
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I forgot the briefings in MGS4 weren't automatic.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
In that other thread, someone mentioned that all gawker media employees(I believe it extends to Kotaku) are now unionized, so he really wouldn't be threatened for his job if he spoke out against it.
Glitchesarecool
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Maybe he would be protected legally, but you don't get off scot free for doing that kind of thing.
chaobreaker
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Site isn't loading for me 
soundscream
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Patrick and Jason would probably find jobs quickly, they are one of the few actual journalist in the industry. The others might take awhile longer, even Totilo might struggle if he doesn't want to take a demotion simply because games press is a shrinking industry.
Although Tina joining the Beast Crew would be awesome.
Although Tina joining the Beast Crew would be awesome.
Keyser Soze
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Site isn't loading for me
You could always try Youtube, unless it was premium content you were after
EdReedFan20
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I was just over in the thread about the article and someone pointed out that the guy involved with this is the CEO of the company that owns Reddit and Gawker has been blasting Reddit all week for the drama over there. Did they run this story because of Reddit? If so, yikes? That's a pretty vindictive thing to do.
I think it'd be cool (provided they ever did leave) if Patrick and Jason would start up their own website. I really feel the two of them do some of the best work in the video game industry.
I think it'd be cool (provided they ever did leave) if Patrick and Jason would start up their own website. I really feel the two of them do some of the best work in the video game industry.
StopMakingSense
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CFO. And Reddit notwithstanding, Conde Nast is a direct competitor of Gawker. It's just super scummy all around.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I thought you were talking about Awe-striker for a minute and thought "what...?"
EdReedFan20
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That's just.... Mind-boggingly.... Just. Yikes. Two lives are possibly ruined because of this.
EdReedFan20
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Site isn't loading for me
CBS must be broken again. I just tried to refresh my podcasts on iTunes to see if I had any new podcasts, and all the GB related ones have that error symbol (a circle with an exclamation mark in it).
Edit- Whoops. Double post.
Edit 2- Seems to be just Giant Bomb. All the other CBSi sites load fine.
StopMakingSense
Member
Hey guys, lets talk about happy things: a new Beastcast is almost here!
Gawker go after their direct competition all the time, it's pathetic. The same author of that article posted another yesterday about a stupid Vox article and tried to take the moral high ground. You can't make this shit up.
Totilo really needs to ask himself if he's happy with his Kotaku writers posting any more negative articles about Reddit (or any direct competition), considering how far his bosses are willing to go.
BUNTING1243
Banned
It must suck being someone as progressive as Patrick and working for an absolute cesspool of a parent company
Piston Hyundai
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Cool!
Let's talk about Gawker until it gets here!
well money's pretty nice, right
chaobreaker
Member
We stopped talking about the new hire when you asked. We ask that you do the same for us right now.
Seriously, let's not give that crap any more breathing space here.
Happy Friday!
EdReedFan20
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Pfft. Rocket League scrubs. That's what they are ;p
StopMakingSense
Member
I guess Rocket shaming is a thing now?
Piston Hyundai
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I was only kidding. That being said, Gawker's the second-most trending topic in the world right now, so the whole breathing space thing is kind of shot.
EdReedFan20
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
New TVs takes time to ship man.
EdReedFan20
Member
Too bad the private cross-platform matches are not working yet. That would've made things easier. One of them could've been on a PC with a controller. When that does happen, I'd like to see them try 4v4. Maybe add Drew for GBWest and (I guess) Jeff Bakalar for GBEast.
gulfamashraf
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Tweet of the weeeekkkk!!
Do we not like Jeff Bakalar or is this more of a "he's not really a part of GB" thing?
EdReedFan20
Member
The latter. I couldn't think of anyone else that would make sense for that fourth spot. While he's only done the Beastcast with them (almost every episode, I think), that instantly makes him the officially unofficial fourth member of Team GBEast, right? I'm sure GBWest (mainly Dan) would try to protest.
StopMakingSense
Member
IMO, Carmack's Tweet of the Week should alternate between the really low level code stuff, and his weird engineering libertarianism.
He's like the Danny of GBeast.
I went through his timeline and the only thing I fully understood was the DOOM cake.
styl3s
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I'm sure he could get a job at any gaming site in a snap of a finger.
Honestly i think if he went the Patreon route he would be ok and i would prefer it because a lot of shit he does on Kotaku feels like meeting the quote type shit. I haven't been to Kotaku or a Patrick post since i saw him make a post that was just gif and nothing else... But Kotaku isn't going anywhere.
CoolBatteryCharge
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*clears throat*
...WRESTLING!!!
...WRESTLING!!!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well known wrestler hulk hogan is suing gawker as well.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
You don't say whippy!
Jushin 'Thunder' Liger, NXT is weird.
Twin Tails
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All next week is GBeast training week.
CoolBatteryCharge
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Interested to see what they do with him. He was a bit rough in the ring last year. I met him in May this year and he had a great match with Dalton Castle. Seems like he's doing better.
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