Patrick Klepek is joining Kotaku

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SlickVic

Member
Glad to see him end up somewhere so quickly. If you're still reading this thread Patrick, I look forward to reading your new articles on Kotaku and best of luck there.
 
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Brakke

Banned
Is there a way to subscribe to just Patrick Klepek posts to Kotaku? There's patrickklepek.kinja.com/rss but that includes comments too...
 
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Deleted member 17706

Unconfirmed Member
Bidermaier said:
I liked Patrick at GB but lately it seemed to me that he had too much presence on the podcast, he even sounded a bit bossy. Obviously there was something going on.
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I highly doubt that. He's been hosting a podcast for the last year and a half on which he really had to lead the discussions. I imagine that experience has caused him to be more assertive when it comes to a podcast recording.
 
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Intheflorsh

Banned
It kind of sucks to him transition from personality based content to more standard, more anonymous journalism, but I guess that's the career he wants. Best of luck.
 
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Messofanego

Banned
Intheflorsh said:
It kind of sucks to him transition from personality based content to more standard, more anonymous journalism, but I guess that's the career he wants. Best of luck.
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If you knew Klepek from before Giant Bomb (I first heard of him from MTV Multiplayer blog, then G4), journalism has been his career since forever.
 
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JackelZXA

Member
Jeff made a post that they're already looking at a news focused editor to join Vinny and Alex in New York. Wracking my brain thinking about who they might GET.

((Hey what if it's N'Gai Croal.???))
 
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Undead Hero

Member
Pretty disappointing. I've been a fan of Patrick for a while, being a major horror fan as well, but I have zero interest in sites like Kotaku and what they do. He might as well be dropping off the face of the earth. Hopefully this will work out for him and be what he's looking for career-wise.
 
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Prawntoast

Neo Member
Undead Hero said:
Pretty disappointing. I've been a fan of Patrick for a while, being a major horror fan as well, but I have zero interest in sites like Kotaku and what they do. He might as well be dropping off the face of the earth. Hopefully this will work out for him and be what he's looking for career-wise.
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Same for me as I have no interest in Kotaku/Gawker's particular brand of clickbait journalism. Still, I wish Patrick all the best and hope it works out for him.
 
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erawsd

Member
JackelZXA said:
Jeff made a post that they're already looking at a news focused editor to join Vinny and Alex in New York. Wracking my brain thinking about who they might GET.

((Hey what if it's N'Gai Croal.???))
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Definitely won't be N'Gai. He runs a company that does mock reviews.
 
ShinMaruku

ShinMaruku

Member
Patrick Klepek said:
I'm just gonna poke my head in here quickly and say hi.

First and foremost, squash the conspiracy theories. I wasn't pushed out, I'm on great terms with everyone, and CBS fought hard to keep me. I was simply looking for a new challenge.

This move is definitely an unexpected one for some, but I hope you'll keep an open mind. Kotaku's changed a lot in the last year or two, and some of their approaches to reporting (ditching previews, focusing on post-release coverage) sound really exciting. It's actually not too different from what's been happening at Giant Bomb for a while, either. I know people have lots of pre-conceived notions about Kotaku (or Gawker), and I'm not going to pretend some of that wasn't earned from past work.

If you're interested in my video content, I'm going to keep streaming horror games on my personal channels. I don't have details on that yet, but stay tuned. I'm also hoping to stream a playthrough of Demon's Souls this month, since I finally want to play it.

I can't be sure, but I also think my future Kotaku posts will exclusively show up here -- http://patrickklepek.kinja.com. That might be a solution for some of you? But I think there's lots of good work happening at Kotaku, though I don't disagree sometimes it can get lost in the news shuffle.

Hopefully some (most? all?) of you will join me in my post-Giant Bomb adventures, but if you don't, thanks for your support the last few years. It's been tremendously humbling, and I'm thankful for all of it. Have a good weekend!
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Good stuff. I feel there is a better fit for you and a new challenge that is worth your time.
 
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kaskade

Member
Messofanego said:
Followed.
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I'm wearing that same shirt today. Kind of freaked me out for a second.
 
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King Tubby

Member
Definitely seems like a proper fit. Klepek should only improve on the quality of Kotaku posts. Well, *insert writer X* would too, but still. Don't fall into the Gawker pit, Scoops.
 
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3DimensionalAperture

Banned
Super stoked I'm never going to have read his horrible writing (his GOTY list used "tremendous" 4 times - are you fucking kidding me??) or his hypocritical pseudointelligence ever again for the rest of my life!
 
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gogosox82

Member
Patrick Klepek said:
I'm just gonna poke my head in here quickly and say hi.

First and foremost, squash the conspiracy theories. I wasn't pushed out, I'm on great terms with everyone, and CBS fought hard to keep me. I was simply looking for a new challenge.

This move is definitely an unexpected one for some, but I hope you'll keep an open mind. Kotaku's changed a lot in the last year or two, and some of their approaches to reporting (ditching previews, focusing on post-release coverage) sound really exciting. It's actually not too different from what's been happening at Giant Bomb for a while, either. I know people have lots of pre-conceived notions about Kotaku (or Gawker), and I'm not going to pretend some of that wasn't earned from past work.

If you're interested in my video content, I'm going to keep streaming horror games on my personal channels. I don't have details on that yet, but stay tuned. I'm also hoping to stream a playthrough of Demon's Souls this month, since I finally want to play it.

I can't be sure, but I also think my future Kotaku posts will exclusively show up here -- http://patrickklepek.kinja.com. That might be a solution for some of you? But I think there's lots of good work happening at Kotaku, though I don't disagree sometimes it can get lost in the news shuffle.

Hopefully some (most? all?) of you will join me in my post-Giant Bomb adventures, but if you don't, thanks for your support the last few years. It's been tremendously humbling, and I'm thankful for all of it. Have a good weekend!
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First, congrats and good luck. I agree that all the negativity surrounding Kotaku is overblown. They are much better than they were a few years ago when they were pretty bad. They actually do pretty decent journalism and have broken quite a few stories over the past couple of years. But they do know how bad their layout is right? I mean, as a consumer/reader, its a pain in the ass trying to find just the Kotaku stuff. Please tell me someone is working on this to make it better for the readers.

Second, what is your twitch/youtube channel? Just your name or something else? I've become quite addicted to your spookin streams and don't want to miss that demons souls stream.
 
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Corpekata

Banned
Mad Season said:
This makes no sense. Ppl are just stating their opinion
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Stating your opinion is not like, "we all take turns and go our separate ways." If your opinion is lame, you get shit for it it or argued against. It's a discussion board. What are you expecting when you state your opinion exactly?
 
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Ketch

Member
I like Patrick's work a lot, I've been following him since 1up. Finding a new article on the Giant Bomb page was always an awesome suprise. In comparison, I can't even look at Kotaku's front page without getting annoyed. Unless it changes significantly I'll never try to sift through any of that garbage to find a good article. I wish Totillo and Shreier were joining him at GB instead of the other way around.
 
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Haines

Banned
After seeing his post kind of asking to give kotaku a chance I hit the site up.


No dude. Just no.

I'll stick to giant bomb. Sure you had your reasons for leaving as it is a job after all but guess we part ways.
 
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Halabane

Member
He had to move on. Very few people go to GB to read. You go for video and podcasts. This guy loves print and wants to write. Kotaku is better in that its mainly writing. Down side its an unformatted harddrive. His stuff will roll off the page so fast it will get lost. The quality is also all over the place. Its getting somewhat better (Japan coverage is getting to be real good) but there are still times that they should check sources or their ethical compass before just throwing it up.

Hope Pat likes native adverts inter mixed with his stuff.

I wish him well.
 
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Mesoian

Member
Patrick Klepek said:
I'm just gonna poke my head in here quickly and say hi.

First and foremost, squash the conspiracy theories. I wasn't pushed out, I'm on great terms with everyone, and CBS fought hard to keep me. I was simply looking for a new challenge.

This move is definitely an unexpected one for some, but I hope you'll keep an open mind. Kotaku's changed a lot in the last year or two, and some of their approaches to reporting (ditching previews, focusing on post-release coverage) sound really exciting. It's actually not too different from what's been happening at Giant Bomb for a while, either. I know people have lots of pre-conceived notions about Kotaku (or Gawker), and I'm not going to pretend some of that wasn't earned from past work.

If you're interested in my video content, I'm going to keep streaming horror games on my personal channels. I don't have details on that yet, but stay tuned. I'm also hoping to stream a playthrough of Demon's Souls this month, since I finally want to play it.

I can't be sure, but I also think my future Kotaku posts will exclusively show up here -- http://patrickklepek.kinja.com. That might be a solution for some of you? But I think there's lots of good work happening at Kotaku, though I don't disagree sometimes it can get lost in the news shuffle.

Hopefully some (most? all?) of you will join me in my post-Giant Bomb adventures, but if you don't, thanks for your support the last few years. It's been tremendously humbling, and I'm thankful for all of it. Have a good weekend!
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You've still got me kleptok. You've still got me.
 
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Novoitus

Banned
Haines said:
After seeing his post kind of asking to give kotaku a chance I hit the site up.


No dude. Just no.

I'll stick to giant bomb. Sure you had your reasons for leaving as it is a job after all but guess we part ways.
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This.

Thanks for all the content over the years though Patrick.
 
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3DimensionalAperture

Banned
JDSN said:
Im playing this cool game where I google the username of everyone posting something like that here along with "gamergate" " Anita" or " Zoe Quinn". The results are funny.
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I think Gamergate is sick and disgusting, barely even know who Zoe Quinn is aside from a few appearances on Giant Bomb and she seems like a cool person, and disagree with Anita's criticisms but approve of her overall message and the basic fundaments of what she's trying to achieve.

Maybe you need to be less logically bankrupt before you pretend to be some kind of moral authority here? My problem with Patrick is hardly to do with his political opinions - and more to do with the fact that he's a bad writer, an asshole, and pretends to have some sort of high ground but contradicts himself at every turn. I mean, as if to go out of his way to be an obnoxious piece of shit, on this very forum he has a terrible molestation joke underneath his avatar and none of his "fans" bat an eye? Yeah sure he has a right to be an asshole - but I'm only doing what he asks when he wants to be held at a high standard. I'm holding him to that standard, and he's failed at every opportunity to get anywhere near there - even if he does occasionally say things that I agree with.
 
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d9b

Banned
JDSN said:
Im playing this cool game where I google the username of everyone posting something like that here along with "gamergate" " Anita" or " Zoe Quinn". The results are funny.
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Sounds like a witch hunt to me... Very Orwelian. Not sure I like it.
 
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The Tofunator

Member
3DimensionalAperture said:
I think Gamergate is sick and disgusting, barely even know who Zoe Quinn is aside from a few appearances on Giant Bomb and she seems like a cool person, and disagree with Anita's criticisms but approve of her overall message and the basic fundaments of what she's trying to achieve.

Maybe you need to be less logically bankrupt before you pretend to be some kind of moral authority here? My problem with Patrick is hardly to do with his political opinions - and more to do with the fact that he's a bad writer, an asshole, and pretends to have some sort of high ground but contradicts himself at every turn. I mean, as if to go out of his way to be an obnoxious piece of shit, on this very forum he has a terrible molestation joke underneath his avatar and none of his "fans" bat an eye? Yeah sure he has a right to be an asshole - but I'm only doing what he asks when he wants to be held at a high standard. I'm holding him to that standard, and he's failed at every opportunity to get anywhere near there - even if he does occasionally say things that I agree with.
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...You do realize the Tim Burton joke was not written by him? That was assigned to him by a mod/admin, same as many of the joke tags below someone's username. It feels like you're going out of your way to be a complete asshole.
 
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3DimensionalAperture

Banned
The Tofunator said:
...You do realize the Tim Burton joke was not written by him? That was assigned to him by a mod/admin, same as many of the joke tags below someone's username. It feels like you're going out of your way to be a complete asshole.
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And that makes it better how? If a mod did that to me I wouldn't post on here or make a new account or demand the admins change it. He's still "owning" a terrible joke.
 
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