Press Reset: The Story of Polygon - financed by Microsoft for $750,000
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THE MAGNIFICENCE CONTINUES, courtesy of one Dan Teasdale of Twisted Pixel
Brad Grenz
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The worst part is the melodrama. It's not like this is a risky, self funded start up. That guy's signing a mortgage cause he moved for a better paying job. He's not signing a second mortgage to pay start up expenses. Most of these guys left good jobs for an even better paying job at a new company with a whole lot of venture capital. I'm sure that's very exciting for them, but given the current state of games journalism, it doesn't seem any riskier than working at any other outlet. Nintendo Power just closed! 1up is dying a slow death. Gamepro was shuttered. EGM seemed like a scam. Even Giant Bomb faced a pretty uncertain transition recently and IGN has not insignificant turnover. It's a volatile industry.
fucking PRO!
E dudes 1 websiet all skillz killed me lol
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Neuromancer
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OMG
HAHAHA. 2 SLOW 2 LOAD
hardcastlemccormick
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The documentary is embarrassing.
The Internet, in true form, makes the situation worthy.
All is well in the jungle.
The Internet, in true form, makes the situation worthy.
All is well in the jungle.
The loop has been closed.
Yeah outside of recording equipment I don't see what there is wrong with using the rest of the funds to feed guests who take the time and money to travel, and to buy things that were talked about on the podcast. If they used any leftover funds to buy wiiU's to be able to talk about that shit at launch that would be fine to.
billy beane
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Well, The Verge is still a good place to go for technology news.
KittyKittyBangBang
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OH HELL YES!
Haha, forgot about this one.
SatelliteOfLove
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No matter what life serves him, I continue to find new reasons to increase my respect for Jeremy Parrish.
Pssst...he does.
Let's not go crazy now.
Pssst...he does.
Let's not go crazy now.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
I personally liked the '2 slow 2 load'
the site hasn't launched. they haven't changed anything. from the content they've already produced they are no different than any other gaming blog. well, that's incorrect, they are different: most bloggers do not have the same inflated level of self-satisfaction.
Blast Processing
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video of the decade
That video was made prior to the first Endurance Run.
Ken Masters
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I would not call these bloggers "accomplished" or "journalists".
Never forget!
I will never get that image out of my mind when I think of gaming "journalism"
And this is coming from someone who just started writing game reviews for my local paper
Hellsing321
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Giantbomb and everyone else has turned this from being one of the most distasteful things ever to one of the best things ever. I still can't stop laughing at Brad's.
I am destroyed.
The Bookerman
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Mr Gies sounds like a freakin kid, totally immature.
Jibbajabbawockky
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Simply amazing
Neuromancer
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I'm wondering if they regret anything.
I bet they do. Ironically they've probably made it harder to provide for the families they showed in the video by doing the video.
I'm sure some of them thought it was pretentious going in. .but it's pre launch PR. As long as it's not indicative of how the site is when it's been live for a month it'll be fine. Considering how fantastic The Verge is, I have hopes it'll be shooting for that bar.
I doubt they do, if anything they probably feel we common people don't understand their brilliant minds. I guess we were not ready for it after all.
Let's get a kickstarter going.
Reluctant-Hero
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Pretty much this. How does that old saying go again? "The only bad press is no press"?
Okay, that one got me. Nicely done.
You're just talking down to them from your ivory development tower. You've been out of the game too long Luke Smith. Your words are wind to men like Brian Crecente and whoever all the other losers are involved with this project whose names I haven't bothered to learn.
Actually this gives me a thought. Games reviewers are like baseball umpires/football referees. If I know their name, then it means they are bad at their jobs.
That makes no sense, guy.
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Deleted member 17706
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Nicely said
So good. These guys are so damn full of themselves.
Where is that hipster-ass group shot of all The Verge editors that just screamed "I wish this was the 70s!"
hahahha AMAZING!
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Deleted member 17706
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It's Zia. The guy will defend anything "indie" to his grave and lambast anything he perceives as mainstream.
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