S/D: Gaming podcasts mostly blow goats. Which ones do not?

Alex/Vinny/Brad are all out at Giant Bomb :(

:(

had fallen off listening in the last few years but still sad to see; must have spent thousands of hours listening to them. hope vinny is still on camera/audio wherever he goes, not sure anyone else has ever radiated such an earnest, kind, comforting presence on the internet.

Fuck's sake. I signed up shortly before Abby left and since then it seems everyone I signed up for has been leaving.

Is there some corporate fuckery behind this, or is it just happening naturally? Polygon seems to have a similar problem of losing its coolest contributors on the reg.

They were already bleeding subscribers, and this probably won't help on that front. They haven't replaced anyone who has left with a new employee in quite some time.

Also, the new corp apparently didn't even know they existed when the CNET purchase went through.

i'm guessing they had incentives that vested 6mo after the buyout which would be exactly right now. gerstmann might have longer since he's the head but i wouldn't be surprised to see him step down too after figuring out what to do with the site

Vinny said that it wasn't a six-month thing.

Jeff's wife is pregnant so I think staying on healthcare is a major reason he's staying, plus protecting the jobs of those who are still there.

ahh ok. still looks like a 'clash with new ownership' thing though when they all leave at once but i could also imagine it being a fatigue thing with those particular 3, they've been doing this for a long time

xp w/Polygon, I notice a bunch of them get promoted up to the bigger in-network sites like Verge

I listen to Kotaku Splitscreen and Triple Click, they're not bad though I wouldn't necessarily go to the mat for them.

xp w/Polygon, I notice a bunch of them get promoted up to the bigger in-network sites like Verge

That was the case with Allegra, but I don't know anyone else? Karen Han left for Slate, Ashley Oh was just let go, Brian David Gilbert left to focus on personal projects. Polygon-adjacent Merrit K has vagueposted a bit on twitter abt the working environment not being great. Still gonna keep checking in as long as Pat and Simone are there.

You're probably right. I didn't realize how many had left (damn, even BDG!? I'm not even 100% a fan but still shocked)

Triple Click has been pretty good, not least because Jason Schreier (likely the only investigative journalist in gaming) is a regular.

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Most recent Splitscreen gets pretty intense and emotionally raw.