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ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Geoff Keighley Finally Tweets About Layoffs, And The Timing Is Awfully Convenient

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Geoff Keighley Finally Tweets About Layoffs, And The Timing Is Awfully Convenient

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ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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It almost seems like the host and producer behind The Game Awards wanted to avoid backlash
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  • .:\dGh/:.@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Saved you a click. Signal boosting a site for jobs postings.

    Well, making news for Geoff not tweeting something is already click bait.

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    I understand the basic idea of being upset that someone with a large platform isn’t using the platform “for good”, but this whole article reads like the journalist was foaming at the mouth with vitriol that a popular host wasn’t posting about what they wanted him to post about. It makes me… Uncomfortable

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      There is pre-existing context and criticism. And it is not about, or just being the perception of “this journalist”:

      https://www.theverge.com/23992402/geoff-keighley-the-game-awards-layoffs

      https://www.levelup.com/en/news/777306/He-doesnt-represent-us-devs-and-players-deliver-harsh-criticism-of-Geoff-Keighley-on-social-networks

      https://videogames.si.com/features/games-industry-deserves-better-than-geoff-keighley

      https://www.inverse.com/gaming/the-game-awards-2023-needs-to-acknowledge-industrys-lay-offs-problem

      https://dotesports.com/the-game-awards/news/the-game-awards-layoffs-developers-no-respect

      The problems also goes beyond just the layoffs, but his overt coziness and preferential treatment of large studios, over even the ones that actually won the award he is presiding over, and are supposed to be celebrated:

      https://insider-gaming.com/geoff-keighley-shows-cowardice-at-the-game-awards/

      https://www.escapistmagazine.com/the-biggest-problem-at-this-years-game-awards-was-disrespecting-the-winners/

      https://www.eurogamer.net/the-game-awards-speeches-were-too-short-geoff-keighley-admits

      https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-criticized-for-giving-winners-little-time-to-speak-amid-silence-on-industry-layoffs

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