ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoGeoff Keighley Finally Tweets About Layoffs, And The Timing Is Awfully Convenientkotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down15
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minus-squareylai@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoThere 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
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