8CN: If you've been active on Twitter lately, you've probably seen that there's some controversy in the Giant Bomb community. The disagreement is over the site's latest hires, who are white males, and whether this represents a diversity problem in game journalism.
Half-Glass Gaming: "On May 4, 2021, Giant Bomb veterans Vinny Caravella, Brad Shoemaker, and Alex Navarro announced they would be leaving the site at the end of the week. It was a heartbreaking moment to watch as the podcast was livestreamed on Twitch, and it resulted in an outpouring of support from fans and Giant Bomb alumni."
"On this week’s episode of The1099 Podcast, Giant Bomb co-founder and former GameSpot mainstay, Jeff Gerstmann, joins host Josiah Renaudin to talk about the past, present, and future of the games industry. The two discuss Giant Bomb’s focus on video over written content, what the company would look like if it started in the age of Patreon, the possible storylines to come out of next week’s E3 conference, how console half-steps like Pro and Scorpio have changed the industry, what Microsoft needs to do to succeed moving forward, and what you can expect from Giant Bomb for the rest of the year."
Scorpio is the story going into E3 and it will continue to be after E3. It is just a very interesting product, that could change the industry drastically of it performs way above it's weight. Console will be much more powerful and may even use recent mid-range PC components.
it definitely has potential and i believe it will deliver on most of it ppl are loving to hate xbox and down play it i would love for xbox to prove them wrong would be a great time and see them eat there crow also it would be better for gamers underdog Microsoft is best Microsoft dont underestimate xbox
On this week's episode, the head of video for Giant Bomb and the host of the Giant Beastcast, Vinny Caravella, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the progress of Giant Bomb East, the importance of personality at Giant Bomb, Drew's departure, the balance between written and video content at the website, how special the Giant Bomb community has become, the current trends in games media, and what you can expect from Giant Bomb this year.
I know this is going to sound bad but ever since Ryan Davis died GiantBomb lost the balance of personalities in the group. Like I love Jeff Gerstmann but he's also kind of an a**hole when it comes to what games are good and what isn't. I mean this dude gave Catherine a 2/5 and I'm pretty sure it's because it was too "Japanese". I know Ryan didn't always agree with Jeff on games and would kind of call him out in a friendly way.
Now it's lost that balance. Like they had some of the best dynamics when it was Ryan, Vinny, Brad, and Jeff. I stopped listening to them now so I'm not sure if the new blood has made the site better or not. I do have mad respect for Jeff even if I don't always agree with him.
I know all sorts of people of all types who play games. So I can say that games don't represent a large number of people who play them. Gaming isn't exclusively white males.
People on Twitter are already taking sides before any of them know the full story. Do we know how many people who were not "white males" that were turned down writing positions at Giant Bomb? Do we know the reasons that anyone was turned down a position? I don't see how anyone can start making claims like this without being an employee at Giant Bomb and knowing the real reason as to why this happened.
I believe that the "go **** yourself" line was extremely unprofessional on Allen's part, especially considering that the user who tweeted that really didn't do it maliciously. However, the amount of childish backlash from the "community" is a problem and it's why people don't take the gaming culture as seriously. Those people need to grow up.
As the article writer said, this was handled poorly from both sides. The trolls need to stop being immature and avoid slinging the slurs around online, and Allen herself needs to consider any kind of response when you tweet something that's purely intended to be something incendiary.
This is just one big mess overall.
Was just listening to IGN's Podcast Beyond and they were discussing gender issues in games rather than games journalism but they brought up some good points about fan reaction which you can really see in action here.
http://ec.libsyn.com/p/b/7/...
As one twitter poster wrote, what does it matter what color and gender they were if they were the most qualified for the position?
SJW's need to get a serious grip on reality.
How about hiring the most qualified person, whether it's a woman or a man. So sick of these petty ass people complaining all the time. You want equality, then start treating others as equals.