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The history of the site is wild, too. From the origin in the wake of Jeff Gerstmann being fired from GameSpot, the subsequent exodus from that site, to the deat
by Trasmatta 1y ago
The history of the site is wild, too. From the origin in the wake of Jeff Gerstmann being fired from GameSpot, the subsequent exodus from that site, to the death of Ryan Davis, to being bought by CBS Interactive and brought right back under the fold next to GameSpot, to being acquired by multiple other companies, to Jeff Gerstmann getting fired AGAIN, and now this. And all the fun times and weirdness and insanity along the way.
And a funny bit of trivia: likely the most widespread impact the site has had outside of gaming is that it was the origin of the "blinking white guy" meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6BsegPewk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6BsegPewk
- bigstrat2003 1y ago> to Jeff Gerstmann getting fired AGAIN Hold up what? I didn't know that. It seems insane to fire the man from the organization he co-founded.
- cube00 1y agoOnce the VCs get involved you will soon find the company you founded is no longer the company you work at.
- bigstrat2003 1y agoYeah I suppose. It just is shocking to me, because for me Giant Bomb was Jeff (and Ryan, may he rest in peace). Hard to fathom the site without him, but so it goes I guess.
- lazide 1y agoThings change, and sometimes require you to change in ways you’re not okay with to stay/have it keep working. So either change yourself, leave (if you can), or get pushed out (if you’re not majority control). Or everything grinds to a halt. It isn’t just companies.
- RevEng 1y agoIt happens. Our CTO "resigned" about 6 years after we started our VC funded startup. He sold his shares to the rest of the investors. It wasn't his choice to leave.
- riffraff 1y agoYou're gonna be blown away if you read a bit of Apple's history ;)
- phatfish 1y agoJeff chats about some recent history on his podcast from a few days ago. https://youtu.be/bQiGkSCQN7o?t=165 https://youtu.be/bQiGkSCQN7o?t=165