The Escapist Exodus of 2023

[Lizuka #BLM]

Not really been a thing I've watched very much at all in recent years, but I'll still check in on it here and there. With how much he's been like the central pillar of that whole site, to the point they basically burned down the whole thing besides him, it's kind of wild to think about.

Seems like there might be a bigger story underneath this because poking around further seems like other people both resigned and were fired today.

Edit: Looking further into the situation it seems like the person running the channel was fired and all of the video producers quit in solidarity.

[Feargus McReddit]

Yeah, Yahtzee is the biggest name but there's something way more to it considering a bunch of resignations happened because Nick Calandra, the Managing Director of Video, got fired and thus, pretty much the entire video team of the website left in support.

[The Ichi]

I hope we get the return of Yathzee and Gabe but wishful thinking.

[Feargus McReddit]

It'll be very funny if this turns into a Dropout style situation where the former video producers form their own website and then end up acquiring the parent company that they left in the first place when it inevitably goes pear-shaped

[EP 54 is banned from Collision]

Frost is gone too, so that's all the content I'm interested in is definitely gone.

Buuut... is there any content left on The Escapist after this?

[Gunhaver]

Is The Escapist still propping up Movie Bob?

[Feargus McReddit]

Seems like something’s already in the works with the old Escapist crew.

EDIT: This also feels funny with Aftermath, a new creator owned video game coverage website launching today with a subscriber model, which seems to be the way this stuff is going because of how dumb and greedy corporate interest can be with stuff.

[Alice Syndrome]

What seems to have happened is someone they liked was fired, and everyone else suddenly decided they didn't need the website.

Also a bunch of social media and stuff just popped up for something called Second Wind.

[Feargus McReddit]

Nov 7, 2023 13:30:44 GMT -5 Alice Syndrome said:

Also a bunch of social media and stuff just popped up for something called Second Wind.

From the man himself…

Also went ahead and tweaked the title since this feels bigger than just Yahtzee leaving, it’s a whole department just leaving a website.

[Banjo Is Broken]

Well it is called The Escapist, and not Imprisonist.

That's totally a real word, too.

[Feargus McReddit]

It’s actually around 40k right now. All for something that has only been announced with no real reveal of what it’s going to do.

[The Legend of Groose]

Nov 8, 2023 10:02:54 GMT -5 Feargus McReddit said:

It’s actually around 40k right now. All for something that has only been announced with no real reveal of what it’s going to do.

Getting this much hype only because who's involved is a little concerning, especially since we don't know what this really is. This could be some NFT/Crypto scam that they just baited people into. Not saying there's a chance of that, just using that as an example of investing into potential and not exactly a concept or product.

[Fundertaker]

www.youtube.com/live/KG2ttRgc5Zk?si=d7tbIoRhG6tEnRsr

Here's the stream Yahtzee and Nick made.

[Scoops]

Has anyone checked out Yahtzee's new Zero Punctuation replacement "Fully Ramblimatic". It's still Zero Punctuation but I'm not a fan of the new art style. For one thing his avatar looks like a sex pest but the red background is too attention drawing and takes me out of the video.