MovieBob leaving The Escapist

[Casual Shinji]

*bum bum bum... b-bum bum bum b-bum* And another one gone, and another gone... Another one bites the dust.

The escapist is just losing cornerstones now they're like skinflakes. Looks like you're holding all the power now, Benny.

And yay for another Top 8. How about 'Top 8 contributers that left the Escapist'?

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Can't say I ever watched his stuff, our areas of interest don't really cross over, but with the recent loss of Jim, laying off Greg Tito et. al and now Moviebob going, I can see how people might be getting a bit speculative about the sites future prospects.

 

[Zhukov]

Where's this idea coming from that this site can't survive without Yahtzee? You do know The Escapist pre-dates ZP by two years, right?

Yeah, but they were tiny back then. Tiny and struggling. Hell, that wasn't long after they dropped the magazine format.

I really doubt the bosses and beancounters want to return to those days.

 

[TKretts3]

I used to come to this site for so much stuff, now so much of what I liked it going away. Extra Credits left a few years ago, Top Five With Lisa Foiles came and went. Now Jim and Bob leave pretty much right after each other; Jim was the only reason I came to the site on Mondays, and his cross-overs with Yhatzee were always enjoyable. Now Bob is leaving and taking away one of the big reasons I come to the site. I may not always agree with him but his videos always encouraged me to visit the site on Tuesdays and Fridays, and his articles for HD, Intermission, and Agents reviews were always pretty nice. Even the forums have become less appealing to me, what with R&P getting butchered by dumping all of those GG and GG-related threads in there.

At this point I really only come to the site for Zero Punctuation, Critical Miss, and the occasional Extra Punctuation and Experienced Points. From what I hear Critical Miss is also looking to abandon ship, if Yhatzee leaves too then I'll really have no reason to come to this site anymore. :/

 

[SilverUchiha]

So, realistically speaking, the only thing worth a damn on this site now is Yahtzee. (No offense to LRR or the No Right Answer Team). How long will it be until they decide to can him too? All that being said, Jim seems like he's doing better on his own and I can only hope that Bob and whoever else this happens to manages to find that same level of success elsewhere too. Last thing I'd want is for any of the people here who've entertained me throughout the years to go jobless when they are actually quite intelligent or talented and have much to offer.

 

[mjharper]

Well, that's pretty much it. Lisa, Jim, then Bob. There's still Yahtzee, Robert and Shamus, but I can't really justify a subscription any more.

 

[major_chaos]

Everyone I like here has either left for less shitty forums

Like what for example? I have yet to find a forum better than this one. Although /v/ is fun for the occasional blowing off steam in a nearly moderation free environment.

OT: can't say I'm sad. He clearly had vastly different taste in movies than me so BP wasn't much use, his views on games can be summed up as "Nintendo is god, everything after 2001 sucks, and all CoD players are drooling mentally challenged ape men", and his twitter just made him that much more impossible to like. Hopefully the escapist can find someone less acidic to replace him. Assuming a replacement is in the cards that is.

 

[Salad Is Murder]

Everyone I like here has either left for less shitty forums

Like what for example? I have yet to find a forum better than this one. Although /v/ is fun for the occasional blowing off steam in a nearly moderation free environment.

OT: can't say I'm sad. He clearly had vastly different taste in movies than me so BP wasn't much use, his views on games can be summed up as "Nintendo is god, everything after 2001 sucks, and all CoD players are drooling mentally challenged ape men", and his twitter just made him that much more impossible to like. Hopefully the escapist can find someone less acidic to replace him. Assuming a replacement is in the cards that is.

I know, right? Besides the [completely objective] fact that Super Mario 2 is the finest Super Mario game and he went and wrote a stupid book about SM3. Oh, and the whole twitter rants n'stuff and whatever but really the Super Mario thing was a big deal with me.

 

[Marter]

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Maybe news, but mostly not much news at all.

And lots of hugs to those who want me to fill the position. We'll see. ;D

 

[erbkaiser]

I consider this good news. While I did enjoy some of his content in the past, ever since the corruption in games media was exposed Bob's rhetoric has been very much anti-gamer and he has made some statements on his twitter that sicken me.

The Escapist will be a better place without him.

As for Bob, he has his own Youtube channel and I bet he'll be able to start a Patreon or something to keep going.

 

[britishdantheman]

Wow. I really can't believe this. It seems my reasons to visit The Escapist keep dropping like flies. When I first got into the site, there was content almost every day of the week to keep me coming back--Moviebob was a huge part of that. Now all that's left that I care about is ZP. So, I guess you can count on me showing up once a week from now on Escapist. Good job?

 

[Elfgore]

Add another voice to someone who doesn't see much lost personally with him leaving. I watched a bit of his stuff in my early years here, but he just became so self-righteous it hurt. Just some of the things that come out of his mouth, either in his videos or on his twitter feed, are just moronic. I will admit, that I do hope he gets another job soon.

Now, as a member of the Escapist, I'm actually worried. As he along with Yahtzee was one of the few content providers still around. I really do not want this site to fail.

 

[Pyrian]

Where's this idea coming from that this site can't survive without Yahtzee? You do know The Escapist pre-dates ZP by two years, right?

Mmm. Good times. Just text columns (and a few background images), once a week. I actually think it was better back then. More thoughtful writing; we would get four to six solid articles per week, whereas now we're lucky to get two. I'm sure it didn't make much money, though. I hope I'm seeing some of that awesomeness come back like in that Elite creator interview, though.

 

[KazeAizen]

I dunno, for me, it wasn't so much that what he said offended me (it didn't, especially since it very clearly wasn't meant for me -even if had been, one guy on Twitter is not going to cause me to lose any sleep), it's that what he did was incredibly unprofessional. This is the kind of thing you expect from teenagers on 4chan. If I went on a raving Twitter rampage like he did, I'd absolutely lose my job. If this did in fact cause him to lose his job, I honestly think justice was served. He was poorly representing his field of journalism which is exactly what they didn't need at that time. It made me respect him less and as a result, really turned me off of his work.
As for his political stuff encroaching on his reviews... eh. It annoyed me (even though I share most of his political views), but it certainly didn't stop me from watching his stuff.

I should end this by saying that I don't think he's a bad guy. I just think he made a mistake. If that mistake is in fact at least part of why he's now job hunting, I hope he learns from it. I wish him good luck in his future endeavors.

The Critical Miss guys have done a lot of the same as well honestly.

 

[madwarper]

Maybe news, but mostly not much news at all.

Assuming there was any dirty laundry to air, I can understand why they wouldn't want to do it in public. Especially IF (big "if") Bob was let go over his actions on Twitter, as many have speculated, then it would have been ironic for Archon to say as much on that same medium.

It's just best to give the public appearance that every parting is amicable, even if it's not, because you never know who you might be working with/for in the future.

 

[MatParker116]

How long's Defy gonna keep the lights on?

 

[RJ 17]

I won't miss him much, but I know a lot of others will. I do think that it's obvious this site is officially crumbling now, as I believe we can officially consider this an exodus of staff members. It had a good run, but I'm going to go ahead an get some posterboard and a sharpie and start making "The End Is Nigh!!!" signs. :3

 

[Thorn14]

So much for it being amicable of a leaving. He also retweeted a bunch of "Fuck the escapist!" tweets, too.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

I'm quite sad to read this. In truth, I don't care much for Bob's politicking or his views on many things and I won't miss those things. However, when he is a film critic, he's very, very good and I enjoy his reviews. I'm sad to hear his series on this site is ending as I was to see Lisa Foiles and Jim Sterling leave too. There's only Yahtzee and the Unskippable/Feed Dump folks left :-\

Don't know if Bob will read this thread, but he will be missed and I wish him well in any future personal or professional endeavours. I'll hope to come across more from him in the future.

 

[Tanis]

It's a shame this site is dying such a slow death.

Even when hunting you don't kill the animal by removing its limbs piece by piece.

You go for the one strike, be it blade or bullet, death.

I've been part of this site longer than I can remember.

I'm on my third profile.
-First one I lost my email password, so it's...dead somewhere.
-Second one I closed when I was without net for like 6 months.

Seen folks come and go, but NEVER at this rate.


HOPEFULLY it's the darkest hour just before the dawn.
A, rebirth, that takes its time.

Not the darkest hour just before the abyss.
A, assassination, that takes its time.