MovieBob leaving The Escapist
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Seriously, what's next? Yatzee leaving too? I mean Bob provided two videos and aswell his articles and it is worrying that there have no new shows/ videos to replaces the ones that have left/ leaving like LRR even since that Extra Credits fiasco. Heck we no longer get any video reviews either!
Err http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.870584-Moviebob-leaving-The-Escapist
OT- This isn't looking good, Jim left, staffs being lay off and now this.
OT- This isn't looking good, Jim left, staffs being lay off and now this.
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Eh, the only reason I ever watched any of Bob's content was because I was already coming to the escapist and it just happened to be there, and would only take 5 minutes of my time to watch. If he's leaving I certainly won't take any time to actually search out his content.
I'll still kind of miss his incite into comic books though, that's something I'm mostly unfamiliar with and he made it very digestible and easy to understand. Couldn't agree with most of his movie reviews though, nor a lot of his political leanings or his abrasive personality in general.
I'll still kind of miss his incite into comic books though, that's something I'm mostly unfamiliar with and he made it very digestible and easy to understand. Couldn't agree with most of his movie reviews though, nor a lot of his political leanings or his abrasive personality in general.
Good riddance for all I care. He's too much of a fanboy to be a good critic. The conscendence is strong in him.
Maybe? I don't know if you've seen the weekly schedule at the bottom of the home page but it looks like the staff has purged all the TV review shows. And now Bob's are going.MarsAtlas said:
Not gonna miss him. Don't miss Jim either. All I care about is Yahtzee. And the only one I really miss is Lisa 
Indeed, but for now he's directing his Twitter followers to buy his book and tip him through PayPal.SNCommand said:
Read his blog. Him getting fired from the Escapist has got nothing to do with Twitter and any other hashtags. (http://moviebob.blogspot.ca/2015/02/all-good-things.html?spref=tw)Zontar said:
Also the Escapist is really bleeding. Badly. Only thing worth now is Yahtzee, Critical Miss and LRR.
Captcha: Fashion victim. Maybe Bob is one
So, that leaves Yahtzee alone to hold up the site.
But to be honest, I won't shed a tear for Movie Bob. Ever since GG started, he just went down hill in quality and my respect for him plummeted something hardcore.
But to be honest, I won't shed a tear for Movie Bob. Ever since GG started, he just went down hill in quality and my respect for him plummeted something hardcore.
See here's the thing, Bob is the last person to trust about that. If I was in his position, and it was because of my twitter rants that I got fired, I'd probably deny it being the case.Haerthan said:
I'll wait for The Escapist to make an official announcement as for the reason.
Read that. But...but why? I would like some sort of reason. He's one of the main reasons I come to this site. Now all that's left is Zero Punctuation, and Experience Points (when it's not about tech stuff that I don't understand). I mean, even the news bit articles have been coming in less and less, and even those don't seem to focus on games as much as in the old days. I hate to jump on this band wagon, because I really didn't see it until now, but it does feel like the escapist is dying, or at least withering. I don't understand what's happening. Why would they fire MovieBob? Yeah, he seems to get a lot of heat in the comments, but there are just as many, if not more, people out there who enjoy his work.Haerthan said:
Well, this is surprising. I mean, I guess the writing's been on the wall for a while, but even so...
Though has Miracle of Sound left as well? I noticed that Gavin's been left out of the lists of good content that's still around, and admittedly I mostly follow him on Youtube and Bandcamp now, so if there's been an announcement I must have missed it.
Though has Miracle of Sound left as well? I noticed that Gavin's been left out of the lists of good content that's still around, and admittedly I mostly follow him on Youtube and Bandcamp now, so if there's been an announcement I must have missed it.
Who knows. To be honest I don't really care that much. I did enjoy his reviews and ideas in his videos (most of them anyways). So yea, now I am just stumped at why they would do that.Sniper Team 4 said:
Edit: Most likely cause of financial difficulties to be honest. That is one of the main reasons why corporations downsize, usually.
Yeah. I'll miss his videos over here. I'll have to head over to his blog or youtube channel now to get them. Its annoying as I liked being able to come to one site to watch/read content by some of my favorite reviewers and commentators.
While Bob has been polarizing at times, one of the big reasons why I like his videos is that his taste in film is about 95% aligned with my own. So that just leaves the odd news story, critical intel and zero punctuation for me.
While Bob has been polarizing at times, one of the big reasons why I like his videos is that his taste in film is about 95% aligned with my own. So that just leaves the odd news story, critical intel and zero punctuation for me.
A few months ago, this would have been shocking and just that. However, after all the other cuts and loss of content, I'm glad I decided not to renew my Pub Club subscription.
Jim's gone, LRR's on Patreon (and all the content they make that I like isn't even on this site), MoS posts his stuff on Bandcamp/Youtube early, the CM team admit they're looking into crowdfunding, almost all the podcasts are gone, the news has been coming in slower and slower and with Moviebob leaving the site loses nearly 1/5 of its weekly content.
I'm not going to cry doom and gloom yet, but whoever is in charge of managing this site's budget better start giving Yahtzee a lot more money.
Jim's gone, LRR's on Patreon (and all the content they make that I like isn't even on this site), MoS posts his stuff on Bandcamp/Youtube early, the CM team admit they're looking into crowdfunding, almost all the podcasts are gone, the news has been coming in slower and slower and with Moviebob leaving the site loses nearly 1/5 of its weekly content.
I'm not going to cry doom and gloom yet, but whoever is in charge of managing this site's budget better start giving Yahtzee a lot more money.
Good grief.
Extra Credits, Zero Punctuation, Rebecca Mayes, Lisa Foiles, and Bob were why I started coming here. Jim was occasionally interesting. Zero Punctuation got too repetitive years ago (though I generally like Extra Punctuation) but Bob was the last holdout that kept me visiting regularly.
No Right Answer being interesting every third episode is not going to be enough to keep me coming back.
Not really meant as a whine, but more a sincere question as to what the hell is going on. There are easier places to get twitches and podcasts than coming here to get them. I can see Bob setting up a patreon or spending some time at Penny Arcade like Extra Credits did before finding a home, but that seems likely to be it for the site.
Maybe new management has some master plan to transition to a different purpose (PnP RPG site?), but it really just seems like shooting yourself in the foot to get rid of so much content.
Extra Credits, Zero Punctuation, Rebecca Mayes, Lisa Foiles, and Bob were why I started coming here. Jim was occasionally interesting. Zero Punctuation got too repetitive years ago (though I generally like Extra Punctuation) but Bob was the last holdout that kept me visiting regularly.
No Right Answer being interesting every third episode is not going to be enough to keep me coming back.
Not really meant as a whine, but more a sincere question as to what the hell is going on. There are easier places to get twitches and podcasts than coming here to get them. I can see Bob setting up a patreon or spending some time at Penny Arcade like Extra Credits did before finding a home, but that seems likely to be it for the site.
Maybe new management has some master plan to transition to a different purpose (PnP RPG site?), but it really just seems like shooting yourself in the foot to get rid of so much content.