Geoff Keighley Finally Tweets About Layoffs, And The Timing Is Awfully Convenient
Geoff Keighley Finally Tweets About Layoffs, And The Timing Is Awfully Convenient

Geoff Keighley Finally Tweets About Layoffs, And The Timing Is Awfully Convenient

Geoff Keighley Finally Tweets About Layoffs, And The Timing Is Awfully Convenient
Geoff Keighley Finally Tweets About Layoffs, And The Timing Is Awfully Convenient
I understand the basic idea of being upset that someone with a large platform isn't using the platform "for good", but this whole article reads like the journalist was foaming at the mouth with vitriol that a popular host wasn't posting about what they wanted him to post about. It makes me... Uncomfortable
There is pre-existing context and criticism. And it is not about, or just being the perception of “this journalist”:
https://www.theverge.com/23992402/geoff-keighley-the-game-awards-layoffs
https://videogames.si.com/features/games-industry-deserves-better-than-geoff-keighley
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/the-game-awards-2023-needs-to-acknowledge-industrys-lay-offs-problem
https://dotesports.com/the-game-awards/news/the-game-awards-layoffs-developers-no-respect
The problems also goes beyond just the layoffs, but his overt coziness and preferential treatment of large studios, over even the ones that actually won the award he is presiding over, and are supposed to be celebrated:
https://insider-gaming.com/geoff-keighley-shows-cowardice-at-the-game-awards/
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-game-awards-speeches-were-too-short-geoff-keighley-admits
So you did no research, gained no understanding, didn’t follow any of the linked resources and instead decided that you feel uncomfortable.
Keighley has a history of standing out in front of larger issues, only a few years he literally castigated Konami at his awards show for how it fired Hideo Kojima and then celebrated the man in his absence.
This article makes clear the nature of his so called convictions- they are for sale. If that doesn’t make you uncomfortable but a cited article written by a respected journalist does then I would say you might want to think more about what makes you uncomfortable and why.
Keighly has a history of working in games media to publicise games. He was never an investigative reporter publishing things the industry didn't want talked about. If you read his writing from before starting the game awards, it was like most gaming media, little more than third party advertising for upcoming games.
The thing with Kojima wasn't some principled stance against injustice. He gave the award he was scheduled despite konami's decision. That's showbusiness. The awards are the result of a vote. Had konami allowed Kojima to attend, he wouldn't have mentioned the firing.
Many asked Keighly to mention the layoffs at his show. Those familiar with his work knew not to expect it. The show is funded by games publishers. Calling out one publisher is fine in some circumstances. Calling out the industry as a whole is a good way to make this show your last.
I suppose the idea of someone's convictions being for sale isn't really a new idea, and I don't follow Keighley, I just found the writing style of the article interestingly venomous. I didn't place any value in his opinions as it was, so there's nowhere for my opinion to really go to given the new information, but I'm certainly not saying it doesn't matter.
I understand that given context, and agree that sounds shamefully cynical and a fall from grace for certain.
Saved you a click. Signal boosting a site for jobs postings.
Well, making news for Geoff not tweeting something is already click bait.