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this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2024
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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://www.levelup.com/en/news/777306/He-doesnt-represent-us-devs-and-players-deliver-harsh-criticism-of-Geoff-Keighley-on-social-networks
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.escapistmagazine.com/the-biggest-problem-at-this-years-game-awards-was-disrespecting-the-winners/
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-game-awards-speeches-were-too-short-geoff-keighley-admits
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-criticized-for-giving-winners-little-time-to-speak-amid-silence-on-industry-layoffs