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Ben Hanson is leaving Game Informer to start his own Patreon
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Agreed, his hosting skills are amazing, this is exactly the kind of thing that I'd like to see him do if he's not going to stay at GI.
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I REALLY hope they make Alexa choose your own adventure game playthroughs a regular thing. That Jurassic World one is one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
Agreed. This is a bad time to work for floundering legacy publications. Get out while you're on people's minds and use that social capital to start something new that is owned by the talent.
It's pretty apparent that it's just a matter of when and not if at this point before gamestop buckles so it's a pretty smart move. Loved the podcast and video content he's done and helped with. Also great to hear a lot of the former GI staff coming back as well. Looking forward to this.
One of the easiest pledges I've ever made.
Hanson and Co. have one of the best gaming podcasts in the biz and I'm so happy to get to hear from Kyle again.
Hanson and Co. have one of the best gaming podcasts in the biz and I'm so happy to get to hear from Kyle again.
I love that I can have a second outlet next to Game Informer with content I enjoy by folks I enjoy. I will support as soon as humanly possible.
However I think it is disingenious to cast the GI crew as "what's left" just because Ben is leaving. Their New Gameplay Today and Replay features are still great and people should still check them out.
I see this now as having my cake and eating it too.
Also...Jeff M super replay equivalent of Ninja Gaiden 2 on NES...please?
However I think it is disingenious to cast the GI crew as "what's left" just because Ben is leaving. Their New Gameplay Today and Replay features are still great and people should still check them out.
I see this now as having my cake and eating it too.
Also...Jeff M super replay equivalent of Ninja Gaiden 2 on NES...please?
Just got home and backed the Patreon! So excited for this!
Only if they can get Dan Ryckert to come and pester him the whole time lol :P
He's up there with the great Ryan Davis
I'll definitely help these guys out, I've missed them on the GI Show
Amazing the degree to which services like Patreon (combined with the ease of uploading to YouTube/Apple Podcasts) have resulted in such a renaissance for media small business. The low cost of production and distribution makes it easy for creators to have, in some sense, exactly the level of success they deserve. If they have an audience that wants to support them, they'll be supported. It definitely allows these creatives to do something viable for a medium-sized audience without needing to do it in a precarious corporate structure.
Very cool.
Very cool.
Can't say I'm a big fan of the name or logo/colour scheme.
Patreon seems to be chugging along at a good clip. I wonder how high this needs to go to replace their GI income.
Patreon seems to be chugging along at a good clip. I wonder how high this needs to go to replace their GI income.
One of the few gaming podcasts I listened too was GI, still do, but seems staff are leaving.
Will check out their podcast when it's live.
Edit, so was gonna ask, when people do patrerons, do they put no ads on YouTube? Or is that just Jim sterling? Or do people do combos of the both?
Will check out their podcast when it's live.
Edit, so was gonna ask, when people do patrerons, do they put no ads on YouTube? Or is that just Jim sterling? Or do people do combos of the both?
God if and when GI goes down i wonder if Andy or Reiner will start their own setup Giant Bomb style.
It says in the Patreon post that they'll look to bring more people on if the total monthly amount allows for it. Gotta cover their living expenses after all.
Not really for current gen stuff, but Retrogamer keeps on trucking and is still fantastic. Its the only gaming magazine I read now.
Well, I guess there is Nintendo force, If you count that. It's a magazine run on patreon funnily enough
I was just about to start listening to the GI podcast this week for the first time ever and saw that the most recent episode was titled as Hanson's goodbye. Don't really know what to do with this.
With the layoffs and the whatnots, i don't need to be Nostradamus to see the impending future of GI Magazine.
Well sure, but for now it's still alive. Question is for how long.
Their podcast feed doesn't seem to be up on my podcast app yet, so I'll have to wait until it does to listen to the episode. I really like their precious podcast, so I'm happy to move on to this.
Glad that he's doing what he wants but it's sad to see GI gutted so quickly.
By the way, Hanson's interviews are great. He has talked to a lot of fascinating people and always does his research, which leads to enlightening answers. I really enjoyed his Will Wright interview he did earlier this year.
By the way, Hanson's interviews are great. He has talked to a lot of fascinating people and always does his research, which leads to enlightening answers. I really enjoyed his Will Wright interview he did earlier this year.
I didn't actually know he was at KF. I've only ever followed his work at GI (and occasionally Twitter).
Man, I hope there's gonna be work out there for all the GI old heads like Reiner, Kato, McNamara, Reeves, etc. in the years to come.
I think the only reason you work in Games Journalism these days is to become known enough to launch your own Patreon.
Holy fucking shit dude has nearly 5000 bucks already. I think I underestimated the draw of the Game Informer podcast.
Split four ways that's not enough to live off yet, though. Hopefully it'll push past 10k over the coming days.
Ben Hanson is an insanely talented podcasthost.
Would he by himself still have the pull to do the interviews with those varying gameindustrie illuminaries? His interviews were always very good, entertaining AND informative, just how I like it.
Would he by himself still have the pull to do the interviews with those varying gameindustrie illuminaries? His interviews were always very good, entertaining AND informative, just how I like it.
He's the main reason I've listened to the GI podcast for so long.
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It clicked when I heard in their announcement video that they'll be working with freelancers from around Minnesota, and I thought to myself "Huh, that's specific. Guess they like their hometo- OHHHH"
Ben always came off pretty likable on the GI show and I was always impressed by his skills as a host - he has that kind of screen presence where you can tell being in front of a camera just comes naturally to him.
Best of luck to him and the rest of the team. It's pretty clear that GI isn't too stable anymore so I can't blame him for jumping ship to go indie with his friends.
Best of luck to him and the rest of the team. It's pretty clear that GI isn't too stable anymore so I can't blame him for jumping ship to go indie with his friends.
