Best of luck Chris! Good Job Brain and Retronauts got me through one of the roughest times in my life so thank you for all you've done.
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Chris Kohler is out of Kotaku and is leaving the media industry
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Americans have poor chocolate options. I'm all about that Cadburys dairy milk.
And Kotaku is bleeding talent specifically because it's parent company G/O Media has horrible management that people are trying to get away from.
Gotta grind that axe though, don't let actual facts get in the way.
Good luck to you. I know you'll do great in whatever you do next.
Good luck Chris.
You have me curious if media means you are leaving games entirely, or perhaps you are just moving on from the press? Perhaps you are starting a job at a publisher or development studio?
You have me curious if media means you are leaving games entirely, or perhaps you are just moving on from the press? Perhaps you are starting a job at a publisher or development studio?
Always gave off good vibes in his media work, pleasingly enthusiastic about what he cared about, FFV aficionado, good guy.
Good luck with the future dude.
Good luck with the future dude.
There are quite a number of people who still work there. Heather Alexandra, Mike Fahey, Brian Ashcraft, Ethan Gach, Nathan Grayson, Paul Tamayo, Luke Plunkett, and Riley McLeod to name a few. Stephen Totilo is still the EIC. I met him years ago at the original Scribblenauts launch party. Back then, he ran MTV's Multiplayer Blog. He was a super nice guy.
Lately, I've been seeing articles by freelance writers to fill in the gaps. They are not bad or anything of the sort. But I don't read as many articles as I once used to. It's mostly for any news or analysis I may have missed. Plus I enjoy Fahey and Ashcraft's occasional articles.
I once applied to write for Kotaku but ultimately got passed on since video games writing wasn't my beat (I had comic book journalism background).
Heather left a few months ago.
Anyways best of luck to Chris. Very curious to see what he's moving on to.
What I actually (not so) secretly hope for is that Chris is quitting Kotaku to help with the second coming of Good Job, Brain! God I loved that podcast.
Whatever the next thing is, though, I'm sure it'll be great!
Whatever the next thing is, though, I'm sure it'll be great!
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Power Up is such a seminal and engaging read. His Final Fantasy V Boss Fight book is great too.
Really admired your work, Chris. Good luck in your future endeavours!
Really admired your work, Chris. Good luck in your future endeavours!
I think you're the only one who sort of kind of got it right! (Too many people guessing "Nintendo" or "opening a curry restaurant." Can't imagine why!)
Thanks, everybody.
I'm not dead or anything!
Much respect for Totilo for holding down the fort and actively trying to build the next generation of games writers, but man it's been a tough few months for Kotaku. Jim Spanfeller is a fucking dickhead.
Trying to even think of eveeryone who left is tough. Gita Jackson, Jason Scheier, Maddy Myers, Cecilia D'Anastasio, Joshua Rivera, Heather Alexandria, Tim Rodgers, and now Chris have all left since new management took over at G/O.
Trying to even think of eveeryone who left is tough. Gita Jackson, Jason Scheier, Maddy Myers, Cecilia D'Anastasio, Joshua Rivera, Heather Alexandria, Tim Rodgers, and now Chris have all left since new management took over at G/O.
Haha :)
Reading your books have helped me feel "normal" (for lack of a better term) about my Japanophile Gaming interests and I now fully embrace it as a part of who I am, instead of seeing it as something I need to keep hidden.
Also incidentally your FFV book made me start a playthrough of FFV for the first time. You sold me on the game!
Good luck with your future endeavours.