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Forum Overview
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Mac Hall Complaints Department
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by skip 12/07/2013, 8:32am PST |
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Some things you should know about this job.
We’re terrible at work-life balance. Although work is pretty much your life, we do our absolute best to make sure that work is as awesome as possible so you at least enjoy each and every day here.
Hahaha. They enjoy it so much that they're dumping half of it.
Child’s Play and PAX have lives of their own, now. They’re vital, and they need an obsessive level of care. We will do everything in our power to ensure that these things outlast us by a wide margin.
They would never get rid of the charity that let's them have large tax write offs. If Child's Play disappeared overnight, the philanthropic world would survive.
But I don’t think I want to “grow my business” anymore; I sort of want to do the opposite. And I’m tired, sick to death, of saying “Maybe Someday” when it comes to the things we really want to make. So, we’re not going to do that anymore. The next year is going to be a pretty big one, one of the biggest yet; it’s the year the previous fifteen have been leading up to in the literal sense but also in other ways.
What happened to not caring about that work-life balance? Wasn't the Kickstarter done so they could have more time to work on personal projects instead of drawing ads?
And it hurts pretty bad, but I don’t know where PATV as a “channel” for third party shows and The Penny Arcade Report fit into that. We’ll be shutting those things down at the end of this year.
Yeah, sure it hurts. PATV and PAR didn't grow fast or large enough for them to feel it was worth the effort. I get streamlining, but let's not pretend that this isn't about website eyeballs/money.
I think they’re beautiful and useful and important; I use them every day. It’s possible that you do, too. I hired people to run them, or paid them, and I am making their lives worse by doing this. Losing Ben is especially painful - he did everything we asked of him, and more. The only comfort is knowing that everyone affected by this is excellent, as is attested continually by their excellent work, and will certainly land on their feet. We’ve tried to connect the dots for them where we can. Still hurts.
Ben crafted his own post, essentially a written blowjob.
But it’s time to start making good on some of the promises we’ve made in our work. Recognizing that things like the Pins or The New Kid or Daughters of the Eyrewood or Thornwatch or The Lookouts or Automata deserve every ounce of our resources. Novels and albums, too - all these things that got put off in the interests of Empire. Essentially, we’ve decided to be Penny Arcade.
And I’m looking forward to it.
Most of his audience doesn't care about the Lookouts, etc, except the Gamer Dad contingent. And now there's a PA album in the works. While it would be funny if it was a vanity project, it's most likely going to be a nerdcore compilation. Notice that the new projects they want to work on have even less to do with video games than PAR/PATV. |
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PA crafts the least appealing job posting ever by Siskel and Ebert 11/26/2013, 4:07am PST
"we’re not a terribly money-motivated group" ...but we like to hold on to as NT by much of it as possible, fuck you. 11/26/2013, 4:38am PST
"I developed humor as a defense mechanism. Now I drive a fucking Mercedes." by Either Piglike or Bald 11/26/2013, 7:57am PST
"We're terrible at work/life balance." = "We're trying to hide from our wives." by Mischief Maker 11/26/2013, 6:38am PST
Re: PA crafts the least appealing job posting ever by Souffle of Pain 11/26/2013, 8:53am PST
Give CS nerds an office ball pit, get away with paying them half market value NT by BAM! profit! 11/26/2013, 9:55am PST
It's been scientifically proven PA fans are tasteless brainwashed morons by Bald and Piglike's Horror Show 11/26/2013, 10:40am PST
Wow, developer snobbery much? by Entropy Stew 11/26/2013, 11:08am PST
Did it come off that way? Didn't mean to. by Souffle of Pain 11/26/2013, 12:26pm PST
I think you're confusing web development with web design by Entropy Stew 11/26/2013, 2:01pm PST
Re: I think you're confusing web development with web design by Souffle of Pain 11/26/2013, 2:08pm PST
Oh totally, the job title should be "IT bitch" NT by Entropy Stew 11/26/2013, 2:10pm PST
I can't get over HOW unprofessionally IT WAS written with UNNECESSARY CAPS by WITTGENSTEIN 11/26/2013, 6:14pm PST
They could at least offer to hold a Kickstarter to pay the new employee. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/26/2013, 11:22am PST
Outside confirmation that this is a fucking joke by WITTGENSTEIN 11/26/2013, 8:40pm PST
Shitty Web Comics kills it, as usual by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/26/2013, 9:19pm PST
On a long enough timeline everyone goes from underdog... by ...to asshole. 11/27/2013, 12:52am PST
More reax by Vested Id 11/27/2013, 3:49am PST
Favorite Twitter reply so far: "How many dickwolves shirts will I be paid in" NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/27/2013, 9:08am PST
Guy who had it previous responds by Souffle of Pain 11/27/2013, 11:04am PST
Signed, your faithful student NT by Twilight Sparkle 11/27/2013, 12:28pm PST
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." NT by Mark Twain 11/27/2013, 1:05pm PST
Well, did Mike get a chance to come off like a cunt yet? by Mysterio 11/27/2013, 5:06pm PST
Re: Well, did Mike get a chance to come off like a cunt yet? by E. L. Koba 11/27/2013, 5:44pm PST
His twitter feed is a 24/7 shitpostathon NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/27/2013, 5:45pm PST
Re: His twitter feed is a 24/7 shitpostathon by E. L. Koba 11/27/2013, 5:58pm PST
Re: Guy who had it previous responds by E. L. Koba 11/27/2013, 5:39pm PST
Wow he really didn't pull any punches in that PA forum tell-all by WITTGENSTEIN 11/27/2013, 5:48pm PST
Re: Guy who had it previous responds by Bald and Piglike's Horror Show 11/27/2013, 6:58pm PST
The show Girls stars exactly those people by fabio 11/27/2013, 7:10pm PST
This guy gets it by Bald "Mercedes" Fat 11/29/2013, 1:40am PST
I want there to be a regular poster called Bald "Mercedes" Fat. NT by Mysterio 11/29/2013, 3:59pm PST
Front page NT by E. L. Koba 11/29/2013, 9:06pm PST
I shared this post on facebook. As usual, no comments or likes, haha. NT by Eurotrash 03/01/2014, 12:55pm PST
what I think is funniest about all of this by blackwater 11/29/2013, 2:33pm PST
How much credibility do you have to spend before people catch on? by skip 11/29/2013, 10:48pm PST
Re: How much credibility do you have to spend before people catch on? by E. L. Koba 11/30/2013, 12:18pm PST
He wanted muscular but used his wife as a model... NT by MM 11/30/2013, 3:03pm PST
I love you. NT by Last 11/30/2013, 9:11pm PST
Fag NT by E. L. Koba 12/05/2013, 8:22pm PST
NAAHH my eyes by Eurotrash 12/06/2013, 11:10am PST
Bigpald admits default by E. L. Koba 07/03/2015, 2:09pm PDT
I'm really curious as to what $100k in fun looks lke by jeep 11/29/2013, 4:46pm PST
I didn't have THAT job, but was in a similar "passion over money" job... by Mischief Maker 11/29/2013, 6:26pm PST
PA just nixed the PA Report and PATV by skip 12/07/2013, 8:32am PST
Hahahaha. AHAHAHAHAHA. BWAAA HAAA HAAA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA by WITTGENSTEIN 12/07/2013, 2:51pm PST
Kuchera got fired? That's pretty funny actually. NT by Mysterio 12/23/2013, 6:51pm PST
He starting talking about improving work life balance and raises. Time to go. NT by Bald "Mercedes" Fat 12/25/2013, 11:27pm PST
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