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Tom's over 35, so I guess that anon quote doesn't apply to him har har har by Mike Williams of USGamer.net 05/29/2016, 12:54pm PDT
anon wrote:



( Not saying that theabove applies to Chick. )

I was abit surprised to see that he believes he can slide easily into a job as a producer for a video game. Is this a common alternative avenue to vidya game journalists?


Despite using the name of some fatuous game journo in my handle, I have no direct experience with the biz.

I imagine like most things it would be based on personal connections, he's chummy with the head of Stardock, and Dipshit in Chief of Kotaku was on Tom's podcast. So hitting up connections for work is probably what he would do. Blind resume submissions won't get you very far, plus Jeff Vogel claims the industry won't even look at you past a certain age. He also has no portfolio beyond reviews and think pieces, and claiming he's in touch with the tastes of the consumer or has keen insight into the design process is a stretch to put it mildly. He's pretty irrelevant beyond his connections, from what I gather PR reps have started figuring out there's no upside to giving him review copies.

Him at Kotaku before they're auctioned off might be funny, he's secretly proto-GamerGate.
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Trolling Metacritic readers with asinine game reviews not working anymore by Mike Williams of USGamer.net 05/28/2016, 11:43pm PDT NEW
    Re: Trolling Metacritic readers with asinine game reviews not working anymore by anon 05/29/2016, 11:52am PDT NEW
        Tom's over 35, so I guess that anon quote doesn't apply to him har har har by Mike Williams of USGamer.net 05/29/2016, 12:54pm PDT NEW
            I should add that game journo to game industry worker is a common transition by Mike Williams of USGamer.net 05/29/2016, 1:01pm PDT NEW
                That Kotaku loser! Holy shit! by Mysterio Lollerson 05/29/2016, 8:23pm PDT NEW
                    It's honest, but took a decade for them to admit by Mysterio 05/30/2016, 12:29am PDT NEW
                        Maybe producer is the term Im struggling with. by anon 05/30/2016, 9:26am PDT NEW
                            Erik, the exception that proves the rule by Entropy Stew 05/30/2016, 10:32pm PDT NEW
    Man, Tom, prayers are with you by Vested Id 05/29/2016, 6:35pm PDT NEW
        I got you buddy NT by Wikipedia 05/29/2016, 6:37pm PDT NEW
 
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