Layoffs at IGN *sigh*

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35426/Layoffs_Hit_IGN_Editorial.php

I know most people here are not fans of IGN, and to be honest I've got some hang-ups about the site as a whole as well, but I did not like hearing that Scott Bromley and Will Tuttle were fired the other day. Two other people, Dana and Nicole, were as well, but I listen to a lot of the IGN podcasts aside from Girltalk and will miss Bromley the most. I know Tuttle's got a family, wife and 2 kids, so that really sucks for him. All of this right after Hilary Goldstein, who I also loved listening to on their podcasts, left IGN of his own accord earlier last week too.

Change sucks, is what I guess I'm trying to say, haha. But seriously. I'm bummed about that. The future of IGN, and all the podcasts it produces, is uncertain atm. That really sucks.

1up.com circa 2008.

Fr0dus Maximus said:

1up.com circa 2008.

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I know! Right? It's all happening again. I remember after the Christmas holidays ended I actually heard about the 1UP layoffs on an IGN podcast. I was walking, somewhere, can't remember, but I do remember stopping and re-listening to the news release a couple times. It felt like distant relatives or friends of friends had been laid off. It was finding out that people who I liked seeing once in awhile at family reunions were never coming back, like a friend's cool significant other once they break up and you know you'll never really see that person again.

Sigh.