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SadLaser t1_jedgwbs wrote

Am I the only one who doesn't understand why anyone likes Geoff Keighley or how he got any clout in the industry? It boggles the mind.

I don't care much about E3. Nothing to do with that. I just can't figure how he managed what he has managed.

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CTH2122 t1_jedktnd wrote

keighley has been doing the game/journo thing since 94 but didn’t really get well known till the game awards in 14 which was made because in his words the spike VGA’s he was hosting a year before stopped being about game achievements and became too promotional and commercial he’s also worked for the big websites like gamespot spike tv G4TV he did a MTV special on gears of war called race to launch you may know him as well from doritogate

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ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp t1_jedyn8h wrote

> in his words the spike VGA’s he was hosting a year before stopped being about game achievements and became too promotional and commercial

The fucking irony of that.

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DennisKilledMaureen t1_jeejip9 wrote

He's just someone who stuck around the longest while most people leave game journalism for better prospects.

I find every event these days being a Geoff Keighley vehicle pretty insufferable. He's too full of himself.

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sirchbuck t1_jeelbbr wrote

In an industry where almost every single big player is is a faceless, souless entity, personalities that you actually remember are far and few between, everyone knows Randy Pitchford, Bobby Kottick, Todd Howard, Yves Guillemot, Kojima, Hidetaka Miyazaki etc.But such a sizable portion of them are just so blatantly apathetic and out of touch with the industry.

This makes Geoff Keighley stand above many of them because he genuinely believes in the medium and the industry and always tries to prop up not only great industry icons but outstanding independent developers too when he can. His shows are a celebration of these developers, E3 instead is a business event for these developers, but at the very least on the surface, his shows have some heart. Just look at some of the biggest memes of last year or any year he is involved in, there are so many memeable moments.

Look, he's got faults when it comes to corporatism, but that is mostly in the past decade ago when he was memed to death as the Dorito pope, google dorito pope if you don't know that past.

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nutbarski t1_jeevtr6 wrote

Right? It's weird, I feel like every time I watch TGA he says all the typical "games are a respected medium" all that stuff, but then at the same time the way he sets the awards up the games take a backseat to sponsors, ads and concerts-- makes it feel like a hollow sentiment every time lol

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rollerballchampion t1_jeh3bkx wrote

You’re not alone. It seems less about games and more about Geoff getting to hang out with movie and tv stars by way of the Sony connections. At least in the cringeworthy awards show format.

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top-knowledge t1_jefc4w1 wrote

He’s built the necessary business connections through years of hard work in journalism to be able to put on successful events like this.

Let’s not pretend like that’s an easy thing to accomplish.

I think people really understate how difficult it is to maneuver the social aspect of business relations.

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SadLaser t1_jefj0va wrote

>Let’s not pretend like that’s an easy thing to accomplish.

Literally doing the opposite. I don't think it's easy, but I don't see him having the skills to pay the bills.

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Acquire16 t1_jefyc2c wrote

And yet his career shows otherwise. You don't like him for some reason and seem intent on belittling his achievements despite them contradicting your reasons for disliking him. He is one of the most recognizable gaming journalists in the world and he genuinely cares about gaming. The guy clearly has the skills and has been very successful because of it.

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SadLaser t1_jefys4d wrote

He's scummy, has no stage presence, doesn't have any impressive knowledge or skill beyond connections. I don't understand why people in the industry respect him. I'm not belittling his achievements, I'm belittling him. I think he's mostly a pompous windbag.

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RasolAlegria t1_jeg7izy wrote

You took the words right out of my mouth. I've never liked Geoff. He gives me the impression of thinking that he's the shit because he's part of the cool ones (his connections in the gaming industry), and as you said, he's self-absorbed.

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AlsoKnownAsAC t1_jedj083 wrote

You need to do research then instead of throwing a tantrum

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SadLaser t1_jedoch2 wrote

Honestly, your reply to me is 1000X more tantrumy than what I said. Literally asked a simple question, then you got snapped back with this nerdliness. Calm down.

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