"The Escapist, an online tabloid directed towards gaming culture, just completed their very first Escapist Expo at the newly renovated Durham Convention Center during the weekend of September 14-16, 2012. Nick McCandless of TheGamerAccess.com was in attendance as a member of the media checking out the various exhibitors and their booths and to call the convention a success, especially for the very first expo, would be an understatement."
-TheGamerAccess.com
A wild scene unfolded last night as long-time gaming site The Escapist fired some of its team members, including EIC Nick Calandra, for reportedly not meeting goals set by its parent company Gamurs.
RIP Zero Punctuation🥺😢 I hope all the video department employees that left the best of luck and hope they start a new site of their own.
Many of them have already started working on a new platform for content called "Second Wind". So we can expect good things for sure!
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Enthusiast Gaming acquires publication, re-appoints former EiC Russ Pitts.
Rumours are starting to circulate as Jim Sterling - formerly of The Escapist - posted a message on his Twitter, apparently hinting at a lay-off schedule at Escapistmgazine.
As of the time of writing this article, nothing has been confirmed nor denied.
No authors or contributors have been detailed yet but we are sure to see the names of those who have been laid off, over the coming days.
If true, this is the second lay-off schedule which Defy Media has endured in under two years.
I loved LRR, MovieBob, Yahtzee, Jim Sterling and Desert Bus.
Over the years EM has lost a great deal of respect and writers.
It's unfortunate because the site used to be brilliant,I blame the absence of Susan Arendt - she was brilliant, Tito just couldn't hold up.
Yeah it was worth a near daily check in once as they were outputting consistent quality stuff, now I go weeks between revists as Yahtzes material takes 5 mintutes to consume so I watch 2 or 3 at once.
There's always patreon, I hope who ever gets laid of quickly lands back on their feet.
It's a shame about the confirmation but I have it on good authority that the laid-off individuals are not going to struggle finding new work.
Defy are at it again apparently.
