Why We Quit IGN - The GameOverGreggy Show Ep 57 (pt. 1)

Greg Miller has just announced his departure from IGN on his official Twitter page in order to focus on his own project, Kinda Funny.

[Cindy-rella]

No greggy

[Abash]

"Greg Miller and Colin Moriarty leaving IGN"

Those are the only two names I recognize being associated with IGN

[PeaSFor]

best luck to Greg with his new project!!

that said, i despise Colin.

[Stsonic]

Not surprising they quit considering they beg on patreon to the tune of 13k a month...

Do not fear though folks, if you pledge 1k a month Colin will make you dinner!

[Blastoise]

"A bakers' dozen!"

Glad they're still doing Beyond

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Yeah there known the super popular Podcast Beyond in which I tune weekly.

Though imo hopefully the other podcast's can get just as much attention as Beyond.

I really felt IGN didn't give say Unlocked nearly as much as exposure as Beyond.

[JackVagina]

wtf this sucks, arent those 2 like the only playsytion people at IGN?

WTF

[morganfell]

Not a problem, goodbye. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. One of the issues with the car wreck that is game journalism attempts are individuals acting as if they are celebrities and thinking they are more important than the titles on which they are supposed to be reporting.

[garrettbobbyferguson]

@stsonic

Must be nice to be these people that can get a free 14k a month. Good riddens to them though.

[Palitera]

Colin is the loudest and a**holest voice of the corporations in the media. I really hope he gets less attention now. In every little controverse aspect, he was always that guy who says "gamers are entitled", "they want too much", "they're getting enough and companies are right to do what they do".

Well, I hope the world gets rid of him ASAP. He doesn't seem to be a person with decent values.

[Ch1d0r1]

And the chick who does the News videos on youtube, but i thinks shes from IGN UK.

[nveenio]

I'm sure Patreon might be a "little" different than Kickstarter, but I thought Colin was vehemently against that model of doing/starting business.

Oh well. I guess if the money is flooding into his own pocket, he's less picky.

[Magnes]

If you own stock in IGN time to sell! sell! sell!

[ShinMaster]

@ morganfell

They're not celebrities, but they DO have fans. They'll be doing more of what their fans like but without the restrictions of IGN.

"thinking they are more important than the titles on which they are supposed to be reporting"
You mind elaborating on that? I don't see the relevance to this.

[bouzebbal]

Miller is trying to be the video game superstar journalist. i fell like that his image is more important than what he's trying to say and he fakes things so much.
Actually not a big loss since gaming journalism is at its lowest.

[ifistbrowni]

it's no surprise. Once he gained so much popularity on his shows while with IGN, plus the few time's I've seen him stream on Twitch (with thousand viewers easily), it was obvious he would depart.

He'd honestly make more money creating his own content. It's obvious he has a following.

I'm about a half hour into listening to these guys garble... Sounds like they don't want to work. It's a simple as that. They just want to be gamers + sit around bullS**** with their friends and be paid for it. The life.

[Ikki_Phoenix]

well ign is done for
wont bother anyomre with these two out

[Dawknight316]

Colin too... Well I'm off IGN. Too Much Water.

[TheRedButterfly]

No Colin is a reason to GO to IGN. No Greg? Yeah, that's a reason to be sad.

[Revolver_X_]

Dont understand the hate for Colin. He's the reason I tried Shovel Knight and countless of other indie titles. I got respect for straight shooters.

[telekineticmantis]

That's insane! That's a huge hit to Videogames culture in General. Outside of popular devs, they were the closest thing we had to what you could call celebrities.

[Phi39582]

You should branch out your listening.....Giantbomb is a great Podcast. The new Jimquisition is very good. Rock, Paper, Shotgun.....there are many that I found better than Game-over-Greggy, his gimmick was loud and obnoxious. That said, I still listened to Beyond consistently, but the laughs arent there as they are for the Giantbomb.

[gamer7804]

The just got max scoville. A huge plus. Too bad they can't get Tara long.

[HammadTheBeast]

I consider TotalBiscuit, Angry Joe, Trump and others more highly as "celebrities" than these hacks.

Although Greg's personality was good for IGN, only thing they have going for them.

[Gamer1982]

Lets be honest they quit because they are huge gamers and IGN are NOT about games and havnt been for a long time.. They only care about ad revenue and will slant reviews based on ad revenue not to mention they do anime/movies/tv shows etc reviews now.. They are not the IGN they once were they are a shadow of their former selves.. All the best hosts from all the big websites have left over the last couple of years.. Gametrailers has fell apart and all there best hosts has left. A lot have gone the route of youtube..

[benji101]

So you didnt watch the youtube video? Gregg begging for ad revenue and any sponsorship going? These guys would be the first to take a bribe for a good review. Maybe Moriarty has some integrity but I doubt it, the guy is so much of a Sony fanboy he struggles to be critical of games from Japan that have been slaughtered by the Japanese public.

[extermin8or]

@benji well everyone has to pay the bills so obviously they will need funding and thing is they are popular enough they will get it. As they've said the new site won't be about doing reviews etc anyway so that's a non issue.

[CaptainObvious878]

After Greg appeared in 25 invisible benefits as a male gamer by full macintosh I have absolutely no interest in anything this guy has to say.

[elninels]

We need a Hunter S Thompson of game journalism right now

[3-4-5]

Know of them but not a ton about them.

* Are they trustworthy and ethical in their journalism ?

Then they will be missed.

* Were they Click Bait Journalists ? Then they won't be missed.

I don't know enough about them either way.

[MrSwankSinatra]

This sucks for Podcast BEYOND. I was never interested in Kinda Funny, but I did tune in every week for Podcast BEYOND.

[GribbleGrunger]

They are still doing Podcast beyond for IGN as freelancers.

[MrSwankSinatra]

Where did you get this info?

[GribbleGrunger]

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[GribbleGrunger]

Two people disagree with what I said even though I posted a link to the Youtube video in which Greg and Colin actually state they are continuing on Podcast Beyond as freelancers. Remarkable.

Stop disagreeing blindly and watch the youtube video. Jesus. 18 minutes into the video: 'We are going to continue doing podcast beyond as freelancers'. LISTEN.

And just to make sure you finally get it, here's an article:

http://n4g.com/news/1649603...

[hkgamer]

thats great. for some reason i listen to podcast beyond even though i hate their humor.maybe i am just that big of a sony fanboy.

anyway, gonna give you a bunch of disagrees even though you provide proof becausethis is n4g and its not allowed to state facts.

[Joe913]

Thank goodness

[harrisk954]

Watching their live Twitch show right now... Apparently, they are continuing on with Podcast Beyond for a limited time. They do not know what will happen down the road, but it appears that IGN will be eventually having others do that podcast. So, while they are freelancing now, it is not permanent. Greg said just now that he would let everyone know when their last Podcast Beyond is airing... But, Colin did say that he would be freelance writing for IGN, as well as for other sites. The same goes for Greg freelancing on other sites.

[alstruck]

And they quit on the eve of Podcast Beyond release. Oh well now IGN is pure garbage

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@GribbleGrunger

I can't believe people actually disagreed with you. There are some really crazy f***ing people on this site.

[JMaine518]

Damn, I didn't see this coming. I just started subscribing to podcast beyond

[hkgamer]

they are still doing the show.

with the amount of viewers they have i wouldnt be surprised if they would constantly plug their other projects until they finally stop freelancing for podcast beyond.

[Joe913]

Funny thing is if you go back and listen to the ones after September Greg mentions a lot about a new project he and Colin has been working on

[CervantesPR1]

colin was ok, greg was.... weird

[uth11]

I swear he drinks 12 coffees before doing Podcast Beyond!

His energy is both good and bad for the show.

[nowitzki2004]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media...

[Veneno]

Brian Altano!!

[RGDfleet]

Good luck to all four of them! Should be an interesting path to follow.

[uth11]

I saw this coming when they added a permanent third member to podcast beyond. I just didn't think it was coming this quickly.

[RzaDaRazor]

This is great because they are both gigantic d-bags. Sadly, the rest of the staff at IGN is even worse.

[KevWriter]

Marty Sliva and Jose Otero are pretty cool, but otherwise agree with you.

[Ryan741]

Marty Sliva is an unfunny imbecile.

[Revolver_X_]

Yea Marty is just unentertaining to watch. Jose is waaaaaaayyyyyy too excited about all things Ninty. Ryan is just an unapologetic Xbot, he doesnt even attempt to be balanced. Other then Daemon and Naomi, everyone else sux, especially Lucy. Gotta go unsub IGN, brb.

[Amuro]

why do you say that? I've been a fan of them and beside Gregg being a supporter of Anita Sarkeesian I see no other reason why are they d-bags.

[LightDiego]

The best of the IGN is Lucy, she is so intelligent and her reviews are a work of art, she mixes modern feminism with videogames, she is an artist! Also Naomi is a huge gamer.

[ashen122]

Lol my sarcasm radar failed me for a minute there bro

[DafunkyRebel]

upvote the guy he's being sarcastic

[Omegasyde]

Lmaooooooo upvote!!

Lucy is a schill and Naomi <spelled "I moan" backwards>, is fake.

[AThinkingMan]

"Naomi a hugh gamer"
translation
Naomi IGN's gamer booth chic.

[extermin8or]

I initially missed the sarcasm aswell lol I was like "guys got to be on something strong" hahaha

[One-Shot]

..yeah because d-bags grant a wish from a sick fan, instead of just talking to him on the phone like requested they fly to a different country to his house to meet him then do a entire episode of podcast beyond with him as the guest.

You're the "d-bag" here.

[SilentNegotiator]

Then why is that "great"? If they were the best people (based on everybody being "worse"), how are things improved by them leaving?

[TheFanboySlayer]

I feel like I'm the only one that like these people.

[Gore-Content]

With Greg and Colin gone, ign has now officially become an xbot headquarter.

[Mechanism]

PS4 exclusives brace yourselves.. IGN and the US media are coming.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

No its still gonna be PlayStation headquarters.

Even though IGN was mainly about Xbox back then. Then it was PlayStation and its gonna continue to be about PlayStation. When realistically they need to cater to all audiences equally.

[Slevon]

At least we wont get Colin damage control articles all the time. Man I hate that guy. Heres why _BadThing_ is a good thing

[DJustinUNCHAIND]

You still have N4G which is Pony central. Don't be too upset.

[extermin8or]

Thats actually a fair point you know...

[THC CELL]

Good could not stand him

[ZorinInc]

He's an arrogant prick and so many of his reviews were appalling.

Good riddance but it won't change the fact I stopped taking any notice of IGN.

[headblackman]

im glad. good riddens

[snookiegamer]

Aww boo! ...Damien, Gregg, Naomi, Colin are the best thing that happened to IGN. Can't Ryan McCaffrey go instead?

#gameovergreggy ;(

[Dudebro90]

That blows.

[Sarah_Ch]

Greg hell yea but Colin:(

[hkgamer]

its great news that they are still doing podcast beyond. if not then i would probably never hear anything about the ps vita.

[Sevir]

That blows, I enjoy both Colin and Greg's energy at IGN. Especially Colin's opinions as they are fair and grounded and honest. :( that's a huge blow to the community

[Jahbu]

Noooo! Welp I guess I'm leaving IGN too. He was the heart of that place so now the site is dead to me.

I'm glad Colin is leaving... he's such a d!ck.

[StormLegend]

Greg will be missed.

[bangoskank]

I thought Greg Miller was a lesbian when he first came onto the scene but then realized he was just a silly sh!t. I remember watching him do an interview with one of the creators of Dead Island. He came across as such a knob that I was embarrassed to watch him.

[Veneno]

His haircut and hipster glasses make him look like a lesbian lol

[Tzuno]

Greg Miller Leaves IGN to Focus on Kinda Funny Show....I now pronounce you Greg and Colin.

[martinezjesus1993]

Im just glad they will keep doing Podcast Beyond. I have been watching their Youthbe content for a long while now, since Conversation with Colin and while I love it and never miss it, idk if its worth paying them to have it a week early. Especially with videogames in which there are so many things going on in a week.

[NotanotherReboot]

Time to kill myself

[Ma1nframe]

who gives a shit lol

[PS3ROCKS]

Cool

[leemo19]

This came out of no where, at-least podcast beyond will still be host by them.

[moegooner88]

Greg was such a popular, and at times funny guy, IGN will suffer after his departure, at least for a while, he brought so much energy to the place.

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

Yes! *pops open vodka*

[BattleTorn]

I like these guys, but they really need to pick a better name than KFG, or Kinda Funny, ect

[Maxor]

Well I'm sorry to see them go, but I'm also excited about the future. Hopefully IGN will replace them both with chicks with huge boobs.

That should mitigate the lost nicely I think.

[sweetSWAGGER]

For a second there, I thought it was going to say that he was leaving because he got too much backlash for supporting that god awful invisible privileges video.

Glad that isn't the case. I hold Greg Miller as the most recognizable and entertaining face of IGN. Now that he's leaving, it's going to take someone really special to change that image for me.

But that'd be like someone trying to replace RDJ as Iron Man.

[ZombieGamerMan]

well I've lost my reasons to keep going to IGN, this sucks I really like Greg Miller I still remember they day me & my friend played against him in Uncharted 3 beta

[neomahi]

Ouch! That affects both IGN and Sony. Sony got a lot of attention through IGN because of these two. Before then,Xbox was dominating the scene. It took Chris Roper a long time to draw in attention. Also, what happened to all that loyalty Colin? It's not like IGN forced them to only talk about PlayStation. And this is a subscription based thing? Gamers are poor and like a drug addict spend all their money on games. They can't afford this. Their YouTube videos all got 50,000 views so YouTube will pay then 1200 a year but you can't live off that. This just seems jacked up.Seems like a bad idea now but shoot, people have found great success off stuff like that.

[vongruetz]

The funny part is that his PSN ID is Moriarty-IGN. Maybe he's really hoping to be able to change his name now.

[icewater85]

Their Patron brings in nearly 30k a month for them. I'm sure they will be fine.
http://www.patreon.com/kind... and http://www.patreon.com/kind...

[OUROSMAG]

LOL good luck paying your bills.

[fattyuk]

I assume you haven't noticed tht both there patrons are rolling in at least 30k a month?

I myself are donating about $20 a month via patreon(s) and twitch subscription.

It's not as if there stupid, they know what there doing!

[AThinkingMan]

You might be the stupid one donating to Colin, Greg ok.. If you have been listening to Colin on podcast Beyond, you would have heard Colin stated several times that he DOES NOT support kicker starter programs.. So why should gamers? Because they're fanboys..

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Jesus, why would you actively waste your money so much? Hell, if want you can send your life savings to me, it's clearly a burden to you to manage that shit lol

[TriangleOffense]

Glad theyre continuing beyond, its the only thing ign has to offer that i even consider interesting

[DoggyBiscuit]

If you gonna miss them don't panic just subscribe to they new channel

[The_Noid]

Delicious.

[SynestheticRoar]

That boy, loss some weight, and loss his virginity. Then loss his mind. He said F-IGN I want to get my own shit. IGN are for virginal nerdy fanboys. I'm a man F-that. See you im out.

[Amuro]

but now they are literally begging for a living... Real men don't beg.

[jcnba28]

Still glad they have Brian Altano, Jose Otero, Marty Sliva and Peer Schneider at IGN.

[Dreamcaster]

Peer & Jose are where it's at. Those guys are so entertaining!!

[Deadpool616]

It's almost as if they're abandoning the oh so reputable world of gaming journalism! Why would they EVER do that? It's SO REPUTABLE!

[badboyz09]

1 reason $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[MidnightMay0r]

Good I didn't care for either of them anyway. Colin was pretentious as fuck and Greg was a weirdo.

[Veneno]

You're right but thats the kind of people that get famous. People with big , excessive personalities.

[JMyers]

Ign made them, they then made IGN. Especially the Playstation community. Very strong and supportive. I believe they will do Beyond freelance for a while.

Good luck guys. Never fear change or trying something new.

[Dreamcaster]

Hasta la vista!!! Between Greg yelling like a 3 year old every 2 minutes & Colin's Debby Downer attitude I'm looking forward to an energized "Beyond" podcast.

[zugdar]

I have not been an ign regular for years. I was on board until Matt C and Mark Bozon left.

[Segata]

Same here

[DafunkyRebel]

RIP Up at Noon, we hate a lot of fun and now Greg will never finish his Smallville special guest cast member board

[mokkeyrg2]

lol wow , well he is the face of ign tbf

[benji101]

If that episode was anything to go by, good luck to them they are going to need it. That was a train wreck with no writing, no timing and hosts playing with their smartphones for 45 minutes. Who will pay for that?

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Best of luck to them both.

[Psytrix]

They found out, there is decent coin to be made in fan boy douchery. Good for them.

[ScaryMonkey]

Good riddance.

[fanboysmackdown]

Greg is awesome and he'll do great on his own....very funny guy.

[Tankbusta40]

Good... Ign is now down two less Dude bros... Win win for everyone.

[brando008]

Been a huge fan of these two, and I can't wait to watch their new work blossom. Cheers for taking such a big risk in life.

[Ghanja]

Thats ign biggest names and the most important people on the site nooooo. And basically the only outspoken loyal PlayStation fans no one else wtf. Hopefully they start the PlayStation nation or something!!!!

[AThinkingMan]

What's hypocritical is Colin stated several times on Podcast Beyond he doesn't supports kicker starter sponsorship programs and he struggles to under why gamers would back them... Now the fiscal conservative is requesting the financial support of gamers on Patreon... What changed? Oh, I know the answer already...

[die_fiend]

He thinks it's a bad practice in general. But like many people, if it's lining your own pockets with gold, then it's suddenly acceptable. I won't be paying for this I don't think.

I like in the video how they're acting like 18 year olds...we've got no jobs so on this video we can drink whiskey and swear!!! Yeaaaaahhhhh!!! Grow up

[quenomamen]

Cuz you grew some integrity ?

[StarLord_Who]

Probably not going to visit IGN anymore, the personality is what made it special.

But i do love the fact that every pseudo intellectual gamer has a dislike for Colin because he's intelligent. Intellignece always fears intelligence, but in this case, Colin got paid to be smart.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

I recall Colin being in a video where he bashed gamers because they thought the shitty ME3 ending was exactly that, shit. Apparently our money doesn't entitle use to our opinion at all. He's a bit of a tool so I will actively not support them.

And the fact that he was so against crowd funding sources and now has TWO patreons is freaking laughable, you really can't trust the guy.

[Segata]

People still use IGN? I have no idea who this is nor really care just surprised people still use IGN. They are always like 9 days late on news and only report 3% of it. Ran by people who have no clue on gaming. It was like that in 2008 and checked it once for E3 last year and was still the mess if not worse.

IGN seems so pointless as a website. Print Magazines are more up to date.

[endzeitkind]

word

[RondoMachete]

WTF it's not going to be the same now there going,we'll miss you both.

[saposaposapo]

IGN was already bad, now got worse

[endzeitkind]

because of the paid review.

[vongruetz]

These guys should be concerned right now for one reason. They are currently having 2 successful Patreon campaigns to raise money for this venture, but what is troubling is the low number of donors.

As of right now KindaFunnyGames is raising a little over $12,000 from 1931 donors. That is a little over $6 from each donor every month. Their KindaFunny campaign is just shy of $6 from each donor. And I'm sure there are a lot of cross-over donors who are donating to both.

How long do they think they can keep that level of support up? It would actually be more beneficial to them if 10,000 people were all pledging a dollar each. Then if you lose a number of your audience, the financial blowback isn't as bad. As it is, they have a relatively few number of people providing significant money.

[Master of Unlocking]

Good to see that anti-sony troll in disguise Greg Miller won't be reviewing anymore PS games. I still can't fathom how that guy can still look at himself in the mirror after single-handedly destroying a well-known and loved dev like Factor 5 after he reviewed Lair and rated it so scandalously low only to make the flock of shee*,er, gamers renounce to buy it just because"IGN this and IGN that and what did IGN say?"
It's really to the point where I secretly hope whatever his next endeavour is will meet the same end. Yup.

[wannabe gamer]

I havent liked IGN in 15 years. seriously back then it was a much better site. one of my first email addresses was @Ign too

[TheLastColossus]

I confirm it, IGN 7.8 for Uncharted 4 (too much water), but fuck them anita "lying cunt" sarkeesian supporters anyway.

[Deeke]

I don't think these people are journalists. They're entertainers, if anything. Real journos have integrity and such, and honestly these guys might be great bro dudes but to me, they aren't and never will be journos, but jesters of a sort.

[feraldrgn]

Woah, woah, woah.
Haven't been following game news lately & this just hit me like a ton of bricks.
Damn it, I liked those two.

[ion666]

If you go to IGN for reviews....You're gonna have a bad time.

[mochachino]

I don't mind IGN but their GOTY awards website layout was atrocious. The most unclear, slow running, and visually unappealing thing I've seen from a well know website..probably ever if I think about it.

[Jubez187]

So much Colin hate, wow. I know Colin is more of the Kel and Greg the Keanan but damn, I love them both.

[pop-voxuli]

Good riddance. I f***ing hate Greg.

[BenRage3]

Thank you. Bubble up!!! I'm going to follow you just for saying that.

[scark92]

The only guys I really liked at IGN, everyone else were somewhat annoying..

[BenRage3]

I actually might go back to IGN now that the two biggest fanboys/non-journalist losers are finally gone. Colin knows next to nothing about video games, and Greg would praise anything Sony, while pretending that all other platforms--Xbox, Wii U, PC don't exist. Good riddance to the cowards who were too afraid to debate with me. I and most of you are many times smarter than they are.

I bet they were going to get fired and that's why they left. IGN has been a joke for a long time, and anyone who is going to miss these two clowns doesn't know anything about video games. I know there are a lot of you that will disagree with me, fine--I really don't care anymore--video game journalism is no different than the yellow journalism of yesteryear and the National Inquirer of today.

But for those of you too afraid to be honest on this site in fear of being ostracized by non-thinking Sony fangirls, please offer your support for my comment.

[AHall88]

I lost all respect for Greg after being in that stupid white male benefits in gaming thing, I hope Kinda Funny kinda fails.

I don't know much about Colin, but he seemed like he was a tiny bit full of himself.

[e-p-ayeaH]

i know that greg seemed like a fun fellow to watch but i dunno who´s the other guy i only watch these "journalists" at live stream events like at e3.