Exposure (The Jimquisition)
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Every game blog wants to make a name for itself, but that desire can sometimes be fulfilled in a most undesirable way. I mean, look what happened to Brash Games!
It doesn't pay its writers, it revokes author credits when people leave, and its owner has over a decade of duplicitous, shady shit to answer for.
A number of us pooled our resources and drew on many anonymous sources to blow this publication wide open and oh dear is there some grimy shit pooling in its guts.
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(Special Thanks:
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The many, MANY former associates and employees of Paul Ryan (not that one) who provided me more dirt than I could handle!) - เกม
So strange to see a website I used to contribute to being featured on The Jimquisition.
I can confirm that all the reviews I contributed to the site - games I paid for myself - have all had my name removed and contributed to Brash Games. The only proof I have I wrote them is partial transcripts on my personal blog.
The Ace Gamez debacle was a joke. Constant disparaging and inflammatory emails between Paul and Geoff lead to good writers leaving the site and should absolutely have been kept private and not shared with every writer of the site. I only found out that Ace Gamez had been deleted when, after sending samples of my work on the site to my favourite games magazine for a Staff Writer position, discovered that they all redirected to PornHub instead. Of course I never heard back from that job.
The entire situation sucks.
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That's super shitty. I hope you don't mind me finding it humorous, now, some odd years later, that of all the places that it could redirect to it redirected to PornHub.
Mild Psychopathy tiddies?
Hi-Ex Studios j
holy shit you d'ya think he meant to have it link to pornhub as a way of ruining writers credibility?
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead I didn't realise that writers were treated so shittily and I'm an engineer and we get FUCKED by our employers and can't do jack about it because our union is dead
When Jim said "New Castlevania game" I thought he said, "Newcastle Vania" game, and got excited for a game about Geordie vampires
10/10 somebody please game jam this shit together please and thank you!!
that sounds amazing i think that would be quite funny
"What can you offer me?" "Exposure!" "People die of exposure. NEXT?"
DelphanGruss savage
Exposure doesn't pay rent!
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Лана Сорокина but are they looking for love that is the question Лана
The only way "exposure" is going to pay your rent is if you're a stripper.
As someone who once, briefly, worked for "exposure" - and, when I dared ask at what point the "exposure" would end and I would start getting paid for my work, was immediately fired - I found this episode particularly special and dear to my heart. Thank you Jim.
I would like to say that Jim's advice for writers in this video, is also very good advice for nearly anyone in any job situation.
i have found the wild joewuhpuh!
oh shit whaddup
It's like how corporations often own the patents that individuals developed. Smile nicely but make sure you get what you're worth, not less, fight for that
I got goosebumps, it really made me think about my own job.
"Exposure" is always bullshit. Always demand payment.
totally it is bullshit, demand that money
you know also bullshit what Namco Bandi did to Pac-man
It's like "intership". It's just a way to get free labor. I could understand "Exposure" if it was strictly as a trial type thing. You know "Hey come write for me, give me 3 articles and if it works out, you are on staff." Butt fuck this "write for free, until you get popular and then you can go do your own thing" bullshit.
This is true for any medium too. Art, animation, film, music, editing, anything! Never work for free for any company. Always double check your contracts too, especially if rights and royalties are involved!
romad20000 Internship is a way to build up work experience which you can put on your resume when you want to get an actual job. It's completely understandable that an employer wouldn't want to pay someone with no experience because they have no idea what their work ethic is like. Internship allows both employers and employees to tread the waters without any serious disadvantage to either party. "Working for exposure" on the other hand is just getting people who make professional quality work and squeezing free labour out of them because they're not well known.
Right this is all well and good but can I get sauce for that profile picture
"Fuck Paul Ryan. Not that one. Well actually that one as well."
Thank God for JIm.
+Freenix At least I wasn't the ONLY one thinking, "THAT ONE, TOO!" the entire time! Lol
There's two?
Freenix I say fuck both of them
macgeek2004 you were not the only one thinking that.
While I may disagree with many of Jim's opinions of various games and the industry, I will always have the utmost respect for him for going where other journalists are far too scared to go. If Jim didn't cover this clearly controversial topic, NOBODY would have.
Ex Team Rocket Grunt completely agree
"Also, I did it because I can."
Only the magnanimous Jim Fucking Sterling Son would use a phrase like this when talking about doing the most ethical thing. You're amazing Jim; thank god for you and your site.
"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
Nezeru that's why people pay me to be depressed
Nezeru unless you have a airtight legal contract, dont bother
Hakurei Oni you've been saying that a lot, but do you have statistical evidence and examples to back that claim? Just curious is all. And there are college students that can potential be great for all people know
hakurei oni, if the work is "good" enough to get published then the creator is "good " enough to get paid; doesn't matter what their age or education level is. Your argument is nonsense because the very fact that a company uses the work at all means they think that it's "good enough" to make money for them and therefore the creator needs to get paid for that work.
Thesuperduperbooster Current college student here, graphic design industry is in the same position. I am told time and time again not to work for free, no pro-bono allowed. College students have varying levels of skill but those of us who really put in the effort day in and day out will not work for free due to the fact that it really doesn't help you out. It soils the industry and makes companies think they can get away with this bullshit by doing it for free.
If you are any sort of artist, some people like to pretend that what you do isn't "real work" or you have to jump through extra hoops to get compensation. Absolutely not. Jim is right. You have a skill that someone else needs or wants, and you have the right to demand appropriate compensation. Even interns get paid many times. And I'm talking about REAL interns, who actually participate and shadow the veterans, not the one's who are hired to be glorified coffee runners. Never take an internship (or any job for that matter) that doesn't allow you to survive via compensation and that doesn't allow you to advance your skills. It so difficult when you are starting out because you just assume you know nothing and the people hiring you know everything, but trust your gut, it will rarely get you into trouble and will often keep you out of it. If it doesn't feel right or fair, that's probably because it isn't.
Also applies to any valuable skill you have as part of a 'hobby' or an actual job.
Sooner or later your 'friends' will exploit that bit using "exposure" or "it's just a hobby" as an excuse.
"You know pc's right ? Can you help me do [thing] ... "
ohhhh, don't remind me. i got into PCs soon after changing cities and i did the usual stuff looking for new friends and found i was good at building PCs and LANs - especially for gaming.
But soon i was repairing mates or acquaintances PCs for £10 or a pack of cigarettes.
You know i found out a few years later i had attached 4 PCs that i'd just built IN THE OFFICES of a record company then attached them to the server farm.
i was paid £60. Someone later told me that my 'friend' had totally abused our friendship as a normal techie would have charged between £6-8000 for a job like that done in one day. My guess is he DID get £7000 and simply kept the cash, giving me £60 because i really didn't have a clue about 'mates' rates' when it came down to PCs. I only discovered later that, for someone who was quite wealthy? he was a real tight arsed twat!
Then again, he's a yank and they ... nah, everybody does it.. if they can get you to do something for nothing they will.
In the good old US of A not paying a intern is downright illegal, even if you tell them there might be a job in it for them.
Joratox Darkblade ŵ
Don't forget they also demand free stories/drawings/poetry/comics etc. because ''you're just doing the easy stuff, i'm the one giving ideas''.
I absolutely love how much mileage you've gotten out of that incredulous barbarian picture.
Holy shit, Jim... you did a journalism. Good on ya.
about gaming journalism no less :P
garme jurnalizm.
MissyThang1983 why not...
GARME GENERALISM
Well i guess we can call him a sexist now then.
Jim, you get a Like just for hiring a guy who was initially cheated out of money and then paying him to write on your website. That's some straight up awesomeness and is one of the reasons you continue to be one of my favorite guys working in games media.
MrSaxon Such is the power of Jim Fnucking Sterling, Son!
A nice, clear example of "practice what you preach"; not just "This guy should be paid and credited for his work", but "I'll hire this guy, pay him, and credit him for his work, which I'll publish on my site." Obviously not everyone has the ability to do something like that, but I'm happy to see Jim is keeping his fellow human beings in mind even as his own success grows. :)
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Goodness, I am so sick and tired of the "exposure" line thrown around as a good form of payment by these people! Artists and animators deal with this A LOT and it is super obnoxious! >_>
'exposure'' is the same bullshit excuse musicians give to music engineers hen they don't want to pay them, you do a service you deserve to get paid end of.
Genuinely one of the best reviews AND resignation letters ever written.
Sambou Jaiteh definitely worthy of Guru Larry bundy jr top 5 games journalism rants
I'm so glad to see this. I currently work as a critic for CeX Marketing and was picked up by Brash Games. I was so pleased because I thought it meant that my work was being discovered and enjoyed; it was so vindicating. After a few back and forth emails with Paul Ryan it quickly became evident that he, for one, doesn't actually read through any emails (or look through previous work) unless you're agreeing to work with him, but also, sends mass emails to whoever he can get his hands on.
Additionally, he would dismiss emails regarding payments, but the one time he decided to respond, became condescending and borderline hostile; no one gets paid, did you not read the email?
... no such email was sent, of course.
^^^ Upvote dis
BTW, I've just watched some of your RTS series and I love it - keep it up man!
somrlik Thanks, I appreciate it. I haven't had much time to work on the series as of late (incidentally, if you happen to be interested, my reviews are on CeX's channel), but I'm working on a new episode as we speak.
That basically direct-indirect dump taken on Destructoid in the end warmed my heart.
Sincerely, Dtoid's former forum mod/admin
Thank you for calling out the bullshit that is "exposure". As a musician I get that word thrown at me all the time and it immediately invokes a sense of rage within me. I remember playing this "festival" with my old band on a uni campus many years ago for "exposure", and guess what? There was no one at this place to begin with besides the soundman and his girlfriend. The only time exposure is even remotely valid as a concept is if you're playing support for a much larger and more well known band (and that's assuming a good amount of people turn up early enough to see you), but even then if that band can pull in a good crowd then the promoter should have the decency to pay for your petrol money at the very least, because they should be making enough on the door that they can afford it.
You did say that right! On a serious note, thank you so much for bringing this corrupt pile of shit website's actions to a bigger audience. Paul Ryan can't hide any more now. Quality video as always!
KiriothTV your username sounds like a red alert 3 soviet unit the Kirioth or kir-oth.
Cheers!
Haruhi Suzumiya Kirov! Giant bomb dropping blimp with a shark face painted on it. Good times 😁
Thanks to you both. It needed to happen.
Haruhi Suzumiya Isn't it the Kirov?
Plot twist: It actually IS that Paul Ryan...
Bastard! I knew it! XD
The one thing I got from this video is that Paul Ryan the politician ran a crooked game review site
No, not that one.
Yup! It's Tripple Confirmed Now!
When Jim tells me to "Strap in", I get all tingly.
Jim is still "pounding it... pounding it... pounding it... pounding it... "
Did he say 'strap in' or 'strap-on'? I'm good either way.
That's why I decided to just try by myself. Hasn't quite worked out so far, but it's more rewarding to do it this way. I don't feel like a tool to be used.
WhatAboutTheGame? good luck man 😊.
Good luck to you, man. Hope you doing fine in the near future. Don't give up :)
Hope you do well mate. Remember that being a TH-camr is a hit or miss. Do it because you like making videos, don't do it to make TH-cam millions.
I'm going to give your channel a watch when I get home.
Hey, if you're not gonna get paid, you're better off not getting paid by yourself.
I have an idea for an episode. This past week, EA dropped the trailer for Star Wars Battlefront 2 while also announcing it will make up for the sins of the first game by having single player, offline co-op, and no season pass. This was eerily similar to what EA did with Titanfall 2, and those changes were well received by gamers and critics alike. Could you do an episode analyzing this marketing tactic and if EA &a other big publishers could turn this into a recurring business model?
Not sure if it's a viable business model given that Titanfall 2 failed to sell.
While true, the game itself had nothing to do with Titanfall 2's sales. The game still made many Game of the Year and Top 10 of 2016 Lists, but it was released between Battlefield 1 and CoD: Infinite Warfare. The game itself was praised for cutting all of the greedy BS that the first game tried and failed to popularize.
Let's face it.
There's only *one* set of Battlefront games, and they came out on the Ps2 years ago.
Jam Dev titanfall 2 failed , because ea wanted it to
EA's "Battlefront" should be called Star Wars Battlefield, far more honest (and quality-speaking) title.
"Free exposure " is a big red flag.
If you do writing, you should be paid.
If you want exposure, start your own website. Get a profile built up and work on your fan base. Then you can find a better writing job.
Same thing happens in the music industry. Never work for the promise of exposure, or else you'll work for 'exposure' the rest of your career. Have pride for yourself and your brand. Fantastic message Jim.
Same thing happens in the game music industry. Go on Reddit and music composers are giving their music away for free... for the exposure.
Justin Hollenberg and for artists
Always exposing yourself at every opportunity. I approve.
Jim, if you are not exposing yourself by the end of the video - it will be the most misleading title ever.
I'm picturing Paul Ryan (not that one) just sat shredding every piece of paper he has to hand in a cold sweat, even blank ones.
Exposure, huh? Can you buy food or pay rent with it? No? Thought so.
And then kicked out and homeless once they're done "taking care of you".
That isn't to say you should dismiss all unpaid work. It's tantamount to doing voluntary work if you have little to no real work experience, it shows work ethic and is appealing to employers. Not all unpaid work is a scam, it's just that it's prone to be taken advantage of.
Anything Jim said here concerning writers can also be said for artists of any kind. Great advice at the end.
I want to say that in the past 5 years Jim Sterling hasn't paid me a penny. In that time we've seen him move from Destructoid to the Escapist and finally his own show and not once has money changed hands between us. Not only that but he has never given me any feedback nor have I been credited once. I mean, sure, I never wrote or worked with him at all during that time but I still feel the need to say it.
Jensina Mart TL;DR Jim didn't do anything for me despite me not doing anything for him
exactly! And I'm very cross about it.
Jim always complains about not getting review copies for free. I guess those devs and or publishers realized they don't need his exposure :-) Waits to get punched in the face.
Games That I Play jim ranting that HE didn't receive copies or mail responses were never things that I took seriously.
But I often am amazed at the depth of research as biased as it is with him
Yeah Jim goes the extra mile for sure. Taking time to be informative and entertaining.
It's shameful that stuff like this happens in the industry today. I can be a total wanker and very difficult to work with so even when writers have left on less than good terms, work has and always will remain credited :D
When I first started as a freelance writer I suffered many of the problems highlighted throughout so thought fuck it. Started a website with a couple of people I can trust and never looked back.
The industry is right there. If you've got the passion and dedication, take your own path :D
Pretty proud of you for sticking up for the little guy on this, Jim. I fucking hate businesses that exploit their workers with that kind of bullshit. If a company can't afford to pay you for your work, it's not a company worth working for.
Gamespot used to do the same. Tons of old reviews written by 'gamespot staff'
Ooooh shit, warning before the intro song?
Dis gon b gud.
As a longtime Castlevania fangirl I was like "It's Pachinko, isn't ? And it'll have a random warrior waifu poorly inserted into the storyline- yep, there she is."
Follow Jim Sterling's advice if you do game development too. So many game companies take advantage of interns or even graduates. A lot of the time they say they'll pay you when the project is done. Never fall for this, it has ruined my friends studying programming.
Demand a written contract of this agreement perhaps? If their intentions are good, I can't see why this would be anything but prudent on the part of the employee, and acceptable to the employer. If they don't like that idea then that's probably telling enough by itself.
Well said. That might mean they decide to replace you with somebody who doesn't make these demands, but it'd be best for you in the end. Making games yourself even if they're nothing special is better for a resume than having little proof of help from an actual development studio.
"Hey, I call bullshit on that."
I know from experience any organization or person who pays with exposure is not big or well known enough to give you proper exposure. And often, if you're promised money, it doesn't appear.
6:03
That kids, is how you write a "fuck you" letter.
Rule of Acquisition no.13: Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.
ᅚᅚ someone has the lobes
Ferengi Rules of Acquisition are still always as applicable as ever!!!
No, he is the human equivalent to the feeling you get when you remember you swallow spiders in your sleep. Doesn't matter if you do or don't actually swallow spiders.
That last bit is super important. I should've heard something like that before I started writing for sfx-360 and various other sites. They weren't as bad as this, but they were still expecting me to do a lot of work for nothing but the exposure.
I love the sound of Jim helping people verbally batter corrupt businesses in the morning.
Paul Ryan
David James
Stan Rogers
Matt
These are almost all just given names. Rogers is close enough.
Soon Brash Games will be sold to John Arthur and Mike Donald will be hired as head writer.
No not that one
Edited by Brian Joshua who was hired by head of HR Shannon Jennifer.
"An iceberg made of piss. A pissberg."- Jim Sterling 2017
Skeleton Bullshit Artist is going to be the start of something glorious.
I so fell into this trap myself. A friend I know was contributing to a website that was unknown, wanted to get some more contributors. It was upstanding enough that it was receiving review codes and had access to private media, but My contributions went from being an occasional thanked contribution, to the point of 60% of the active content, for barely an occasional review code, at some points the editor was sending review code to others, but say it was something like dark souls, I'd have been on new game+ and wrote a review for it anyway on my very old destructoid blog, over a week before the other person would have sent it back in.
It was very much a passion for gaming and a willingness to write about said games at the right time that someone thought my stuff was good enough to post, you get that little nugget of pride, even if you know only 50 people would ever actually read it on a no-name website.
I genuinely hope people who have the passion to write about games as well as play them follow every word of advice you gave in this video Jim, because it is the most exploitative things I've ever been a part of.
Love your advice towards the end of the video. It's true for writers and creative types in any medium -- you don't owe companies any loyalty, because they sure as hell won't give you any.
Thank you for bringing this to light. "Payment through exposure" is not only a scourge upon games journalism, but almost any creative industry including game development, a field I have a degree in, that I've been trying to break into. Last year some friends of mine in my college class were given a job modeling and texturing assets at an indie studio in the Bay Area. Initially they were told up front they'd receive a substantial paycheck for their efforts. Instead, midway through their time at the studio they were essentially told "Welp... there's no more money. but we'll pay you in exposure". Sure, it's something to add to their resumes, but more importantly it's a highly shady hiring practice reliant upon deceit. I understand that indie devs have a very limited budget to work with, but ya know... people need money to eat, and pay rent.
I'm glad I'm not the only person willing to share stories about these parasitic worms leeching off of young talent.
Looks like the bold and Brash really does belong in the trash
Alex ayyy that spongebob reference tho lol
i died
OOOOOOOOooooooo, nice one
Glad that Ben got a gig out of that article and that Jim was kind enough to give him a Platform. Thank God for him.
Great speech towards the end Jim, and very true indeed 👍
Sadly this isn't just exclusive to gaming critics or journalists - this covers almost all mediums that art & talent is required. Musicians like myself especially face this problem, IE not getting paid for gigs, but getting paid with "exposure" which I found kind of redundant, considering you had to bring your own fans to the gig.
Sweet Jesus… this isn't just a can of worms, it's a Tesseract of worms! Thank God for Jim Sterling.
That was a really nice thing commissioning that writer, bet he felt awesome after having to deal with this shit.
That Castlevania pachinko machine makes me super excited.... for Bloodstained! FucKonami....
So Yooka Laylee was a let down and Bloodstained turned out to be near perfect. We can't win!
As a writer I know how important exposure is and what Brash did was just slimey and crooked.
I will say, hearing your advice about getting into the games media scene makes me feel much better about starting my own blog last year. I don't think that I'll ever get to a point where I can write professionally in that context, but to hear that it's best to work for yourself instead of for a site that offers experience and exposure in return for participation is music to my ears. I've written for not only myself, but also for a website that didn't pay me, and also for another that more or less required me to write clickbait in order for my work to get promoted.
Writing in my free time, even though it doesn't reach a large audience, is rewarding in its own right.
I just wanted to say thank you, Jim. I appreciate your work, and even though I don't always agree with you on every subject, I respect your opinions and the advice you're willing to give.
Someone send Paul Ryan (not *that* one *and* that one) a calling card.
"The Mysterious David James" followed by that sock puppet had me rocking.
I'd like to think THAT Paul Ryan had his hands in this
A lot of this advice doesn't apply just to games media. It's basically the Capitalism Starter Kit: your employer does not give a fuck about you, don't assume they will do anything take care of you unless they absolutely have to.
Tobasco da Gama too true. if they aren't paying you for it, don't do it.
Which is a tricky line to walk, as generally you're expected to do some stuff that isn't in your job description if you want to get promoted. But the thing to remember is that they don't *have* to promote you just because you're checking all the boxes, and companies are more than happy to extract all the unpaid labour from you that they can.
This is why I'm so happy to be working in the public sector. I'm never gonna get rich off it, but no one else gets rich off my and my colleagues' work either, so there's little incentive to exploit us.
I like using the Soviets as an ironic metaphor for Capitalism and business practices.
We're all replaceable conscripts and the "Commissar" don't give a fuck if you did well, you can and will be replaced at some point for some reason. Manpower is never special if more than one person is able to do your job.
In short: Fuck corporations and soviet fanboys en mass.
Not really, at least most employers will at least give enough of a damn to pay you
Same thing happened to writer: Llewelyn Gareth Griffiths at Brash Games, several weeks ago I made a review thread for Rain World on reddit.com/r/games and I put up the review for brash games on it: www.brashgames.co.uk/2017/03/27/rain-world-review/.
now the review just says written by brash games and not Llewelyn Gareth Griffiths
www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/61smww/rain_world_review_thread/
the thread contains a comment where Llewelyn using his reddit account talks about this review but now even his profile at brash games has been removed.
*David James gets mentioned*
"Ha, like the footballer"
*30 seconds pass*
"Oh dear"
The other day I was struggling to think of comedy shows on TV that actually made me laugh. Meanwhile, every time Jim says "not that one", it makes me giggle like an idiot. :D
This is some of your best work. I very much enjoy it when you get all journalistic.
I already had massive respect for you sir, but this really shows how great of an individual you are. Seriously, thank God for you!
"Before we get crapping-"
...sorry Jim but I'm already on the toilet. No joke
Jim Sterling, the hero we need, but we dont deserve.
Writers not getting paid is standard practice here in Sweden. I've been at swedish Eurogamer, IGN and a few other sites and never gotten paid once. We only get experience and exposure as payment. A few sites try to pay their writers but the largest, like Gamereactor, only pay their Editor in Chief and top News Editor as far as I know.
Economic success is really difficult for written media here in Sweden.
Hell I didn't even make it 4 min into the video before I was fuming. A few years ago I was fresh out of College with my engineering degree and no work prospects. I ended up getting together with a guy who was in the process of putting together an start-up. He didn't have the capital to pay me for my first few contracts but I didn't care cause I really was excited about being considered for a chance to be part of a growing company. We got a few contracts from the city and we went to work. It must of taken about a month to bring together the first contract,( my supposed partner helped about 3 hours a day, 3 days a week). I was completely broke and having to work/live out of my car but I still had high hopes for my future. Anyway a few days later I get a call from the guy telling me it just isn't going to work out, and my work will not be used. I was devastated, but what can ya do. Anyway fast forward a few months later and it seemed all of my work was used, and it helped secure future business.
So yea I feel those writers. There are just a lot of shitty people in the world. Anyway thanks for hearing my rant!
As an artist who's main source of income is their commissions, thank you for saying this. This poisonous idea that artists or writers should be willing to work for free merely to be seen not only hurts the ones desperate enough to work under such conditions, but hurts the ones who don't by driving prices down.
Thank you Jim. Your advice applies to people working in all forms of media employment. As a freelance film/tv editor I've dealt with the exposure douchebags enough, if whoever is offering you a supposed "opportunity" and their only compensation offered is that bullshit line of "exposure" then QUIT IMMEDIATELY. You really are better off making your own brand and going it alone when trapped in a situation like that. It's insane how common it is for independent media companies to get away with this borderline slavery bullshit. Or as a wise freelancer once said: "fuck you, pay me."
What can I do to stop Nigel from entering my home?
Hang an EU flag outside your door. He'll see it and immediately start screeching and melting before vanishing into the night.
Like crosses with vampires, lol. x)
Why would you want to?
Enter him first...
and for some extra protection get some preserved brie, a gothic cross, and a catholic cross
As someone who knows a lot of working musicians, and who skirts the edge of that scene myself, I can say the "exposure" thing is fucking bullshit.
The ending speech is fantastic. Not only is it relevant to writers for the game industry, but freelancing artists in general. So many people in film, graphic design, music, anything really, have their work completely trivialized by people who will try to pay them with "exposure."
The most important thing we can do is NOT take that kind of bullshit work. Solidarity sends a message. But if someone agrees to do free labor, that contradicts this message, and tells companies that this kind of work can be done for free, since even a few people are willing to do it.
Exposure doesn't pay the bills.
The whole exposure bullshit is something people need to get rid of in all industries really, I've had friends in bands in the past struggling to get by because "they have to work for free" and lots of models or photographers get spun the "exposure" line as well. The saddest thing is people just need to think a little and realise if they all said no they'd need to pay people as otherwise their company collapses as they have no content , instead the selfish ones just think "hell yea other people are refusing to work so I can steal all the work!"
Great-great episode, specifically the "make a name for yourself" rant towards the end. Great stuff.
Is it just me, or does "David James" sound like the fakest name ever? I mean, you might as well have called him "Hugh Mann" or "Somename Realdude."
I actually know a Hugh Mann. His parents were kinda assholes
Sam Geuvenen does the name have anything to do with his parents not liking him.
David James has to be some kind of pseudonym.
"Hugh Mungus"
‘Never trust a man with two first names’
I still come back to this episode sometimes and I still love it. I'm still shocked how much of a mess of a paper trail someone can leave.
Anyone here play Persona 5?
Anyone reminded of Madarame?
Quil Ceus We gotta change Brash's heart.
send the card
Yeah. episode came exactly when I reached him in the game
Coincidence? I think not!
that was indeed tasty as fuck.
and Jim, as a personal note, thanks for the very uplifting bit about building yourself. Made me feel good hearing someone say what I've thought in my head when I hear 'exposure' on a website.
I love you Jim Sterling. It cannot be said enough, or with enough emphasis.
I want to blast this video's segment about 'exposure' on a megaphone 24/7. Companies that use that bullshit trick to get free content off of the back of underpaid or unpaid writers piss me off so much - they're strictly in it for themselves almost every single time, and the writers are often left to ultimately promote themselves with whatever portfolio they put together just as they would have without working for free.
The sax kicking in as Jim opened up a can of whoopass was absolutely sublime.
The earliest I've been on any video ever.....
Dear writers, we illustrators, concept artists, and other visual artists face similar issues. Keep speaking up. We're all stronger together.
T3NFOUR Get that Reddit tier shit outta there
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I love how excited you get as you lead up to the end of the bit. It's stuff like that which shows your love for what you do, and it rubs off well :D
Trailers for Pacino machines.
...Why though?
Are you talkin' to ME? No wait... that's De Niro lol.
Paul Ryan (not that one) gets to experience first-hand what exposure is really worth.
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Perfect!
Amen, good sir. Brash Games nonsense aside, the overarching message about not settling for "exposure" should be heeded. Hustle, hard work, knowing how to network, and persistence have always been keys in the gaming press business-- and now, there are tons of tools from which those who serious about trying to make this into a living can choose from.
Put those deadlines on yourself. Learn to build a brand, attract an audience, and reach out to companies when the time is right. Unless you're getting real compensation, you're better off doing these things yourself and reaping the benefits of that hard work for your own.
I can't express how happy I am to see so many clips from The Greasy Strangler
Jim, I just want to thank you for writing an actual description for every Jimquisition. It's nice to read a preview of what's going on in today's show while I'm listening to the intro. And, unlike some channels, the description isn't just a word for word copy and paste from part of the script that wastes the reader's time.
That statement to new games media writers was really inspiring, and I'm not even getting into games media. It applies to any freelancer, not just writers, and I'll keep your message in mind for the future.
Unless you're legitimately interning for a non-profit, you absolutely need to be paid for your work.
...and last I checked every damn video game site was definitely for profit, lol.
Even a "non profit" needs to pay people so they can eat, sleep and pay taxes in the modern world.
No excuse.(period)
You can be damned sure those 'managers' in such 'non profit' organisations get paid, so why shouldn't the rest of the employees ?
I dunno', I've interned for a couple smaller non-profits where everyone including the CEO was a volunteer still working their day job, so..
There was a group of us in Kirioth's discord digging through the Brash Games website and my God, the rabbit hole is deep.
Most recent development, to no one's surprise, is that Brash are using a bot to attach links using keywords. An example of this, if you have an article that has the line "the character is on a long journey", the word "journey" will have a link on it going to Brash's article on Journey: Collector's Edition on the PS3 (interestingly, the first word in that article is also "Journey" and links back to the same article, basically refreshing the page). It most likely is a bot because (as the example shows) the link exists despite the context not being quite there. However, in the gambling articles, it appears to have choice words or phrases which are hyperlinked and they go to the exact website that they are contextually related to (regardless of how vague that context is).
If you want to see the bot in action, look at any article on Brash's website and check out the links it's got (the one that got my attention was the Tethered Review which I found through Brash's twitter) and then try to locate a gambling article and see the difference in how the hyperlinking is done. They've made it difficult to use the buttons to navigate but the search bar works just fine so search for "david james" or "gambling" and you'll get some hits.
There's another thing which makes us constantly ask ourselves every time we find something out about Brash, "WHEN DOES THIS END..."
Have a nice day.
13:19 "What does that word mean in this context?" Love the delivery of this line.