Jason Schreier's discussions

Sounds like Maddy should be on the show more often!!! Read more

...Are you just dumb or what? Not to be rude. Read more

You are definitely not reading into that too much — CFO is one of the company’s top positions. And it’s a huge deal that Chris Metzen and Mike Morhaime (among others) have both left over the past couple of years. The question of how Activision’s culture impacts Blizzard is not a small one. Read more

I know you’re just trying to get a rise out of me, but here’s a serious response: I try to never publish any unofficial information without hearing it from at least two independent sources, which is why we always tend to be right when we break news. (See: Fallout 76 being an online survival game, Mass Effect Andromeda … Read more

Consider this: Blizzard had to deal with constant questions and embarrassment after announcing Titan with nothing to show, and then watching it go through development hell for a decade. Read more

Thanks! It’s certainly ironic that angry Redditors have been dragging me all weekend for being a Blizzard shill because I criticized the petulant red-shirt guy on Twitter while at the same time I was digging into this story that Blizzard certainly didn’t want to come out. Read more

I don’t really know who comprises the market for this game. Read more

That’s good to know - thank you for sharing. Read more

I mean, you could certainly make the argument that all information serves a public good and that part of a journalist’s job is cutting through the marketing cycle instead of just regurgitating what publishers want said. But let’s say you don’t believe in that argument. Here’s a good example.

There’s an important distinction to be made here between a leaker and a journalist. When someone leaks a document to the journalist, it’s entirely the journalist’s prerogative whether or not they want to report on that. They have not signed any NDAs and have no obligation to protect companies’ secrets. In fact, a… Read more

I honestly can’t tell if this is intentional. Read more

I mean... yeah. Read more

My list would include Suikoden 1-2, Lunar 1-2, SaGa Frontier, Xenogears, Final Fantasy Tactics, Brave Fencer Musashi, Breath of Fire 3, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story, Ogre Battle, Grandia, and so on... Read more

Neither of us had time to excerpt and post it, for reasons explained in this episode ha Read more

Agreed. Looking back at it a year later, I’m very proud of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, but if I could write it again I think I’d rework the epilogue and come down harder on crunch. One of my goals was to help people understand why it happens, but I think I could have done more to help push against it, too. Read more

Seconding this! Read more

Yeah, as I was reporting this story, something striking was that even those who spoke about their Rockstar experiences really positively would also say things like this. Or “Well, I’m a workaholic, so I probably spend more time at work than most people.” It’s very much a cultural thing and I wonder if even… Read more

If you want my $0.02... Wait for reviews, and buy the game if you think you want to play it. I will certainly be playing the hell out of it. I suspect that it’ll be incredible. Read more

Kotaku is a fantastic employer, I am paid a decent wage, and we are unionized. I will very rarely work 12-14 hour days on a big story, but always by choice, and never for longer than a few days. Outside of special events like E3, I’ve never asked anyone to work overtime or been asked to work overtime. I leave the… Read more

Dozens of people have approached me anonymously, actually. (Check out the last graf of this story.) Read more