Kotaku Just FIRED Four More Employees! Is THE END Near?
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- čas přidán 7. 05. 2024
- Four Kotaku employees were let go. No, Alyssa Mercante was not one of them. Weirdly, it was people who worked on their videos... which doesn't bode well for the site as a whole.
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Hiring unhinged talentless people who tell the customers their money is not wanted, isn't great business practice.
No Shit! - Arnold
the thing is ou dont even need talent you just need to love video games. i grew up in the golden age of game reviews. the best guys back in the day were just dudes who liked video games and even now thats still true.
Love extreme left money going up in woke smoke.
They all do this now. Its literally the Disney business model. Utter insanity
@MerrOiSoulGigglesmith true
I once saw a brain-dead person on their deathbed. The body had no muscle, no fat, it looked like a skeleton draped in a thin sheet of skin. The spouse sat there, optimistic that the brain-dead person would just wake up and go back home to live a normal life while everyone else knew that eventually, that body was going to die. That is Kotaku, only without the optimism.
😳 woah!
Brutal but definitely on point. Only difference is the brain dead body is up and walking, making a lot of senseless moaning and groaning with great gnashing of teath.
@@CornballLyric my guy you just described half of Twitter
Holy shit, dude!
You should write something!
Did that actually happen, though?
This is why Alyssa Mercante is constantly stirring up shit, rage baiting is the only future she has at this point and she knows it. People should ignore her if they want her to go away.
The death throes of Kotaku.
@@nottodisushttoagen1309 One can only hope lmao
Who the hell even is she I never heard of her (I really did but this is my point)
Been saying this for a long time. The broad sort of controls the internet now. She coughs and CZcamsrs go into a frenzy. Why can’t the disease be ignored?
You forgot her "backup plan" of O.F. And while I'd argue you'd have to be insane to find Mercante attractive, physically or otherwise, most simps have zero standards to speak of.
The fact that Kotaku fired one of the employee who wrote an atrocious article regarding Stellar Blade is just getting started.
But the internet will rejoice if Alyssa Mercante gets sacked.
Just wait until she finds a new job
@@marcuswilmer4326at McDonald's because that's probably where she belongs.
@@marcuswilmer4326 What back on the cam sites?
Alyssa only has a few days left I think...
Since she literally just went after a guy's wife claiming that he "harasses women" very recently. Basically threatening someone's family. She could be hit with a lawsuit with that.
"This does put a smile on my face"
-Thanos
Her grammar skills will make any prospect buyers for Kotaku change their mind ASAP!
"...husband of her children..." LMAO
implies that he married a single mom. Does Alyssa have any proof of the implication? Doubtful, hence the slander makes her compliant to slander in a courtroom. You'd think you would shut up at this point...she is not very bright it seems about keep her emotions in check.
@@Parlimant_Strifeyno it meant he married the wife's children (note it's plural). That makes his wife his mother-in-law and his children his wives.
What a sick and deranged family it will be if Alyssa is actually correct and isn't insane.
Well they're probably ok with adults abusing children too. Anything backwards, they'll support.
You'd think good grammar would be something they'd pay attention for in people _who's damn job it is to write articles_
Its not a grammar issue for her, the concept of a father eludes her. Which will probably explain a lot of her issues.
Nothing of important will be lost when Kotaku is gone
Practically all the gaming news sites were captured by social justice oriented feminists 10 years ago. They have been kept afloat by investor money for years despite low readership and little (positive) social relevance. Most of these old giants from the 00's and early 10's are going under in the next 2 years.
"Making a huge mess on her way out the door", Up here in Canada we call that a "Justin Trudeau Special".
I get that Alyssa Mercante is deliberately stirring the pot to get attention, but she legit comes across as a mentally ill stalker at this point.
She has made herself unemployable.
Well, she is.
Woke ppl are fkin insane.
The solution for some of this is for people to sue Mercante directly. Strip her of every last penny she owns. Leave her destitute and show her downfall to the World as a reminder to all what becomes of people playing stupid games.
Legit 💯👍
Pretty sure she already is destitute lol.
@@3-2bravo49 And a prostitute.
I thought these ppl lived on social benefits
I can only imagine the kind of personal relationships someone must have to actually think getting a random message from some greasy stranger on Facebook will cause someone’s spouse to turn on them.
Sadly, that does work sometimes. If it does, they're doing them a favor.
My SO loves to shit on woke morons even more than I do, women can be so much crueler than us. Messaging her would not go over well lol
@@kitsuneneko2567if the recipient is a big enough idiot or woke enough they'll do exactly as they are told. Thats why people get fired by employers for making perfectly normal comments.
How does Mercante still have a job after being exposed harassing people's wives?
Because her outrageous behavior drives traffic.
because she has the political believed that she believed in
Because they support what she is doing
@@HammerheadStarcraft This might be the type of behavior that leads to lawsuits though.
She belongs to the same network of people who control hobbist journalism on the internet.
This network keeps all fan and enthusiast news and journalist websites pushing the agenda, and has done so for a decade.
Don't feel sorry for those who try to make you miserable, homeless, and hopeless for not bowing to them.
Kotaku seems like the type of place where you would get fired by text message.
I think it'd be more like Disney in where they wouldn't even tell you at all and they'd find out on Twitter or CZcams videos waking up one morning or while on the toilet.
they will just lock the doors and send the emails, probably happens next week. Wouldn't doubt it.
They do not even deserve that.
It seems pretty obvious that Alyssa is just using her position at Kotaku to try and gain personal attention as the ship sinks. I don’t think she realizes that you have to be at least somewhat likeable to become a career influencer.
That's the case with most of these wannabe-celebrity online activists. All they really want is a stage to get as much attention as possible, even at the cost of burning it down in the process.
More like she’s trying to do so… and only moving more and more towards having legal hellfire reigned down upon her head.
At which point, she’ll have to actually defend her actions… which she realistically can’t do.
She’s going to end up getting herself sued… and more than likely going to end up being an example of what can happen to those ‘Minh virtue’ keyboard warriors posing as journalists to show that they’re not the moral bastions they claim to be.
She probably will try to go independent but I think the crowd she caters too might just be too small for her to make a living of it. Someone of het incrowd also complained about basement dwellers and corporate greed in the industry but everyone is free to start their own company.
She's the man that jumped into the lifeboat when the 'women and children first' announcement went out.
The stupid thing is some moron will employ her. No doubt at all
How did she not get fired yet? All that woman does poke the bear.
The owner is probably one of her simps.
Not the bear, the elephant. Which is considered a good thing in our time.
I thought women(well some women) like Bears 🐻 over men 😢, hummmmm
Maybe she wonts a Lesbian Bear 🐻 🤣😂🥲🥹🙏
The owner of Kotaku is Le Big Simp.
Well, she probably gives other services to the big boss
With the amount of unhinged and inexcusable behaviors that’s been allowed on there it was only a matter of time 🍿
🍿indeed
🍿indeed
How did Alyssa evade getting canned? At this point GMO media definitely knows the drama she's causing. If they don't shut it down or can her she'll definitely cause another Deadspin fiasco.
Probably the old tactic of finding someone else to fire in her place.
How else she's most likely sleeping around or claiming some DEI shit
They have to worry about how much damage she might do on her way out the door; there's no telling how much "office gossip" she's been privy to, or how much dirt she has on the people in charge. People like her always take as many others down with them as they can when they fall.
Honestly, it's probably because she's got enough visibility and getting enough rage clicks to keep her on. But she'll likely be the last one to turn out the lights.
"It's not who you know, it's who you blow."
Not everyone hates Goatfakku. Bellular made 2 videos praising them and mourning their demise.
No, I won't let him ever live this down. He will be forever remembered as Kotaku defender.
Imagine for her next job interview, all she can say is "I purposely stir up shit to get attention so I am qualified for this position"
She already said that she wants to go back to being a cam girl, even though that is about the least "progressive" job she could have.
@@RokuroCarisuIt's apparently "real" "work". But someone spending countless hours drawing the same thing for far less money isn't.
@@mechadeka The biggest irony is that it's all about the one thing that she has been raising hell against: Pleasuring straight men.
This video has literally more upvotes than Kotaku has overall views. That says everything.
Kotaku has spent far too long fucking around. Time they found out.
Next to go should be Polygon.
“Sorry grandpa, I got to pull the plug because I need to charge my switch. “ beeeeeedp, there goes Kotaku
Love maxor
Yep and Kotaku will not be missed.
Alyssa Mercante's Job at Kotaku: 404 not Found. Soon
Remember a couple of years ago when Froskurin at G4 thought she was untouchable and wouldn't get fired and was gloating about "still being here" to everyone while they lost their jobs? I feel like history has a funny way of repeating itself. Anyway, no one missed Gawker after it got shut down and no one will miss Kotaku after they finally leave for good.
Every day Kotaku lives up to "Journalistic Integrity - 404" more and more.
The only reason I will ever miss Kotaku is flaming them in their post comments.
There's a clip on the SideScrollers channel where they interviewed the CZcamsr whose wife was contacted and he goes into detail about it including the message his wife was sent by MerCUNTe
Lets be honest if they are still working for that company, they are not "good" people. Any one with any kind of morale compass should have left that place years ago.
OH NO! You made this video, Kneon!? About Kotaku and _that_ editor? That creature will contact your spouse and telling you're a naz- Oh, wait... Geeky is here. never mind.
Kotaku is just putting off the inevitable. 💀
Delaying the inevitable?
South Park episode "washington redskins" has this part where football guys rush a website's HQ and just wreck all the equipment there, the next day, the site is down.
The fact she is still there is insanity. Kotaku is setting themselves up for lawsuits because of Alyssa. She's breaking every TOS rule on X yet she and Kotaku has not been banned. I cannot wait to see Kotaku shut down and see how Alyssa stays relevant.
There's always of....
She'll fail upwards
Having Kotaku in their resume will definitely be a massive debuff on their attempts to find new work. Well, except if it's with other sinkin ships if they manage to climb aboard before those also starts going into bankruptcy.
Kotaku employee: how am I getting fired?
Me: Like Dick Jones
Hey we can dream
"Thank you!"
👍
+1 for the Robocop reference 🖖
WAIT, WHAT!?! Kotaku?! Firing!?! Dude, the Woke is dying out faster than I anticipated!!
The worst offender hasn’t been fired yet.
Not fast enough and they didn’t get the worst offenders.
Woke isn't dying, it's rebranding
@@nba21129 well that sucks...
@@David-xp9vi we so need brands to fight the Woke. Sick and freakin' tired of this.
Tear it down!
Tear it down!
Tear it down!
Please say yes. Mercante needs to go.
The entire Kotaku staff have to let go
Alyssa is basically Frosk 2.0.
This is why she wanted people to reveal their real names on that Discord server she "infiltrated". What a creep.
Was curious what they're putting out. First article I saw on Kotaku was "18 Hades 2 Character Portraits That Are Hot As Hell". Doesn't get much lower effort than that.
Meanwhile screaming about eve in stellar blade being too sexy.
@@electricmessiah1310 "Ironic..."
-Palpatine
Oh noes, not unemployment! Now how will they afford their Starbucks habit and release-day new iPhone?!
"Life's tough,get a helmet man."
- Candace Owens -
🤣🤣🤣
The death rattle of Kotaku has gone on so long that it's not even horrifying anymore. We're not shocked, we're not saddened. We're just kinda weirded out, looking at it in disgust at this point.
Geeky sparkles - "You'd better not have inside her information on her!" Kneon - stunned silence.... Ha ha ha I don't think I've ever heard someone blush before 😂😂😂
Wow…
…Anyway, people can live without Kotaku. Video game players can give out gameplay tips. Nintendo can show the video games, consoles, and handhelds themselves.
While they're at it, Kotaku should fire itself.
If I were a media company, I'd buy Kotaku so I could shut the site and company down.
I'm still trying to find my tiny violin to play for their demise.
Dont step on it ,they are expensive and hard to made.
Alternate theory - they're trying to make Kotaku so bad that someone buys it just to shut it up.
15:26 "You better not have any inside knowledge of her" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sounds like another self inflicted Rock, Paper, Shotgun injury.
I can only imagine Merchante's promotion involved kneepads.
A friend of mine said "These Kotaku journos know they're almost out of time, and they're willing to bring down as many people as they can"
The Onion has been rotten for quite a long time. It should have been composted!
To me, Kotaku is like the comic book from The Simpsons that even the birds reject the comic.
Everyone needs to tweet to Alyssa Mercante asking her about the incident she was involved in shortly after high school.
Loose canyon is the most apt description of AM I've ever heard!
The Fresher Luke interview you just dropped was better than anything Kotaku released in YEARS.
Please shut down, Kotaku. How Mercante hasn't gotten fired, I have no idea.
You guys are awesome! I love your channel. Sadly I have to search for it every morning because CZcams won’t put your videos on the homepage.
Ah, Kokatu is on her deathbed. On their life support ICU, yeah well it’s about time to pull the plug off. 🔌🧑⚕️
The day Mike Feyhieh died was the day Kotaku's integrity went with him.
Fine, I'll post it with softer language...
Why aren't the protected people ever just actually decent people? Why is it always *people* like Mercante?
Please tell me they fired Merchante!!😭🙏
She already got fired
@@rVesperialGamingfor real???
@@NetBattler
Another comment said she removed Kotaku's name from her Twitter bio (not that I use Twitter or care about it.) That heavily implies she's already been fired.
@@MarvinPowell1 I really need someone to confirm it...
So Alyssa Mercante has removed Kotaku from her bio on twitter, etiher they are disatncing themselves from her or she has been fired
Checking it right now and it's still there.
@@squirrel_killer- it wasn't when i made the comment, she must have put it back, just checked yeah she put it back but its no longer after senior editor, seems like she is either baiting or is no longer the senior editor
Not only did she contact the spouse she also mention the children. About how he can be a decent father when he acts that way. Not realizing that her calling him out to the wife and mentioning the children makes it seems like she is attacking the whole family. Which is just gross. How does she not see how bad that is.
This is getting sad. Clownfish should just buy the site and sell it for stew meat at this point.
This video, at this point that I'm typing this, has been out for 50 minutes and has 400k+ views. There's videos on Kotaku channel from months ago that don't break 400k. I've gone through their catalog.
I'll buy Kotaku for $20 even. No more, no less. Then I will fire everybody.
Great show you deserve millions of subs
so whos left? just 3 people? 2 editors and 1 employee?
We are now in the "and find out" segment of the experiment.
I did not expect waking up to a discussion of anyone's taint...much less Kotaku's...or the other, hilarious way to start the day! Thanks!
There's only so much garbage you can spout that's hostile to the customers of the industry you cover, and toxic to those trying to make a living _in_ the industry you cover, before reasonable people start to say, "Why are you even _here_ ?"
Am just here to say and nothing of value is lost
Kotaku etc. brand of media basicially act like a monopoly when it didn't has a monopoly.
Could a company actually sue an employee if they are purposely ignoring directives and performing actions that could incriminate or cause legal discourse to the company despite said company repeatedly telling them not to, especially when their actions are on the edge of harassment or illegal in and of itself?
"Perfectly balanced, as all things should be"
I haven't toched a drop of alcohol in 5 years , if they get shut down im downing a bottle of vodka and having the party of my life.
Its a classic Third Wave behavior, they are really falling back on 2007 tactics, but luckily it doesnt has the "shock & awe" effect it had back than,
Kotaku is the digital ages weekly world news. All their hit pieces, are the same as a bat-boy cover
Look as long as Gamefaqs is still around I think we'll be ok.
Also I'm now laughing at the idea of Geeky using her work email to message her personal email to complain about Kneon to get him in trouble and that just gives me a fun chuckle 😂
With all the drama Alyssa has caused… why would anyone even go to them for game guides?
Imagine actually doing your job, they fire you, but the clown throwing molotovs keeps her job. F that company.
It's not just the fualt of the sites, but the AAA gaming industry that in a spiral ATM. New games are just getting worse while old and indie games are often just the better and cheaper option.
I cant think of another business who would keep a person on who is openly trying to destroy them from within.
Here's hoping Melissa gets hit with a cease and desist order or a lawsuit for harassment.
You would think she would avoid one right now in this economy right now.
They had to make room for Alyssa's promotion and salary increase.
I’d buy Kotaku just to fire Mercante, and then sell it to the Daily Wire.
I wonder if there is some clause in her contract, where if she does something that unequivocally damages the company or causes them to go bankrupt due to her actions. That she will be held liable in some way, so they're just sitting back now letting he go at it. Just waiting to for the right moment to pull the rug out from under her.
There should be a internet wide celebration when Kotaku goes under and when Mercante gets sacked.
If it was to disappear tomorrow, nothing of value would be lost.
I hope go media sues Alyssa for irreversible brand damage
Mercunty is the kind of person who yells "Don't hit me! Don't hit me!" as she's hitting you.
Someone has to stay behind to turn in the keys and shut off the lights. 😄
It's likely a cost reason for not firing her like severance package etc.
Great news as i'm heading into work
Kotaku redpilled me in 2015. They are the reason I started paying attention.
When I realized their articles raging about people they hate were talking about me and how I was a bad person. Thanks Kotaku.
This is great, these people are getting so insane they are starting to turn partially insane people against them
9:50 basically “if I can’t be the best, I sure as hell could be the worst” is what she’s going for.
14:00 "I don't understand why people would pay for that."
That's the best part, Geeky. They don't. If Alyssa was making money on OF, she wouldn't be working at Kotaku.
The stupid cow just did stuff that is actually criminal. The owners have no recourse but to shed her. They can be held responsible if they do nothing.
Never interrupt your eneimes when they are making a mistake
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