Dwayne Jenkins

To have the tools, time, and clearance as an outlet/entity to dig into Ana's recent horrendous struggles and have nothing to say about it is journalistic cowardice, plain and simple.

Don't position yourself as a leader and authority in the space if you aren't going to do any real work.

Don't. Give. Up.

You got this. 🙂

There will be a day when the people or luxuries you love are affected by what's going on.

You'll say, "HOW COME NOBODY SAID ANYTHING???"

And people like Ana will just shake their head, throw their hands up, and laugh.

Because they tried. You should've listened when it mattered.

Me, y'all taught me many, *many* lessons, and I chose silence and sanity. I can't justify "fighting the good fight" publicly anymore at the cost of my own well-being.

Ana, however, spends every day explaining, educating, and *TRYING.*

To be censored. To be taken in malicious bad faith.

Popping out the shadows again for a hot second.

Support Ana as much as you're able. Despite the sheer misery of it all, she actively chooses to discuss topics and issues most others would rather not because it's "uncomfortable."

Because she, against all fucking odds, *believes* in a better world.

I see new Doc, I share and support new Doc.

Now more than ever, we need to stand by and boost as many knowledgeable, talented folks between the games industry and games journalism as we can.

The bottom doesn't have to fall out into the abyss if we form a safety net around the greats!

"Is there a Doctor in the house?!"

Why, yes. Yes there is. And he's put out another Doc Classic!

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@shauncichacki.bsky.social stood on business for devs of all stripes and sacrificed his livelihood to do the right thing.

He deserves as much love and support as anyone can feasibly offer.

I don't think there's any other artistic medium on the planet where people who claim to love it want the people creating it (and reporting on it) to suffer so senselessly.

The whole Bloober Team/quote debacle at the moment makes me so, SO glad I'm not in games journalism anymore.

Thank God.

As is tradition: I emerge from the shadows to boost Doc, a phenom of a writer who juggles an insane combo of journalist, game designer, and critic!

Read. His. Stuff. Tip him, if you can! Now more than ever, we have to start protecting and nourishing stellar work that deserves more attention!

Popping up just for a brief little "Lol. Lmao, even."

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Now that I've rid myself of this week's "toxins":

I fucking *love* 'StarVaders.'

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So, I'd say I'm a roguelike deckbuilder addict of sorts. And this? Is that. It's just *THAT.*

It's nice to actually play and savor games again! 😃

I'm owed ONE more shot: Anyone who has the audacity to say/imply that a group of people who were consistently vilified for 10 months with zero grace/understanding/empathy knowing how awful the games journalism space is deserved it or the rage campaign was justified?

*Entirely* out of their mind. 😂

Ana's the hard-hitting journalist with all the proper articulation points regarding this whole disaster.

But I wanna say: thank you. Each and every person who's using their voice to remedy a heartbreaking injustice.

Keep the pressure on. 🤙🏿

I'll never stop fighting for video games. A medium that's given me so much when I had nothing.

And, hey. Who said it was the end of the road for boosting excellent indie games? 😉

But Waypoint 2.0 stood for something.

And for all the miscalculations and mistakes I made? You won't take that away from me. From us. Ever.

And let's be clear: I DO NOT want your pity. Your sympathy. I'm good! In these 10 months, it wasn't all for nothing.

We supported indie devs like nobody's goddamn business.

We fought the games journalism pitfalls as best as we could.

And it just ain't work out. And that's fine!

Be a content creator. Assemble a group of friends and *try.* If you want to give games the respect they deserve -- and the developers who unnecessarily suffer as a result?

Do. Your. Own. Thing. Far away from "games journalism." Please.

Because there are two "sects" of games journalism.

1. The predatory companies with all the money who will never truly understand *WHY* video games resonate with people.

2. Personalities who will undercut you, judge you, berate you, and everyone will defer to their "authority" in the space.

I hope aspiring games journalists see and, most importantly, *understand* the "inevitability" of the death of "Waypoint 2.0."

If you love and care about this beautiful, tortured medium and you don't have a preexisting "reputation"?

Don't. Just don't.

...You know, at the end of the whirlwind of emotions I've felt since Sunday, all I feel is sad now.

My team was endlessly criticized and woefully utilized. They fought, and fought, and fucking fought.

To be talked down to. To be discredited. To be disgraced.

Oh, and in case you were plotting on the queen's downfall?

...Sorry! 😊

Ana said it best: this world doesn't have to be a hopeless, broken hellscape.

Never stop fighting the *real* enemies.

Reminder: if you want to stop companies from making stupid decisions (or reverse actively malignant ones), organize and go for their pockets. 😉

You attack/threaten that bottom line enough? They'll fold!

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Presented without commentary. 😁

OH, if y'all can, though, show the rest of the gang some love! At the end of the day, this is family. Treat 'em right in this transitional stage of their careers. 🙂

Honestly, I'm good for now, y'all. I've been fortunate (and lucky) to make it this far on my own two feet -- despite some blunders -- and I'm gonna try and rock with that for now. 🙂

...If I'm still unemployed six months later, we can reconvene. 😂