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We made him an offer he couldn't refuse!

1) Our publisher and founder went to West Point (the US Military Academy) and Harvard Law School. During that time he did work for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency). 2) Our VP of Sales went to West Point, worked in military intelligence, won a Bronze Star, and has a top secret security...

Good question. If I could predict the course of memes, I'd be much richer.

Actually, Warner Brothers has announced they will no longer sell Dukes of Hazzard material.

To be clear Man at Arms is a Defy Media show and The Escapist is a Defy Media website. We didn't "take" Man at Arms from YouTube; we are the same company. We're assembling all of Defy's various geek-culture shows that are of interest to Escapist fans and making them available here on the...

It means that I am responsible for the overall business - hiring, firing, profit, loss. Editorial, marketing, product, sales, and tech for The Escapist all report in to me.

WTF

Using my vast Defy Media resources, I hired an expert panel of poultry experts, PR managers, and social media gurus. They have advised me that I should avoid chicken wings due to their potentially partisan sideness. Going forward I will strictly purchase and consume chicken breast.

About the price point/business model: - The browser versions will have pre-roll displayed before the game loads. It's free to play. - The mobile version will be free to download but with ads that will displayed at pre-determined intervals or based on time played. We?ll have a 99c IAP that...

I'm grateful Josh has a long memory. When Themis (the company that used to own The Escapist, which I ran) was independent we won a Wall Street Winning Workplace Award for being one of the top 20 best small businesses in the country because of our people-first policies. We allowed flexible...

Hello! I was away this weekend and am just coming back to this controversy. Lizzy and Brandon Morse are writing articles. They are not employees or news writers. As I've said elsewhere, we've downsized on both employees and news writers and aren't staffing up right now. Nor are they...

While it was once the case that website talent and YouTuber stars were dismally compensated, this is no longer the case! Some of the top video stars earn 6 figures and the very top earn 7 figures+.* However it is very much a power-scale distribution. The very top (Pewdiepie, etc.) make a huge...

Two quick points. One, Bob wasn't fired; you can only fire an employee, and generally the term firing suggests some cause. In Bob's case, he was an independent contractor with whom we had production contracts. We terminated the contracts as part of our 2015 restructuring. I clarify this because...

Thanks so much! It's great that you found it useful. I have a dream of compiling them into a book at some point. It's some of the work I'm most proud of.

A forum thread that's 17 pages long of arguments over the site's future tells me we have a loyal audience who actually cares whether we thrive. That is great to see. I appreciate all those of you who care enough to post here. Those of you who are paying close attention to the game media know...