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Man, talk about something where everybody takes a hit!
Jeff: The analogy is clumsy at best. One of those stupid leadership quotes that stuck with me is "Communication is what the listener does", and if you have to spend a few days explaining the analogy, it's not a great analogy. The reason why perhaps that movie hits harder than The Road is because it references a RL event, so the comparison gets muddled. He deserved the benefit of the doubt since he's earned it, but probably should've not doubled down, but that's hard not to do when the mob is blowing you up.
Schierer: Putting someone on blast like that is crappy if they're just trying to do a review of a game, even if inelegant. I guess you can't call it punching down, but sicking 200k followers on someone is lame. Then the mocking, look, it's Twitter, but it's just seems petty.
Sony People: <Insert wrestling analogy here>. From the top rope! It's <X>'s music! I get it, but it's just bad optics to defend your game on twitter, especially since they have a strained relationship with Jason due to the reporting. Because the first thing that comes up is the crunch stuff and people can see an ulterior motive. It helped nobody and poured gasoline on it.
I was bummed about all the other game journalist people (Bob Mackey, Nadia Oxford, etc.) taking their shots at Jeff... thought they were above it. Guess not!
In conclusion, never share anything on social media. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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