darkknight109 posted...
It's not a matter of liking him or not or even the size of his audience (which was massive [proportionally] back when he was one of the only games in town, but isn't particularly big today) - it's that he was basically one of the first online video content creators in the gaming sphere. Dude was hugely influential and basically helped set the table for video content creation back when that was still a new medium online.
It's like not knowing who Hideo Kojima is - sure, you may or may not be a fan of his work - or you may not have even watched it at all - but unless you first got into the hobby within the last 10 years (which I doubt describes anyone posting on GameFAQs these days), you probably have heard his name at some point.
Well he also has an interesting style of review, which is not really out there. It's one thing to just be a rando reviewer it's another to do it with your own unique style. Obviously not everyone has heard of him but shit you could even look at the biggest Twitch or Youtubers on the planet right now, and some might not know them either.
Trust me at this point he was the main reason the Escapist was holding some relevancy nearly every other person they have is pretty damn mediocre at best.