Welcome to the party Notch! It seems like he’s come to the conclusion that gaming journalism is beyond saving. He tried to tamp it down a little bit right after, but I don’t think there’s any mistaking his opinion on the current state of affairs. He was pissed about a piece that ran on GameSpot (which was actually a recap of a Wired article) which talks about Mojang employees receiving fat bonuses to stay with the company as Microsoft took control. The only problem is, the writing seems to indicate that Microsoft paid the money, when it actually came from Notch’s own pockets:
@gamespot Half the bonus was completely unconditional. It's after tax. The bonus came from me personally, from my own personal money.
— Notch (@notch) June 4, 2015
@gamespot The reason we didn't announce it was that I figured people knowing all mojang employees has a lot of money could be bad.
— Notch (@notch) June 4, 2015
@scslug @gamespot No, but it's already out there. Someone released a book about it, where it seems to be implied MS paid it.
— Notch (@notch) June 4, 2015
Gaming journalism is dead.
— Notch (@notch) June 4, 2015
Yes @notch, it is. pic.twitter.com/NKznrm0RzT
— Running With Scissors (@RWSbleeter) June 4, 2015
I can see why you think so. Your scam depends on it. http://t.co/F5OLEj3kvL#GamerGate pic.twitter.com/8nuX3J6hWK
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) June 4, 2015
Like I mentioned, he did walk it back a little, but as you can see, he didn’t take the original tweet down (as of yet, anyway). We’ll see if he feels any heat and decides to do so. No matter what happens, it’s great to see huge names like Notch saying the things GamerGate has been saying for months. Like we always knew, most devs and creatives are actually on our wavelength. That’s being proven more and more everyday.
