This sucks. I like a lot of his stuff and have recommended it to various people I know and just ughhhhh. There are too many people who I know to be legit on Twitter backing this up for it to be nothing. Hopefully this will be resolved in a way that can give some solace to his victims.
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Nick Robinson (Polygon) involved in sexual harassment allegations [Suspended]
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I think i understand more now. It's more of a social currency.
His brother is famous. Not saying Porter had any idea about his brother but proximity to fame does a ton to cover up shit like this.
RumbleHumble
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And for people wondering why the women being harassed aren't publicly coming forward about this stuff, look at the power Nick has in the industry. He's got a huge following on twitter and regularly collaborates with the McElroy brothers on a regular basis. He's more power to shut any of these women up with ease were any one of them to come forward individually and it's not like there's a "Nick Robinson Harassment Support Group" on twitter helping these women figure out how to make their statements as solidly credible as possible.
Hell, a good chunk of what Nick appears to have done looks to be done in such a way so as to make many of these women uneasy as to whether or not they were actually harassed. Abusers know how to exploit social customs among groups of people to get what they want, and the general attitudes toward discussing sex in the industry make exploiting privilege like Nick's easy.
Hell, a good chunk of what Nick appears to have done looks to be done in such a way so as to make many of these women uneasy as to whether or not they were actually harassed. Abusers know how to exploit social customs among groups of people to get what they want, and the general attitudes toward discussing sex in the industry make exploiting privilege like Nick's easy.
Red Arremer
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He seems like a massive prick.
Oh hey, thanks to Nick I learned today that I'm actually straight, cause apparently I jacked off to Krystal. I didn't know I did jack off to Krystal, but Nick definitely knows better than me!
Oh hey, thanks to Nick I learned today that I'm actually straight, cause apparently I jacked off to Krystal. I didn't know I did jack off to Krystal, but Nick definitely knows better than me!
TheMagician
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Unfollowed him a while back because I found him arrogant and annoying.
Seems my gut instincts were right.
Seems my gut instincts were right.
ZiggyPalffyLA
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Looks like a giant Cheeto isn't the only thing he has in common with Trump anymore.
Human Trashcan
Banned
It's okay man, you can sit it out. This isn't a court of law. If a whole bunch of people corroborating each others' stories is not enough for you, you're not gonna get the juicy bits you want here
Lots of respect to Kessler for taking a public stand on this. He didn't have to, and he did.
This is what I'm getting at. If this was one lone accusation and everyone went "whoa", that'd be one thing. But this is several accusations with everyone going "yeah, I heard something like that". Do we really need a smoking gun here?
GabeTheGrouch76
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Yeesh. Didn't know him or his content much, but I really appreciated him for being one of the few vocal journalists who vouched and explained their support for Sonic Mania from the game's announcement. Disappointed to hear this news, though given these constant exposes of YouTube gaming celebrities and other notable people in the industry, I'm not too surprised.
Absolutely agreed.
Absolutely agreed.
I'm not gonna go to KiA to see how Gerbils rationalize this one.
It's almost like the systematic targeting and harassment of women by this industry makes them second guess actively speaking out against this kinda stuff...especially when this industry is, you know, their career.
There's too many nods, vagueness and friends speaking on behalf of numerous unrelated people/sources to not at least consider their may be some truth in it.
Considering how many of these male ally milkshake ducks appear every other month I'm willing to believe that a piece of shit had other pieces of shit who knew his behavior and said nothing out of convenience or otherwise.
We have no idea what these people have done in private so I think it's a little silly to assume that everyone just did nothing.
This shit is personal and usually bringing it into the public is a last resort.
aGuyInaBearSuit
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The dude always had a creepy vibe. Like, I could never really place exactly what it was but he was always a bit off-putting to me. Guess I should just go with my gut sometimes.
Good on Kessler for speaking up. Interested to hear what Ben says. I know they are, or were, close.
Good on Kessler for speaking up. Interested to hear what Ben says. I know they are, or were, close.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Someone make me a piechart showing the amount of women in gaming compared to amount of women harassed by Nick.
I've already revised how I felt on the matter after reading more, don't you worry.
Yeah, some people are creeps in private. You definitely can't put blame on everyone around him saying they must have known.
CharminUltra
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Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Apologies. Thread moved fast.
Same. I hope Ben comes out against this soon.
This is just really disappointing. We need to embrace inclusivity and displays like this just hurts the cause, not even getting into the fact that all of those women had to suffer through his shit for who knows how long.
EnlightenedMint
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Damn, this is fucked up, don't see how Polygon can really keep him on board with these type of allegations. Wouldn't want to be Griffin's shoes right now.
As if women didn't have enough trouble being in the games industry this comes out, but really it's just a reflection of society as a whole, hopefully people in the industry can help create a safe environment for everyone.
As if women didn't have enough trouble being in the games industry this comes out, but really it's just a reflection of society as a whole, hopefully people in the industry can help create a safe environment for everyone.
Seriously. I dislike Polygon as much as the next guy, but it's pretty rediculous to implicate the whole site in this. As of right now, there's 0 reason to beleive they enabled this. Maybe something will come out in the future, but until then no one should be complaining about their existence in regards to this news.
Mister Negative
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Especially considering how common (and understandable) it is for women to feel uncomfortable coming forward about their experiences.
It's not as easy as just going to one of his friends and being like "yo your buddy is a creep"
Maybe I'm just imagining things, but this tweet may actually have brought back memories I had completely removed. What a weird feeling.
you'd be surprised how often people keep their awful shit on the down low and none of their close friends have a clue that it's happening. Or you think he somehow managed to get to polygon with all of this as a open secret among his peers?
Cmon now.
ZiggyPalffyLA
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I feel worse for the women involved. As if being a female gamer wasn't hard enough already...
Basically. Colin Moriarty's weaponized followers went after his old co-workers and such. Now, imagine those people are women, especially women speaking out against this type of behavior. Any woman getting within 500 miles of this is courageous as fuck knowing how much shit they're probably going to get.
The Real Abed
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Ugh, not Nick. Come on!
I swear, nothing better happen with Russ and the McElroys. They're like the only reason I watch any of Polygon's videos.
Edit: And yeah, poor Griffin. Him and Nick were like two peas.
I swear, nothing better happen with Russ and the McElroys. They're like the only reason I watch any of Polygon's videos.
Edit: And yeah, poor Griffin. Him and Nick were like two peas.
Lightningboalt
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Most of the threads I've seen seem to be from people who are speaking up for a friend as an intermediary to protect their friends from being brigaded. I'm sure there's some actual victims posting too (and perhaps some of the friends even experienced it themselves) but that seems to be the trend here in the major threads getting a lot of attention.
I know, but the Curious Cat answer mentions a "Krystal" incident from before, so it's good to put that together so people can understand the situation better.
Devin Faraci sexually assaulted a girl in public with his friends laughing right along with him and that was kept secret for years. I'm not putting anything out of the realm of possibility at this point.
Psychoward
Banned
That would make more sense then yeah if they're a 3rd party talking about it, and that did seem to be the majority of the threads I looked at.
This.
ClayKavalier
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They make social issues a major part of their brand but then do stuff like rarely (if ever) allow women to review AAA games, hire and continue employing people like Nick (assuming the allegations are true) despite his behavior seemingly being widely known behind the scenes. Seems fair enough to bring up the site, we'll see how they handle this but the public opinions of their editorial staff are often at odds with their actions.
Especially because he was a handsome guy with a huge following of women. Seems if this is all true, he's been using that to his advantage which is really disappointing.
hydrophilic attack
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Welp
I didn't know about this guy, but if this stuff is true, what a creep
I didn't know about this guy, but if this stuff is true, what a creep
terencecah
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who is the bloody honey guy that open the floodgates
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