MinnMax Interview - Stephen Totilo On Epic Vs. Apple, Axios, And Gamergate In Retrospect (Patreon)

MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Stephen Totilo about his long career covering game news at Kotaku and why he's building up a new home for gaming coverage with Axios. We also talk about the biggest news of the week and break down some of the most interesting revelations from Epic Games' and Apple's court case before looking back on lessons from the gamergate saga.

You can watch and share the video version here - https://youtu.be/sYGbkd3FULo

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:47 - Epic Games vs Apple

00:14:02 - Launching the Axios newsletter

00:21:14 - Giant Bomb and the state of game sites

00:26:24 - Lessons in leadership from Kotaku

00:28:17 - GamerGate in retrospect

00:37:19 - The evolution of game news and reporting

00:47:19 - The most clickable headline possible

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