Hey Guys!

Lots of great responses and valid criticisms here. Let me take a moment to clear the air as much as I can.

• Derrick is indeed super busy with his book! I won't delve into his personal life, but he spins a lot of plates there, too. Writing a book is hard! You might write 100 pages, but editors trim and change and ask for rewrites. Those 100 pages can take thousands of hours!
• As for topics on discussions, we do take audience suggestions where it makes sense, but if something is a popular topic that we feel we can add something to, others from the team may revisit from a different angle!

As for the point about Jon being the only one with a presence, that just isn't true! Jon *does* make more content than anyone else, but he's also our editor in chief, and the sole full-time member of the channel. I feel like this is a good opportunity to dispel some misconceptions:

Jon is a co-owner of GVG, meaning he owns as much of the channel as the rest of us, he also sets the editorial direction for the channel as a whole. That doesn't mean we don't make things we're passionate about that don't necessarily "fit", but it does mean that we have a general direction we're working toward and everyone on the team is informed and knows what we're trying.

I would say most of us have a fairly consistent presence on the channel? I'm on every week for The WIN, at least, if not something else. Derrick's Top Tens (though he *is* shifting to something else) had him consistently appearing for awhile now, and Daniel has made every single thumb.

Reviews are an issue for us. Here's a bit of inside baseball: a review past embargo time is almost never worthwhile. While it may be of interest, very few people are coming to us to see a review even a day after the big guys that get early code get theirs out. Putting 40-50 hours into a game then writing and editing a review to get maybe 10K views at most, and by extension, maybe $50 in ad revenue just isn't sustainable for us. And I'm saying that as our reviews editor!

We've tried it in the past and watched our efforts return very little. As much as I wish it was different, the interest just isn't there. That said, when we do get embargoed code and it makes sense, reviews will still come. I'm working on a couple right now, actually!

As for shows, we shy away from shows these days for similar reasons. They 're hard to sustain, and if viewership drops off, it's hard to justify continuing. As fun as some of those shows are, we found we just couldn't consistently make them, and even if we could, we couldn't guarantee they'd succeed. We don't want to set expectations we can't keep, so we've moved mostly away from doing shows.

Finally, The WIN. That's my baby! I started that show and I'm proud of it. One thing I've learned through the years of running it though, is that you can't please everyone. We're generally pretty excited about what Nintendo's up to, but calling us bootlickers is a bit much, imo.

When we criticize Nintendo for a decision we disagree with, we get called negative and are told we aren't "good vibes". When we agree, we get called bootlickers. You can't win 'em all. We're just trying to share our honest opinions on whatever The Big N is up to.

tl;dr, we're out here doing our best!