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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Escapist_(magazine)
> Enthusiast Gaming sold the website to Gamurs Group in September 2022. [...] The entire video team, including Croshaw, resigned to form an employee-owned outlet, Second Wind [...] In July 2025, Gamurs sold The Escapist to Clickout Media.
> Under Clickout Media, The Escapist refocused its content to create reviews of online casinos and other gambling-related promotions. In 2026, Clickout Media laid off the majority of The Escapist staff, only maintaining a small staff of "AI editors" to create AI-generated content.
Whether this article or its author are real or not, The Escapist is a necro brand. It has been dead for years. All the people with talent have already left.
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- Hacker News
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Escapist_(magazine)
> Enthusiast Gaming sold the website to Gamurs Group in September 2022. [...] The entire video team, including Croshaw, resigned to form an employee-owned outlet, Second Wind [...] In July 2025, Gamurs sold The Escapist to Clickout Media.
> Under Clickout Media, The Escapist refocused its content to create reviews of online casinos and other gambling-related promotions. In 2026, Clickout Media laid off the majority of The Escapist staff, only maintaining a small staff of "AI editors" to create AI-generated content.
Whether this article or its author are real or not, The Escapist is a necro brand. It has been dead for years. All the people with talent have already left.
by amiga386