I Interviewed The Author That Exposed Blizzard [FULL VOD]

[@crimsoneclipse0618]

Great interview, love that Jason kept checking in on chat unlike some other streamer.

[@fentanylfrog8403]

Better hairline too.

[@Zyntho]

@@fentanylfrog8403 lmao

[@axis_tilted]

Man, what a loss

[@MikaNever]

"I can stick around for 20 more min!" vod chapter goes on for another hour.

[@EdibleFoamFootball]

I know it’s dumb to ask, but what’s the timestamp lol. Have a break rn so wanna get to that at least

[@seshysama]

@@EdibleFoamFootball 1:29:30

[@chasingmemories1266]

1:06:23 "He came out of the womb ready to generate revenue for shareholders" absolute gigachad du pont disciple, holy

[@lahusa_]

1:04:42 "We do a fraud thing on this show" is truly one of the ways this could have been phrased

[@Fantazy1028]

This is actually really cool. I feel like atrioc has been more of a journalist than a streamer lately based on MM & now interviews

[@fujinshu]

I like how he’s a millennial using gen z humor to present normally boring topics such as marketing, business, the economy, geopolitics and corruption scandals.

[@harvardfootball]

You could tell he loved saying "chat" when he could during the interview lol

[@wilhelmh9495]

The Glizzmeister did not ask a single glizzy related question. Not even the Washington Post’s recent decision disappointed me more.

[@harvardfootball]

Glizzy do be interviewing about Blizzy doe

[@Shrowan]

honestly one of the best VODs in a minute, great interview and all the yapping before and after was fascinating as well. I love the gaming, but damn if I don't like hearing a person smarter than me talk about stuff he knows a lot about.

[@rishabhmalhotra7017]

Best interview I have watched in a while. You should do more interviews you are good at this!! Definitely gonna consider reading this book now

[@Matkatamiba]

Yeah, he's really good at getting people to break out of their shells and feel comfortable. Asking great questions that show genuine interest. He also asks questions in such a way to give them tons of ways to answer and lots of time to think about their answer so it makes them look good. Filling time when the conversation might stall for even a couple seconds to give it fuel again.

[@WIZ_LIZ]

No clue how I missed this happening - this is so awesome though, please keep having guests on and interviewing them big A!

[@webaazul2500]

Interview with a Glizzard employee? Say no more, I'm gonna grab my popcorn.

[@eduardomarcovics611]

Popcorn? Wtf are you talking about, real Brandon " Atrioc "Big A" " "Ewing" eat hotdogs dipped in coffee

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

Jason isn’t a Blizzard employee. He’s just friends with literally hundreds of their current and former employees.

[@soadsam]

he used to be one of the only actual journalists at kotaku

[@rodentblade]

he was never a blizzard employee just a journalist who interviewed them

[@hughhunt3655]

Looks like I’m buying a book for the first time in my life

[@bhouse2213]

Excited to see if Atrioc learned how to pronounce Jason’s last name

[@pearpressurevt]

it was right the first time he said it this time. he prolly studied up for this

[@bhouse2213]

Was happy to see that :) great interview so far

[@pearpressurevt]

@@bhouse2213 agreed. love jasons stuff and this has been pretty informing

[@janirobe]

I think Jason at kotacku was dog shit with his opinions. His investigative journalism is great though

[@EdibleFoamFootball]

@@janirobecrazy how you can mature throughout your career. And you should listen to some of Jason’s insight on Kotaku and the environment he had to work in

[@esoessify]

Shout out to BLUNT MAN!

[@ArnicaBlewit]

Just shouting out Triple Click. A gaming podcast with Jason Schreier and two other games Journalists. It's a good listen if you want to hear about whatever game in in the Ziegheist.

[@matz4k]

Great Interview! Really, really enjoyed it. Time literally flew by, would love to see more in the future.

[@coolman000099]

This dude is so based , love the library shoutout. They’re so important

[@alexanderestrada4450]

I think it would be sick if you put a list out of all the books you’ve read or are currently reading, I know you talk about them on stream but an all in one place to read where you get your knowledge from since I think a lot of fans like that too

[@aadityadeshmukh6206]

That exists already, it’s called the big A book club, it has every book he’s recommended on stream. If you just search the name in google the link or the reddit post with the link should pop up.

[@EluneMusic]

Not just a list, a TIER list Poggies

[@MrMysteryman00]

Love that Jason and Ari talk to chat the exact same way.

[@adamdj713]

Incase the author is reading the comments I bought the book from this.

[@xxvmvxx]

probably fifth interview/podcast i heard with Jason about this book and hes always such a pleasure. Great watch.

[@Nick-cs4oc]

It’s refreshing to see a normal, grounded person that doesn’t jump to extremes and just wants to understand/share

[@xyznihall]

Great interview glizzard flowed very well and questions were good

[@crimsoneclipse0618]

2:26:26 honestly insane that we can have an album of thr year category and have all the albuns be bangers. Big Awards 2 bout to be bigger than the Grammy's.

[@47ejecting2]

Damned by faint praise...

[@EinFelsbrocken]

Imma take one for the team: *ahem* *BLIZZY BLIZZY BLIZZY!!*

[@bkhbb93]

As a vod frog, I will have to live with the fact that I missed the live first (and likely last) timer lowering. The interview was pretty great too. I'd love to see more interviews from Atrioc. It seemed like he enjoyed it a lot and it felt more interesting to watch because of it.

[@Eval999]

HotS was a GREAT game after a few years. Goddamn I loved playing HotS premades with my friends. It had such an emphasis on teamplay.

[@Dr_CLASSIFIED_OCE]

If Bigolas Dickolas tweets about this book, Jason gunna be a millionaire. Bought the book cannot wait to read it :)

[@MisterAwesan]

I read the book beginning to end in a single sitting, it's very good. I've played blizzard games for a long time so it was really cool to see the inside.

[@MangoMotors]

This was so awesome, and I loved how Jason promoted local bookstores and libraries.

[@eFiggidy]

Got it on audible! Curious to see if he got a sales boost after this stream.

[@biteofdog]

I hope so, it looks like it's a #1 best seller on Amazon in the Sports & Entertainment category. I'm on the library waiting list for the ebook (which I'm 14th in line to read it).

[@eFiggidy]

​@@biteofdog niceeeee. Libraries are def the GOAT. Mine lets you rent switch, ps5, xbox games, musical instruments and tickets to state Parks.

[@hokeh4515]

what insane timing i was just looking for another interview source to add to a paper about blizzard bless up glizzy man 🙏🙏

[@CamDaz]

Actual peak stream, hope big A tries to do more like this!

[@EwokPanda]

Everytime I wasn't looking directly at my screen, my brain told me Atrioc was talking to John Oliver.

[@happypi3ygo157]

Can recommend all of Jasons prior books with stories about game developement. Great journalist in general

[@chandlermiller3944]

It's never been easy to make a game. It's never been more competitive to sell a game.

[@ethanmagdaleno5332]

Just finished the audiobook, now i get to enjoy the VOD

[@lukeoone]

this was a great interview, i'm glad the main channel brought me here

[@ddwkc]

Great interview. I do agree with Blizzard demise started with WoW. It changed it so much. Some are still bitter about WoW like some former Diablo enthusiasts, for instance. Warcraft 3 players just knew they would probably never see WC4. The Kespa fiasco also had huge ramifications for Korean eSports too. Both sides were so boneheaded.

[@chuck2469]

Great interview Big A

[@-Evergreen.]

I think we can all agree that Dark Souls 3 shouldve got game of the year 2016 and not overwhelmingly negative-watch.

[@vp9234]

this was an awesome interview glizzy!

[@TheMrEwok]

Amazing interview! I really want more of this!

[@flamingbull3438]

What a FeelsJasonMan interview Atrioc

[@LaEmporoar]

2:15:00 lol, chat really just woke up when this guy briefly mentioned a hot dog

[@Rempel0]

Thumbs up to the person who recommended philosophytube to big a the glizz king !!! Straight fire 🔥

[@happyhelpfulhoovy]

This was fantastic! Atrioc should totally look at doing a monthly/2nd month interview with people in industry. He's a surprisingly good interviewer considering the brainrot from his stage 4 glancer...

[@cz85]

Has Atrioc done the around the world wins and fails yet? I keep hearing him talk about it, did that VOD not get uploaded or did he not do it yet?

[@Turtle_ssbm]

Bought and listening to the book at work tomorrow!

[@sagehoge]

1:33:23 lol also libraries buy books in bulk so it really does help move units if your into that.

[@ChriSaito]

Bought the book because of this interview. I meant to buy it for a while but I had to after this.

[@ericgoldbach3907]

I can't believe I missed this stream, I was so excited when it was announced :(

[@frankyap9818]

KZbin frog here, can someone explain the Ludwig big dog bit?

[@harvardfootball]

We're all YT frogs here lol it means Ludwig presumably paid for the entire booth and charged Atrioc less than his share, which usually someone richer does for a lil brother or for a friend who doesn't have that much money

[@coolman000099]

Finally bro posts something substantial

[@pixeltaku]

Honestly super cool interview, if I can pick up the book I will

[@WR_WR_WR-uw7vt]

Album of the year is soooo sick

[@gulapula]

Noctis reading me a book about Blizzard sounds class lol

[@kongman316]

I bought the book when I saw a video on the clip channel this shit a banger I’m already on page 50, but why yaptrioc gotta keep cutting him off, I love u glizzmiester

[@WR_WR_WR-uw7vt]

Time to grind again Big A

[@nathancourtney94]

Loved this one!

[@ded279]

The zyn thing is so weird to me mostly because we've had the same product for a long time. I used to do a thing where an advertising partner would pay you to buy promoted items and years ago I used to get paid like 80 bucks to buy tobacco free nicotine pouches from vuse cause they were that confident in return customers. Idk what happened to make zyns so popular

[@Bucko99]

Is Anthony Po a regular atrioc chatter? Seems so random

[@Ejsmich]

When did he chat?

[@Bucko99]

2:42:41 takes about 30 seconds for atrioc to see it.

[@Ejsmich]

@@Bucko99 thanks!

[@soadsam]

the story of blizzard is so genuinely sad. my dad got me started in pc gaming with diablo 1 back in 97, i grew up on basically every blizzard game until the first expansion of wow when the sheen started to wear off. to have them go from my favorite company where any release was a day 1 purchase to now i dont even give their games a look because theyve all been such flops is so shitty

[@tomsawyerisme]

bru atrioc needs to learn more words than "pov" lmao

[@dardarfisher]

Dang, this was so good. If u haven’t listened to this dudes pod, triple click, check it out! ❤

[@Careb-Ree]

I cannot believe I missed this

[@jakejurak1]

1:37:00

[@martinsedivy9327]

Also if you are Born in january of february you are waaaay more likely to make it in professional sports

[@lukemicklos7650]

2:14:23 unc core

[@khennessy785]

Jason is my Woodward and Bernstein.

[@Cduboi61]

You sound sick Brandon, take care of yourself.

[@Die.Trying]

Tic Tock Vs Democracy isn't specifically about Tic Tock but rather social media as a whole and its by Philosophy Tube. The videos absolutely fire. I'd recommend people to watch it on your own

[@xporzy]

I dont think I have ever seen somebody spell tiktok like that in my entire life

[@Die.Trying]

@@xporzy I don't use TicTok but that's my only defense and its a weak one... ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@jimmyproton9901]

Bold of bigA to assume any of his viewers know how to read

[@fishamus1306]

Don't agree with atrioc's hots take. Hots was a great fucking game. It would've been better if it was kept getting support

[@PjackM92]

Paladins doesnt get enough credit

[@ATMOSK1234]

Blocked by NBC in your region

[@seanwechsler1128]

Your chat is a bunch of volume nerds gee whiz

[@epimetheus8243]

Hey Atrioc, nice interview, but you should probably change something, either the location of your camera or the screen. You are obviously mentally present, but when you look to the side, especially when your cappy covers your eyes it just feels like you are not paying attention.

[@IvoryOasis]

I love roblox :) Since I'm a creator on roblox....lol

[@kenzhou9752]

Here before it goes. R.i.p

[@plus94]

How did you know?

[@kenzhou9752]

@@plus94 hahaha i was listening on my phone then swapped to PC and found it taken off

[@patrickmcpartland1398]

Guess i wont stop playing it keep it open haha

[@janirobe]

I feel like it's a bit disengenous to frame people saying a game is bad because it has sjw stuff. Yes if that is actually why a game is bad, then that is a stupid reason. But those same people wouldn't say the same thing in a good game. It's more often then not a game that focuses on sjw usually has people working on it that are not focused on a making a good game. And that's why it's bad. It's more sjw is synonymous with developers who are not focused on making a good game. Also there is nothing wrong with men wanting a sexualised protagonist female. The same way there is nothing wrong with woman wanting a chiseled gigachad in the Christmas ROM com. The double standard of woman being able to dress how they want.... Also means men are free to appreciate woman that dress scantily clad. It can't be hypocritical. The opinion is divided among woman which is a different issue. Of course less attractive woman want to feel better about themselves. Yet attractive woman often try to dress like sexualised female protagonists...

[@ashplaysgames7695]

I glad the information got out but he held it back for multiple years while women were being sexually harassed in blizzard. If he said something sooner it might of helped those women but no. He held it back until it was useful for him not the victims.

[@Ejsmich]

I don't think he worked in blizzard he just interviewed a lot of people there

[@ashplaysgames7695]

@Ejsmich oh yh he didn't work there but he knew about the sexual harassment stuff for a while and said nothing. That bothers me a lot and i think it should bother other people too. What matters more helping the victims or him protecting his reputation and then making a book about everything. That's just my feelings on it though.

[@Ejsmich]

@@ashplaysgames7695 if all you are saying is true then sorry for bothering you and I completely agree

[@arfanik9827]

Even if he knew about it, bringing it to light without proof and just testimonies coming from interviews would not have been that helpful for the women working at Blizzard in my opinion.@@ashplaysgames7695

[@ashplaysgames7695]

@Ejsmich oh it's no bother at all, I'm just trying to shine a light on the facts. Have a good rest of your day.

[@cooldawg2009]

Really enjoyed the interview Atrioc I do have to push back on one thing Jason said about “forced diversity”. Imo he was being purposely naive on what this means and how this is implemented in gaming or the world as a whole. Forced diversity is stuff like affirmative action (hiring minorities over whites, or hiring women over men). Or making sure you have enough people of color/ enough LGBTQ+ representation in your games. It all comes down to artificial quotas and not natural progression. Many gamers are not concerned with this, they just want a good game and it’s painfully obvious when it’s shoved down their throats. They have every right to call it out when they see it and it’s good they are doing so. Quality should not suffer to push a political message. And if none of it makes sense to him, like he said, then (and I geniunely mean this) he should do his best to step out of his echo chamber and discuss with people who have opposing points of views.

[@moca-dev]

can you list recent examples of this happening

[@Jackson-bm9mo]

Go outside bozo

[@Duckays]

Dude most popular or critically acclaimed media pushes a political message in some way

[@Rempel0]

I would even argue nothing can ever be devoid of a political standpoint or message

[@arfanik9827]

​@@Rempel0Yes, but the game needs to be good. Metal Gear Solid gets away with being very political because the games are fun. Whereas some AAAs games who forces diversity or political topics into the core of their design process like Blizzard games are doing it at the detriment of the game development. Diablo IV sucks ass, WoW Dragonflight was average and Overwatch 2 being a thing is laughable because they threw the thing that warranted a sequel (PVE mode)

[@Die.Trying]

Chat chat are we good chat?

[@deadmanstoolbox]

Most people Jason refers to with terms like "chud" or "grifters" are easily ignored. But ironically, it’s the “counter-grifters” who often end up being louder and more annoying