Game Changer is an absolute delight imo. Some episodes are better than others, but every one is fun and everyone seems to have a good time. I’m a happy Dropout subscriber and I hope Sam is able to keep doing this for a while.
Why did they have to tear down the whole website? There was some really solid non-video content there. Dorkly, too. It’s not unknown for such sites to persist even after the content stops; thank goodness we still have The Toast.
but I realize that I’m becoming part of a growing minority.
Wouldn’t it be a shrinking minority? Or are All Your Base and Chocolate Rain going to eventually become beloved by a majority again, given enough time?
CH was bought in 2006 by IAC, which basically is a massive holding company that had all kinds of properties that looked “indie” but really were just big conglomerate owned.
Before that they were owned by Connected Ventures, a vencap based company built on generating ad revenue via product placements and user demographic sales.