I think people are overreacting to the changes recently. Is it disappointing to know that the Whiskey Media family is splitting up and no longer really underground? In a way yes, but each website will now have far more opportunities than it did before. Since Comic Vine is now associated with CBS and GameSpot, they will now be able to have a booth and more access around Comic-Con. Giant Bomb will now have access to everything that GameSpot has, and probably a larger budget. Tested will now get to expand to more topics like Coffee, Legos, Markerbot, and will be able to focus more on deep technical details and science at the same time. Will and Norm may now have access to M5 Studios, a larger budget for events, gadgets, etc. and they are working with two more brilliant minds. Personally I cannot wait to see the Tested articles to come, and the chemistry between Adam, Jamie, Will, and Norm. You just know that Adam, Will, and Norm are going to get into some awesome shenanigans.
If Will and Norm were not happy and did not like what Tested has/is becoming why would they stay? Call me crazy but did anyone stop to think that maybe, just maybe, Will and Norm are truly happy with what is all going on? Do I think it is a little upsetting that Will and Norm are not on the website banner, or new logo, and that the logo changed? I would be lying if I said I wasn't, but those things could always change and are minor issues in the grand scheme of things. The new Tested will allow Will, Norm, Adam, and Jamie to write and publish content that they necessarily couldn't before. Adam and Jamie cannot go into as much depth about science on Mythbusters because it has to be marketable to everyone, and they cannot talk about personal interests. Will and Norm were limited and topics that they loved like Coffee, Legos, and Turkey's were considered Off-Topic, are now On-Topic, and I couldn't be more excited.
I will say this though I am really disappointing with how all this information was delivered to us, why the sudden Reveal? I think a lot of people would have been more comfortable or accepting of all the changes if a week ago Whiskey Media would have made an announcement about all of this and given us more and more details everyday about what changes were going to be made and what we can expect for the new partnerships.
Bottom line: Tested wasn't bought-out and people need to calm down, Will and Norm are smart and trust worthy people, and if they are on board with this and excited about it, well that is good enough for me to know that it will be something truly fantastic.
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