History Website / TheEscapist

In September 2022, the Escapist's owners, Enthusiast Gaming, would sell the site to Gamurs Group. Then, in November 2023, Calandra was suddenly fired by Gamurs. According to Calandra, Gamurs' reasoning for ousting him was due to "not achieving goals", but without ever specifying what these "goals" where supposed to be. With Calandra's firing, a mass exodus from the site took place, [[UndyingLoyalty with almost every creator on Escapist resigning in solidarity]], this time including Yahtzee, splitting off to form an employee-owned outlet, Creator/SecondWind, leaving the Escapist's future in deep uncertainty. On November 21, 2023, the remaining Escapist staff posted the final five videos from the creators who left the website two weeks earlier[[note]]The reviews of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'' from ''Zero Punctuation'', "The Future of AI Gaming" from ''Cold Take'', "The Video Game Move Banned by NASCAR" from ''Stuff Of Legends '', and "Resident Evil Zero Fumbled a Brilliant Idea" from ''Lost In Time''[[/note]], which were all created before the mass resignation. In December 2023, an end-of-year compilation of 2023's ZP episodes was uploaded, which currently represents the final video on the channel to date.

In September 2022, the Escapist's owners, Enthusiast Gaming, would sell the site to Gamurs Group. Then, in November 2023, Calandra was suddenly fired by Gamurs. According to Calandra, Gamurs' reasoning for ousting him was due to "not achieving goals", but without ever specifying what these "goals" where supposed to be. With Calandra's firing, a mass exodus from the site took place, [[UndyingLoyalty with almost every creator on Escapist resigning in solidarity]], this time including Yahtzee, splitting off to form an employee-owned outlet, Creator/SecondWind, leaving the Escapist's future in deep uncertainty. On November 21, 2023, the remaining Escapist staff posted the final five videos from the creators who left the website two weeks earlier[[note]]The reviews of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'' from ''Zero Punctuation'', "The Future of AI Gaming" from ''Cold Take'', "The Video Game Move Banned by NASCAR" from ''Stuff Of Legends '', and "Resident Evil Zero Fumbled a Brilliant Idea" from ''Lost In Time''[[/note]], which were all created before the mass resignation.

In September 2022, the Escapist's owners, Enthusiast Gaming, would sell the site to Gamurs Group. Then, in November, Calandra was suddenly fired by Gamurs. According to Calandra, Gamurs' reasoning for ousting him was due to "not achieving goals", but without ever specifying what these "goals" where supposed to be. With Calandra's firing, a mass exodus from the site took place, [[UndyingLoyalty with almost every creator on Escapist resigning in solidarity]], this time including Yahtzee, splitting off to form an employee-owned outlet, Creator/SecondWind, leaving the Escapist's future in deep uncertainty. On November 21, 2023, the remaining Escapist staff posted the final five videos from the creators who left the website two weeks earlier[[note]]The reviews of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'' from ''Zero Punctuation'', "The Future of AI Gaming" from ''Cold Take'', "The Video Game Move Banned by NASCAR" from ''Stuff Of Legends '', and "Resident Evil Zero Fumbled a Brilliant Idea" from ''Lost In Time''[[/note]], which were all created before the mass resignation.

In September 2022, the Escapist's owners, Enthusiast Gaming, would sell the site to Gamurs Group. Then, in November, Calandra was suddenly fired by Gamurs. According to Calandra, Gamurs' reasoning for ousting him was due to "not achieving goals", but without ever specifying what these "goals" where supposed to be. With Calandra's firing, a mass exodus from the site took place, [[UndyingLoyalty with almost every creator on Escapist resigning in solidarity]], this time including Yahtzee, splitting off to form an employee-owned outlet, Second Wind, leaving the Escapist's future in deep uncertainty. On November 21, 2023, the remaining Escapist staff posted the final five videos from the creators who left the website two weeks earlier[[note]]The reviews of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'' from ''Zero Punctuation'', "The Future of AI Gaming" from ''Cold Take'', "The Video Game Move Banned by NASCAR" from ''Stuff Of Legends '', and "Resident Evil Zero Fumbled a Brilliant Idea" from ''Lost In Time''[[/note]], which were all created before the mass resignation.

In September 2022, the original site owners, Enthusiast Gaming, would sell the site to Gamurs Group. Then, in November, Calandra was suddenly fired by Gamurs. According to Calandra, Gamurs' reasoning for ousting him was due to "not achieving goals", but without ever specifying what these "goals" where supposed to be. With Calandra's firing, a mass exodus from the site took place, [[UndyingLoyalty with almost every creator on Escapist resigning in solidarity]], this time including Yahtzee, splitting off to form an employee-owned outlet, Second Wind, leaving the Escapist's future in deep uncertainty. On November 21, 2023, the remaining Escapist staff posted the final five videos from the creators who left the website two weeks earlier[[note]]The reviews of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'' from ''Zero Punctuation'', "The Future of AI Gaming" from ''Cold Take'', "The Video Game Move Banned by NASCAR" from ''Stuff Of Legends '', and "Resident Evil Zero Fumbled a Brilliant Idea" from ''Lost In Time''[[/note]], which were all created before the mass resignation.

In September 2022, the original site owners, Enthusiast Gaming, would sell the site to Gamurs Group. Then, in November, Calandra was suddenly fired by Gamurs. According to Calandra, Gamurs' reasoning for ousting him was due to "not achieving goals", but without ever specifying what these "goals" where supposed to be. With Calandra's firing, a mass exodus from the site took place, [[UndyingLoyalty almost every creator on Escapist resigned in solidarity]], this time including Yahtzee, splitting off to form an employee-owned outlet, Second Wind, leaving the Escapist's future in deep uncertainty. On November 21, 2023, the remaining Escapist staff posted the final five videos from the creators who left the website two weeks earlier[[note]]The reviews of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'' from ''Zero Punctuation'', "The Future of AI Gaming" from ''Cold Take'', "The Video Game Move Banned by NASCAR" from ''Stuff Of Legends '', and "Resident Evil Zero Fumbled a Brilliant Idea" from ''Lost In Time''[[/note]], which were all created before the mass resignation.

In October 2017, the Escapist lost all creative staff except Yahtzee, and was generally considered by remaining editorial staff to be on its death bed. This all changed in mid-2018, when one of the former leads of the site recovered full rights to it and sought to bring back some of the former shows and staff such as Moviebob and Critical Miss. Unfortunately in November 2023, following the sudden firing of then-editor-in-chief Nick Calandra, [[UndyingLoyalty almost every creator on Escapist resigned in solidarity]], this time including Yahtzee, leaving the site's future in heavy uncertainty. On November 21, 2023, the Escapist posted the final five videos from the creators who left the website two weeks earlier[[note]]The reviews of ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'' from ''Zero Punctuation'', "The Future of AI Gaming" from ''Cold Take'', "The Video Game Move Banned by NASCAR" from ''Stuff Of Legends '', and "Resident Evil Zero Fumbled a Brilliant Idea" from ''Lost In Time''[[/note]], which were all created before the mass resignation.

In October 2017, the Escapist lost all creative staff except Yahtzee, and was generally considered by remaining editorial staff to be on its death bed. This all changed in mid-2018, when one of the former leads of the site recovered full rights to it and sought to bring back some of the former shows and staff such as Moviebob and Critical Miss. Unfortunately in November 2023, following the sudden firing of then-editor-in-chief Nick Calandra, [[UndyingLoyalty almost every creator on Escapist resigned in solidarity]], this time including Yahtzee, leaving the site's future in heavy uncertainty.

In October 2017, the Escapist lost all creative staff except Yahtzee, and was generally considered by remaining editorial staff to be on its death bed. This all changed in mid-2018, when one of the former leads of the site recovered full rights to it and sought to bring back some of the former shows and staff such as Moviebob and Critical Miss. Unfortunately in November 2023, following the sudden firing of then-editor-in-chief Nick Calandra, almost every creator on Escapist resigned in solidarity, this time including Yahtzee, leaving the site's future in heavy uncertainty.

[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/171005-Open-Letter-to-The-Escapist-Community In October 2017, the Escapist lost all creative staff except Yahtzee, and was generally considered by remaining editorial staff to be on its death bed.]] This all changed in mid-2018, when one of the former leads of the site recovered full rights to it and sought to bring back some of the former shows and staff such as Moviebob and Critical Miss. Unfortunately in November 2023, following the sudden firing of then-editor-in-chief Nick Calandra, almost every creator on Escapist resigned in solidarity, this time including Yahtzee, leaving the site's future in heavy uncertainty.

Escapist-produced works with pages on this wiki include:

* WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation
** Extra Punctuation

...and have included in the past:

[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/171005-Open-Letter-to-The-Escapist-Community In October 2017, the Escapist lost all creative staff except Yahtzee, and was generally considered by remaining editorial staff to be on its death bed.]] This all changed in mid-2018, when one of the former leads of the site recovered full rights to it and sought to bring back some of the former shows and staff such as Moviebob and Critical Miss. Unfortunately, following the sudden firing of then-editor-in-chief Nick Calandra, almost every show on Escapist resigned in solidarity, this time including Yahtzee, leaving the site's future in heavy uncertainty.

[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/171005-Open-Letter-to-The-Escapist-Community In October 2017, the Escapist lost all creative staff except Yahtzee, and was generally considered by remaining editorial staff to be on its death bed.]] This all changed in mid-2018, when one of the former leads of the site recovered full rights to it and sought to bring back some of the former shows and staff such as Moviebob and Critical Miss.

* WebOriginal/RebeccaMayesMuses

* WebAnimation/AdventureIsNigh

* WebAnimation/ApocalypseLane

* [[Creator/BobChipman Moviebob]]'s Big Picture
** Escape to the Movies
** Game Overthinker