A lot of PolygonThe staff were dismissed following the sale of the publication by Vox Media in Valnet, but two of his former editors guides launch their own website focused on guides: Great friendshipthat you can find at Bigfriendly.Guide. Ryan Gilliam and Jeffrey Parkin founded and are co -owners of the site.
The guides make Gilliam “has the impression of helping someone enjoying something that is very important to me and I know it’s important for them,” he said The penis. “And so when I lost the opportunity to do it to my usual 9 to 5, I wanted to continue.”
“I hate ringing shameless or boasting, but what Ryan and I are really good help people play video games,” explains Parkin. Their work on guides helps people have fun with games, he adds-and helps things like Get a giant horse Zelda.
Great friendship Move most of its content available for free, and the guides themselves will not be paid. But Gilliam and Parkin will also open a Patreon for the site as a means for people to support work, which will also give people access to discord. There will be a free weekly podcast for everyone and a monthly subscriber podcast only where Gilliam and Parkin will discuss their cover plans.
There will be announcements on the site to start. “For the moment, at least, we will broadcast announcements to keep the lights on,” according to the site Page about us.) But the emphasis is more on the construction of a community that trusts the work of Gilliam and Parkin and pays to support it. In addition to working on guides for games that interest them, Gilliam and Parkin want the community to make suggestions for guides to which they can consider and respond.
The release of Great friendship is just the last point of sale of Polygon Persons: the former editor Chris Plante launched THE Post-match podcast and the former editor -in -chief of the Pete Volk conservation launched THE Photovoltaic guide bulletin. The new points of sale follow the rise of other independent game publications as Consequences And Game file.
With Great friendshipGilliam and Parkin have modest expectations. “We are not trying to build a brand and sell it or anything,” explains Parkin. “I don’t think one of us wanted to become particularly rich. We want to continue doing this. This is really what it comes from. ”
