Happy Warrior Podcast

Do you know the story of the first time the Escapist Imploded, back in 2014? What if I told you that the Escapist, one of the most influential gaming websites and YouTube channels of all time, was founded by a visionary entrepreneur who was later ousted from his own company for defending Gamergate? And what if I told you that he was also the one who discovered Yahtzee Crowshaw, the creator of Zero Punctuation, and pioneered the modern gaming YouTube format? In this exclusive interview, Peter Pischke of CultureScape sits down with Alex Macris, the founder and former CEO of the Escapist, to reveal the untold story of how he built a gaming empire and lost it all for Gamergate. You'll learn: - How Alex Macris started the Escapist as a PDF magazine in 2005 and turned it into a multimillion-dollar media company - How he found and hired Yahtzee Crowshaw, the British comedian and critic who revolutionized video game reviews with his fast-talking, animated series Zero Punctuation - How he developed the Escapis