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Announcing our new Destructoid editors: Florian Eckhardt and Eliza Gauger photo

In 2006, two of the greatest voices in video game blogging were lost in a freak Wiring accident. We mourned, but everything happens for a reason. By the great power of Chtulhu and advances in robotics, these two enigmas now return to finish what they started.

You know them from Kotaku. You've read them on Wired. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy to announce new associate editors Eliza Gauger and John Brownlee will now be writing for Destructoid, starting immediately next week (barring outbreaks of Ebola and bathtub electrocution). I'm sure that many of you missed reading them as I did, so if you can imagine me making-out with myself then you'll understand how happy we are to have them. They merely demanded the blood of thousand eagles and my vintage collection of underage Chris Furniss polaroids, which I gladly accepted.

Mr. Destructoid would also like to introduce the fetal adoption of their art + culture blog: Ectoplasmosis into our growing influential network of Japanese tentacle porn and unaffordable gadgetry. If the idea of a fat Wonder Woman and 1,500 Filipino prisoners performing Thriller isn't exciting enough to fill your morning, you can stop by for deep discounts on used panties.

Dear gaming industry: please brace yourselves to enjoy the new size of our collective testicles.

 


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Savant's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 14:23
Savant
Welcome, Florian.
Welcome, Eliza.

Aerox was the only one who said it, but it is a tradition that must apply to ALL -- editors are non-exempt.

Don't suck. :)
Savant's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 14:24
Savant
x Mikezilla x
Add me, Linde, and the crew for Friday Night Fightin'.
Aaron Linde's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 14:24
Aaron Linde
And to the naysayers, it's not as though Destructoid is in the habit of picking up Kotaku people -- we're in the habit of picking up solid writers. Eliza and Florian are the best that Kotaku had ever seen. And they belong to us, now!

Florian! Go review Barbie Horse Adventures for me!
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 14:34
Necros
No. Way. Best news I heard today. I always thought the departure you two made from Kotaku was rather abrupt.
keener's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:10
keener
awesome. welcome.
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:12
subnet6
Welcome to the 'toid! I loved you both on Kotaku, glad to have you here!
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:16
Professor Pew
Nice to see new people! Faith looks like she will go nicely with my Cthulhu fetish.
[img]http://www.ectomo.com/wp-content/themes/ectomo2/eliza-email-mo.jpg[img]
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:17
Professor Pew
failed like a kotaku! :(

One more try at non-JJ.Abrams Cthulhu prons:
Papapishu's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:19
Papapishu
Welcome Eliza and John. I mean Florian. I mean James Tiptree Jr.

For the record which, if either, is your real name? Because for a while there I was convinced that you didn't exist and were really just a [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWPzRxPdlkU]talking British boil with a mustache growing out of Eliza's shoulder[url].

Also, Does this mean Ectoplasmosis is going to get squeezed by the slippery tendrils of the Destructoid network, or are the two going to remain separate entities?
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:22
Niero
@JohnnyWadd: The industry is pretty small, so we're bound to exchange some people. Flynn from GayGamer wrote for Dtoid before he went to Kotaku. Colette was a features writer for Kotaku before Dtoid. Leigh writes for Gamasutra. Nex writes for a Portland paper. Rev Anthony on the Escapist, and so on. I know Summa's the one everyone points to, but we've exchanged a lot more staff than most people realize. I'm lucky to have all these talented experienced people part of our project.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:23
Sharpless
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!? This is seriously the best news I've heard in forever, and I'm... fuck. Fuck, dude, my mind is just blown, and yes, I'm being entirely serious and, yes, this is pathetic, but I am so stoked.

Kotaku was the first blog I ever frequented and commented on, and Eliza and Florian/John Brownlee were my favorite writers. But on Destructoid? It's a permanent erection coupled with a permanent orgasm... which actually sounds kind of unpleasant, after a while, but you get what I mean.

I need a life.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:24
Niero
Papapishu - separate. It's friends helping friends, like we do with CAG and WeeklyGeek.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:24
Sharpless
P.S. Niero, I love you.
Aequitas's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:30
Aequitas
I had to look at the date to make sure it wasn't April 1st. It's almost too good to be true. Welcome. If you ever have time, drop by the forum, Ventrilo, or Stickam. Always a pleasure to see editors work their magic outside of just news posts and articles.
shaunomacx's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:33
shaunomacx
w00t Florian welcome back I missed you...that Brownlee guy just aint the same ;)

kidding lol...nice to see you on the gaming scene again
droobies's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:34
droobies
Sounds cool, even cooler if we get to rape faces with them in teh Stickams.
droobies's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:36
droobies
Btw, with the exceptions of Niero, Ron, Collette, Linde, Topher, and Tiff, you all need to have your faces raped in Stickam. It's gay rave time!
Divine Retribution's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:50
Divine Retribution
I really missed reading stuff by Florian and Gauger after they left Kotaku. Kotaku is still a really good site, but their departure took the AWESOME away from kotaku. Good job getting the, Niero.
Divine Retribution's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:51
Divine Retribution
getting them*
William Haley's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:54
William Haley
We're swirling in Kotakus vanilla!
Zac Bentz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:55
Zac Bentz
Sexy party!
Aetsen's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 15:58
Aetsen
This is great news, it's actually because of Florian linking from Kotaku that I found out about Destructoid.

Shine On You Crazy Malcontents.
Feigro's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 16:11
Feigro
Best news in the world.
Eliza Gauger's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 16:12
Eliza Gauger
I missed you all so much. Thanks. I mean it.
Arugala9's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 16:13
Arugala9
Hell yeah! Damn I missed Florian's writing, you too Eliza.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 16:22
BluDesign
@Aetsen

??? Where have you been? Haven't seen you on a post in forever.
WaterMedia's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 16:53
WaterMedia
Holy crapzo.

I was just thinking the other day that Kotaku didn't feel the same without my fav writers...which happened to also be named Florian Eckhardt and Eliza Gauger. Conincidence?
Dr Aum's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 17:09
Dr Aum
I feel like happiness has been pumped directly into my brain through a WWI-era gas mask, or like the great Cthulhu has oozed his Sweat of Sweats from his tonguetacle onto my noggin. Welcome, Florian and Eliza! (I also frequent Ectomo and SciFi Scanner; RIP ToM.)
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 17:20
Justice
Hold up

1) Last time I checked MovieKick has been up since december haha
2) Is DToid the new kotaku?
3) John Brownlee (aka Florian Eckhardt is hilarious and a great Brit (wasn't he irish))
4) Why don't all new bloggers get this
SniperFodder's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 17:28
SniperFodder
Yay! Face Rape!

And Welcome.
Zero Iscariot's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 19:09
Zero Iscariot
Are you fucking kidding me?!? I started reading Dtoid daily after Eliza and Florian left kraptaku to write for Wired and their respective indie blogs. GREAT NEWZ!
Civnerd's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 19:21
Civnerd
Woot! Welcome Eliza and Florian, Kotaku has been nothing but cross-country e-mails between bashcroft and his pirate lover since you guys vacated it (why do they think that's blogworthy???? make them STOP)..... Looking forward to some great posts next week! Yay!

And...... SUMMA LEFT???? Where the hell was I??? Oh yeah, in Azeroth, grinding rep like the other 8 million fools.... :(
LostCrichton's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 19:45
LostCrichton
Welcome to the Robot Army!
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 20:10
Colette Bennett
You both were the reason I read Kotaku every day. After you were gone my daily visits to the site steadily declined until I was down to once a week. It wasn't the same read without you guys. Now I realize you are going to be a part of my own little borg collective and my head nearly explodes. Holy shit! Makeouts required at your first event asap. With EVERYBODY.
nerdXcore's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 21:15
nerdXcore
I hope Florian Eckhardt uses his posts to creepily hit on teenage girls and make terrible terrible jokes that an 11-year-old would find immature. Because there isn't enough of that on the internet.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 21:33
Topher Cantler
Goddammit. This stuff always happens when I'm gone. :P

Eliza, Florian, welcome.

Destructoid fridgu anyone?
Eliza Gauger's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 22:33
Eliza Gauger
We're going to get herpes, aren't we?
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 22:46
Sharpless
Eliza, it's a requirement. "Destructoid" is Spanish for "people with herpes."

Incidentally, that old Kotaku post by Florian that Niero linked to is absolutely incredible. Journalistic excellence +69!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2007 22:57
Mxyzptlk
I approve fully of this new development. Welcome!
foreplayer_action's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 02:18
foreplayer_action
So then we can now get some actual decent content in this blog? Final-Johnbrownfucking-lee.

Cocks.
Civnerd's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 02:49
Civnerd
"Eliza and I both love Brian "LOL!" Ashcraft. He's just one of the sweetest, most genuinely kind guys you'll ever meet. But yeah, that rubric is pretty weak. I asked him about the fruity email exchange, and he told me it's meant as sort of a daily round-up of the news. Not a bad idea, given the volume of stuff Kotaku posts, but I think it would be more interesting if the correspondence actually <em>were</em> homosexual. They should really let Flynn dig his heels into that rubric."

That is EXACTLY what sets this site apart from all the other gamer sites! The sense of humor here has no limmits, and freedom is the word when describing all aspects here. Also Cocks man, also cocks! :D With that I'll say I love you guys, I can't wait for your daily posts, have fun, and go TO TOWN! and while your there, pick up some dresses for bashcroft and pirate brian :D (I'm kidding, I'm sure they're really really nice, happy gay guys!)
SniperFodder's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 12:28
SniperFodder
I just wanted to be #100.

Sorry.

Again, Welcome.
Papapishu's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2007 19:19
Papapishu
"I think it would be more interesting if the correspondence actually were homosexual."

I not only want those letters to be completely and unabashedly homosexual, but also to be set in the civil war and read with a classical southern drawl while the soundtrack to a Ken Burns documentary plays in the background.
jonny_foreigner's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2007 00:41
jonny_foreigner
Pink DS Lites all 'round!
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