Iron Banter & “Tentpole” Topics
Writing samples and feature videos I produced, at times as a one-man army and other times in collaboration with my wonderful colleagues across Video, Editorial, and Social.
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Writing Sample: Iron Banter - This Week in Destiny 2
Iron Banter was a recurring piece penned by Phil Hornshaw, an excellent former editor at GameSpot. Upon his departure I was granted the privilege to continue on the torch for a short amount of time before I transitioned full time onto the Expert Reacts series.
Iron Banter takes a look at the ongoing Destiny 2 live-service game and is an opinionated piece using a mixture of current ongoing updates, news, as well as personal anecdotes showcasing our familiarity with one of the most popular games out today.
Feature: The History of Battlefield
Credits: Writer, Editor, & Gameplay
“History Of” eventually became a consistent show for GameSpot for quite some time but in the early days I edited our History Of video covering the Battlefield series. Battlefield and eventually Call of Duty became just a few of the AAA FPS “tentpole” topics that would be my responsibility to cover.
And much more…
Tentpole topics were consistent winners — through engagement, views, or were a popular topic of discussion among our audience.
Each tentpole was assigned to a producer who would then be responsible for coming up with topical or evergreen feature ideas, and overseeing their development.
My tentpoles were AAA FPS titles like Fortnite, Battlefield, and Call of Duty. Racing and Sports games like Forza, Madden, MLB The Show, and FIFA (now known as EAFC). There were also other franchises I had a lot of expertise to offer such as Pokemon. Here are just a few examples.