I just think Vice as a format is kind of anathema to the type of experimentation involved in forming a critical oriented game streaming site. I suppose they let them fuck around for a couple years before they shut it all down, but the thing with formats like this is that they kind of ebb and flow and twist around a fair bit, never completely settling. Which is why a Giant Bomb sub model lends itself better, they are a site that has gone through a fair bit of change and format evolution but don't have a standardized corporate aesthetic breathing down their neck.I think beyond a bad layout Vice aren't particularly the reason WAypoint don't seem to be connecting. I think the idea there's enough of a demand for this type of content to support it by ads alone is a flawed one. That's as much on Austin and his direct managers as it is on Vice as an entity.
I'm pretty forgiving of Austin and don't really fault him that much for this all not working out as well as anyone may have wanted it to. I mean, he kind of had to take this chance or opportunity to start a team. If anything, it's at least raised his and others profile for any future endeavours.