{"id":113744,"date":"2020-06-03T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/364176"},"modified":"2020-06-03T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T19:19:00","slug":"indie-advocate-kirk-scott-departs-nintendo-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/06\/03\/indie-advocate-kirk-scott-departs-nintendo-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie advocate Kirk Scott departs Nintendo of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Scott, Nintendo of America\u2019s third-party developer and publisher relations manager, is stepping down from the role he\u2019s held since 2015 and departing Nintendo of America as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Scott shared the news in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kirk_Scott\/status\/1268240371357638657\">short statement tweeted today<\/a>, noting that he\u2019s looking forward to future opportunities to continue his work in the indie space and to stay tuned for further news on his next steps down the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe past 5 years have brought incredible joy from working with all of the amazing indies, and that work will continue,\u201d writes Scott. \u201cSince Feb. of this year the events we have all experienced have crystalized my thinking. I\u2019m tired. Opening doors for minorities, being inclusive, and enabling success for EVERYONE in the indie space will be a priority for me. IT brings me joy! I can\u2019t wait to continue this work with all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an opportunity to make things better for others and educate while making great games. Stay tuned!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Scott, Nintendo of America\u2019s third-party developer and publisher relations manager, is stepping down from the role he\u2019s held since 2015 and departing Nintendo of America as a whole. Scott shared the news in a short statement tweeted today, noting that he\u2019s looking forward to future opportunities to continue his work in the indie space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}