Originally Posted by arstal:
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It doesn't take that much time to be a competent player. Unless the game is a GG clone- in which case 90% of that time is spent in practice mode to learn how to begin playing the game.
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And what else do they have to do outside of writing reviews (which requires playing the games)? They're not doing any real journalism, they just regurgitate whatever information game companies give them, such as press releases and exclusives, or, in the case of Totilo, Croal, et al, they link to other peoples stuff. Does Totilo even review games? I wonder if he does anything?
Like I said, if you're a games journalist and you don't seem to know the very basics of video games, and I'm not talking about scoring headshots or the mysteries of the fireball motion
, I'm not even suggesting he be better than Soulja Boy, I'm talking about just not looking like a total nincompoop and being able to move his character around. He's the one who supposedly chose Street Fighter for their next game. I don't know, maybe the demo version didn't have his main.
I can't believe that people are trying to defend game journalists that don't play games, it's like a sports journalist that doesn't watch matches. Maybe half the people here are game journos?
The other possibility is that Soulja boy's PR rep pressured him into playing badly.