Yes you can? This seems like a pretty arbitrary rule.
Can you not read the New Yorker's regular articles because they print satire ones as well?
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Kotaku: How To Fake Your Way Through Conversations About The Hottest Video Games
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Yes you can? This seems like a pretty arbitrary rule.
Can you not read the New Yorker's regular articles because they print satire ones as well?
Doctor Decimate
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pretty sure you can still make jokes while talking about serious issues
see: literal centuries of satire
Goldenroad
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I guess, but if that were the case with Kotaku, why would there be people in this thread taking this article seriously? Maybe because they have set a precedent for themselves?...I don't know.
I mean, maybe because those people are just kinda dumb?
The New Yorker has a section devoted to parody news and somehow people still manage to take their articles about, say, Russian interference in the American presidential election seriously because they can understand context.
Shadic7700
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I'm a persona fan but yes they are freaks Futaba is clearly the right canon choice
Pinko Marx
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Kotaku have already set a precedent by breaking multiple big game leaks, putting out long form article dealing with the industry and gaming culture at large, and interacting with the community and taking in feedback.
I'm not even the biggest fan of Kotaku but going at them for a silly little satire piece is the definition of nitpicking.
Holy shit this thread has no sense of humor. Should have known better.
Sarcastic Poster
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Yes. Kotaku is garbo.
Pinko Marx
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The irony that this goes right over some people's head.
Gamers lack basic social tools to detect satire and humor?
Actually I had assumed the people taking it "seriously" were also employing the same brand of satire but now I'm not so sure.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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That Overwatch reject button lmao
It's so good.
There's some decent zingers in this thread.
Look up
KuwabaraTheMan
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It's both a joke about the absurdity of the premise (needing to fake that you've played the latest Hanes for street cred) as well as the repetitive nature of discussion on popular games. Hence all of the easy non-controversial statements you can offer, along with the hot button issues to avoid. I thought that was pretty obvious.
lol the hatred against Kotaku and the Gizmodo Media Group is pretty unreal. It's often a completely narrow minded and very simplistic view of their publications, and their "critics" really love to use Gawker's mistakes to paint all the publications with the same brush. Not to defend every single thing that every one of the websites has done, because they've all made their share of mistakes, Gawker and old Gizmodo in particular, but it's ridiculous.
... but they can? And we as readers have the ability to use our heads and read articles differently using context even if the articles come from the same publication. Kotaku isn't trying to be a completely serious website all the time - it never has been and it doesn't HAVE to be. You can have a mix of great news coverage of the industry, deep looks at the various subcultures and special interest happenings, and purely silly, fun things like this. There's a perception that "legit" journalism requires a publication to be 100% serious reporting with no fun and no humor, but that's not true.
NESpowerhouse
Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.
Yeah, no one actually plays games here. We're all just too busy talking about them. It's much easier to do that than boot up a game on console or PC. That shit's a commitment.
The Hermit
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hhahaahahah
sixteen-bit
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u having a laugh?
openrob
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Massive Duck. C.M.
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Predictable people taking this shit way too seriously
Rickenslacker
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Is it just me or are the worst people always on my team, and the best people are always on the enemy team? Overwatch matchmaking am I right people? [takes a sip while glancing around the table hoping for positive reactions]
You make it sound like that would increase the chances that people mistake it as real news, but isn't it the opposite?
Usually satire is marked as such
truestatic
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Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
Psychoward
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Guys the article isn't meant to be 100% serious.
If the title of this article isn't enough of a marker for you, then you're probably beyond help.
veloxStrix
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Did you forget where you are? I fully expect 50% of the users of Neogaf to believe the article is completely serious, 25% to realize it's humor, and 25% to realize it is humor and still be offended.
You could arguably say the same about the satire section in the new york times, but it sure helps to not throw everything into one pot
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Why would you say you've played a game you haven't?
It's satirical, but I'm also wondering, do people actually do this?
excelsiorlef
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What....
They're allowed to make a joke every know and then...
Because people see Kotaku and lose all sense of rationality
And this
The whole thing? You can not find it funny if you want but it doesn't make it not a piece of humour writing
Or just say you didn't read the article 😀
archreaper93
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butwhy.gif
Shadow Puppetry
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Slowtaku, pfffft.
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