Gamesradar loses it, accuses IGN of copying, now with come uppance

Vibri · (03-16-2007, 11:08 PM)

http://www.gamesradar.com/us/ps2/gam... ctionId=1006

Haven't IGN been doing most of these features before Gamesradar even freaking EXISTED? And uh, isn't writing a public news story like this INCREDIBLY unprofessional?

*sings* "deeesperatiooooon...."

Bebpo · (03-16-2007, 11:11 PM)

heh, good for them.

Sticking up for yourself is always a good thing. Show people you don't take shit and maybe they'll respect that and stop ****ing with you.

kylej · (03-16-2007, 11:12 PM)

GamesRadar

homez99 · (03-16-2007, 11:13 PM)

How is GamesRadar not a banned site?

Jeff-DSA · (03-16-2007, 11:16 PM)

It's such an everyday idea too.

This is seriously weak.

jay · (03-16-2007, 11:16 PM)

I hear they invented not only the top 25 list, but the review.

snorggy · (03-16-2007, 11:17 PM)

soooo.... only gamesradar is allowed to do top list articles? were they the first to do top games lists? unless the lists have identical games in identical order, then this is just a cry out for attention.

bud · (03-16-2007, 11:19 PM)

KAMIKAZE ATTAKT

TekunoRobby · (03-16-2007, 11:19 PM)

The last two comparisons aren't even related. GOOD SHOW GUYS

Y2Kev · (03-16-2007, 11:21 PM)

I seriously wish my gif collection was online for this one. :(

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UncleGuito · (03-16-2007, 11:25 PM)

What's Gamesradar?

McBacon · (03-16-2007, 11:25 PM)

Cancel that GRAW2 review guys, its on GamesRadar.

reilo · (03-16-2007, 11:27 PM)

Wow.

It's a shame that they have stooped down to this level, because I really liked their layout (and it starts and ends there

). But to say IGN is copying them is just laughable considering they've been doing this since some of the people on NeoGaf haven't even been born.

{Mike} · (03-16-2007, 11:29 PM)

squicken · (03-16-2007, 11:29 PM)

Man, I always enjoy IGN's E3 coverage. But if they're just gonna copy GamesRadar, well they won't get my traffic.

Segata Sanshiro · (03-16-2007, 11:29 PM)

Awesome, official grade school mentality. Come on, Gamesradar, you guys are supposed to keep this kind of thing on the Q-T.

Synbios459 · (03-16-2007, 11:30 PM)

Well, they did copy GAFs "Triology".

colinp · (03-16-2007, 11:31 PM)

OMG! IGN was copying Gamesradar back in January of 2002:

Top 25 Playstation Games Of All Time

I would never have guessed that they would do a SIMILAR F'ING STORY FOR THE NEXT GEN SYSTEMS

What f'ing twats.

boutrosinit · (03-16-2007, 11:31 PM)

Ah, Shame Radar. One of the sites involved in the Driv3r scandal. Fly that integrity flag high lads.

Vibri · (03-16-2007, 11:31 PM)

Originally Posted by Bebpo:

heh, good for them.

Sticking up for yourself is always a good thing. Show people you don't take shit and maybe they'll respect that and stop ****ing with you.

Uh, you may dislike IGN but you're way off on this one. Read the linked article.

Lost Fragment · (03-16-2007, 11:32 PM)

Well, time for me to stop visiting Games Radar.

Seriously, wtf? I thought GR was a "professional" outlet.

OpinionatedCyborg · (03-16-2007, 11:33 PM)

Doesn't Christian "ferricide" Nutt work for them? Explain yourself!

It's too early for April fool's.

Joe Molotov · (03-16-2007, 11:34 PM)

Gameradar vs. IGN:

Mofo · (03-16-2007, 11:37 PM)

Wow. It's so funny when game sites start these pissing matches... it's been going on for years.

OMG WE INVENTED TEH INTERNET!

So trival... Just do your sh*t better than they do and call it a day.

colinp · (03-16-2007, 11:37 PM)

Wait wait, it gets worse! IGN was copying Gamesradar back in 2000!

The PSX list was from 2000 (read the fine print at the end of the intro), as was this N64 list:

Top 25 N64 Games of All Time

Bastards!

GavinGT · (03-16-2007, 11:45 PM)

All the sites do a "best-of" feature to pay their last tributes to dying branches of their site. IGN is simply doing what it has always done.

GamesRadar is quite the "idea machine" for concocting such a brilliant editorial!

Bildi · (03-16-2007, 11:45 PM)

Fascinating.

Who gives a sh*t?

Kobun Heat · (03-16-2007, 11:45 PM)

Now maybe if IGN were to do a story on what game characters they think are queer, Games Radar would have a case here.

Vibri · (03-16-2007, 11:46 PM)

Originally Posted by colinp:

Wait wait, it gets worse! IGN was copying Gamesradar back in 2000!

The PSX list was from 2000 (read the fine print at the end of the intro), as was this N64 list:

Top 25 N64 Games of All Time

Bastards!

Seeing as Gamesradar will inevitably take this down to avoid being sued, here's the first half of their text:

Quote:

Are they really just copying us, again?
Words: GamesRadar

Has tired old IGN done it again and simply copied the ideas machine that is GamesRadar?

The evidence...

- Monday 5th March GamesRadar launches The Games That Shaped a Generation, a daily look at the most important 25 games ever for the GameCube, Xbox, PS2 and PC.

- From the 5th to the 9th was GameCube, from the 12th to the 16th this week is Xbox.

- Yesterday 14th March IGN launches The Top 25 Xbox Games of All Time, along with Top 25 features on what seems to be every other platform as well. Not entirely unlike we said we were going to do back on the 5th, is it?

Gamesradar even promoted this with a custom 'IMITATION GAMES NETWORK' banner on their front page. Man that is all sorts of wrong.

zoku88 · (03-16-2007, 11:47 PM)

I agree. If you gotta call someone out for copying, you do it in a PRIVATE e-mail.

bitterazngurl · (03-16-2007, 11:47 PM)

Originally Posted by Joe Molotov:

Gameradar vs. IGN:

......."tribute"...

Barry Lightning · (03-16-2007, 11:52 PM)

"oh my car"

reilo · (03-16-2007, 11:54 PM)

How old is the GamesRadar staff? Did they start playing games back in 2003 or something?

Tieno · (03-16-2007, 11:57 PM)

Those rundowns and top XX is called lazy game writing/journalism.

painey · (03-17-2007, 12:01 AM)

Originally Posted by reilo:

How old is the GamesRadar staff?

The Gamesradar staff is 112 years old this year. Its exact year of creation was chronicled in the diary of Eric Kuurden of Germany, he described a great storm one night and awoke to find the silver birch tree that once stood proud in his garden was toppled, fallen like the dreams of so many during the depression. Eric cut the toppled tree into managable pieces so that they could be used for firewood, but one piece struck his eye. It looked different to the rest, somewhat magical. Eric carved a staff from this fascinating piece of wood and travelled with it everywhere. No one knows exactly how it ended up at Gamesradar over a century later, but legend has it they stole it from IGN.

AlphaSnake · (03-17-2007, 12:07 AM)

Originally Posted by reilo:

How old is the GamesRadar staff? Did they start playing games back in 2003 or something?

I always thought GamesRadar was an off-shoot of DailyRadar. :\

Greenpanda · (03-17-2007, 12:07 AM)

Buttseckslol · (03-17-2007, 12:08 AM)

Originally Posted by Kobun Heat:

Now maybe if IGN were to do a story on what game characters they think are queer, Games Radar would have a case here.

UGH! Why the hell isn't this site banned yet?

rjcc · (03-17-2007, 12:12 AM)

IGN does copy content all the time, but this just silly.

Burger · (03-17-2007, 12:19 AM)

Originally Posted by Buttseckslol:

UGH! Why the hell isn't this site banned yet?

Banning everything you do not like does not create a fantastical utopia, you douche.

ShockingAlberto · (03-17-2007, 12:19 AM)

Originally Posted by AlphaSnake:

I always thought GamesRadar was an off-shoot of DailyRadar. :\

I think they are, as well.

When Daily Radar did that thing they did and went on an offensive against Nintendo (stealing their images for a Pokemon Gold/Silver guide, promising not to cover them anymore), Imagine had to close the site. Games Radar is their mulligan.

SamBishop · (03-17-2007, 12:19 AM)

Originally Posted by AlphaSnake:

I always thought GamesRadar was an off-shoot of DailyRadar. :\

Well, in a way, it sort of is. DailyRadar died off long before Imagine Media became Future USA. So the Radar part stuck, I guess. Oddly enough, IGN splintered off from Imagine originally (hell, IGN for a time actually stood for something: Imagine Games Network, if I remember right). Clazy!

[edit] Gah, quasi-beaten.

ShockingAlberto · (03-17-2007, 12:22 AM)

Oh, memories.

davepoobond · (03-17-2007, 12:23 AM)

HEY WE DID THE TOP 25 XBOX GAMES OF ALL TIME FIRST, YOU CAN'T DO IT EVER

keanerie · (03-17-2007, 12:24 AM)

Originally Posted by Greenpanda:

Damn! Beaten!

Jive Turkey · (03-17-2007, 12:25 AM)

Originally Posted by Kobun Heat:

Now maybe if IGN were to do a story on what game characters they think are queer, Games Radar would have a case here.

Now that's class!

ferricide · (03-17-2007, 12:25 AM)

Originally Posted by OpinionatedCyborg:

Doesn't Christian "ferricide" Nutt work for them? Explain yourself!

yes. no.

LukeSmith · (03-17-2007, 12:29 AM)

Originally Posted by Bebpo:

heh, good for them.

Sticking up for yourself is always a good thing. Show people you don't take shit and maybe they'll respect that and stop ****ing with you.

Nah, that doesn't work. Doug Perry's two sources on Halo in September were Gamevideos and 1UP's interview with Shane Kim.

Bad_Boy · (03-17-2007, 12:30 AM)

Originally Posted by Greenpanda:

no relation. -_-'

-Rogue5- · (03-17-2007, 12:39 AM)

Originally Posted by Kobun Heat:

Now maybe if IGN were to do a story on what game characters they think are queer, Games Radar would have a case here.

Not even that, because a lot of video game characters are arguably gay...

Now, if IGN posted an article about how GamesRadar keeps copying them (in that they're both game-related websites, but IGN has been around longer) THEN Games Radar would have a case.