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Banned
I enjoyed Petit on their podcast, that's a bummer to hear. Games journalism is falling apart. ![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
And hopefully that's the last we'll hear of Carolyn Petit
And hopefully that's the last we'll hear of Carolyn Petit
And hopefully that's the last we'll hear of Carolyn Petit
With nothing in the narrative to underscore how insane and wrong this is, all the game does is reinforce and celebrate sexism.
Haven't been back since Gerstemen left. His reviews were at times controversial, but he had a high moral standard of not allowing sponsors/game companies to influence his reviews. 8.8
Most games writers seem to be doing freelance work now, with a lot of social media/youtube/patreon campaigns mixed in.
I'm sorry to hear there are layoffs.
If I recall correctly there have been several layoffs this year in video game journalism, I think the games journalism quality is generally bad but it would be a disaster if it will be replaced by youtubers.
Journalism is important, good journalists are necessary for an healthy industry.
I've only read Caroline's GTA V review, I remember that because it ended awfully showing clearly that she didn't understand the game's tone:
Hopefully for her it was just an unfortunate review and she will be able to find a similar or better job in the game industry.
Man, this sucks! I thought They're doing OK especially after reading this thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=855172.
I wish everyone affected by this the best of luck.
GameSpot is nothing without its personalities. They should tread careful or fade into irrelevance like 1UP did.
No way, she's a great reviewer.
Seems to be an emerging trend in the enthusiast press - if you're not an on-camera presence with a loyal/significant following, you're the first to go when a restructuring/takeover happens, or are inevitably replaced with freelancers.
Seems to be an emerging trend in the enthusiast press - if you're not an on-camera presence with a loyal/significant following, you're the first to go when a restructuring/takeover happens, or are inevitably replaced with freelancers.
Honestly she's one of the faces of Gamespot along with Kevin. The best thing about her writing is that she does it with both emotion and wit.If this is about the review backlash, I'm absolutely disgusted. Reminds me of Adam Sessler, another great journalist who didn't happen to agree with the hive mind and as such was bombarded with threats and hopes of job loss.
Looking at this (http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2614915) report on the industries revinue it seems odd that so many journalists and gaming related sites/companies are having layoffs. Why isn't an exclusive video game news/journalism company viable? Bad content, bad business plan, bad management?
And hopefully that's the last we'll hear of suddenlyissoon
Wouldn't you say that the more on-camera stuff the better for your brand?Honestly she's one of the faces of Gamespot along with Kevin. The best thing about her writing is that she does it with a lot emotion and wit.
People still go to Gamespot?
(that said i hope anyone effected finds a job asap)
Yarp. He's like my only reason for even going to GS.I like Danny O'Dwyer a lot, they need more people like him.
There is nothing wrong with a person having an opinion. Game reviews are one person's opinion.
GTA5 was misogynistic to the extreme. Nobody can deny that. You can argue if it hurts the overall narrative or not, but she did not make any false observations about it. That game was built top-to-bottom to entertain young, hetero males.
People still go to Gamespot?
Seems to be an emerging trend in the enthusiast press - if you're not an on-camera presence with a loyal/significant following, you're the first to go when a restructuring/takeover happens, or are inevitably replaced with freelancers.
My thoughts exactly (on both statements) - I haven't been to Gamespot since probably the whole Gerstmanngate fiasco, am almost surprised to see it still around. Hope everyone finds a job soon. I honestly think the Giant Bomb people should pick up Carolyn Petit - will stem that whole backlash over hiring a guy and also another ex-GS person would fit in with them.
The problem right now is two fold.
All the major video game publishers are becoming news content creators - Playstation Blog, Xbox News, Ubi Blog, and more recently Nintendo Tree House at E3 etc. It's a way for each company to maintain a consistent (and positive) message on all of their product and release information direct to the consumer. With all the live streams, hands-on previews, and interviews, it makes many of the sites that cover the same content insignificant and less necessary.
Second, it takes a lot of money to run a news publication - writers, equipment, other staff, rent, advertisement - and the money publishers are willing to give to advertise may not cover all the expenses.
Games media just has to evolve like everything else. But it's difficult when it's product-based news where companies act as a gatekeeper to all the information, as opposed to traditional media where world and live events dictate coverage.
Why isn't an exclusive video game news/journalism company viable? Bad content, bad business plan, bad management?
People still go to Gamespot?
(that said i hope anyone effected finds a job asap)
The game is a satire of a misogynistic world(and other many aspects too). It's not mandatory to like its satire but the fact that she couldn't understand what it was it's pretty worrying.
By the way in GTA V 100% of the characters are either crazy or assholes, often both. The closest wrong interpretation of its satire would be misanthropy not misogynism.
GTA V is not politically correct but it doesn't mean it is something-istic. Maybe its satire it's bad but it's still satire.