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Isn't this more a "Spoiler" thing than anything else?
I reviewed Paper Mario. I have Nintendo's embargo sheet in front of me. It says "Please do not discuss or post videos showing elements of the game that occur after the conclusion of stage 3-4 prior to the game's launch on 11/11."
My review mentions plenty of things that happened after 3-4. I think it's pretty thorough. Nobody at Nintendo seemed to care. I think they just wanted to make sure reviewers weren't posting spoilers.
Nintendo has the most ridiculous review (and coverage) stipulations. It's quite - something. It doesn't seem to hurt sales of their games, so it's unlikely to change.This fucking industry. Sheesh.
PocketGamer on Doritos-Gate said:Speaking personally, I'm going to carry on building relationships with the people I think ultimately can be most beneficial to this site and, in turn, you the reader.
If that means eating a bit of free potato salad and a chicken sandwich or two while I'm out, or sharing a pint with a developer or someone working in PR, then so be it. If it ever gets to the stage where the relationships that deliver the content you want to read end up leading me astray, then I trust you to let me know one way or another.
Ultimately, arbitrary rules won't save games journalism – this is about people taking up a career in this industry for the right reasons, and doing their job as well as they can when they get there.
Can you imagine the same happening with music album reviews? ' Yeh, the album has 12 tracks on it but you can't talk about the last 6'....
Can you imagine the same happening with music album reviews? ' Yeh, the album has 12 tracks on it but you can't talk about the last 6'....
Pretty awesome and unique of that no-name site to point how the other sites are probably following Nintendo's guidelines, its good to know we can still rely on the.....
Oh
I am getting pretty fucking tired of Twitter seeing conspiracy in everything where there really isn't one
Maybe if he actually did his job better then random internet guy, then he wouldn't have to put up with everyone being able to correct him.
Yeah. John Walker is totally some random journo vigilante.
I didn´t mean John Walker.
Who did you mean?
No one in particular. What I meant was that EVERYONE knew about the mixed scores, except apparently the journalist working for MCV writing about the review scores.
Parfit is the prick that lost me 600buxx on the GAME shares thanks to his lies.
I'm sure he single handedly brought down the company, thereby devaluing the shares that you'd bought in a not in any way opportunistic trade.
Ahahahaha.
You can't make this shit up.
ain't making this shit up folks!
7.5 not being a positive score in itself is another problem with games reviewers.I love this industry.
7.5/10 isn't a positive review.
LewieP said:Here's the utterly bizarre email exchange I've had with someone from @mecideas representing Nintendo http://bit.ly/S9fQnv
7.5 not being a positive score in itself is another problem with games reviewers.
And many readers. Many won't even consider a game unless it gets a 9. Even an 8 is seen as not that great by some. I hope this perception of a game scoring lower than a 9 being poor is slowly changing amongst the larger audience.
To me a 7+ score for the most part denotes a decent, solid game and doesn't stop me purchasing it but that's me.
And many readers. Many won't even consider a game unless it gets a 9. Even an 8 is seen as not that great by some. I hope this perception of a game scoring lower than a 9 being poor is slowly changing amongst the larger audience.
To me a 7+ score for the most part denotes a decent, solid game and doesn't stop me purchasing it but that's me.
It's more of an issue with publications' review scales, which readers have essentially become accustomed to. The problem when you use a 7-10 scale is that when you give a game a 7, you are essentially saying it is at best mediocre. A 7 is not at all bad on a 1-10 review scale, but it's on the low end with 7-10. 1-6 seems to fall equally under "shit" as far as reviewer opinion in the majority of reviews.
You need to have an all-compassing modification of the scale throughout the media that readers become used to over time, so that a 7 isn't seen as a bad score by the publication, the readership, and of course publishers. A much better solution would be to just get rid of scores entirely - eliminating the need to boil a (rarely) nuanced opinion down to a single number, forcing people to read the review text, and shooting Metacritic in the throat - but that'll never happen.
Ahahahaha.
You can't make this shit up.
MCV @MCVonline:
To be clear, it's very normal for us to write review roundups and as a trade site these typically focus on the higher scoring write-ups.
MCV @MCVonline:
@MonkJammas Part of our MO is to promote and aid the industry we serve. Requires a delicate balance. Perhaps we sometimes get it wrong
Based on this tweet
https://twitter.com/botherer/status/270538512087007233
And changes to Lauren's Twitter bio, it seems like she's been let go from MCV
Based on this tweet
https://twitter.com/botherer/status/270538512087007233
And changes to Lauren's Twitter bio, it seems like she's been let go from MCV
Just a pawn in the game. They can just go find another person to write these "articles" for them.So thats two people out of a job over this, I can't imagine how much she wishes she'd never said anything about the article. Wheres Mr Florence is likely to get another gig writing about games Ms. Wainright is more or less entirely fucked. While she was in the wrong and reacted terribly it does seem a bit unfortunate that her entire career in the field is basically over.
Ben Kuchera said:MCV's official account seems to be having a psychotic break. They just told people to do a sexual act I'm not going to repeat.
So thats two people out of a job over this, I can't imagine how much she wishes she'd never said anything about the article. Wheres Mr Florence is likely to get another gig writing about games Ms. Wainright is more or less entirely fucked. While she was in the wrong and reacted terribly it does seem a bit unfortunate that her entire career in the field is basically over.
Oh wow. From their Twitter:
might as well add the totally legit Lauren Wainwright article too. HOW COULD ANYONE SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT
Ahahahaha.
You can't make this shit up.
She'll probably join Square Enix as full-time PR.