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Thank you guys. So what are you thinking? New thread or not? It feels like more people should see this.
Sorry forgot to say myself, impressive work dude
Thank you guys. So what are you thinking? New thread or not? It feels like more people should see this.
The best example of a guy making junk up was on CVG.com. That guy Pat Garratt wrote a story about a game conference in Japan that featured Hideo Kojima. Anyway, Garratt wrote it in the first-person and claimed to have actually attended the conference.
As it turns out, Garratt didn't attend the event because it didn't happen. When confronted by this news by Daily Radar (of all places) as well as some other sites, Garratt explained it all away as a translation error.
Thank you guys. So what are you thinking? New thread or not? It feels like more people should see this.
Thank you guys. So what are you thinking? New thread or not? It feels like more people should see this.
"they're not selling vaccinations or aids medication. they're selling video games. get over it."
The key to understandingArthur Giesrespected game journalist.
"they're not selling vaccinations or aids medication. they're selling video games. get over it."
The key to understandingArthur Giesrespected game journalist.
Diablo 3 is almost evil in how high a bar it's set for every PC action RPG to follow, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that bar remain for a very long time.
Diablo 3 is the first game to render Diablo 2 obsolete.
There's a relentless logic behind Diablo 3.
And everywhere Blizzard has eliminated one thing, they've seemingly added two. For example, loot has always been Diablo's deepest rabbit hole, and Blizzard has added an even more complicated system of tunnels to get lost in.
10/10
Matt Casamassina who was writer for N64.com, which soon became the Nintendo 64 section of IGN. Telling: he was a character model in the N64 video game Perfect Dark.
I always wonder if some even played the Game they are reviewing. But Games like MMOs or also Diablo 3 are pretty time-consuming and I do not think you can write a review by just playing 5 hours or so.
I've wondered this too for some games. To me a game heavily multiplayer focused -- CoD, Gears of War, etc. -- cannot or should not be reviewed until a community of some sort is formed. The campaign can be reviewed early, but the MP should be held-off until they play against more than just other reviewers.
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"they're not selling vaccinations or aids medication. they're selling video games. get over it."
The key to understandingArthur Giesrespected game journalist.
Not only that, but he's blatantly telling people that they're spending their hard-earned money on useless stuff, so they'd better shut up about what they dislike from their purchase.Well, he is absolutly right. They don´t do that. But it doesn´t matter. We can say about almost every industry that "hey, they are not that important". That doesn´t make bad business moves all the sudden good ones. And well, its the job of a journalist to name the bad ones. Not defend them with "get over it".
Not only that, but he's blatantly telling people that they're spending their hard-earned money on useless stuff, so they'd better shut up about what they dislike from their purchase.
Yeah, it's kinda ironic for a games "journalist" to say "You shouldn't complain, it's only games" when that's exactly his job: to criticize games, point out their flaws and strengths, and inform his readers about everything good and bad with this hobby.
I somehow don't imagine a musician whose last album was terrible telling his fans to shut up, that it's only music and not the cure for cancer, and that making an album is expensive therefore they should suck it up and pay. Why is it that many people working in gaming media nowadays can say shit like this and not get fired on the spot for doing so?
(yeah I know, not a perfect analogy, as journalists don't develop the games they talk about... but still I think my point stands all the same)
if you don't work at maxis and insist simcity could be updated to be offline, you literally don't know what you're talking about.
I really feel like I need to rip Arthur Gies as next apart. His corporate apologist bullshit has gone to far.
https://twitter.com/aegies/status/310282795564015616
I really feel like I need to rip Arthur Gies as next apart. His corporate apologist bullshit has gone to far.
https://twitter.com/aegies/status/310282795564015616
I really feel like I need to rip Arthur Gies as next apart. His corporate apologist bullshit has gone to far.
https://twitter.com/aegies/status/310282795564015616
I'm just going to quote the incredibly eloquent Ian Bogost:
Lol, what was the context though?
Considering his Mass effect 3 review and his (lack?) of logic for that Dead Space 3 review, I dont see the point of ripping him apart, just let the problem short itself out by waiting until he gets a community manager gig at EA. Loving the follow-up messages from the journalists from IGn and kotaku, its been a couple of days without a glorified blogger circle-jerk.
they're not selling vaccinations or aids medication. they're selling video games. get over it.
Arthur Gies has to be the most consistently embarrassing games journlolist.
Read from here on out: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=519447&page=4
Arthur Gies has to be the most consistently embarrassing games journlolist.
Should I start a thread^^?
So good.
Don't like what you're hearing? Just attack John Walker's reporting.
Should I start a thread^^?
So good.
Don't like what you're hearing? Just attack John Walker's reporting.
if you work at polygon you literally don't know what you're writing about
Too obvious?
John Walker ‏@botherer
It's a wonder publishers bother with PR, when journalists seem so willing to do it for them. http://bit.ly/Z5wzLM
Walker responds:
needs to be combined with this thread:
@bfod if i was talking about how games make me feel, the most common response would be: nothing. or: this is gross
gotta love the kotaku wanker and the polygon wanker doing their bit of public 69ing in that twiter convo
if you work at polygon you literally don't know what you're writing about
Too obvious?