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Something interesting in Battlefield 4 site source code
- Thread starter Wario64
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This is one of those times I can't tell who is being serious and who is joking around. It is like a less fun CG Mogren thread.
Well I certainly click on every name when I'm reading GAF but apparently some people don't. Those slackers.
Right, because it was really ambiguous what he meant by "we", but sure, keep calling other people "not the sharpest tool in the shed."
so Wario is at ign now..? (just kidding)
Lamiafusion
Member
Is it just me or are we in gaming gaffe hell atm? Simcity, Bioshock in progress review, Battlefield 4, bunch of bloggers slinging shit at each other....what is going on?!
VibratingDonkey
Member
I really hope BF4 will win IGN's GOTY award now.
EA is taking them for granted. If I were IGN I would play hard to get now just to give EA a lesson.
To cross the river Dew, at death someone must put a Dorito on each eye to pay the Pope for transit.
TalesOfWin
Banned
This isnt ign in its glory days. Gone are all the famous reviewers.
I am sure ign will turn down all bf4 footage lol.
lol
EvilKatarn
Member
I wouldn't call this "GMAING JERMALISM" just yet, because as far as we know IGN might have seen the game and it could have been the most amazing shit ever or it's a joke by the web creator.
I would love it to be what you all are up in arms about though.
I would love it to be what you all are up in arms about though.
one more, for fun:
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Send this one to Kotaku!
E3 and two new consoles this year. This is nothing. It will only get worse.
UberTag
Member
Thank goodness for NeoGAF to sift through all of the bullshit for us.
Meccanical
Member
People are exaggerating this situation to the extreme. There might be an issue here, but so far what exactly that might be is up for debate and questioning.
Did IGN tip EA off to their prediction? Did EA pay off IGN to make them "predict BF4 as GOTY"? Such accusations are indeed quite bad for both of those parties -- if true.
However, the comment could also be nothing more than the work of an engineer who was told to test out P.R quotes/comments, and how they'd work on the website -- and chose IGN for fun.
Perhaps IGN simply asked EA for some additional PR material, or an interview, or some more information on the game cause they are making an article where they declare BF4 as a potential GOTY candidate - which EA then proceeded to code into their website so they could put it up as fast as possible after IGN launched the preview.
It does appear suspicious, but it could really be any number of things -- and outright assuming something is no good.
Gaming journalism is currently getting a lot of flack -- we want them to be more critical to the things that matter to the consumer, to be more honest and open, and so forth, but if we suddenly start assuming things about them that might/might not be wrong, instead of paying attention and focusing on the aspects of gaming journalism that actually deserve to get flack, and are true, do we deserve better journalism/reporting?
The website, or even situation doesn't really matter -- we must lead by example.
We can't expect them to adhere to a set of standards and ethics if we can't.
Did IGN tip EA off to their prediction? Did EA pay off IGN to make them "predict BF4 as GOTY"? Such accusations are indeed quite bad for both of those parties -- if true.
However, the comment could also be nothing more than the work of an engineer who was told to test out P.R quotes/comments, and how they'd work on the website -- and chose IGN for fun.
Perhaps IGN simply asked EA for some additional PR material, or an interview, or some more information on the game cause they are making an article where they declare BF4 as a potential GOTY candidate - which EA then proceeded to code into their website so they could put it up as fast as possible after IGN launched the preview.
It does appear suspicious, but it could really be any number of things -- and outright assuming something is no good.
Gaming journalism is currently getting a lot of flack -- we want them to be more critical to the things that matter to the consumer, to be more honest and open, and so forth, but if we suddenly start assuming things about them that might/might not be wrong, instead of paying attention and focusing on the aspects of gaming journalism that actually deserve to get flack, and are true, do we deserve better journalism/reporting?
The website, or even situation doesn't really matter -- we must lead by example.
We can't expect them to adhere to a set of standards and ethics if we can't.
Polishin8r
Member
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Pachterballs
Banned
I too am trying to figure it out because that's what I assumed also.
I suppose everyone is just riding off of the momentum of the SimCity debacle.
NEOPARADIGM
Banned
Clearly. I haven't read every post, but I'm fairly certain no one has even detailed what the supposed problem is. It's people riding the wave of "oh wow lol EA" and "lol IGN" posts on the first page and little else.
maverick40
Junior Member
Goldfarb, is that you??
Killing_Joke
Member
GAF should really start doing game reviews. Imagine all the moneyhats and exclusive discounts on DLC we can get!
Baleoce
Member
If that's the case, why is Scott Lowe (their own Executive Editor) saying "cool story bro?" and going to the trouble of looking through the pages source to find that and present it to us? If IGN had already seen the game and agreed upon this, he wouldn't be showing us that, as if to say like it was a mistake on EA's behalf.
CamHostage
Member
one more, for fun:
Well done, sir!
Ramocalypse
Member
The knee-jerk reactions here are getting a little ridiculous.. Oh well Gaf gonna Gaf I guess.
Yeah, EA haven't yet made up their mind if IGN are going to award it game of the year, game of the decade or game of the century.
old manatee
Banned
It's hilarious to me that the only reason I am aware of what is happening on sites like ign, polygon, kotaku, etc. is because everything they do is posted all over gaf.
So I was just browsing the page source in chrome for the teaser site, and couldn't find that line anywhere in the code. Did they delete it? Am I looking at the wrong page source? (http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield-4)
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Nizz
Member
You know guys, just because they already have a preview ready doesn't mean they were paid off to make the preview. They probably aren't the only major website with an article ready, whether they've seen the game or not. It's a BIG release, of course websites are going to be talking about it.
The Wheel of Fortune
Member
I thought it was going to be a WiiU hint or something. Guess not.
This guy is a rational and intelligent human being. GET HIM!
Night_Trekker
Member
Pffftt, Game of the Year? Rockstar's aiming higher with GTA V.
GTA4 was Oscar-worthy, so GTA V's script will be Pulitzer Prize-worthy.
For the people that still don't seem to get it and keep suggesting it's something IGN either wrote based on previewing the game or got compensated for (despite it being pointed out by IGN in the first place.)
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Andrew Goldfarb
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That got me wondering about the Pulitzer prize -- has any videogame journalist ever been nominated for the pulitzer prize, or won one?