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Not Enough Shaders: ACKKStudios claims gaming site fished for Nintendo bashing answer
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Napoleonthechimp
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I heard from a friend of a friend that Kotaku smells. <-- is about as factually accurate as the original article.
Same, their game looks amazing anyway. I hope they don't get affected by this in any negative way.
Lol this is true. Maybe that tells us something about the nature of the questions that the Kotaku interviewer asked. Of course the interview hasn't been published yet.
Re-reading the thread, I feel this is a fair point that's been overlooked. Kotaku isn't all squeaky clean as some are making them out to be.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
I don't think she necessarily knows. The can't mentioned could be because she wasn't actually told (unless I missed a bit where she says otherwise). I don't think it would be bad for an indie game to get the spotlight in times of high traffic due to big articles either, depending on how you handle that. It's not like they're competing for money on a shelf here and so should avoid crowded dates.
Also, even if your post is genuine, that people guessed right before "learning" this should tell you a lot.
Plus, the timing wasn't the main issue.
Weird how this admission ends up shutting their mouths which is what they didn't want to do by avoiding to tell names. Success?
Also, what if Kotaku isn't actually the site in question? That game did get *some* press recently for looking awesome, maybe they've been interviewed by several others during the same time frame, why do you instantly assume it's you they're discussing and they should be ashamed for not contacting you first?
Like all the negative Nintendo stories spawning from such baiting attitudes have any more proof. They transferred what they were told, that's it, and their source is as legit as you can get, whether Kotaku publishes an edited piece or not after the fact.
It's hilarious. No one guesses Polygon, CVG, Edge, GameInformer.com, JoyStiq.
Everyone jumped on it being Kotaku.
I mean what does that say about Kotaku? Not a very good reputation.
Emily should have cleared the article with the publisher and the website before publishing it. The issue remains that the studio was treated poorly, but it sees overshadowed by the poor article at this point.
Like I said before, I just hope the studio doesn't get the crap end of it all.
Like I said before, I just hope the studio doesn't get the crap end of it all.
SuicidalSteve
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I wonder when the first bit of hatred of Kotaku was posted on these here forums
DeaconKnowledge
Member
But. It IS Kotaku.
I'm sorry, but the author immediately running to defend himself is an admission of guilt. Shame it was exposed so ham fisted, but hey, games journalism.
mugurumakensei
Member
I guessed Polygon.
haha
You should have seen my first article before guek edited it. I had something like 23 corrects to an ~800 page preview for Zombi U. 90% of the problem was of course all the commas, I use them like air.
ColdBlooder
Banned
I cannot take any site seriously that has an article online wich asks me wich Animal Crossing character i would bone.
Sorry.
Since when?
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
There's an objective claim being made - that the interview was delayed for not being click bait enough - and a subjective claim - that the questions are biased against Nintendo. No shit Schreier only responded to the factual error. Use your own brain when the interview goes live.
Emily Rogers lying? what a shocking and unexpected turn of events that would be!
SteveWinwood
Member
I feel like we read different first pages.
Link? Need to get my vote in.
ColdBlooder
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http://kotaku.com/5807682/if-you-could-bone-one-animal-crossing-character-who-would-it-be
My brain cannot comprehent thos kind of... "Article".
We can only assume it is Kotaku because Kotaku has said it was them. Of course Kotaku only assumed it was them because apparently the shoe of "outlet that tells leading questions that bash Nintendo" fits them perfectly. So they jumped in to tell NES off for not talking with them, even though Kotaku apparently didn't talk to NES to confirm who the mysterious outlet was. So Kotaku basically being Kotaku then. Maybe this is what the song Razzle Dazzle was all about.
Oh yeah, and Emily is a female name.
Did you bone Tangy?
Do you only read headlines?
All according to Kotaku.
Wow for once I agree with Takao. Rather than naming the studio in the article, NES should've just named the site and said that the developer couldn't be named for fear of being blacklisted.
BronsonLee
Member
Ah yes, because telling us that "Hey guys, did you know Rule 34, a rule that states 'if it exists there is porn of it" also applies to Animal Crossing?" is great journalism and doesn't deserve to be called out.
DragonSworne
Banned
Kotaku never even interviewed ACKStudios
Basileus777
Member
This is like an engineered feud between rappers. Kotaku wants more hits, ACKKStudios wants more publicity, so they get together and dupe the poor Emily Rogers into making this into an incident. It all makes sense now.
I can't blame him for being defensive, given the attitudes in this thread. What was he supposed to think?
This kind of behavior sounds much more like CVG than anyone else, given their history of taking interview quotes out of context, throwing them up as standalone stories with scandalous headlines, and then showing the full interview later where it becomes obvious how they spun it to fit their agenda. That's what I said in the Game Journalism thread, and I'm sticking to it now.
Putting this article up without consulting anyone directly involved in the story was a huge mistake, and even if it was taken down, it can't really be undone.
StreetsAhead
Member
OP updated for those playing along at home.
Exterminieren
Banned
Not Enough Shaders continues to be a monumentally stupid idea.
Lol, did you even read what he said? They will publish the article later on, how could they do that if they didn't interviewed them?
Interview them today?
DragonSworne
Banned
That's the shyamalan twist guys. Twas a joke
You think after this article that the questions will still come across as Nintendo-bashing - if they originally were posed in this way?
Could you specify exactly how big they have to be before they can have ethics?
You asked how can they post an interview at a later date if they haven't already conducted the interview. I just provided you the answer. Not exactly a puzzle worthy of Professor Layton I might add.
ShockingAlberto
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When are you guys going to listen when I tell you Emily Rogers makes all this shit up?
You're likely to get more accurate journalism for a bowl of alphabet soup.
You're likely to get more accurate journalism for a bowl of alphabet soup.
Nobody is "guilty" of asking loaded questions, because loaded questions are a perfectly valid part of a good reporter's arsenal.
You yourself even just used a loaded statement by presupposing that loaded questions are something to be guilty of and/or feel guilty about.
She someone who claims, I don't know if she still does, to be dating a Nintendo employee in the marketing department.