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John Walker's anti-BS SimCity news articles.
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is that david bowie giving him a tattoo
We are as much their customer as CBS or ABC(and they are all about what viewers want to watch), only problem is I don't think they realize this.
Pretty sure his carreer was literally kickstarted into existence by the very people he loathes.
Oh crap that is him isn't it.
I remember when he began to show up on the show and people hated the guy because he was such a douche, I admit I stopped listening because of him.
Nick and Phil did appear on multiple episodes of Rebel FM. They both left pretty early in its existence after getting jobs which meant they were either not allowed to be on or had to move away from San Francisco.
Strange that Phil is back in SF a while now but hasn't been on the podcast once since then I don't think
Strange that Phil is back in SF a while now but hasn't been on the podcast once since then I don't think
Ya, he reminds me of the personality type that loves the idea that they are in the games industry, and like "thinking" about it, but don't really enjoy anything actually about it, that requires doing it.
Which I guess would make sense why he was so quick to ignore Walkers source, because it would break his viewpoint on how he looks at the industry, as a whole.
To be fair to Gies, he came across as the most reasonable of the four podcasters on this issue. I still disagree with him about the various SimCity issues but wasn't as dismissive of people's anger as his co-hosts.
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Added this quote from Mik, in teh Games Journalism topic to better articulate Arthurs stance, in terms of why he was combative with Walkers source article.
What he says is that always online wont effect his review, unless it is broke... So he doesnt care about the use and function of the always online DRM, all he cares about is if it effects him from doing his review. This is him essentially saying, I dont give a fuck if always online DRM is bad for you, I will only care if it becomes a hindrance to me.
What he says is that always online wont effect his review, unless it is broke... So he doesnt care about the use and function of the always online DRM, all he cares about is if it effects him from doing his review. This is him essentially saying, I dont give a fuck if always online DRM is bad for you, I will only care if it becomes a hindrance to me.
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Haha, it does resemble him from that angle, but no it's some lady
Ya, I think that is the case for a lot of reviewers, even in the tech industry, where because a lot of their stuff is gotten through the review process the way they look at value is a lot different from the consumer.
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Haha, ya I just noticed I hit the wrong box, I'll fix that.
"Fuck you, I got mine" disgusting to hear but not that surprising considering his twitter comments. It's sad that instead of listening to the outcry and learning from it he's just doubling down.
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I haven't listened to the whole podcast but if he's arguing that online DRM is not a problem if it actually adds value to the product, then I can see a point. I disagree but at least you've got train tracks to run your opinion on. Despite what he says, I'm still not seeing how the online multiplayer region component is, at all, significant. I'm not even sure if it works properly.
That snippet is basically "got mine, fuck you" in a nutshell, which is a bit strange. He's a liberal person, politically, right? I know he's doubling down (because that's how he is) but there's a lot of cognitive dissonance going on here.
And really, we (myself included) shouldn't be giving him attention. The Internet loves contrarian/"politically incorrect" opinions and I reckon he's got a whole number of new readers just because of it. Being a child about it doesn't matter, they get paid for site traffic and I reckon Polygon has gotten more visitors from this whole SimCity clusterfuck than any time in its history.
That snippet is basically "got mine, fuck you" in a nutshell, which is a bit strange. He's a liberal person, politically, right? I know he's doubling down (because that's how he is) but there's a lot of cognitive dissonance going on here.
And really, we (myself included) shouldn't be giving him attention. The Internet loves contrarian/"politically incorrect" opinions and I reckon he's got a whole number of new readers just because of it. Being a child about it doesn't matter, they get paid for site traffic and I reckon Polygon has gotten more visitors from this whole SimCity clusterfuck than any time in its history.
Ignoring it, I dont think solves anything though, awareness of how far he is willing to go is worth pointing out. Plus his quote, even if what you say is 100% true, the way he said it matters. He is only concerned with DRM when it effects him(breaks). More attention to his defense of his stance is more awareness everyone else had. A contrarian stance of drm is only bad if it is broken, is not a healthy one, since there is bad DRM that is bad, and works properly(and is a lot of the time the worse kind of DRM, that gets overlooked by consumers).
That isn't to say always online is inherently bad, if the game design calls for it...just with SimCity it is clearly at this point, not the case, and he doesnt seem to care, at all.
Politics has nothing to do with this. There are just as many liberal jag offs as conservative. he's a jag off because he thinks he is working in the video game industry, he's arrogant, and he's not going to change his mind.
Can't unsee that now!
Whiteshirt
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That's not what I mean. He's a man who berates people on podcasts for marginalising minority groups or people with disabilities through the use of certain words (i.e. retarded). Yet all of a sudden, he doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself when it comes to this whole online DRM thing.
Of course that depends on whether or not he actually believes what he says. The problem is, after rereading some of his stuff, I'm not convinced he does.
Really, he's basically intentionally built a persona for being obtuse. arthurgies.txt is literally a bunch of snide comments that appear to intentionally annoy fanbases. I mean seriously, he's defended Dead Space 3, Mass Effect 3's ending, trashed Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, claimed Vanquish was punitive and clunky in a very Japanese way and its decent reviews were a result of Platinum cargo cults, held a belief that Metal Gear Rising should have copied DmC's tone (reallly?) and aesthetics, and now this SimCity shit. He's intentionally creating attention for himself and he's pretty successful because he knows gamers are pretty reactionary.
This isn't new, a lot of people in tons of industries do this. Armond White is the perfect example of this. Saying that movies like Precious is a bad movie and you should go see those god awful Big Momma movies for good depictions of African Americans is objectively wrong in every way but he doesn't care because he gets paid for the attention he gets.
It matters because typically he's very uptight on not offending or marginalizing minority groups, which is one of the better things about him because it shows he has some understanding that people besides him exist in the world. Yet all of a sudden he does a 180 with the whole SimCity thing and literally put out a point that's the definition of "got mine, fuck you". Yes, I know gamers aren't exactly a minority group but the idea I'm making is that he typically is pretty good about understanding the wider implications of actions and words. There's either serious cognitive dissonance going on here or he's intentionally creating controversy.
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My favorite part is Maxis lying TO Polygon about the necessity of the online requirement for things that aren't actually depending on it and this clown still defends them. There was actually of lot laughable BS on RebelFM this week if you go listen to it. They talked about SimCity in 2 separate segments. The first was them dismissing things like server problems and the small cities saying they're irrelevant to the experience. The 2nd segment was "the internet are a bunch of meanies" bit.
Whoa whoa whoa. What the hell does his political affiliation have anything to do with this?
Who cares if he is left or right? Btw, the fact that its only left and right is the fundemental problem with current politics.
I dont care who he voted for. He still acts like he is better than everyone and only his opinion matters.
It sucks though, I was enjoying RebelFM. Hope I can get past his douchness.
Who cares if he is left or right? Btw, the fact that its only left and right is the fundemental problem with current politics.
I dont care who he voted for. He still acts like he is better than everyone and only his opinion matters.
It sucks though, I was enjoying RebelFM. Hope I can get past his douchness.
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Nevermind.
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No, you're allowed to get angry at it, but he doesn't care and will assume that you're just angry at a business model or some kind of nebulous "change."
This whole debacle just seems incredibly damaging to Polygon. They're not IGN level where if you mention IGN to a random mate, there'd be a decent chance of them knowing what you're talking about. It only seems to be more hardcore audiences paying attention to Polygon, and atm, all Polygon are emitting are anti-consumerist vibes.
JakkuFurosu
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jesus..this is non-stop.
as soon as he shuts his piehole something directly simcity related pops...when that dies down he starts.
I got a all admissions pass to the carnival of stupid these last few days.
as soon as he shuts his piehole something directly simcity related pops...when that dies down he starts.
I got a all admissions pass to the carnival of stupid these last few days.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Matt C's tweet actually would have made sense if it was sent to John Walker instead
I quit RebelFM last week because of the bullshit segment on God of War: Ascension. Now I see this and regret nothing.
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CambriaRising
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I stopped listening a long time ago due to Arthor. And it is a shame too because I quite like Anthony and Matt.
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We're bringing "bullying" into it now? Really? Bullying?
And nobody is raving against a business model, they're "raving" against a broken game and the people that made blatant lies about what the game was.
And nobody is raving against a business model, they're "raving" against a broken game and the people that made blatant lies about what the game was.
I lost it when he said Witcher 2 is just Fable with tits or something like that. Unbelievable.
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I posted this in the other thread, but this one seems to be livelier:
He has some more to say. I don't completely disagree with Arthur by the way, but I felt I needed to have my say.
Anyway, I screencapped it cuz that's quicker. Start right at the bottom and work your way up.
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Victim mentality really is something to behold...
It's really gold that he's accusing others of "toeing the line" by being against his ridiculous views and EA's policies.
It's really gold that he's accusing others of "toeing the line" by being against his ridiculous views and EA's policies.
human discourse: 2013.
i think i preferred it when we were grunting and throwing rocks at each other.
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