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Geoff Keighley will be responding to Doritosgate
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WrenchNinja
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How do people seriously not know about doritos gate? Like were you not here at all this whole month?
Nearly hundred pages of arguing, debate, ridicule, more arguing, etc.
Nearly hundred pages of arguing, debate, ridicule, more arguing, etc.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
It will be nice if he wore that doritos pope hat thing. Id appreciate it.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
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Well, I wonder what sort of rebuttal a person can have for this.
Well, I wonder what sort of rebuttal a person can have for this.
Anticitizen One
Banned
can someone give me the rundown on what the dorritos fiasco is all about?
Here's some quotes about Doritosgate from Keighley himself.
You must pursue this investigation of Doritosgate even if it leads to game journalists. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.
-Geoff Keighley
If I talked about Doritosgate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Doritosgate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.
-Geoff Keighley
When a journalist does it, that means it is not wrong.
-Geoff Keighley
Doritosgate had become the center of the gaming media's universe, and during the remaining years of my journalism the community tried to force everything else to revolve around it.
-Geoff Keighley
You must pursue this investigation of Doritosgate even if it leads to game journalists. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.
-Geoff Keighley
If I talked about Doritosgate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Doritosgate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.
-Geoff Keighley
When a journalist does it, that means it is not wrong.
-Geoff Keighley
Doritosgate had become the center of the gaming media's universe, and during the remaining years of my journalism the community tried to force everything else to revolve around it.
-Geoff Keighley
Meicyn
Gold Member
People are making a Mountain Dew out of a molehill.
What? Is Keighley leaving GTTV?
This fucking picture gets me every time.
He could say pretty much anything wearing the Doritos Pope hat and I wouldn't mind. He seems relatively self-aware of what role he fills in the industry, so embracing the whole thing might be best.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
The minute doritos offers video game giveaways, though, and all of a sudden cross promotion whining is quelled.
Perfect!
el retorno
Member
This will be good
DeaconKnowledge
Member
He'll get to it right after he's done with the other corporate sponsored shill fest he's associated with.
I hope he owns it. Record a brief video, show him walking down the street, wearing his full Dorito-pope vestments and other assorted regalia. As he orders a Mountain Dew from a street vendor, a pale 30 year old dude with a gigantic neck beard accosts him and calls him a sell out. At that point, Dorito-pope puts on his sunglasses and says "Deal With it." Then, steps into his waiting Dorito-mobile, and drives off into the sunset.
Always-honest
Banned
I have no idea.. I completely missed it. I have no clue what is going on
... I'm on gaf every day.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
lol @ the responses here <3
Interficium
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SpinningBirdKick
Banned
His response will be a tweet sponsored by Mountain Dew.
I agree, it's a pretty stupid thing to dew. Hahahaha. Heh.
Anticitizen One
Banned
He's about that life.
so this whole controversy is about keighley being a corporate shill and how commercialism is seeping heavy into gaming? Have you dudes been asleep for the past 6 years or what??
This whole weird marketing message has been pushed by Microsoft, Best Buy, G4, Spike, and Pepsico since 2006
Providing a shitload of free marketing for Doritos and Mountain Dew, the true winners in all of this. As long as it's entertaining and nobody on GAF is being paid to crack jokes, who cares?
It kind of went overboard with the whole Doritos/Mountain dew/Halo 4/Geoff thing.
Well, it was originally about that and then it somehow became about the British gaming press, libel laws, and how the fuck does someone named "Robert" get away with calling himself "Rab"?
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
He's a paid gaming consultant by pepsico, has been for years. I wonder if this cost him that gig though?
Iacobellis
Junior Member
My speculation.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
About time. I'm looking forward to his response that will likely be as vague, and generic as a Sony PR statement on NPD Thursday.
He deals in nerd culture, who else does he answer to that's more noble and worthy?
Also, awesome superiority complex.
EnderWiggles
Member
Geoff is really salty about the whole thing
MisterHero
Super Member
Nothing. A game jounalist tried to be high-and-mighty and made a glorified complaint about videogame marketing, implying others of being shills (Geoff included). Then he caused a Twitter war on some inconsequential industry insider.
I hope these non-shill gamers never talk about Halo 4 or Tomb Raider ever. No need to be tobias.
Nothing, he didn't do anything wrong, he shilled some MS Halo gamerfuel dorito bullshit, but that's his job. Games journalism is just his hobby, his job is being the Ryan Seacrest of video games.
He really shouldn't even say anything, no matter what he says people are going to turn it back on him.
I find the whole thing hilarious, but I'm starting to feel bad for the guy to an extent because this seems to keep coming back up over and over. I'm sure his boss was probably like Geoff get out on stage or whatever and say these lines for the Pepsi company. It's like I mean what else is he suppose to do? No boss... I refuse to do this? I mean truthfully if I was in the same situation I wouldn't probably refuse to do it in this job economy, but yeah I would feel my soul die a little inside.
Unless I'm just completely wrong in the whole situation and he has the power to make all of these calls.
Unless I'm just completely wrong in the whole situation and he has the power to make all of these calls.
How so? The only people that got their neck beard in a bunch ARE forum nerds. And really, who gives a shit about them? Anybody here or on other forums would do what Geoff does in a heartbeat for money.
those nerds click their pages and give them money.
that's why they are so interested on keeping the drama going.
more drama = more clicks = more money.
gaming_noob
Member
Why should he have to explain? I'm pretty sure he wasn't the one making the decision to advertise that. In the end, everything he does is considered shilling - THAT'S HIS JOB.
You know those tweets hinting about secret Playstation games? Yes, that's a paid ad too.
You know those tweets hinting about secret Playstation games? Yes, that's a paid ad too.
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