Good riddance to him! Now only the ethical games press is left. :-DHe's been unloading stuff for a couple of weeks on ebay. Sold a Castlevania themed whip a week or so ago.
Good riddance to him! Now only the ethical games press is left. :-DHe's been unloading stuff for a couple of weeks on ebay. Sold a Castlevania themed whip a week or so ago.
Why shouldn't he have it? He was offered it.
Wtf is wrong with people. So god damned jaded.
He didn't review it. Apparently people don't care about "facts" though, just shitting on people.
If games journalists want to be called journalists first they shouldn't accept gifts of any kind from anyone related to the industry they're writing about. There's a reason most major news and other media outlets in different industrys have literal rules in place to stop that happening. It's called journalistic integrity.
Whether he reviewed that specific game or not isn't the issue.He didn't review it. Apparently people don't care about "facts" though, just shitting on people.
That plastic toy sold for $500.Its a god damned plastic toy, not $10,000.
Get some perspective.
Integrity doesn't exactly feed your belly.
The whole point of giving stuff like this is part of the advertising arm. And yes, it does also mean advertising to the media businesses to curry favor and gain more exposure. Companies don't just do this for shits and giggles.He didn't review it. Apparently people don't care about "facts" though, just shitting on people.
Whether he reviewed that specific game or not isn't the issue.
Journalists shouldn't be accepting 'gifts' from publishers. They have a working relationship where one has to give their honest opinion on the others products, and giving gifts taints those opinions.
You might look more favourably on one of my products the next time you were reviewing something if I gave you hundreds of dollars worth of gifts.
Its a god damned plastic toy, not $10,000.
Get some perspective.
The whole point of giving stuff like this is part of the advertising arm. And yes, it does also mean advertising to the media businesses to curry favor and gain more exposure. Companies don't just do this for shits and giggles.
It's actually both.Did he review any of Platinum's games?
It's not that journalists should be accepting gifts, it's that publishers shouldn't be trying to hand out the gifts or 'bribes' in the first place.
Perhaps both sides should simply not do itIt's not that journalists should be accepting gifts, it's that publishers shouldn't be trying to hand out the gifts or 'bribes' in the first place.
It's nice to see that you care so little about the people in positions of power over the hobby you seem to enjoy (hence why you're here I'd imagine). I for one wish games critics didn't have any sway on people, but sadly those people who are accepting what could be classed as bribes when they're working in the industry then selling them off later for profit make a large difference to many peoples opinions about certain games. Most of them can't even write.
It's nice to see that you care so little about the people in positions of power over the hobby you seem to enjoy (hence why you're here I'd imagine). I for one wish games critics didn't have any sway on people, but sadly those people who are accepting what could be classed as bribes when they're working in the industry then selling them off later for profit make a large difference to many peoples opinions about certain games. Most of them can't even write.
poor guy probably just needs to make rent and everyone's treating it like he was busted writing propaganda pieces for an oppressive dictatorship.
It's actually both.
Journalist's shouldn't be accepting 'gifts' if they have integrity, AND publisher's shouldn't be trying to bribe them.
Did he have a buy it now price? He could have gotten more...
Its a god damned plastic toy, not $10,000.
Get some perspective.
As of today, it's $500
500$? O_O
I have this...
Any offer?
poor guy probably just needs to make rent and everyone's treating it like he was busted writing propaganda pieces for an oppressive dictatorship.
It was David Ellis.
Ill buy it for 300500$? O_O
I have this...
Any offer?
Journalist's shouldn't be accepting 'gifts' because there's a conflict of interests by the very nature of the relationship they share. The journalist is supposed to present news to us in a completely non bias way, and they can't do that if they're accepting gifts off the companies they're covering.There isn't a conflict of interest if the person has no direct interaction with the reviewer or the review process. What was the extent of his coverage for Bayonetta? This is extremely mild, what Rockstar does is multitudes worse.
The fuck is going on in this thread? Haven't game companies given out promo items for ages?
Everyone's acting like this person killed a puppy while working as a journalist.
Only 15 made and it only sold for $500? That seems really low.
Journalist's shouldn't be accepting 'gifts' because there's a conflict of interests by the very nature relationship they share. The journalist is supposed to present news to us in a completely non bias way, and they can't do that if they're accepting gifts off the companies they're covering.
It doesn't matter if he reviewed the game because we don't know what he choose to write or not write because of the gifts he received. Anything he wrote after receiving the gifts could have been potentially tainted.
That's the trouble you run in to when you start accepting gifts from publishers whom you write articles about, your opinion becomes tainted.
I'm aware it's not just Sega that does it, the whole industry is filled with these shameful tactics; they wouldn't continue doing it though if it didn't work.
500$? O_O
I have this...
Any offer?
"do you realize that if what they're saying is true, then this is still the most pointless fucking bullshit anyone has ever forced us to read?"
$15 since yours isn't anything special.
What news coverage did he do for Bayonetta? Can you point out any interviews or reviews that he did, that were biased in Platinum's favor?
There are cases to be fought about journalistic 'corruption' but this isn't one of them. Certainly not without more context.
Did he cover anything from Sega? If he did, you probably can't trust his opinion on those products.What news coverage did he do for Bayonetta? Can you point out any interviews or reviews that he did, that were biased in Platinum's favor?
It's the same shitty quality pistol, I can paint it in red...
It's part of a message that this product is important so they would like people in media to pay attention to them more and put up more content about them, come to their PR events, accept advertising on their sites for the product, etc. The publisher's end-game is to sell the game to consumers, and the media business is an important channel to catch the attention of consumers.You really think that gun in that case is going to make a reviewer give a game an extra 2/10? Come on now.
Did he cover anything from Sega? If he did, you probably can't trust his opinion on those products.
And if he accepted Sega's gifts then he probably accepted other publishers gifts. So did he write anything that covered other publishers? Because you can't really trust his opinion on those products either.
And if you can't really trust any of his opinions, then what's the point of reading anything he writes. See how accepting bribes ruins your credibility?
Why shouldn't he have it? He was offered it.
Wtf is wrong with people. So god damned jaded.