Malstrom: Game Industry tries to justify corruption

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Pristine20 said:
Lol, isn't Maelstrom a game journalist as well?

Nah, he's just a commentator.

rocketpig said:

NJ5 said:

rocketpig said:

These publishers could literally be giving the magazines piles of cash for perfect scores and it wouldn't be illegal. There's an implied honesty and fairness in the review industry but that isn't backed by law, nor should it be.

Are you really sure about that? 

 

Considering how many magazine editors I know who openly receive thousands of dollars in "gifts" that are used to buy cover stories and good reviews, yeah, I'm pretty damned sure it's not illegal.

 "Not illegal" and "not enforced" are not the same things. Much of the behavior that we abhore CEOs for pre-meltdown were illegal, but not enforced. Example: using company funds to throw yourself a birthday party and other goodies. This behavior lasted for years.

Ail said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:
^It may be common knowledge, but its still a conflict of interest, it still taints the reviews

 

And how exactly you think you get movie reviews in your newspaper and online every week before said movie is actually released in a theater ?

 Apples and oranges. You need a product to review it, everyone acknowledges that. What you don't need in order to make a review is "gifts" or "perks" from the publisher. This is a case of the latter.