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zarx on 31 October 2012

worth a read
http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/31/doritosgate-after-the-storm-lets-clean-ourselves-up

Also
http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/libel-alleged-legal-threats-and-conflicts-of-interest-the-twisted-story-of-
http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/mcvs-lauren-wainwright-english-libel-law-and-the-gaming-press-why-this-stor

If anyone wants a an understanding of how and what went down.



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HappySqurriel on 31 October 2012

In my opinion, the sad reality is that videogame journalism is better than most forms of journalism out there ...

At the end of the day a person who read the "review" and played the game will develop their own opinion of the game and if they have a different experience they will trust you less as a reviewer; and this keeps reviewers honest to some extent.

In contrast, when the mainstream media simply avoids reporting on news stories because they're damaging to their preferred political party and/or candidate very few people hear about the story through other methods so there is little risk of being discovered for being overwhelmingly biased.



weaveworld on 31 October 2012
RolStoppable said:
The industry is very, very, very immature. The Wii opened up gaming to more people, but the industry didn't take this chance to grow and instead decided to spit on these consumers. Gaming journalism is, as you say, more of additional advertisement for products rather than critical evaluation of them. Gamers themselves (those who post on the internet) are for the most part brats who think they are educated while they blindly move in herds to buy the next hyped game.

There's just way too much fanboyism involved in gaming on all levels (publishers, developers, journalists, gamers) for it to be taken as seriously as other media, like movies or music. There are simply way too many manchildren in this industry.

Nice, except for the 2nd sentence and ofcourse your high regards for the movie and music industry.



Scoobes on 01 November 2012

Updated original post with links to editors blog.




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NintendoPie on 01 November 2012

It's not too bad since "IGN" gave Pokemon BW 2 a 9.6.



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Scoobes on 01 November 2012
zarx said:

worth a read
http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/31/doritosgate-after-the-storm-lets-clean-ourselves-up

Also
http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/libel-alleged-legal-threats-and-conflicts-of-interest-the-twisted-story-of-
http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/mcvs-lauren-wainwright-english-libel-law-and-the-gaming-press-why-this-stor

If anyone wants a an understanding of how and what went down.

Well at least some sites are forced to look at their relationships with publishers now. Something positive has at least come out of this whole debacle.




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Scoobes on 11 November 2012

Hmmm... did anyone else notice this little gem:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43807845&postcount=7135




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Scoobes on 11 November 2012
RolStoppable said:
Scoobes said:
Hmmm... did anyone else notice this little gem:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43807845&postcount=7135

Hohoho, you are digging up the dirt.

Dirt is good

I have a vague recollections of some threads mentioning some of the stuff in his post.




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Scoobes on 11 November 2012
RolStoppable said:
Scoobes said:

Dirt is good

I have a vague recollections of some threads mentioning some of the stuff in his post.

Well, it's certainly interesting, but it needs to be taken with a grain of salt, because Maxwell was biased himself. So while what he says may have truth to it, not everything he said is/was as bad as he described it.

Yeah, I know, it's only one person's opinion/viewpoint afterall. Thought it was an entertaining read nonetheless. 




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GameOver22 on 11 November 2012

It really is a shame. Reading the article, I think he's asking the same questions that are on a lot of gamer's minds. As far as editing articles, I remember IGN doing something similar with Pixeljunk Sidescroller when a developer called them out on something. Problem was, they edited the article without even mentioning they edited it....one of the reasons I don't listen to IGN's reviews.