if the writer made this article knowing that it's not saying anything new or unexpected, then why write it at all?
Thats the one thing I'm a little confused about. Why post about something that does not intrigue or surprise you.
But it is no other than Ben motherfucking Garrett. The guy who was looking for a good creampie recipe for his mother, and stumbled upon Bus Simulator and wrote an article wondering what the fuck "Bus Simulator 2016" was. He is truely a journalistic mastermind.
[quote=Ben Garrett, 2015's Best Video Games Journalist]
an get distracted more eas-*glances at second monitor arrayed with Twitter, news feeds and analytics information*-ily. I, er, can attest that's been a consistent problem since games became part of what I do every single day.[/quote]
We all know hes goofing us. He has the intellect of a thousand vacuum cleaners. And the attention span that is unparalleled to anything in this dimension. We all know hes better than this, he doesn't waste his time with twitter, news feeds or analytics. Hes above all that, especially analytics.
I cringe every time I see this idiot use *actions* in a "journalism" article like this. I'm amazed he's getting paid to do this, shows how high the standards of gaming journalism really is.
[QUOTE=Kegan;49373184]I cringe every time I see this idiot use *actions* in a "journalism" article like this. I'm amazed he's getting paid to do this, shows how high the standards of gaming journalism really is.[/QUOTE]
What?? Ben Barrett is a god amongst Journalists. 5 forgetful paragraphs of quoted bullshit, with some irrelevant content that he appended to the study he just copied and pasted into the article.
[QUOTE=Kegan;49373184]I cringe every time I see this idiot use *actions* in a "journalism" article like this. I'm amazed he's getting paid to do this, shows how high the standards of gaming journalism really is.[/QUOTE]
Maybe he's being paid by the word and has no genuine insights to provide so instead he fills the void with meaningless tripe.
He's acting like a goddamn know-it-all to appear funny while the study itself actually came to a rather surprising conclusion. I certainly wouldn't have believed someone if they said "Gaming changes your brains!" without evidence.
And then at the end he makes it obvious that he didn't really even read what he wrote about. They tested about 100 boys addicted to gaming and 80 that aren't addicted, not 200. It also doesn't mean that they don't play games, but I guess it was just too good of a remark to pass up on.
On another note, I wasn't aware that "Internet Gaming disorder" was actually a term, but in South Korea apparently, it is.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;49372711]
We all know hes goofing us. He has the intellect of a thousand vacuum cleaners. And the attention span that is unparalleled to anything in this dimension. We all know hes better than this, he doesn't waste his time with twitter, news feeds or analytics. Hes above all that, especially analytics.[/QUOTE]
This post just made my day. Thank you.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;49372711]But it is no other than Ben motherfucking Garrett. [b]The guy who was looking for a good creampie recipe for his mother.[/b][/QUOTE]
I hope you're joking, no one would be that retarded.
[QUOTE=EskillV2;49374521]I hope you're joking, no one would be that retarded.[/QUOTE]
No one could ever be Ben Garrett either.
What I was referring to was a personal recount of [url=https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1496557]Ben Garretts day[/url].
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