Corruption in Gaming Journalism Discussion V2 - Back from the dead!
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[QUOTE=V12US;47212933]This restaurant has delicious food, but the size of the dishes made me feel uncomfortable, knowing there are poor little children starving in third world countries. When I confronted the head chef about this, he said and I quote "[i]What the heck does Africa have to do with my restaurant[/i]".
I do not feel I can recommend a restaurant ran by such a blatant racist to the readers of this restaurant review site, which is why I rate it a 4 out of 10.[/QUOTE]
This is pretty much a perfect of example of why someone's political views shouldn't heavily sway a review.
It's also like those reviews you see on Google Maps for a place.
"I walked in 1 minute before the store closed with my 10 children, and for some reason the lights shut off! What a terrible place to shop, 1/5 stars"
So it anyone watching websites like Ars Technica make a fucking embarrassment of themselves over the whole ParkourDude91 thing? A lot of places are posting the BuzzFeed article like it's fact when those guys came out publicly on their Facebook and were like "We're fucking with BuzzFeed." The lack of fact checking is fucking hilarious, if expected.
Tbh I don't think they research beyond their favorite forum or friend who gave them links.
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All techblogs seem to do this. What is it with techblogs?
[url]http://deaglenation.tv/livestream/[/url] Slightly off-topic, but it's jace/tyce out of character.
Jace said we're autistic :D
yea they confirmed they are continuing the wupocalypse saga but since everyone knows they are fake they will go more chaotic than planned.
Oh boy, here we go, keeping the bullshit train going with the "Jace harassment by gamergate" thing. :v:
[sp]Shades on = in-fiction[/sp]
We at facepunch.org want Jace Connors to stand up and defending games like a real marine.
oh god that whole regrets part
it started off serious but it turned into hilarious jokes when he hit gamergate
He just name dropped Facepunch.
[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;47214523]He just name dropped Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
yea he namedropped fp multiple times in the stream and thinks we are autistic.
[editline]25th February 2015[/editline]
"brianna wu is more of a man than i am"
"she doesn't have enough money, donate to her patreon"
that was fake
that was soooo fake.
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Do you think hes just doing that to see peoples reactions? HOW LONG DOES THE JOKE GO ON?
There is no way in fucking hell this was not a joke.
[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;47214584]There is no way in fucking hell this was not a joke.[/QUOTE]
Theres no way that was real (I mean he made fun of her out of character like a couple days ago :v:), if people honestly believe that guy I will laugh my fucking ass off.
Anyways totalbiscut went an another rant :
[img]http://i.gyazo.com/47fa6b1db60a09b3336a19a431096024.png[/img]
[url]https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/570664161677594624[/url]
Read all his recent tweets.
Definitely ruse cruise 2.0, he dropped things like reddchannit, told people to donate to Wu because "he" needs the money, he was even wearing the Jace glasses for god sake.
This man is a genius. If people take him seriously it do nothing but further fuel gamergate and make prominent anti gg members seem delusional.
Mark Kern writes when he tried to get an interview :
[URL]https://www.change.org/p/kotaku-lead-the-way-in-healing-the-rift-in-video-games/u/9806206?recruiter=10318792&utm_source=share_update&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive[/URL]
[editline]26th February 2015[/editline]
[quote]I strongly urge you not to let your politics become your identity, lest you start to view debate of your ideas as an attack on your person.
[URL]https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/568601258921054208[/URL]
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[t]http://i.imgur.com/bBy1Obd.png[/t]
"JOIN OR DIE, MISTER KERN."
[url]https://twitter.com/GI_AndyMc/status/570645764810129410[/url]
What's gg's stance on Gameinformer? I know several folks there and they're nothing but nice, seeing Brianna and the goons dog piling them for reporting on a 12yr old child being bullied and not herself Is mind numbing.
[QUOTE=Everstvetita;47215009][url]https://twitter.com/GI_AndyMc/status/570645764810129410[/url]
What's gg's stance on Gameinformer? I know several folks there and they're nothing but nice, seeing Brianna and the goons dog piling them for reporting on a 12yr old child being bullied and not herself Is mind numbing.[/QUOTE]
Not just that
She's dogpiling them for not having enough females on their team
Also AFAIK Gameinformer is avoiding the issue, they certainly haven't come as close as other sites have to AGG
[QUOTE=Everstvetita;47215009][url]https://twitter.com/GI_AndyMc/status/570645764810129410[/url]
What's gg's stance on Gameinformer? I know several folks there and they're nothing but nice, seeing Brianna and the goons dog piling them for reporting on a 12yr old child being bullied and not herself Is mind numbing.[/QUOTE]
Geezus fuck, those first three tweets make me fucking furious. Bitch, you are no one important. Fuck off your ivory tower.
[B]E:[/B] [url=https://twitter.com/GamingAndPandas/status/570712493716217856]"Random Twitter user hits nail on head so hard it rockets through the Earth and embeds itself on the moon."[/url]
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;47214989][t]http://i.imgur.com/bBy1Obd.png[/t]
"JOIN OR DIE, MISTER KERN."[/QUOTE]
First ten seconds or so.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-UUTGamYp8[/media]
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;47214989][t]http://i.imgur.com/bBy1Obd.png[/t]
"JOIN OR DIE, MISTER KERN."[/QUOTE]
Speaking of which, it seems TB has managed to nab an interview of some kind with Mark, either that or having him as a guest on the next podcast.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DeQHTLG.png[/IMG]
This should prove to be very interesting.
[QUOTE=usaokay;47215500][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN0MJOBQi-o[/media]
Not really related to GG since it moreso has to do with Mcintosh's intelligence.[/QUOTE]
just saw this
'the unfuckable white guy' is such a great description of Mcintosh
[QUOTE=Swilly;47211693]Thank you for the missing the point sir and trying to be the 'EEW Gameplay most important becaus /v/ said so.'
Meanwhile, most people recongize we live in a post-modern world. While I hate to agree with McIntosh, that video we jump around with that sounds stupid is actually what most modern culture is.
Its take a story that's already been told, changing things within it, changing the context, characters but still retaining the original themes or core message. Originality is not a thing we have, at least not in Western Cultures.
Also, videogames combine all of the facets of written mediums, audio mediums, visual mediums(TV/Movies) and places them in a single piece of media. Of course you'll see rehashes but that's just part of the game.
[B]Also, for fuck's sake most effective story telling devices in videogames are clues, atmosphere, graphics and the gameplay itself.[/B]
Get off the damn high horse and notice I stated that a game half played should only have how good it looks and how it plays as the most important things and not the fucking story.[/QUOTE]
If the most effective story telling devices in video games are clues, atmosphere, graphics and the gameplay itself, it shouldn't take a whole month to get the story.
You still didn't give me an example of those video games with their very deep and very complex story and political, cultural and moral ramifications.
[QUOTE=Impact1986;47215589]If the most effective story telling devices in video games are clues, atmosphere, graphics and the gameplay itself, it shouldn't take a whole month to get the story.
You still didn't give me an example of those video games with their very deep and very complex story and political, cultural and moral ramifications.[/QUOTE]
His point is that most games do not have such a deep complex story, that's why it's very silly for reviewers to try to find one. It is like trying to say chess is about racism and the oppression of minorities after playing one game as black and losing. Even if chess is about racism, then it would take a long time of research about the history of how chess came to be and for what reason they made the choices of colors and turn order to be able to justify such a bold claim.
If you have only experienced a game for a small portion of time, there is no reasonable justification of bold claims about the effect and message of a piece. At that point you have only really been able to see the basic ideas and mechanical skills used in the art.
I.e. if you read a poem once you aren't going to be able to instantly tell that the poem is about the importance of personal growth when it just describes in detail a nautilus. You can, however, very easily see the use of imagery, diction, and sentence variety. Those concepts are what you should judge the piece by.
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;47215561]just saw this
'the unfuckable white guy' is such a great description of Mcintosh[/QUOTE]
He's the exact stereotype of "Douchey San Francisco intellectual who thinks he knows better than the minorities he claims to represent."
Which is ironic since he made some twitter post criticizing those exact people.
[QUOTE=Gray Altoid;47214989][t]http://i.imgur.com/bBy1Obd.png[/t]
"JOIN OR DIE, MISTER KERN."[/QUOTE]
Lol, because obviously the solution to an apparent lack of women talking about games is just having less men talking about it, even though there's no limit on how many people can talk about it and [I]all he wants is to ask people to stop fucking harassing him[/I].
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;47215561]just saw this
'the unfuckable white guy' is such a great description of Mcintosh[/QUOTE]
tropes vs san fran[I]cis[/I]co
featuring tropes like the unfuckable white guy, the professional victim and the woman as man's mouthpiece
[QUOTE=Banned?;47215031]Geezus fuck, those first three tweets make me fucking furious. Bitch, you are no one important. Fuck off your ivory tower.
[B]E:[/B] [url=https://twitter.com/GamingAndPandas/status/570712493716217856]"Random Twitter user hits nail on head so hard it rockets through the Earth and embeds itself on the moon."[/url][/QUOTE]
Not really [I]that[/I] random. Lo-Ping is a fairly consistent voice in GG.
[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heIH9vfwKBM"]Apparently he also wrote the text of Cis-Fire.[/URL]
[QUOTE=Tamschi;47216239]Not really [I]that[/I] random. Lo-Ping is a fairly consistent voice in GG.
[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heIH9vfwKBM"]Apparently he also wrote the text of Cis-Fire.[/URL][/QUOTE]
Didn't know that.
[QUOTE=Banned?;47216258]Didn't know that.[/QUOTE]
He's more reasonable and a lot friendlier than most of the "louder" people, so he normally won't appear when looking for drama :wink:
[QUOTE=MasterKade;47215029]Not just that
She's dogpiling them for not having enough females on their team
Also AFAIK Gameinformer is avoiding the issue, they certainly haven't come as close as other sites have to AGG[/QUOTE]
GameInformer just won't risk to have that kind of heat, especially since they're owned by GameSpot.
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