Corruption in Gaming Journalism Discussion V2 - Back from the dead!
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[QUOTE=Thlis;47024070]James Portnow of ExtraCredits just claimed the following at Magfest
[video=youtube;CbNHIYCV33o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbNHIYCV33o#t=694[/video]
TotalBiscuits response: [B]Extra Credits slander[/B]
[URL]http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1skam53[/URL][/QUOTE]
Whoever recorded that needs a better mic or audio post-processing. I'm glad my sound card can enhance dialogue.
(I wrote something spicy, but I'm following Kazerad's request to send this kind of stuff in private first.
If they choose to not address the issue or are assholes about it I'll post it and put it on my mustard blog though.)
[QUOTE=uber.;47026729]Uh, not sure of what to feel about being called a moron by the creater of one of my favourite TV shows:
[url]https://twitter.com/Glinner/status/560421415552577536[/url][/QUOTE]
You got him on those last few tweets though. If we're misogynist for consuming sexist media, what does that make him for creating it? Aren't there a number of gay jokes too in the IT crowd? Does that make him a homophobe too?
If that's the path he wants to choose, so be it. I still love the series, even with the ableist jokes and all.
The "Gay" episode was probably the most potentially offensive in terms of content, but fucking hell if it aint the funniest.
It seems Ryulong's Wiki ban has enough votes to pass. Are we finally rid of him?
[QUOTE=truckilles;47025805]oh god im scared to ask but what the holy hell is /lolcow?[/QUOTE]
[quote=/cow/]Welcome to /cow/! This board concerns lolcows, or fools who are unwittingly funny or can be goaded into being funny.[/quote]
/cow/ on 8chan is a harassment/trolling board as far as I can tell.
It's about finding people who easily freak out about or react really strangely to things, "milking" them for reactions.
Unlike /baphomet/ which is harassment only it doesn't seem doxx centric or to be explicitly worshipping any mythological figure.
I'd say it's considerably less harmful but still really really ugly. The main difference is probably they don't want especially fear out of their targets.
[QUOTE=uber.;47026729]Uh, not sure of what to feel about being called a moron by the creater of one of my favourite TV shows:
[url]https://twitter.com/Glinner/status/560421415552577536[/url][/QUOTE]
Mh, a group harrassing a couple of white women on twitter is worse than a group that killed thousands of black people?
This guy must be a special kind of racist
[QUOTE=uber.;47026729]Uh, not sure of what to feel about being called a moron by the creater of one of my favourite TV shows:
[url]https://twitter.com/Glinner/status/560421415552577536[/url][/QUOTE]
thats a shame because its an awfully unfunny show if you realised that im sure you'd feel better
about david rosen, here is the compilation i made of all his really stupid tweets. This was before him and totalbiscuit released a joint statement of common ground and he realized it would be stupid to keep tweeting about it and ruining his reputation, so he stopped.
[thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16970274/Gamergate/davidrosen.png[/thumb]
I almost feel bad watching all of these second-rate celebrities jump into this mess. They can't honestly think getting into an internet fight is going to help their careers right?
[editline]28th January 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;47026942]If it was still running it would have been canceled by now. You have stuff in there that would get a larger outcry that Shirtgate.[/QUOTE]
It's kind of sad to think about honestly.
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He banned himself from editing Gamergate stuff before, last a few good hours, did it a few times more with the same result. Then he decided the controversy page itself was to hot and had a field day on the draft only few people know exist. Seemed that was to boring for him and he moved to 8chan related pages. Staying away is not a thing he is good at, just like NorthBySouthBaranof that has a forced vacation before and just created a few new names one of which is NorthBySouthBaranof.
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Watching Ryu ham out all over wiki and the internet at large has been hilariously pathetic. Someone suggested last night on 8ch that he might have jumped into this battle over his hatred of /m/. At this point I wouldn't be surprised. Good news is he can't make an alt by wiki rules, so we might witness an IP ban at some point if we're lucky.
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For me its just really funny to see a display of how relations with IT used to be and in some places still are.[/QUOTE]
It's mostly nostalgia for me. Late nights at a friend's house watching stuff on cable because my family was too poor to afford it. That was back when TiVo was like the coolest thing ever.
[QUOTE=1legmidget;47026795]You got him on those last few tweets though. If we're misogynist for consuming sexist media, what does that make him for creating it? Aren't there a number of gay jokes too in the IT crowd? Does that make him a homophobe too?
If that's the path he wants to choose, so be it. I still love the series, even with the ableist jokes and all.[/QUOTE]
He hasn't replied so far and unless he does I consider that behaviour ignorant at best, "fuck you got mine" at worst.
Agreed.
[QUOTE=NoOnE#235;47026728]Or maybe a "rise above" mentality would be more constructive in persuading moderates? You should know that actually arguing with the hardcores won't do anything.[/QUOTE]
We don't need to argue with them, just expose them until they can no maintain thier double standard.
[QUOTE=uber.;47026975]He hasn't replied so far and unless he does I consider that behaviour ignorant at best, "fuck you got mine" at worst.
Agreed.[/QUOTE]
He might be trying to use this as a chance to 'clean up his act' since he's had lots of criticism leveled at him before for his content and [URL="http://www.styleite.com/news/graham-linehan-attacks-dolly-partons-fcked-up-face/"]twitter[/URL] rants.
I think [URL="http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/helen-lewis-hasteley/2011/08/interview-twitter-fact"]this[/URL] would be a great way to hit back at him honestly:
[QUOTE]You often call out media organisations for their bad behaviour. Are you ever afraid it might damage your career?
I wasn't until now
...
How would you describe your politics?
My sympathies have always been with the bullied rather than the bully so I guess I'm left-wing. I do believe that the internet is giving us a chance to move on from these limiting definitions, though.[/QUOTE]
Hitting him with all of the vile tweets made by journalists and by prominent anti-gamers with his words quoted right there would probably be pretty powerful. He does admit to admiring the Guardian though, so there's always the chance he's going to put his personal friendships first. Hard to blame him for being human, but god damn man have some self awareness.
dude's met up with leigh alexander for fun
chalk that up to "drank the kool-aid". into the trash he goes
To be honest, how long has that game been in development?
[QUOTE=TheJoey;47027069]dude's met up with leigh alexander for fun
chalk that up to "drank the kool-aid". into the trash he goes[/QUOTE]
Aaaand he blocked me after mentioning how Biddle advocated for bullying during PACER's bullying awareness month. Such is life.
[QUOTE=uber.;47026729]Uh, not sure of what to feel about being called a moron by the creater of one of my favourite TV shows:
[url]https://twitter.com/Glinner/status/560421415552577536[/url][/QUOTE]
Personally, I'd be more pissed than upset or flattered. I'd make a point of telling them that while I liked their content, they successfully alienated a fan.
I'd also tell them to shove a pine cone up their ass, but that's just me.
[QUOTE=Mattk50;47026908]about david rosen, here is the compilation i made of all his really stupid tweets. This was before him and totalbiscuit released a joint statement of common ground and he realized it would be stupid to keep tweeting about it and ruining his reputation, so he stopped.
[thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16970274/Gamergate/davidrosen.png[/thumb][/QUOTE]
Oh yeah, I forgot his "#Notyourshield is photoshop or ignorant people" tweet. Lovely.
And really his "four out of five women will be raped" tweet is proof enough that he's out of his fucking mind. Seriously that "statistic" keeps changing every time I hear it
What I don't get is how anti-GG people are allowed to brush off their past by saying "You shouldn't be digging up dirt about me! That's harassment!" or even just totally ignore it, but as soon as they find out that when TotalBiscuit was 5 he once laughed at a disabled person and then immediately was scolded, apologised and changed his ways, that's grounds to believe that he's an ableist disgusting awful human being.
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;47027554]Personally, I'd be more pissed than upset or flattered. I'd make a point of telling them that while I liked their content, they successfully alienated a fan.
I'd also tell them to shove a pine cone up their ass, but that's just me.[/QUOTE]
If he's as ignorant as he seems, he'll probably just go "I don't need/want you to be my fan". It's something I've experienced before during this shitstorm.
[QUOTE=Xenomoose;47027831]If he's as ignorant as he seems, he'll probably just go "I don't need/want you to be my fan". It's something I've experienced before during this shitstorm.[/QUOTE]
I personally wouldn't want him as an idol if that's how the shitbag acts towards fans. Fuck you, I'll go find someone else to idolize who isn't a pretentious cunt.
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;47027878]I personally wouldn't want him as an idol if that's how the shitbag acts towards fans. Fuck you, I'll go find someone else to idolize who isn't a pretentious cunt.[/QUOTE]
This is why I prefer celebs who don't get political on twitter. They're smart enough to not let their beliefs affect their fanbase, and chances are they treat their fans as human beings rather than an exploitable resource.
[QUOTE=Thlis;47024070]James Portnow of ExtraCredits just claimed the following at Magfest
[video=youtube;CbNHIYCV33o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbNHIYCV33o#t=694[/video]
TotalBiscuits response: [B]Extra Credits slander[/B]
[URL]http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1skam53[/URL][/QUOTE]
I just noticed that he goes against the The Escapist founder, but unfortunately what he said about him is inaudible in this video.
[URL="https://twitter.com/archon/status/560458798762958848"]He seems to be slightly angry [/URL](but I'm not entirely certain if it's about this specific occurrence or something he quoted beforehand without source that may or may not have been about it)[URL="https://twitter.com/archon/status/560458798762958848"].[/URL]
[URL="https://twitter.com/MAGFest/status/560453720396537857"]There will be official recordings some time later, it seems.[/URL] (Not entirely sure since this panel looks a bit more unofficial and they said they had no camera in the "forum room".)
In other news, [URL="https://twitter.com/GameDiviner/status/560245465896480768"]someone is accusing Portnow of running with 60k[/URL] from [URL="http://www.rockethub.com/projects/25243-games-for-good"]this fundraiser[/URL]. I tried to find evidence to the contrary. I couldn't find any :tinfoil:
[QUOTE=Thlis;47024070]James Portnow of ExtraCredits just claimed the following at Magfest
[video=youtube;CbNHIYCV33o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbNHIYCV33o#t=694[/video]
TotalBiscuits response: [B]Extra Credits slander[/B]
[URL]http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1skam53[/URL][/QUOTE]
Makes me want to play Guns of Icarus more than anything else.
I was just thinking...
Brianna said she was getting flown out to Paris to look at games.
What game dev that we don't (shouldn't) buy games from anyway is in France?
*wink nudge beat you over the head with the answer it's Ubisoft*
Shitty games made by a shitty company being looked at by a shitty person. Shocker.
[B]E:[/B] This is a dumb post but I'mma keep it here anyway.
I wouldn't pay any attention to Wu's statement unless you actually find corroborating evidence. She "left her house" to do an interview too.
[QUOTE=Banned?;47028022]I was just thinking...
Brianna said she was getting flown out to Paris to look at games.
What game dev that we don't (shouldn't) buy games from anyway is in France?
*wink nudge beat you over the head with the answer it's Ubisoft*
Shitty games made by a shitty company being looked at by a shitty person. Shocker.
[B]E:[/B] This is a dumb post but I'mma keep it here anyway.[/QUOTE]
this is better than my theory of her going to meet max so they can laugh at all the gogo-gagas and be epic trolls
[QUOTE=Banned?;47028022]I was just thinking...
Brianna said she was getting flown out to Paris to look at games.
What game dev that we don't (shouldn't) buy games from anyway is in France?
*wink nudge beat you over the head with the answer it's Ubisoft*
Shitty games made by a shitty company being looked at by a shitty person. Shocker.
[B]E:[/B] This is a dumb post but I'mma keep it here anyway.[/QUOTE]
Well, its more notable offices are outside of france, incact apart from the HQ, only 3 of about 36 are in france. Even if it is a veiled hint that it's Ubisoft, Brianna could just be making it up and relying on jumping on the hate train of Ubisoft lately to try and garner more attention to herself.
[QUOTE=Mattk50;47026908]about david rosen, here is the compilation i made of all his really stupid tweets. This was before him and totalbiscuit released a joint statement of common ground and he realized it would be stupid to keep tweeting about it and ruining his reputation, so he stopped.
[thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16970274/Gamergate/davidrosen.png[/thumb][/QUOTE]
Didn't he come around after these tweets when TB had a private chat with him?
I doubt someone like Wu would stay employed in real studio very long
[QUOTE=Talishmar;47028356]Didn't he come around after these tweets when TB had a private chat with him?[/QUOTE]
[URL="https://twitter.com/Wolfire/status/531896613040439296"]Aparrently so.[/URL]
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