Corruption in gaming journalism discussion and update thread. - General

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[QUOTE=Jamsponge;46117606]It's interesting to see that a lot of the anti-GamerGate people, who claim to be so violently against abuse, have so far seemed to do very little in regards to the recent abuse scandals with Sam Pepper and Jason, two famous Youtubers.. Wow, it's almost like they only care when it happens to them.[/QUOTE] Double standards. Something I have been researching heavily into lately, it's happened way more then this one time. I have yet to see any rhyme or reason around it however, which is what is confusing me the most.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;46118725]They only care if it's advantageous to care.[/QUOTE] In other words, they don't care.

I really refuse to believe a lot of these people making money arent just saying what they say on purpose. Its so easy to lie that way, they are essentially shitposting and getting paid.

[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;46119496]I really refuse to believe a lot of these people making money arent just saying what they say on purpose. Its so easy to lie that way, they are essentially shitposting and getting paid.[/QUOTE] so... they don't do it for free?

[QUOTE=fhASSA;46114878]Based Hideki Kamiya [IMG]http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/839/359/3e1.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Bayanita has seen better days

[QUOTE=fhASSA;46114878]Based Hideki Kamiya [IMG]http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/839/359/3e1.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://puu.sh/bUR9U/eb1b01107d.png[/IMG] How can Kamiya be so based?

[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;46119901][IMG]http://puu.sh/bUR9U/eb1b01107d.png[/IMG] How can Kamiya be so based?[/QUOTE] Last tweet is fake btw

[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;46119901][IMG]http://puu.sh/bUR9U/eb1b01107d.png[/IMG] How can Kamiya be so based?[/QUOTE] It's not just Kamiya. A lot of Japanese developers simply do not give a fuck about what westerners want from them. [IMG]http://puu.sh/bkFhn.png[/IMG]

I'll never understand why people give so much of a shit. Stuff like the RPS Heroes of the Storm interview blow my mind because it has nothing to do with the game or how it was designed. It doesn't cause good discourse and it doesn't make developers think about their game, it makes it seem like people are blinding siding them with an attempt at being politically correct (which is it). People are so offended by how Bayonetta looks and want to change it, it takes away from the fact that she is a character who was made to do nothing but [I]kick ass[/I]. This goes for a lot of games, like Starcraft and Kerrigan or Metroid and Samus. And trying to use this slant to get laid like Reimu was saying makes even less fucking sense because I wouldn't wanna fake something this fucking hard just to get fucked, or look like this much of an asshole to normal people. These people are more desperate for pussy than I am in that case.

8chan boards are getting spammed and there is word that it's 4channers/moot

My understanding of Japanese business is that it's considerably more meritocratic than in the west; they don't give a fuck about brown-nosing, because that's not what defines their career, performing well is. [editline]1st October 2014[/editline] I mean, didn't the current CEO of Nintendo get that position piggybacking off his work on Mario?

[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;46120260] I mean, didn't the current CEO of Nintendo get that position piggybacking off his work on Mario?[/QUOTE] Are you talking about Iwata? If so, I think I he was piggybacking off his work at HAL Laboratory (Being a Programmer at the time & later the President)

[QUOTE=Ayane-152;46120509]Are you talking about Iwata? If so, I think I he was piggybacking off his work at HAL Laboratory (Being a Programmer at the time & later the President)[/QUOTE] I have no idea; that fact comes from a half-remembered /v/ post.

I am honestly absolutely fucking tired of certain people around here, mostly from ITNN. They keep parroting the same shit, day in and day out about it. They get proved demonstrably wrong, and yet they use the same strawmans and same lies that have been disproved. They ignore whatever doesn't fit the narrative set up by the industry because it gives them something to lord over others. That's the reality of why many of these white knights are so vitriolic and headstrong about it. Sure some just want to get their dicks wet, but I'd argue the majority are just in it for the simple reason that it gives them an ivory fucking tower to stand in. They want to look down on others and go "We're the real progressives! We're the cultured, educated ones! [I]We're[/I] the [I]good[/I] guys." That's all it fucking is. Frankly, the best chance at blowing that open is probably Reimu, so I'm hoping he can get that out with his work before long. Because before too long I'm going to blow my lid and tear someone's head off around here. I'm almost out of peace and tranquility. Frankly I feel I've been far more peaceful in this whole thing than I should have been since the beginning.

Yeah, I hate it when a thread in the News Node is about Gone Home too.

And it´s by RPS, and by Cara Ellison. God forbids me to live or what?

[QUOTE=Zet;46119985]It's not just Kamiya. A lot of Japanese developers simply do not give a fuck about what westerners want from them. [IMG]http://puu.sh/bkFhn.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Imagine some middle eastern religious nutcase lambasting the west for its extravagance and perversion. That's what this whole debacle must seem like in the perspective of foreign developers. They don't and shouldn't give a shit.

[QUOTE=AkujiTheSniper;46119916]Last tweet is fake btw[/QUOTE] Good to know, I thought it didn't fit in with the rest. [editline]1st October 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=V12US;46121397]Imagine some middle eastern religious nutcase lambasting the west for its extravagance and perversion. That's what this whole debacle must seem like in the perspective of foreign developers. They don't and shouldn't give a shit.[/QUOTE] Unless their community manager is going on a rampage (which I don't think is quite confirmed 100% that she does anything in relation to M#9 but it still casts a bad light on the company).

It's pretty funny that people wanted the RPS News Node bot back, and after this lid blew open, they want it gone.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;46121747]It's pretty funny that people wanted the RPS News Node bot back, and after this lid blew open, they want it gone.[/QUOTE] That may be different groups. Actually, it's pretty likely.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;46121747]It's pretty funny that people wanted the RPS News Node bot back, and after this lid blew open, they want it gone.[/QUOTE] I liked RPS before this. I thought their articles were well-written, and even if I did stop obsessively reading them, I still read them occasionally. Now I refuse to give them an ounce of my time.

[QUOTE=Penultimate;46121916]I liked RPS before this. I thought their articles were well-written, and even if I did stop obsessively reading them, I still read them occasionally. Now I refuse to give them an ounce of my time.[/QUOTE] I think that the most singular insulting piece that they had written was that they described Drive Club as a Walking Simulator, but with cars. [B]Well excuse me, aren't racing games considered a genre anymore in this day and age?[/B] Not to mention how they are firmly on the 'gamers are dead!' bandwagon. Telling your crowd off is unacceptable. I think that it is more than time to hold a poll about the bot's removal.

[QUOTE={TFS} Rock Su;46120978]And it´s by RPS, and by Cara Ellison. God forbids me to live or what?[/QUOTE] It's worth reading because the entire thing is a mental breakdown from Cara about how she never got over being bullied in high school and never got to be ~a girl~.

[QUOTE=Penultimate;46121916]I liked RPS before this. I thought their articles were well-written, and even if I did stop obsessively reading them, I still read them occasionally. Now I refuse to give them an ounce of my time.[/QUOTE] Well written when they weren't filler articles, which have always been vintage Kotaku-level "LOOK AT THIS CRAP NOBODY CARES ABOUT" garbage. Granted, ShackNews and PCGamesN does it too, but crap filler articles shouldn't be excusable because other people do them.

[url]http://metaleater.com/video-games/feature/the-darker-side-of-gamergate[/url] Have you guys seen this? My dash is showing periodic tweets about this person

Is 8chan down for everyone else? I guess Hotwheels is either upgrading the server or has been assassinated by [del]Social Justice Ninjas[/del]Shinobi.

Looks like the a_girl_irl twitter account hit the virtual fjords roughly 24 hours ago. Nice.

Good riddance. That troll was the same troll who photoshopped a drawing of Sonic inflation over some black guy's proof that he was a black guy, if I remember correctly.

Totalbiscuit is wrecking a a SJW (David Doyle) calling for censorship at the moment: [url]https://www.twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/517319999263113217[/url]