Zachary Amaranth said:
It's a shock to see anyone supporting consumers at this point. The "stop being so entitled" logic is pretty pervasive these days.
Its the only actual argument I've read on here or anywhere else dismissing the Mass Effect 3 ending. Weird enough, the word "Entitled" or "Entitlement" is not a insult, and can not be used for that purpose, or else it becomes lying. I seriuosly dislike anyone who even argues against the retake mass effect movement because they will always,
always revert to using the word "Entitled" or "Did you fall asleep for the 29 hours of fun?" and clearly don't know anything about the outrage. Bob Chapman* is basically how I see people pissed at the Retake Mass Effect movement, someone who doesn't fully understand what the movement is asking for and just calls it whining babies.
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*I'm sorry Bob, but since you put out a video out a video to talk about the Turtles and literally side track yourself to yell at people who have a point, along with your tweets, you very much fit the "JUMP TO AID PUBLISHERS" side on this, its nothing personal, and I love your shows, but it was the only way to put it without being a dick.[/small]
FelixG said:
It is only natural forbes beats places like the escapist with game news and articles.
I mean look at the news on the escapist, their so called 'journalists' do very little research on their own, pretty much just copy pasting their stories from places like massive and kotaku while putting in a word or two of their own here and there.
I have actually started reading forbes for my real gaming news and the escapist for the lulz and forums.
I found Rock Paper Shotgun to be very well done, very much so that it seems that they are very reliable, Mighty Bomb I think it is called is decent. But I agree. Gaming Journalists that are actually Journalists are few and far between.
Buretsu said:
Aisaku said:
It's about Bioware making good on their pre release promises, and meeting their own standards.
This is the only part I take issue with. "Things a developer said in an interview" are not promises. The only promise is the promise of assumed quality, that the third game in the series will match the quality of the first two games, and it is that one that they did not do a sufficient job of fulfilling.
Actually, he said it in January, and if you count the verification process, which could have taken until March to complete, then he was lying. And yes, a interview is as valid as a official note, especially that late in the game, it would be very difficult to
not know all about the game. In case your wondering I'm referring to this article:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/01/10/mass1525-effect-3-cas5ey-fdsafdhudson-interviewae.aspx?PostPageIndex=2
Those saying that a 'interview' is not meant to inform the public of what a certain person can answer then your lying. Commonly, in the music industry, there were many times where Musicians were asked about what they thought of the Music industry at the time. What they say there can be brought back up and used against the person at a later case. If I'm a under-cover serial rapist [I'm not] and I am interviewed by a reporter, if I say that I'm a serial rapist, he will have evidence of me confessing to it. Of course saying "But I was in a Interview, I obviously am not" would not fly with the 5-0. The police always say "What you say can and will be used against you in a court of law" is accurate to a lot in the world that we don't realise.
A interview is as valid as any other peace of info, regardless of the topic.
Carlos Storm said:
It's no secret that retake mass effect has raised $80,000 to child's play
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/03/15/paragons-of-protest-retake-mass-effect-raises-money-for-kids/
And raised $1,000 for over 400 cupcakes delivered to bioware
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/27/someone-sent-bioware-400-cupcakes.aspx
Do these sound like the actions of children throwing a tantrum? No, any idiot can see that they aren't. Yet everyone I've seen speak out against RTME conveniently forgets little facts like this.
So, why does Forbes still think RTME is a good thing? because Clearly it is.
Within in six posts you hit it on the nail, good job sir or madam or neither.
irishda said:
Wow, THIS thread doesn't look familiar. Escapist, can't we just start banning people that make a new ME3 thread? Fuck sake, just look at EVERY OTHER one and you'll see more than enough people with the exact same opinion as you, even referencing the EXACT SAME goddamn article.
..... Did you read the actual link? No one else here has posted this link, so, for the love of whoever you believe in, learn to read about it since you didn't even bother to read the link and realise that no one else has posted it. Theres no reason to ban this OP since you, apparently, jumped straight into the thread with ME3 written on it just to flame.
viranimus said:
-snippies, sorry, but so much good shit I couldn't take it-
I'm not going to try and argue with you, but do you truly think that a interview can not persuade a person to buy something? Its press, and press, even word of mouth is advertising. Sure, you don't have to
pay for word of mouth, but you will get press that way. I know I only bought Minecraft because my friend was talking about it. Interviews, are, essentially free press. I only learned about Overgrowth through a Rock Paper Shotgun interview, so is it a stretch to call it false advertising?
