Actually the distressing signs of the times are dual. Not only the matter of review scores (that honestly I don't care much about, I tend to read multiple reviews and make my own opinion), but also the fact that gaming journalists nowadays will go to whathever end in order to find a controversial topic to blabber about. No matter if it flies in the face of the basic of the basics of professionality.Shamanic Rhythm said:
That seems a bit silly.Abriael said:
They simply do exactly the same thing Famitsu did. That kind of tie-in deals are a very yummy opportunity for sites like Kotaku, and of course they jump to the opportunity very willingly.Knight Templar said:
I fail to see the point of this entire argument, Konami, Famitsu, and Kotaku are big boys and defend themselves and none of this will even bear any merit in a week when shithead A flag Dull Game B as being the anti-christ.Abriael said:
While i strongly dislike Yahtzee, because i find his "reviews" misinformative at best, he does nothing else than stating opinions, as warped as they can be. He says a game is shit because this or because that, but he doesn't accuse the developers of said game of foulish behavioir without any kind of proof. That's very, very different.vikeif said:
well couldn't have been any less arrogant about that? Jeez...Abriael said:
oh dear god, Like he would even be reading this...Abriael said:Oh and by the way, I was almost forgetting. Just to slam the last nail in the coffin of Kotaku's hipocrisy:
I don't see Kotaku putting a full disclosure on their (extremely positive) review or on the several articles they wrote about Forza Motorsport 3. Guess what?
Their sister blog Jalopnik, part of the Gawker network, has a tie-in with Forza 3. They helped chose the cars in one of the forza DLC package with an event called "Forzalopnik", and VIP players of Forza Motorsport 3 got a Jalopnik themed car delivered in game by Turn 10.
Yet there's no full disclosure anywhere in the Forza themed articles on Kotaku.
Still so eager to defend Mr Ashcraft, John Funk?
I rest my case.
Meh seems like my fanboy is done, and I'm bored now. Really I wish they would bugger off the forum take their fight to Kotaku (as futile as it would be.) and stop running defense like they where fuckin Phoenix Wright.Loonerinoes said:I love zealous fanboys projecting onto the internet with all their mighty ***finality*** and man am I glad I don't need to put up with them. I swear, if you've ever wondered where all the philosophy students go to make themselves feel important, pretending to know everything about things they don't have the slightest grasp over with the power of their logic + wikipedia definitions, look no further than an internet forum. Always such a blast reading a mind of MIGHTY LOGIC which completely fails to grasp the necessary context.
At the moment all we know is that PW is easily the best looking game on a portable console. Will it also be fun? We'll have to see.vikeif said:
Depends what kind of philosophy student you're talking about, but in general I agree. Fanboys seem diametrically opposed to the notion that people are allowed to have opinions, because they are convinced that logic should override said opinions. Not unlike arguing with, say, a utilitarian.Loonerinoes said:I love zealous fanboys projecting onto the internet with all their mighty ***finality*** and man am I glad I don't need to put up with them. I swear, if you've ever wondered where all the philosophy students go to make themselves feel important, pretending to know everything about things they don't have the slightest grasp over with the power of their logic + wikipedia definitions, look no further than an internet forum. Always such a blast reading a mind of MIGHTY LOGIC which completely fails to grasp the necessary context.
