Okay, let me spell this out for those who seem to not be getting it. Not *too* long ago there was this game called "Kane and Lynch" which blew utter chips, but was spending insane amounts of money on advertising. A certain high profile game reviewer was fired when he called the turd a turd after they spent huge amounts of money advertising on the site.
Truthfully, Yahtzee can be hard to read, but he's not that hard, and he blasts everything but generally you can pick up some good points even as he's razzing something. He not only ripped EVE in perhaps the most horrible way it could be ripped (pointing out it's just another grind-tastic MMORPG, when one of the selliong points of EVE is how differant it is) as well as insulting it's player base right where it hurts.
In general advertising is bought months in advance, truthfully I have no idea why EVE doesn't advertise here anymore, but it could be connected to that review. But it could also be other things like rising prices for space in proportion to The Escapist's traffic, or EVE not getting enough traffic coming from this site to warrent it. Truth be told though ads are generally not going to vanish instantly, rather they just won't be renewed after their time expires. The Escapist does not share the business end of things with us users for obvious reasons.
Honestly, this post indirectly brings up something else I've been thinking about. That is the game "Red Faction: Gueriella". That game went beyond mere advertising here, to the point of there being a badge created specifically for it (which I do not have, in fact I only have the game because it was a gift, though I do play to play it). Can Yahtzee honestly review and express his opinion in the usual fashion with the money involved? It presents an intresting question and conflict of interest, and also makes me think that they would be wise to just sidestep the entire issue and not have Yahtzee review games that have purchused advertising space.
Of course then again, it surprises me to no end that game companies advertise here to begin with. I mean when you think about it, pretty much everything on this site is dedicated to mockery, satire, or outright insult of the gaming industry and it's products. I'm not just talking Yahtzee, but also things like "Unskippable" which basically reams game cinematics which quite probably had production costs in the millions extremely hard. Even the (persumably defunct) "De-Rez" rarely (if ever) had anything positive to say, it basically grabbed the most retarded things in games, and made them seem even more retarded by people performing live action skits about them.
Oh sure, I probably am missing something here that is overwhelmingly professional and positive, but think about it. Humor yes, flattering for the industry? Not really.
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