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That is damn hard to read, but I think I got most of it correct. So here is a probably mostly correct transcription:

Top Five Gaming Cupcakes

You know that point where you've realized your career has hit rock bottom. Not just that normal rock-bottom bullshit, but straight up moleman bottom. If my career could go any lower I would have long since burnt up in the Earth's core. It's like a limbo champion and a gnome squaring off in the worst type of golf tournament. If my career had a temperature you would need kelvin to track it accurately and have the reference for absolute 0.

Now, I'm not saying this is mundane, but fucking cupcakes, heh, like that xkcd thing. BUTT FUCKING cupcakes. So cupcakes that partake in anal sex. Presumably they only claim it.
 

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Zachary Amaranth said:
Griffolion said:
Sorry, I don't get the last frame. Is that cupcake article what he wrote or something he just went onto afterwards (to symbolise the irony that he's just written an amazing 40K word exposition and then completely backslid into a ridiculous article on cupcakes).

I'm stupid.
Perhaps it's what he was instructed to write?
Maybe, this is what I don't get.
 

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Cupcakes? Now, I've been doing weekly Top something lists shows about games for... 4-5 years, but I haven't gotten to cupcakes yet. How long has that guy been doing it for to scrape the bottom of the barrel so much?

And in case you're wondering how, the reason I've made it so far is that I eschew expectations, like Top 7 Hottest characters, started with the intro to one of the Dead or Alive porn games, but quickly transitioned to Dhalsim, cause he breadths fire, and is therefor hot, like, temperature. Get it?

(also the posting window keeps resizing on Opera for some reason)
 

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Save Gaming Journalism: check.
Make it more relevant to nongaming readers: In progress.
Does the "Hack" in Hackgamers.com refer to the skill level of their writing staff?
 

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I guess...the idea here is that while a select few game journalists take their job seriously and try to show some intelligent thought and ethics about their profession, it's quickly overshadowed by the ones that are acting like lazy dolts who put together vapid, pointless fluff pieces that pointlessly waste time.
 

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The point is that manny good gaming content is not given much attention in favor of retarded shit. Example- ZoominGames. Its a youtube chanel that gets a shitload of views only for making stupid lists and putting tits on the cover .
 

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The Great Step Forward. I thought this would be about Chinese history.
 

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Wow, this is the first one of these that I've looked at that doesn't have an essay attached to it explaining why it's so funny/relevant. Which is so ironic because I don't quite get it and think I need it explained.
 

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Somehow, looking at this, all I can think of is the ADD offended strip from Fanboys... or Rab Florence's incoherent rant against established dev teams on Kickstarter... which I still haven't read.
 

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At times it can seem like all you're doing is spitting in the wind, huh?

For what it's worth, I think we are all getting better. Slowly, but most changes that are good are worth waiting for.

Hope you can speed it up a little bit at least! Good luck.
 

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Shiro No Uma said:
Wow, this is the first one of these that I've looked at that doesn't have an essay attached to it explaining why it's so funny/relevant. Which is so ironic because I don't quite get it and think I need it explained.
:D OKAY!

1. Guy trys to make games journalism better (Not so crap filled).

2. Guy thinks he has finally done it! :) YAY!

3. Soon finds out that nothing has changed. AW... :(

Any questions?
 

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Imp Emissary said:
Shiro No Uma said:
Wow, this is the first one of these that I've looked at that doesn't have an essay attached to it explaining why it's so funny/relevant. Which is so ironic because I don't quite get it and think I need it explained.
:D OKAY!

1. Guy trys to make games journalism better (Not so crap filled).

2. Guy thinks he has finally done it! :) YAY!

3. Soon finds out that nothing has changed. AW... :(

Any questions?
Oh...got it. I can see that, and I'm very sad I had to have it explained. Almost went the hater route a la "It's just not funny," but your explanation does it justice! Thank you.
 

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Shiro No Uma said:
Imp Emissary said:
Shiro No Uma said:
Wow, this is the first one of these that I've looked at that doesn't have an essay attached to it explaining why it's so funny/relevant. Which is so ironic because I don't quite get it and think I need it explained.
:D OKAY!

1. Guy trys to make games journalism better (Not so crap filled).

2. Guy thinks he has finally done it! :) YAY!

3. Soon finds out that nothing has changed. AW... :(

Any questions?
Oh...got it. I can see that, and I'm very sad I had to have it explained. Almost went the hater route a la "It's just not funny," but your explanation does it justice! Thank you.
No problem! Ya can't get every joke without help. And this one actually has a few neat interpretations you could go with.

Personally I like the tiny articles at the end because usaully they come with a nice story. Like that one last week about how to punish your kids with their games.

>_> Well, that one wasn't so nice, but rather scary.....
 

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Vault101 said:
but....I LIKE top 5 lists...
:D That avatar is AWESOME! (No offence Daystar/Okami/Amaterasu.)

D: AW...Now I miss Top 5 with Lisa Foiles.
 

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Moonlight Butterfly said:
I like to think the guy was told to write about gaming cupcakes so he had to work his ideas into that article. :p
:) Hehehe. I like that interpretation the best.
:( It's the most sad, and the most cruel.
A few other people seem to agree.