Ok, so I enjoy the work of many gaming journalists (as in people who produce videos/other media around the topic of gaming) such as Yatzee, Jim Sterling, the Extra credits guys, the LRR guys, moviebob and Penny arcade (not all of the named journalists are guilty of the accusations in the rest of this post, they're just example journalists who I like(d)).
What I haven't enjoyed seeing, in fact it has been saddening, is the way the much of media surrounding games and gaming have closed ranks over the ME3 ending debacle. (I haven't seen ME3's ending nor have I played ME3 so I don't know just how bad the ending is.) What I do know however is that a lot of fans have been severely disappointed by the ending to a franchise they became heavily invested in. Then when this is expressed and talk of another ending/epilogue or other fix appears most of the journalists jump to calling us entitled and saying we want to ruin games as an art form. Many of these journalists in what they have said have directly contradicted their own words/feeling expressed in earlier works.
I always felt that in the producers vs players (I know it shouldn't be, but it feels it) stakes most journalists have been on our side; reviewing/critiquing the games, calling the industry out whenever it tries to screw us, opening the inner workings of the industry for us to see and generally making gamer culture better. But this, this has made me reevaluate. When it comes down to it and it appears like the industry might actually listen to us for once the journalists throw in with the industry against us.
I've always known there are a few corporate shills out there, GameSpot for example, but many of them have said things that sound like they want a better industry, with more say for the consumer which are great right up until crunch time, the second it came time to act on a real issue they all contradicted themselves. Actions speak louder than words guys.
In short I have lost a lot of respect for a lot of journalists, particularly EC who contradicted one of their own videos in their take on this whole thing.
I fully believe the industry would be far better with the consumer having a greater say in it, I have no idea why anyone would oppose a company actually listening to us for once. Every boycott, every petition and every lost sale have failed to convince the industry to listen to us, anything that makes them listen is a GOOD THING. Hell operation rainfall failed despite waving wads of cash under producer's noses.
And one last request: Please don't turn this into a row over the ending, if they should change it or if games are art. There are plenty of threads for that already. This one is to voice thoughts on the comments and works of journalists regarding this whole mess.
What I haven't enjoyed seeing, in fact it has been saddening, is the way the much of media surrounding games and gaming have closed ranks over the ME3 ending debacle. (I haven't seen ME3's ending nor have I played ME3 so I don't know just how bad the ending is.) What I do know however is that a lot of fans have been severely disappointed by the ending to a franchise they became heavily invested in. Then when this is expressed and talk of another ending/epilogue or other fix appears most of the journalists jump to calling us entitled and saying we want to ruin games as an art form. Many of these journalists in what they have said have directly contradicted their own words/feeling expressed in earlier works.
I always felt that in the producers vs players (I know it shouldn't be, but it feels it) stakes most journalists have been on our side; reviewing/critiquing the games, calling the industry out whenever it tries to screw us, opening the inner workings of the industry for us to see and generally making gamer culture better. But this, this has made me reevaluate. When it comes down to it and it appears like the industry might actually listen to us for once the journalists throw in with the industry against us.
I've always known there are a few corporate shills out there, GameSpot for example, but many of them have said things that sound like they want a better industry, with more say for the consumer which are great right up until crunch time, the second it came time to act on a real issue they all contradicted themselves. Actions speak louder than words guys.
In short I have lost a lot of respect for a lot of journalists, particularly EC who contradicted one of their own videos in their take on this whole thing.
I fully believe the industry would be far better with the consumer having a greater say in it, I have no idea why anyone would oppose a company actually listening to us for once. Every boycott, every petition and every lost sale have failed to convince the industry to listen to us, anything that makes them listen is a GOOD THING. Hell operation rainfall failed despite waving wads of cash under producer's noses.
And one last request: Please don't turn this into a row over the ending, if they should change it or if games are art. There are plenty of threads for that already. This one is to voice thoughts on the comments and works of journalists regarding this whole mess.