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In purely practical terms, having told the public he had it meant any potential for an anonymous, consequence free release was thrown out the window, even if he passed it onto someone else. Regardless of the 'reward' and ethical arguments, on a purely legal and practical basis there was really nothing else he could have done without the risk of major personal repercussions
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It's been openly admitted by people involved in most of those sites that the reason for the clickbait and regurgitated press release articles is because they drive ad revenue to the point that the sites themselves are sustainable. The feature-level articles, despite their significantly higher quality across the various sites, simply don't drive enough traffic for sites to survive on them alone.johnny_ultimate wrote: »It's definitely out there. For all the hate Kotaku and Polygon get, they IMO undeniably have some legitimately excellent features and investigative reports - this recent one on Capcom's fabled pinball table stands out as a damn good read https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/3/21/14937540/history-of-big-bang-bar-pinball. Ditto Eurogamer, who alongside their daily news coverage have thrown out some of the finest, most thoroughly reported features in recent years (disappointed they lost Alexis Kennedy on the opinion pages, always enjoy his writing).
Also, NinjaKirby and anyone else, this. A million times this.johnny_ultimate wrote: »Mark Brown on YouTube is also doing damn good work, breaking down the form and language of games in an accessible and insightful way: https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon13370 -
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It's been openly admitted by people involved in most of those sites that the reason for the clickbait and regurgitated press release articles is because they drive ad revenue to the point that the sites themselves are sustainable. The feature-level articles, despite their significantly higher quality across the various sites, simply don't drive enough traffic for sites to survive on them alone.
Absolutely, when we're at the point when even The New York Times is struggling to find the necessary investigative resources it's no surprise that it remains such a luxury in the gaming sphere. I'm happy to tolerate (if not agree with) some of the lazier, 'news cycle' stuff or silly 'hot takes' when you know the outlet in question is pumping some decent resources into good reporting or substantial criticism too.
It's a difficult industry, and maintaining the line between sustainable mainstream prominence and strong editorial quality is no doubt a constant challenge.0 -
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Except when he's engaging in this kind of crappy journalism.
He sent an email and made a tweet? There's no link to any articles from OAG only pictures of the email and tweet.
https://twitter.com/trilllizard420/status/859579820040003585
Maybe get back on to news?
White Day gets western release: http://nichegamer.com/2017/05/04/korean-horror-game-white-day-labyrinth-named-school-gets-western-release/0 -
He approached the subject of a potential article and misrepresented himself by asking what appeared to be an innocuous question when in actual fact he was looking for information for said story. It's a pretty clear breach of the SPJ Code of Ethics. TechRaptor are similarly guilty for not even attempting to reach out to the subject as part of their article on the matter.Robert ninja wrote: »He sent an email and made a tweet? There's no link to any articles from OAG only pictures of the email and tweet.
The point I'm trying to make is that, regardless of our belief in their stance on a particular subject, no publication, website or journalist is perfect and they're certainly not beyond reproach. It would, however, be nice if the criticism and commentary that follows didn't so often fall into the category of snarky, mean-spirited or worse, abusive.Robert ninja wrote: »
For instance, the above tweet thread about the Code Vain footage. What's the point in that? Bandai Namco are responsible for the initial linking between the title and the Souls series following the "Prepare to Dine" tagline on the first trailer and users on this very thread speculated on a potential connection to the series, thematically or otherwise. Now that the trailer is out we're shown a slice of combat gameplay footage and lo and behold, it looks quite similar to said series and its spiritual successor. What's wrong with various sites pointing this out?0 -
johnny_ultimate wrote: »It's definitely out there. For all the hate Kotaku and Polygon get, they IMO undeniably have some legitimately excellent features and investigative reports - this recent one on Capcom's fabled pinball table stands out as a damn good read https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/3/21/14937540/history-of-big-bang-bar-pinball. Ditto Eurogamer
Was it polygon or kotaku who launched n epic whinge that the COD: WW2 thingey lacked proper diversity?
They should have set the damn thing in the waffen SS and watched all the whinging saps lose their tiny minds over a cast of blonde, blue eyed racial supremacists
The Americans have lost the run of themselves at this stage.0 -
Was it polygon or kotaku who launched n epic whinge that the COD: WW2 thingey lacked proper diversity?
They should have set the damn thing in the waffen SS and watched all the whinging saps lose their tiny minds over a cast of blonde, blue eyed racial supremacists
The Americans have lost the run of themselves at this stage.
Probably both, trying to out do each other.
Honestly it's unlikely for this COD but I'd love if EA/Dice did some German missions for a new BF, in BF1 all we got were allies.0 -
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Gbear wrote:The 3 parter about the new DOOM is particularly excellent.
I liked them ones & Rocket League but since the topics haven't gripped me. Spelunky, Frog Fractions & The Witness ain't my thing.
I like Mark Brown (Game makers Toolkit) too. Gamexplain for their OCD analysis, Game Sack & Metal Jesus. The later is a bit nerdy tho
Hate ACG now tho. His intro & that Sound, Music & Voice stuff got on my nerves fast.0 -
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I would add Kim justice to them as well. She covers things from the European side which is refreshing as most content seems to think video games only happened in Japan and the us. Her videos are far and away the best researched coverage of that side of video games.
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