Well most of these "game journalists" are nothing more than their Enquirer counter-parts who go for cheap thrills and shock value rather than journalistic integrity and facts.
In an age where anyone with access to the Net can report and write about anything, the lines get blurred pretty quickly.
But considering the majority of the Crispy Gamer pedigree, I am hardly surprised by some of their headlines tbh.
With most print media out of business and most online media sites competing for the same business, most of these "journalists" are just being recycled from site to site. With hardly any editorial oversight to speak of in most cases, you pretty much see their style propagating to all sites that they write for.
I mean everyone - EVERYONE - likes CliffyB. In fact, he hardly makes the news unless its something to do with gaming and its relevant. To see him in that list with the likes of the Gamecocks - who are always in the spotlight for some stunt or the other - is just plain wrong.
Back in the old days when everytime I opened my mouth and said something it was immediately news (print and online media) in some distorted and twisted fashion; especially if I'm taking on someone in the "media", it was pretty much a free-for-all food fight. In fact...
Many years have passed and more and more developers are being open and out-spoken, rather than towing the company line. Now they're telling them to shut up. Even in jest, the notion is blatantly pompous, out of line and patently ignorant.
But hey, we in the video game business are running a multi-billion dollar industry so I guess that means open season for all forms of angst ridden, shock value rhetoric.
As industry colleague Warren once said at a popular forum several years back :
"Game developers are just human beings who happen to make games for a living.
If you want to hold us up to higher standards of conduct, then go ahead
...but don't be surprised if we don't uphold them." Warren Marshall, Epic Games
Its about time someone did this. Most day and date leaks are widely known to come from disk replicators. This is the first time that someone has been caught red-handed and with an open & shut case, Ubi is right to sue in order to set an example.
Network now...
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Well most of these "game journalists" are nothing more than their Enquirer counter-parts who go for cheap thrills and shock value rather than journalistic integrity and facts.
In an age where anyone with access to the Net can report and write about anything, the lines get blurred pretty quickly.
But considering the majority of the Crispy Gamer pedigree, I am hardly surprised by some of their headlines tbh.
With most print media out of business and most online media sites competing for the same business, most of these "journalists" are just being recycled from site to site. With hardly any editorial oversight to speak of in most cases, you pretty much see their style propagating to all sites that they write for.
I mean everyone - EVERYONE - likes CliffyB. In fact, he hardly makes the news unless its something to do with gaming and its relevant. To see him in that list with the likes of the Gamecocks - who are always in the spotlight for some stunt or the other - is just plain wrong.
Back in the old days when everytime I opened my mouth and said something it was immediately news (print and online media) in some distorted and twisted fashion; especially if I'm taking on someone in the "media", it was pretty much a free-for-all food fight. In fact...
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/16103
Many years have passed and more and more developers are being open and out-spoken, rather than towing the company line. Now they're telling them to shut up. Even in jest, the notion is blatantly pompous, out of line and patently ignorant.
But hey, we in the video game business are running a multi-billion dollar industry so I guess that means open season for all forms of angst ridden, shock value rhetoric.
As industry colleague Warren once said at a popular forum several years back :
"Game developers are just human beings who happen to make games for a living.
If you want to hold us up to higher standards of conduct, then go ahead
...but don't be surprised if we don't uphold them." Warren Marshall, Epic Games
Its about time someone did this. Most day and date leaks are widely known to come from disk replicators. This is the first time that someone has been caught red-handed and with an open & shut case, Ubi is right to sue in order to set an example.
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