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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3740 on: November 18, 2012, 03:43:10 AM »

So Elite might be getting a new iteration.  Also a stupid subtitle.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3741 on: November 19, 2012, 12:03:12 PM »

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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3742 on: November 19, 2012, 05:51:44 PM »

I dunno if you guys kept up with the uhh Doritos lawsuit story(?) but here's a new chapter: https://twitter.com/MCVonline/status/270547559649513472
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3743 on: November 19, 2012, 06:41:27 PM »

I have absolutely zero idea as to what you are talking about.

In situations like this, a link would be courteous.
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« Reply #3744 on: November 20, 2012, 09:22:34 AM »

I have absolutely zero idea as to what you are talking about.

In situations like this, a link would be courteous.
I don't know to much about it myself, but this is what I gathered.

Some dude working for a gaming mag decided to talk shit about a girl who wrote a review on a game and had ads for said game as the background of her twitter. The girl threatened legal action, and the guy lost his job. Then apparently the backlash made the company the girl was working for publicly fire her as seen on the tweet.

I dunno where the potato chips.  :nyoro~n:
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3746 on: November 20, 2012, 10:50:46 AM »

Okay, that actually makes sense now, including the Doritos reference.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3747 on: November 20, 2012, 11:57:49 AM »

Here's how I read it:

It's entirely possible that Lauren Wainwright is simply naive and doesn't understand professional standards, and the concept of avoiding even the PERCEPTION of a conflict of interest.  Given the state of the game journalism industry, this is actually entirely understandable.

If she was just being honestly enthusiastic, then yes, it's pretty fucking insulting to be accused of accepting a bribe, even in such a roundabout "I don't think she REALLY is, but but but" kind of way.  It's perfectly reasonable to be pissed off about somebody making those insinuations against you.

I'm not sure how the story would have played out in America.  I like to think she would have simply written a response saying she was insulted and Florence was wrong, instead of complaining to management.

Failing that, I like to think that an American outlet would have shown some backbone and told her publisher where to stick it if they claimed those few sentences actually qualified as defamation.  Because in America, I sure as hell don't think that they would.

I see British libel law as the real problem here.  I must admit I don't understand Britain's approach to free speech, and I think it builds entirely too much "right not to have your feelings hurt" into the law.  What happened here?  Perfectly normal for the UK, and generally accepted as the normal thing to do there.  (I've never quite figured out how their tabloids manage to get away with just straight-up making shit up when their libel laws are so strict -- anybody from there/living there know how that works?)

Anyway.  Completely independent of British law and culture, Ms. Wainwright has just walked right into a lesson in Internet culture and the law of cause-and-effect.  One specific Effect in particular.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3748 on: November 20, 2012, 02:08:07 PM »

The headline picture from those articles is a pretty concise summary of Games Journalism today.
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« Reply #3749 on: November 20, 2012, 02:17:17 PM »

Here's how I read it:

It's entirely possible that Lauren Wainwright is simply naive and doesn't understand professional standards, and the concept of avoiding even the PERCEPTION of a conflict of interest.  Given the state of the game journalism industry, this is actually entirely understandable.

If she was just being honestly enthusiastic, then yes, it's pretty fucking insulting to be accused of accepting a bribe, even in such a roundabout "I don't think she REALLY is, but but but" kind of way.  It's perfectly reasonable to be pissed off about somebody making those insinuations against you.

I'm not sure how the story would have played out in America.  I like to think she would have simply written a response saying she was insulted and Florence was wrong, instead of complaining to management.

Failing that, I like to think that an American outlet would have shown some backbone and told her publisher where to stick it if they claimed those few sentences actually qualified as defamation.  Because in America, I sure as hell don't think that they would.

I see British libel law as the real problem here.  I must admit I don't understand Britain's approach to free speech, and I think it builds entirely too much "right not to have your feelings hurt" into the law.  What happened here?  Perfectly normal for the UK, and generally accepted as the normal thing to do there.  (I've never quite figured out how their tabloids manage to get away with just straight-up making shit up when their libel laws are so strict -- anybody from there/living there know how that works?)

Anyway.  Completely independent of British law and culture, Ms. Wainwright has just walked right into a lesson in Internet culture and the law of cause-and-effect.  One specific Effect in particular.

Something to note, it is apparently disgustingly common in "Games Journalism" to angle into a job with your favorite company by sucking it's dick vigorously and thoroughly.
Put in a less graphic sense, the "usual way" to get a job with your company of choice is to go into PR and be an unpaid shill for them. They constantly send you product to "review", and if you continue to churn out positive bullshit for them, eventually you get hired because hey, you're a ready made mouthpiece for them.

Wainwright comes off as incredibly naive, yes, but to me, she was playing a game that is disgusting and broken to begin with, and lashed out when she saw someone potentially damaging her chance to get a job with them. (Or a better job with them, she was already hired to do two reviews for Square-Enix, her attempts to hide this fact one of the things that came out of this)

Agreeing in British libel law also being the problem here - she knew full well she could throw it at them to get it removed, and got Streisand'd because of it.

She's a dumb naive bitch who hopefully takes a good long look at what caused this shit and can manage to actually improve herself from this.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3750 on: November 20, 2012, 03:56:58 PM »

Hate the game yo.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3751 on: December 08, 2012, 12:02:35 PM »

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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3752 on: December 08, 2012, 12:36:51 PM »

Sombrero box has shown me how to love again.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3753 on: December 08, 2012, 01:15:42 PM »

Also also:  Dark Souls 2

Here's to hoping they don't fuck it up.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3754 on: December 13, 2012, 07:12:06 AM »

The Secret World is now free to play, provided you buy a copy of the game.

here. You can buy it on greenmangaming for 19.50 right now using their winter sale promo code, if anyone is interested.

They are using the Guild Wars model, with future major content packs being released as DLC for 5 bucks a pop.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3755 on: January 10, 2013, 02:10:49 PM »

CD Projekt RED Team released their Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser

Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser Trailer
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« Reply #3756 on: January 10, 2013, 02:52:14 PM »

One thing is guaranteed from the studio: you will be able to fuck every female in that teaser.
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3757 on: January 10, 2013, 11:10:49 PM »

Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed is up on Steam! It's Mario Kart but better! And this version has NETPLAY!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/212480/
Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Gameplay Footage Panzer Dragoon

So who is getting it it with me?
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Re: Game News Dump
« Reply #3758 on: January 10, 2013, 11:26:44 PM »

Why does Sonic need a ca-- oh, they're flying and stuff.
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« Reply #3759 on: January 10, 2013, 11:54:04 PM »

It's a handicap, R^2
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