Corruption In Games Journalism, or "Five Guys Burgers and Fries"

[Gahars]

Everyone, gather 'round: Big Man Tyrone needs our help.



You can watch the sort-of pilot here.

https://twitter.com/archon/status/535649411356180480
https://twitter.com/archon/status/535617480287600641

Jim Sterling left The Escapist in a tizzy over its allowance of GamerGate discussion. Can we replace Jim "the Alien Ant Farm cover of Smooth Criminal is better" Sterling with Tyrone, the King of GamerGate? Let's hope so.

Since this is EOF, I'm not ashamed to double post.

KiA is watching digimon XD
And ghazi was complaining about it XD

Milo went too far this time. He's a loose cannon!

 

[FAST6191]

Jim Sterling left The Escapist in a tizzy over its allowance of GamerGate discussion.

Has there been any direct confirmation of that?

 

[Foxi4]

Has there been any direct confirmation of that?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/138617-Goodbye-to-Jim-Sterling

 

[FAST6191]

I knew he had left, I was more looking that what Gahars said was the reasoning behind it. Everything I saw just seemed to be the "he wants to go it alone" thing.

 

[Gahars]

In "Foreboding, Ominous Tweets" today... "WikiLeaks for Tech Devs. It's coming." Plus an elaboration (courtesy of Reddit).

Has there been any direct confirmation of that?

He's basically said as much at this point. Credit where credit is due, though, it certainly seems to be working out of him; he's getting paid $9k/month now, and his old pay at the Escapist was apparently somewhere in the $6-7k/month range.

One can only hope MovieBob tries to follow suit. I'd love to see how that'd turn out.

 

[FAST6191]

Maybe it is just that I am often completely oblivious to subtext but I am not quite inclined to read that much into it. General admin policy at the escapist seems to be somewhere between "wing it", "it is only games" and "I am surprised this is not illegal; it is certainly not logical", however upper damagement seems to have their actions shielded by having some talent in their pond.

"on the wikileaks but for tech" is that not what regular wikileaks, sites like notalwaysright and the comment sections of tech websites in general are for?

 

[Gahars]

Bro Team Pill has interviewed two developers (anonymously) about what it's actually like within the industry. They're definitely worth the watch.

 

[Sterling]

It looks like Internet Aristocrat has left the game.



It kinda sucks because I loved listening to him in the background.

 

[Gahars]

It looks like Internet Aristocrat has left the game.

It kinda sucks because I loved listening to him in the background.

"You either die a hero or live long enough to spill your spaghetti."

There is an archive of all his videos, even those that he made under earlier accounts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOUFfqAMfqvDm5tYgDTvhmg/videos

Also, in case you missed it, Operation UV was a success, as the FTC has publicly announced it'll be reworking its regulations regarding affiliate links in articles. Here's a brief description of the problem from the OP...

In short, affiliate links allow a website to monetize links from their site to online retailors like Amazon.com. If a reader of a website clicks on a link and purchases a product, the referring website receives a portion of the sale.

While legal, problems come about when these links are hidden in product reviews, news articles and things of that nature. If these links are undisclosed, the consumer is unaware that the referring website has a direct financial incentive for their readers to purchase the product being reviewed or discussed. This is why full and obvious disclosure of this financial relationship is necessary. And it is this specific problem that #OperationUV has been attempting to tackle through emails and correspondence with the FTC.

Operation UV involved people sending complaints and messages to the FTC regarding undisclosed affiliate links, citing specific examples (many from Kotaku and Gawker as a whole). It's had an impact, alright.

But remember: Nothing good has come of GamerGate.

 

[DCG]

A couple of days ago kotaku seemed to be adding the disclosure to their articles
So they do fear the FTC XD

About IA.
I still wonder how it's possible for people to get corrupted by power :/
I'm a moderator on a gaming server and I can't say I love every player on it, even get annoyed by some to be 100% honest.
But why would I ban/kick them if they aren't breaking any rules? To give myself a feeling of power/superiority?
If a match is so heavily sided that I really don't like it any more I just quit for that match, like any other player would probably do :/

I act towards others like I would like them to act towards myself.


In other news.
Seems the anti's have forced a female game dev to resign?
Saw a couple of posts about it on KiA.

 

[Gahars]

TotalBiscuit just won the "Trending Gamer" award at Geoff Keighley's (praise His holy name brand product) The Game Awards. Do note that this was determined by a popular vote of people online, not just by a panel of judges.

The tears are still salty.

Spoiler

Who knew voting was so triggering?

 

[JulietStMoon]

I almost threw up when I read the tweet from Luke Penny.

 

[Tiffani]

I think Jeff Gerstmann should have won Trending Gamer, he's done more for the games industry. But I guess it's the nature of the beast with Internet polls.

 

[Gahars]

David Draiman, lead singer of Disturbed, has come out in full support of GamerGate.

Also, it looks like /pol/ is getting purged at the moment. Hold on to your shekels, things might get interesting.

Also: An interesting essay on the economics of social justice and ivory nosers from Kazerad. I can't say that I've tried any of his comics, but his essays always make for good reads.

I think Jeff Gerstmann should have won Trending Gamer, he's done more for the games industry. But I guess it's the nature of the beast with Internet polls.

I think with "Trending Gamer" they meant more along the lines of "hip now" rather than overall lifetime achievement. TotalBiscuit's popular enough that his Steam Curator page dominates the top spot by miles, so he's got numbers on his side. I don't think it's undeserved, though; he's maintained a pretty high standard of content and has been consistently honest with his audience. He's been big on pushing for ethical policies and transparency from developers and the press alike (he broke the Shadow of Mordor scandal, for example), so he's contributed to the industry in that way, too.

Bottom line, though, we're probably both very happy that PewDiePie did not take the prize.

 

[Foxi4]

I love how twitterites complain that he "doesn't represent them", lawl, of course he doesn't - he represents gamers and gamers have better things to do than sit on twitter - playing games, for instance. Good for him, I bet the award is uplifting for him after the recent health battle.

 

[Tiffani]

Bottom line, though, we're probably both very happy that PewDiePie did not take the prize.

I'm actually surprised (and happy, for sure) he didn't, considering his legions of fans. I don't "get" his videos, I think I'm too old. I'm sure there's some humor to be had there, and maybe it's different now but I remember watching one of his videos a while back and it just reminded me of those annoying Fred videos that were popular years ago.

 

[Gahars]

I'm actually surprised (and happy, for sure) he didn't, considering his legions of fans. I don't "get" his videos, I think I'm too old. I'm sure there's some humor to be had there, and maybe it's different now but I remember watching one of his videos a while back and it just reminded me of those annoying Fred videos that were popular years ago.

Screaming and 12 year olds just go together like chocolate and peanut butter, I suppose.

 

[Foxi4]

This is why we can't have nice things and why social networking is cancer.

 

[Gahars]

http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAct...nos_tried_to_bribe_jennifer_daww_into/cmtj915

But remember, there's no problems with corruption in games journalism. It's just a smoke screen for mysogyny.

 

[war2thegrave]

I can't copy/paste from psvita browser, but a small contingent of SJW have decided to break away from the main group and go after the "problematic" language used within the metal community.

So far, there is heavy resistance, but battle lines may be redrawn once the breakaway SJW group has decided on token female figureheads to recieve the fake rape/death threats which will be sure to mobilize the beta orbiters to save the damsels.

May the SJW drown in a sea of the metal communites apathy.