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Smaug's Smokey Hole said:
Are you really going to trust the opinion and score of Eurogamer reviewing a Crusader Kings game?
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Speaking of Eurogamer, I remember their infuriatingly bad Outlast 2 review and how it made me want to punch a wall after reading it.

It's not that they simply disliked the game. If that had been it, I would not have cared, it's that 90% of the written review was just complaining about all the supposed muh soggy knee in it and 10% talking about the actual proper product itself.

Why did that case piss me off in particular out of the many? Because critiquing a work of fiction, no matter what it is, belonging to the horror genre, a genre that is supposed to be by it's very nature unsettling, disturbing and yes, in many cases grotesque and offensive, and crying because it's not pc enough drives me up the fucking wall. It's like giving a bad review to Grave of the Fireflies because you didn't find it humorous enough.
 
Judge Dredd said:
Sorry for the double post, but there's new content.

VG247 has decided listening to player feedback is bad because people criticized Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, and Anthem, before saying that gamers are afraid of change. I wonder if those 3 games have anything in common?
While lazy click bait, I think game developers should take this to heart next time game journalists start screaming about something "problematic". They are just afraid of change.

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McKeand is the same tard that got the DMCV characters mixed up and then threw a giant spergfit when called out on it. I've no doubt he was probably the one behind that maximum asshurt article his website posted they posted after that GoG Postal tweet. He's got that holier-than-thou corporate dick-sucking game journo shtick down to a T.

Hank Salagna said:
Speaking of Eurogamer, I remember their infuriatingly bad Outlast 2 review and how it made me want to punch a wall after reading it.

It's not that they simply disliked the game. If that had been it, I would not have cared, it's that 90% of the written review was just complaining about all the supposed muh soggy knee in it and 10% talking about the actual proper product itself.

Why did that case piss me off in particular out of the many? Because critiquing a work of fiction, no matter what it is, belonging to the horror genre, a genre that is supposed to be by it's very nature unsettling, disturbing and yes, in many cases grotesque and offensive, and crying because it's not pc enough drives me up the fucking wall. It's like giving a bad review to Grave of the Fireflies because you didn't find it humorous enough.
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I dunno how you can claim O2 is misogynist when it forces everyone in it to suffer (well except the rapist teacher. I'm hoping he gets his comeuppance at some point but it seems unlikely). Reminds me of that Voidburger cunt crying about the people disturbed at the prospect of having a guy cut their dicks off with a table saw so he can fuck the slit were doing it simply because they hated women.
 
Hank Salagna said:
Speaking of Eurogamer, I remember their infuriatingly bad Outlast 2 review and how it made me want to punch a wall after reading it.

It's not that they simply disliked the game. If that had been it, I would not have cared, it's that 90% of the written review was just complaining about all the supposed muh soggy knee in it and 10% talking about the actual proper product itself.

Why did that case piss me off in particular out of the many? Because critiquing a work of fiction, no matter what it is, belonging to the horror genre, a genre that is supposed to be by it's very nature unsettling, disturbing and yes, in many cases grotesque and offensive, and crying because it's not pc enough drives me up the fucking wall. It's like giving a bad review to Grave of the Fireflies because you didn't find it humorous enough.
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I remember reading a stupid GoodReads review of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream where the reviewer claimed the story was sexist despite the story taking great pains to point out that what s/he (I believe it was a troon) was claiming to be sexist was meant to be disturbing.

The horror genre is one of the only genres out there not to be infested with culture war bullshit, but the attempts to make it PC piss me off to no end.
 
Baldur's Gait said:
I remember reading a stupid GoodReads review of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream where the reviewer claimed the story was sexist despite the story taking great pains to point out that what s/he (I believe it was a troon) was claiming to be sexist was meant to be disturbing.

The horror genre is one of the only genres out there not to be infested with culture war bullshit, but the attempts to make it PC piss me off to no end.
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It's the most liked review lmao. Even better is the person is also a fucking furry.

www.goodreads.com

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven stories with copyrights ranging from 1958...
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The page itself.

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Abby's review of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

2/5: EDIT: 11/29/2015: Hi. It's been almost five years since I wrote this review and I've learned a lot about feminism and misogyny and what constitutes GOOD writing to me. So I decided I should come back to this and append this review with a disclaimer: I wrote this before A: coming out as...
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The specific review.

(not having any luck with archive.is so if someone else wants to save it they can)
 
Judge Dredd said:
This was posted by @BesadaDontStarve in the ResetEra thread. A game journalist not happy about how Delphine's bath water is being used.
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Journalist wasn't even willing to put in the effort to watch the full video.
 
Judge Dredd said:
Sorry for the double post, but there's new content.

VG247 has decided listening to player feedback is bad because people criticized Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, and Anthem, before saying that gamers are afraid of change. I wonder if those 3 games have anything in common?
While lazy click bait, I think game developers should take this to heart next time game journalists start screaming about something "problematic". They are just afraid of change.

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This is all Games Journalists argue all the time. They hate video game fans and defending universally panned crap is par for the course. They rarely ever state it outright because it's a dumbfuck opinion and obviously clickbait. The fact they are desperate and actually published it shows they're getting desperate for clicks.
 
Oh Shit I'm Sorry said:
It's the most liked review lmao. Even better is the person is also a fucking furry.

www.goodreads.com

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven stories with copyrights ranging from 1958...
www.goodreads.com
The page itself.

www.goodreads.com

Abby's review of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

2/5: EDIT: 11/29/2015: Hi. It's been almost five years since I wrote this review and I've learned a lot about feminism and misogyny and what constitutes GOOD writing to me. So I decided I should come back to this and append this review with a disclaimer: I wrote this before A: coming out as...
www.goodreads.com
The specific review.

(not having any luck with archive.li so if someone else wants to save it they can)
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Goodreads may be the mose repulsive website on the entire internet.
 
Weird question, but as someone who writes about gaming, its culture, and all of the assorted nonsense that occurs within journalism about those subjects, I'm curious, what do you want out of the medium as a whole? I'm sure most of us agree that the incestuous and unethical bullshit that happens with writers who act as more of a political activist than a gaming enthusiast need to go, but that aside, what do you want out of game journalism as we head into 2020?
 
Just tell me what games are coming out, maybe some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff about them. And when they do come out, tell me if you liked them or not. Tell me the ins and outs of the flaws, and what's unique to the game. Basically, just, prove to me you actually enjoy video games, for goodness' sake.

Don't go on a tangent on how everyone of every type needs representation and shit. Or how certain styles are wrong.

If I see the words "diversity", "privilege", or "problematic" used seriously, I'm flat-out closing the article and disregarding everything I read. Those words make me look for a divisive angle that's always there when I see them. In my writing, I purposefully avoid using all three of those words, except in negative contexts.
 
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Not that I pay attention to it anymore and never will again because it is so corrupt but:

Ratings that actually mean something from an outlet. There has to be some metrics to why this game is a 7/10 instead of feels.

No politics.

Just give your opinion of the game as a game, a metric driven rating and fuck off to the next game.
 
I'm honestly convinced that not just video game culture, but niche/geek fandom in general needs clubhouse rules and standards of conduct to follow, as well as codes of behavior and mores to adhere to.

Video game fandom or "gamerdom" isn't just filled with politicized bullshit and SJW fauxgressive misaimed garbage, it's also filled with smelly and unpleasant socially backwards dipshits who play the bitter incel inclusive exclusive nerd supremacist angle and hate everyone who isn't "like them" who garners a minute modicum of interest in their hobby. That alone spawned the mutant troon monster that is the SJW Anti Gamergate beast, clear up that cesspool first. This coming from a guy who likes anime and manga enough to want codes of conduct for manga and anime enthusiasts who want to dabble and even one day perhaps draw in the style without going full on weeaboo otaku.

And this ride hasn't even gotten into video games journalism yet, either. Video games journalism is still a fucking wannabe frat house of outdated 1990s and 2000s pasty ass white nerd cynicism that no one finds funny or relatable anymore. Want proof? Go and find an old copy of EGM or Game Informer, and read up on the "humor" bits. Chances are you'll want to use the magazine and its pages as fire starting material, because it's such cringe ass shit it will likely give you colon cancer if you use it as toilet paper. They're still doing this garbage with Hardcore Gamer 101 and Anime News Network, fuck that place, and fuck their "journalists".

So to conclude, Video Game Journalists need taste and real social professionalism, but that's going to require some major efforts and overhauls I doubt anyone has the money, time, or patience to invest in.
 
EDIT: Since this post has been moved, I want to clarify I'm replying to this:
sophnar0747 said:
Weird question, but as someone who writes about gaming, its culture, and all of the assorted nonsense that occurs within journalism about those subjects, I'm curious, what do you want out of the medium as a whole? I'm sure most of us agree that the incestuous and unethical bullshit that happens with writers who act as more of a political activist than a gaming enthusiast need to go, but that aside, what do you want out of game journalism as we head into 2020?
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  • Information on upcoming titles
  • Critical reviews and ratings that focus first and foremost on things like game mechanics and how buggy it is, then on art and story but without telling me how problematic the whole thing is for clicks (note: if it's a niche site that acknowledges it's for people with a niche opinion and not what should be seen as mainstream thought, then it's fine if they want to critique from a SocJus or Christian or any other angle)
  • Interesting interviews with devs and executives and others who work in the industry... provided it's about craft or how the business operates, see above point
  • Exposés on things like poor work-life balance and other negative working environments for the devs
  • Exposés on things like the suits ripping a portion of the full game out so they can sell it to you again as "DLC"
 
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