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L.A. Times on Game Reviewer 'Playola'

Posted by chrisd on from the does-a-twenty-enhance-gameplay dept.

madmancarman writes "Celebrity parties, target practice with automatic weapons, and free trips to spend the night in haunted castles are just some 'perks' game reviewers enjoy as described by this article from the L.A. Times. The reviewers say this has no effect on their reviews, but we've all heard politicians say the same thing with respect to their jobs. Maybe Ion Storm should have spent some more money on Daikatana junkets?"

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  1. Daikatana perks? by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 4, Funny



    What, Ion Storm was going to send reviewers 50-pound sacks of buffalo crap in anticipation of Daikatana's release?

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    Bowie J. Poag

  2. He he he by JoeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm all for it. Where do I apply for this job? I have the highest ethics....for sale.

    Joe Carnes

  3. GTA3 by corby · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd hate to see what the junket was like for Grand Theft Auto 3...

    Man, and I was wondering why all of the game reviewers kept obsessing about that "pick the hooker up in the car" trick.

  4. Something's fishy by ekrout · · Score: 2, Funny

    L.A. Times on Game Reviewer 'Playola'
    Posted by chrisd on Friday April 12, @01:09AM

    Evangelion Reviewed In LA Times
    Posted by Hemos on Thursday April 11, @10:46PM

    Two posts in a row with "L.A. Times" in the title. They must have some damn good writers or something.

    Anyway, I just found this interesting and it's probably a simple coincedence. Off to bed...

    :-)

    Feeling Lucky?

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    If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538
  5. smooth by IanA · · Score: 2, Funny

    gotta love the extension used by that URL

    .story

  6. Re:Submachine Gun Course by Zenki · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I'm sorry sir, but will you please refrain from shooting at our other guests? Thank you."

  7. Re:Confessions of a (former) game reviewer by kmellis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, I spent a couple of years "in the biz". I was not paid, but worked voluntarily on an online-only game rag that has since bitten the dust.


    Those two sentences strung together are possibly the most hilariously pathetic I've seen in several weeks. And I thought that nobodies in LA mentioning that they were "in ths biz" was bad.

    Sorry, this wasn't that nice of me.