Ain't It Cool Announces Game Site

Remik writes "Harry and the folks over at Ain't It Cool News are looking to do for video games what they've already done for cinema. The announcement is not exactly well received by Gabe and Tycho at Penny Arcade. Great, another place to go complain about Duke Nukem not being out yet." AIC has been a neat site for movies, it'll be interesting to see how well their expertise extends to games.

Comments

AICN is crap.

[Skyshadow]

If AICN was ever useful, it sold out a long time ago. Now it's just useless cheerleading for movies in an obvious effort to get the "editors" invited to screenings and whatever.

Or am I the only one who remembers the infamous "Meesa love [Jar Jar]" review?

Journalistic Integrity

[kabir]

Since the fellow behind Ain't It Cool News has repeadedly admitted that he's enhanced, or, on occasion, simply made up a fair number of his so called "scoops" I find the site pretty much useless. There's absolutely no reason to believe what it says unless it's been confirmed somewhere else, so what's the point? There are already plenty of gaming sites out there in the world, and while they seem to have difficulties getting accurate information out of publishers, to my knowledge they don't just make stuff up.

I guess I have to share Gabe & Tycho's reaction: no, it ain't cool.

Re:This is great.

[Golias]

Well, to be fair, that's not all they do.

I'm sure they will also post poorly-written reviews that only express polar extremes (either "it gave meaning to my life" or "the producer should be gang-raped and murdered"). They will also say "fuck" a lot because they think it makes them "edgy."

Also, look for Harry cameos in the shittiest of shitty low-budget games, followed by Harry ripping the movie in his review to show how much integrity he has.

Oh, and "spoilers" for the more popular game franchises. Now you can be the first to know what the ending cut-scene movie for "Grand Theft Auto 5" is going to look like. Whee!

Enter: Another hangout for the fanboys

[Tom Courtenay]

The forums will degenerate into childish tomfoolery.

SamusGrrl: Metroid Melee Fox rawkz!
Halo3l33t: OMG, If you're 12.
SamusGrrl: MS Gearbox is big. LOL.

The fact is that IGN is the best source of videogame news out there. Not only do they have an exceedingly well-designed (functional) site, but the editors are generally informed and objective.

It's worth the annual fee that IGN charges its "Insiders", in my opinion. Nowhere else on the web can you find such competent & comprehensive coverage of the video game world.

99% of the gaming sites out there are run by teenage fanboys who balk at competing systems & blindly praise the one they've chosen. While I welcome another gaming site, I'd be surprised if this brings anything new to the table.