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The Game Industry Is About The Games

Posted by Zonk on from the personality-clash dept.

Over at Gamespot Bob Colayco fires back at David Jaffe, who you may recall referred to game journalists as vultures, saying that Jaffe's ideas about what journalism should be are just as uninteresting as the most sycophantic game plug. From the article: "Am I the only one who picks up rags like Entertainment Weekly, skips the fluff in front, and goes straight to the reviews sections? Maybe that attitude is really dehumanizing. But I don't think it's any coincidence that other entertainment industries started going to crap when people started caring more about our manufactured pop stars and their gossip than they did about the product. This is why we have reality shows with the likes of Jessica Simpson."

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  1. I'll agree that... by steveo777 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    There are too many people who think their opinions matter to the public. There are definatly too many people who are getting paid to tell us thier opionions. I get sick of all the Gamespot, IGN, EGM, GamePro, PSM, Nintendo Power, and anybody else that reviews a game. Lately, I've come to rely on the opionions of people who are dumb enough to buy most of the games I don't want to play. That is, if my friends haven't played them first. If they give a good review, and I end up profiting for it, I slip 'em a few bucks via paypal. If not, I need not worry (no offense for the dumb enough comment, but they've weeded out some terrible games for me). They don't have to be restrained when they want to go on a two paragraph rant about the play control in game X, or the absurdness of the story line.

    I'm not saying shut down all the media, I'm saying shut down the media ego. Yes, thank you for playing the game long before I can. Yes, thank you for telling me the quality of the graphics and sound. No, thank you, I'd rather not read a fourteen page blowout of Halo 2/DOA Ultimate/Fable. No, thank you, I don't need you to fill half the rag with opionions from editors about what it was like to be at E3. And so on...

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  2. Reviews by 24Gamer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just go to www.gamerankings.com , they use multiple reviews to create an average, no bias there. is it just me or do reviews help you decide which games are good and which are not? or am i missing something here..