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The Craft of the Graft
Joe Markert writes "Gamehelper.com's Mike 'Vansau' Thompson takes a look at integrity and graft in the world of gaming journalism in his recent article, appropriately titled: Integrity: The Craft of the Graft
From the article, '...it's easy to play the card of honesty, objectivity, and moral nobility when you have the financial backing of a major publisher like Ziff Davis or IDG. Without that support, though, the thought of advertisers threatening to take their business elsewhere creates valid concern.'" A follow up to Dan Hsu's editorial about pay-for-play in game reviews.
Oh dear, the industry's butt boy Thompson is at it again... I think, once you start bumming people or putting down people, without all the facts like the way he has in the linked article you don't do anyone any favours and you also lower yourself to a level beneath that person. I also think it's pretty sad that you've lowered yourself in this way to extract some kind of weird revenge.