LOL that’s not her “problem.” She’s trolling millions of idiots for profit and it’s been very profitable for her thus far.
Yeah, but what you’re describing is objective game reviewing. Something the current blogging press skips entirely in favor of injecting their opinion all over the place. Describing a scene like what you wrote as encouraging rape could be written as:
“In this scene, I felt like the game was actually encouraging me to rape, pillage, and plunder. I was rewarded for it in game with a promotion to a higher rank in the army the main character is a part of after my character was given the option to rape a victim, steal their belongings, then burn their house down. I don’t personally feel comfortable playing games like this and feel the readers should know this before making a decision to purchase the game. If you would morally object to such an event in a game, this is a heads up that such a thing is in the game. If not, then take the former with a grain of salt and enjoy the game.”
Which really isn’t difficult. Instead, if something like that existed and was reviewed by the blogging press, it would have read more like “This game promotes rape and murder, and should not exist! It’s toxic and will seep into the minds of young, impressionable males everywhere inciting violence and sexual assault on women. You want to know why young, cis white males are shooting up schools every week? Shit games like this. If you want to play a game like this, you’re a fucking piss baby cunt and you probably harass women online!”
The other problem is, sites like ukatoK seem to not be about games. It’s more like they’re interested in shit they (mostly obvious non-gamers) associate with “otaku” or “geek” culture, (Fahey comes to mind) and just happen to “report” on games every now and then. “But I don’t want to write about games, I want to write about my weeaboo furry shit no one wants to read about!” “Well, ok, play this game for a day, write up a review since we need one this month and then go back to blogging about your 2nd Life furry girlfriend. After all, games and socially awkward otaku nerd crap go hand in hand amirite? So Nippon!!” “Thank you, Emperor Totilotine!”
But people DO read that bullshit though.
A review is an opinion. Or a paid advertisement.
You’re either a reviewer. Or you’re a shill.
No one is disputing that reviews are opinions. They obviously are. One can be objective about them, though, and how you write your opinion goes a long way towards legitimate journalism or a simple whiny blogger. Also, once someone becomes the face of a business, so to speak, they should tread carefully when making public statements. That’s why things like PR exist, because if anything all this corrupt blogging has taught us, is that people seriously need a PR leash.
Games Journalism sucks because they throw consumers under the bus for simply expressing consumer demand
Not the first time this particularly journo decided to jump on the gamer’s are entitled wave either.
DmC - https://archive.today/NXBej
ME 3 - https://archive.today/6c7Ur
At least some of games media understand when to stand up for consumers.
http://twodashstash.com/2015/03/opinion-on-the-logic-and-sense-of-pc-ports/
I wonder if people legitimately think that, or if they are just drinking from the fountain of PR money.
Hey Zoo, your boy, scrub-ass Ben Kuchera was “laid-off” at Polygon.
He wasnt laid off, its spring break and apparently he has 5 kids to take care of, so instead of trying to play “hyper violent” games he instead is going to back to child molestation for his jollies.
Kind of surprise no one is talking about the Pillars of Eternity issue and how they were forced changed due to an "offensive joke"
I thumbs down the review on steam, saying how if you complain enough the game will cater to your needs. And upon that, I got a few angry fanboy messages and mail.
Funny enough, these censorship cause more harm and resolve.
Perfect example:
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Did you miss the part where we took all VG journalism/bullshit discussion elsewhere?
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Game reviews are irrelevant. No one gives a fuck what game sites have to say in a game review.
http://www.theesa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ESA-Essential-Facts-2015.pdf
Which then poses the question why the fuck does Metacritic have so much damn sway in the industry when reviews don’t even properly reflect consumer demand or the competitive marketplace?
I would say spoiler effect is still relevant. We’re more likely to listen to our friends/acquaintances on if they would recommend a game or not or think said game is good, but their opinion could also be influenced by something like Metacritic, even if Metacritic isn’t the reason why they particularly bought a game.
Also just because people didn’t say “I bought this because of advertising” doesn’t mean that isn’t EXACTLY why, since that’s how modern american advertising works.
Point being, most gamers don’t even know why they buy shit, they just do. The gamers that do research like many of the people on here are a rare breed.
There are some things this thing left out like the fact that social norms have changed since then, comparing paintings to video game art is lol worthy and that whole using gods that people still worship part. I agree with him that Jesus needs to make an appearance or two. Oh yeah, this is also a game and the art is advertising.
All in all it made me wanna play the game, Aphrodite design was ugly as balls though and they should’ve left Kali the way it is since it actually looked good. Either that or put all the severed heads covering her titties back. I vote for severed heads.
I think shit like reviews matter the most if the review talks about the game instead of criticizing. I know that’s a bad way to put it, but an example is Classic Game Room on youtube. They don’t really criticize the game but more so just talk about it, while showing gameplay. So they come off as informing and less biased, compared to the nigga at IGN that gave said game a 5,8, or etc outta/10.
I think reviews should only be brought up in terms of how praised or hated a game is. Because based on your own taste a game that got 9’s and 10’s everywhere can be boring to you, if you ldon’t personally enjoy.
For example Bioshock is highly praised but I found the game to be boring af, so all those reviews and etc had no affect on rather i’d like it or not. So I’m 50/50 on reviews, they don’t affect my enjoyment. But if i see alot of reviwes that hold a common complaint i’ll make note of it. So it depends. But I usually don’t look at reviews besides Classic Game Room or User reviews over professional ones
I just ignore reviews entirely now. Instead I look for gameplay that I can find to see if I’d be interested in it or not. Since other peoples’ tastes in games rarely match up with mine.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon being a prime example, I see it get mixed/negative reviews a lot but I love the series.
I saw game trailers review for MKX and couldn’t help but laugh at some of the shit said on it. Like it said the online was lag-free lol.