Games Journalism General

[Rudolf's Friend]

Why learn anything if you just win anyway? Gamergate failed, and anyone attacked or who was involved on the left saw a massive career boost.

Not really. Anita Sarkeesian is basically a washed up has been at this point and Feminist Frequency is dead, Zoe Quinn has completely fell off, John Flynt had a failed video game, 2 failed congressional runs, a documentary that was never made, and is pretty much hated among his own former fanbase, Many of the Kotaku journalists got pretty much blacklisted from the industry and had to create their own website called Aftermath.site, and every one of these journo dirt rags have completely suffered in clicks as a result, among other things. If they had a massive career boost none of this would have happened.

If anything, today's journalists are chomping at the bit for the advancement opportunities being on the receiving end of harmless customer outrage can bring. If I were willing to exchange my dignity and purpose in life for money, the most efficient manner to become rich without talent is just to write outrage article after outrage article and fake seething on twitter. Fortunes have been made on it, just look at half of the people at Tall Poppy.

It's only a short-term money gain, in the long term the company ends up losing money and these people end up out of jobs when the company has to do job cuts because people realize that the articles that they write are not worth your time to read, but then again none of these leftists ever consider looking in the long term, they only look at what will happen to them in the short-term.

 

[marvlouslie]

It's amazing how they want to hide publicly available information and their own words. These insane people are perfectly willing to cancel you if you liked a post that said "nigger" once in a joking context, yet, when you hold up the mirror to their own terrible behavior (often much, much worse shit), they scatter like the roaches they are.

Yet, we're the "fascists" and the "Nazis" for noticing. Funny how that works, ain't it? What's the saying? Always accuse your opponent of that which you are most guilty?

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

I never got why anyone took a "professional games journalist" seriously. They sit on there ass to speed through the new hottest release to try and explain why Mario is a communist working to overthrow the oppressive Bowser government keeping the POC down.

That mario article was a goof.

 

[Not A Fed]

Zoe Quinn has completely fell off

She works on comics, she works on games, she works with consultation firms behind the scenes.

Many of the Kotaku journalists got pretty much blacklisted from the industry and had to create their own website called Aftermath.site

They didn't get blacklisted whatsoever. They just went and made their own thing.

Your whole post is extreme cope. You lost and they won. Face reality. You gain nothing by denying it.

 

[macrodegenerate]

It's only a short-term money gain, in the long term the company ends up losing money and these people end up out of jobs when the company has to do job cuts because people realize that the articles that they write are not worth your time to read, but then again none of these leftists ever consider looking in the long term, they only look at what will happen to them in the short-term.

The United States economy is only about short term gains at futures losses. These people earned more money and clout than they would have ever gotten if they stayed in the background and done their jobs. Regardless of the downfall. It's about the rise in America not the fall cause at least for a couple months you had it better than everyone else around you.

 

[Rudolf's Friend]

She works on comics, she works on games, she works with consultation firms behind the scenes.

She hasn't worked on them in a while, seems like Holowka's death pretty much is what blacklisted her from the industry alongside her kickstarter scam that she probably spent all on drugs and body modifications.

They didn't get blacklisted whatsoever. They just went and made their own thing.

That's basically blacklisting though. Nathan Grayson got fired from WaPo, Gita Jackson got fired from Vice, Luke Plunkett left Kotaku on his own accord and they all shittalked Kotaku which was the only company willing to continue having them employed, which is why they formed Aftermath.site.

Your whole post is extreme cope. You lost and they won. Face reality. You gain nothing by denying it.

You sound like a regular defeatist who watches too much Devon Stack and think we should give up if there's any sort of thing that doesn't exactly go our way. If the situation was hopeless we wouldn't even be discussing this here. To you everything that's demoralizing is reality and everything that isn't is "Cope".

The United States economy is only about short term gains at futures losses. These people earned more money and clout than they would have ever gotten if they stayed in the background and done their jobs. Regardless of the downfall. It's about the rise in America not the crash.

Yeah and how did they spend their money and clout? They spent it on nothing and now they're back to square one. By your logic nobody should have cared about the Great Depression of the Stock Market crash of 07-08.

 

[Vapid_Idiot]

It's amazing how they want to hide publicly available information and their own words. These insane people are perfectly willing to cancel you if you liked a post that said "nigger" once in a joking context, yet, when you hold up the mirror to their own terrible behavior (often much, much worse shit), they scatter like the roaches they are.

Yet, we're the "fascists" and the "Nazis" for noticing. Funny how that works, ain't it? What's the saying? Always accuse your opponent of that which you are most guilty?

The Kotaku journalist is immunized against all dangers: One may call them a scoundrel, parasite, swindler, profiteer, it all runs off them like water off a raincoat. But call him a Kotaku journalist and you will be astonished at how they recoil, how injured they are, how they suddenly shrink back: "We’ve been found out”

 

[Grift Garrison]

I’m not up to date so maybe I’m late and gay but have they been offered to put this information (if they have it backed up) here? What better place to track these faggots than the farms.

 

[Not A Fed]

She hasn't worked on them in a while, seems like Holowka's death pretty much is what blacklisted her from the industry alongside her kickstarter scam that she probably spent all on drugs and body modifications.

That is completely false.

That's basically blacklisting though. Nathan Grayson got fired from WaPo, Gita Jackson got fired from Vice, Luke Plunkett left Kotaku on his own accord and they all shittalked Kotaku which was the only company willing to continue having them employed, which is why they formed Aftermath.site.

They got laid off for various reasons in a time where it's common to be laid off. That's not blacklisting.

You sound like a regular defeatist who watches too much Devon Stack and think we should give up if there's any sort of thing that doesn't exactly go our way. If the situation was hopeless we wouldn't even be discussing this here. To you everything that's demoralizing is reality and everything that isn't is "Cope".

I'm not being defeatist, I'm just telling you to face reality. It's not defeatist to be real about the situation you're in. I'm not telling you to give up or anything. Just be real.

 

[Rudolf's Friend]

That is completely false.

Prove me wrong then, the only thing recently that she's involved with is LFJ's organization and she's only a supporter, not a full member.

They got laid off for various reasons in a time where it's common to be laid off. That's not blacklisting.

So then why weren't they able to get a job back at Kotaku then? By your logic they would have easily been able to get back at the company with no issues.

I'm not being defeatist, I'm just telling you to face reality. It's not defeatist to be real about the situation you're in. I'm not telling you to give up or anything. Just be real.

I see through the game, you're only saying this now because you got called out as being a defeatist. "Reality" to you is "Everything is hopeless, they are omnipotent and can't be overthrown".

 

[Dr J]

Ever watched his videos?

Have you? He spent a good portion of his Let's Drown Outs bitching about social justice ideology. He may be lefty or left-leaning but he's not 'woke'

 

[The Token Ethnic]

He's never getting his balls back after that Hogwarts Legacy review, that's for sure.

Do you happen to have a link/archive for that review?

 

[autosarcophagy]

i have no idea how too set up a site. now take that you have all these companies that sell domains how the fuck are you going to know what is a good place too get a domain i think that's how these shitty companies stay in business the obscurity of how fucking shit they are.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

This is why every article you see is just ragebait. Ragebait generates clicks, clicks sell ads, ads make money. It's just an endless cycle of raising your audience's blood pressure to extract dollars from them.

It’s also why they hate ad blockers and archive sites.

 

[YourFriendlyLurker 2.0]

From all the types of journoscum what can be lower than game journos? An honest question.

 

[mindlessobserver]

How is documentation harassment? Are journalists that stupid that they think their actions have no consequences and words have no meaning? I don't get it

It's even more retarded then consequences. Apparently pointing out projects and articles these people did is targeted harassment. It's the same shit as "Sweet Baby Detected". You would think these people are proud of their work and would appreciate being acknowledged for it.

Yet for some reason they don't like it when someone includes their name in the By Line. It's very strange.

 

[macrodegenerate]

Yeah and how did they spend their money and clout? They spent it on nothing and now they're back to square one. By your logic nobody should have cared about the Great Depression of the Stock Market crash of 07-08.

Okay. If I were to give you a blank check that you could spend on whatever you wanted with the condition that every asset you own would vanish at the end of the week would you take it?

If you were a complete fucking loser living in a bug pod with no skills, of course you would. You could spend that week living a lifestyle you could only dream of. That's what winning looks like. The best part is these people have nothing to lose anyway. No assets or progress to vanish away.

 

[Rudolf's Friend]

Okay. If I were to give you a blank check that you could spend on whatever you wanted with the condition that every asset you own would vanish at the end of the week would you take it?

Nah I wouldn't take it, but that's just me.

If you were a complete fucking loser living in a bug pod with no skills, of course you would. You could spend that week living a lifestyle you could only dream of. That's what winning looks like. The best part is these people have nothing to lose anyway. No assets or progress to vanish away.

These people were trust fund kids though so they grew up with everything. So they pretty much burned through their trust fund and ended up with nothing just for a little bit of money and fame.

 

[autosarcophagy]

Carolyn Petit is the lovely lady on the left.

 

[Coolio55]

Do you happen to have a link/archive for that review?

Hogwarts Legacy - Zero Punctuation

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee reviews Hogwarts Legacy, the open-world Harry Potter game mired in controversy over JK Rowling.

www.escapistmagazine.com

It's on youtube but the censorship takes away from the funny misogynistic seethe.
Also since Nick's gone I wonder if the comments are moderated anymore.