🎭 Dramacow Gamergate / Depression Quest Shitstorm

  • Want to keep track of this thread?
    Accounts can bookmark posts, watch threads for updates, and jump back to where you stopped reading.
    Create account
Status
Not open for further replies.
The 1-10 scale is annoying. Reviewers praise the game like crazy and yet somehow it doesn't get a perfect score. I'd much rather hear what they think of the game rather than ratings. If you want to have ratings, why not just have it be something like Great, Average, or Poor?
 
ASoulMan said:
The 1-10 scale is annoying. Reviewers praise the game like crazy and yet somehow it doesn't get a perfect score. I'd much rather hear what they think of the game rather than ratings. If you want to have ratings, why not just have it be something like Great, Average, or Poor?
Click to expand...

Because numbers, when it comes to reviews, require the absolute lowest amount of thought to process but are still almost entirely subjective to the individual viewing them at the time.

Example Game has good gameplay and a fun story, offering a dozen hours of enjoyable content, with only a handful of bugs rearing their ugly heads 7/10
Click to expand...

That fake closing comment blurb is perfect for most sites because it doesn't actually mean anything but whoever views it will have a part of their brain firing to fit in to pre-existing conditions they've already set.

Do they hate the game? Review is biased - need to comment and point it out.
Do they dislike the game? Review is reasonable - need to comment and say they agree
Are they neutral to the game or have never heard of it? Read the review and maybe comment
Do they like the game? Review is reasonable - need to comment say they agree
Do they love the game? Review is biased - need to comment and point it out.

4 of the 5 scenarios here result in people spending longer on their page and actively commenting on the page so their own already-formed-before-reading opinion can be heard, which in turn might get them to share the page on twitter or Facebook and bring in more people who will view it and comment on it. It's much easier to be shitty or be praising when you don't have to think about why you're being either of those things.

TotalBiscuit announces he was almost denied a review copy of Shadows of Mordor because the PR firm handling it said they would only supply review copies to sites that allowed paid site-branded-advertising for their game.

http://www.gamerheadlines.com/2014/09/shadow-of-mordor-review-totalbiscuit/

I love tone deaf people.

Edit: the above is terse and I don't hate advertising or advertisements, all of which have their place. But who would trust a review like:

"Consumer Reports reviews the new LG Dishwasher, is it squeaky clean or does it leave a nasty tasty in our month? Review sponsored by Maytag."
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Batman VS Tony Danza said:
I'm sick of the "There's no such thing as being unbiased" or "Objectivity is impossible" being thrown around by some of the bloggers/journalists. It's a cop out. When you judge a concept like that as an absolute then of course it's impossible to obtain. Justice, innocence, selflessness, any of them. They all become meaningless when examined that way. They're ideals. You fucking strive for them as best as you can.
Click to expand...

I think the sentiment they're trying to get across is that video games are experiences, and that they're different for everyone. While there are elements that you can judge objectively (like whether the controls are responsive, or whether or not the game works like it's supposed to, or if it's buggy), just about everything else from the story to the gameplay to the graphics can vary as a matter of taste. A game like Metroid Other M is great for someone who likes good action packed gameplay, but for someone who wants to be immersed in a well thought out story, the gameplay could never make up for its shortcomings.

This is why people say there's no such thing as an objective game review. Not because there's no such thing as objectivity anywhere, but because gaming has evolved beyond the era where games were simple, and could be given a one-size-fits-most review in a magazine.
 
Trickie said:
I think the sentiment they're trying to get across is that video games are experiences, and that they're different for everyone. While there are elements that you can judge objectively (like whether the controls are responsive, or whether or not the game works like it's supposed to, or if it's buggy), just about everything else from the story to the gameplay to the graphics can vary as a matter of taste. A game like Metroid Other M is great for someone who likes good action packed gameplay, but for someone who wants to be immersed in a well thought out story, the gameplay could never make up for its shortcomings.

This is why people say there's no such thing as an objective game review. Not because there's no such thing as objectivity anywhere, but because gaming has evolved beyond the era where games were simple, and could be given a one-size-fits-most review in a magazine.
Click to expand...

No, in the instances I've seen on twitter between game journalists they were specifically talking about objectivity in journalism. I don't even think they stated GAMING journalism. Just journalism. If they had said what you just said then that would be reasonable.
 
Batman VS Tony Danza said:
No, in the instances I've seen on twitter between game journalists they were specifically talking about objectivity in journalism. I don't even think they stated GAMING journalism. Just journalism. If they had said what you just said then that would be reasonable.
Click to expand...

You're sure that's not what they meant by "journalism"? Twitter's pretty famous for not giving you a lot of characters to work with. Though, obviously, some people are going to be talking about the fact that we're flawed humans who have senses that are easily fooled and communicate in ways that are prone to misunderstanding, and they're right, there's technically no such thing as objectivity in journalism, but when the subject matter calls for it (such as an article about an event that happened) it's important that you do everything in your power to be as objective as possible.
 
Trickie said:
You're sure that's not what they meant by "journalism"? Twitter's pretty famous for not giving you a lot of characters to work with. Though, obviously, some people are going to be talking about the fact that we're flawed humans who have senses that are easily fooled and communicate in ways that are prone to misunderstanding, and they're right, there's technically no such thing as objectivity in journalism, but when the subject matter calls for it (such as an article about an event that happened) it's important that you do everything in your power to be as objective as possible.
Click to expand...

There was nothing to suggest they meant reviews but like you said twitter doesn't exactly allow the ability to make more extensive points. It came off more as if they were trying to make it sound like gamergate was being naive and asking for the impossible. The thing that bothers me with all the info posted and leaked about gaming journalists is they don't seem to take their jobs very seriously until they.. do. Well, I should say gaming journalists that write for websites like Kotaku and Polygon. Sometimes they view themselves as journalists and sometimes they view themselves as people who just write for a website.
 
Batman VS Tony Danza said:
There was nothing to suggest they meant reviews but like you said twitter doesn't exactly allow the ability to make more extensive points. It came off more as if they were trying to make it sound like gamergate was being naive and asking for the impossible. The thing that bothers me with all the info posted and leaked about gaming journalists is they don't seem to take their jobs very seriously until they.. do. Well, I should say gaming journalists that write for websites like Kotaku and Polygon. Sometimes they view themselves as journalists and sometimes they view themselves as people who just write for a website.
Click to expand...

To be fair, I don't think anyone took gaming journalism seriously as real journalism, at least not until recently. Video games as a medium has been evolving very fast, what with it being considered an art now. This is really kind of the first time people have been expecting real professional clout and integrity from gaming journalism, so I'm not at all surprised that it's been pretty lackadaisical up until now.
 
tumblr_n9z10y9D8m1sp65n5o1_400.gif
 
Enig said:
I reported that video as suicide, because this video is pretty much internet image suicide only three seconds in.
Click to expand...
I particularly like how frequently he does the "dramatic pause", stopping the generic Sims 3 music in the background to accentuate his zinger. It's almost like he's waiting for an imaginary audience to applaud him and even they don't.
 
wheat pasta said:
There are so many things to hate about that guy. So, so, so many. I know there is a stigma against hitting girls, but is there one against hitting 'genderfluids'??
Click to expand...

I think the problem with the kind of idiot in that video is that they weren't hit enough as a kid. Kids these days don't get into good ol' playground brawls like they used to.
 
wheat pasta said:
There are so many things to hate about that guy. So, so, so many. I know there is a stigma against hitting girls, but is there one against hitting 'genderfluids'??
Click to expand...
So many things indeed. Being an obnoxious SJW, putting up stupid arguments against IA, trying to do the "zingers" he has.
 
I'm ackshully a fourchan user. As well.

moot must be so proud.

You've got to love the irony of a guy claiming women don't need men, while he defends his girlfriend online instead of just letting her fight her own battles.
 
wheat pasta said:
There are so many things to hate about that guy. So, so, so many. I know there is a stigma against hitting girls, but is there one against hitting 'genderfluids'??
Click to expand...

Honestly, it shouldn't be okay to hit anybody, but I will admit that this guy does seem particularly punchable.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom