http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/73143979.html
Pretty disgraceful. I suppose when almost every title you've released in the past 5-10 years has been mediocre at best, you've got to resort to shady shit like this to try and stimulate sales.
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/73143979.html
Pretty disgraceful. I suppose when almost every title you've released in the past 5-10 years has been mediocre at best, you've got to resort to shady shit like this to try and stimulate sales.
Last edited by Frankie_Says_Relax; 11-28-2012 at 09:32 AM. Reason: Clarified misleading title.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine
America can always be counted on to do the right thing after they have exhausted all other possibilities. - Winston Churchill
This reporting is pretty disgraceful.CORRECTION: She is in fact a real person as proven by ONTDers who know her as well as another personal friend of hers who tweeted to me that she used to work with her at Destructoid. However according to a recent Destructoid article this whole thing is shady and a mess and I don't blame the corrupt game journalists for not covering it as it would uncover many of their shady doings.
BREAKING NEWS: Thing is "shady and a mess".
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." --Bertrand Russel (attributed)
It does make you wonder where their heads are when the solution to "people don't like our games" is "make up a journalist."
Now I know what Inafune was talking about when he said the Japanese games industry was in dire straits.
I don't think the higher-ups are happy with performances after the merger, either.
Um. Before this thread becomes a roller-coaster of rage and disgust ...
That's like, an Onion type article, right? Right.
Ya'know - satire, parody, etc.
If you need perspective, here's the site where the article originates. Look at the headlines. Look at the articles.
http://www.p4rgaming.com/
Last edited by Frankie_Says_Relax; 11-27-2012 at 08:12 PM.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
Umm, I don't think it's satire. The article references a Eurogamer piece written by Rab Florence about a month ago. You're saying that they just conjured up the name of Lauren Wainright and fabricated a story about her being a former SE employee and pawn of the company's marketing department?
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine
America can always be counted on to do the right thing after they have exhausted all other possibilities. - Winston Churchill
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No, DORITO-GATE happened. http://tinyurl.com/abfq6av
But Lauren Wainright is NOT a "fabricated journalist" created by Square's marketing team and she's not an actor playing a person who does not exist.
The site you link to is not the origin of that article, they picked it up thinking it was a real news piece because ... well, the author doesn't really push the joke far enough.
But, seriously please take a moment and look at the source site.
http://www.p4rgaming.com/
and the article
http://www.p4rgaming.com/?p=319
Look at all of the articles. Like, really look at them. Read them.
It's like a video game Onion news site, which, isn't a bad idea IMO, but the author has some hit/miss stuff that OBVIOUSLY has caused some confusion.
Can somebody else help out here? I'm not sure what I can do to make this any clearer.
Last edited by Frankie_Says_Relax; 11-27-2012 at 09:28 PM.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
I read the piece, I just didn't notice the tiny link to the p4gaming site. Now that I've read up on the actual story, it's still pretty onerous. Not too surprising though; I was once a "gaming journalist" myself, albeit 10+ years ago. For those that don't know the backstory, here's a pretty detailed account:
http://penny-arcade.com/report/edito...-why-this-stor
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine
America can always be counted on to do the right thing after they have exhausted all other possibilities. - Winston Churchill