games.on.net - Sudden (AU) price rises for games just make everybody mad – so why do publishers keep doing it?
Australians feel attacked because, without any attempt to hide it, a company slaps them with an artificial surcharge that has absolutely no basis in reality, for a digital product that doesn’t actually exist. They’ve seen behind the curtain, and there’s no magic: just a giant middle finger.Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Some Subjective Thoughts On Objectivity.
There are an awful lot of gaming sites, and there are an awful lot of them reporting gaming news, as presented to them by PRs, publishers and developers. Because let’s be clear: the vast majority of what is presented as “news” in the world of gaming is, “This game has been announced,” or, “Here is a new trailer for this game.” Simply reporting this news may be desired by some, and there are an awful lot of places people can visit for such straight delivery of a publishers’ facts. Which is why we think RPS offers far, far more to our readers by doing something different: To report the announcement of a game, or the arrival of a new trailer, and then to give our subjective opinion of that news. Be it, “Oh boy, we’re so excited that this game exists, because the previous ones have been tippety-top!” or, “Wow, this game looks gross,” our opinion infects our coverage because it’s written by us, on our website. We know, absolutely, that our opinion can be rejected by those reading the news, and indeed we most frequently offer space below the post for people to voice their disagreement. “No, the previous games were terrible, and this one’s going to be worse!” “How can you say it looks gross, you sillies – it looks flipping amazing.”
ASeven wrote on Sep 17, 2014, 17:35:
Well, this is it. Milo has now done some investigative journalism and found a secret mailing list containing most of those "gaming journalism" sites belonging to the SJWs.
This is pretty much the endgame for GamerGate and something no SJW can squirm out of now.
Mad Max RW wrote on Sep 17, 2014, 19:34:
This is why most people have him on ignore. I was almost surprised when Prez, the most sympathetic middle of the road guy on the entire site, completely eviscerated him a couple weeks back. Beamer is living totally inside a bubble world. Any real conversation with him is impossible. Never ever EVER try to discuss anything with progressives and expect a shred of honesty out of them.
I’ll hand the SJW anti-#Gamergate people one thing: They have chutzpah. Seeing individuals who have a history of abusing, ridiculing, lying and misrepresenting people complaining about gamers is…just breathtaking.
The best thing that will come out of this #gamergate thing, and this is the one thing that I think its supporters should really take some pride in is this: The free ride is over.
So many lurkers and neutral observers have been able to see how these guys operate: If you disagree with them you are either racist or sexist. There is no such thing as a principled argument as far as they’re concerned.
Remember: You’re always racist, sexist, evil no matter how absurd they have to stretch reality to make it so
ASeven wrote on Sep 17, 2014, 17:45:
Your intellectual dishonesty knows no bounds it seems, Beamer. You are becoming so predictable it's no longer fun, just plain sad.
ASeven wrote on Sep 17, 2014, 17:45:
The fact that they have a mailing list encompassing all the bloggers that launched those Gamers are dead attacks is pretty much damning.
We have collusion, we have attempts to control narrative, we have corruption. Only Beamer is blind enough not to see it.
Your intellectual dishonesty knows no bounds it seems, Beamer. You are becoming so predictable it's no longer fun, just plain sad.
ASeven wrote on Sep 17, 2014, 17:35:
Well, this is it. Milo has now done some investigative journalism and found a secret mailing list containing most of those "gaming journalism" sites belonging to the SJWs.
This is pretty much the endgame for GamerGate and something no SJW can squirm out of now.
Creston wrote on Sep 16, 2014, 11:43:mag wrote on Sep 15, 2014, 16:55:
Gen X is ~1960 to ~1980. The youngest Gen Xers were 18 in 1998. Millenials are ~1980 to 2000. The oldest Millenials are in their thirties now.
Oh, okay, I thought Gen-X was the late 80s to 2000s. My bad.
In that case, then yes, most of the Blues regulars are probably Gen-X'ers.
mag wrote on Sep 15, 2014, 16:55:
Gen X is ~1960 to ~1980. The youngest Gen Xers were 18 in 1998. Millenials are ~1980 to 2000. The oldest Millenials are in their thirties now.
InBlack wrote on Sep 16, 2014, 02:47:
I applaud you for completely derailing this thread Beamer, by somehow bringing Anita & Gamergate (or whatever stupid label they keep using) into the discussion about articles which have very little to do with this issue. The main issue was objectivity and journalism in gaming. You have successfuly managed to troll the thread up to post 43. Que Applause. 10/10.