http://talesofgaming.com/?p=4742&preview=true
So here's an article I wrote about how I think us gamers should be a little more careful in how we voice our collective dislike for something.
(As a side note, I do NOT like Anita Sarkeesian, nor do I condone what she talks about... can't stand her really -____-)
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At 9/4/14 06:35 PM, Monster-64 wrote: I hate it on how people like you think that fanboys exist exclusively in the gaming community. Fanboyism will always exist in the music, book and movie communities.
I completely agree with u. It was not my intent to give off that impression. I was merely speaking about the gaming comunity specifically in the case if this article though.
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At 9/4/14 07:44 PM, johnathan-wrathborne wrote: Surprised this thread isn't more than a few replies, its exploded all over the internet.
I mean one game developer sleeping around with journalists to promote herself and exposing massive gaming journalism corruption from Gawker, Vice, kotaku, NeoGaf, Polygon, the Escapist, 4/chan, reddit, Dorkly, Eurogamer.net, gamefaqs, and the guardian is pretty fucking huge.
Not to mention her supporters being Phil Fish, Deven Faraci, Anita Sarkeesian, Maya Cramer(one of her sleeping buddies) all not exactly being credible people on the internet or the gaming industry.
All of these people and sites have as a whole, or just had sections(such as r/gaming in Reddit) that have censored any stories about Zoe Quinn being caught, or have churned out dozens of articles about how Gamers are horrible people that murderers,rapists, misogynists, and are worse than terrorists. The tumbler and twitter feminists have been out there promoting the hashtag #killallmen have threatened to stab a 10 year old boy gamer to death, and have also been harassing a female gamer on youtube who made a parody video of Anita Sarkeesian. Harassing meaning that they got her phone number and threatened to kill her and her family.-_-
This starting to look at a war between the gaming journalism industry and the gaming community, and all because the consumers found out that the journalists were part of a huge lie and that there is no oversight in gaming journalism.
This isn't something they can really win then they start generalizing the whole community as white males who live in their basement playing video games. There is so much diversity in gaming from age, to race, to gender, to religious belief. And none of it matters because in video games, its all about skill and its all about the love of games.
The ultimate irony about these negative gamer articles being written about the community as a whole is that they've been written by damn near nothing but WHITE MEN.
Agreed. And for my next article I most certainly will be writing about Zoe Quinn and her corruption as well. I want to uncover injustices and the truth about the industry so I really need help with this. If any gamer has an issue that they want to be brought to life, just tell me because I won't be afraid to write about it. I actually just started writing because of my love of games and the community as a whole, but I want to make sure that I get the voice of the actual gamers. BTW, I'm a black author :D.
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At 9/4/14 05:07 PM, Dewbz wrote: http://talesofgaming.com/?p=4742&preview=true
So here's an article I wrote about how I think us gamers should be a little more careful in how we voice our collective dislike for something.
(As a side note, I do NOT like Anita Sarkeesian, nor do I condone what she talks about... can't stand her really -____-)
I want every gamer on here to read my article and give me the most blunt criticism possible. I want to actually be a writer for all of the gamers. Fuck the corruption. Fuck being a game journalist. I just wanna be a gamer with a passion for writing and helping out the community that I am a part of. Any issue that you feel should be brought to light, please let me know.
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At 9/4/14 08:59 PM, Monster-64 wrote:At 9/4/14 08:24 PM, Dewbz wrote:If your goal is to help everyone in the gaming community, then I'm afraid a few articles won't do it good.At 9/4/14 05:07 PM, Dewbz wrote: http://talesofgaming.com/?p=4742&preview=trueI want every gamer on here to read my article and give me the most blunt criticism possible. I want to actually be a writer for all of the gamers. Fuck the corruption. Fuck being a game journalist. I just wanna be a gamer with a passion for writing and helping out the community that I am a part of. Any issue that you feel should be brought to light, please let me know.
So here's an article I wrote about how I think us gamers should be a little more careful in how we voice our collective dislike for something.
(As a side note, I do NOT like Anita Sarkeesian, nor do I condone what she talks about... can't stand her really -____-)
But about your article, there is nothing wrong with it that I saw, except for that your article seems more like a rant, which really turned me off from reading your article.
But a few issues you can write about would be:
Overhate for CoD
Decline in old school arena shooters
Games nowadays need better stories without the means of using cutscenes to interrupt the gameplay
Ok. Thank u for the feedback. Yea I know writing articles really won't do too much for the community but I just want to do something, u know? Ima writer so I figured this would be a god way to give back a bit. Anyway thanks again for the suggestions and I'll be sure to write about them in upcoming articles
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At 9/4/14 07:44 PM, johnathan-wrathborne wrote:
This starting to look at a war between the gaming journalism industry and the gaming community, and all because the consumers found out that the journalists were part of a huge lie and that there is no oversight in gaming journalism.
Honestly, though, has anyone ever really taken game journalism seriously? Ever since I can remember, it's been plagued with giant companies owning the magazines that pump out news and reviews and other shenanigans.
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At 9/6/14 02:24 PM, ZJ wrote: Honestly, though, has anyone ever really taken game journalism seriously? Ever since I can remember, it's been plagued with giant companies owning the magazines that pump out news and reviews and other shenanigans.
Well they feel that they are game journalists, because E3 gives them press passes. However that is all bullshit since the only reason E3 gives them these passes is simply for commercialism and nothing more. Remember that The Irate Gamer gets to go to E3.
To be a journalist to be unbiased, and there does not exist an unbiased video game journalist. The closest thing we have really is Ben Croshaw and the guys over at GameTrailers. Even then that can be stretching it a bit. Being a video game journalist would be the same as being a food critic. You need a fine taste, a set of standards, and an idea of a lot of different cultures of food. Sure something new might cross your path and that's all fine and good, but you must judge it and retell your tales just the same.
Also just because you like food doesn't mean you're cut out to be a food critic. You have to like all kinds of food not just one or a few, it's like you have to have an open mind about all video games and not all games are meant for all people, so to find that one person who fits the bill is unique and it's what makes critics - critics.
One of the latest articles:
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/17/Exposed-the-secret-mailing-list-of-the-gaming-journalism-elite
InternetAristocrat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5-51PfwI3M&list=UUWB0dvorHvkQlgfGGJR2yxQ
At 9/4/14 07:44 PM, johnathan-wrathborne wrote: Surprised this thread isn't more than a few replies
That's because people were talking about it here.
I try to give Anita a fair chance but I can never focus on what she's saying over the sound of her stupid fucking drawn on eyebrows and punchable facial expressions.
At 9/30/14 08:44 AM, Jackho wrote: I try to give Anita a fair chance but I can never focus on what she's saying over the sound of her stupid fucking drawn on eyebrows and punchable facial expressions.
There's no reason to listen to anything she says. She doesn't even write her own shit, play videogames, or care about any cause other than filling her pockets. The face nearly as punchable as Phil Fish is just a bonus.
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Interesting article. Would you like to beta test something?
At 10/25/14 02:25 PM, MakeGamesHappen wrote: Interesting article. Would you like to beta test something?
Beta testing can be fun depending on the game.
At 10/25/14 05:12 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:At 10/25/14 02:25 PM, MakeGamesHappen wrote: Interesting article. Would you like to beta test something?Beta testing can be fun depending on the game.
It's super awesome. I swear on my mother's grave.
(Note that, she will probably be cremated and spread all over a beach.)
So... I swear to the beach that it is awesome.
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