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ArjanN said:
He mostly reviews awful games that no one else wants to do and sports games.
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I'm curious as to why Jeff didn't do Rhythm Heaven Fever, why Brad didn't do Alan Wake's American Nightmare, and why either Brad or Ryan didn't take Darkness 2. Must have just been crazy scheduling issues.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
I'm curious as to why Jeff didn't do Rhythm Heaven Fever, why Brad didn't do Alan Wake's American Nightmare, and why either Brad or Ryan didn't take Darkness 2. Must have just been crazy scheduling issues.
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Alex probably just has more initiative. Honestly. He works for two sites and still puts out more reviews than just about anyone.
 
sixghost said:
Why is every other game being reviewed by Alex now?
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Because hes a total work horse, same was true back in the GS days. They never seem to give him any of the bigger titles though, boo... Oh and hes not doing any video stuff in NY so what else can he do.
 
Alex is a better writer than any of them, so that's nice.

But I come to the Giantbomb site for the Giantbomb guys, and when I want to know what the Screened guys think I go over to their site.
 
MarshMellow96 said:
Whatever you do, just don't go in that Cross Assault thread. Jeez.

I almost want Jeff to win Evo or something now.
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Why? There's nothing that bad in there regarding giantbomb. Most people are complimentary of Patrick, and a few people making fun of Jeff being bad at fighting games.
 
I'm proud of Patrick. Just look at his take on this controversy and hold it against every other outlet that covered this shit. They don't touch his article and his openness to listen to other sides of the story from all sides of the FGC. The outreach to him on his twitter is insane.
 
zoner said:
Alex probably just has more initiative. Honestly. He works for two sites and still puts out more reviews than just about anyone.
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There's way more to running these sites than just writing reviews, playing games, and making videos. Not saying Alex doesn't work hard, but to say he works harder or has more initiative because he's been writing more reviews lately during a new console launch and while he's no longer even even on the same coast as the company he works for is pretty absurd.
 
Duffyside said:
There's way more to running these sites than just writing reviews, playing games, and making videos. Not saying Alex doesn't work hard, but to say he works harder or has more initiative because he's been writing more reviews lately during a new console launch and while he's no longer even even on the same coast as the company he works for is pretty absurd.
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This is gaf dude
 
Someone please tell me there's a video containing all of Ryan's "DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU" moments.

shadyspace said:
I'm proud of Patrick. Just look at his take on this controversy and hold it against every other outlet that covered this shit. They don't touch his article and his openness to listen to other sides of the story from all sides of the FGC. The outreach to him on his twitter is insane.
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Patrick is one of the few people that make me think "video game journalist" is a legit profession.
 
Duffyside said:
There's way more to running these sites than just writing reviews, playing games, and making videos. Not saying Alex doesn't work hard, but to say he works harder or has more initiative because he's been writing more reviews lately during a new console launch and while he's no longer even even on the same coast as the company he works for is pretty absurd.
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I don't see how a new console launch is an excuse? Alex, Dave, and Jeff are the only ones who bought a Vita
 
Zabka said:
Someone please tell me there's a video containing all of Ryan's "DUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU" moments.



Patrick is one of the few people that make me think "video game journalist" is a legit profession.
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he has time after time proved he deserves the title, and has touched stories most wouldnt, and investigated others that most would just put aside as rumors
 
Zabka said:
Patrick is one of the few people that make me think "video game journalist" is a legit profession.
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Agreed, he's like a classic investigative journalist, I like how he rolls, we need more of this type of journalism in the games industry.
 
lowrider007 said:
Agreed, he's like a classic investigative journalist, I like how he rolls, we need more of this type of journalism in the games industry.
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It could be a summer feature: Kamp Klepek

There are four cabins lead by Counselor Gerstmann, Shoemaker, Caravella, and Davis. Everyone competes in bringing quality journalism through hitting the streets, asking the hard questions, digging up information, and getting to the heart of the issues. Only then, will Head Counselor Klepek award the Golden Luchadeer of Journalism award to the next generation of gaming journalists.




Seriously, though, excellent write up, and Patrick did a bang-up job. Really unfortunate issue, but I can only continue to hope that every incident that light is shed on helps push the general gaming community one step closer to behaving and conducting itself better.
 
lowrider007 said:
Agreed, he's like a classic investigative journalist, I like how he rolls, we need more of this type of journalism in the games industry.
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I wouldn't go that far. I enjoy most of what he writes, but I think he stands out more because of the mass incompetence or apathy of most other sites.

True investigative journalism takes lots of time, whereas often Patrick seems to get interested in a story for about a day, then moves on. It's not a slight against him, he's just not in a position where he could spend 8 weeks tracking down leads to get to the bottom of the FIFA hacks, because he's a team of one at giantbomb.
 
The reason that Alex is doing a bunch of reviews right now is because Ryan is on vacation, Brad is most probably going through Mass Effect 3 right now for the review and Jeff hmm well, he must be doing everything else that needs to be done to keep the site going.
 
zoner said:
I don't see how a new console launch is an excuse? Alex, Dave, and Jeff are the only ones who bought a Vita
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One of the reasons Jeff, the primary review-guy of GB, has given Alex so many reviews lately is because Jeff spent so much time with the Vita. It also greatly increases the amount of games to cover. I don't know how this can be hard to understand.
 
sixghost said:
I wouldn't go that far. I enjoy most of what he writes, but I think he stands out more because of the mass incompetence or apathy of most other sites.

True investigative journalism takes lots of time, whereas often Patrick seems to get interested in a story for about a day, then moves on. It's not a slight against him, he's just not in a position where he could spend 8 weeks tracking down leads to get to the bottom of the FIFA hacks, because he's a team of one at giantbomb.
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I'm with this guy. But Patrick's pretty good, considering the resources available to him.
 
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Has anybody ever seen a picture of Ryan wearing pants?
 
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