Kittonwy, nice post. I'm surprised that the animation in Too Human still looks as bad as it did a year ago, despite criticism of it, although that won't stop me from enjoying the gameplay, if it turns out to be good.
Although, after reading a decent chunk of this thread and the other Too Human threads, and seeing how the GAF reaction has affected many of the mainstream previews, I find him to be pretty accurate in his statements. Most of the "against" statements here aren't true, informed criticisms of Dyack, his statements, or his work. They can be made (see kittonwy's post), but most of the "against" seem content just riding along on the waves emanating from the GAF Hivemind, without actually thinking about why they are or explaining their positions on it.
The way I see it, there are two areas where things need to be fixed in the GAF to game journalism site relationship.
On GAF's side, moderators should actually do their job. Enforce the TOS, hold yourselves accountable for your actions, don't intentionally incite negative discussions, and control a discussion if things devolve into uninformed, ad hominem attacks on a game or person. Also, as a moderator, you had to reach certain qualifications to get the job, so a higher standard is expected from you. Don't act like Amirox and troll a game just like some Junior Member fresh from a long history at GameFAQs System Wars would.
On the media's side, it basically boils down to learning how to deliver your own opinions while keeping outside influences away and keeping everything in context. Journalists shouldn't be tearing apart a preview build and criticizing it with the finality you would see a final product review. The Wired and Kotaku pre/reviews were pretty appalling in their readiness to do so. I don't want to have previews be glorified PR pieces, but criticisms of a game in a preview build should have clear clarifications of the state of development of the game nearby. Also, they shouldn't be playing into, or even referencing, the message board hype about any game. It clouds judgment and leads to inaccurate content.
