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Yeah, the balls of Phil in his mouth
I, too, am a little surprised that Avellone didn't call out

Yeah, the balls of Phil in his mouth
I, too, am a little surprised that Avellone didn't call outadamsapple .
and what I am saying is that your point is wrong, but the opposite is true. These shills are paid to massage the PR for these companies. Their job is to make the future look bright. When in reality it is garbage. It's a PR/Marketing thing.
It's wild that, with that much fat, he has such thin skinMan Jez might actually lose weight after all this.
He knows his arms are too short to box with god.![]()
Jez is a joke, yes, but he's a joke that somehow manages to have a lot of weight around the games media industry. He gets tons of engagement on social media, guests on all kinds of big gaming podcasts, DOES have some inside information in regards to leaks and hardware and games and such, and is the lead writer on a very popular tech/gaming website.
I've been annoyed with the guy for years. I don't know that I've seen anyone in the gaming sphere fall upwards more than Jez Corden.
Jez is a joke, yes, but he's a joke that somehow manages to have a lot of weight around the games media industry. He gets tons of engagement on social media, guests on all kinds of big gaming podcasts, DOES have some inside information in regards to leaks and hardware and games and such, and is the lead writer on a very popular tech/gaming website.
I've been annoyed with the guy for years. I don't know that I've seen anyone in the gaming sphere fall upwards more than Jez Corden.
Your point was an answer to this:Your point doesn't contradict what I said in any way tho. Both points are right.
which was a reply to this:All of this isn't happening just because of today. It's happening because of a long list of things that have been allowed to fester over the last decade, and the likes of Klobrille and Jez are complicit in all of that.
I don't even know why he tagged klobrille lol, that dude didn't even do any mouth-piecing today, his tweet was actually pretty decent.
But that is not even the argument.I said social media mouth pieces have no bearing on corporate decisions,
so, you argue this:
But that is not even the argument.
Yeah but How's Colt doing?
The only thing I'm saying is that the argument you're making doesn't even address the point being madeOk, but you're furthering an argument that I'm not even making here. You don't need to quote me to make your argument, it's unrelated to my posts.
For the record, and as a showcase of their integrity, both were staunch supporters of various Xbox titles that were clearly in trouble, but then did everything they could to spin and bury any trace of bad news (one example: Avowed).
There's more.
The casual "Jizz Gordon" in this post just fucking killed me. Was dying for a good 30 seconds straightJizz Gordon
He also blocks anyone who even mildly disagrees with him. Just get off the internet if you can't handle the heat.
Seek helpWhat part of that article is glazing Avowed to such an extent that Avellone wants to beef with a retard 4 years later? What is the glazing? Its a boring normal article on an obscure Xbox site no one reads.
So right after this, Jez Corden finds some balls...
Right, he had already left 2016 I forgot. He seems to hate on Chris Parker after having worked with him for nearly half a dozen games, including when he directed Alpha Protocol. He seems a tad bitter to be honest. In professional world, especially a small world, you don't throw ex-colleagues under the bus, nor drag a previous company you worked for on the coals with what you think the decisions they are taking you would not have done the same... But just my personal opinion as someone who has also left a company to work for the competition. So Avowed was troubled early, Obsidian took Chris Parker out of Avowed and the other director, Pattel, changed direction. Troubled sure, but that's a pivot to save something rather than outright cancel. I've no idea if Heinz beans lover Jez covered it, to be honest, I don't care that there's receipts that make Jez look bad, but again, why is Avellone bringing up Avowed today when none of the announcements seem to have touched the studio?
Today, as far as we can tell, nothing was about Obsidian. Weird timing on Chris' part tbh.
Agreed.I guess I don't see it that way. No amount of Windows Central articles were going to change Initiative's fate after years and years of nothing to show at a point.![]()
Brother where do you think we are?The argument is that these shills have turned Xbox discourse and analysis into a shallow, brain-dead echo chamber. By appeasing the Xbox community, any pushback and criticism was pinned as "doom and gloom" or just "hate." "Xbox tax," "industry bias," and all that bullshit. At best, it gave Xbox time to get their shit together; at worst (which is this scenario), it gave a false sense of hope for the "bright future" that never came and will never arrive. Which then (one could argue) gave leeway to retarded business decisions, aka Game Pass. So it's like an ouroboros human centipede.
Without these shills, Game Pass wouldn't have been pushed this hard. Now Xbox and Phil are fucked because its the only good brand they have.
Brother where do you think we are?
on a serious note:
I've always thought of myself as an avid gamer and what not, but i for the life if me, could never give a shit what some of these randoms on twitter have ever said- Rumor, podcast or what not. How have so many you lot say you hate these people and their "propaganda" yet continue to give them the attention these guys crave. Like, if you just ignored these weirdos, regardless of the which aisle they stand on they would they just be some rado on twitter yelling into the void.
maybe its cause I've never used twitter ever?
Sure - i get your point about the PR world and that in context sure. I mean I spend enough time here and on various other forums to get info, but never once have i ever cared or put much into what is a modern day version of a "a friend of a friend of mine told me" Like unless it came from the direct source, shouldn't you question the veracity of that source/person? - What I'm trying to say, is do we really classify someone like Jez Corden as a journalist to put that much stock into things? Like just cause he got a picture with Sarah Bond, does that make him a know all about everything xbox?how can i put this?
gaming discourse has evolve over the years, right?
im not sure that back in the 90's or early 2000's "gamers" where than savvy around PR and Marketing or even about gaming business , but these topics started to become way more prevalent relatively recently.
so, in the context of PR/Marketing just as in any other context like hardware, gameplay, reviews.. etcetera. this is part of the gaming discourse nowadays, specially when social media like Twitter or YT have become so critical in the way companies shape their narrative.
you are right, about not having Twitter makes you completely out of touch regarding how things currently operate.
Just for you to be aware of things: these "randoms" are not really randoms. they have direct connection with these companies and even direct access to these executives.
no one sees Jez as a jurno. that's the point, he is a shill which only job is to spin and damage control for Xbox. He sells himself as a pundit, expert and analystsSure - i get your point about the PR world and that in context sure. I mean I spend enough time here and on various other forums to get info, but never once have i ever cared or put much into what is a modern day version of a "a friend of a friend of mine told me" Like unless it came from the direct source, shouldn't you question the veracity of that source/person? - What I'm trying to say, is do we really classify someone like Jez Corden as a journalist to put that much stock into things? Like just cause he got a picture with Sarah Bond, does that make him a know all about everything?
He claims he never reported on it. That's the issue. He's lying.What is wrong with the reporting on Avowed? I want to understand your point. No one had yet explained it in this thread. I can't agree with something I dont even know.
Listen, what happened to this dude sucks and his vindication absolutely valid and well deserved. He seems to have landed fine after all that.He never worked on it.
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Wait till he loses it all., Then you will see the error of your ways.It's wild that, with that much fat, he has such thin skin
Wait till he loses it all., Then you will see the error of your ways.
Hahshshsshdsjgfkgd... You know what I mean, then!
Right now this guy been mental along side colt for years. And people still follow themI'm seriously worried about Jez's mental health right now.
"I'm just asking questions"He knows. Just his typical gaslight circle jerk, in the form of a question.