imfinnegan
Neo Member
Maybe she has great ideas or sensibilities. No one will know for sure until the game comes out. But that's kind of the point -- people are so quick to dismiss her for something that she did years ago.
Jessica Chobot: Stepping Into Daylight by Polygon
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Maybe she has great ideas or sensibilities. No one will know for sure until the game comes out. But that's kind of the point -- people are so quick to dismiss her for something that she did years ago.
BrianAltano
Member
It most certainly is not. This thread is worse than that eight year old IGN article that the Polygon story linked to, and I work at IGN.
Night_Trekker
Member
bro she was in mass effect 3
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
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DragonSworne
Banned
Are we making celebrities out of game journalists?
Giolon
Member
Ah. I just remember Gears 3 b/c I remember how big of a deal they made about getting a "real" writer, and how the story was so much deeper and more human this time around.
Yeah, nope.
Anyways, back on topic. One of my co-workers worked at IGN w/ Chobot and she hates her for being a self-absorbed bitch (some of the stories I've heard about the way things are run there would give any sane HR department nightmares). She always seemed genuine enough to me, if a bit audience pander-y, but I've never hated or resented her success. Good looking person uses their good looks to get ahead. News at 11!
I don't see her getting to write on some video game any different than the other hordes of video game journalist to video game developer jumps.
However, her showing up in ME3 was just so awkward and out of place.
Haven't watched the video b/c Polygon be Polygon. They don't deserve the traffic.
I can't really describe how I feel after watching these Human Angle pieces. I'm not a big Polygon fan either, but I love them for this.
Her story was really inspiring. A lot of years of dedication to the Daily Fix, working in and out of different videogame gigs and now being able to be happily married and writing a videogame sounds so rad. It was hard watching her talk about moving to Japan, trying to gain some semblance of her own personal identity and pursuing dreams she cared about. It's awesome that she has the opportunity to work on "Daylight"- which I had not really followed, but I'm intrigued. I hope it goes more in a "Gone Home" explore an abandoned space/feel tension, rather than combat route- but here's hoping it turns out great.
And that Wonder Woman proposal- dawwwwww. They look so happy together!
Hearing Crecente was nice too. I think my anti-Polygon route actually makes me miss him.
Yeah, your reaction is very similar to mine. I was like, "Fuck it, I'm moving to Japan next month" after watching the video about her. Not so that I will end up following a similar life direction as Jessica Chobot or Blair Herter, but if you have dreams in your heart or plans on what you want to do with your life, don't lose them.
SeventhSon
Member
My brain aches...
Please don't encourage people who haven't read the article or watched the video to have an opinion on the matter, because they shouldn't. TL;DR needs to go away. It's hurting our society.
greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
Had no idea she was writing Daylight. The video and article are both sort of fluffy. I'd rather her work speak for itself.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
I'm gonna be honest and say that the only reason I'm actually interested in Daylight is cause Chobot is attached to it. I'm really curious as to whether she'll deliver. I couldn't care less how she got into the industry, as it's pretty clear that its something she's quite passionate about
Okay this is a fabulous gif.
My reason is Anthony Gallegos, I guess we like our former Ign crew.
And most movies blow anyway.
fuck you man that movie was awesome
GAF, do I have this right?
A typical directionless person gets involved in a shitty marriage, has half assed attempts to do something with her life, and then things get murky and she starts playing WoW all of the time, while living in a basement.
She then licks a PSP, gets interviewed by a virgin at E3 saying she is the holy grail of women, and has a career launched because she's attractive.
She continued to work at IGN, clearly not as a result of writing or even hosting abilities, but because she was halfway attractive and knowledgeable about games. But, she's also likable and might have some decent ideas in her head to work at game studios due to connections she's made during her stay at IGN. Good on her for that.
Then this piece gets created to write a sob story to rack up sales of the game she is working on, and people have the gall to be offended at people calling her out? What the fuck.
She exploits her sex appeal to get into the games industry. They then exploit the guilt and ill placed morals of white knighters to drum up game sales. GAF people calling her out isn't offensive, this article is.
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A typical directionless person gets involved in a shitty marriage, has half assed attempts to do something with her life, and then things get murky and she starts playing WoW all of the time, while living in a basement.
She then licks a PSP, gets interviewed by a virgin at E3 saying she is the holy grail of women, and has a career launched because she's attractive.
She continued to work at IGN, clearly not as a result of writing or even hosting abilities, but because she was halfway attractive and knowledgeable about games. But, she's also likable and might have some decent ideas in her head to work at game studios due to connections she's made during her stay at IGN. Good on her for that.
Then this piece gets created to write a sob story to rack up sales of the game she is working on, and people have the gall to be offended at people calling her out? What the fuck.
She exploits her sex appeal to get into the games industry. They then exploit the guilt and ill placed morals of white knighters to drum up game sales. GAF people calling her out isn't offensive, this article is.
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greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
Me too. I hope he finds love :3
The wacky world of public relations.
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
"How to make a career with no talent and just looks"
In the Video Games industry? Never happened before. This would surely set a precedent.
Would any of that matter if the game and its writing turned out good?
With a name that has such controversy in the industry, would it be wise to gamble someone not buying their game because of a seemingly unqualified person doing it?
If you can get games "journalists" to write fluff pieces like this, sure.
Not at all, but that's hardly the point of this thread. Nor is it really the point of the article that was written.
Talking about whether or not the game and writing is good is called a review.
Lollipop Dave
Member
She seems okay. The video was a good watch. I've never had a strong opinion about her. Still don't. Sure seems cook though.
she was the worst ME2 character
The real question is why anyone cares - is it because she looks like a girl that wouldn't talk to you in high school? It's obvious she loves games - like everyone else here - and for mine that's enough to just leave her be. She doesn't seem to be a mean spirited person, either, like most people in this thread..
If she looked different or was a guy, I'm sure no one would be questioning it/caring at all.
If she looked different or was a guy, I'm sure no one would be questioning it/caring at all.
Messofanego
Banned
My reason is, former Condemned developers are working on this.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Omg lol
That was really well done. Hopefully her game doesn't suck because they're putting her right out front for it.
I don't think it's that simple. We've seen a bunch of game journalists get into the industry without much fanfare but they often have a history of published reviews or articles to draw insight from.
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
So many vile responses, based on little more than gut feelings. Are people unironically slamming her for doing a tongue-in
cheek callback Vita lick she was goaded into by the people in the background. It's a three second silly gesture she herself eyerolls at. I have no idea about the quality of her writing, but the same can be said about almost any low profile writer that is writing the media I consume.
or out of
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
That's the best reason of all! I have to admit, I know virtually nothing about this project at all. Consider me interested. Condemned had genuinely unsettling moments... Involving doll factories. Yikes
ThisWreckage
Banned
Yeah, but at least those writers usually have a background in writing. The fact that she has no background is highly dubious and that's putting it lightly.
I don't think Atlus is going to do what Ubi did with Jade Raymond and AC1.
It wouldn't matter if the game was bad and the writing turned out bad. It only matters because she's a girl.
They got introduced by a mutual acquittance, that acquittance being her own husband. She sent a concept and they accepted it. This is not a big studio, using connections is normal.
Interficium
Banned
Too late.
Fudgepuppy
Banned
She's always came across as a pretty down-to-earth gamer that knew what she was doing.
I can also say that she owned her image, like even when they shoe-horned her into ME3 and they altered her to become this sexed-up version of herself, she still came off as confident and interested in the material she had. Sure the character wasn't that much, but she made it work a lot better than it would have in the hands of someone like iJustine.
I can also say that she owned her image, like even when they shoe-horned her into ME3 and they altered her to become this sexed-up version of herself, she still came off as confident and interested in the material she had. Sure the character wasn't that much, but she made it work a lot better than it would have in the hands of someone like iJustine.
ThisWreckage
Banned
I don't care who her husband is or how he knows people. If I'm the head over a studio I'm going to hire someone that is experienced. Not a big studio, but obviously not a smart one either.
Oh please...you know how much great art was written by people that stumbled into it? Give her a chance atleast.
This post is as bad as the ones you're responding to. Cringe worthy.
ThisWreckage
Banned
That's really cynical and cruel, I'm sure she put in the work to be a successful personality.
Yeah, a supposed career woman has no place in feeding her newborn.
I'm not a fan of Chobot or how she got famous and leapfrogged through thr videogame industry, cuz of her looks and "assets" more than her knowledgeable talent. I even had a friend that worked at EA and he told me how some female EA employees and gamers were offended of how Chobot got a break in the industry cuz of the PSP lick. I recall that she even was a boothgirl babe for some Gaming Companies, before she caught her big break. She obviously is milking her "sex" appeal to the max to keep moving up the gaming corporate ladder.