So because I am an idiot worst-kind-of-person-in-the-world scumbag who sucks and because I am literally stealing and destroying content creation, here is a transcript of Pachter's rant that I wrote:
Question:
As content creation becomes easier through new innovations such as having Twitch integrated into consoles, as well as self-publishing through YouTube, what's the point of gaming sites? Is game journalism dead? I also refuse to visit any site without first having Adblock enabled, blocking any potential ad revenue and if GameTrailers or others go out of business because of it I could care less."
Pachter:
"Wow. You're a great dude."
Question (continued):
"I'll always be able to get trailers, previews, etc through some other site if not the publisher's site directly and there are hundreds of sites with reviews. Therefore, I feel that most sites will disappear since I don't see them fulfilling any kind of demand that couldn't be satiated someplace else. What are your thoughts?"
Pachter:
"All right. You're the worst kind of person in the world, because you want everything for free. You don't even want to sit through ads because you're just low-bottom-sucking scum. You think the guys sitting in my office right now should work for free (I actually do work for free), they shouldn't be paid, the camera equipment should be bought by somebody and not get an earn-out on that because you're too much of a scumbag to watch ads? I can tell you there are guys a hell of a lot smarter than you working on defeating Adblock, so I will predict boldly you knowing shit about software development or the Internet. Adblock will get beat. There will be guys who figure out a way to make you watch ads that you can't block, and even if you do it will be just dead space or 30 seconds your content won't start, you'll just be sitting there staring at a blank screen for 30 seconds. Might as well run the ad, scumbag.
But the point is, and the reason I keep calling you a scumbag (and by the way, you are one), is if you consume content that's professionally created by people who expect ot be paid for it, you need to pay for it. And the beauty of sites like GameTrailers is they give you a lot of compelling content and the only thing they ask you to do is to pay attention to ads...and you don't even have to, you can walk out of the room and come back. But, that's all they're asking you to do is deal with the ad so they can get paid. And, you know, you watch commercial TV, I guess you DVR every show and zip through it, you're a scumbag, that's fine, that's the price you pay to get stuff for free. And if you choose not to pay it you're absolutely right, you said it right, professionals will go away, the world will consist of YouTube.
So if everybody had your attitude, we would have no television, TV would go away because professionally-produced content would disappear, and we would live in a society run by anarchists. And it would be YouTube, and if you wanna watch YouTube all day instead of watching Breaking Bad (which I think is some of the best TV I've ever seen), great, go for it. Because no one's going to pay for it, if nobody pays for it, it won't get created. That really sucks. Sucks for you. Because you like everything for free, and yet you're not even willing to pay your fair part. You suck. So, I hope you don't watch this on GameTrailers, they won't block it on YouTube, and guess what, on YouTube there are ads too. I know you block them. Imagine if Google couldn't get paid. We wouldn't have [Google] Search. The Internet would stop if we didn't have ads. You idiot. Everything would stop. You idiot.
I mean the reason that we get like music, the reason that Pandora exists is ads. If no one could monetize you would get nothing. Artists wouldn't exist. You wouldn't have music. You idiot. So, you say, let's go back, "What is the point of gaming sites?" The point of gaming sites is that you have people who spend full-time thinking about this stuff. Now I cover 19 companies, among them Best Buy and Netflix and Pandora, I don't spend all my time thinking about games. I spend 20% of my time thinking about games. So I don't even know if Elder Scrolls Online is subscription or free-to-play, I don't even know if Destiny has a single-player campaign, I'll figure it out when I get asked a question on Pach-Attack, whatever. But guess what, the guys who run gaming websites know that stuff, and it's a great place to go to find that out.
If you want to know if you should spend $60 on a game, it's nice to read a game review. Yeah you can get that stuff free, you can go and read user reviews. Boy that's really helpful. I would rather read Jim Sterling's reviews because Jim Sterling is my boy. He writes honest reviews, I would rather read Jeff Gerstmann's reviews because Jeff Gerstmann is really good. If I read those guy;s reviews, I know if I should get that game or not. And before I spend $60, I want a professional opinion. Hey guess what, those guys make money from ads. Giant Bomb is free, and so is [The] Escapist. Free. I know Sterling, I read his shit, and I can't even remember where it is, but I watch the damn ads. Those are free, and I don't think that either Jeff Gerstmann or Jim Sterling make very much money, I think they probably like are on subsistence wages, but they make enough to like pay rent and buy food, and if you don't watch the ads, they can't eat, and they can't cover their heads with shelter, and they have to go do something else. And if they do something else, I don't know which games to buy, you bastard. So you should watch the goddamn ads. Was I clear enough?
By the way, what do you think a think a "game trailer" is, you moron? It's an ad. When you watch a game trailer it's an ad for a game. It's unbelievable. Adblock Plus. You suck. So just start watching stuff without ads and then wonder where it comes from and then crow about how you got it for free. Oh god, it's almost stealing, it's just wrong.
Sweet Jesus, I expected it to morph into the Angry Marine copypasta at any minute.