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[Ghost Dad the Whip]

They are just mad at you, GAF, because you are right.

Screw these games "journalists", most of whom neither studied journalism, nor know how games are actually made.

 

[EternalGamer]

Probably because they dont realize Matt Leone is in Polygon too. If they did it be Phill and Matt and some other assholes

I like Matt Leone. Griffin McElroy is pretty cool too.

Maybe they should just call it "Three Jolly Good Chaps and a Bag Full of Douches."

 

[Talon]

Why are we talking about that wet ham?

 

[chickdigger802]

I do wonder if the website launches before the next eps.

 

[LiK]

So, President Obama is apparently on Reddit, I went to see, but it was crashed hard. Then mysteriously...

This guy has a real mad-on for us, huh?

Justin is lurking, i can feel it.

 

[dLMN8R]

Just cause he mentioned GAF? I don't understand what you're trying to get at

Ahem: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41259212&postcount=207

I think it's kinda funny how those here espousing this faux outrage are also people who seem to follow everyone they're bitching about on Twitter.

It's like they want to be at the forefront of bitching about them as soon as they do anything that neatly fits into the narrative they've crafted for them.

 

[AutumnAve]

Are you guys seriously going to now use this thread to dissect individual Twitter jokes? I believe that shows a "mad-on" going in the other direction.

Just cause he mentioned GAF? I don't understand what you're trying to get at

I thought it was a weird, out of left left field type of dig.

*Sheesh*

 

[remnant]

They are just mad at you, GAF, because you are right.

Screw these games "journalists", most of whom neither studied journalism, nor know how games are actually made.

As compared to the majority of posters on GAF, or just forums in general?

 

[- J - D -]

In this thread everybody has a mad-on for everybody. So much sexual tension!

 

[Wario64]

I thought it was a weird, out of left left field type of dig.

*Sheesh*

Sorry I don't read Japanese

 

[Interficium]

So, President Obama is apparently on Reddit, I went to see, but it was crashed hard. Then mysteriously...

This guy has a real mad-on for us, huh?

OH NO CHRIS KOHLER HATES GAF TOO: https://twitter.com/kobunheat/status/240909494614384640

"Something something something basement-dwelling nerds."

And people are shocked Giant Bomb is more popular around here.

 

[JABEE]

Edit: Wait. Obama is was on Reddit today?

 

[Interficium]

And then Justin shouts at Patrick Klepek with a "us enthusiast press guys have to stick together. They are always trying to trick us into submitting news stories without independent sourcing" A great representation of what Justin believes the future of Games Journalism is about.

Why bother when you can always just blame the unprofessional basement-dwelling nerds for setting back the credibility of all blogs.

 

[ultron87]

"Something something something basement-dwelling nerds."

And people are shocked Giant Bomb is more popular around here.

What? No. I wasn't suggesting that either of them actually hate GAF. I don't even think that was a dig from either of them. Just the joke that about 10,000 other people on Twitter did about "Obama visits X Internet place too!"

 

[iammeiam]

I do wonder if the website launches before the next eps.

Nah, they've said the website will launch at the end of the nine (I think) episode series.

So about two more months.

 

[AutumnAve]

Sorry I don't read Japanese

What? Is that deliberate? It's just picture of Chie, who says "sheesh"

 

[Coconut]

So, President Obama is apparently on Reddit, I went to see, but it was crashed hard. Then mysteriously...

This guy has a real mad-on for us, huh?

It would seem that he's making fun of the trivial nature of all of this.

"Something something something basement-dwelling nerds."

And people are shocked Giant Bomb is more popular around here.

In their E3 podcasts they just laughed at the idea of all of us on here arguing about video games. When some developer asked if any of them go on Neogaf.

 

[kadotsu]

I liked the style of the first ep. I wonder if Polygon plans to apply this kind of production value to actual, non self reflecting features. There is an "A Life Well Wasted" shaped hole in game coverage that needs to be filled and those guys seem to have the connections to fill it.

Alternatively, they could dump Griffin and Justin at a sploshing party and film their reactions for 90 minutes.

 

[Htown]

Was it? I don't know the guy well enough and thought he was genuinely enthused. just the inclusion of a farmer's market was a bit granola though fitting given the way these folks were portrayed in the trailer.

He and his brothers run a damn good comedy podcast, so I'd assume it was intentional.

 

[FStop7]

So, President Obama is apparently on Reddit, I went to see, but it was crashed hard. Then mysteriously...

This guy has a real mad-on for us, huh?

It was so funny when he came here begging for Joystiq to be unbanned, he must have been burning the fuck up inside over having to prostrate himself and grovel before LOWLY NERDS.

 

[Chuck]

So Joystiq was banned but Kotaku wasn't? wat

 

[MrNyarlathotep]

So Joystiq was banned but Kotaku wasn't? wat

Kotaku was banned, but then got unbanned for leaking the shit out of Playstation Home and breaking their embargo IIRC.

 

[FStop7]

So Joystiq was banned but Kotaku wasn't? wat

Joystiq was banned for something that happened a long time ago. Justin showed up one day and was actually pretty gracious, but then as soon as he got what he wanted he vanished. I used to be a pretty big fan of the Joystiq Podcast but over time he started getting kind of bitter or something, or that bitterness was always there and he stopped masking it.

 

[Sblargh]

So, President Obama is apparently on Reddit, I went to see, but it was crashed hard. Then mysteriously...

This guy has a real mad-on for us, huh?

I honestly think this doesn't have anything to do with this thread.

 

[Massa]

"Something something something basement-dwelling nerds."

And people are shocked Giant Bomb is more popular around here.

Giantbomb has also generalized GAF and talked shit about it. I think what you mean is "since the GB guys put more of themselves out there it's easier for GAF to weirdly stalk them".

 

[Team Filler]

Ahem: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41259212&postcount=207

You're being so humble, you should try to really assert your opinions sometimes, they're usually worth reading twice.

 

[whalleywhat]

Edit: Wait. Obama is was on Reddit today?

I assume he was there to talk about his men's rights platform.

You're being so humble, you should try to really assert your opinions sometimes, they're usually worth reading twice.

Damn.

 

[- J - D -]

He and his brothers run a damn good comedy podcast, so I'd assume it was intentional.

I didn't know that, GIVE ME A BREAK.

How bangin' is that podcast though? Maybe I'll give it a listen if it's satisfactorily bangin'.

 

[bistromathics]

OMG this is so fucking glorious to read! I love how Totilo in interviews never admits that Kotaku is blatantly a tabloid that's just hungry for any rubbish.

Is there a thread for the WORST Videogame news websites and all their fuck-ups over the years?

Seriously. The way Crecente handled this was the last straw for me. Couldn't take him or kotaku seriously at all, by that time.

 

[iammeiam]

The first episode was nowhere near as bad as the teaser, but sort of stumbled in parts. The guy getting the tattoo because... I don't know... he's hardcore? was just as random as everyone said, and the EA meeting kind of flopped because they failed to provide any kind of context. Knowing why a group from a future website was having a meeting with EA showing off how awesome their auto-resizing is going to be would actually be informative. It was less an actual documentary piece explaining what goes in to starting the site than it was essentially a clip from a Polygon EPK.

Maybe future episodes will be better constructed? In any case it's less self-congratulatory than I was expecting so far so that's good.

 

[Chuck]

Crecente is the one guy I really, really wish they didn't hire. And when they did, I was willing to give him a second chance as perhaps the awful work he did at Kotaku was a result of the way things are done over there. But no, the Jason Rubin misquote shows that there is more poor reporting to come.

They can still drop him and hire Jim Reilly, it's not too late!

 

[Jake Tower]

I do reviews, so nope! But I'm sure you can come up with something equally insulting and dismissive for that one too. <3

 

[JaseC]

Kotaku was banned, but then got unbanned for leaking the shit out of Playstation Home and breaking their embargo IIRC.

It was also banned for all of about a day earlier in the year.

 

[Odrion]

How bangin' is that podcast though? Maybe I'll give it a listen if it's satisfactorily bangin'.

It's pretty much the best podcast.

 

[rozay]

new games journalism

 

[Odrion]

Here's a nice moment from MBMBAM (the question was about how to throw a gay bachelor party) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKpz7zQvHAw&feature=relmfu

edit: here's another nice moment and uh.. I won't explain this one. It's a pretty good moment!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PExKw38rntw&feature=related

NONE OF THIS AUDIO IS SFW.

 

[Chuck]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/30/3278926/metal-gear-movie-being-made-by-marvel-studios

I think it's pretty sad how little credit Tracey gives John Ricciardi here. I mean, John (who has no affiliation with Polygon) is at the MGS event getting news, quotes, pictures, pretty much doing her entire job, and then all he gets as thanks in the post is a tiny button at the bottom linking to his twitter. Not even an image credit. And then she goes and treats everything he says as 100% fact. Just sad. :/

 

[bigtroyjon]

new games journalism

Not just a reporter but a senior reporter

 

[Kong Fisso]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/30/3278926/metal-gear-movie-being-made-by-marvel-studios

I think it's pretty sad how little credit Tracey gives John Ricciardi here. I mean, John (who has no affiliation with Polygon) is at the MGS event getting news, quotes, pictures, pretty much doing her entire job, and then all he gets as thanks in the post is a tiny button at the bottom linking to his twitter. Not even an image credit. And then she goes and treats everything he says as 100% fact. Just sad. :/

Kotaku style reporting.

Glad to see it made it over to Polygon.

 

[Oxirane]

The feature about OnLive seemed pretty good, was that from Polygon or the Verge?

 

[Chuck]

The feature about OnLive seemed pretty good, was that from Polygon or the Verge?

The Verge's Sean Hollister.

 

[brotkasten]

The feature about OnLive seemed pretty good, was that from Polygon or the Verge?

The Verge is not perfect, but the people there do an infinitely better job than the Polygon guys.

 

[Brad Grenz]

I thought it was a weird, out of left left field type of dig.

*Sheesh*

But there is no dig there. It's not a joke at anyone's expense.

 

[Gowans]

Watched the first ep.

Pissed me off from the start with that intro, no world view at all that 'history lesson' was as if the rest of the world outside of the US did not exist.

Who are the aiming this series at, seems like they are teaching grannies how to suck eggs.

Hopefully during the development episodes they'll be some real content to watch.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/30/3278926/metal-gear-movie-being-made-by-marvel-studios

I think it's pretty sad how little credit Tracey gives John Ricciardi here. I mean, John (who has no affiliation with Polygon) is at the MGS event getting news, quotes, pictures, pretty much doing her entire job, and then all he gets as thanks in the post is a tiny button at the bottom linking to his twitter. Not even an image credit. And then she goes and treats everything he says as 100% fact. Just sad. :/

I expect that out of smaller joints, but surprised Polygon is going this route too.

 

[Wario64]

Episode two: http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/9/5/3293316/press-reset-episode-two-but-will-it-run-crysis

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Episode two: http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/9/5/3293316/press-reset-episode-two-but-will-it-run-crysis

Man, that was a boring episode. It didn't deliver on any entertainment at all. Just not enjoying it at all. Think I'm done with the series.

 

[Neuromancer]

I'm surprised it takes that many people to put together a web site.

 

[Wario64]

Yep boring. It almost sounded like the site date almost slips through the censor, lol

 

[CorySchmitz]

My big face is in episode 3.

http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/9/12/3320108/press-reset-episode-three-tighten-up-the-graphics