nush
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Master of Disguise Who are you supposed to be?
You can see the disguise slipping too...
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James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
He used to be a real journalist.
I liked when he would divulge information about upcoming games that haven't been announced. He hasn't done one of those in ages.
Instead, he's on a crusade against huge studios because he talks to a few ex-employees and thinks that this tells the entire story of what's going on. That's not real journalism. He's painting a large picture based on incomplete information, weaponizing the story on twitter, and in the process pissing a lot of genuine developers off with his holier than thou nonsense that's trying to push a narrative of "crunch slavery".
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Master of Disguise
Banned
What do you mean?
Jason exposes suffering. The working conditions and culture of the games industry are absolutely unacceptable, and studio bosses lie through their teeth about the human cost, brutality, and outright cruelty of the industry. Risking your own life isn't a condition of meaningful journalism. Being a voice for people who will be run out of a poisonous industry run by sociopaths is an inherently valuable contribution.
He doesn't need to be balanced or objective. He just needs to be right. His reputation as a journalist hinges on him being consistently right. People who disagree with him are consistently wrong. That's how you become a trusted source. By being right over and over.
The only toxicity comes from gamers who are super defensive of soulless corporations. The cult of hype around No Man's Sky was poisonous. People lashed out hatefully when they were told that things were not rosy behind the scenes. Then acted all surprised Pikachu face when the game was clearly pushed out the door with years of work left to be done.
This is complete, utter nonsense. "Rotten personality". How dare victimized employees of corrupt, malicious, lying organizations confide in a trusted expose journalist. They should pretend everything is fine. It's not fine. It is catastrophically not fine. The entire AAA games industry is teetering on the brink of the collapse. And these studios think they can keep up the status quo of feeding employees into a metaphorical mincer to keep the wheels greased, and everything will be fine. It won't be fine.
He has never been wrong about a single allegation, ever. Bioware, Treyarch, Naughty Dog, Activision as a whole, CDPR, Crytek, and so on. That's why people trust his journalism even he's insufferable as an individual. How do you think we know that people weren't paid for months on end at Crytek UK? Because Jason wrote an article about it, exposing Crytek's behavior to the public eye. Without that article, there's a lot of crap we wouldn't know about Crytek's behavior. That was 6 years ago.
He argues that leaking games isn't in the public interest. There has always been the stance that real journalism is about stories that are in the public's best interest to know.
He's absolutely, unequivocally right, though. The games industry has a brutal crunch problem. It has terrible working conditions. A poisonous culture of bullying. Employees are treated as disposable. That IS the larger picture.
The employees he "pisses off" are coincidentally often the ones who are the problem. They don't like a light being shined on something they're fine with.
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nush
Member
His "Investigations" are his disgruntled ex employee snitch inbox in most cases now.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Proof of all of this? I'm sure this is true in certain segments of EVERY industry. But the problem is in proving it is systemic. Oftentimes, it's within a small circle of employees that work together. That's just a natural consequence of humans working together. Conflicts happen.
I'll give you an example of why some of his stories are nonsense. One of the guys that talked to Jason about working at Naughty Dog (lead animator, I believe), said that he never worked more than 45 hours a week regularly. Nonetheless, this same ex-ND employee put his ex-coworkers on blast and created a shit storm online.
Does a place that doesn't mandate working overtime seem like a poisonous culture of bullying with terrible working conditions?
There's a big difference between a studio that has a history of "self inflicted, high achievers that choose to crunch" and one that is a toxic, poisonous, slavery mill of bullying.
nush
Member
You ever worked in the games industry?
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
To me he seems to be out of the loop/is odd and I can't take him seriously after articles such as these. (tbf not that I ever took him seriously in the first place)
The Real Problem With That Controversial, Sexy Video Game Sorceress [UPDATE]
Two weeks ago, I wrote an article that criticized one of the characters in the upcoming game Dragon's Crown. Today, the man behind that character has responded to that article.
kotaku.com
The Outer Worlds Is An RPG About Controlling The Narrative
If you fall into the category of people who believe that 2010’s Fallout: New Vegas was the best game in the series, then The Outer Worlds might be for you. Last week at E3, I spoke to the game’s co-director, Leonard Boyarsky, for a bonus episode of Kotaku Splitscreen digging deep into this...
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The Sheer Joy Of Kingdom Hearts
Is Kingdom Hearts brilliant or incomprehensible? Hackneyed or joyful? Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we decide that the answer is... all of the above!
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TombaHat
Neo Member
Yeah but he blindly defended Zoe Quinn when her ex boyfriend came out about her abuse, and helped make sure that instead of being held accountable for her shitty actions zoe quinn would be seen as some sort of feminist messiah. He blocks you if you ever call him out for holding an abuser up on a pedestal while destroying the reputation of her victim(s). He can go fuck himself. Doing good journalism half the time doesn't excuse his shitty unethical borderline slanderous journalism other half of the time.
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rob305
Member
My sides
Look up the definition of the word suffering. If working a bit of overtime making a video game is "risking your life" you clearly never left your basement and looked outside
Threeshotgamer
Banned
"crunch" is just overtime in just about every other industry in the world. Hell truck drivers tend to average 60-70 hours a week if you include driving, paperwork and loading/unloading.
CaptainConlock
Member
The fuck is acephobia? Fear of people who don't want to have sex? Who the fuck is scared of that? Yeah, culturally people have been conditioned to fear gay and trans people, but asexual people is kind of a weird group to target. They literally don't hurt anybody because they don't fuck.
this is the best
nush
Member
Night In The Woods Designer Alec Holowka Dies
Alec Holowka, a developer on Night in the Woods and other independent video games, died Saturday morning, according to his sister. The news comes days after allegations began to circulate against Holowka, as multiple people accused him of abusive behavior.
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Yes, Alec just "Died". Not commited suicide to to #metoo whitchunting pushed by people like Jason.
nush
Member
Yes, but it's got a special name so it's "Scary and dangerous".
Patrick S.
Banned
Lol that's what people get for saying they like Mike Matei. What a pathetic bunch.
TombaHat
Neo Member
I was mostly referring to Eron when he made the Zoe Post, hell there's screen caps of Anthony Burch admitting that zoe is a huge piece of shit but that they HAD to defend her to stand up to "harassment against women"Night In The Woods Designer Alec Holowka Dies
Alec Holowka, a developer on Night in the Woods and other independent video games, died Saturday morning, according to his sister. The news comes days after allegations began to circulate against Holowka, as multiple people accused him of abusive behavior.
Yes, Alec just "Died". Not commited suicide to to #metoo whitchunting pushed by people like Jason.
Alec killing himself was Zoe shooting herself in the foot and them quietly distancing themselves from her because they can't ever admit they were wrong.
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TransTrender
Gold Member
Holy crap.
That reply was like straight out of ReesetEra.
No shit...
But I love that ban message!
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
He should have been banned just for reminding people of such a God awful movie.
nush
Member
It was all over when the reee rose up and he became the Schrieier defense force, the multi quote reply after that sealed the deal.
GeorgPrime
Banned
Holy shit it's the hottest new thing now on Era to write massive posts,
2504 words.
TLDR: I'm a looser in my 30's, maybe I'm trans.....
Yet another trans trender.
When i was younger we called that Midlife Crises.
Not Gender Crises lol
Back then people used to buy motorbikes...nowadays they cut off their penis.
Good ol times
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JSoup
Banned
You gotta get ahead of these things, man. Make it a joke now, before someone else make it something to take seriously.
sobaka770
Banned
Highly disagree on crunch. There are clear documented cases that videogame developers have to work overtime often unpaid for months on end to get the game released. A lot of AAA studios foster a culture of workaholism that is draining and is not properly rewarded. This is not your "project overtime" or working 80 hours a week on your business expecting huge rewards. It's using passion for the craft and industry to extract as much as you can from low and medium ranking workers that you can get away with. Jason does great work exposing this and other shitty corporate practices.
That being said as a human being he seems to be full of himself, but try doing better than him.
That being said as a human being he seems to be full of himself, but try doing better than him.
TombaHat
Neo Member
I can do better than him by saying that Unpaid Crunch is unethical AND that Zoe quinn is an abusive scumbag and their campaign to "end the gamers" is built on a fucking lie.
Karunamon
Member
Welp, there it is. The stupidest comment on gaf.
Anyone advocating that journalists (whether self-styled or credentialed) shouldn't be balanced or objective is a moron of the highest degree and forfeits the presumption of basic human intelligence. Or an ideologue, but I repeat myself.
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benjipwns
Banned
It's even worse: "liked" as in past tense.
Lol that's what people get for saying they like Mike Matei. What a pathetic bunch.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
Lol who the fuck are these Jason stans? Master of Disguise are you Jason? What a weird guy. Who goes around white knighting for people like that? Honestly! Lol ducking bizarre. Dude has a job with Bloomberg he doesn’t need you blowing air up his skirt in every corner of the Internet ffs
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The level of delusion is off the chart.
this is the best
Oh and I love how obvious it is that a KetKat alt wrote that.
KetKat, you ain't slick.
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CaptainConlock
Member
When developers are treated better and crunch less, they often do produce better higher quality games like Supergiant and sometimes manage games better like Insomniac.
lmimmfn
Member
Jason?
Jez the amount of weirdos signing up, was hoping Hobbesssss was the last, rip.
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Dusktildawn48
Member
Jfc, how many phobias are there that go against these nutjobs?
this is the best
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
So it’s been sixteen years since the “EA Spouse” letter. There’s hasn’t been anything worth exposing for well over a decade. Nearly every employee in the entire industry knew exactly what they were signing up for at this point.
It’s like someone entering the world of Public Accounting. There’s zero surprise of what you’re getting yourself into.
At some point it’s just the nature of the beast especially since games are getting larger, more complicated, and taking ever longer and costing more to create.
Banshee mcspook, your TransEra comrades need you now more than ever since your buddy ShironRedShift got permed.
Step in there and take up the mantle and fight the good fight!
Banshee....where are you.....why did you suddenly stop posting after all those TransEra perms....you are not scared are you?
Bansheeeeeeeee
Step in there and take up the mantle and fight the good fight!
Banshee....where are you.....why did you suddenly stop posting after all those TransEra perms....you are not scared are you?
Bansheeeeeeeee
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Ol'Scratch
Member
Short and to the point
Barry Burton
Member
Nepenthe: "So, I said the previous post was going to be my last. However..."
I haven't seen this much sacrifice and bravery since Kyuuji almost didn't play a videogame she didn't want to play!
I haven't seen this much sacrifice and bravery since Kyuuji almost didn't play a videogame she didn't want to play!
Yuoke really wants to be Robin to ZeoVGM's Batman in the ResetEra Social Justice League.
I think like half of TransEra has been permed by now.
Huh, seems like relentlessly attacking the moderation staff and trying to dictate terms super blew up in your face.
Not talking so much shit in the Cyberpunk 2077 Transphobia and Constructive Community threads now, are you?
What happened to your threats of leaving?
If half of your merry band getting permed isn't enough how much humiliation is it going to take?
Kyuuji, are you happy? You caused half of TransEra to be banned with your fucking antics.
Oh you are busy playing CP2077 while your buddies fell on their swords.......
Huh, seems like relentlessly attacking the moderation staff and trying to dictate terms super blew up in your face.
Not talking so much shit in the Cyberpunk 2077 Transphobia and Constructive Community threads now, are you?
What happened to your threats of leaving?
If half of your merry band getting permed isn't enough how much humiliation is it going to take?
Kyuuji, are you happy? You caused half of TransEra to be banned with your fucking antics.
Oh you are busy playing CP2077 while your buddies fell on their swords.......
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
#Phonepunk#
Banned
and when they do crunch employees and psychologically abuse them by having them watch snuf films for research, Jason and his ilk will shower the game with praise and give it endless GOTY awards. look at the endless praise heaped by the "people super concerned with crunch and abuse" on TLOU2. the only reason the plot leaked was a disgruntled employee! yet it appears worker's rights only matter to Jason, etc. when convenient.
that's the problem with journalists like Jason, he thinks he is an objective observer, but he is not. he has his biases. he and the entire industry was willing to overlook Naughty Dog's corporate abuses all year long, while hounding other companies for similar issues. even now, we see Jason and his friends fanning the flames, platforming the aggression towards CDPR and amplifying it. Jason himself is even writing directly about the devs, centering the conversation on them. this is not the best time, a week before Christmas, to suddenly throw Bloomberg's billion dollar spotlight on these embattled devs. but Jason will never have to read those death threats. he can and will just blame them on "toxic gamers" and youtubers like The Quartering.
see, these journalists are the first to "speak up" about "toxic gamers", which is a way for them to cowardly refuse responsibility for the very reach of the platforms they are so privileged to use. for some reason they don't think of themselves as gamers, they don't see how their own actions and pettiness influences the culture at large. they fail to take responsibility for their positions as media gatekeepers, promoters, and evangelists. in Jungian terms, the "toxic gamer" is their shadow, and they project all their own toxicity on them, using them as a public scapegoat. it works wonders on MSM devotees.
TRUTH: their real job is selling product, luxury goods, which are entirely unnecessary. they do not make the world a better place. but they hate this, because they are self-hating hyper consumerists LARPing as socialists. video games, Hollywood films and the entertainment industry as a whole is a great pointless drain on resources. look at California, the home of Hollywood, how their energy system barely holds together, and how poorly they are steward to their environment, resulting in yearly massive wildfires and even fire tornadoes. that's these intellectuals, they spend all their time convincing us they are so smart and have everything figured out and we are morons for not letting them dictate all of law, culture and society. while at the same time they themselves produce very little. deconstructionism is not producing anything, it is merely commenting on things others have made. "representation in media" is similarly based on iteration, repetition, of taking something that came before and changing it. having a new POC hero isn't enough, it has to be a known property, it has to be a reference to something that already exists and has a following. journalist activists hijack these followings. that's the postmodern trick, you don't make anything new, you just stand to the side and say that in your ideal world it would have been done "this" way.
you notice all these people are mere critics, they don't make anything themselves. they are not artists. they are sideliners. history will forget them entirely. if Jason writes a story of any consequence, we will see it in the real world. they famously covered crunch at Naughty Dog and yet the entire industry gave that game tons of awards. so when they complain about crunch, they are being disingenuous. they are fine to ignore it when it occurs for a game they like. this alone makes them less than journalists. they are mere consumer advocates. no better or worse than The Quartering.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Fuck, I'll get to reading the past bunch of pages because it sounds like a total laugher. However as dumb as it seems I got something to finish at work and send to people tonight. Might take an hour or so.
But I see Mr. Encyclopedia got permed.
But I see Mr. Encyclopedia got permed.
nush
Member
Sociopaths enjoy the chaos they cause.
ManofOne
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ManaByte
Banned
Holy shit was that Schrieier?
I know we like to give ResetEra moderators a hard time but my hat is off to them. They have the temper, patience and disposition of angels.
If I was a moderator and had received this PM from TransEra, I would have gone into a berserker rage and permanently banned every single member of TransEra.
You can't read that and not feel rage if you are a normal person.
The entitlement, delusion and arrogance of TransEra is unfathomable.
If I was a moderator and had received this PM from TransEra, I would have gone into a berserker rage and permanently banned every single member of TransEra.
You can't read that and not feel rage if you are a normal person.
The entitlement, delusion and arrogance of TransEra is unfathomable.
ManofOne
Plus Member
that was JS ??
CaptainConlock
Member
Whoever gifted me gold: thank you! That was unexpected, but a pleasant surprise.
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