Vault Dweller
Commissar, Red Star Studio
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I assume you've heard about the unprofessional and, frankly, <a href=http://www.rpgcodex.net/index.php#4823>despicable act of espionage</a>, committed by <a href=http://www.nma-fallout.com/>NMA</a>, a so-called Fallout fansite. <a href=http://blogs.pcworld.com>PC World</a>, a respectable and, most importantly, a professional gaming media site has openly posted <a href=http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/005313.html>what we've all been thinking</a>.
<blockquote>...Bethesda's post-nuclear RPG Fallout 3. I'd love to tell you all about the game, but frankly my hand-scribbled notes read like chicken scratch compared to the encyclopedic coverage provided by Fallout fansite No Mutants Allowed.
I can't remember the last time I saw a feature as meticulous, as literal, as utterly photographic. I'm counting somewhere in the vicinity of 10,000 words of fastidious blow-by-blow obsessing over the 45 minutes Xbox 360 demo Bethesda's Pete Hines was running in the GCDC press center, a demo Hines explicitly instructed attendees not to record...no ifs, ands, or buts.
So, to be perfectly honest, I'm a little disappointed to see that these guys thought it'd be just dandy to apply "for the demo showing in name of another media company," video the whole shebang, then transcribe it with unsanctioned screen grabs. Me envious? You better believe it. I had a recording device too, and I would've killed to use it. But I didn't, because playing games is something you do in front of your computer or TV, not at the expense of a respected industry publisher.</blockquote>Damn right!
<blockquote>No, and not to sound all preachy, but this is how a couple kids with a camera and an illicit agenda screw it up for the rest of us by turning already paranoid-enough companies into impregnable PR fortresses.</blockquote>Those meddling kids. Covering games is a serious business and should be left for qualified professional journalists, like, with ethics and shit, who actually understand how important good impressions are for game developers. NMA has let us all down!
Update! It appears that the situation has gotten worse. Instead of apologizing to the community, NMA ring leaders dared to imply that the professional journalist, a man trained in the deadly arts of drawing assumptions, was mistaken. Read for yourself:
<blockquote>I'm sorry? What unsanctioned screen grabs, all those screens have been release via Bethesda's website. What camera? What "video the whole shebang"? What "transcribing" of the whole event?
There are no new screenshots in there, all quotes are hastily scribbled as well. We could pay more attention to it because there were two of us and because we had little else to focus on, giving us more time to work out our notes directly. ... What exactly did we do wrong?</blockquote>You ruined what took years to build! YEARS! Hundreds of glowing "10/10", "OMG! ITS SO AWSAMMM!!!" previews and reviews. And now because of your less than orgasmic preview, Bethesda won't trust another journalist like evar. EVAR! I hope you are happy now.
<blockquote>...Bethesda's post-nuclear RPG Fallout 3. I'd love to tell you all about the game, but frankly my hand-scribbled notes read like chicken scratch compared to the encyclopedic coverage provided by Fallout fansite No Mutants Allowed.
I can't remember the last time I saw a feature as meticulous, as literal, as utterly photographic. I'm counting somewhere in the vicinity of 10,000 words of fastidious blow-by-blow obsessing over the 45 minutes Xbox 360 demo Bethesda's Pete Hines was running in the GCDC press center, a demo Hines explicitly instructed attendees not to record...no ifs, ands, or buts.
So, to be perfectly honest, I'm a little disappointed to see that these guys thought it'd be just dandy to apply "for the demo showing in name of another media company," video the whole shebang, then transcribe it with unsanctioned screen grabs. Me envious? You better believe it. I had a recording device too, and I would've killed to use it. But I didn't, because playing games is something you do in front of your computer or TV, not at the expense of a respected industry publisher.</blockquote>Damn right!
<blockquote>No, and not to sound all preachy, but this is how a couple kids with a camera and an illicit agenda screw it up for the rest of us by turning already paranoid-enough companies into impregnable PR fortresses.</blockquote>Those meddling kids. Covering games is a serious business and should be left for qualified professional journalists, like, with ethics and shit, who actually understand how important good impressions are for game developers. NMA has let us all down!
Update! It appears that the situation has gotten worse. Instead of apologizing to the community, NMA ring leaders dared to imply that the professional journalist, a man trained in the deadly arts of drawing assumptions, was mistaken. Read for yourself:
<blockquote>I'm sorry? What unsanctioned screen grabs, all those screens have been release via Bethesda's website. What camera? What "video the whole shebang"? What "transcribing" of the whole event?
There are no new screenshots in there, all quotes are hastily scribbled as well. We could pay more attention to it because there were two of us and because we had little else to focus on, giving us more time to work out our notes directly. ... What exactly did we do wrong?</blockquote>You ruined what took years to build! YEARS! Hundreds of glowing "10/10", "OMG! ITS SO AWSAMMM!!!" previews and reviews. And now because of your less than orgasmic preview, Bethesda won't trust another journalist like evar. EVAR! I hope you are happy now.
: The guy recorded everything with his brain. Or are brains banned for Bethesda previews?
