Editorial RPG Codex Editorial: Games Journalism Scandal

[tuluse]

Heh, this is pretty great.

 

[Jaesun]

Are these tweets up there for real or did felipepe just photoshop them?

It's called Photoshop.

 

[Surf Solar]

Are these tweets up there for real or did felipepe just photoshop them?

It's called Photoshop.

Good, because some people in here seemed to actually believe these are real.

And don't mock me, this twitter shit is confusing to read for me, can't keep up with the times.

 

[Marsal]

Anytime, Bee! Unlike the Codex, I am flexible enough to scale my posts down to your level, naked midget. Do you finally understand how retarded your posts have been and why formatting is important?

You're missing the point, Marsal. Again. But you're pretty endearing the way you are.

Good style, decent execution. I liked the Brofist. Nice touch! If only your editing skills were as good as attempts to derail this "discussion", we wouldn't be here in the first place. You don't want to admit you were (are?) ignorant, dismissive of valid criticism, made several retarded posts and can't (refuse to?) understand a simple line of reasoning even when dumbed down to triviality, fine. Your choice. You'll have to do better than this, though.

May I suggest: "I've had enough of this pointless discussion. Stop trolling you bad troll, I have academic books to read!" Has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Or you could just take the high road and stop replying. Not as exciting and has an aura of surrender about it.

Whatever you do, at least read up on typography and text formatting. Just for fun.

 

[KazikluBey]

Well felipepe's was edited (as if the change of font wasn't a dead givaway, but this is actually real:

 

[mindx2]

Are these tweets up there for real or did felipepe just photoshop them?

It's called Photoshop.

Good, because some people in here seemed to actually believe these are real.

And don't mock me, this twitter shit is confusing to read for me, can't keep up with the times.

But it was just too funny not to want to believe. Best laugh I've had here in awhile. Also, what's this Twitter thing your talking about?

 

[felipepepe]

Wow, she even calls Square-Enix "The Mothership"! o_O

Sad thing is that I used to hear how SE headquartes at Japan were very serious against this kind of stuff, yet no one been fired yet... besides, looking at Famitsu famous 40/40 score, it's clear that japanese game journalism is in a massive decline as well:

Perfect scores

Nineteen games have received perfect scores from Famitsu. They are listed in chronological order:

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1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)[9]
2. Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)[10]
3. Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., for PlayStation)[10]
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo, for Nintendo GameCube)[10]
5. Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)[10]
6. Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)[10]
7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, for Wii)[11]
8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, Konami, for PlayStation 3)[12]
9. 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de (2008, Sega, for Wii)[13]
10. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (2009, Square Enix, for Nintendo DS)[14]
11. Monster Hunter Tri (2009, Capcom, for Wii)[15]
12. Bayonetta (2009, Sega, for Xbox 360)[16]
13. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Nintendo, for Wii)[17]
14. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010, Konami, for PlayStation Portable)[18]
15. Pokémon Black and White (2010, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)[19]
16. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011, Nintendo, for Wii)[20]
17. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011, Bethesda Softworks, for Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3) - the first non-Japanese game to receive a perfect score.[21]
18. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (2011, Square Enix, for Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3)[22]
19. Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012, Nintendo, for Nintendo 3DS)[23]

Games that received a near-perfect score of 39 (in which one of four reviewers gives the game a "9" while the other three give "10s") include:

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1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991, Nintendo, for Super Famicom)[24]
2. Virtua Fighter 2 (1995, Sega, for Sega Saturn)[24]
3. Ridge Racer Revolution (1995, Namco, for PlayStation)[24]
4. Super Mario 64 (1996, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)[24]
5. Tekken 3 (1998, Namco, for PlayStation)[24]
6. Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (1999, Sega, for Dreamcast)[24]
7. Final Fantasy X (2001, Square Co., for PlayStation 2)[24]
8. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001, Sony Computer Entertainment, for PlayStation 2)[24]
9. Resident Evil (2002, Capcom, for Nintendo GameCube)[24]
10. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)[25]
11. Gran Turismo 4 (2004, Sony Computer Entertainment, for PlayStation 2)[24]
12. Kingdom Hearts II (2005, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)[26]
13. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005, Konami, for PlayStation 2)[24]
14. Dead or Alive 4 (2005, Tecmo, for Xbox 360)[27]
15. Ōkami (2006, Capcom, for PlayStation 2)[28]
16. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)[29]
17. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008, Rockstar Games, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)[30]
18. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009, Activision, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)[31]
19. Final Fantasy XIII (2009, Square Enix, for PlayStation 3)[32]
20. Red Dead Redemption (2010, Rockstar Games, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)[33]
21. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (2010, Namco Bandai Games, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)[34]
22. Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010, Activision, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)[35]
23. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (2010, Capcom, for PlayStation Portable)[36]
24. L.A. Noire (2011, Rockstar Games, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)[37]
25. Tales of Xillia (2011, Namco Bandai, for PlayStation 3)[38]
26. Gears of War 3 (2011, Epic Games, for Xbox 360)[39]
27. FIFA 12 (2011, EA Canada, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)[40]
28. Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011, Square Enix, for PSP)[41]
29. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Collection (2011, Kojima Productions, for PS3)[42]
30. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)[43]
31. Resident Evil Revelations (2012, Capcom, for Nintendo 3DS)[44]
32. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (2012, Namco, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360)[45]
33. Resident Evil 6 (2012, Capcom, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360)[46]

The decline is impressive post-2008, they had more twice more 40/40 and the same ammount of 39/40 in the last 4 years than in the previous 10 years... and clearly some of the games are AAA shit FAR from deserving such praise...

 

[Crooked Bee]

Good style, decent execution. I liked the Brofist. Nice touch! If only your editing skills were as good as attempts to derail this "discussion", we wouldn't be here in the first place. You don't want to admit you were (are?) ignorant, dismissive of valid criticism, made several retarded posts and can't (refuse to?) understand a simple line of reasoning even when dumbed down to triviality, fine. Your choice.

It'd be all fine, Marsal, and I'd accept your point if your attempts to educate me had anything to do with what I said and weren't just you talking to yourself.

 

[7hm]

The writing (as Brother None said earlier) has some issues. Those run-on sentences are a bit much.

It's a really good editorial despite that.

...

Game journalism reminds me of sports journalism. You have the same type of issues of buddy / buddy relationships between sports org PR departments and barely more than hobbyist "journalists". The big difference between sports journalism and game journalism is that in sports there are at least SOME good journalists with real platforms. It seems like the only real journalism that exists in gaming is stuck to personal blogs, or handles only certain subjects.

 

[evdk]

Great articles. Great reactions. Great site.

A new tagline?

 

[Angthoron]

Great articles. Great reactions. Great site.

A new tagline?

Yeah, and why don't we form up and start a nice circlejerk while we're at it.

 

[Menckenstein]

Great articles. Great reactions. Great site.

A new tagline?

Yeah, and why don't we form up and start a nice circlejerk while we're at it.

http://i.imgur.com/a4rwS.gif

 

[evdk]

And what exactly has been going on in this thread so far?

 

[Marsal]

It'd be all fine, Marsal, and I'd accept your point if your attempts to educate me had anything to do with what I said and weren't just you talking to yourself.

Not as good as the last attempt.

The important thing is that you learn to properly edit texts you post are given to post. Learning not to be ignorant and dismissive of valid criticism will have to wait, it seems.

 

[Angthoron]

And what exactly has been going on in this thread so far?

That is a question not without merit.

 

[felipepepe]

And what exactly has been going on in this thread so far?

grotsnik wrote everything there's to say about the gaming journalists DRAMA, so we praised him on page 1 & 2, ran out of things to talk about and started to just derp around.

 

[Jaesun]

edit: I just now finished reading RPGcodex editorial. Damn. A tour de force.

Holy shit, that RPGCodex piece is brilliant.

Also I wish neoGAF knew their fucking retarded confirmation e-mail system does not work.

 

[evdk]

And what exactly has been going on in this thread so far?

That is a question not without merit.

I'll give you a hint:

 

[Menckenstein]

Jesus that lines up so well.

 

[Dexter]

edit: I just now finished reading RPGcodex editorial. Damn. A tour de force.

Holy shit, that RPGCodex piece is brilliant.

Also I wish neoGAF knew their fucking retarded confirmation e-mail system does not work.

Yeah, I tried signing up at some point, was already pissed that I couldn't use usual Mails and had to use Uni-Mail, then never got a reply or got my Account unlocked and didn't bother again.

 

[Jaesun]

I used my normal ISP e-mail and nothing. Oh well. I just wanted to correct them on one error.

 

[IDtenT]

A tour de force.

I'm pissing myself with laughter.

Also I wish neoGAF knew their fucking retarded confirmation e-mail system does not work.

You do realise that they moderate new registrations? It can take months to get yourself activated - that's if your registration isn't outright ignored.

 

[Jaesun]

You do realise that they moderate new registrations? It can take months to get yourself activated - that's if your registration isn't outright ignored.

Oh I didn't know that. Oh well.

 

[LundB]

Oh man...

Professional games journalism right there folks.

 

[tuluse]

haha oh wow