then show us the facts, Jack! give us the REAL story. the truth. and make it right. I'm gonna correct it! I gotz a masters in englush! or link us to "real" articles that are "serious". or whatever bullshit you preach.
Alright, what the fuck are you even talking about. I don't suppose you've actually written for anyone reputable, nor do you really know anything about the lovely world of games journalism and how totally up their own arsehole IGN are.
First of all; IGN got bought by Rupert Murdoc. They are a corporate entity now. They are there to sell things first and be journalists second, this article PROVES this.
personally what really has me curious is what articles your comparing it too. what do you read? newspapers are shit. the web has no credibility no matter what site you look at. and the only few magazines worthy of respect in terms of journalism and shit like that are probably time and national geographic. or forbes. not sure. the only mags out there that don't bullshit in anyway shape or form and do actual research.
Okay, I've worked with various multi and single format magazines over my time. They are not paid to be hype machines. They are not paid to sell something and say "OH MY GOD THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST THING EVER EVER TIMES TWELVE." They are there to talk about the product and, if the think it's good, they're there to say they think so. Yes, there is some room for them to say "har har other console is bad," but they are not there to basically, as IGN are doing there, SELL THE FUCKING SYSTEM AGAINST OTHERS. Comparitive versions? Yes. If anyone with any sort of journalistic integrity was to write for IGN, that article would not exist. Using hasty generalisations is NOT what they are meant to do. IGN are a disgrace.
Also, 'the fuck are you to tell us who reputable outlets are? IGN proved themselves arseholes the moment they put up the giant McRib banners.
Any outlet that had any self-respect wouldn't've let that go up. Not only was it just stupid, it was unfunny and badly written.
besides, did you really take it that seriously. on both lists (buy and don't buy).
Nope. I don't take IGN seriously.
it's obvious they're more the type of articles that FANS would agree with. written in a way where you know a specific group is going to agree with you 100%. it wasn't written like a real analitcal pros and cons decide for yourself type. simple way to look at it: what would you EXPECT to read from a nintendo power magazine? I don't even think they're ALLOWED to talk about other systems on that mag. I've subscribed to 3 years of it once, I can't remember. lol PSM was more layback and they did compare and make fun of other systems. Nintendo Power're shit too. In fact, a few American magazines are pretty awful, mostly because they have such a huge circulation and loyal bases of people who have no ability to distinguish between shitty overhype and actual reporting. GameInformer (actually, maybe they're canadian) are the only people I hold in higher contempt than IGN.
IGN are laid back because they know that they could mash their keyboard 4 times and still get thousands of hits a day.
but its not the type to take seriously if you HAPPEN to be undecided and ACTUALLY thinking about which system to get. i'm sure most of us aren't "thinking" about it. most of us have already decided since we first heard rumors that these systems were coming out. why get all pissy and shit? Its like your angry that maybe this article is "right" and your like "oh shit...and i got an xbox360 :("It wasn't entertaining though. It was just...lame. I'm getting a revolution. I'm actually getting all three, because I like games and it's my weapon of choice as far as expensive gifts to myself go. That and sweet, sweet bourbon. I've written for magazines. I know how things like this go. While some hyping is allowed, nobody half-reputable would actually put that up. Not as a joke. Not as a funny-funny open-the-day-because-we're-low-on-material article. Nothing. There's no reason to have that on there. Filler is one thing, fluff is another, and this is something else. Something very wrong. It's basically an editorial with no balls, no writing skill, and certainly no grounding in reality.
I mean, shit, they made an XBOX IS FAT LOL joke. That's actually the lowest of the low. Bottom of the barrel. Then they make the "NOT PLAYED BY KIDS" line, and I roll my eyes and can see my tiny brain.
as for the "girly" systems reference and shit like that.
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do me a fav. and shut the fuck up.
Wait, I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here with your leeched link to an old Penny Arcade story. I'm pretty sure that Tycho and Gabe would agree that that IGN article - nay, the whole of IGN - are pretty fucking awful as far as people go. Are you saying we're all dorks here? Is that it? Or maybe that we're stupid for even arguing about this? But you wrote all that stuff!
What si goign on!?!
Oh wait-
unless your some major big respected source, every article/report out there, should NOT be taken seriously in any way shape or form. (my opinion) or at least immediately just like that without maybe grabbing a few other sources first and then combining them for a better view and understanding on whatever they're talking about.
You seriously have no idea, no idea in the slightest, about what being a journalist is. You do not enter in at Time level, at National Geographic, at Washington Post, at New York Times. You enter in at the highest low-rung your connections can shift you into. The ones that pay $17,000 a year and aren't particularly popular. Then your connections get you recommended and you move up and up. If you think it's a case of joking around like fuckholes and not taking yourselves seriously and getting draft by the National Journalist's League, you're severely mistaken.
This is bound to be good.
