FMPONE 6,013 Report post Posted June 19, 2019 3 hours ago, [HP] said: lol, damn! Yeah, this is nothing new though, with each year that passes, you're seeing the divide between the games media and gamers getting farther apart. It would actually be a really interesting psychological dichotomy to try and dissect, if it wasn't such a political minefield, because I've never seen this happen to any industry in my life. It'll be interesting to see where this will lead. Yeah, this is obviously a bad look for IGN. Gamers instinctively reject the idea that games have blunt force effects on reality, they recognize this belief is the same that lead to people like Jack Thompson trying to ban games for political gain, preaching that games lead to real life violence. That idea has been debunked, but the same moralistic panic has moved to "games cause real life racism/mysogny/terrorism/etc". Journalists pissing their pants over every "political" comment in games has lead to a cottage industry of people farming themselves out as "X consultants", who will piss their pants about games that don't have enough "X" (hint: no game will have enough X, unless that consultant gets paid. and paying them only temporary shuts up that consultant, there is still a wide industry of "consultants" and "journalists" ready to piss their pants at a moments notice). These consultants are going to criticize every major game release for being insufficiently woke, because high profile game launches are the best opportunity to make X criticism, then shill your terrible book in your pinned Tweet. When I used to read Electronic Gaming Monthly as a kid religiously every month, the emphasis was on consumer protection. Not in a moralistic sense, but in a monetary sense: "is this game worth your bucks?" "is this game well designed?". We've totally lost that flavor of journalism, it's all paternalistic moralism now. No one wants IGN to be their mommy or daddy, to tell them if it's morally OK to consume the newest Call of Duty blockbuster, but they know that's the only way to get clicks, to poke a consumer-base that rightly rejects such pants-pissing. 3 ┌HP┘, blackdog and Squad reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radu 2,925 Report post Posted June 19, 2019 Also, people get really sensitive when something is depicted in their backyard rather than some far away place. 2 2 Interfearance, FMPONE, blackdog and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Interfearance 506 Report post Posted June 19, 2019 @FMPONE I gotchu but when has IGN ever had a "good look" from 2010 onwards? They are a small notch below mainstream media in terms of their knowledge regarding games and the gaming industry. They gave Evolve a 9.0 and they gave Doom 2016 a 7.0 Even from a non-gamer's pov it is not hard to see how mentally debilitated their reporters are; just google both games, and the ratings are essentially swapped in value. Game reporting is harmful to the gaming industry and nobody profits off of it except the websites behind it all. On the other hand, video game streamers and youtubers give back by promoting the game massively every time they play it. Oh, and they are actual gamers... 1 ┌HP┘ reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FMPONE 6,013 Report post Posted June 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, Interfearance said: @FMPONE I gotchu but when has IGN ever had a "good look" from 2010 onwards? They are a small notch below mainstream media in terms of their knowledge regarding games and the gaming industry. They gave Evolve a 9.0 and they gave Doom 2016 a 7.0 Even from a non-gamer's pov it is not hard to see how mentally debilitated their reporters are; just google both games, and the ratings are essentially swapped in value. Game reporting is harmful to the gaming industry and nobody profits off of it except the websites behind it all. On the other hand, video game streamers and youtubers give back by promoting the game massively every time they play it. Oh, and they are actual gamers... it's not going to be a sustainable industry, I don't see outrage click-baiting being sustainable long term 1 1 ┌HP┘ and Interfearance reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pampers 5,625 Report post Posted June 20, 2019 but here you all are, outraged from a clickbait video 1 1 FMPONE and dux reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
┌HP┘ 9,837 Report post Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 4:04 AM, Pampers said: but here you all are, outraged from a clickbait video *Laughs in SJW* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pampers 5,625 Report post Posted June 23, 2019 this covers 90% of all youtube gaming content https://twitter.com/burgerdrome/status/1139360651187326978 2 2 FrieChamp, Evert, Zarsky and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackdog 4,443 Report post Posted July 20, 2019 I'm surprised how excited they are about pretty much copying CSGO's Wingman format 2 Radu and Interfearance reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radu 2,925 Report post Posted July 20, 2019 Hopefully that will give people more incentive to play csgo's wingman mode. But this is a good example of how awful valve is at promoting their content. Come on, valve, fucks sake Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puddy 3,089 Report post Posted July 20, 2019 To be fair, this mode is inspired by a mode from Modern Warfare 3 (can't remember what it was called, haven't actually played it). I am pretty hyped for this game. The gunplay looks tight and fun and the game seems like a return to its roots. Hooray. 2 1 ┌HP┘, blackdog and Interfearance reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pampers 5,625 Report post Posted July 21, 2019 (edited) Spoiler still hyped though, the og mw games were my favourite Edited July 21, 2019 by Pampers 3 1 CompoSITe, Beck, blackdog and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beck 2,556 Report post Posted July 22, 2019 I thought Wingman was some kind of mode against some AI or something. Granted I haven't been playing CSGO for a while. Gotta admit that does looks smooth af though! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackdog 4,443 Report post Posted August 1, 2019 Wow another of those trailers where you can't understand what's going on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El_Exodus 1,372 Report post Posted August 2, 2019 Watched the reveal earlier and I have to admit that it looks so much better than I expected. It seems to be the COD after many years, which will actually deliver something new. I like. Definitely will jump into the beta when it's there and see for myself. 1 ┌HP┘ reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
┌HP┘ 9,837 Report post Posted August 2, 2019 2 Radu and Puddy reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites