8th January 2006, 11:04 AM
This is very old news to me.
I visit Planet Game Cube every once in a while and I enjoy Revo-Europe's often cynical albiet very 'teen' approach to game sites but other than that I cant stand any of the sites out there. Gamespot and IGN are among the worst, IGN reviews are now completely idiotic with no substance at all where the reviewers feel that they dont have to explain anything about their decisions in the score and Gamespot is like reading a 9 year old's rant with overly-simplistic views and meaningless opinions after it's been filtered through spell check and a thesaurus.
I have found the new bees knees; Blogs. they're perfect, and there's a ton of them. There's highly opinionated blogs from people of niche markets and general blogs with all the bias you'd expect from talking to a human being about the industry. A full-on hybrid of truth, lies and the catalyst of opinions. Not only are they entertaining to read but they offer much more insight about particular games or news.
Mostly it's just as the article says, the larger game sites and mags (I dont read any of the mags anymore) have to keep certain people happy. What's really funny is that it might go against their personal views so on the same website you'll read about how great a game is and then, in another article, read about its glaring flaws.
Out right lies in the face of biased fandom is one thing, but self-contradiction from under-the-sheets business and pocket-lining BS? How annoying is that?
I visit Planet Game Cube every once in a while and I enjoy Revo-Europe's often cynical albiet very 'teen' approach to game sites but other than that I cant stand any of the sites out there. Gamespot and IGN are among the worst, IGN reviews are now completely idiotic with no substance at all where the reviewers feel that they dont have to explain anything about their decisions in the score and Gamespot is like reading a 9 year old's rant with overly-simplistic views and meaningless opinions after it's been filtered through spell check and a thesaurus.
I have found the new bees knees; Blogs. they're perfect, and there's a ton of them. There's highly opinionated blogs from people of niche markets and general blogs with all the bias you'd expect from talking to a human being about the industry. A full-on hybrid of truth, lies and the catalyst of opinions. Not only are they entertaining to read but they offer much more insight about particular games or news.
Mostly it's just as the article says, the larger game sites and mags (I dont read any of the mags anymore) have to keep certain people happy. What's really funny is that it might go against their personal views so on the same website you'll read about how great a game is and then, in another article, read about its glaring flaws.
Out right lies in the face of biased fandom is one thing, but self-contradiction from under-the-sheets business and pocket-lining BS? How annoying is that?