Good show guys. I've missed the past few months of episodes.
Shaolin Monks is a great game. I had a really good time playing co-op. More people needed to play that one. It was nice to see an MK spin-off that didn't suck balls (like those PS1 games). I would have loved to see a sequel. Except for that name. Fire & Ice? Wasn't that an NES game?
I loved the Gamestop impression you guys did. :lol:
Cheapy, I'm not sure why you're defending Kotaku. You guys have complained on the show several times about how awful game journalism is. Well, Kotaku is one of the top reasons why it's a total joke, especially after some actions that went down about a week ago.
You mentioned Apple deleting comments on their message board to hide the fact the Iphone has some major issues. Kotaku did the same thing. Basically, Crecente banned a long time Kotaku member for posting constructive criticism on the site (in the TAY section, the section he later told people where they should post those kinds of comments). Part of his criticism was what Shipwreck talked about. This pissed off a lot of people, and it set off a huge shit storm. People started commenting in an article Crecente posted highlighting the site's "best" posts, criticizing the way Crecente banned the user, the way he continued to handle the escalating situation, and Kotaku's posting quality. A bunch of people were banned, de-starred (Kotaku's commenting system to highlight only the comments they like), and their comments censored by having the vowels all taken out because they were complaining about how Kotaku posts a bunch of dumb shit and bans people for pointing it out. He put up an Editorial Board section in response for people to post complaints, criticisms, and suggestions for the site because he was getting a ton of heat for all the bannings and censorship. Even there, he just tells people, "You don't have to read the articles", "We can't cater to your individual needs" or "if you don't like it start your own site", bla bla bla.
Basically, Crecente has the same mentality as he did during the Xbox Pure deal. He can't take criticism at all, and he's an arrogant douche about it too. If you criticize anything about Kotaku he just bans you or censors what you have to say. Quite frankly, he's a garbage journalist.
I'm sure Ashcraft is a nice guy, but his articles are completely stupid and mostly creepy.
Kotaku is a video game site, so there main focus should be about video games, not Japanese school girls, celebrities playing games, celebrities holding a game, speculation and sensationalism, or about 90% of the ridiculously stupid shit they post. If somebody worked virtually any where else, and wrote an article that had absolutely nothing to do with what they're supposed to write about, and kept doing it over and over again, they would be fired. Plain and simple. If a ton of people are complaining that they need more game content on Kotaku and less dumb posts, obviously it's a big issue.
It's like if CAG's video game deal section was filled with mostly deals for adult diapers, school girl outfits, shampoo, boob jobs, TV dinners, and other non-gaming stuff, with the occasional game deal thrown in. Maybe there's even some posts with a celebrity pretending to be excited about a deal they got on those adult diapers. Since you're a video game deals site, those deals wouldn't make much sense. People would be speaking out against all those lame deals. Imagine if your response was, "We can't cater to your individual needs. If you don't like it, go start your own site." That doesn't address the issue or please your audience.
Yeah, Kotaku can do whatever they want, but I fail to see how celebrities playing games is interesting to gamers, or like you mentioned, how someone smelling bad is something gamers care about. What exactly are they the gamer's guide to?
Of course, it doesn't matter, because Kotaku has a ton of daily visitors. Bottom line is, they don't care about being good journalists (even though they try to fool themselves into thinking they're super serious journalists). They care about getting those high page views.
I stopped visiting the site after the Xbox Pure thing and haven't looked back. The way Crecente handled the situation was enough for me to stop taking them seriously. They've gotten much, much worse since then.
As for the coupon partners thing, it's obvious that Crecente and company (or probably just Crecente) are still sore about the Xbox Pure rumor. Nice job on the G4 gig though.
EDIT: Per Cheapy's permission, here's the
article I wrote on my blog that was the Xbox Pure Google Alert he mentioned on the CAGcast, if anyone wants to check it out. It's basically a more detailed account of what I posted above.
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