Comment by Christ724 on 23/08/2014 at 06:58 UTC

"Hate and anger are two completely separate energies. They might have a similar emotional charge to them, but anger is a much more constructive emotion than hate". -Maynard James Keenan.

We can hate Zoe Quinn all we want, but let's focus our energy on being angry with gaming journalists that are OK with this behavior in the industry happening, and look to constructively change it.

Comment by BertDominick at 23/08/2014 at 09:22 UTC

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Sadly in a couple weeks, when this story stops getting updates, the whole Zoe Quinn story will be forgotten and the mainstream gaming news will go on being it's corrupt self.

Comment by facedawg at 23/08/2014 at 12:02 UTC

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Most entertainment "journalism" is.

Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 16:45 UTC

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Journalism itself has been a joke since the Facebook era. Most "journalists" are essentially bloggers with given too much credit and ego build up for no reason. Their writing is average at best, they speak in the entirely wrong tone and form, and completely lack integrity. It's all about their perspective which is fuckin' Opinion Column writing not journalism!

Comment by garion046 at 23/08/2014 at 22:43 UTC

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Your point is accurate, but let's not generalise too far. There certainly seem to be major issues with game journalism to do with corruption, bias, and double-standards. However there are still plenty of good journalists out there in this industry who actually do a good job. I don't think it's fair to throw those people in with others who blatantly abuse their positions and integrity.

Comment by baskandpurr at 23/08/2014 at 12:05 UTC

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What could they possibly add anyway? They play games then write stuff about them, any idiot can spew opinions and thats what these people are. If they had an sort of ability they would make games, but they can't. None of these people has an actual merit but they have to defend their fictional status somehow and the only tool they have is an opinion and an audience.

Comment by D3boy510 at 23/08/2014 at 14:16 UTC

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It grew too fast. It got to a point where it was filled with journalist instead of gamers.

Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 17:35 UTC

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It's the people in the positions. These are not journalists by trade; they are video game players and, increasingly, message board posters moved into positions of prominence in an industry that exploded faster than professional standards could be established. Remember that just twenty years ago video games were still a niche hobby with a few hobbyist publications of any note.

For a lot of them, this is the first position of importance or (tiny, pathetic) power they've ever held. Suddenly these people have sway over the success of entrants to a multi-billion-dollar industry. Not a one of them had to pay their dues under scrutiny and a strict ethical code the way old media journalists had to. To them, power grabs, incestuous cliques, exclusion, and blatant conflicts of interest are par for the course. And really, who is going to say anything? Someone tries to hold any one of the "cool kids" to any sort of standard and they are blackballed from the industry. It systematically can't mature as a medium.

Comment by BluntMuncher at 24/08/2014 at 02:27 UTC

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Gaming is a joke

Comment by isignedupforthis at 26/08/2014 at 11:22 UTC

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Oh right the actual news on the TV at this day and age are soooo much relevant and unbiased. Whole journalism has gone to shit by making money by not releasing certain news or belittling them and running sensationalized bullshit.

Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 10:29 UTC

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Way to copy the top comment from last time.

Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 10:31 UTC

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Even in the golden era of PC Gamer Magazine half the magazines were ad's or ads disguised as articles.