Comments on: Gamespot Once More Lowers The Bar For Video Game Journalists Everywhere! http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/ No one knows where a ninja goes... Fri, 18 May 2012 01:46:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Kurz http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3363 Mike Kurz Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:40:33 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3363 Our site's not that big - Sony doesn't really talk to us about stuff, but I'm hoping now that we've stirred this up someone from either GS or Sony will step up and say something about what's going on here to clarify things for the community. Our site’s not that big - Sony doesn’t really talk to us about stuff, but I’m hoping now that we’ve stirred this up someone from either GS or Sony will step up and say something about what’s going on here to clarify things for the community.

]]> By: A voice http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3362 A voice Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:34:05 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3362 Update: This way very well be a rumour but people on that thread at GS claim to have recieved keys and they came from Kristin. Link: http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26607564&page=57 Update: This way very well be a rumour but people on that thread at GS claim to have recieved keys and they came from Kristin.

Link:
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26607564&page=57

]]> By: A voice http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3361 A voice Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:29:03 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3361 Ignore all the negative posts Mike, I joined gamespot specifically to get a key and I even paid a subscription to them just incase that was one of the requirements. Stories like this deserve to be published so people like me and any other paying member can see how shady the company really is. Thank you. P.S Did you try to contact sony to have them confirm they are indeed sending keys? We have a right to the truth and a right to know! Ignore all the negative posts Mike, I joined gamespot specifically to get a key and I even paid a subscription to them just incase that was one of the requirements. Stories like this deserve to be published so people like me and any other paying member can see how shady the company really is.

Thank you.

P.S Did you try to contact sony to have them confirm they are indeed sending keys? We have a right to the truth and a right to know!

]]> By: Joolies http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3360 Joolies Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:40:13 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3360 Good article, someone should call GS out on their bullshit. Good article, someone should call GS out on their bullshit.

]]> By: B http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3359 B Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:43:34 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3359 Great article Mike. Looks like Gamesalmighty.com just lost a reader......Me. Great article Mike. Looks like Gamesalmighty.com just lost a reader……Me.

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]]> By: flyinrhyno http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3356 flyinrhyno Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:30:18 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3356 I don't know why your getting so much flak for this article, I thought it was well thought out and written very well. The people that resort to insults instead of stating a counterpoint are the childish ones. Without reporters like you the public would never know the truth. Just remember big brother is watching. I don’t know why your getting so much flak for this article, I thought it was well thought out and written very well. The people that resort to insults instead of stating a counterpoint are the childish ones. Without reporters like you the public would never know the truth. Just remember big brother is watching.

]]> By: LuccaRF http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3355 LuccaRF Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:42:00 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3355 What's wrong with reporting on this? Nothing. If a large site like GameSpot get away with this kind of thing it definitely should be followed up and reported on. Do newspapers and other sites only report on the jolly things in life, or do they criticise and inspect others for what they have done? The answer is obvious. Criticising Mike for writing about this is childish, just because GS is a big site doesn't make it immune to mistakes and lies, in my opinion small sites are often much more truthful than the behemoths in the industry, as they still need to build up a reputation which they don't want tarnished early on. At the end of the day, it's an article simply reporting on something that should have been reported on. Letting GS get away with something like this doesn't exactly set a good example for other sites to follow. Lucca What’s wrong with reporting on this? Nothing. If a large site like GameSpot get away with this kind of thing it definitely should be followed up and reported on.

Do newspapers and other sites only report on the jolly things in life, or do they criticise and inspect others for what they have done? The answer is obvious.

Criticising Mike for writing about this is childish, just because GS is a big site doesn’t make it immune to mistakes and lies, in my opinion small sites are often much more truthful than the behemoths in the industry, as they still need to build up a reputation which they don’t want tarnished early on.

At the end of the day, it’s an article simply reporting on something that should have been reported on. Letting GS get away with something like this doesn’t exactly set a good example for other sites to follow.

Lucca

]]> By: Gareth http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3354 Gareth Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:38:41 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3354 Wow what a lot of stick for reporting something! Good on you Mike, keep it up Wow what a lot of stick for reporting something! Good on you Mike, keep it up

]]> By: Mike Kurz http://checkyourhud.com/gamespot-once-more-lowers-the-bar-for-video-game-journalists-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3350 Mike Kurz Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:26:12 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=432#comment-3350 Sorry you feel that way - care to elaborate? See, I think it's only fair for gamers to know when one of the largest online video game news outlets may be using some shady marketing tactics. Dishonesty is a terrible trait in a journalistic outlet, and the events that have taken place seem to imply that GS was less than honest with the community. Now, as I've said before, if GS makes a public statement explaining the situation and clearing up this mess, I'll update this post accordingly. If I'm wrong, I'll admit it, but the bottom line is that when a large news outlet gets caught with their pants down, it's news, and I treated it as such. If you care to provide a counter point instead of throwing around insults, I'm all ears. Exactly why is this post uncalled for? Should GS get a pass on stuff like this because they're a bigger site? They should just be able to do and say whatever they feel like? If you feel that way, explain it. Sorry you feel that way - care to elaborate?

See, I think it’s only fair for gamers to know when one of the largest online video game news outlets may be using some shady marketing tactics. Dishonesty is a terrible trait in a journalistic outlet, and the events that have taken place seem to imply that GS was less than honest with the community. Now, as I’ve said before, if GS makes a public statement explaining the situation and clearing up this mess, I’ll update this post accordingly. If I’m wrong, I’ll admit it, but the bottom line is that when a large news outlet gets caught with their pants down, it’s news, and I treated it as such.

If you care to provide a counter point instead of throwing around insults, I’m all ears. Exactly why is this post uncalled for? Should GS get a pass on stuff like this because they’re a bigger site? They should just be able to do and say whatever they feel like? If you feel that way, explain it.

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