how ridiculous is that for a magazine written by supposed game journalists to feature a fourteen pages-long editorial article disguised as news that is basically dedicated to infantile system trolling... there goes any sense of neutrality and professionalism
God how low EGM has fallen, never reading another issue again
Wow. And what did you think about Shoe and EGM when they blasted Peter Moore around this time last year for a 360 launch riddled with problems? I despise this 14-year old, "the media iz biased" dumbfuck mentality that has spread throughout most gaming forums these days. THIS, and the Peter Moore thing last year, are among the few examples of video game journalists actually acting like journalists.
the last comment was more in referrence to EGM's 14 pages-long PlayStation 3 feature and its cover with the splashed tomato
concerning the Peter Moore interview of last year, it seemed like a good initiative though I didn't think much of it, and it's same thing with this interview with the Sony guy, it's not any different from the typical rosy replies that any businessman doing his job would say, so I don't understand why anyone goes apeshit over it
but the crew who does them is now piss-poor when it comes to credibility-- these are the same 1UP editors that do news articles where they gloat and give their opinions when they'd be supposed to be neutral and strictly informative-- also, the few of them who post on GAF basically all seem to be huge, infantile Xbots, a trait that they clearly show in EGM articles in places where journalists normally shouldn't
I assume you're talking about Luke Smith? Because Garnett, Mielke, Greg Ford, they hardly ever seem to post there, and Jared Rea/alkaline black doesn't really strike me as an Xbot. And you're wrong about the "strictly informative" thing. If they're just reporting news, okay. But an interview is an entirely different matter. Interviews should be probing, and the questions should reflect recent events. Most of Sony's recent events have been negative. I know a lot of dyed in the wool Sony fans are sick of hearing about it, but it is what it is. Their recent missteps really have been the biggest story in gaming in the past 12+ months, and this is going to continue to be a hot topic until it changes.
So...
a. What does Luke Smith have to do with EGM having a pointed interview with Tretton or recapping the PS3's missteps? He works under the same parent company, sometimes even writes for EGM, but had nothing to do with those two pieces.
b. Why shouldn't they write those pieces when they're legitimate stories/trends? I long for the day when more traditional/mainstream journalism methods take over the field instead of endless preview puff pieces and fanboy slobbers we usually get now.
And as far as Luke goes, while he can be trollish sometimes, he gives it to MS just as hard when they do or allow something that's consumer unfriendly.
