Gamers and the Journalists

Last couple of days was raining Cats and Dogs but that’s like every day with Politics. Recently came the ‘Quinnspiracy Turmoil’ where people are forced to sides, where people got silenced, entertainers got betrayed by fans as much as they betrayed their fans and who fault was it: Everyone in shades but none greater than the Games “Journalists” themselves.

Meet EA

The reason why I say everyone is at some fault is because it’s what I believe in, gamers all have good and bad eggs but the bad egg rubbed everyone the wrong way and not only that but the majority gamers actually indirectly supported the corruption within the Games Industry and Games “Journalists” even if they know it or not. ‘Vote with your Wallet’, you pay for games from companies you trust and you don’t from companies you do not want to exist another day. I vow to myself that I would never buy another game from EA (with the exception with Dead Space) after I lost all respect for them because they lost all respect to me and many others. It’s sad because many gamers don’t follow this and just give money regardless whether they do or don’t deserve the money and that’s why many games company like EA still exist, they always seemed to be forgiven. The reason why gamers actually indirectly support the corruption is that Games “Journalists” is that they always go on their websites and each click on their site gives it more the reason to still exist. Games “Journalists” would also create controversy on their own for more clicks which then uses the Gamers’ outrage to generate even more clicks.

                “Where the only winning move is NOT TO PLAY.” – Wargames, 1983

I have to tell when the first time I started despising gaming “journalists”. I know they were pretty bad before but when the Mass Effect 3 Ending controversy came I just noticed something really odd. The gaming “journalists” are mostly hivemind-like because there is rarely any, if not no, mainstream journalists that speaks out the Ending, they seemed less of defending the ending and more irrating anyone who speaks out against the endings, even the gaming “journalists” who never played the Mass Effect games aggressively criticize the gamers. It’s then I declared that the most trustful reviews are yourself and your friends but I still believe that gaming journalism could be improved, that’s why I supported the more independent gaming journalists like Gather Your Party.

With the ‘Quinnspiracy Turmoil’ actually proves how deep, not just the corruption of the Gaming “Journalists” but, how much there is of a conflict with the disagreeing gamers, it’s like a Cyber War. I heard that a gaming blog no longer exist because they refused to take down an article about Zoe and that’s what horrifies me because it seemed the Gaming “Journalists” have the cyber police or something, it does not help that any discussion is deleted.

I heard of The Fine Young Capitalists’ Indiegogo project and I got a few doubts with that project but there is one thing I notice that is special about them, they talk to people. They answer questions, they justify their actions and they hardly, if never, irritate people. They did a much more transparent and better job than the Gaming “Journalists”, which seems like more like a reason why the Gaming “Journalists” never even talk about them, not even negatively.

I know that it’s going to get worse form here unless the problems with the Gaming “Journalists” have been solved. My solution is that people should stop clicking into their sites and that the Gaming “Journalists” go back to step one and/or more better Independent Gaming Journalists took their. The sooner this is done the better.