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Topic	[Serious] Why is there a general dislike for Kotaku and its writers?
Unbridled9 11/17/19 6:53:05 PM #76:	GetMagnaCarter posted... Because on the internet many people want to hate and complain so they misinterpret and exagerate to distort and complain about what they made up rathe than what is. Some of Kotaku's writers are guilty of this applying dubious interpretations and then write an article objecting to old games and don't offer anything significant worth reading. Many people object to this. On the otherhand, there are also people who misrepresent Kotaku's articles and object to things they made up. I understand that Gamergate started because a Kotaku writer had consensual sex with a woman he wasn't married to and people wanted to pretend it had something to do with reviews (and some still do despite the non-existance of the review) No. It didn't. That event was extremely important but it was more of a straw on the camels back situation as opposed to the sole reason. Distrust with the gaming media had been building for a long while precisely because of the increasing political slant, dishonesty in the media, and so-forth. Even outside of politics it was well known that review companies would regularly accept bribes and the like for their reviews. Depression Quest was massive because it was utterly blatant that the game suuuuucked and there was personal bias in the review. However, even the incident with Quinn could have been handled if it wasn't for the 'Gamers are dead' articles that came out shortly after. That ruined any chance of there not being a massive blow-up. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage <cite>Unbridled9 posted [p:930285755] in [Serious] ... [t:78158311]...</cite> <quote>GetMagnaCarter posted...</cite> <quote>Because on the internet many people want to hate and complain so they misinterpret and exagerate to distort and complain about what they made up rathe than what is. Some of Kotaku's writers are guilty of this applying dubious interpretations and then write an article objecting to old games and don't offer anything significant worth reading. Many people object to this. On the otherhand, there are also people who misrepresent Kotaku's articles and object to things they made up. I understand that Gamergate started because a Kotaku writer had consensual sex with a woman he wasn't married to and people wanted to pretend it had something to do with reviews (and some still do despite the non-existance of the review)</quote> No. It didn't. That event was extremely important but it was more of a straw on the camels back situation as opposed to the sole reason. Distrust with the gaming media had been building for a long while precisely because of the increasing political slant, dishonesty in the media, and so-forth. Even outside of politics it was well known that review companies would regularly accept bribes and the like for their reviews. Depression Quest was massive because it was utterly blatant that the game suuuuucked and there was personal bias in the review. However, even the incident with Quinn could have been handled if it wasn't for the 'Gamers are dead' articles that came out shortly after. That ruined any chance of there not being a massive blow-up. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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