Sonic wants to ‘give it’ to Flo the Insurance Girl
Not really — I personally wouldn’t pass up the opportunity.
—Destructoid, Tony Ponce: Sonic wants to ‘give it’ to Flo the Insurance Girl [January 7th 2012]
Stay classy, Destructoid.
MCV, Michael French: Next Xbox AND PS4 set for biggest ever E3 [January 6th, 2012]
Citation needed.
Honestly, MCV, reporting a rumour as if it were absolute fact? Either you have a very reliable source you’re not willing to share, or you’re a collective of dunderninnies. I know which way I’m leaning.
Subcathoin: The Next Big Thing (Brian Crecente’s Tumblr)
I rarely reblog stuff from game journalists’ personal Tumblr accounts, and I try not to highlight their personal stuff. That’s not the sort of game I like to play. However, I’m highlighting this. Why? Because I am cautiously optimistic about this whole thing.
No, really. I am. I promise. This isn’t a trick, this isn’t an attempt at sarcasm or a bad joke. I genuinely think this could be something good for game journalism.
Others have pointed out that the idea of having so many repeat offenders pooling their efforts in one location potentially makes writing this blog so much easier. They may be right.
However! I choose instead to be positive and optimistic about this. I elect to adopt an air of cautious optimism about the whole thing, that perhaps Vox Games (or whatever it winds up being called) will be a step in the right direction for game journalism.
Or, perhaps it’ll be shit. It could so easily be shit. But I’m going to be positive about this one.
This is despite the very same writer maeking poast a couple of weeks ago about the very same games coming out for the Wii, which would have been slightly less embarrassing had Evan not linked to that post in this newer one.
VG247: “Rumour – Disney Epic Mickey 2 going co-op, multi-platform”, January 3rd, 2012
According to the preserved text, presented in full below, the sequel to the 2010 Wii exclusive is due in northern autumn, will release on PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360, and feature split screen co-op play. The second player will take control of classic Disney character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
VG247: “Marketing survey suggests Disney’s assessing interest in Epic Mickey 2”, August 27th, 2011
Possible gameplay details listed included optional split-screen co-op with Mickey and Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, and the formats listed for the game were Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360.
CVG: “Epic Mickey 2 going multi-platform with co-op?”, January 3rd, 2012
According to the newsletter Epic Mickey 2 will be “available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii” and a second player can get in on the action, with the painting ability given to one player and the thinning ability to the other.
CVG: “Disney survey reveals Epic Mickey 2 - report”, August 28th, 2011
According to the report, the game will have a two-player split-screen option with Mickey and his brother Oswald The Lucky Rabbit playable, while Mickey’s paint and thinner powers make a return.
It’s being lined up for release on Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3, claims the source, making no mention of 3DS, Vita or Wii U.
There are a handful of different ways CVG and VG247 could have approached wording this story (just Google it, and see what other sites did last week), and of course they chose the one which makes them continue to look uninformed/oblivious/lazy/incompetent at their jobs.
In the case of VG247 — not linking to, including tags, or acknowledging that they covered the topic half a year ago, and that it featured nearly identical information.
For CVG — wording their headline as an unnecessary question, when the answer is not only present in the source material and thus in the very article itself, but also, again, in their prior coverage from last August.
Sigh. Happy 2012. Off to a great start.
Oh, lord.
Happy New Year, You Bastards
2012 should be a little more interesting. At the least it should be better than the movie*. It is my fond hope that game journalists will get their fucking shit together this year. I strongly suspect they won’t. Heigh ho.
But anyway. Happy that thing I said.
(* The movie in question is Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.)
I am genuinely worried about Bashcraft’s obsession with Japanese erotica.
This is hilarious. I’m amazed at how quickly someone was able to knock out an Ocean Marketing parody video.
Hooked Gamers, Mark Barkley: Microsoft Unveils New Xbox 360 SKU [Dec 27th, 2011]
Oh no! Microsoft have opted not to include a costly accessory in a new bundle for a territory in which the console has traditionally performed exceptionally poorly! This is shocking news! I am genuinely surprised!
Joystiq, Arthur Gies: More than a few graphical issues for some Saints Row: The Third players [Dec 26th, 2011]
Yes, don’t ask Arthur about DxDiag. It’s only his job to report on gaming news. It’s not his job to know basic shit about playing games on a PC.
CVG: Xbox 720: Why it’s already here [Dec 26th, 2011]
You used a better name right there. “The next Xbox”. Not only is it less shit, it’s… actually, that’s all you need it to be. Less shit.
Please stop using lazy, lazy names for things that haven’t been announced yet, game journalists. Please. This is me, literally begging you to stop being shit, just once, just in this one tiny area. C’mon. It’s Christmas.
