Chit-Chat: Wiicked Cool Daily Chit-Chat

[Spinosaurus]

We've avoided mentioning the shitfest that is gamer gate up until now

Let's go back to ignoring their asses.

 

[Nah]

How can gamers be dead if there's so many good games coming out?

How can gamers be dead when we're all still here? Or are we all ghosts or something?

Hopefully no one minds but could someone explain to me what this Gamergate thing is and why it's a big deal? I've heard of it yes, some shit about some woman banging a reviewer to get a higher review score on her game and some vague shit about ethics in gaming journalism is all I know.

 

[machomuu]

Can we just not bring up gamer gate at all

It wasn't really my intention to bring them up.

Not that it matters. Gamer Gate isn't exactly relevant anymore. They're a very mid-2014 issue and...that's it. They weren't even relevant by the later part of last year.

 

[Spinosaurus]

Hopefully no one minds but could someone explain to me what this Gamergate thing is and why it's a big deal? I've heard of it yes, some shit about some woman banging a reviewer to get a higher review score on her game and some vague shit about ethics in gaming journalism is all I know.

If you managed to be in the dark about it for this long then you should just keep it that way. It's not worth it.

It wasn't really my intention to bring them up.

Not that it matters. Gamer Gate isn't exactly relevant anymore. They're a very mid-2014 issue and...that's it. They weren't even relevant by the later part of last year.

That wasn't really directed at you. Unfortunately though, they're still very much relevant, but that's a whole other subject.

 

[Sir Codin]

Hopefully no one minds but could someone explain to me what this Gamergate thing is and why it's a big deal? I've heard of it yes, some shit about some woman banging a reviewer to get a higher review score on her game and some vague shit about ethics in gaming journalism is all I know.

Long story short, GG claims to be fighting for more accountability and integrity within video game journalism and for journalist sites to not have special interests or political ideologies color their articles.

Anti-GG believes the entire GG movement is about harassment of women in the video games industry and keeping games "sexist."

Both sides accuse the other of all sorts of shady shit, though GG believes that a third party is stirring shit up behind the scenes (their biggest suspected source of the worst trolls in the conflict is Something Awful). It's a big fucking mess, really. My opinion? It wouldn't have blown up the way it did if it wasn't for numerous journal sites posting "Gamers Are Dead" articles all in the same goddamn day. Which is why I think all the sites that posted those articles are shit.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

Long story short, GG claims to be fighting for more accountability and integrity within video game journalism and for journalist sites to not have special interests or political ideologies color their articles.

Anti-GG believes the entire GG movement is about harassment of women in the video games industry and keeping games "sexist."

Both sides accuse the other of all sorts of shady shit, though GG believes that a third party is stirring shit up behind the scenes (their biggest suspected source of the worst trolls in the conflict is Something Awful). It's a big fucking mess, really. My opinion? It wouldn't have blown up the way it did if it wasn't for numerous journal sites posting "Gamers Are Dead" articles all in the same goddamn day. Which is why I think all the sites that posted those articles are shit.

When I imagine GamerGate, I see a big giant gate flooding with bullshit and ugly people sex and Anita Sarkeesian

Besides accountability with the press, I honestly didn't give a single fuck. Who cares o.o

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

Daigonite was right, perhaps we aren't mature enough to fully discuss Gamergate in the first place, nor would it warrant a thread of its own here. Mind if we suggest to go back to a previous game topic or a new one altogether?

 

[Nah]

Daigonite was right, perhaps we aren't mature enough to fully discuss Gamergate in the first place, nor would it warrant a thread of its own here. Mind if we suggest to go back to a previous game topic or a new one altogether?

Oh, I didn't really want a discussion about it anyway. CharChar's post was all I needed.

Uh, new topic.....

k I got nothing

 

[Necrum]

I saw a tweet today about how YT Gamers killed traditional gaming journalism. lol, it's not that, it's evolution! We are in the age of the internet for crying out loud! If anything those traditional media are killing themselves.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

I saw a tweet today about how YT Gamers killed traditional gaming journalism. lol, it's not that, it's evolution! We are in the age of the internet for crying out loud! If anything those traditional media are killing themselves.

I remember South Park tackling on this issue, with PewDiePie as a special guest, and they really handled it well.

 

[Necrum]

I remember South Park tackling on this issue, with PewDiePie as a special guest, and they really handled it well.

I'm kinda scared to watch the episode because I know South Park and I watch a TON of Let's Play videos, lol

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

MunchingOrange was and still is my favourite LPer ever. Back in 2009 I watched his playthrough of Pokémon Brown which got me into both popular YouTube and ROM hacking all those years ago. And he's still going strong, I still love his let's plays even now. :D

 

[Sir Codin]

I remember South Park tackling on this issue, with PewDiePie as a special guest, and they really handled it well.

Surprisingly I watched every episode of the latest season except that one.

Don't know why. Probably laziness.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

I saw a tweet today about how YT Gamers killed traditional gaming journalism. lol, it's not that, it's evolution! We are in the age of the internet for crying out loud! If anything those traditional media are killing themselves.

I'm not watching LPs at all but I agree with you.
In this age, YT is absolutely essential to modern gaming.

 

[Bay]

I'm kinda scared to watch the episode because I know South Park and I watch a TON of Let's Play videos, lol

I managed to watch that particular episode (it's a two part episode actually), and I also thought concerning PewDiePie the show handled him well even though I never watched a LP of his. The show more or less showed LPs in a positive light (and Cartman being himself :P ). I tend to watch a lot of LPs myself, haha.

 

[El Héroe Oscuro]

There's a lot of speculation going on right now that Borderlands 3 will be unveiled by Gearbox at PAX South this year: please, please, please don't disappoint me, Gearbox. If it is true though, it would make sense considering the release of Borderlands: The Handsome Jack Edition would build up hype for the threequel.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

Mmm, Half Life 3…

I loved playing Halo back in the day. It was my shit, kill all them aliens. And with what I termed as a kid the "red plasma rifle", or Brute rifle as it was properly termed.

 

[TRIFORCE89]

I saw a tweet today about how YT Gamers killed traditional gaming journalism. lol, it's not that, it's evolution! We are in the age of the internet for crying out loud! If anything those traditional media are killing themselves.

I don't consider the overacting attention seekers on YouTube and twitch as journalists by any stretch of the definition.

They're just media personalities (and I find the majority of their personalities annoying and unwatchable).

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

I don't consider the overacting attention seekers on YouTube and twitch as journalists by any stretch of the definition.

They're just media personalities (and I find the majority of their personalities annoying and unwatchable).

At least the Youtubers are more honest and experienced in the gaming than the professional journalists, or else all the backlash towards hyped games wouldn't be as loud and common on the internet than it is now.

 

[Morkula]

There are a lot of YouTubers who accept paid offers from publishers though. It's no bastion of honesty and integrity.
And of course you think YouTubers are annoying attention-seekers, Triffy. :P