Forum Overview :: Cyberpunk 2077 :: More John Walker from 2012 on how game journos are NOT YOUR SHILLS

[quote name="maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"][quote name="Ichabod"]<a href="https://archive.is/59GyM">This is pretty great.</a> [/quote] <a href="https://botherer.org/2012/10/24/games-journalists-and-the-perception-of-corruption/">Games Journalists, And The Perception Of Corruption</a> [quote name="Johnny Walker"] "I remember spending one day going to Universal Studios in LA. It was an absolutely brilliant day, not least because it was so far removed from what a press trip would usually try to do. At the time, the theme park was like something out of a Scooby Doo episode, run down and depressing, and I was with a group of hilarious writers – we had the best day laughing at the dilapidated ruin of a 1980s hangover, and then got to go down the road where Buffy lived. I couldn’t tell you what game it was for, and I can assure you that it didn’t influence whatever I wrote about whichever game it was when I got back. But if you want to criticise me, I absolutely got given entry to Universal Studios by a PR. That merits criticism." [/quote] So apparently despite being paid to write about games since 1999, no one ever told him that accepting freebies like free tickets to Universal Studios is a conflict of interest. That was just a revelation that came to him one day.[/quote]