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by skip 08/29/2012, 12:54pm PDT |
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Their PA report article is about how giving bribes to video game journalists is bad and bitching about Kickstarter. The whole thing comes off as bizarre since part of the PA just used Kickstarter is because they wanted to stop doing ads for video games. I don't know where exactly this goes since the PA Report and not the comic, but fuck it.
PA Report wrote:
While people often accuse the games press of accepting bribes for good scores or coverage, the reality is the story of a straight bribe being offered would be worth more to the writer than the money itself. That’s why I was shocked when I, and other writers, received an email that offered us Kickstarter rewards in return for coverage of the Epic Skater campaign.
“We would like to offer you (2) $125 Kickstarter reward tiers (details below) in exchange for promotion on your website in the form of a Press Release, interview or article (see attached). Your reward will be delivered on the target release date of December 2012,”
How is this different from the industry giving $250 worth of free shit with the game to reviewers, like they already do? I also like the term "straight bribe".
PA Report wrote:
I’m often frustrated when covering games, and sometimes confused about why companies keep us from covering certain angles, but this was one of the rare times I became angry. Does he really think that what we do is advertising? “How is it not a form of advertising? People see it, read a good article, see a fun game and talk about it with their friends. How is that not advertising. This is your area of expertise I’m just a game designer, so maybe you know a little bit more about the subject then I do,” he replied. He also apologized for any offense, and said he’d rethink his marketing strategies in the future.
He gets angry so rarely except when people are too honest for their own good. Yes, he and many people think game reviews are essentially advertising. The worst this guy did was not have some PR person try to spin this.
PA Report wrote:
Eli Hodapp is the editor in chief of Touch Arcade, and he expressed skepticism of the viability of the Republique Kickstarter. This turned into a Twitter conversation with some heated arguments on both sides, and some rather snide comments from everyone involved, which led to a thread being opened on the NeoGAF gaming forum. Soon, things began to get ugly.
Does he know this guy personally or something? It's not too hard to see that this guy was an ass and fanned the flames.
PA Report wrote:
“Something Awful is a comedy forum filled with trolls trolling other trolls, a friend let me borrow a display box from EB Games when Wiis were impossible to get and I photoshopped like a dozen photos together of me moving the box around,” Hodapp said when I asked about the thread. “And then made up a story about how I was getting Craigslist rich.” It was, he noted, a successful troll. The forum goers simply saw the stunt as proof of Hodapp’s awfulness.
I don't get how this section is supposed to feel sympathetic for the guy. Being an SA poster also explains a lot.
PA Report wrote:
He claimed his personal information was shared on the site, and the harassment began in earnest. He said that his parents would come home to threatening messages on their voice mail. “Just calling to let you know your son is a fucking faggot,” one particularly pleasant message stated.
That's a better troll. |
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