Thursday 28 August 2014

Gamers and the Journalists



Last couple of days was raining Cats and Dogs but that’s like every day with Politics. Recently came the ‘Quinnspiracy Turmoil’ where people are forced to sides, where people got silenced, entertainers got betrayed by fans as much as they betrayed their fans and who fault was it: Everyone in shades but none greater than the Games “Journalists” themselves.

Meet EA
The reason why I say everyone is at some fault is because it’s what I believe in, gamers all have good and bad eggs but the bad egg rubbed everyone the wrong way and not only that but the majority gamers actually indirectly supported the corruption within the Games Industry and Games “Journalists” even if they know it or not. ‘Vote with your Wallet’, you pay for games from companies you trust and you don’t from companies you do not want to exist another day. I vow to myself that I would never buy another game from EA (with the exception with Dead Space) after I lost all respect for them because they lost all respect to me and many others. It’s sad because many gamers don’t follow this and just give money regardless whether they do or don’t deserve the money and that’s why many games company like EA still exist, they always seemed to be forgiven. The reason why gamers actually indirectly support the corruption is that Games “Journalists” is that they always go on their websites and each click on their site gives it more the reason to still exist. Games “Journalists” would also create controversy on their own for more clicks which then uses the Gamers’ outrage to generate even more clicks.

                “Where the only winning move is NOT TO PLAY.” – Wargames, 1983

I have to tell when the first time I started despising gaming “journalists”. I know they were pretty bad before but when the Mass Effect 3 Ending controversy came I just noticed something really odd. The gaming “journalists” are mostly hivemind-like because there is rarely any, if not no, mainstream journalists that speaks out the Ending, they seemed less of defending the ending and more irrating anyone who speaks out against the endings, even the gaming “journalists” who never played the Mass Effect games aggressively criticize the gamers. It’s then I declared that the most trustful reviews are yourself and your friends but I still believe that gaming journalism could be improved, that’s why I supported the more independent gaming journalists like Gather Your Party.

With the ‘Quinnspiracy Turmoil’ actually proves how deep, not just the corruption of the Gaming “Journalists” but, how much there is of a conflict with the disagreeing gamers, it’s like a Cyber War. I heard that a gaming blog no longer exist because they refused to take down an article about Zoe and that’s what horrifies me because it seemed the Gaming “Journalists” have the cyber police or something, it does not help that any discussion is deleted.

I heard of The Fine Young Capitalists’ Indiegogo project and I got a few doubts with that project but there is one thing I notice that is special about them, they talk to people. They answer questions, they justify their actions and they hardly, if never, irritate people. They did a much more transparent and better job than the Gaming “Journalists”, which seems like more like a reason why the Gaming “Journalists” never even talk about them, not even negatively.

I know that it’s going to get worse form here unless the problems with the Gaming “Journalists” have been solved. My solution is that people should stop clicking into their sites and that the Gaming “Journalists” go back to step one and/or more better Independent Gaming Journalists took their. The sooner this is done the better.

Saturday 16 August 2014

Introduction

Hello my name is Jjwoww and this is an experiment I'm working on with a blog to express my opinions on various hobbies I like and how it can be great and at other times really really shit.

You see I love playing Video Games and I really like games of what they do best, be fun and maybe have a interesting story to tell. However lately the Gaming Industry and Gaming "Journalists" seemed to be taking the road to the wrong direction especially the Gaming "Journalists". They both become big businesses that focus appealing the lowest common denominator. For the Gaming Industry, some companies are forgivable as long as they make quality games and don't hammer their gamers however the Gaming "Journalists" are the biggest joke that some took seriously. It's tragic seeing a hobby becoming or became a parody of itself.

Recently Polygon, a Gaming "Journalist" website, have posting articles on mixing video games with recent tragic events, namely Ferguson, for no reason other than clickbait (Do not go on their website, do not give they attention they lust after for, besides Polygon's web design has poor taste). I am actually so pissed about all this and I should know that I should have been over it because this is not the first time that happen and Polygon is obviously not the first website that did something similar. There is a cancerous mix between Video Games and Real Life politics and I believed it's best if the two stay independent because my main appeal of Video Games is escapism not the political messages behind the games. A game that forces political agendas down my trout leaves me with bad taste.

This is why I make this blog, to express my opinions and see if I can do a better job than those nitwits. I like to point out I'm not very qualified with English, I can make spelling and grammar mistakes, and I'm not going to be an actual Journalist any time soon but that's okay because I do not want to actually get paid for my opinions, or at least when it comes with video games. So I'm telling you that you should make up your own opinions of video games or just go on more independent gaming websites that does not want clicks for money or getting paid by the Gaming Industry.

So yeah that is basically alot about my opinions rather than myself. All I could say about myself is that I have an interest Video Games, Movies, Comics, Books and Football. My favourite video games genre are role playing games, not those MMORPGs. I'm planning on getting a PS4 for Bloodborne by the time the game released, I'm a Dark Souls Fan but not a fan of Dark Souls 2.

I would be writing more articles in my blog, if there any feedback then please write in the comments section.