In this extra episode, Jimquisition lends a rambling mouth to the controversy surrounding Phil Fish and his dramatic exit from the videogame world.
A writer and editor turned game developer who has previously worked for websites such as Destructoid and the Escapist, TechRaptor was lucky enough to talk to Allistair Pinsof for a series of interviews about the current state of the gaming media.
This is a great interview, pretty much reminds you why GamerGate was set up in the first place, to counter "fishy" stuff like this in the industry
I mean this is just Indie stuff can you imagine the situation with big developers and what sites do to get on their good side.
Totally disgusting that the industry has come to this.
Im not surprised to be honest but let this be a lesson to all those people smearing #gamergate as a hate group and a misogynistic movement. This is what we fight for and this is the sh*t that needs to stop.
Phil Fish is a thief and the reasons as to why Fez 2 will never come to fruition is because he is a talent less hack
Both of the interviews with Pinsof have been fantastic. Hope this gets all the exposure it can.
most publications seem to be ignoring it hoping it disappears
im looking at you giantbomb r/games r/gaming polygon gamasutra and all you corrupt fools
(CriticalIndieGamer) Indie gaming is a serious business these days, but it is sometimes a little too serious for my liking. An industry that was started for fun has become the domain of a few sanctimonious, self-aggrandizing, and downright annoying developers. Admittedly, some small part of me secretly enjoys the controversy courted by these mavericks, so let’s take a look at five of my favourite game developer meltdowns.
From EGMR, "Indie games can be amazing experiences where quality truly shines through, but many a time the same cannot be said of the developers behind some of these games. Over the past year, I had my own experiences and witnessed a lack of PR sensibilities, and in some instances professionalism when indies communicated with members of the press. What I have noticed quite frequent is the lack of tact some developers have when communicating in a public forum, which needs to be highlighted. It is quite evident that some developers don’t realise that their social media feeds are a public forum, and that what you say in a public online context can have some real consequences."
This sounds better than people ignoring you because they look at your friends list, assume you're a bot and move on. Twitter is the worst about treating people less popular like serfs. It's too hard just to get a response sometimes, even though its the internet and anyone can ask anyone else anything. I agree the worst seems to be what boils to the top, but I would remind Jim to remember the people that are "just 1 in a million" still are people.
Yeah, but Jim explain this shit.
This guy replies and ask what are her 5 top games of all time.
She replies with; GoW 3, Bioshock Infinite, Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption TLoZ: Windwalker.
He says these are casual, so in which she asks who are they? and also makes a remark saying that if she was male, she would not be "condemned as a 'casual' gamer".
He then claims that she must be a feminist, that there arguments need to be made, and remark on her chances on getting a boyfriend...
This is what Jim said to a girl gamer on facebook. The point I'm trying to make is these know it all douches should never be respected, if you defend people like Jim and Phil you're the fing problem.
I know they have the one up on me cause they make money off doing their hobby, but they deserve no respect.
Jim your a little heavy. You could lose a little weight. Now hearing that are you going to cry. No. You don't know me from Adam. Why should you care what anyone thinks. Im not your boss, son, wife, bf, ect. You don't have to live with me, so man the hell up. Because your not going to click with everyone everytime, so the hell with them. Brush yourself off, chin up, chest out, walk strong.