I am now going to write an "article" about a "blogger" who "blogged" about a stupid "conflict" between a "blog site" and a game developer, it should be equally pointless as this article.

Tip of the day: don't refer to writers who are clearly (utterly and completely) superior to yourself in demeaning ways such as you have done in this article. It makes you look like a child, a very immature and silly child who is desperate for hits.

Sorry for being an ass, I'm just tired of noname sites like yours polluting the main page of what was once a great site, you know, n4g.

Cue supportive and politically correct comments:

Well, looking at the original review it's definitely taken it beyond a professional level to a personal level, and the criticism levelled at it is clearly more than unfair.

And while I would like to think HVS would remain professional and not take it down to his level, I can't really blame them for what they did. The reviewer took it to a personal level in the first place, and perhaps a better resolution would have been reached if he had apologised in lieu of the reviews on his book, and HVS could have apologised back.

As it is, I don't know why a bunch of idiots who this doesn't concern need to go and give it overly negative reviews on Amazon on purpose, the conflict had gone far enough already. Aye caramba. Interesting article anyway, and I mainly agree with your points :), except I have a little more hatred for poor journalism than HVS' retaliation.