WorthPlaying writes, "To paraphrase the character of Ricky Ricardo from "I Love Lucy," EA and G4 TV have "some 'splaining to do."
Yesterday morning, EA sent out a press release announcing the voice actors cast for Mass Effect 3. While most of the names are returning actors, there was one new addition that should stand out for anyone in the gaming industry. It was revealed that G4 TV correspondent Jessica Chobot is lending her voice and likeness to the character of Diana Allers, a reporter in Mass Effect 3.
While this is no doubt great news for Chobot, as she's getting a chance to contribute to a top-tier video game from one of her favorite developers, the way the announcement was handled presents a bit of an ethical quandary for both EA and G4 TV."
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When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!
cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla
The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.
The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result
It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way
The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers
lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6
Wait,
The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.
NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.
EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.
I really don't see what the big issues is. It's not like she's going to review the game. Even if she does, or doesn't review it, ME3 will still get a 9.5 from G4TV. Yup I'm callng it now!
Ethical quandary ? let's not pretend those are even actual journalists , just hosts from tv show about games .
Nothing against her , but even look at the linked ME3 preview , is that actually journalist work ? Or just something like an infomercial ?
I don't see why a gaming journalist should have to explain herself.
We have mainstream media outlets spewing information that can literally swing elections...how about people complain about something that actually matters.
Games are a hobby, I don't think EA/Bioware stocks are going to go up or down based on what G4TV says.
I didn't even know she was on G4TV until all this B.S, I only know her from IGN.
I don't think it matters.
Both G4 and IGN will definitely benefit from some additional insight to the game through Chobot, but to say that either of those outlets will skew their review scores is probably pushing it a little. She doesn't necessarily have a vested interest in how the game does financially, just how her own performance is viewed. I'm sure both outlets will go out of their way to not mention the voice acting at all, just so they don't get bias claims.
So what? If she's not reviewing it then I don't care. Am I missing something?