Gameplayer Fallout 3 week

It's only a sequel because they bought a piece of paper that allows them to say so.

Kind of ironic, considering that Fallout was the phoenix that rose from Wasteland's ashes amidst licensing woes. I've written off any hope of a proper Fallout sequel, but am anxiously awaiting who will pick up the torch. Been waiting a while now... :zzz:
 
The only people who consider it a "sequel" is BS.

Old folks know better.

New folks just know it's going to be Oblivion with Guns.
 
Re: Integrity Not Included

4too said:
"Real journalism" is not cost effective in this media age. No red or blue pill required , say it enough and WILL be true.
Can't afford this 'assurance of quality', that's the mercantile ace that is always flung in our collective consumer faces.
Must misrepresent-ate to make the profit.
Hired scribblers become hired liars.

4too
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I don't know if 'journalism' was ever really unbiased or not following an agenda of some sort. One of the problems now may be we have too many journalists. A small segment is following any given source of news, and thereby the news source is less responsible for their content. They're not the exclusive source (and then theres the whole 'whos watching the watcher' issue). Of course the internet has magnified this a thousandfold. Everyone is a journalist.

Though I'm only guessing, it seems to me the cronyism in the gaming mags is a bad reaction to failing subscriptions and 'news stand' (do those exist anymore?) sales. Instead of thinking about producing a better product for the consumer they're catering to their covers, the gaming industry. Panicking maybe? Or perhaps they're just lowering their standards of hiring to cut costs.

4too said:
Enjoy the fiction for what it is.
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If it's fiction, it's not even good fiction--its horrible, actually. Who is going to find such articles of any use? I guess the real purpose is just 'heads-up, heres a new game', and then infomercial-like pumping up. Which makes it an advertisement.

If anyone wants a true opinion, well, the whole web is at their fingertips. If they wait even a few weeks after a game comes out, they'll probably have opinions on the entire experience 'cover to cover' as it were.

If everyone is a journalist, the term 'journalist' is obsolete. The only purpose of a gaming mag then has to be for hype and advertisement. And pretty pictures. And cheat codes.
 
and the fact that those who have worked with him openly refer to him as a genius
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Haven't Bethesda people actually secretly confided to VDweller or whoever that they actually think that Todd Howard is a nutjob? I definitely remember VDweller saying that someone from Bethesda told him that they all think that Pete Hines is actually "full of shit" but I can't remember what or if they said anything about Todd Howard.
 
Lingwei said:
Haven't Bethesda people actually secretly confided to VDweller or whoever that they actually think that Todd Howard is a nutjob? I definitely remember VDweller saying that someone from Bethesda told him that they all think that Pete Hines is actually "full of shit" but I can't remember what or if they said anything about Todd Howard.
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Even if someone was bold enough to say that, I don't it'll be repeated. There is this event called "Getting fired" that usually happens if you dis on someone higher in your company's food chain.
 
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