Ok lets not use the tag Gamergate for this question. In your opinion is there any kind of corruption rolling in the gaming industry, if yes, care to give some examples ?
Just so you know, by saying "let's not use the tag for this question" what I hear is "this is totally still me asking a gamergate question but you just responded to a question lecturing about lumping into a movement so I'm going to pretend to disassociate from it even though I'm still totally on board and not disassociating at all." If you're going to disassociate from gamergate it's not just a matter of "let's pretend I"m not asking as a part of the movement" it's "this movement is gross but I still have legitimate concerns."
Anyway....
To your question, the only example of corruption I can point to actual current examples of comes from sites that charge developers in order to review their games. It almost exclusively happens at small sites that review iPhone or mobile games, probably because they don't get enough web traffic to cover their site's upkeep costs with ads. That's still not an excuse though. It's extortion of developers, plain and simple. A fairly comprehensive list of sites to avoid because they engage in this practice can be found here: http://www.appynation.com/hall-of-infamy/.
I'm sure that's not what you were asking about though. You want dirt on the big sites. The Polygons and Kotukus. The truth is, there isn't a single example of game journalist corruption I can provide examples for from those sites. Not more recently than the GameSpot/Kane and Lynch debacle at least, and that's not really a relevant example indicative of the current game journalism climate. Maybe there are some instances, but none that I'm privy to that have any traction beyond unreliable rumors. Remember, we're talking about actual corruption here, which is a serious charge. It's not just "this site is doing something I don't like" or "the politics of this writer shine through and are different from my own," neither of which is necessarily corruption. Corruption means a journalist being bought, or bribed, or blackmailed, or money changing hands beyond an agreed commission or contract. But when someone falsely ascribes corruption to a journalist's actions without tangible evidence, it has a "boy who cried wolf" effect that makes it extremely difficult to take anything else that person has to say seriously.
Anyway....
To your question, the only example of corruption I can point to actual current examples of comes from sites that charge developers in order to review their games. It almost exclusively happens at small sites that review iPhone or mobile games, probably because they don't get enough web traffic to cover their site's upkeep costs with ads. That's still not an excuse though. It's extortion of developers, plain and simple. A fairly comprehensive list of sites to avoid because they engage in this practice can be found here: http://www.appynation.com/hall-of-infamy/.
I'm sure that's not what you were asking about though. You want dirt on the big sites. The Polygons and Kotukus. The truth is, there isn't a single example of game journalist corruption I can provide examples for from those sites. Not more recently than the GameSpot/Kane and Lynch debacle at least, and that's not really a relevant example indicative of the current game journalism climate. Maybe there are some instances, but none that I'm privy to that have any traction beyond unreliable rumors. Remember, we're talking about actual corruption here, which is a serious charge. It's not just "this site is doing something I don't like" or "the politics of this writer shine through and are different from my own," neither of which is necessarily corruption. Corruption means a journalist being bought, or bribed, or blackmailed, or money changing hands beyond an agreed commission or contract. But when someone falsely ascribes corruption to a journalist's actions without tangible evidence, it has a "boy who cried wolf" effect that makes it extremely difficult to take anything else that person has to say seriously.
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