Fucking Kotaku

[Luftwaffles]

I look forward to seeing a Razer Blade 2.0 review printed on the front tech page of the New York Times.

Edited July 11, 2012 by Sporkwaffles

[fuchikoma]

  On 7/10/2012 at 11:36 PM, Strangelove said:

http://www.nytimes.c...l?_r=1&ref=arts

 

NY Times is going to print Kotaku reviews on their paper.

Id be proud of them...4 or 5 years ago. But not now.

 

That being said, I still kind of like a lot of their reviews. Theyre not half bad.

 

You can brand me a curmudgeon for holding such an old grudge, but ever since John Markoff made his fortune by vilifying Kevin Mitnick, I've taken NYT with a grain of salt. I guess if they're giving official space to Kotaku articles, I'll make that a heaping tablespoon of salt!

[Waldorf and Statler]

I had to revive this just for this. This isn't even the fault of the writers. This is just the community. I know Kotaku is kind of the cesspool of idiots and just idiots for the most part since gaming encompasses topics that are appreciated by a wide-spectrum of ages but.... just look at 90% of the responses to my comment. If you're too lazy to click the link I made a sarcastic remark that is related to a Futurama jokes, provided said link to a joke and like 90% of the responses I got were people calling me an idiot in one way or the other missing the joke entirely. Gaming and Sports usually have the worst fanbases but at least deadspin has a small community so there is a much lesser amount of... these people.

 

http://kotaku.com/5977517/?post=56432459

[madbassman39]

Oh my word. That response thread! When somebody uses the term "real language" and refers to "American" I automatically assume its a joke, one that I laugh at on a regular basis. The fact that you go by Jesus Christ on Kotaku makes it even funnier (because some bible thumpers believe Jesus only cares about Americans). There are levels of irony going on just by your name and making a simple joke like that. Its funny. Its pathetic that Kotaku comments have resorted to shit flinging instead of appreciating humor that is very well crafted...

[TheRevanchist]

Funny. I emailed the editors last week about a troll who was using some racially insensitive words to incite. I quoted the troll, who was obviously just trying to pick a fight with all of this person's responses, and put a link to his profile that showed more of his antics. So far, nothing has been done, and probably nothing will be done.

 

That is just how they want it to be, I suppose. Not much we can do about it, except watch it turn into a pile of dog poop that was originally a pile of cat poop that the dog ate.

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

I don't think emailing the editors is the right thing to do in that case. Kotaku has moderators/interns for that.

[TheRevanchist]

The official page says to email: help at Gawker dot com. In the old days, we used the trollpatroal hashtag/page. Then, we had to email the editors to get anything done. Mods were still there a little. Now, the writers are modding on their articles/ignoring on their articles, at least from what I have seen.

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Oh, I see. Perhaps they only care about the convos initially then just let them run?

[Waldorf and Statler]

problem with troll patrol is that people would use it for every fucking reason.

 

Guy disagrees with you? #trollpatrol

 

Offended you simply by existing? #trollpatrol

[TheRevanchist]

Basically, the Kinja system is the moderator. It's supposed to weed out terrible crap/people. However, it does not work.

 

The only positive we have is the ability to either "Dismiss" or "Reply" to a comment. If you dismiss a comment, it disappears. But, you can only dismiss a comment if it's a reply to you. So, trolls can post whatever they want directly at the article.

[Alex Heat]

I'm finding myself visiting Kotaku less and less (and thinking about reading Rock, Paper, Shotgun more).  Getting kind of sick of the blatant clickbait posts Patricia is making, not to mention Totilo's flippant disregard for anything short of applause and praise for her.

 

Kinda having the same issue with Evan Narcisse's articles too.

 

Guys, I'm not against ladies and minorities in games, but fuck if I'm not sick of intentionally goading your audience with 'this game needs more minorities' or 'this presentation needs women or else it is totally sexist'.  Browbeating and attempting to shame people isn't really going to win anyone real advocates to their cause.

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Do you actually go to each site and scroll down? I just read both through Google Reader so I can just skip what I don't like from both.

[Waldorf and Statler]

  On 3/7/2013 at 5:37 AM, Alex Heat said:

I'm finding myself visiting Kotaku less and less (and thinking about reading Rock, Paper, Shotgun more).  Getting kind of sick of the blatant clickbait posts Patricia is making, not to mention Totilo's flippant disregard for anything short of applause and praise for her.

 

Kinda having the same issue with Evan Narcisse's articles too.

 

Guys, I'm not against ladies and minorities in games, but fuck if I'm not sick of intentionally goading your audience with 'this game needs more minorities' or 'this presentation needs women or else it is totally sexist'.  Browbeating and attempting to shame people isn't really going to win anyone real advocates to their cause.

 

While I can't say for certain I've noticed that a grand majority of those DEMANDING more minority diversity in games, outside of women, seem to be white males. Subconscious guilt trip?

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Evan Narcisse is black.

[TheMightyEthan]

I can't help but read his name as "Narcissus" every time it's mentioned.

[Waldorf and Statler]

  On 3/7/2013 at 5:57 PM, Faiblesse Des Sens said:

Evan Narcisse is black.

I meant in the comment section. There always seems to be a white guy saying "black people wouldn't like this"

 

and then like two black people say "we're fine with it" and they flip out on them saying shit like how they don't represent most black people and that they should  be fightin' for their rights YA'FEEEEEELME?

[TheRevanchist]

Yesterday, there was an article on there about how Mormons are represented in gaming, followed by how PETA was upset about whaling in AC.  I haven't seen much of Kotaku today, but I assume they have something else about someone feeling like they are being bullied by the creaters of Angry Birds for not including penguins.

 

 

Oh, well.  I'm kinda done with being nagged by Kotaku.  You just need to say "fuck it" and not take that place seriously anymore.

[TheMightyEthan]

To be fair, PETA really does need to learn to pick their fucking battles.  They'd have a lot more credibility with the general populous if they didn't whine about such inane bullshit.

[Waldorf and Statler]

I go to Kotaku mostly for posting silly comments and reading latest news. IGN it's basically just to read any impression/see a video nobody else has

[TheRevanchist]

  On 3/7/2013 at 11:42 PM, TheMightyEthan said:

To be fair, PETA really does need to learn to pick their fucking battles.  They'd have a lot more credibility with the general populous if they didn't whine about such inane bullshit.

And if they didn't financially support groups like ELF and such. PETA really are just a bunch of assholes.

[CorgiShinobi]

I'll admit Revanchist, you got me to visist Kotaku after so long to see that Mormon article. Seems the title was changed from a Fallout perspective at how the faith was incorporated into characters of the Honest Hearts DLC, which I know nothing about because I didn't play New Vegas. (I never even finished Fallout 3 after 120 hours.)

 

Definitely was altered to get more views, and spur a lot of comments. I know William Taggart from Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a "Mormon" character, only because there's a single email on his computer consisting of someone telling him to go back to Utah, multiple wives, etc. I'm aware of actual people in the industry, active or not, but it's not like I have them all memorized. If I ever talk about it, it's at a moment like this where I could say, "Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, Chuck E. Cheese's, and co-creater of Pong was raised in the church." Oh, and Sandy Peterson, a.k.a. id Software designer for Doom, Doom II, and Quake.

 

Otherwise, I ain't care. A lot of minorities could be represented in video games, whether it's by sex, race, religion, culture, and so forth. What makes it matter is whether it actually adds anything to the game, its narrative, and its characters other than a bit of trivia you find on a lone wiki page. Something like how Jetstream Sam from Rising: Revengeance can be an actual person since Japanese immigrants established Kenjutsu dojos in Brazil rather than, "Why does this Spanish-sounding guy know samurai stuff? THAT DON'T SEEM RIGHT, RIGHT?"

[Waldorf and Statler]

I want a Deus Ex sequel where Jensen sees the light and becomes a mormon.

[deanb]

So an old school friend reads Kotaku still, which means on my FB feed today appeared a link to an article about Japanese pastries that looks like vaginas. The Gamers Guide indeed.

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

2013 and still upset that it doesn't focus entirely on games?

Come on now.

[deanb]

It's still "The Gamers Guide" is it not?