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A big thing I wrote about ETHICS and CORRUPTION
🕑 Added 2014-08-25 13:19:55 +0000 UTC Ooooooh hot potatoes. I'd been weighing up making a video on this topic for the past week or so, but in the end decided that trying to convince people of *THE TRUTH* (i.e. observable stuff proven purely by facts) would be a massive waste of my time. So then I thought about talking about that, and somewhat unusually decided that the clarity of tone required for something like this would make it better as a written piece than a video. I know, right? Tie me to a stake and burn me alive. But yes, I hope you enjoy it/find it interesting/aren't wholly angered by the existence of written words. Have a nice Bank Holiday Monday! Matt x
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I'm not saying the people who scarily resemble a cyberpunk megacorp are any better of course; they're far worse in my opinion. I'm certain friendships among individual journalists and developers are good-natured at heart; but that doesn't mean it doesn't resemble a conflict of interest. Being aware of your biases is good, and I think they largely are; but it doesn't mean they don't still affect your behaviour. I'm neither on the side of "games media is corrupt" nor "there's nothing wrong here". Sides are bad.
Sure - but ask me what I think of News International, etc.
I'm sorry Matt, I definitely take your point that the current allegations of genuine, full-blown "corruption" are largely based on rumour, hysteria and misinformation, but ask Reuters what they think of the gaming press, according to their journalistic standards. By world-recognised and respected measures, gaming press sucks.
