One Angry Gamer

Yes Outlets Do Take Bribes For Positive Coverage, But Not In the Way You’d Think

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Kevin

On June 16, former IGN reporter Alanah Pearce made waves across the internet as she attempted to illustrate, from her claimed perspective, why the 10/10 reviews The Last of US 2 has received from all the mainstream outlets are not paid reviews. The term “claimed” is used as during the 17-minute video on several occasions contradictory statements are made on essential points. Then there are instances where she is either misinformed or outright lying. Continue reading “Yes Outlets Do Take Bribes For Positive Coverage, But Not In the Way You’d Think”

Aaron Greenberg Admits The Xbox Team Was Wrong For Not Showing Gameplay During May’s Inside Xbox

May 8, 2020 Ethan

It’s rare to see a company in current year admit that they were in the wrong. Also, it’s rare to see someone holding an important position in the games industry realize that they were wrong and wish to do better in the future. With that said, we have Aaron Greenberg — board member and Xbox marketing at Microsoft — saying that the Xbox Team will do better after setting “some wrong expectations” regarding the latest Inside Xbox. Continue reading “Aaron Greenberg Admits The Xbox Team Was Wrong For Not Showing Gameplay During May’s Inside Xbox”

Alex Jones Goes Hyperbolic, HuffPost Can’t Take The Joke

May 3, 2020 Kevin

Alex Jones is one of those internet personalities one has to read the manual to understand. Else wise you’ll end up like the HuffPost presuming the man is serious when he begins to discuss eating his neighbors. Continue reading “Alex Jones Goes Hyperbolic, HuffPost Can’t Take The Joke”

OPM UK Magazine Apologizes For Printing “Inaccuracies” On Ghost of Tsushima

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Ethan

After the latest apology from OPM UK regarding “inaccuracies” on Ghost of Tsushima in the March and May magazine issues, it looks like a lot of people are questioning whether or not Sony and Sucker Punch Productions have other plans for the PS4 game. Continue reading “OPM UK Magazine Apologizes For Printing “Inaccuracies” On Ghost of Tsushima”

Jason Schreier Is Leaving Kotaku Because They Won’t Let Them Be Political Anymore

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Kevin

Long time Kotaku writer and member of the infamous Game Journo Pro cabal Jason Schreier has announced http://archive.is/G0A2D he will be departing from Kotaku as of this Friday. Continue reading “Jason Schreier Is Leaving Kotaku Because They Won’t Let Them Be Political Anymore”

Media, Academia, And Wikipedia’s Misinformation About #GamerGate

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 Billy

There was a recently published article over on Breitbart from T.D. Adler, a former editor at Wikipedia who went by the handle Devil’s Advocate. The article pertains to the corruption within media and academia that repeatedly refer to, cite, or utilize information from the Wikipedia article about #GamerGate, which is steeped in falsehoods and grandiose canards. Continue reading “Media, Academia, And Wikipedia’s Misinformation About #GamerGate”

Niche Gamer Issues Apology Following Allegations Of Plagiarizing Gematsu

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Billy

Niche Gamer editor-in-chief, Brandon Orselli, issued a public apology on December 18th, 2019 addressing allegations made by Gematsu’s owner, Sal Romano, that the site was plagiarizing their content. Continue reading “Niche Gamer Issues Apology Following Allegations Of Plagiarizing Gematsu”

Netflix Paid For Expensive Trips For Movie Reviewers Who Failed To Disclose The Trips

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Billy

Reports are circulating that Netflix has paid for lavish trips and gifts for reviewers from top outlets ahead of the Critics Choice Awards, set to air on the CW Network. The trips were to help nab wins for Netflix nominated flicks such as The Irishman from Martin Scorcese and My Name Is Dolemite. Continue reading “Netflix Paid For Expensive Trips For Movie Reviewers Who Failed To Disclose The Trips”

Playstation Music Video Commercial Plagiarizes Animation

December 6, 2019 Kevin

In celebration of their 25th Anniversary Sony Japan put together a music video combining original animation with scenes from popular and upcoming games releasing on the Playstation 4. Shortly after the commercial’s release views began noticing animation contained scenes that were tracings of other animated works. Continue reading “Playstation Music Video Commercial Plagiarizes Animation”

Gab Promotes Fake News

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Kevin

If you haven’t been following Gab then you’ve missed the pro censorship platform’s decent into Puritanism. What started as a crusade against loli content because of the sensibilities of the sites owner has morphed into an outright anti pornography crusade. Continue reading “Gab Promotes Fake News”

Richard Lewis Calls Out Polygon, Kotaku For Fake News, Gatekeeping, Hit-Pieces

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 Billy

During this year’s Esports Awards 2019 ceremony, journalist Richard Lewis came away with the award as best e-sports journalist of the year, but instead of using that time to thank people the general public have never heard of, or pat himself on the back for a job well done or a career well-made, he instead used the opportunity to call out the outrage artists, the fake news peddlers, and the corrupt journalists who have done little more than drag the gaming industry (and e-sports) through the proverbial mud with a boot firmly on its neck. Continue reading “Richard Lewis Calls Out Polygon, Kotaku For Fake News, Gatekeeping, Hit-Pieces”

Famitsu’s Death Stranding Perfect Review Score Called Out After Exec Appears In-Game

November 14, 2019November 13, 2019 Billy

Kojima Productions has a number of celebrities in their latest intellectual property, Death Stranding. Kojima guy-friend Geoff Keighley is in the game, along with celebrities like Guillermo del Toro, Conan O’Brien, and… the guy who runs the company that owns Famitsu. Continue reading “Famitsu’s Death Stranding Perfect Review Score Called Out After Exec Appears In-Game”

ABC News Scuttled Jeffrey Epstein Story

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 Billy

Anytime someone mentions “PizzaGate” the mainstream media locks down the conversation, throws around wild accusations of “conspiracy theory” and attempts to get the person(s) or journalists deplatformed. Similar things happened whenever journalists tried exposing known pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, all the way up to his alleged death. However, any attempts to break the story in the mainstream was squelched by the powers that be, which included a notable journalist at ABC getting the red flag when she attempted to break the story wide open. Continue reading “ABC News Scuttled Jeffrey Epstein Story”