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How could someone be so stupid
You have this weird way of being simultaneously self-deprecating while acting like this is just one of those things that could happen to anybody.
Most high school students would have at least done some cursory research and thought about it and the excuse of tagging it as a rumor does little to mitigate the lack of those fundamentals in the first place.
The purpose of his tweet was not to convince Game Informer to write a story without verification, it was his stock response to getting asked about dates. The extent to which you were "trolled" by it seems to say more about your reporting skills.
Tags for this post: lol don't take this seriously I guess
It's not like every single person involved with games is following every single game developer and knows the ins and outs of their twitter personalities. Holy crap some of you guys are harsh.
I don't think the guy should be fired but this IS exactly why games journalism is a joke.
A guy bothers to write a stupid story about a clearly satirical tweet instead of taking 5 seconds and going "There's been nothing said about Wonderful 101's release date at all so Kamiya is, you know, probably shooting the piss on Twitter."
It shows a crippling lack of intelligence in reporting on such a simple matter. It's journalism 101 to not do something this stupid but then again 99% of games "journalists" never actually got journalism training or went to J-school did they?
And yet where's the intelligence in treating this -- THIS -- like the world's biggest fuck-up?
And yet where's the intelligence in treating this -- THIS -- like the world's biggest fuck-up?
I don't think the guy should be fired but this IS exactly why games journalism is a joke.
A guy bothers to write a stupid story about a clearly satirical tweet instead of taking 5 seconds and going "There's been nothing said about Wonderful 101's release date at all so Kamiya is, you know, probably shooting the piss on Twitter."
It shows a crippling lack of intelligence in reporting on such a simple matter. It's journalism 101 to not do something this stupid but then again 99% of games "journalists" never actually got journalism training or went to J-school did they?
They'd make one hell of a game together.
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I'm not really sure why tweets like this pass the bar for news articles personally. At the very least, shouldn't there be more research done to make the article more informative and reflective of facts?
Kojima tweeted a few days about the completion of the main motion capture part of MGS5. There were several tweets about it aside from this. First he compared game development with film making, and contrasted the two. The point was that for films, after principal photography is complete, the rest is post-production and editing, with the actual film content more or less done. For game development there's still much more to do. He also talked about the expanded international cast they used for motion capture acting this time, and how child actors tend to grow very quickly, and they seem more mature at the end of a filming session than before.
This is not a "game is delayed" tweet, it's not a "things are falling behind" tweet, and it's not a "here's an update on the progress of the game's development" tweet. It's just him giving personal thoughts about the milestone of finishing the motion capture sessions for the game.
I really hate the way internet "news" works where sites are encouraged to twist stuff into evocative headlines to get clicks, to get it linked in forums and social media, just so people think that there's something to read into from a goddamn tweet. It sickens me that information and technology are used in such flippant ways under the guise of "journalism".
Fuck everything.
I wonder if Game Informer will strike twice?
GAF can't have it both ways. Suddenly a "planned clickfest" would be a valid excuse? If Kotaku did this the thread would be 20 pages of complete vitriol and hate but somehow we're giving this guy a pass? nope.
I don't have anything new to add to my ongoing disdain for how casual social media comments get passed as "news" these days without any proper research or use of cognitive functions by supposed journalists, so I'll just quote the last rant I made from the MGS5 thread:
There are no bigger issues in video-game journalism. Perhaps that's the point he's trying to make.
I am upset that there probably won't be a fitting context for these to resurface outside this thread.
"Do you, rike, eat shit"
Kojima and Kamiya did the fusion dance?
That would be amazing.
Imagine Gabe Newell and Chris Avellone.
Ghis Newellone.
HAHAHA, I haven't laughed like this in ages. Thanks Kamiya!
Poor Inaba, now he have to write another letter of explanation of why its not coming out next week.
@PG_inaba 5h
So it sounds like @gameinformer fell for one of @PG_Kamiya’s jokes. This time I get to laugh with him.
@PG_inaba 4h
Media (not just western, in Japan as well) who copy/paste tweets and say they are news aren’t doing any sort of journalism...
‏@PG_inaba 4h
They are just doing the same thing that the retweet button already does.
@PG_inaba 4h
Then they take those tweets and twist/spin them to sensationalize, or cover the fact that they haven’t done any actual reporting.
‏@PG_jp 15h
Sorry @Futterish! Karma for saying Anarchy Reigns was one of the worst games of the generation, perhaps!
@PG_inaba 4h
Media (not just western, in Japan as well) who copy/paste tweets and say they are news arent doing any sort of journalism...
‏@PG_inaba 4h
They are just doing the same thing that the retweet button already does.
@PG_inaba 4h
Then they take those tweets and twist/spin them to sensationalize, or cover the fact that they havent done any actual reporting.
I don't have anything new to add to my ongoing disdain for how casual social media comments get passed as "news" these days without any proper research or use of cognitive functions by supposed journalists, so I'll just quote the last rant I made from the MGS5 thread:
I don't know if this is trolling. I don't even know if I like this at all. He says the game's coming out next week, so Game Informer posts a blurb on it (that's hesitant to label it the truth). They check with the higher-ups, who say Kamiya was lying, so GI updates their article... and Kamiya sits in front of his computer cackling to himself?
It's just... kind of stupid. Any known name at a studio could do this, but they don't because they know it's stupid. I'd like to see how the reaction would differ if someone who wasn't Kamiya did this. Say... Jade Raymond tweeting that AC: Black Flag was coming out next week just so she could say to herself, "LAWL THOSE IDIOTS WHY WOULD THEY LISTEN TO ME?".
People would be mad.
Yes, if those were actually the facts, it might be weird. Those are, in fact, not the facts.
What, in fact, are the facts? In fact, it would in fact aid my understanding of the facts if you could please explain the facts.
I am upset that there probably won't be a fitting context for these to resurface outside this thread.
Stuff like this is what gets hits.