Game reviewer fired for giving a low score

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 03 Dec 2007, 18:46

saltysam wrote:i once had a letter published in Tim Lucas's long running Video Watchdog magazine

Which issue? I have a bunch, but have fallen waaaaaay behind over the last year or so. I did get a "special thanks" once. Issue #100 if you have it...

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 03 Dec 2007, 18:55

Markgway wrote:
saltysam wrote:i once had a letter published in Tim Lucas's long running Video Watchdog magazine
Which issue? I have a bunch, but have fallen waaaaaay behind over the last year or so. I did get a "special thanks" once. Issue #100 if you have it...

i'll dig it out and post it,it wa a pretty old issue either in the late 20's or early 30's and it was a letter concerning bruce lee movies.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 03 Dec 2007, 19:01

I think the only issue as far back as the 20s I have is #27 (Halloween cover).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Dec 2007, 19:54

Katie Melua's Uncle one e-mailed me responding to a question I posted on her website

Ivan Drago wrote:I've had articles on DVD Times, prior to the Film Journal.

What name do you use on DVD Times?

Ivan Drago wrote:I remember Empire did a full dissection of the ending of The Sixth Sense, just a month after the film's release. Since I was 13, I hadn't seen the film at the cinemas and was pretty damn annoyed!

Grrr someone told me the end to that too. The very first article on IMDB for Ringu had massive spoilers for that one too.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 03 Dec 2007, 20:04

DVD Times - James Lee. Not my real name either!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 03 Dec 2007, 20:07

One of my questions aimed at that dickhead Ronald Koeman I emailed to a TV program, was read on-air to him. I asked about why Aissati, one of the biggest talents in Europe atm, wasnt playing.

Also, some of my messages have been on national teletext.

(and no... unlike Mark's, mine werent gay sex-ads)

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Dec 2007, 20:20

Ivan Drago wrote:DVD Times - James Lee. Not my real name either!

Thanks.

Mr. Brad Avon isn't my real name in case anyone was wondering

Yi-Long wrote:and no... unlike Mark's, mine werent gay sex-ads

Animal love?

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 03 Dec 2007, 21:52

bradavon wrote:
Yi-Long wrote:and no... unlike Mark's, mine werent gay sex-ads
Animal love?

There are animal love sex-ads on UK teletekst!? Wow... that's nasty.
Tell me more about that, Brad. I'm intrigued now...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Dec 2007, 22:10

None that I've seen but I have seen animal sex DVDs in Amsterdam's red light district. I was somewhat shocked to see a section dedicated to it in one shop.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 04 Dec 2007, 00:26

bradavon wrote:None that I've seen but I have seen animal sex DVDs in Amsterdam's red light district. I was somewhat shocked to see a section dedicated to it in one shop.

Pfff it wouldnt surprise me.

Pretty sick.
I'm really not into all that. I havent even visited the red light area before last spring, when some people from England came over to my 'family in law' and they wanted to quickly check out the red light district, so my mon-in-law and my sis-in-law and my girlfriend etc etc went there after we had chinese food in the big Chinese restaurant, as it's very nearby.

I also got stared at by some punky Emo girl that day.
Yes... that really was a day to treasure (!)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Dec 2007, 02:28

When Armageddon was first broadcast on national NZ TV, these dickheads promoting their panel discussion show came on during one of the film's ad breaks and gave away the entire ending to movie.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Dec 2007, 02:44

Yi-Long wrote:Pfff it wouldnt surprise me. Pretty sick.
I'm really not into all that.

Neither am I but it is a touristy thing to do when in Holland. I just walked around. The sex museum was hilarious with huge water fountain outside in the shape of a cock and A Smurfs Movie playing inside really not meant for kids

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Dec 2007, 03:08

bradavon wrote: A Smurfs Movie playing inside really not meant for kids

"Oh smurf yeah! Who's your Papa Smurf!"

*Grim adds to rental queue*

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Dec 2007, 03:11

All the male smurfs had bigger cocks than their entire bodies

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 04 Dec 2007, 03:59

bradavon wrote:All the male smurfs had bigger cocks than their entire bodies

So do I

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Dec 2007, 08:49

EvaUnit02 wrote:
bradavon wrote: A Smurfs Movie playing inside really not meant for kids
"Oh smurf yeah! Who's your Papa Smurf!"

*Grim adds to rental queue*

As I understand it, the guy was fired after he gave the Kane and Lynch game a low score (6/10), and this after the games company paid the site lots of money for advertising on the site. If that happens, what reviews can we trust?

dvdvision · Post by **dvdvision** » 04 Dec 2007, 09:19

Some reviewers just revel in going counter current just for the sake of it, I say trust the reviewer whom you have read past reviews and trusted.

Blaizeyboy · Post by **Blaizeyboy** » 04 Dec 2007, 12:56

Markgway wrote:
romerojpg wrote:I was recently published in UK film magazine Total Film
Nice one. You shouldn't be embarrassed, man. I write for a mag (not as mainstream as Total Film mind) and am cool about people knowing. It's Jade Screen btw in case anyone was wondering... lol

cool, i was in jade screen too, not for an article but for a couple of competitions i won, which i'm not joking, i never entered. i got a signed bruce lee book and some video's.

i contacted rebecca allen recently at JS to get an article featured.

Mark, which article did you write??

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 04 Dec 2007, 17:56

Lets get back on thread on this

Now see what Eidos have done, making up their own headlines from what Gamespy have said. Can't believe the publisher pulling a stunt like that...

It's not like the relationship between Kane & Lynch and review scores wasn't messy enough. But now this? Visitors to the game's official site will notice, once the page's flash intro is done, that two review scores for the game are flashed for your perusal. One from GameSpy, one from Game Informer. Both look positively glowing! Both give the game a very encouraging five stars! Thing is, both are...well, not real. They're fabricated. Lies, if you will.

GameSpy did not say "It's the best emulation of being in the midst of a Michael Mann movie we've ever seen" in their review of the game. They said that in their E3 2007 coverage. In other words, a preview. They also did not give the game five stars. They gave it three.

As for Game Informer, same deal. The highlighted quote does not appear in the review of the game. Nor do they give it five stars. Game Informer don't even score in stars. They gave it a 7/10.

Source: http://kotaku.com/gaming/kane-%26-lynch ... 329529.php

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 04 Dec 2007, 20:37

Yeah buy your only 2 inches tall Yi

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 04 Dec 2007, 21:33

romerojpg wrote:Yeah buy your only 2 inches tall Yi

Nice burn!