Oh, this happened in the gaming community

[Aragorn]

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/zoe-quinn-depression-quest-gaming-sex-scandal/

[Smiral]

>opens thread
>zoe quinn
>closes thread

[Doivid]

NO

[Vordak]

And thereby, i officialy declare this thread

penis bandwagon

[Dervish]

Old news is old.

There's currently the lamest argument happening in Off Topic now where people are freaking out about corruption in gaming journalism or some shit ( because clearly that's what this is about. Mmhmm) while completely ignoring real news journalism corruption and lack of integrity and the fact there's real issues in the world people should care about that's not about somebody sleeping with guys for reviews or whatever.

The fact people are more outraged about that than Russia annexing chunks of Ukraine and facilitating a bloody civil war, Islamic radicals slaughtering hundreds if not thousands of innocent people, and the world's biggest ebola outbreak is really kind of sad and pathetic.

[idlehands]

Because that's actual news, Dervish, and it's scary. Gossip is just like games, mind candy to distract from the horrible real world out there.

[Dervish]

Go check out the nerd rage in Off Topic. It is the epitome of people getting worked up over stupid shit.

[Aragorn]

Dervish said
Old news is old.There's currently the lamest argument happening in Off Topic now where people are freaking out about corruption in gaming journalism or some shit ( because clearly that's what this is about. Mmhmm) while completely ignoring real news journalism corruption and lack of integrity and the fact there's real issues in the world people should care about that's not about somebody sleeping with guys for reviews or whatever.The fact people are more outraged about that than Russia annexing chunks of Ukraine and facilitating a bloody civil war, Islamic radicals slaughtering hundreds if not thousands of innocent people, and the world's biggest ebola outbreak is really kind of sad and pathetic.

Probably because all that is far away. People seem to care more about things closer to them. As for the whole Russia/ISIS/Ebola stuff, I do my worrying about a topic for about an hour after learning of it. Then I go about my business because, frankly, me worrying about it isn't gonna do shit. And the article I posted, I thought it might be interesting for those who haven't heard about it.

[Sable]

The Mittani recently wrote an article about this that boiled it down to "who gives a shit if video game journalism is corrupt? They're video games."

As someone who was trying to figure out which side to root for, it opened up my eyes to the question of why I give a shit about any of it.

[Dervish]

Sable said
The Mittani recently wrote an article about this that boiled it down to "who gives a shit if video game journalism is corrupt? They're video games."As someone who was trying to figure out which side to root for, it opened up my eyes to the question of why I give a shit about any of it.

That's the spirit! Play games for fun, not to get involved in silly spats.

[Sable]

Dervish said
That's the spirit! Play games for fun, not to get involved in silly spats.

I know, right? There are so many more important things to think about and do than debating who Zoe Quinn fucked or whether or not Sarkeesian is fairly representing the Hitman franchise in her YouTube series. People's priorities, man.

[idlehands]

It's more critical for the makers of games because I'm sure those scores affect prepurchase orders. Other than that, I agree, who gives a shit? And, no, I will not wade into the OT waters of 'debates'.

[BrobyDDark]

Now THIS is old news.

[Frizan]

Sable said
I know, right? There are so many more important things to think about and do than debating who Zoe Quinn fucked or whether or not Sarkeesian is fairly representing the Hitman franchise in her YouTube series. People's priorities, man.

Nice appeal to worse problems fallacy, mate :

[Sable]

Frizan said
Nice appeal to worse problems fallacy, mate :

k bro. Keep caring about trivial bullshit.

[Dervish]

Sable said
k bro. Keep caring about trivial bullshit.

They stopped making Squeezit drinks. Time to petition the fuck out of Betty Crocker for ruining my vacation and leaving me with a poor substitute for sugar enriched pool beverage.

[idlehands]

Poor Dervs and his lack of Squeeze-Its. I'll add more continuing outrage that Skittles dared replace lime with nasty ass green apple.

[Dervish]

Burger King bought Tim Hortons! Now how am I supposed to assert my national identity if Americans own my favorite disgusting powder coffee and stale doughnut franchise?!

Oh, and the best part of this "gaming journalism integrity" nonsense? It wasn't that long ago when pretty much the entire video game industry was in a massive slander-filled console war where it was less about promoting your products and more about asserting how your competitors are sodomizing your mother and replacing your dog with a Korean refugee.

Pardon me if I find a squabble over an indie game that ten people have heard about is entirely underwhelming, especially when the whole concept of indie games is basically a console generation old.

[Larfleeze]

idlehands said
Poor Dervs and his lack of Squeeze-Its. I'll add more continuing outrage that Skittles dared replace lime with nasty ass green apple.

I...I like green apple...

[Dervish]

Larfleeze said
I...I like green apple...

APOSTATE!