PCGamer is a bought out publication ?
Who couldve told !
Who couldve told !
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I don't understand how they can have a "Megasale" on EGS when most of the games are either recently released or was given out for free.
A MEGASALE with a grand total of two games on sale on my end.
"Experience incredible savings like 20% off Metro Exodus!"
Who knew giving the middle finger to your loyal customers is bad for business!?
I guess that happens when you don't have to buy most of the games you play.
GhostTrick vilifying the media once again 
Durante being ban baited as well, I'm pretty sure. Thankfully he seems to have avoided it.GhostTrick vilifying the media once again
Yeah it's sad. They have been very biased towards EGS from the beginning, probably because Epic became one of their biggest sponsor and advertiser. I've seen several sponsored articles about EGS exclusives on their site.
Oh well, pc gamer IP-banned me in their comment sections, so I 'll stop visiting them anyway I guess.
If its like previous years, the non-enthusiast press in the audience will definitely voice its feelings. Whether those on stage can roll with it or care is another matter. There will be more than enough happy people cheering those exclusives, not just some Epic marks in the crowdLol yeah, not even Gearbox dared to announce BL3 exclusivity because they new the audience would rip them apart.
This show could potentially be a bloodbath.
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What do you mean by "determined"? Didn't it come out that you'll be dropped from the site if you use the word "gameplay"?
Does it still count if those contributing content claim to be "PC experts"?
You do realize that an overwhelming amount of game journalists don't actually care about games, right? They were just thrown into it because their magazine needed to talk about these "new shiney toys", or they were laughed out of other journalistic fields (Including film), or they see it as a way to get into the gaming industry, or they just use it as their own personal blog.
Edit: Or they try to act as gatekeepers (Archive):
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Doug should get fired ten times over and more. As many issues gaming journalism might have, this is definitely not one of them.
Imma always keep it 100, keep it real, and call out ****ery when it prowls about, but this hurts.
I been reading PCGamer since I was a kid. Literally the last surviving magazine after EGM, GamePro, Game Fan, Tips & Tricks and even ****ing Nintendo Power have bit the dust, let alone that "independent" PSX magazine and similar console-exclusive efforts that didn't have NP's tenure.
So it hurts in ways that I cannot cogently place into words that PCGamer has taken this villainous turn. Blatantly "Sold out." This is the magazine where I was introduced to Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on demo disc. How I found out that StarCraft was a thing. That I remember Bungie was known for a "souls-like tough" real time tactical game called Myth long before kids these days knew what Halo or "dark souls difficulty" was.
I grew up wanting to write for this magazine; I was still writing now with the hopes of developing a portfolio so that I still might write for a publication like PCGamer.
It's akin to what people experience when their parents announce their divorce, or what people feel like when they are cheated on. I am privileged enough to not have experienced those things, but yeah, Imma clam #FirstWorldProblems on this.
GhostTrick vilifying the media once again
Are this meta (heh heh)Era jokes? If so, could you help a brotha out with the "without context" posting? I don't wanna spend an hour of my day looking for the post yall are winking and nudging about.
Someone got banned some weeks ago for 'villifying the media', and said argument was brought up again today by a former admin.
Edit: oh, GhostTrick actually got banned. What the fuck.
E3 PC Gaming Show 2019 is being sponsored by Epic (See EGS Guidelines)
I checked few on last free games on Steam and PC gamer hadn't reported on those. (had reported on only two) (They do seem reporting on giveaways of Steam keys though, but not all of direct from steam giveaways). I really doubt Nintendo is gonna release games on PC ;)
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this disaster of a thread.
E3 PC Gaming Show 2019 is being sponsored by Epic (See EGS Guidelines)
To no one's surprise: "The Epic Games Store headlines this year’s lineup as a sponsor, and will reveal “brand new material for several games, including some exclusives, coming to the Epic Games store.” Other studios confirmed today include Annapurna Interactive, Chucklefish, Digital...
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Not sure which is the one where Ghost Trick got banned though.
The attempted dog-pile/ban-baiting on Durante started with post #302 .
this disaster of a thread.
E3 PC Gaming Show 2019 is being sponsored by Epic (See EGS Guidelines)
To no one's surprise: "The Epic Games Store headlines this year’s lineup as a sponsor, and will reveal “brand new material for several games, including some exclusives, coming to the Epic Games store.” Other studios confirmed today include Annapurna Interactive, Chucklefish, Digital...
Not sure which is the one where Ghost Trick got banned though.
The attempted dog-pile/ban-baiting on Durante started with post #302 .
E3 PC Gaming Show 2019 is being sponsored by Epic (See EGS Guidelines)
The gaming press has always been more or less a PR machine. It's crazy that yet, it's seen as conspiracy to imply that private companies receiving compensation/gifts/sponsorship for promoting other companies stuff could be biased.
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Here’s ghosttrick’s big bad post that got him banned for a week.
He is a transphobic piece of shit.
E3 PC Gaming Show 2019 is being sponsored by Epic (See EGS Guidelines)
The gaming press has always been more or less a PR machine. It's crazy that yet, it's seen as conspiracy to imply that private companies receiving compensation/gifts/sponsorship for promoting other companies stuff could be biased.
Here’s ghosttrick’s big bad post that got him banned for a week.
Not allowing users to be critical of the press (if that's what we want to call video game industry coverage) is dangerous.
This is one of those examples of where those shady "free speech" advocates are right.
If they don't want ppl to be critical of EGS at all, they should just say so, rather than pretend that they will entertain a discourse, and then ban someone when they go in too hard.
This is one of those examples of where those shady "free speech" advocates are right.
If they don't want ppl to be critical of EGS at all, they should just say so, rather than pretend that they will entertain a discourse, and then ban someone when they go in too hard.
Not to mention a motherfucking Breitbart writer, too.
He's a homophobic, racist, transphobic piece of shit that literally writes for a neo-nazi website.
This dude contributed to Breitbart????
First PCGamer sells out and now this. Man, my childhood is being smashed into pieces. I LOVED EWJ! I had the action figures, all the issues of the limited-run comic, and the cartoon episodes that came on WB on Sundays. Had to record them because momma made me go to church!
Yeah, you can like the games however much you want (I do), but Doug TenNapel is indefensible. Separating art from artist doesn't mean you have to pretend the artist is a good person when he clearly isn't.
(this isn't addressed to you, BernardoOne; I'm just using your post as a starting point for mine)
Transphobia, defense of Breitbart because apparently Milo being gay somehow magically erases his and the sites homophobia, claiming a neo-nazi website is a "news site"?
Sounds like we need to finally give that ban button some use.
Sounds like we need to finally give that ban button some use.
How is intentionally misgendering a transwoman not transphobic?
And what kind of insanity do you suffer from to believe Milo being gay magically makes Breitbart not a neo-nazi website? Are you one of the idiots who believes the KKK isn't racist cause there was a black member once?
What the actual fuck...
nah he will go on a stage with a fanfare and fireworks announc the shopping cart and thus wins the E3
Ppl, pls use the "warn" function, as accumulated ones result in a ban, Don't use "report".
Now that's some to die on. Mistakenly misgendering a person isn't a crime, but doubling down on, it along with the rest of the examples in that article isn't defendable. "Calling a guy a guy", WTF.
I like how Sega declined to take part in the PC gaming show. They want nothing to do with Epic, and I am happy about that.
I'd like to. I'd really like to. But all I see is a "View warning" button.Ppl, pls use the "warn" function, as accumulated ones result in a ban, Don't use "report".
The staff/admin has to look into that please. We shouldn't tolerate such speech here, and this particular member has been quite... aggressive and always looking for a fight. Not to mention hurls insults at fellow users.
Full members can warn from the profile via moderation tools. Regardless of post I have found out.
Ah okay, thanks. I forgot that warnings were not possible to issue during the junior phase.
Guess I have a little ways to go before I can help out. I'm glad that folks were able to figure it out.
It takes a lot to upset me but homophobia and transphobia are some of the quickest ways to get there and as some have said "calling a guy a guy" is bullshit. Fuck that noise. Heather Alexandra is a wonderful person from every time I've seen her on a stream and doesn't deserve that garbage from anyone no matter who they are.
"Phobia" means an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
"Aversion" means a strong dislike or disinclination.
Milo is an internalized homophobe who thinks his sexuallity is a mental illness that he also chose to have. Hes very well known to be against gay rights.
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Ah, the classic "I'm not racist, I have black friends" tango, bold choice.
Stop insulting my lovely threadthis disaster of a thread.
E3 PC Gaming Show 2019 is being sponsored by Epic (See EGS Guidelines)
To no one's surprise: "The Epic Games Store headlines this year’s lineup as a sponsor, and will reveal “brand new material for several games, including some exclusives, coming to the Epic Games store.” Other studios confirmed today include Annapurna Interactive, Chucklefish, Digital...
Sorry lol. It shouldn't have turned out that way but arguing about EGS on Era is always so... ugh.Stop insulting my lovely thread
Seems like one post can only get one warning, sadly. However, one can go to the profile of the dipshit, click on moderation tools and issue a separate warning there.
I thought there was the whole thing about if a post gets 3 reports it gets removed. Thats not possible if you can only report a post once. Whats up with that?Seems like one post can only get one warning, sadly. However, one can go to the profile of the dipshit, click on moderation tools and issue a separate warning there.
reports and warnings are separate ... they're not the same thing
reports remove posts ... warnings are infraction points