Oh lovely, another website, a gaming website, attacking my religion for no apparent reason other than just to generate cheap web traffic.
I loved Bioshock Infinite and felt that it was a fair critique of religion without dunking on anyone’s faith in particular. Thanks for “rectifying” that by comparing my faith to that of a radical cult. Since you are so keen on “righteously” slandering my religion for your own profit, let’s talk about Gamespot for a while.
Remember when Gamespot used to claim that their reviews weren’t subjective but an objective stance on the quality of the games they review? I do. That was over a decade ago but digging up dirt is what we're here for instead of quality video game journalism so let's keep going. Remember when Gamespot fired Jeff Gerstmann for giving Kayne and Lynch a 6/10 review? I do. Remember when Gamespot laid off one of their transgender journalists after she was met with constant controversy after her Grand Theft Auto 5 review? I do. She was an excellent journalist but Gamespot doesn’t care.
And yet after all of this, Gamespot continually thinks they’re in any position to preach to us about our religion or anything really. Gamespot even recently wrote an article criticizing the act of fishing and challenged the notion that such an activity could ever be considered “wholesome.”
Alright Gamespot, since you are of such moral authority as of late, why is there rarely any more coverage about the sexual harassment of Blizzard/Activision or Ubisoft for that matter? Why does Jason Schreier have to do all of the actual journalism for you to just cite him and move on? I remember when we used to have excellent journalism from Gamespot by Danny O’Dwyer, Kevin Vanord, and yes, Carolyn Petit too despite all the undeserved hate she received. What’s more, even though Gamespot constantly self-righteously preaches to their audience, they seemingly can’t handle any criticism thrown back at them. Seemingly ⅓ of their articles nowadays have comments disabled. For Gamespot, it’s not a two-way street.
So here is my proposition to Gamespot, if they really have any credible authority to dump on all of us without recourse. Why don’t they do something right at the expense of their own profit margins? What I’m suggesting is simple, why doesn’t Gamespot actually do something to promote positive change? I have an Idea. Why doesn’t Gamespot boycott reviewing all Ubisoft and Activision/Blizzard games until Bobby Kotick or Yves Guillemot is removed as CEO and sexual abuse against their employees has been properly addressed? Since Gamespot is so righteous, why don’t we hold them accountable to the same standard they constantly shove down our throats?
Some of you reading this might wonder why I care some much. Well, I’ve been a regular user at Gamespot for over a decade and I’ve seen their steady decline in both journalistic integrity and quality of content. I don’t want anything to do with this website anymore. Gamespot only defends and protects the feelings of those when it's profitably advantageous for them to do so. Not too long ago, I saw Carolyn Petit asking around to be hired again as a journalist. Gamespot ignored that request and then proceeded to call everyone else transphobic, real classy Gamespot. This is my long overdue farewell to Gamespot. They are hypocrites, so as a result, I’m done listening to their endless sermons of empty platitudes. Good riddance.
@robertbyronz: 2022 will still be stiff competition for Microsoft though. The next God of War and Horizon game comes out next year. As a PlayStation fan, I genuinely hope Microsoft does deliver because Sony's monopoly has allowed them to do some pretty anti-consumer things as of late.
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