Eurogamer is never short of controvery when it comes to its reviews, and the European gaming site has caused yet another stir recently when it changed the score of Grand Slam Tennis from 5/10 to 8/10 (owing to them reviewing it originally on a two-year-old kit). Double Helix employee and former Activision man Guy Selga saw this, and decided to brand Eurogamer, along with Kotaku, Joystiq and Gamespot, as "f*gs" that are "all the same."
"Eurogamer magically changes review score. All these f*gs are the same," Tweets Guy. "F*ck #Kotaku, #Joystiq, #Gamespot, etc."
Certainly an articulate, mature, intelligent and well-reasoned critique of some of the world's most popular game sites, of that we can be sure. Selga's Tweet is getting passed around the Internet quite a bit today, seemingly stirring up something of a small hornet's nest. This of course raises the question: With so many games industry people jumping on Twitter, do they have to watch their mouths, or should they be able to spout off anything they like, no matter how unprofessional and/or derogatory their rants?
There's no doubt that Selga was stupid to Tweet that, but how much does he represent his company when he's Twittering, and does it affect his job to be saying things like that as a man who presumably may have to deal with any number of the sites he labeled "f*gs" today?
Also, f*gs? Are we seriously using playground vernacular as pathetic as that?
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11:40 AM on 06.25.2009
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Seriously though, MWN is about fucking with people...mission accomplished.
I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU!!! :D
For this instance, I assume you googled "Home Alone face," and found that little girl.
*investigates*
Yeah John Romero for instance...
And, really, "fag?" Grow up. We need to invent an equally offensive term for "bad game designer" to use on guys like this. Perhaps this could be a New Gamer Dictionary challenge.
People had this same reaction when Gamespot changed its score for GTA:IV.
I've just long since stopped going on any gaming site other than Destructoid.
I think reviews aren't extemely important since they choose from reviewer to reviewer and it's about the preference of the person who is playing.
But that doesn't mean that they are useless of course.
What were we talking about now?
I heard Gamespot is a "power bottom".
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRONY!
On the other hand... That's a pretty fucking ignorant comment.
I'd not buy anything Double Helix developed for such a loose, ignorant tongue, but they're making Front Mission Evolved. And I do love me some mech combat.
So we'll compromise and just say "What a fag."
What's ironic about that?
Just sayin'. It's a problem with video gamers in general, not just this one barely important person.
Also @waves - he didn't make the Tennis game. He's pissed that a game review got changed from a below average/mediocre rating to a very good rating. It definitely arouses suspicion.
Anyway let's get off our high horses. Game developers aren't politicians, they're not trying to get votes or maintain some kind of constituency, so I don't really think they have to be saints in the public eye. Sure, I guess they have to worry about people not buying their games, but honesly, who is going to remember this in a week? We're going to be busy talking shit about some other game developer that said something dumb.
I dunno if Kotaku really falls into the same category as eurogamer and gamestop. They don't even give scores in their reviews and the like, but I guess I can see some other comparisons you can make with them.
But really, it's not a big deal.
Google "The Darkfall Debacle" and read up. It's the worst thing to ever happen to reviews in the history of gaming websites.
I'm sure this Tennis debacle happened the same exact way Jonathan Ross described, so it's not really a problem, but their past would indicate it's a possibility.
@ -PL-
Anyway let's get off our high horses. Game developers aren't politicians
No, but they're professionals, and professionals don't call people sexually insensitive terms. That's just common sense, dude.
No animosity here. I was just being ignorant.
Of course not! It doesn't matter though. If he would have called it "unprofessional", he wouldn't have locked his Twitter and tried to cover it up, and this wouldn't have even been reported on sites like this.
I don't think it's a good thing to behave like that, but I also think that saying that it's hateful towards a population of people is a little overkill.
Hey I can take the heat. Yes, I said it. Yes, i'm sorry. My updates are public for all to see.
I demand proof!
If even trashier playground vernacular is fair game in gaming blog sites, I think it's ok.
Basically, this is the type of thing you'd find on a drunk fratboy's twitter at 4AM.
And for reference, a lot of employers check out their prospective hires online, and I can't think of any business that wouldn't just throw away your resume after reading a tweet like that.
Because he's citing a film review site to support his point after saying games reviewers are fags - admittedly it's a community driven as well as critically driven one but nevertheless. Considering film review sites have had similar controversies to this in the past (the original Pirates of the Caribbean anyone?) I think it's safe to say this is ironic.