At It Again.
Well, my past tirades against sensationalism haven't gone down too well but it really does rile me up to see people blatantly making stuff up just to grab a few extra click throughout to their site.
So, the exciting fictional news this week is that there's a new Halo Wars screenshot available from the Ensemble website. Well, it isn't. It's artwork. While it is very cool artwork, that didn't stop both CVG and PAL Gaming Network from posting attention grabbing headlines about a new Halo Wars screen and then admitting in the article that it's just Artwork.
Does CVG even need to do this? I thought they were pretty big!?
What really annoys me about this is that I seem to have this misplaced sence that journalism is about honesty and not just headline grabbing to increase advertising revenue. Maybe it's about time I jumped aboard the band wagon and started making up stories.
Oh wait, last time that happened, I got heavily criticised by fellow members of the BXB team, the BXB forum goers and a whole selection of randoms. So maybe telling the truth is a good thing.
Oh no, because last time I told the truth that got me in trouble too.
So. Looking at it logically. I have to be both honest and deceitful to get anywhere. Oh, isn't life confusing.
1 comment:
You can't win, nowadays its all about hype and how much money is being slipped into who's pockets. MS don't like the truth, Sony can't tell the truth and Nintendo......
I thought the Black Debug post was awesome, never have i laughed so hard in a long time, shows how easy it is to mislead dumb people.
It was also great to see idiots i know (LnD) post shit about you when they were nothing more than corporate tools when i knew them.
Ah well, just keep sticking it to them :D
Dan.
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