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Weekend Confirmed 136 - Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Forza Horizon
by Andrew Yoon, Oct 26, 2012 11:00am PDTHost Garnett Lee is back this week, with some disappointing revelations about Forza Horizon. But before that, Jeff Cannata "turns a corner" on the Wii U, talking up the possibilities of Nintendo TVii. Andrew Yoon rants about Medal of Honor: Warfighter, while special guest Andrea Rene gets passionate in this week's Tailgate.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 136: 10/26/2012
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Round 1, Part 1 - 00:00:27 - 00:15:44
Round 1, Part 2 - 00:16:12 - 00:29:53
Whatcha Been Playin Part 1 - 00:30:42 - 01:01:41
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Tailgate - 02:04:31 - 02:14:24
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Last week I started a conversation that I had not prepared adequately for. I saw an image of Geoff Keighley between a Doritos and Mountain Dew display and thought to myself "well, that's a thing we definitely ought to talk about."
This image, though, was just a provocative header for an editorial about a situation where members of the games media were tweeting in hopes of winning a free PS3. The article then led to a larger discussion on the relationship between videogame PR and the people who cover the industry.
Though I fully expect to get raked mercilessly as is the Internet's way, I'm going to give a segment of the show to the subject this week. And then we're going to lay it to rest for a while.
So, I appreciate that tensions have run high, mean things have been said and feelings bruised.. We're going to set that aside. This thread is the place to add your voice to the discussion. I expect you know but just in case, if you come in hostile and aggressive there's not much chance of being heard. But if you're thoughtful, regardless your point of view, you're going to be part of the discussion.
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If things like that can happen, then game press are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
Of course, the quickest way to stop something like that is for all game press to agree to stop being muscled around. Unfortunately, we don't live in a world where everyone is of the same integrity. Instead, we live in a world where it's a big freakin' deal when RE 6 gets a 6/10; even though, statistically speaking, it's still better than average. And it's also world where a guy can lose his job because he points out flaws in the system.
If allowed to evaluate games without worrying about losing out on coverage, the game press could actually function as a line of quality control in a way. They see these games when they are a work in progress. If a game has flaws, they can and should be able report on them. You know, instead of what happens now where most previews are just a writer doing the PR work for the PR people.
I don't ever see any of this actually happening, so complete transparency is the only real solution. As others have said, readers, listeners, viewers, etc. can then base their opinions on not just what they are seeing, but what filter they are getting it through.
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