Got to say, your editing skills are absolutely amazing dude! Really impressive work Sir! But I think the hatred for game journo stems from either ignorance of the subject matter, or them wanting to insert their political opinions into their review, often leading to a huge bias against the subject matter.
Thank you very much! And yeah I agree that most of the hatred stems from dumb reasons. I was shitting on the outlets pretty hard in the video but apart from the occasional clickbait article and bad review they're mostly alright (Atleast a lot better than how they used to be). But anyways, "Hello you!"
Great video! Gaming journalism is a joke because they don't focus on the technical aspects of the game or the actual quality. It's all about spreading a message. It's not about giving gamers an actual picture if the game is worth it or not. And let's not talk about the cases of plagiarism in reviews. I was done with gaming journalism after an article on Kotaku about a semen bar in The Sims. Gaming reviews used to be made by people that loved games, now they're mostly made by people that hate games and hate gamers even more.
Most outlets nowadays are somewhat ok but man, Kotaku is something else. I could not believe some of the insane articles when researching for this video. The best one for me has to be the one where the editor made an entire article bragging about how he managed to get laid in a Sonic the Hedgehog themed bed.
As the arbiter of TH-cam and the calif of bees, I hereby bestow this video with The Good Algorithm™. May your work get more views and your channel the subs you deserve for this kind of effort.
I always remember the Cuphead video of the game journalist that couldn't even get past the tutorial of the game. Sadly they often give games to the wrong person to play who might have a natural biased against or towards a certain genre, which might make then score higher or lower than it should do. Also they might not wait for patches to come out that fixes a game and base the score in the game given, or when certain features are not activated until after reviews are out to increase a score. Still can't get how games like CoD, Assassins Creed and Fifa get high scores every time despite being the same game each time with a new lick of paint, and not being called out for it. And yet when another game does it, gets roasted for it by the same reviews.
Getting paid to make videogame reviews is not always as rosy as people think. These people have to abide by very strict deadlines and most of the time are forced to play games they have zero interest in. So therefore it's not really that surprising that some of these reviews are the way they are. But to be honest most of the reviews nowadays are somewhat fair. Ign and gamespot have also stopped giving outlandish scores to titles like cod over the last few years. And it was really hilarious when IGN was so disappointed by fifa 21 that they just didn't bother to make a new review and just published their review of fifa 20 again.
I really hate where Game Journalism went in the last couple of years. Honestly, I just want a website that tells me about new game announcements and new trailers. (which funnily enough is what sites like Kotaku are doing less and less every year)
Very entertaining edit, well done! This is a great, to the point, refresher for anyone trying to understand the disconnect between people who are actually passionate about games, and uhh... "Journalists"
Thank the gaming gods we have Gameranx. They're a breath of fresh air compared to all the other crap that's out there. They're very informative and prolific, do great reviews, are unbiased, have a great love of all sorts of games and don't fan the flames of bias fanboys. Also their comment sections are never toxic which is a good reflection of the content they create.
Great video with immaculate examples of whats wrong with a lot of these mainstream outlets. Games journalism has felt like a crazy cult these past few years. What happened to Vince Ingenito at IGN just goes to show they are eating their own. Theres a great interview Vince did with Sacred Symbols that just shows the disgusting cult behavior at IGN.
I briefly worked for GameSpace, and they would just throw out game keys in their Discord with no oversight on who reviewed it. The guy who wrote their Yakuza Kiwami 2 review played it for 20 minutes and couldn't name any of the characters. The owners would also break NDAs to stir up reddit drama to try and funnel views to their site. There was no editing of their reviews either, you could write pretty much anything you wanted.
I feel its fairly prominent that most game journalists now that work for the companies like IGN, Kotaku, etc. all are not capable of playing games, most of them struggle moving and looking around at the same time in a game, or they are new to games. Independent reviewers for games put much more effort in the explanation and analysis of games by a looooooonng shot. Not only that they can actually play, understand the mechanics, and finish a game compared to most of the journalists for IGN and such. Also when playing a game they know they likely wont enjoy and review it, for the most part they can put aside their biases and judge it as fairly as they can compared to said companies. Like Dunkey for example, he has said he hates slow paced game like turn based and such, and doesn't like anime style games, but (for the most part) he can put himself in the position of someone that does like those games and will mostly preface it with stating he personally doesn't like that type of game but can understand that other people might and explains why some people might not like it while others would. Many many many other independant reviewers like him do a much better job at game journalism than "professional" game review companies and reviewers. I disregard any and all reviews that come from journalists that work for all those companies.
Good too see everyones liking your editing. I check someone playing a game on yt then decide if i want it or not. I never pre-order as every game is bugged these days
Great Video keep it up. I used to follow IGN really close back in the day when they first started now I just check out Steam reviews to see if the game is worth getting.
Reviewers are never getting paid for good reviews, it's their outlet or a parent company, via all the other arrangements that are done behind the scenes. The only visible ones, are advertisement deals, but those advertisement deals are not for this particular game release they span year long campaign for anything from that publisher, and not even on a single site, just take a look at Future Publishing and their site portfolio. This business is going on for a while... they won't even tell reviewer hey this needs a good score, they will carefully analyze people who they have reviewing games, keep employed those who know how to stand in line, and give them titles to review they'll like where it matters, so the score naturally will be good. Most of those reviewers are like a horse following a carrot, they have no idea how are they manipulated. They stay employed not because they're excellent writers with immense gaming knowledge but because they endure low pay, know their place, and aren't threat to the business.
These companies don't seem to have any concrete reviewing guidelines and it's been apparent for well over 10 years. You will have 2 different reviewers working for the same company in which one reviewer will give Game X a pro for being similar enough to it's predecessor to feel familiar, yet another reviewer who will give Game Y a CON for the same reason. If there's no consistency across the board then you lose credibility. Too many times do you play a game that's been panned among the game journos and yet when you try the game, it's either not bad or straight up great. Also, fantastic editing. You deserve way more views and subs.
It's not absurd to call corruption in this case. Journalists often get far too close to the industries they are supposed to be critical of. Same thing happens in politics.
Saw the editing and video quality, then saw the number of subs this channel has. Criminal. Your editing is better than most channels that have half a million subscribers. Take my like and my subscription. May the algorithm gods bless you.
I contemplated adding that but everyone already knows about it so I wanted to show something else. Also if you don't already know, you should check out gamespots gameplay of doom. It's hilarious.
@@Servesta btw... let me reply to that in detail... "you are father doing somersaults in the sun" .... reply: YES! MY AM Father doing summersaults in the sun
If you are planning to become a game journalist, do not work for IGN, Gamespot, Polygon or Kotaku at all. And almost every review I watched previously, it feels like they haven't played the games up to 100% completion. Of course it takes time and lots of pain to discover a secret or two, but you don't have to play the game for literally just 2 minutes and then talk trash on how terrible the game is. If I was a videogame journalist and let's say, I am gonna make a review about Cuphead, here's what I would do: 1. Finish the tutorial for real (unlike that one guy who sucks ass at even completing the tutorial) 2. Playing on PC (I am a pure PC user. I never played with controllers in my life until now) 3. Try to beat every boss, even if it sacrifice your energy, A LOT. 4. After beating the game, pay attention to every detail of the game, such as the characters, animations, deisgn, the world etc. 5. If you have the urge to complain about the most frustrating parts in Cuphead during the public review, keep it to yourself and take your complaints somewhere else. 6. Nobody cares if you died a lot. Because we all died very often during the boss fights, no joke. 7. You can say that the game is hard, but you're not suppose to rub someone else's face just because it's hard like Dark Souls. Bonus: Every great game has it's ups and downs. If you're just a random guy who wants to make a quick bucks and write a bad review, then you're not the right person for this job. I myself am not a Game journalist. But, I am, like everyone else, a gamer. Gamers are more superior than Videogame journalists. (BTW, this is what IGN suppose to give Cuphead. TOO MANY BOSSES) Edit: Game Journalists should not exist on the 1st place, because they are literally the experts on saying lots of bullshit to the public's eyes. And I am not so surprised that every game journalist is bad at the games in general. I bet 1 million dollars that my future 10 years old son can beat every boss in Cuphead and other garbage games with ease.
You are one of my favourite youtubers alongside Internet Historian, LIMC, etc. Keep it up with the good work. Quality over quantity as always but maaybe a little more consistency wouldn't hurt. You can always learn some productivity techniques and things like that too!
@@Servesta Look into the Pomodoro Technique; Agile Metodologies for content production; watch some interviews about how any of the big youtubers make their stuff. You could also create a discord server for fans and ask them for help with some stuff if you need it. -And maybe one could consider some nootropics later, like bacopa monieri (enhances focus), etc.-
I'd also add that the "digital sweatshop" like nature of being a journalist has an effect. Once upon a time you'd have a decent amount of time to review a game but depending on the publisher you might only have like 2 days to review a 40+ hour game. So it would understandable that some might not bother to finish a game or dive any deeper beyond the critical path to the ending.
Seeing well-made videos from small youtubers is always refreshing.
Damn, I didn't even realize. I fully expected this to be a big channel judging by the quality.
Got to say, your editing skills are absolutely amazing dude! Really impressive work Sir!
But I think the hatred for game journo stems from either ignorance of the subject matter, or them wanting to insert their political opinions into their review, often leading to a huge bias against the subject matter.
Thank you very much!
And yeah I agree that most of the hatred stems from dumb reasons.
I was shitting on the outlets pretty hard in the video but apart from the occasional clickbait article and bad review they're mostly alright (Atleast a lot better than how they used to be).
But anyways, "Hello you!"
I feel like this is going to happen when Hogwarts Legacy comes out.
When it comes out? It's been happening since its _announcement,_ my guy.
Dude give this guy a shout out on Twitter or your channel or something. He deserves a bump
Kotaku's review of the PS5 is the most blatant example. I still can't believe it's real.
Great video! Gaming journalism is a joke because they don't focus on the technical aspects of the game or the actual quality. It's all about spreading a message. It's not about giving gamers an actual picture if the game is worth it or not. And let's not talk about the cases of plagiarism in reviews.
I was done with gaming journalism after an article on Kotaku about a semen bar in The Sims.
Gaming reviews used to be made by people that loved games, now they're mostly made by people that hate games and hate gamers even more.
Most outlets nowadays are somewhat ok but man, Kotaku is something else. I could not believe some of the insane articles when researching for this video. The best one for me has to be the one where the editor made an entire article bragging about how he managed to get laid in a Sonic the Hedgehog themed bed.
The funny thing is, a few years later Giantbomb, started by Jeff Gerstmann, was reabsorbed by Gamespot(CBS Interactive).
I'm glad TH-cam recommend this. Love your editing and writing.
Thank you, there will be more to come.
i love your content and humor.
the editing is on point.
3.1 / 10 IGN
As the arbiter of TH-cam and the calif of bees, I hereby bestow this video with The Good Algorithm™. May your work get more views and your channel the subs you deserve for this kind of effort.
Haha thanks 😊
@@Servesta does the calif of bees love jazz?
I guess we're in the post internet historian era of TH-cam now.
If you're looking for more content like this check out: Spotcam, Joeseppi and Big Boss.
I always remember the Cuphead video of the game journalist that couldn't even get past the tutorial of the game.
Sadly they often give games to the wrong person to play who might have a natural biased against or towards a certain genre, which might make then score higher or lower than it should do. Also they might not wait for patches to come out that fixes a game and base the score in the game given, or when certain features are not activated until after reviews are out to increase a score.
Still can't get how games like CoD, Assassins Creed and Fifa get high scores every time despite being the same game each time with a new lick of paint, and not being called out for it. And yet when another game does it, gets roasted for it by the same reviews.
Getting paid to make videogame reviews is not always as rosy as people think. These people have to abide by very strict deadlines and most of the time are forced to play games they have zero interest in. So therefore it's not really that surprising that some of these reviews are the way they are.
But to be honest most of the reviews nowadays are somewhat fair. Ign and gamespot have also stopped giving outlandish scores to titles like cod over the last few years. And it was really hilarious when IGN was so disappointed by fifa 21 that they just didn't bother to make a new review and just published their review of fifa 20 again.
I really hate where Game Journalism went in the last couple of years.
Honestly, I just want a website that tells me about new game announcements and new trailers. (which funnily enough is what sites like Kotaku are doing less and less every year)
Very entertaining edit, well done! This is a great, to the point, refresher for anyone trying to understand the disconnect between people who are actually passionate about games, and uhh... "Journalists"
Thank the gaming gods we have Gameranx. They're a breath of fresh air compared to all the other crap that's out there. They're very informative and prolific, do great reviews, are unbiased, have a great love of all sorts of games and don't fan the flames of bias fanboys. Also their comment sections are never toxic which is a good reflection of the content they create.
Great video mate
You're criminally undersubbed
Looking forward to the next one!
Bro you already know you are gonna be the shit in no time. Kepp it up brother.
Thank you :)
Great video with immaculate examples of whats wrong with a lot of these mainstream outlets. Games journalism has felt like a crazy cult these past few years. What happened to Vince Ingenito at IGN just goes to show they are eating their own. Theres a great interview Vince did with Sacred Symbols that just shows the disgusting cult behavior at IGN.
Underated channel. Just happened to stumble upon your videos.
Good editing and content. Keep up the good work.
Make sure to include game journalist difficulty mode in your games to pad the score even more.
This deserve more views, keep up the great content
I briefly worked for GameSpace, and they would just throw out game keys in their Discord with no oversight on who reviewed it. The guy who wrote their Yakuza Kiwami 2 review played it for 20 minutes and couldn't name any of the characters. The owners would also break NDAs to stir up reddit drama to try and funnel views to their site. There was no editing of their reviews either, you could write pretty much anything you wanted.
I feel its fairly prominent that most game journalists now that work for the companies like IGN, Kotaku, etc. all are not capable of playing games, most of them struggle moving and looking around at the same time in a game, or they are new to games. Independent reviewers for games put much more effort in the explanation and analysis of games by a looooooonng shot. Not only that they can actually play, understand the mechanics, and finish a game compared to most of the journalists for IGN and such. Also when playing a game they know they likely wont enjoy and review it, for the most part they can put aside their biases and judge it as fairly as they can compared to said companies. Like Dunkey for example, he has said he hates slow paced game like turn based and such, and doesn't like anime style games, but (for the most part) he can put himself in the position of someone that does like those games and will mostly preface it with stating he personally doesn't like that type of game but can understand that other people might and explains why some people might not like it while others would. Many many many other independant reviewers like him do a much better job at game journalism than "professional" game review companies and reviewers. I disregard any and all reviews that come from journalists that work for all those companies.
Good too see everyones liking your editing. I check someone playing a game on yt then decide if i want it or not. I never pre-order as every game is bugged these days
1390 Subs yet such a well made and refined video that you could think the subcounter is missing 2 zeros.
Thanks, glad you liked it :D
I'm loving the editing!
there's gonna be a spike in most replayed at 3:56 for sure XD
very pog video hope it blows up in the algorithme!
My gawd the editing... SOO JUICY!!!
Great Video keep it up. I used to follow IGN really close back in the day when they first started now I just check out Steam reviews to see if the game is worth getting.
man... this is gold
Im not sure why this came up in my recommended but this is a big sub
And this is a big thank you!
OK WHY IS THE VIDEOS BETTER THAN MOST BIGGER TH-camR?
Think i just found another gold
Reviewers are never getting paid for good reviews, it's their outlet or a parent company, via all the other arrangements that are done behind the scenes.
The only visible ones, are advertisement deals, but those advertisement deals are not for this particular game release they span year long campaign for anything from that publisher, and not even on a single site, just take a look at Future Publishing and their site portfolio.
This business is going on for a while... they won't even tell reviewer hey this needs a good score, they will carefully analyze people who they have reviewing games, keep employed those who know how to stand in line, and give them titles to review they'll like where it matters, so the score naturally will be good.
Most of those reviewers are like a horse following a carrot, they have no idea how are they manipulated.
They stay employed not because they're excellent writers with immense gaming knowledge
but because they endure low pay, know their place, and aren't threat to the business.
this video make me touch sub button
Love your videos man!!!
Underatted aff channel
Love this video, 🙏 lol algorithm blessed my reccomends today
Liked, subscribed, commenting for the algorithm
Welcome aboard!
TH-cam algorithm has been fire lately 🔥🔥🔥
These companies don't seem to have any concrete reviewing guidelines and it's been apparent for well over 10 years. You will have 2 different reviewers working for the same company in which one reviewer will give Game X a pro for being similar enough to it's predecessor to feel familiar, yet another reviewer who will give Game Y a CON for the same reason. If there's no consistency across the board then you lose credibility. Too many times do you play a game that's been panned among the game journos and yet when you try the game, it's either not bad or straight up great.
Also, fantastic editing. You deserve way more views and subs.
Shoutout to Josh
Video game. yes, I love, indeed! very cool 👍
Vidja good!
this dude's accent is so funny lmao
instantly subbed
Teşekkür ederim!
Ich libbe dich. Only German I know, I hope it’s a nice phrase. Love your video man keep it up.
Thank you very much :D
There will be more coming soon.
Also the phrase means: "I love you".
@@Servesta 😳👉🏽👈🏽
wow, quality video. We will your career with great interest!
Will do my best to not disappoint
It's not absurd to call corruption in this case. Journalists often get far too close to the industries they are supposed to be critical of. Same thing happens in politics.
Lol, Josh the real MVP.
He really is 😂
Rip Jeff fired from his job twice
Also rip giant bomb that site is a zombie now that the og crew is gone
the video very nice deserves more views tbh
This channel deserves more attention. Very well researched and I learned a lot.
Shout out to Josh
Some journos accept other forms of compensation of the.. ahm.. copulatory verity. Glad I stumbled across your account btw.
hope you come back my dude
i found your channel a day ago and you had 1.9~k and broke 2 now, hope something hit the algorithm
I didn't leave, I'm working on the next video right now. It just takes a lot of time to edit. The next one should be out in a few weeks.
Yeah it's so true I woudn't be suprised by the corruption of games media outlets
remember me when you have 1mil Subs :D
your editing is just high quality.
please make your voice louder though.
Yeah I edited with speakers this time around and might have gotten the balance with the background music wrong.
Game Informer's pretty good I think
So baffling to review a game, give it an honest review, and get fired.
Saw the editing and video quality, then saw the number of subs this channel has. Criminal. Your editing is better than most channels that have half a million subscribers. Take my like and my subscription. May the algorithm gods bless you.
Thank you very much!
No mention of the cuphead incident of 2017?
I contemplated adding that but everyone already knows about it so I wanted to show something else.
Also if you don't already know, you should check out gamespots gameplay of doom. It's hilarious.
Great video
Thank you!
Glad you liked it.
just josh
Sonic was never good that's his opinion.
Respecting his opinion is another way of maturity.
Always expect the lowest possible effort from modern games “journalism”, any more effort than that is an impossibility
Drawf fortress review is the best IGN review
Based
Thanks Jim, I wish you well ❤️
You think you Van fool me?
You are father doing somersaults in the sun.
@@Servesta looking at the boat! Alda
@@Servesta btw... let me reply to that in detail... "you are father doing somersaults in the sun" .... reply: YES! MY AM Father doing summersaults in the sun
@@CCC010 omg! I knew that I wrote it wrong....shit
If you are planning to become a game journalist, do not work for IGN, Gamespot, Polygon or Kotaku at all.
And almost every review I watched previously, it feels like they haven't played the games up to 100% completion. Of course it takes time and lots of pain to discover a secret or two, but you don't have to play the game for literally just 2 minutes and then talk trash on how terrible the game is.
If I was a videogame journalist and let's say, I am gonna make a review about Cuphead, here's what I would do:
1. Finish the tutorial for real (unlike that one guy who sucks ass at even completing the tutorial)
2. Playing on PC (I am a pure PC user. I never played with controllers in my life until now)
3. Try to beat every boss, even if it sacrifice your energy, A LOT.
4. After beating the game, pay attention to every detail of the game, such as the characters, animations, deisgn, the world etc.
5. If you have the urge to complain about the most frustrating parts in Cuphead during the public review, keep it to yourself and take your complaints somewhere else.
6. Nobody cares if you died a lot. Because we all died very often during the boss fights, no joke.
7. You can say that the game is hard, but you're not suppose to rub someone else's face just because it's hard like Dark Souls.
Bonus: Every great game has it's ups and downs. If you're just a random guy who wants to make a quick bucks and write a bad review, then you're not the right person for this job.
I myself am not a Game journalist. But, I am, like everyone else, a gamer.
Gamers are more superior than Videogame journalists.
(BTW, this is what IGN suppose to give Cuphead. TOO MANY BOSSES)
Edit: Game Journalists should not exist on the 1st place, because they are literally the experts on saying lots of bullshit to the public's eyes.
And I am not so surprised that every game journalist is bad at the games in general. I bet 1 million dollars that my future 10 years old son can beat every boss in Cuphead and other garbage games with ease.
bro thinks he’s internet historian 💀
You are one of my favourite youtubers alongside Internet Historian, LIMC, etc. Keep it up with the good work.
Quality over quantity as always but maaybe a little more consistency wouldn't hurt.
You can always learn some productivity techniques and things like that too!
I really need to figure out a way to be more efficient because I'm spending A LOT of time creating assets and editing.
@@Servesta Look into the Pomodoro Technique; Agile Metodologies for content production; watch some interviews about how any of the big youtubers make their stuff.
You could also create a discord server for fans and ask them for help with some stuff if you need it.
-And maybe one could consider some nootropics later, like bacopa monieri (enhances focus), etc.-
SMT 5 was a real disappointment though.
I'd also add that the "digital sweatshop" like nature of being a journalist has an effect. Once upon a time you'd have a decent amount of time to review a game but depending on the publisher you might only have like 2 days to review a 40+ hour game. So it would understandable that some might not bother to finish a game or dive any deeper beyond the critical path to the ending.
This guy is an Internet historian clone (I mean that in a good way)
Being called his clone is always a compliment :D
Wow, I'm surprised by how few views/subscribers you have
Hopefully this comment increases your engagement, good job on all the hard work!
Thank you very much!
Algorithm
What song 2:53
Windmill isle from Sonic unleashed I think.
Insta-sub
Thank you very much kind sir.
hi i like your voice
Really? I hate my own voice and am always self conscious about that but thank you very much :D
That accent German?
Btw great videos ❤
Is it that obvious? 😅
Gj4