Twitter/Game Journalism war?

I've been reading Alex and Jeff's twitters and apparently there is some shit-talking going on concerning Brink, but I can't seem to find out where the anger is coming from? Does anybody know?

Joystiq posted a 2/5 review. People looked at the reviewers achievements and saw that he didn't have many, assumed that he didn't play much at all and thus tried to discredit his review. The reviewer claimed he did in fact play plenty and talked some shit on his twitter account.

I think. That's my understanding of it at least.

There's already multiple threads on this.  Just go to the Brink forum.

I guess the fanboys are butt hurt that their new favorite game is getting bad scores.

Didn't we solve this like.. 3 years ago? *sigh*

Bethesda needs to learn, when they DEVELOP games, they're buggy, but they're great.  Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, etc.  When the PUBLISH games, they are terrible.  Wet, Brink, Star Trek: Legacy,  Rogue fucking Warrior.  Simple lesson to be learned: Just develop, don't publish.  You suck at it.  Just admit it, apologize for it, and move on with your development cycle.

" Bethesda needs to learn, when they DEVELOP games, they're buggy, but they're great.  Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, etc.  When the PUBLISH games, they are terrible.  Wet, Brink, Star Trek: Legacy,  Rogue fucking Warrior.  Simple lesson to be learned: Just develop, don't publish.  You suck at it.  Just admit it, apologize for it, and move on with your development cycle. "

" Bethesda needs to learn, when they DEVELOP games, they're buggy, but they're great.  Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, etc.  When the PUBLISH games, they are terrible.  Wet, Brink, Star Trek: Legacy,  Rogue fucking Warrior.  Simple lesson to be learned: Just develop, don't publish.  You suck at it.  Just admit it, apologize for it, and move on with your development cycle. "

" @HumanityPlague said:

" Bethesda needs to learn, when they DEVELOP games, they're buggy, but they're great.  Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, etc.  When the PUBLISH games, they are terrible.  Wet, Brink, Star Trek: Legacy,  Rogue fucking Warrior.  Simple lesson to be learned: Just develop, don't publish.  You suck at it.  Just admit it, apologize for it, and move on with your development cycle. "

New Vegas kind of throws a wrench into that, doesn't it? "

Brink: THE DAWN OF NEW GAMES JOURNALISM.

This was the original article that sparked everything, note that it wasn't IGN but some VooDoo Extreme site from IGN that I've never heard of...

Everyone into your bomb shelters.

This shits going down.

LOLOLOL

Alex thinks game journalism is a "thoughtful, dignified profession".

" LOLOLOLAlex thinks game journalism is a "thoughtful, dignified profession". "

Even the GB folks have admitted that game journalism has little to do with actual journalism.

I'm smelling another TOO HUMAN video...

"YO SON! WANNA TALK MESS ABOUT BRINK? YA'LL THINK YOU KNOW BETTA THEN WE DO? YA'LL GET SOME BLAP BLAP BLAP"

" Bethesda needs to learn, when they DEVELOP games, they're buggy, but they're great.  Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, etc.  When the PUBLISH games, they are terrible.  Wet, Brink, Star Trek: Legacy,  Rogue fucking Warrior.  Simple lesson to be learned: Just develop, don't publish.  You suck at it.  Just admit it, apologize for it, and move on with your development cycle. "

It's enthusiast press for the most part, not journalism. Get it right.

From playing the game having 225 points in it can easily be gotten in about 2 hours of play. So yes..maybe he did only play 2 hours. I am enjoying the game quite a bit. 

Splash Damage made this game, it just has Bethesdas name on it..

..for good measure ;)

I don't really consider video game reviews "journalism" so much, but I definitely consider gaming magazines as journalism.  Much more so than stuff like People or The National Inquirer. 

It's coming from people who absolutely need to have other people agree with them in order to validate their opinions. They're insecure about their own choices, but if someone, usually in a 'higher position,' agrees with them then suddenly their choice is worth it. Fanboys pretty much. They can't accept the idea someone else hates what they 'love.' I grew out of that phase very quickly back in highschool when I realized that if you like something then other people's opinions don't mean shit simply because they're entitled to their opinions too.

" Bethesda needs to learn, when they DEVELOP games, they're buggy, but they're great.  Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, etc.  When the PUBLISH games, they are terrible.  Wet, Brink, Star Trek: Legacy,  Rogue fucking Warrior.  Simple lesson to be learned: Just develop, don't publish.  You suck at it.  Just admit it, apologize for it, and move on with your development cycle. "

It was kind of funny watching the guy completely ruin his chances of ever finding another job ever by throwing out baseless accusations that were proven false within an hour of the posting.

" @HumanityPlague said:

" Bethesda needs to learn, when they DEVELOP games, they're buggy, but they're great.  Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, etc.  When the PUBLISH games, they are terrible.  Wet, Brink, Star Trek: Legacy,  Rogue fucking Warrior.  Simple lesson to be learned: Just develop, don't publish.  You suck at it.  Just admit it, apologize for it, and move on with your development cycle. "

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth was good. The only real problem was the save system. "