I love how we are debating if Hogan should be in the video game or not (for historical purposes I guess...?) when he's back on TV and PPVs now without even a hint of a mea culpa.
@indigozeal: But if we agree they were hired for their skill and we also trust our favorite game reviewers to be professional (such as the way I trust the GB crew), then what is the issue?
The people who care about games enough to work professionally in the space are bound to know each other. It like with award shows, the judges know the people they are judging quite well, so you could say there is potential for conflict of interest. But what choice do you have? The people who know enough about games to judge them in an award show context are the people who make them or write about them professionally, and you can't do that without meeting people in the space. You just have to trust in their professionalism.
@indigozeal: The "game journalists" involved are all accomplished writers by their own merit. I feel it is kind of dismissive to their contributions to say that including them in the game is a marketing stunt. Not to mention most of them are freelancers and as far as I can tell none of them are involved in the "purchasing advice" side of games writing.
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