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Jonny_Darko · Member Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 124

Well no-one can be totally unbiased but the Beeb still is as impartial as they come and will no doubt lap up any story about corruption in the games press. They do love plumbing those consumer rights issues. And the summer's biggest videogame release being blatently unfinished and yet at a higher than usual RRP is a pretty big deal.

Vyper · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject:

KKLEIN · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:05 pm Post subject:

Tell the Beeb, tell watchdog, tell Sky, tell ITV. Hell e-mail the Sun, they love this sorta stuff. If they can have a main story on a boy that eats jam sandwiches they'll lap something like this up. So will Paragon for that matter – getting one over on their competitors so to speak.
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jamiej · Member Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 288

Its all well and good saying you'll tell someone...
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The Source · Experienced Member Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 808

Apart from the one post there's not been much input from the two mags in question. Wonder why? You would of thought they would at least fight for their respective corner?

I get the impression that no matter what's uncovered within these pages or indeed outside of them those in question simply don't care which I feel is worse than the supposed crime itself.
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tnman · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:26 pm Post subject:

I'd like to make another point.

Sander · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:31 pm Post subject:

trelliz · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:44 pm Post subject:

I retract anything nice or positive i've ever said about Driv3r. i'm on the chase mission, after the botched meeting with the bagman dude. i've begun chasing calita, and at some random distance i fail the mission, even though i can still f**king see her! when she gets overthe bridge and i'm told to find another route, i turn around and head back, only to fail the mission because i'm too far away! this game can just f**k off. i thought it was good, but i have no idea why i'm chasing all these people (due to the vaguely bland plot) who seem to drive perfectly, even making the AI of Gran Turismo look poor and amateurish.

I apologise to anyone who had to spend the time and physical energy to diasgree with my posts about the goodness of this game. It is a cankerous floater that deserved to be flushed, along with all the other turds.

Btw, has anyone noticed that (with the exception of FSW) all the uber-hyped, utter shite games have these "preview dvds" that you get when you pre-order them (Tomb Raider AOD, True Crime, DRIV3R!!!

Now i'll go back to Ikaruga, a game that's impossibly hard because it was designed that way, rather than Driv3r, which is impossibly hard because it wasn't designed at all. Evil or Very Mad

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simon71 · Member Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 170 Location: London

Just thought I'd throw in this quote from the spong.com forums.

Pell · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject:

bear · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:54 pm Post subject:

Does anyone know how many pages of Atari advertising there are in each of the magazines this month?
Although next month is likely to be the real test of what Future's official line is.

SillySprout · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:56 pm Post subject:

Pell · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:58 pm Post subject:

No, because I fail to believe that the people I have had contact with would be involved in this sort of thing (ie personal bribes) in any sort of way. Plus I think that they wouldn't not want to work in an environment, in such close proximity, where their writing was effectively being censored.
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bear · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject:

While looking over the psm2 issue in question I have just one question for the staff on the mag.Why was the most junior member of staff put on such a big review?By your own admission he is not as good a writer as Nathan Irvine otherwise he would have out your PSM2 idol comp.Also Jorin reviewed games in the same issue and so surely should have reviewed it as he was the most experienced reviewer available.Afterall this was the lead review in your 50th issue so surely the best available reviewer should have been put on it.

Pell · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:08 pm Post subject:

This is the only scenario, were something to have happened, which I could imagine:

Any "deal" would have been made at a high level ie board of directors level. If an individual were to have attempted it then they must have been pretty stupid not to have thought they would be caught. Neither writers nor editors would have the power imo to be able to co-ordinate an exclusive which involved both advertising for the magazine within the game and many adverts (eg vouchers) for Driv3r in the mag.
Future employees would not have been told, the only one(s) lower than the top few being maybe the editor and the reviewer.
Not one single individual would personally gain from this. It would be a management deal. No promotional items, free televisions or holidays for the editor and writer or any of the tripe that some people have suggested. This was done purely for the companies involved.

Let me make this clear. I am not suggesting this is what has happened. I do not want to believe that this has happened at all. What I want to make clear is that for those that have their mind set upon dodgy dealings, don't think that if so it was individuals pawning the system for personal gain.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT BRIBES WERE A FACTOR FOR THE REVIEWS
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