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I thought this warranted a topic of its own, as it's utter genius.

Campbell may be a tit, but he's an incredibly entertaining tit.

http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/driv3r.htm

Including such gems as.....

Eighthours · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:05 am Post subject:

(By the way, rumours that Steve and I paid off Campbell to write this article are untrue. The envelope was white not brown, and contained Monopoly money rather than real money. Euros, in other words. Whoops, did I just say that? Also we threatened never to visit his website again, and post links to anti-Campbell websites every day on GR. But that had NOTHING to do with the eventual content, text and tone of his review whatsoever. Also the fact that the envelope contained the exact text of the review that went up, is merely a coincidence. How were Steve and I to know that he'd copy it?? I ask you......rumours of corruption are ridiculous!!)
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starfox · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:09 am Post subject:

Very nice 'Hours, what a funny, funny man Campbell is. Very Happy

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GwiDan · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:09 am Post subject:

Who does Campbell write for nowadays?

Eighthours · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:10 am Post subject:

KKLEIN · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:11 am Post subject:

Very Interesting. What mag did he used to write for anyway?
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phAnt0m buRn · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:19 am Post subject:

That was a very interesting read, and humourous too.

Well done Mr Campbell for your article and well done Eighthours for finding it.

He sure has his way with words, I could never think of the medical science analogy!
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Eighthours · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:21 am Post subject:

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Dav2k · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:30 am Post subject:

He tends to write abit in Indie mag every month and get Independents backs up quite a lot with his comments. Very Happy

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phAnt0m buRn · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:52 am Post subject:

poleshift · Member Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 147

I like Stuart's stuff and it's generally amusing. However, threatening violence against the programmers isn't on - whatever the faults of Driv3r. He's gone too far this time.

For all we know, they might have wanted to sort out all the bugs before release, but Atari insisted otherwise. As programmers and designers, they can't have been happy themselves with putting it out in its current state, but if it's a choice between putting the game out now and having a job for the forseeable future, or not putting the game out and having no job, it's a no brainer.

TheTurnipKing · Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject:

In days gone by, I believe Stuart Campbell USED to work for Your Sinclair and Amiga Power, then he got hired by Sensi Software for a bit. Dunno where he went after that. Freelance, I assume.

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Biggles · Starting Member Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 34

Mr Campbell does indeed say something interesting points; however the points he gives I would say are not exclusive to just the gaming industry I would say that the "corruption" is spread throughout the whole entertainment industry.

Newspapers such as The Sun, The Mirror, The Star and magazines such as Maxim are all guilty. How many times to you see on tv in film adverts "'The best comedy ever' The Sun" or "This Summers must watch film" the Star when they refer to tripe such as Analyse this or Van Helsing.
They give these reviews so that in turn the quotes get used so they get free publicity. Paul Ross, is the worst, the publicity seeking whore that he is.

The same in the music industry. Even the BBC is guilty; in order to secure that exclusive to Madonna's new single "a month before it comes out" I am sure they are told that it has to get put on thier A list and that it has to get pumped out every couple of hours before they even have the chance to determine whether it is a big steaming smelly pile of poo or not.