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Video Game Companies Helped Created Gamergate
Cordova, TN; October 26, in the year of our Lord 2014--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is making a bold stand in the terms of
Gamergate. The holistic analysis shows video game companies and
their PR firms are partially responsible for the Gamergate
scandal. The corruption and backdoor politics of too many gaming
websites is a direct result of how the video game companies have
treated the gaming journalists for decades now. It does not take
much research to find a variety of companies trying to impose
their will on the gaming media. Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony,
Capcom, and others have all been guilty of punishing gaming
media outlets for low review scores.
Video game journalism is a competitive business. Every gaming
site is trying to find an exclusive. There is no fairness in
this region of the industry. A gaming journalist buys a PR
employee a few beers to get in good with them. Maybe they give
them more to get a story one hour before everyone else. In fact
much worse has been discovered and unearthed. So how exactly did
we get to this point? Was it just unethical gaming journalists
looking for an advantage? Or was there something deeper going
on? Besides the rot of morals and ethics within the society.
Which can definitely be attributed to the current situation
gamers, and gaming journalists find themselves in.
PR firms and the video game companies want to be seen in the
best light possible. They are always trying to guide the
discussion in their direction. PR firms and video game companies
have been guilty of punishing gaming outlets for a bad review,
or an article that breaks their extremely thin skin. Family
Friendly Gaming has experienced this punishment over the years,
as well as discrimination and death threats because we are
Christians. It is amazing that those screaming for celebration
of diversity are they themselves the biggest attackers of
diversity. What does this have to do with anything? The PR firms
and video game companies have been slowly working on modifying
the behavior of the gaming journalists. Sort of like training a
rat to only go to the red button for food. The green button
shocks them. These PR firms and gaming companies have been
punishing gaming journalists for decades for reviews, features,
articles, and stories that make them look bad.
We all know that a positive review generally results in more
sales than a negative one. For companies like Nintendo,
Microsoft, Sony, and others it is a business decision. They like
those who like them, and they drag their feet with those who do
not give them their way. So as all these gaming sites are
fighting for market share - what are they to do? The path of
least resistance is what too many of them have taken. Does it
work? Who is the biggest gaming website right now? Notice how
they are accused of being bought off? Notice how they are
accused of writing overly positive reviews? Staying true to
morals is the more difficult path to take. If gamers would
support gaming sites that stay true to their morals and ethics
they could change the entire industry.
Many gamers are justified in their anger with the corrupt gaming
websites. They need to extend their influence to the PR firms
and video game companies that created this atmosphere. Tell them
you will not support their greed anymore. Tell them you will
only support them when they support ethical, and moral gaming
sites. Even when there are negative reviews on their products.
This constant fluff of buy from our advertisers is killing the
image of video game journalism. That means the video game
journalists at these sites need to change. They need a revival
of their morals and ethics. Be honest, real, and genuine.
Disclose what they give you. Family Friendly Gaming is not the
only site that fully discloses. Christ Centered Game Reviews
does as well. I believe there are other sites out there doing
the same thing. Put your support behind every gaming site that
being honest, moral, and ethical.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming