Games journalists who write about the allegedly woeful state of games journalism, in my view, fall into three personality types:
1) I pretty much invented games journalism dontcha know. Here - look at my Jovian talent and how much more wonderful I am than everyone else.
2) I am a nasty little shit-bag with a grudge against a world that has failed to recognize that I exist.
3) My competitors are taking readers away from me for fun, and so snide, inaccurate editorials are my only recourse to vengeance.
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Thanks for the note. Demigod link is fixed.
We monitor these comments threads fairly carefully, and, in order to sustain a forum for intelligent debate, we delete the most stupid or inane submissions.
After many years as a games journalist, I've become accustomed to accusations of platform-bias (from all 'sides'). It's of no great concern, lacking foundation, evidence or even motive.
Almost always, the bias thing falls under our rubric of 'moronic - therefore delete'. However, I'm letting them stand here because I fear that if we don't we'll be accused of a cover-up. Anyway, every now and again. I suppose it's a debate worth having. (Perhaps now might be a good time to point out, for example, that only last month, we gave a PlayStation 3 game a maximum score.)
I have deleted some comments, due to their use of vile language likely to offend decent human beings. As a rule, if you must insist on using words like 'retard' and 'gay' as insults, you can expect to be deleted.
Thanks for your notes about the pics. The author of this piece did not post the pics. They have been changed.
I have deleted the comments from Alex. We will not tolerate abusive language on this site.
We definitely need more pics of attractive people buying Xbox 360s. I'd be obliged if anyone wants to send a few through to us.
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