• 3Dec 07

  alright guys, its time for me to go

  hey guys,

  for those who have been reading my blog posts. thanks and i appreciate having all of you in my life someway somehow.
  but as we all know by now, because of the lack of ethics and moral standing in Gamespot and CNet. i shall no longer be frequenting this website.

  after hearing their official anouncement, which really wasnt much.
  i dont feel that i can trust them with anything on this site anymore. esp their reviews.
  from my previous blog posts (aka, the one before this) i have long suspected that their reviews were bought or just plain silly. and i guess i was right afterall.
  and regarding their annoucement, its quite obvious that they have something to hide. and by smothering us with words that seem sweet and pleasing, it actually makes things worse.

  sometimes its better to just get to the point and speak the truth. maybe then we will have some respect for them and them we can build up trust again. but as it turns out, it was way too much for them.
  oh well, so that will be it for me.

  thanks for all the comments and such.
  see all of you again some time i suppose.

  
  Jonathan

  • Posted Dec 3, 2007 10:16 pm PT
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• 14Nov 07

  Gamespot Reviews

  i am beginning to think that GS's reviews are either bought or extremely unfounded and based solely on a certain few factors.

  for one, if a games is beautiful, they love it. regardless of how it plays. Assassin's Creed getting a 9.5 ? thats disgusting. any game withhorrible AI and poor combat should never be given anything more than 8 for gameplay and therefore for no reason should be getting anything more than an 8 for overall. no matter how pretty or how profoundly deep the story is.

  dont get me wrong, i'm a true believer in having an amazing story in the game and trade it for looking kinda ugly, but no matter how good the story, if the gameplay is down, the game is fundamentality flawed. games are called games because of the way it plays out (aka gameplay). if i wanted a good looking game that doesnt play well, watch a movie for goodness sake.
  or an ugly game with a good story, read a book. a game sets itself apart from the way it plays and pulls you into the action like no other medium can. so GS, take your AC review and really shove it. what a total letdown.
  did Jade seduce you guys ? i think so.

  with AC's poor AI and stand back and watch you kill their colleague combat, its ridiculous to find this in a next gen game.
  if you ask me, 7.5. no higher
  as for the pretty games with high scores, its true. theres hardly a pretty game with a low score on GS. well there definately is but the prettier they are, the more they score. Gears. Crysis. Bioshock. AC. dont get me wrong, i think they are great games (with exception for AC), but i think its something i find like a pattern. and thats why i think most Wii games fail to impress them. heck they fail to impress me with the way they look too, but i dont fault them cos they look crappy. as long as they play good an engage me, i find that it will do. graphics isnt everything.
  GS ought to sort it out. Graphics make up part of the score, but dont pull a good game down if it looks bad and dont bring a game up cos its beautiful. beautiful means F*** in a game. seriously.

  if we all lived through the Genesis SNES era, we all know that a good game is a good game regardless how it looks. sprites itself can make a wonderful game. believe it.

  • Posted Nov 14, 2007 7:37 am PT
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• 2Nov 07

  been a long long while

  its been a long long while since i've blogged here in GS.

  partly cos lately GS has been a very uninteresting site to go to and partly cos i've been spending my time in other areas.
  i've been very much into facebook for the last month or so. so many things to do there and lots of friends to chat with. or wall with. haha.

  and i just got back from a much needed holiday yesterday. i was in Chicago for 10 nights. bunked with my friend who was studying there. pretty nice place, lots of cultural stuff to see and do. i bought quite a few things too.
  games wise - orange box PC, God of War 2, paper mario GC, and The Red Star
  dvds wise - Saw 1, 2, and 3 Special editions, Serendipity, 10 things i hate about you, dog soldiers, transformers the movie

  and well, stuff around me are still the same. busy with work (even busier now actually). before my holiday, have been working 9-8. almost 12 hours a day. sick.
  and still in love with her, and still without much success. in fact, as of today, its been 4 months since we ever went out on a one on one date / outing. and she's still together with him. so... yeah. sad stuff.

  well, that pretty much sums it up. anyway i possibly wont be around in GS too often no more. dont see the point. getting kinda lame really. and since they changed their review format and all, i find it weird and uninformative. boo to them really. and now with all the tv series starting again (House, CSI, Heroes). gonna spend more time on tv and on work and with my new games.

  so well, gtg for now, catch you guys again in sometime.
  take care and live well

  • Posted Nov 2, 2007 7:33 am PT
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