Matt Cassamass..... Is Leaving IGN, Maybe Trustworthy Wii Reviews Are Next?

As I said in the title, Matt Cassamassamilkawha? is on his way out when it comes to working for IGN's Wii department and that means (hopefully) new blood into the Wii section there.

I have high hopes for this change, new blood has been needed in the Wii section since 2005 and it will finally be done. Well it's GOTTA be done now since the main 2 people have left this year.

Who else here is going to follow IGN's Wii coverage a little closer now

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HVS just lost their best freind in the world :(

Looks like IGn won't be overating/hyping the conduit 2 like they did with the first one....... at least I hope....

Wow Apple. That is a major step up from regular editorials.

Sad news

I listened to the IGN Nintendo podcast last week just to give it a try, and it seemed like none of the people even cared remotely about the Wii, except maybe Craig. But as the host, he had to keep the show on track, except when they hit the peak of their excitement when talking about... 3D Dot Game Heroes. On a Nintendo podcast.

All of that to say that this is probably good news for the IGN Wii section. Maybe they'll finally have a full team that isn't completely condescending to their audience and actually has a generally positive view of their subject material. That would be nice, considering Gamespot and Giant Bomb don't have anyone with any kind of view of the Wii.

Yeah ign will have better opinions now... oh wait

I though Matt was permanently tethered to the IGN building. He left the Nintendo section months ago anyway, he was only back and forth, for awhile now its been Craig an Bozon and a few random people. He is definitely moving up in the world, he's going to be right in the middle of the Apple/Skynet movement. Sepewrath

Matt has been my favorite reviewer for years so I am going to miss his input. I hope everything at Apple goes well for him. Bozon is the man to though.TheColbert

There is a God.

I can think of few other people in the world who deserve their jobs as little as Matt does.

Good news. Will I trust IGN more now? No, probably not. Sadly, I don't think the absence of Matt is enough for IGN to not suck anymore.

:shock::o:x:evil::cry:

*CRY HARD*

First, I fail the English segment of my college placement test. Then, my 300 point marketing project breaks. My imaginary gf dumped me. AND NOW THIS!!!! Can my day get any worse....?

Well at least todays episode of Supernatural was good...

Never trusted game reviews before, won't start trusting them now.

Good riddance? He is going to make more money then he ever did before and he will also have more of an impact on the game industry than he ever did before. So for those who loathe him this isn't good news esp. since you could just, you know, ignore him being that he is on a different website than GS. NOw he is directly impacting any Apple users.

Good riddance? He is going to make more money then he ever did before and he will also have more of an impact on the game industry than he ever did before. So for those who loathe him this isn't good news esp. since you could just, you know, ignore him being that he is on a different website than GS. NOw he is directly impacting any Apple users.

thedude-

Bozon left months before Matt did. Craig Harris is the only Nintendo editor left at IGN.meetroid8

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Good riddance? He is going to make more money then he ever did before and he will also have more of an impact on the game industry than he ever did before. So for those who loathe him this isn't good news esp. since you could just, you know, ignore him being that he is on a different website than GS. NOw he is directly impacting any Apple users.

JordanElek

You and your silly jokes!

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Good riddance? He is going to make more money then he ever did before and he will also have more of an impact on the game industry than he ever did before. So for those who loathe him this isn't good news esp. since you could just, you know, ignore him being that he is on a different website than GS. NOw he is directly impacting any Apple users.

Jaysonguy

You and your silly jokes!

He might actually be good at that, though, who knows.JordanElek

You and your silly jokes!

You should probably discuss this on IGN...

Matt: "You choo-choo-choose me?"

Apple:"Yes, you have a long career of putting aside your journalistic integrity to blatantly promote a company's wares, you will now shill for us"

I actually agreed with the majority of his reviews, I'm not exactly sure why people hate him aside from that one "Nintendo is Lazy" article. Can people give me more examples on why we're glad he's gone?Meinhard1

My guess is that he is bad at "journalism"

I actually agreed with the majority of his reviews, I'm not exactly sure why people hate him aside from that one "Nintendo is Lazy" article. Can people give me more examples on why we're glad he's gone?Meinhard1

I think we can. Craig is the only one left, and he was easily the best out of the three.

I actually agreed with the majority of his reviews, I'm not exactly sure why people hate him aside from that one "Nintendo is Lazy" article. Can people give me more examples on why we're glad he's gone?Meinhard1

The most egregious example for me was his Sonic and the Black Knight review, which contained flat-out factual inaccuracies and made it clear that he had not completed most of the game before writing his review. I don't care if he thought it was a bad game, there's no excuse for that. Never trusted him further than I could throw him after that.

There is a God.

I can think of few other people in the world who deserve their jobs as little as Matt does.

GabuEx

Matt: "You choo-choo-choose me?"

Apple:"Yes, you have a long career of putting aside your journalistic integrity to blatantly promote a company's wares, you will now shill for us"

Jaysonguy

Good news since I couldn't stand Matt. I doubt IGN will be any better.

Good riddance? He is going to make more money then he ever did before and he will also have more of an impact on the game industry than he ever did before. So for those who loathe him this isn't good news esp. since you could just, you know, ignore him being that he is on a different website than GS. NOw he is directly impacting any Apple users.

thedude-

I have no plans on buying an iPhone or any other Apple product for that matter, so in his new position I will never see or hear from him again. :P

Its a shame. I remember him making fun of the Sonic fanboys who were sending him hate mails just because of his review of Sonic and the Black Knight. Gosh....

I don't know why anyone would be glad that Matt is leaving IGN. I mean now all you got are a bunch of writers who really wanted to write for the 360 and PS3 pages. Therefore expect Wii previews/reviews to lack depth and lower review scores--all because the remaining writers can't wait to get back to their third and first person shooters. However, Matt left the Nintendo team months ago, and was doing whatever, so I'm already adjusted to his absence. Well I hope the best for him.

[QUOTE="Meinhard1"]I actually agreed with the majority of his reviews, I'm not exactly sure why people hate him aside from that one "Nintendo is Lazy" article. Can people give me more examples on why we're glad he's gone?GabuEx

The most egregious example for me was his Sonic and the Black Knight review, which contained flat-out factual inaccuracies and made it clear that he had not completed most of the game before writing his review. I don't care if he thought it was a bad game, there's no excuse for that. Never trusted him further than I could throw him after that.

Yeah he was 1.5 away from the metascore. The Conduit was even worse, 1.7. It's not that big of a deal as you make it to be.

Presentation 8.5

Graphics 8.5

Sound 7.5

Gameplay 3.0;Possibly designed by monkeys. Everything you've ever liked about Sonic games -- speed, great level designs -- is gone. Instead, you will crawl through stages and fight enemy after enemy, with waggle.

Lasting appeal 3.0 (a result of gameplay 3.0)

Overall: 3.9

If you actually read his review you'll understand why he scored it that low, read the bold part. He reviewed this game as a Sonic game, comparing it with other Sonic games.

That's how you score a game, the gameplay outweights everything else and basically dictates its score. His video review was just a fun parody, unless you're biased towards Sonic.

This guy has huge understanding of gaming, sure he's "bad at journalism" w/e you say,but if you can look past that he's one of the greatest reviewers. Being the only "Editor-at-large" on IGN, and now this incredible job, and you say he sucks? lol

RIP

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[QUOTE="Meinhard1"]I actually agreed with the majority of his reviews, I'm not exactly sure why people hate him aside from that one "Nintendo is Lazy" article. Can people give me more examples on why we're glad he's gone?kontejner44

The most egregious example for me was his Sonic and the Black Knight review, which contained flat-out factual inaccuracies and made it clear that he had not completed most of the game before writing his review. I don't care if he thought it was a bad game, there's no excuse for that. Never trusted him further than I could throw him after that.

Yeah he was 1.5 away from the metascore. The Conduit was even worse, 1.7. It's not that big of a deal as you make it to be.

Presentation 8.5

Graphics 8.5

Sound 7.5

Gameplay 3.0;Possibly designed by monkeys. Everything you've ever liked about Sonic games -- speed, great level designs -- is gone. Instead, you will crawl through stages and fight enemy after enemy, with waggle.

Lasting appeal 3.0 (a result of gameplay 3.0)

Overall: 3.9

If you actually read his review you'll understand why he scored it that low, read the bold part. He reviewed this game as a Sonic game, comparing it with other Sonic games.

That's how you score a game, the gameplay outweights everything else and basically dictates its score. His video review was just a fun parody, unless you're biased towards Sonic.

This guy has huge understanding of gaming, sure he's "bad at journalism" w/e you say,but if you can look past that he's one of the greatest reviewers. Being the only "Editor-at-large" on IGN, and now this incredible job, and you say he sucks? lol

RIP

I'm pretty sure that Gabu said that he had problems with factual inaccuracies in his review, the review being the part that has the text, not the random meaningless numbers after the important part.Legolas_Katarn

Yeah everything has to be perfect in the journalism world. Being wrong is clearly something bad.

I'd take him over any current game editor despite "flaws" and "contradictions" this guy had understanding of gaming.

In-depth Nintendo coverage died with Greg Kasavin and Matt. I have zero interest in this part of the industry as of now. Craig is my only hope left, but the IGN Nintendo team as a whole is now dead, just like GS.

[QUOTE="Legolas_Katarn"]I'm pretty sure that Gabu said that he had problems with factual inaccuracies in his review, the review being the part that has the text, not the random meaningless numbers after the important part.kontejner44

Yeah everything has to be perfect in the journalism world. Being wrong is clearly something bad.

I'd take him over any current game editor despite "flaws" and "contradictions" this guy had understanding of gaming.

In-depth Nintendo coverage died with Greg Kasavin and Matt. I have zero interest in this part of the industry as of now. Craig is my only hope left, but the IGN Nintendo team as a whole is now dead, just like GS.

Even with Matt at IGN, it seemed like he liked the IDEA of the Wii, as in the potential it has to have some interesting traditional games for traditional gamers, but he HATED what the Wii actually is. For those of us who enjoy what the Wii offers as an alternative to the regular old stuff, Matt's take on Nintendo seemed irrelevant. Let's talk about what we have, not what we might've had or what we "should" have. The Wii is going in an obvious direction, and it'd be nice to have somebody cover that with excitement.

But with all that said, there's an expansive blue ocean for Wii coverage out there. I know there are a few newish, smaller sites that have sprung up to cover just the Wii, so hopefully they can build up.

Why are most people angry at poor Matt is he like a bad reviewer?? Srry I don't follow IGN much :?Darthschneider

IGN had sunk into a black hole and they will never recover. IGN was cool last gen. It was cooler when N64.com was there. I was more a IGN guy for the reviews and the news.

Why is Daemon still there? He's worthless with his bashing editorials.

Since Matt left the IGN Nintendo team several months ago the Nintendo coverage has been pathetic. It's turned into a farce. The Nintendo Voice Chat podcast is now a joke. Nothing but Wii bashing and non Nintendo related stuff.

At least Matt liked the Wii and Nintendo. Bozon also left a little while back and now that place is useless for Wii fans. Craig has allowed things to run amuck.

Sad for IGN, but good news for Apple. All the best Matt.

Yeah he was 1.5 away from the metascore. The Conduit was even worse, 1.7. It's not that big of a deal as you make it to be.

Presentation 8.5

Graphics 8.5

Sound 7.5

Gameplay 3.0;Possibly designed by monkeys. Everything you've ever liked about Sonic games -- speed, great level designs -- is gone. Instead, you will crawl through stages and fight enemy after enemy, with waggle.

Lasting appeal 3.0 (a result of gameplay 3.0)

Overall: 3.9

If you actually read his review you'll understand why he scored it that low, read the bold part. He reviewed this game as a Sonic game, comparing it with other Sonic games.

That's how you score a game, the gameplay outweights everything else and basically dictates its score. His video review was just a fun parody, unless you're biased towards Sonic.

kontejner44

Yeah, except for the fact that - again - his review was plagued with factual inaccuracies, and one of those inaccuracies even made it clear that he did not play the vast majority of the game, as the place where his review claimed the ending occurred was nowhere near the actual ending of the game. In other words, he basically just played the game for an hour or two, concluded that it sucked, and then went off to write his review. If he had actually played the whole game through and felt that it sucked, then fine, but he didn't, and in fact he didn't play most of the game, and that is absolutely inexcusable in my books.

When I say "factual inaccuracies", I don't mean "he said the game sucked and I disagree". I mean quite literally factually inaccuracies, as in "he said X was the case and that is objectively false". I don't even care about the score; I care about the fact that a person with no idea what to expect who read his review will have false information planted in his or her brain. That people don't even seem to care about this, and seem only to care about whether or not the score is what they would have given the game, makes me weep for the future of game journalism.

Oh lord Jay just calm down you negative nancy to end all nancies. Cassamssina is a great editor and one of the coolest guys in the world. Not to mention he's been a great voice for Nintendo fans out there, even if you (boo-hoo) didn;t agree with many or even all of his reviews. The world's not all about what you hate in life.....it's okay to talk about things you (gasp!) like.

This is the first I've actually heard about this and I am terribly sad to hear it. But as a long time follower and huge fan of his i wish him the best and congratulate him on what must bea better opportunity for him.

and P.S. him leaving at this point in the game won;t affect the Wii and Nintendo channel at IGN at all since he's been Editor-at-alrge for the last several months and contributed literally nothing to the Ninty channel for a long time. Just fyi.

i'd love to know what Matt was smoking when he decided to give Conduit a 8.6