@Animal-Mother said:
Why hasn't there been an ethical discussion in gaming though?
Shouldnt it be had?
Of course it should, don't you think so?
Why hasn't there been one? My opinion: because there's never been enough pressure from the audience for there to be such a discussion.
If people continue accessing the sites normally and generate revenue as they always do, even when getting wind of unethical practices like we do sometimes, why have that discussion? I'm saying this from a business pov, not my personal one.
It's common knowledge that many reviewers and even journalists (whom select which news to give more attention to, which deserves a better place on the first page, or even how to voice and present the news) are treated differently by different studios they'll be covering (like Ubisoft giving free Nexus tablets to journalists that were going to cover Watch Dogs for them). What can a big publisher do to get an upper hand? What can an indie dev do to that end?
These practices have been routine, especially from the upper 90s onwards, and Dan Hsu pointed to that in his blog entry "Editorial Integrity" (which can't be accessed anymore it seems, sadly, because it showed how complex is the relationship between gaming media and devs&publishers, and how the influence by corruption occurs on many levels, be it blatant or subtle). Trying to bring this discussion to the table didn't do his career any good.
This is, obviously, a discussion not only worth having, but a necessary one, mainly because gamers are the most affected, the audience of both sides of the gaming industry - media and devs/publishers. Of course there are others that are affected, because that symbiosis between both sides generates an environment resistant to meritocracy, new relevant competition (big competition in the media), and banalizes nepotism (or "networking", "having the right connections" if an euphemism is preferable). I can't see how consumers profit from that.
@ReadingRainbow4 said:
Y'know what, it doesn't matter that she had sex.
What matters is that she has lied consistently about nearly every point she has tried to defend. Blaming others for her own unprofessional behavior, claims to get doxxed, doesn't get doxxed, etc.
The fact she had burgers at 5 guys behind her boyfriends back does however play into her character, further calling attention to her bullshit.
That's not even getting into the false copyright claims and censorship of this whole debacle. It's a massive affront to free speech, I'm just glad that now people who actually have a voice can be heard instead of drowned out by the SJW.
Sleeping with your boss is a big professional ethics' violation. Does not depend on character or circunstances. It's something that can even affect your colleagues and the projects you're working on. I'm not assuming that everything exposed is true, but it seems that the woman admitted to a great part of it, even when called out by the wife of one of the guys mentioned by her ex-bf...
Well, this episode is certainly not something that should be ignored, but it's certainly not something to be taken personally against the "culprit". There's not one part to take all the blame. If the ones behind it keep their door open to such things, if it didn't happen to that one girl, it would happen to someone other. It's a bigger problem than the episode itself. The dev involved will already be "punished" with the inevitable loss of credibility, but what about the other ones involved, what about the companies they work for and the medium these companies work in? Probably, nothing will happen to any of them (linked for the totilo's tweets, not for the patrick guy's message, I guess he's a victim here - I don't know what the proofs there are against him), and everything will continue exactly the same. What about the common dodging or suppressing the issue on most outlets? I'd guess it's to avoid the effect on raising awareness on these issues. It's worked before many times.
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