This Is Why IGN Is A Useless Rag And You Should Never Trust Them

IGN, and the rest of the games news sites, completely fail at reporting anything approaching real news or genuine opinion, unless it's some form of exclusive access media. Despite their attempts to frame Bioware's closure as a result of corporate greed, I highlight the ways in which the games press are responsible for videogames getting worse for all of us. Alanah's Pearce's Video on 7/10 Scores: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjHzmus_is Alanah's Pearce's Video on 10/10 Scores: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgg7_0rBUOA&t=531s Alanah Pearce's Interviewed About Voice Acting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae3-6n9pDvU LA Times Article About Games Journalism: https://www.latimes.com/la-fi-playola8-2002apr08-story.html Vertical Slice's Article About Who Owns Gaming News: https://www.verticalslicegames.com/news/ign-media-consolidation-why-independent-gaming-journalism-matters 00:00 - The State of Games News 00:30 - Damage Control 02:05 - Incentives 02:56 - The Life of A Games Journalist in 2002 04:41 - Playola 05:44 - Nepotism 07:17 - Scores 08:25 - Scores That Make Sense 09:30 - Apologist Scores & Lies 11:00 - Reviewers Are Clueless 12:44 - That's Not How Reviews Work 13:11 - IGN's Real Business Model 13:42 - Why This Continues 15:31 - They're Not Journalists 16:09 - Bioware & Access Media 17:10 - Consequences 18:04 - Manipulation 19:09 - Don't Trust Them 20:57 - Homogenization