Wow... what a couple of days.
First off, please read the update I received last night from GameFAQs senior editor Jeff Veasey.
Also, I'd like to share an e-mail I received from GameSpot Editor-in-Chief Greg Kasavin.
Kyle,
I noticed that you decided to take GameFAQs to task in the recent updates to your site, following your decision to take me to task over the length of my Doom 3 review. Since you've received numerous, prompt responses from me concerning issues you've brought up in the past, I'm curious as to why you've suddenly decided to stop using me as a resource. You seem to be pursuing a serious journalistic discourse here, so why not live up to the responsibility rather than take advantage of the status?
If you have questions about how I and my colleagues run this outfit, you need but ask. We have nothing to hide. For the record, I'm not involved in the day-to-day operations of GameFAQs, but I work with the individual who created the site in 1995 and who's been diligently running it ever since.
So, did the thought ever occur to you to get my perspective on these subjects? Why don't you post this email of mine for your readers to consider and to judge?
Greg is right, I have received numerous, prompt responses from him in the past and likely would have this time had I contacted him. Unfortunately, while I sent a few requests for comment through GameSpot's official channels seeking comment, I did not try to get to the GameFAQs management through Greg, as I definitely should have. Chalk it up to over-eagerness to get the post up, a lack of sleep that week, a refusal to see obvious connections... whatever. It was sloppy and it was unprofessional and I apologize.
As far as the Doom 3 review, however, in that case I felt a response from Mr. Kasavin had already been given in this Kotaku post which was linked in my original post. I felt that additional comment from Mr. Kasavin was uneccesary and decided to add my comments on the situation as it stood.
This will likely be the last you hear from me on this GameFAQs issue. My opinion is out there, the relevant facts and opinions (along with many invalid opinions) are out there, it's now to each individual reader to decide their stance on the issue, as it is.
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I'm glad to see it end. This whole thing's made me feel very self-conscious.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you post this email of mine for your readers to consider and to judge?
ReplyDeleteOther than whining about not being contacted, what's there to judge?
Pshh...it's only ended here on the Ombudsman. Reguardles, the problem will never end...how sad. Mr. Buzan, you've got my support.
ReplyDeleteWell I appreciate the kind words. They seem hard to come by right now.
ReplyDeleteYou don't deserve kind words Chris (Typhon BANNED Sentra). You're a trashy writer, and even trashier person. You're a blatant fanboy, and you have no place pursuing journalistic goals. You suck all around in that field.
ReplyDeletehttp://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/user.php?user=1713189&board=213&topic=20464521
ReplyDelete^^^
That looked like a banned account to you?
" You're a trashy writer, and even trashier person. You're a blatant fanboy, and you have no place pursuing journalistic goals. You suck all around in that field."
ReplyDeleteAnyone else catch the irony in that? Talk about trashy writers and trashy people...