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Our enemy, the gamers

Gamers are entitled, Gamers are dead — Game journalists' unique contempt for their shrinking audience

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Sensationalism

Jason Schreier

Kotaku, Editor

Initiated a moral panic surrounding the game Dragon’s Crown—first, on Kotaku, by comparing the art direction of the game’s artist and Vanillaware president George Kamitani to the work of a “14-year-old-boy”. After a response from Kamitani and some backlash, Schreier doubled down with a longer article—which included an apology for his tone—and, especially, with some infamous forum posts where he accused the game’s large-chested sorceress character of inciting pedophilia. His criticism generated much backlash, with his Editor-in-Chief eventually addressing it, stating Schreier had been misunderstood.

07 Mar 16

Intimidation, on Matthijs Dierckx

Sensationalism, on Matt Kamen

Sensationalism, on Timothy J. Seppala

Sensationalism, on Rosalind Wiseman

Corruption, on Kris Ligman

Cronyism, on Nathan Grayson

Trivia, on Aevee Bee

Corruption, on Aevee Bee

Trivia, on Chris Priestman

05 Mar 16

Matt Kamen — Wired

Aevee Bee — ZAM

Rosalind Wiseman — Author

23 Feb 16

Sensationalism, on Keith Stuart

Sensationalism, on Jed Whitaker

Corruption, on Austin Walker

Trivia, on Austin Walker

Corruption, on Austin Walker

Sensationalism, on Ben Skipper

Sensationalism, on Jed Whitaker

28 Jan 16

Ben Skipper — International Business Times

Jed Whitaker — Destructoid

Austin Walker — Giant Bomb, Editor

27 Jan 16

International Business Times

26 Jan 16

Our article on Yellow Journalism, Quick & Dirty, has been heavily revamped. It is now the largest article on the site by a large margin, and aside from covering large game journalism scandals like the ones surrounding Brad Wardell, Denis Dyack or Max Temkin, it now discusses a variety of subjects, such as manufactured scandals, sensationalist reviews, media blitzes. There is even a section about the UVA rape hoax.

Due to being referenced in this article, a section of The Monster to silence has been slightly updated, and part of the previous version of Quick & Dirty has been moved to Unreliable Numbers. Several emblems will also be updated due to this article.

17 Dec 15

Dishonesty, on Jeffrey Grub

Dishonesty, on Dante D’Orazio

Cronyism, on Kris Graft

Cronyism, on Andrew Webster

Sensationalism, on Nathan Grayson

Sensationalism, on Cara Ellison

17 Dec 15

Kris Graft — Gamasutra, Editor-in-Chief

Dante D’Orazio — The Verge

Andrew Webster — The Verge, Editor

Jeffrey Grub — VentureBeat

25 Nov 15

Trivia, on Ben Kuchera

Corruption, on Laura Kate Dale

Cronyism, on Nathan Grayson

Dishonesty, on Keith Stuart

Dishonesty, on Michael McWhertor

25 Nov 15

Keith Stuart — The Guardian, Editor

28 Oct 15

Cronyism, on Leigh Alexander

Cronyism, on Nathan Grayson

Sensationalism, on Brenna Hillier

Cronyism, on Brandon Boyer

Cronyism, on Leigh Alexander

23 Oct 15

DeepFreeze rules section has been updated for improved readability. There's a new landing page, and individual emblem pages now easily allow locating every category emblem on the site.

Individual emblem pages are being gradually redrafted, with some new explanations on the controversial decisions page as well.

08 Oct 15

Corruption, on Chris Grant

Cronyism, on Leigh Alexander

Cronyism, on Katherine Cross

Trivia, on Katherine Cross

08 Oct 15

Katherine Cross — Gamasutra, Columnist

25 Sep 15

Cronyism, on Samit Sarkar

Corruption, on Matthijs Dierckx

Cronyism, on Patricia Hernandez

Cronyism, on Leigh Alexander

25 Sep 15

Matthijs Dierckx — Control

16 Sep 15

Cronyism, on Samit Sarkar

Dishonesty, on Jason Schreier

Corruption, on Jonathan Holmes

Cronyism, on Danielle Riendeau

26 Aug 15

New article — integrating and replacing our coverage of DoritosGate — covering the history and present of the pressure game PR and publishers exercise on game journalism.

24 Aug 15

Trivia, on Alexa Ray Corriea

Cronyism, on Alexa Ray Corriea

Trivia, on Nick Chester

Cronyism, on Samit Sarkar

23 Aug 15

Overwhelmingly cute new artwork of DeepFreeze's community-created mascots Danielle and Freya, by an anonymous 8chan user.

15 Aug 15

Intimidation, on Sam Biddle

Intimidation, on Roberto Buffa

Cronyism, on Marco Accordi

Corruption, on Clayton Purdom

Cronyism, on Simon Parkin