Gaming journalism at its best (Polygon and Gamespot)

[Rorono]

If you want a quick version of what happened with images, read first post here http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=988247

Basically, Jonathan Blow tweeted that he did a speed run of The Witness in around 6 hours

Polygon, for some reason, reported that the game was 6 hours long. Then Gamespot did the same. Polygon eventually fixed it, but i'd wager part of the damage is already done with reports of the game "only being 6 hours long" flying about. I don't know if Gamespot has fixed it as I can't check.

I assume this is within rules? (you know what I mean). This is not about a forum or a community, just these gaming websites and this specific "report"

[Legend]

Yeah it's fine hahaha, however I will point something else out...

@polygon & gamespot

Love ya guys. Pls giv VizionEck 10/10 k thx by




But seriously it's amussing and kinda said how things like this can happen. No ill intent on either publisher, but it's still screwy.

[Rorono]

Love ya guys. Pls giv VizionEck 10/10 k thx by

Better tweet that the game is 50 hours long then!

[darkknightkryta]

Better tweet that the game is 50 hours long then!

Why stop at 50?  Just say the game is infinite.

[Legend]

Why stop at 50?  Just say the game is infinite.

lol it has mp so yes!

[Raven]

lol it has mp so yes!

I heard it has no linear single player, no QTEs, and is PS4 exclusive. 0/10

[Xevross]

Gaming journalists aren't the brightest, unfortunately. Too much misinformation gets spread.

[kitler53]

literacy is not a requirement to write it would seem...

[Dr. Pezus]

In my personal opinion, becoming a gaming journalism should require some credentials like a degree of some sorts. Gaming journalists are just worthless for the most part with few exceptions.

[Max King of the Wild]

Lol, awful. Even then, 6 hour for indie game isn't terrible. 50 hours is insane.

[Raven]

I wouldn't even call most of them journalists to begin with. Most of them are little more than writers/bloggers who got a job at a website that pays them to talk about games and give often ignorant opinions. In some cases, you're Polygon and get paid a shame load of money from Microsoft and find yourself doing everything you can to suck their sucker without being too obvious.