July 9, 2007 -
We note this morning that Joystiq (where GP pens The Political Game column) has gotten an extreme makeover.
Looks good from here. What do you think?
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Technogeek: If the developer were male there wouldn't have been a "conversation" in the first place.10/19/2014 - 2:27am
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Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm
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Monte: Papa: Not the first time we've had a journalism scandals before, but the harassment never got close to this level; the difference with this scandal is that feminists are involved. Without the feminist angle, their would be A LOT less harrassment10/18/2014 - 9:15pm
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Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm
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Avalongod: I think that's part of what gives an esoteric news story like this real life...it taps into a larger narrative about misogyny in society outside of games.10/18/2014 - 3:29pm
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Avalongod: @Monte, well the trolls made death threats that came to police (and media attention). I think this is tapping into a larger issue outside of games about how women are treated in society (like all the "real rape" stuff during the last election)10/18/2014 - 3:28pm
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Wonderkarp: Zippy : Havent tried the PS4 controller. might later.10/18/2014 - 2:37pm
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Monte: Seirously, If Quinn was not involved and GG was instead about something like the Mordor Marketing contracts, the trolling would have never grown so vile and disgusting. There have been plenty of movements in the past that never sufferred from behavior..10/18/2014 - 1:57pm
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Monte: We have seen scandel's before but the trolling has never been as vile as what we see with GG. Trolls usually have such a tiny voice you can barely notice them, but its like moths to a flame whenever femistist are involved.10/18/2014 - 1:53pm
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ZippyDSMlee: Wonderkarp: You might be able to if you had a PS4 controller.10/18/2014 - 1:00pm
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MaskedPixelante: http://store.steampowered.com/app/327940/ Night Dive starts charging for freeware.10/18/2014 - 12:21pm
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Matthew Wilson: the sad thing is there are trolls on both sides of this. people need to stop acting like their side is so pure.10/18/2014 - 12:19pm
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MechaTama31: So, only speak out on a scandal that hasn't attracted trolls? I wouldn't hold my breath...10/18/2014 - 10:49am
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Monte: I feel like GG just needs to die. The movement is FAR to tainted by hatred and BS for it to be useful for any conversation. Let GG die, and then rally behind the NEXT gaming journalism scandal, and start the conversation fresh.10/18/2014 - 10:33am
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quiknkold: and we dont have a Dovakin to call a cease fire10/17/2014 - 7:37pm
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quiknkold: The whole thing is Futile. Both sides are so buried deep in their trenchs that there isnt a conversation. Its just Finger Pointing, Name Calling, Doxxing, Threats. there needs to be a serious conversation, and GG isnt it.10/17/2014 - 7:37pm
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quiknkold: I thought it was a good article. Jeff is right. I feel like GamerGate did destroy its message. I am for Ethics in game journalism, but man. so much hate. and its on both sides. I've seen some awful stuff spewed on twitter. Its a big reason why I exited..10/17/2014 - 7:34pm
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Matthew Wilson: while he focused on gg, he did call out both sides crap.10/17/2014 - 7:18pm
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Papa Midnight: That was a damn good read offered by Jeff Gertsmann.10/17/2014 - 7:17pm
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Matthew Wilson: http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/letter-from-the-editor-10-17-2014/1100-5049/ deferentially a nice write up.10/17/2014 - 6:44pm
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Comments
My issue is with the Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS, PC, Mac and PS2. It just looks like it could be centered with the article section. If it doesn't look right try shrinking the search bar a bit and then see if it looks right.
I understand you gotta do what you gotta do but if you ask for my opinion, I'll shoot strait and tell you what I think. =).
I will say I do enjoy both of your websites (I look at them multiple times daily) and I must say that they do work. And thats all that really needs to happen. Websites just need to work, nothing more really. I do think that on that the RSS feed and console list(top menu) would be better if you increased the font size. This would help center the link-text as well as bring more emphasis to it. Might even just be able to make it bold.... experiment with it... Although... I if I was GP webmaster I would hook up IGDA with small portion of free ad-space just to support them.
Ha ha, only kidding. Everyone knows the best way to gain readers is to be full of shit.
re: the sidebars, we're working to remove the link cruft in there -- it's not unknown to us. =)
see you soon dennis!
Central portion, where the story is located is fine, it looks great but the two side bars are so cluttered it just prevents me from even trying to figure out what is located there. That and Advertisements are take up so much of the space it seems like they are more important than the actual text and links on the side. I have the same issue with this website/blog. The advertisements dominate the menu bar. So instead of seeing that awesome collection of links that you have I see advertisements that I try to ignore and end up just annoying me. I'd move the collection of links to just below the ECA ad, move the game news ticker and twitter down below the links. Its a good collection of links. Id try to bring more attention to it somehow and I moving it up would allow more folks to notice it just a little bit better.
On the top menu... I think its alright, Id try to bring more emphasis to the [RSS | Categories] links and also the Xbox360, Wii, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS, PC, Mac and PS2 links since thats what I am more likely to care about. If you wish to expand on the top menu's image links I would recommend making it scroll through them kind of like IGN's webpage does with their recent articles and such. Keep it the size you have now though, I wouldn't make it dominate the page like they do.
Overall I think the design is good. The side bars really annoy me, hopefully it doesn't have anything useful in them because I don't want to explore them. Which I guess effectively keeps me focused on the articles and the top menu.
gaa morning + coffe + 3 hours till I am woke up to udnerstand anythign >>
anyway the design is not bad.
Anyway
My take on the mess is its unbalanced leaning tot he side of censorship,the ESRB is doing a ok job but they can do better(mostly with more stable rating to PG13/M/AO titles but then again its more art than science I guess), the next thing I would like to see is the PR blitz on no AO games on our systems be dropped,really MS/Sony/nin,take the thumb out of your as and let AO games be put on your systems,you are adding unneeded stress to the ESRB by claiming godwin and not letting adults have their media, the market itself on the retail side of things will make sure that AO games are limited so grow up already.....