I'm confused about Kotaku. (Gaming)
by narcogen 
, Andover, Massachusetts, Wednesday, June 01, 2016, 23:15 (2904 days ago) @ Funkmon
I think you're right, Speedracer. I used to not like them whatever, but I've changed my mind. Now I merely mostly dislike them.
Kotaku, remarkably, does appear to do actual games journalism. Other game news outlets do press releases or do interviews with the community managers of game companies or other fluff pieces. It's all complete fluff. Kotaku, very rarely, has actual investigative reporting, and reports on leaks, as opposed to most other large video game news sites or magazines. It's worth giving them credit for.
Investigative reporting?
Come on.
I'll call it that the first time a game reviewer files a FOIA request. Until then, you gotta be kidding me. All the entertainment press is promotion and criticism. There's basically no need and no role for "investigative reporting" except possibly on the business side and labor relations.
On the other hand, basically without fail, the rest of the stuff posted there is genuinely awful to the point where I'm borderline offended.
That's true.
Complete thread:
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-01, 01:39
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- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Speedracer513,
2016-06-01, 01:59
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-01, 04:32
- You know it's bad when this guy ^ gets offended
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Robot Chickens,
2016-06-01, 05:24
- They treat people like they're dumb sometimes. :( -
Funkmon,
2016-06-01, 08:33
- They treat people like they're dumb sometimes. :(
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-01, 05:32
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Kahzgul,
2016-06-01, 14:45
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-01, 15:20
- I'm confused by Codytaku -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 15:31
- I'm confused by Codytaku -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-06-02, 00:56
- TIL . . . -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-02, 01:09
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-02, 08:39
- Possibly my favourite sentence ever. - someotherguy, 2016-06-02, 11:43
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-02, 17:16
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-06-02, 17:25
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-02, 17:55
- We still exist. -
Vortech,
2016-06-02, 19:26
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 00:10
- TIL. -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-03, 01:06
- +1 -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 01:15
- Images and video (!) of commentary from the OED. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 03:53
- You and I have very different definitions of "manageable" -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 03:54
- At minimum size, the entry is still too large to capture. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 04:03
- At minimum size, the entry is still too large to capture. -
Vortech,
2016-06-03, 16:21
- No. The entry is 211k characters. ~70 pages long. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 18:43
- Well, for a first read, yeah - ZackDark, 2016-06-03, 19:55
- No. The entry is 211k characters. ~70 pages long. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 18:43
- At minimum size, the entry is still too large to capture. -
Vortech,
2016-06-03, 16:21
- At minimum size, the entry is still too large to capture.
- You and I have very different definitions of "manageable" -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 03:54
- Images and video (!) of commentary from the OED. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 03:53
- +1 -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 01:15
- Tl:dr? -
ProbablyLast,
2016-06-03, 02:12
- Tl:dr: it hasn't for 250 years. - Funkmon, 2016-06-03, 04:19
- Sort of random tangent . . . -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-03, 02:47
- Sort of random tangent . . . - ZackDark, 2016-06-03, 02:55
- When it's used as its own word often it gets an entry *IMG*. - Funkmon, 2016-06-03, 03:25
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Vortech,
2016-06-03, 16:27
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Robot Chickens,
2016-06-03, 16:57
- +1 for the Funkmon continuum -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 18:26
- +1 for the Funkmon continuum
- You probably made his week. -
ProbablyLast,
2016-06-03, 17:54
- I didn't spend much time on it. - Funkmon, 2016-06-03, 18:55
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Robot Chickens,
2016-06-03, 16:57
- TIL. -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-03, 01:06
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 00:10
- We still exist. -
Vortech,
2016-06-02, 19:26
- TIL . . . - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-06-03, 14:40
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-02, 08:39
- TIL . . . -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-02, 01:09
- I'm confused by Codytaku -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-06-02, 00:56
- Journalism doesn't have to be "good" to be journalism. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-06-01, 15:39
- I'm confused about Kotaku. - cheapLEY, 2016-06-02, 14:41
- I'm confused by Codytaku -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 15:31
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-01, 15:20
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Vortech,
2016-06-01, 19:48
- I'd read a magazine only about vans. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-01, 20:54
- Dunno - ZackDark, 2016-06-01, 22:31
- White, windowless, and unmarked, I assume? -
Vortech,
2016-06-01, 22:40
- I'd read a magazine only about vans. - cheapLEY, 2016-06-01, 23:09
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 16:40
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 16:44
- Thank you for this. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 16:50
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 18:12
- And thank YOU for that... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-06-02, 20:20
- And thank YOU for that... -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:21
- And thank YOU for that... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 20:31
- And thank YOU for that... -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:41
- And thank YOU for that... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:13
- And thank YOU for that... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-06-02, 21:19
- lol -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:24
- lol
- And thank YOU for that... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-06-02, 21:19
- And thank YOU for that... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:13
- And thank YOU for that... -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:41
- And thank YOU for that... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 20:31
- And thank YOU for that... -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:21
- Thank you for this. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:43
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:16
- Just in case... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:19
- Just in case... -
CyberKN,
2016-06-02, 21:21
- +1. For the laugh. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:25
- +1. For the laugh.
- Just in case... -
Vortech,
2016-06-02, 21:34
- Just in case... - Claude Errera, 2016-06-02, 22:07
- Just in case... -
CyberKN,
2016-06-02, 21:21
- Just in case... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:19
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:16
- And thank YOU for that... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-06-02, 20:20
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 18:12
- Thank you for this. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 16:50
- I'm confused about Kotaku. - Vortech, 2016-06-02, 19:34
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 16:44
- I'd read a magazine only about vans.
- I'm confused about Kotaku. - narcogen, 2016-06-01, 23:16
- The words I'm searching for I can't say because... - Ragashingo, 2016-06-02, 15:03
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Kahzgul,
2016-06-01, 14:45
- What Funk and Speed said - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-06-01, 11:34
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
narcogen,
2016-06-01, 23:15
- I didn't say it was thorough investigative reporting. - Funkmon, 2016-06-02, 08:52
- Y'all have some unexpected definitions of journalism. -
Vortech,
2016-06-02, 19:19
- So does wikipedia, apparently, as well as my J-school profs. - narcogen, 2016-06-03, 03:17
- You know it's bad when this guy ^ gets offended
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-01, 04:32
- Here, let me help: -
CyberKN,
2016-06-01, 02:44
- Here, let me help: - Kahzgul, 2016-06-01, 14:47
- That signal to noise ratio... -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 15:05
- It is still terrible. -
ProbablyLast,
2016-06-01, 02:47
- Kotaku (and Io9, and everything else Gawker Media) -
Durandal,
2016-06-01, 11:02
- Kotaku (and Io9, and everything else Gawker Media) -
Quirel,
2016-06-02, 02:56
- Kotaku (and Io9, and everything else Gawker Media) - Durandal, 2016-06-02, 15:15
- Kotaku (and Io9, and everything else Gawker Media) -
Quirel,
2016-06-02, 02:56
- Kotaku are confusing -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 12:47
- Kotaku are confusing -
Xenos,
2016-06-01, 15:45
- "Journalistic Crusade! But also look at dis dog LOLOL" -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 15:47
- Also, more amusing than anything... -
Xenos,
2016-06-01, 15:49
- Also, more amusing than anything... - cheapLEY, 2016-06-01, 16:39
- Also, more amusing than anything... -
Xenos,
2016-06-01, 15:49
- "Journalistic Crusade! But also look at dis dog LOLOL"
- Kotaku are confusing -
Xenos,
2016-06-01, 15:45
- I'm confused about Kotaku. - Fire Opal, 2016-06-02, 12:58
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Speedracer513,
2016-06-01, 01:59