I mean . . . this REALLY seems like sensationalism (Destiny)

by Monochron, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 14:13 (3526 days ago) @ Cody Miller

And not journalism. Well, maybe both.

Three short things,

• 1) Luke isn't the guy to talk to about this. Sure Phillips was entitled to go ahead and ask him anyway, but it was childish to keep pestering him about it after it was covered. He knows decisions like that are not made by Luke and ragging on him about it is petty.
  
• 2) Why did Phillips not let the matter rest when it was done? What purpose could he have for needling a Creative Director over pricing? Seems to me like he just wanted to spice up the article with complaints. The idea that it's cool to pester content creators on the business aspects of pricing what they create is a bit abhorrent to me.
  
• 3) That Forbes article doesn't rely on much more than opinion. I'm sure the writer is mad and all that, but he is really just giving his opinions on how the interview went even though he is presenting it as cataclysmic fact. On the plus side, I bet that page will get a lot of views and generate lots of ad revenue for Forbes. An article titled "Bungie's 'Taken King' interview was a little testy, but will likely have no impact on Destiny" is much less exciting than the one they went with. I have nothing against news sites needing to make money, it's just a little too easy to let that need make you a disingenuous journalist.