Why? The game is getting free press because of this. I am sure the devs are pretty okay with it.
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IGN removes their Dead Cells Review, investigating plagiarism. (Update: Writer Responds)
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They should but they won't. Hopefully they find someone much better though. Too many people at the bigger sites got their jobs from being at the right place at the right time or knowing the right person, not because of their skills. Give the job to someone who isn't gonna fuck up on such a rookie mistake.
He plagiarized a positive, glowing review. It has no negative effect on the game in any way. The bad buzz is about IGN as a publication not being able to catch this guy ripping off someone elses review. This incident is actually probably a net positive for the developers because theres bit of controversy keeping the game visible longer in the news media cycle. The only thing thats going to happen is people are now watching and comparing 2 reviews of a game that reviewed great.
Read about this. I think it's gross plagiarism like this happens so often in general in cast amounts of fields. If it is confirmed by IGN, I hope the people in charge take appropriate action. Lazy and disgusting on the reviewers part of the claims are accurate.
Do you seriously expect editors to watch every single available review online, for every single review they get submitted?
Even if he did, I don't know how they could've caught it unless the Sr. Editor watched that specific review.
If anything it would be really cool if he at least appeared on their show. It's not like he can't—other IGN staff have in the past.
I think he's staying as far away from Twitter as he can right now.
Ouch, that's blatant plagiarism right there and I can't see any possible outcome other than his firing.
Thanks for the replies confirming he probably had no issue playing it. Like I said, was just trying to think of some sort of "logical" reason dude would have possibly killed his career as it looks like he has in fact done, and that was about all I could think of.
Of course I also thought of a number of other reasons that really makes this a truly bone headed decision (lazy, dumb, dumb, lazy), but I would like to think especially since I believe I read this was his first video review he did on his own, that perhaps something else like it being too hard to play was behind the decision. However it does seem like he was just a classic dumbass though.
Of course I also thought of a number of other reasons that really makes this a truly bone headed decision (lazy, dumb, dumb, lazy), but I would like to think especially since I believe I read this was his first video review he did on his own, that perhaps something else like it being too hard to play was behind the decision. However it does seem like he was just a classic dumbass though.
Yeah I got around to watching the video and it's pretty blatant. I can't see how he can keep his job after that.
Just saw the Jim Sterling video and man oh man... what a bad video.
He is describing the whole situation like IGN, as like the entity are just lazy and don't know or don't care what they are doing
and it's all their fault and not the one of some idividual
He is describing the whole situation like IGN, as like the entity are just lazy and don't know or don't care what they are doing
and it's all their fault and not the one of some idividual
the fact that he thought he could get away with this is even more suprising to me than the actual plagiarism.
like, he didnt even properly paraphrased it.
like, he didnt even properly paraphrased it.
Jim is the master of quick, but not well-thought-out, hot takes. Nothing surprising here, honestly.
I'm with the idea that he potentially had the script for the review done by somebody else under the table.
They don't review every game released throughout the year. The pool isn't that big to begin with, not to say that an editor is expected to comb the web but IGN isn't working that damn hard.
This is the part that puzzles me. Like why even risk not changing anything if you're gonna do it lol.
No, the game is so good, people can't even begin to describe it in their own words.
A truly ringing endorsement!
What are you even saying? That IGN staff should watch every single review posted for every single game prior to posting the site review? Absurd.
I believe that this is probably it. It's a logical explanation as to why the plagiarism is so blatant. It's hard to believe that the reviewer didn't think he would get caught so if he paid someone else to do it, it's very likely that the person who wrote the review didn't really care.
What's so weird about this is that the plagiarised material is so bland, you could write that without even having played the game. It's just a boilerplate description of the game, why steal that shit? Steal some actual fucking opinions man.
Oh no, I know. I just noticed his tweet said he edited and wrote it himself so I didn't know if that was unique or anything.
Me too. It makes more sense. I personally dont know him, but he seems like a nice guy. Its still bad... He probably did it because of the pressure.
You know, I agree with all the points you made. For a person to be in that position and then copy is inexcusable. Although I read an interesting theory that he paid someone for the review who amateurishly reworded the original.
After all is said in done this guy (wrong that he done) is probably going through hell at the moment. With the whole internet going at him hard I really do hope he is able to handle the pressure and walk away from it all.
Eh to be fair what is IGN supposed to do? Scour the entirety of the internet for every word they publish?
He did say he was editing his first video for IGN in a tweet. Maybe he was the final authority on it and no one above needed to review it? I'm not sure how the process normally works for large publications.
That's not reasonable obviously. However, aren't there plagiarism tools or software out there that can comb through the internet and detect potential violations?
Plagiarism violates the number one rule of just about any job - do not damage the brand.
It's not just a fireable offense - it's a "head on a pike" offense.
There really wasn't anything they could do outside of checking every piece of media that is produced and published on their site. Sure you can check text to an extent with some tools to automate the process a bit but video? How the fuck do you even check video reviews at all? The guy who wrote the original clearly recognized his work but basically no one else would have caught that without seeing the original first.
Yeah... it's extremely odd.
So odd it maskes the suggestions that he could have ran into a deadline crunch and duped himself into paying for a plagiarized copy seem more likely / more forgiveable.
Knowingly trying to pass this off as original content in the context of this industry / game with the assumption it will go unnoticed is insane.
Most of these work with text based formats. Doubt there is much out there that can check video content, especially the myriad content on social media.
It's Jim Sterling. Useless, pointless bile with constant factual innacuracies is like all he does. He only cares about fanning flames.
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Sure, if it's text that is very similar to their text. What you are suggesting is so patently ridiculous I don't even know where to begin telling you how untenable it is.
Yeah, honestly Boomstick's video was a hell of a lot fairer than Sterling's, and considering Jim Sterling basically played the original video while providing shitty commentary there's no real reason to watch it.
I think this whole thing will disappear quicker if IGN would just make a statement. Anything.
What about the tools YT uses to comb through its own videos for copyright violations or specific content that violates the TOS? Not saying they can check every social media site, but if there's one to start on it would be YT.
Unlimite responsibility is with Filip, I've seen the video and I'd be amazed and frankly, impressed if he had an explanation that sees him back out of this.
I'm not insinuating that IGN own any of the blame here but this kind of thing is what happens when you hire someone into a role that they're not qualified for. They must look at their recruitment process and reflect honestly upon themselves.
I'm not insinuating that IGN own any of the blame here but this kind of thing is what happens when you hire someone into a role that they're not qualified for. They must look at their recruitment process and reflect honestly upon themselves.
They did when they pulled down the review. They are looking into it and will release another statement when it's done.
Ya I agree, its not just a little bit, its too obvious. When I saw the Boomstick Gaming comparison video, I thought it was a joke.
Content ID utilizes existing samples, IE a song, to detect non-audible digital signatures that are then cross-referenced with the audio in uploaded videos. It is a far cry from detecting similarly worded sentences in video reviews.
Skimmed it also. That's the guy that gets his own thread each time he makes a new video? That's the take his fans begged for?
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