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When Konami Blacklisted IGN over Castlevania - CLS
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Just got done watching that. Makes me wonder how many other instances across the industry are similar, but news of it just never comes out.
Makes me wish some sites would be a bit more transparent, like the way Kotaku came out and said that Bethesda had blacklisted them.
Makes me wish some sites would be a bit more transparent, like the way Kotaku came out and said that Bethesda had blacklisted them.
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Yeah, our admins have specifically said we aren't giving him a platform.
What about this is news? It's an incredibly suspect person giving an account of something that happened years ago.
Which begs the question. What happens if/when another site picks this up and runs with it?
Pretty sure treating your most beloved game creator like shit is not good press either.
But Konami is a gambling company and not a video game company so they don't care.
He's a fairly controversial figure whether you agree with him or not. I don't think I've ever seen a discussion involving him be anything other than nasty.
People don't like his politics, therefore we can't even discuss him when he's talking about the games industry.
It's silly as hell, and a real carryover from the old forum that I thought Era would be above.
But let's stay on topic here. Lords of Shadow was a bad game, and damn you IGN for calling it a bad game apparently!
That seems extremely close minded if you ask me, and pretty ironic(a post about blacklisting getting locked because of Eras own blacklisting)
Either way, Konami really seems like right place in the right time with their 80s and 90s hits and don't really deserve to own the properties they do. They blacklist anyone they don't agree with and still hold metal gear and castlevania hostage.
I see Colin is trying to snake his way back into the gaming world. Disgusting.
His politics? It is more than just politics.
His politics? It is more than just politics.
That IGN was blacklisted by Konami is news isn't? If he is lying then I'm sure both Konami and IGN would deny it.
Actually, damn you IGN for calling it a "good" game.
And yeah, agreed with the rest of your post as well, if that is the case about his gaming-related content.
Quite the blacklist.
Well now I want to play The Snowman and the Snowdog. lol, I don't even know what that is.
It's more than "his politics"
He tweets sexist, racist, and transphobic stuff and often calls out his critics so his legions of fans will swarm and harass them
He equated getting goofed on by another journalist to sexual harassment
He literally disowned his friends over an awful sexist joke
Konami blacklisted IGN for three years is definitely news. They are one of the biggest game publishers and one of the biggest game outlets. Block his politics all you want, but I don't see how this piece of news can be deemed harmful. In fact I find it quite interesting.
Nope a person has different political views to me, SHUT DOWN THE THREAD!
This is actually a really interesting story and something totally worth discussing (although it'd be beneficial to have more than just Colin's account of it for the sake of adding weight to it). An outlet like IGN being blacklisted over a review score is just as outrageous as what happened to Jeff Gerstmann and led to the creation of Giant Bomb. It only adds more intrigue to the Konami we don't see behind closed doors as well.
It's super unfortunate if this is gonna get locked or derailed since it's coming from Colin's mouth, and it's super disappointing if we're both going to miss out on this conversation, as well as be discouraged from ever discussing Colin in any capacity.
It's super unfortunate if this is gonna get locked or derailed since it's coming from Colin's mouth, and it's super disappointing if we're both going to miss out on this conversation, as well as be discouraged from ever discussing Colin in any capacity.
This reeks of him trying to reposition himself as a member of the games press again after burning his bridges as he left and then returning to burn the ashes when he made that infantile statement about the state of games journalism.
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This is really embarrassing on my part, I don't follow him on twitter so I didn't know.
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