I agree, it may create some kind of brief news item, more over the terrorism than the attack on big business given current sentiments about the economy. It will be out of most people’s minds very quickly though as the next big story distracts people from everything that came before it. The biggest impact will probably be a few kids being told that they can’t play it by parents who see the piece and don’t bother looking any deeper. Those kids will hopefully play it anyway. It may not even become an issue, though…big as it is, FF7 has barely registered non-gamer culture before, and major albeit less well-known games and anime that have had terrorist protagonists since 9/11 (most notably several of the Gundam series, such as 00 and Wing) have not drawn any backlash.

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Man, I might have to pick this one up. The story seems a lot more involved.

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Yet another November release…I’m going to have plenty to play for a long while.

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Mikaeru,

Thank you very much for your input about my article. I think that either I didn’t present my argument properly or you misinterpreted what I was trying to address. My problem is not with reviewers who may not have had bug issues but is with game reviewers who were scolding journalist who gave the game bad ratings for not looking past the bugs. I don’t consider myself a journalist by any means I was just writing about what I noticed actual journalist doing to their peers. Maybe after all the patch nonsense dies down I’ll pick the game back up and try playing through to write a review. Thanks again for taking the time to leave your input!

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I am not going to be getting Dead Island because I think zombies on a resort island are a silly premise for an entire game. Think “Snakes on a Plane.” Just because something is popular, doesn’t make it a good example of a medium.

However, on this weeks “Feedback” on G4TV.com, Blair Herter said he has been able to play the entire game without nay bugs, while two of the other speakers, Nikole Zivalich and Stephen Johnson, did encounter some bugs that gave them a difficult time.

You can easily see, from their conversation, how some people liked it and some people didn’t, and how some people had bugs and some people didn’t.

So, in conclusion, just because a game review site did not mention bugs and gave the game a high score, does NOT mean they intentionally kept their readers in the dark, and this crusade of an article you wrote does not do game journalism any justice. Instead, you make plethora assumptions about your peers and point your finger at those who don’t see things your way and didn’t have the same experience as you.

If anyone in the game journalism realm has a case of poor oversight, it is you.

However, you DID have that specific and bad experience with the game and are entitled to review the game based on your personal experience, so my advice is to just write the review, and move on.

Sorry to be a bastard about it.

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Thanks bro…i really do appreciate the honor…very humbling to be the VERY first guy tho….you need to do yours as well…you’re a bigger hero than me to the military gaming community.

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I hope so! Gears 1 was my first tournament. That’s where I met Matt at. Crazy, huh!?

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I agree! I just don’t know if I’ll stick around long enough to get all that value. I have a tight time budget so I won’t be able to put 100 hours into both MW3 and BF3. So I’ll have to really choose my poison wisely, so to speak.

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Really some people my object to the price but with everything you get just with CoD:Elite it pays for it self. If you think about it there has been 4 map packs for Black Ops each costing $15 so 15×4=60. So if you really think about it people have spent over $100 if they bought all the map packs for Black Ops. This way you actually save yourself money in the long run and get a lot of really cool features.

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