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Joystiq banned me for this:
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Joystiq banned me for this:

On this article: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/22/activision-publishing-ceo-eric-hirshberg-on-true-crime-bizarre/ I said "Sorry if I'm being a bit of a jerk here, but really... couldn't you have actually tried to be a bit more hard hitting in this interview?

You basically served to regurgitate cooperate PR, and not much else.

Tread hard and carry a large stick, don't treat these guys like soft babies you have to be super nice to.

Where's your journalistic integrity!?"

Then the Chris Grant guy removed every comment I made in response, and then banned my account.

I then made another account, asking if he banned me, and he removed it's comments, and banned it too.

Not the first time I've had this happen with Joystiq either, where I critiqued their integrity, and had all my responses removed, and accounts banned. ....Yeah, they kind of make that zero integrity image for themselves right there.

On top of that, the last time this happened, the Chris Grant fellow launched into a tirade of swearing and attacking me, (While I remained relatively polite, and never once attacking or swearing) then he removed those responses of his own, mine, and banned all of my accounts back when as well.



AOL Likely to Shutter Joystiq in Larger Content Cleanup
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I used to go to Joystiq for my gaming news. That's out. Where do you all go?
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I used to go to Joystiq for my gaming news. That's out. Where do you all go?

If you haven't heard, the gaming news site Joystiq is shutting down. They had their share of flaws, but they were reasonably thorough and more professional than Kotaku so they were my go-to for gaming news from day-to-day.

Now I need a new option - where do you go?



Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn earns Emmy nomination | Joystiq
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Ubisoft confirms 2013 release for Watch_Dogs| Joystiq
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Is it me, or has gaming journalism not been the same since Joystiq?
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Is it me, or has gaming journalism not been the same since Joystiq?

I used to exclusively use Joystiq for my gaming news, simply because I would never miss a story if I just read their site regularly. I loved their pieces that went deeper into a game's development or production, and their opinion pieces.

Now, I ready Polygon, GamesRadar and Destructoid but I feel slightly annoyed that I have to read 3 sites to get the same amount of information as I used to from Joystiq. Moreover, I just feel it's slightly not as comprehensive as Joystiq's coverage (only by a bit) and I just... I just miss Joystiq :(

What are your thoughts? If you only used to use Joystiq, what sites do you use now?

P.S.: This is my first post, hope I don't start a flame war haha!


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Joystiq.com game of 2013: The Last of Us
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Banned from Polygon for the same (non-political) reason I got banned from JoyStiq years ago. Ah, nostalgia.
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Banned from Polygon for the same (non-political) reason I got banned from JoyStiq years ago. Ah, nostalgia.

Got banned today from Polygon for this comment:

Does Polygon just take GameSpot articles and put a clickbait title on them?

Years ago, I was banned from their predecessor, JoyStiq, for (correctly) pointing out that their reviews for Warner Bros Interactive were bought and paid for.

Nothing to do with politics, for once.

Just pointing out their BS.

They hate that.





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