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Kasavin left Gamespot!
Kiwistrike
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I know some of you might not care at all, but this is a pretty big deal, I think. I always thought of Gamespot as the best of the big media sites, and Greg Kasavin was a big part of that reason.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2007/01/03/news_6163716.html
The story says that he was finally able to pursue his goal of game development, which I think is awesome. Its pretty inspiring, actually, to think that if you try hard enough you can get into the notoriously competitive industry even without going the CSE route.
Anyway, Im interested to see how the future of Gamespot pans out, as Kasavin was a huge reason for the success of the site, in my opinion.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2007/01/03/news_6163716.html
The story says that he was finally able to pursue his goal of game development, which I think is awesome. Its pretty inspiring, actually, to think that if you try hard enough you can get into the notoriously competitive industry even without going the CSE route.
Anyway, Im interested to see how the future of Gamespot pans out, as Kasavin was a huge reason for the success of the site, in my opinion.
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So now, there's no reason to even give a shit about gamespot.
And by "know" I mean, I know his name, not that I give any sort of a shit.
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sort of relevant and also funny
Pretty cool though, I wonder what he'll be working on.
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But there's a part of me that pities the game developing studio he left gamespot to join. I mean, how lacking in talent can they be that Kasavin is seen as an asset? What exactly would he fucking do?
Quality Control?
He talked funny.
Developers like to get reviewers since they "know" what makes and breaks a good game (or so the developers think, anyways). They're more or less put in advisory positions to hand out well, advice.
Best of luck to him, I say.
Do you ... do you actually have any sources for this? Because I've been working as a games journo for almost seven years now, and in that time, I've only known one other journalist who got offered a job at a developer. And he'd been in the industry for twelve years.
Distributors, on the other hand, are a whole different bag. Heaps of games journos end up at distributors - mostly as PR flunkies.
1.) Is your game fun?
2.) If your game is fun, is it stable enough to stay fun?
See, 80% or more of all games totally miss #1 there. Of the 20% that manage to slip by, half of them forget #2, and I end up falling through the floor, or getting stuck in walls, or redoing segments because the game froze. Man, I should work for a major game developer.
No wonder there are so many shitty games out there.
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Well I know a guy who worked for EGM for a while, quit then took up an offer to work on a game. It wasn't a permanent position mind you. He said it was quite common, and what better source for such information than a guy who has done it himself.
It should also be noted that this game was a low budget title that was pretty sucky. I didn't say it was common for good developers to hire journalists.
oh well.
Maybe Kasavin has a quality about him that we just aren't aware of that would be an asset to game development (I'm thinking "no he fucking doesn't" as I type this, the evils of presumption).
Are you talking about Tim Rogers? He doesn't actually work for Kojima, does he? I just thought they were ... I dunno ... friends or something.
Back on topic: I hope Kasavin's replacement isn't as insufferably humourless as he was. Maybe now the rest of the editorial staff can drop this whole "objective games journalism" shit and actually produce some entertaining content once in a while. (Boy, wouldn't that be something!)
Seriously.
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I like Gamespot's podcast output. It's orders of magnitude funnier and better than most, and certainly the best about games.
Kasavin leaving for development? It's not unheard of for journos to go that way as a game designer thing, but you do essentially go from one low-paid job to another low-paid job (relative to the rest of the IT industry), so you really gotta love it.
MGS3, though I'm sure there are more.
Edit: Oh God nevermind it hit me like a train now. I bought Black and White because of his review. That miserable son of a bitch is the devil!
Oh man, that purchase still scars me to this day. But there wasn't a single review saying otherwise.
Not sure if Tim Rogers is his name, but the guy Hoz is talking about is a producer on the next Metal Gear game.
I still have that "game". Throwing people can only be fun for so long before you go back to the rest of the "game".
That's because it's like the game was made for reviewers -- people who play the game for about 5-10 hours max and then write about it. It's pretty cool when you get started, but then just starts throwing feces everywhere.
That's amusing, considering kasavin is a metal gear fanboy.
It makes my brain hurt.
"Which one is that?"
"Greg Kasavin?"
"Is that the fat guy? Or the guy with the funky eyebrow?"
"He's the balding guy"
"Sorry, don't know him."
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Andrew Park, the PC guy, is generally pretty good. I find that Alex Navarro might be the most annoying editor in writing style and just every video is generally irritating. Jeff, though he has made some pretty big screwups, has gotten a lot better since his THPS3 perfect score.