kevingifford commented on Time To Examine Famitsu's Top Tier Scoring Trend

"@urfe: You forget that Working Designs releases tended to have about a half year of delays back in the day between "going gold" and actually getting manufactured. I reviewed Arc the Lad Collection for GamePro back in the day and we got it so early that yes, in fact, I did have time to play through the entire thing."

kevingifford commented on Extremely Rare Atari Cartridge Sells for $5,000

"The thing that always happens with old game consoles (and I suppose a lot of other collectible hobbies) is that after a while, the only really passionate people left already have 99.99% of a complete set and are willing to pay absolutely anything for those last half-dozen or so they need. That's why, for example, most games on 8-bit consoles are lucky if they break $5 on eBay but the rarest NES games like Stadium Events are climbing up into the thousands without breaking a sweat."

kevingifford commented on Toad's Gay? Not That There's Anything Wrong With That ...

"This joke was funnier back when EGM did an article about it. In 1999."

kevingifford commented on Game Journalist Shake-Up Shifts Personnel At Several Outlets

"GamePro has been the butt of jokes from core gamers since 1994 or so, but -- even though it competes with Play for the fewest number of pages per month -- it manages to be unique enough that it's still around. Plus, its website has always been oddly successful even though, again, hardcore folks almost never think to look at it. Still, it's in the difficult position of having a really well-known brand name, yet needing to do something really new in order to survive in the marketplace -- competing with itself, in a way."

kevingifford commented on Game Journalist Shake-Up Shifts Personnel At Several Outlets

"@twinturbo2: Why?"

kevingifford commented on The Changing Face Of Games Journalism

"Very fine overview. Very hum'rous to see Ian Livingstone, head of a company that co-engineered Gerstmanngate and was more recently accused of unethical manipulation of UK mags in order to secure high Batman: Arkham Asylum scores, talking about reviewers not "reviewing games properly.""

kevingifford commented on The Changing Face Of Games Journalism

"A fine overview of modern games media. Very hum'rous to see Ian Livingstone, president of the company responsible for Gerstmanngate and more recently accused of striking unethical review-score bargains with UK mags for Batman: Arkham Asylum, criticizing reviewers for "not reviewing something properly.""