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SCEA Hires Three New Execs

Jandlecack — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:59:53 MST

@mx5: Oh...thanks for telling me. That's quite sad.

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Barf#1 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:34:57 MST

@mx5: Poor Guy kind of reminds me of that reviewer of Kane and Lynch dead men who got fired for giving it a 5 out of 10. Hell it deserved lower than that!

Barf#1

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Frank — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:51:33 MST

@nxp3: "We don't have much time, Jack. If that Cell overheats, there'll be nothing to stop al-Shiggy's virus from getting into the nuclear power grid!"

Frank

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mx5 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:29:14 MST

@Candlejack: Recently he criticized his Japanese bosses at Sony about not embracing his casual gaming ideas in the past. They had rejected those because "nobody would play such games". Now Wii is success and Phil publicly said "See, I told you so". The folks in Japan didn't like such tone by an employee in front of everyone and he got shitcanned.

mx5

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nxp3 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:31:05 MST

Wow...they all sound like they're from the show "24"

Lets hope keifer gets out of jail soon so we all can get our 24 fix.

nxp3

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StevenRafael — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:19:53 MST

@manjikengo:
Yeah, I'm not interested in Turning Point, but I don't mind the ads. It's like a custom skin, kinda cool.

As for the Sony changes, all right. It's a start. Now they need to give us every single detail behind Phil's resignation. I'm talking juicy Real World drama sort of details.

Then they need to tell us who's taking his place, if anyone besides Kaz.

StevenRafael

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The old Campion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:10:16 MST

Okay, I shit you not, I posted that comment, went back to the main page, and there it was. Spookyville.

The old Campion

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The old Campion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:08:36 MST

@Candlejack: What the freakin' heck?!? How have I been here 20 times today and not seen it yet?

I must have some good karma to burn off...

The old Campion

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Crawl to China — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:57:55 MST

@fuchikoma: i can see a Crecente-gate debacle happening sometime in the near future...

Crawl to China

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ManjiKengo reads DuneTiger reads Kotaku, seems pleased. — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:46:41 MST

the sony changes good, turning point ads = bad.

Can we get some impressions by Kotaku on the turning point demo?

I felt like throwing up after saying "oh good, finally some nazis" while playing it.

ManjiKengo reads DuneTiger reads Kotaku, seems pleased.

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Jandlecack — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:42:01 MST

@mx5: What did he say about whom? I didn't know of that...

Jandlecack

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rawg — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:19:07 MST

I bet it's not a coincidence that Sony released all this great news on a day the announce a new PR person.

Usually, these internal changes are in the works for a while so I'm guessing that the new PR guy has been working behind the scenes for a few weeks, saving up some good news so he could make a splash on his first official day.

I hope this is an indication that Sony will be doing a much better job of PR, so far so good!

rawg

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kingclip — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:11:50 MST

@Morberis: You don't have to deal with it -- you don't have to come to the site. Nobody is putting a gun to your head.

At the same time, that Liberty ad, which might annoy you, but in reality has zero effect on your ability to use or enjoy Kotaku, puts food in people's mouths, including Mini-Bash for the love of god, so I'm not going to complain about it one bit.

kingclip

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rawg — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:10:11 MST

@kingclip: agree - great PR day for Sony and smart to wait until after GDC so they don't have to compete with other news, like the XNA thing which seems to have faded away pretty quickly.

rawg

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cheeba — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:00:20 MST

@Godstar: They're both right. Atari and Infogrames are one and the same. Infogrames bought the name years ago.

cheeba

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TC — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:59:26 MST

@mx5: lol ok

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mx5 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:51:05 MST

@Godstar: No. Phil Harrison was fired because of the stuff he revealed about his Japanese bosses and their opinion about casual gaming. He should've just kept his mouth shut ...

mx5

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Tchaikovsky08 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:35:28 MST

@LittleBigPlaneteer: haha fair enough, but to clarify, my first post suggested that these news releases include jokes and not the standard business jargon because I am sardonic and crass, not because I actually think they should be included.

To convey such a meaning through text is one of those borderline impossible undertakings.

Tchaikovsky08

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:26:46 MST

@LittleBigPlaneteer:

dammit, I read that wrong. Ignore that :(

*takes a reading comprehension class*

LittleBigPlaneteer

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:26:09 MST

@Tchaikovsky08:

"so people like you don't get bent out of shape from someone posting on a blog about a news release being stuffy and boring."

I'm pretty sure it was you who got bent out of shape about it being stuffy and boring, not me :P

LittleBigPlaneteer

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Godstar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:23:48 MST

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Oh, I'm sure, I'm just being cheeky :)

@Islandkiwi: Actually, I heard that was a misprint, he's not going to Atari, but Infogrames. I'm not sure if that's the same thing...

Godstar

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Morberis — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:22:34 MST

@kingclip:

Oh yes and in a couple years time we get Gamespot level of ads we'll just have to 'deal with it' too.

Morberis

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fuchikoma — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:22:26 MST

@Spolodaface:
Me too. Not MAD, but annoyed. It looks like GameFAQs/GameSpot now.
"Turning Point: Fall of Kotaku." (Meant more as a joke than commentary... but not entirely whimsical either. Wow, what's the emote for that? Maybe ;| would work...)
It's funny how Kotaku reskins with an ad for a WWII-based Codemasters FPS when so much of the reader base is eager to slam exactly that kind of thing. Ah well, as long as we don't get banned for badmouthing the game (or the ads :o) it's... tolerable.

Getting back on topic for the story: "Oh." *blinks*

fuchikoma

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Jandlecack — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:21:38 MST

@Campion: Definitely the Fall Of Liberty ad on the front page replacing the regular borders of the website.

Jandlecack

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Tchaikovsky08 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:20:05 MST

@LittleBigPlaneteer: that's exactly why there needs to be more humor in the world, so people like you don't get bent out of shape from someone posting on a blog about a news release being stuffy and boring.

I understand the need for news releases like this, but c'mon, no reason to hate on us simple minded folk merely looking for a bit of humor to lighten up their otherwise bleak and sad existences.

P.S. Why would a serious investor be perusing not only a video game blog, but the comments therein? Answer: they wouldn't.

Tchaikovsky08

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Islandkiwi — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:19:41 MST

Anyone buying Atari stock?

Islandkiwi

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kingclip — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:19:23 MST

It's the liberty ad that is the most obtrusive, but don't complain about it. You aren't paying the Kotaku gang's salary, but they are, so deal with it.

kingclip

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limitt — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:18:18 MST

today is the day where the internet kicks anything MS related in the croch

limitt

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Sparx — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:17:55 MST

Perhaps this is a good thing. Last time they "shuffled" the game division had a nice upturn. I wouldn't expect anything less from this either

Sparx

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:17:14 MST

@Godstar:

Believe it or not, Phil can be a dick too.

LittleBigPlaneteer

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Godstar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:36 MST

Now this would be news....

Phil Harrison: I left because, let's put it this way, Kaz is a dick, and I'm sick of getting blamed for the Wii's dominance when I warned them years ago that casual gaming was an emerging market.

Phil Harrison: Oh yeah, did I say that Kaz is a dick?

Godstar

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HurricaneDave — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:23 MST

Sony is getting the troops ready to march. Beware MS. The only person that can save MS is Ed Fries.

HurricaneDave

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The old Campion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:14:03 MST

@Spolodaface: "the ad" doesn't tell us much when you get different ads every time you open a page; perhaps you could be more explicit.

The old Campion

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steliosco — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:13:39 MST

thank god bluray won and sony can be happy with it wining the war and so it starts giving some attention to it's ps3 :):)

;)

steliosco

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Iz1ck — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:11:48 MST

@pd771: Hahahaha, marketing GENIUS!!!!!!!

Iz1ck

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Morberis — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:11:39 MST

@Spolodaface:

Ditto, it seems too similar to the full page ads Gamespot does. I don't mind the normal ads but when you start replacing normal stuff with ads it gets annoying.

Morberis

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:10:58 MST

@Tchaikovsky08:

Are you so close minded that you think these news releases are for blogs, and not uhh investors? Because investors don't give a shit about jokes and witty releases, they want the news in a serious and professional manner.

LittleBigPlaneteer

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John-irl — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:10:35 MST

@Spolodaface: Looks weird. Im waiting for the review where it gets a six... :)

John-irl

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Tchaikovsky08 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:08:54 MST

What a yawnfest of a news release.

They should've at least sprinkled a few jokes throughout. Instead all they included were buzzwords and banal bureaucratic jargon.

Tchaikovsky08

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Spolodaface — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:07:59 MST

What's up with the ad?

I'm majorly annoyed at Kotaku for this.

Spolodaface

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:07:50 MST

@pd771:

Of course! They rely on Kotaku, and other gaming blogs for their success and they're waging their hold war on just today's announcements! By taking away anything 360 related today, they shall win!

LittleBigPlaneteer

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kingclip — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:07:27 MST

@pd771: That's called good PR, no? It seems like they deliberately saved this stuff for post-GDC in order to own the day, if you will.

kingclip

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Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM! — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:06:58 MST

@pd771: Or maybe it's "Destination PlayStation"...

Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM!

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pd771 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:04:51 MST

My theory is Son's trying to put out enough stories to get anything 360 related off main pages.

pd771