It hasn't hit store shelves yet, but Dead Space 2 held a launch event in Sydney last Friday. The embargo for reviews has expired pretty much all over the world since then, with reviews popping up here, there and everywhere praising what some are describing one of the best survival horror games of the genre.

Greg Miller from IGN, however, went a little overboard in his praise.


Let's be clear about this: Greg Miller is a paid professional journalist. He's been employed at IGN since 2006; he didn't join yesterday, an impression you may find hard to shake after you read the following quotes from his ejaculation glowing review.


Apparently game pundits (the term journalist feels tenuous all of a sudden) get excited about appearing as a box quote, something Miller seems anxious to achieve.


Naturally, the internet went viral, questioning if Miller's two-page drivel was actually written by a kid in middle school (high-school for us). Ben Paddon, founder of the website game writers love to hate, Game Journalists are Incompetent ****wits, was a little more direct in his appraisal:


Paddon's response, however, came after an even more hilarious twist in the saga. Miller published a blog on IGN this morning, challenging his critics, insulting the existence of Reddit (how Miller doesn't know Reddit exists while working at IGN, a company filled with employees who Miller admits are fans of the website, astounds me) and displaying a pretty disturbing lack of self-awareness.


Ask and ye shall receive, Greg. Let this be a lesson to all of you: if you wish to challenge reddit, Facebook, 4chan, hell even the dwindling MySpace, do not do so lightly.

Miller most certainly won't, especially after a reply on reddit, which pretty much ends the argument.



As a side note, IGN put out a call last week for new freelancers to join the herd. I e-mailed my application; I haven't received a reply yet, and don't expect to, but this little episode makes me feel a hell of a lot better.

Edited twice, last edited 25/1/11 - 5:44pm.

sounds like your mad

I approve this post

cool story

Rof I actually used to read IGN, granted I was ~13 and playing PS2.
Nice post though

man, what reputation did IGN ever have?

hahahahaha oh man you made my day

if you get the job dippa i shotgun being one of your eSports friends you love writing about.

I aim to please

thread delivers

BAM!

gamespot is way better

I should hope so, otherwise it would of been quite silly to push the big green 'post' button if you didn't...

Yes, it would HAVE.

Seriously though, you go to all that trouble to critique the article when this thread might as well have been "Take a look at this dickhead writing for IGN and his shitty article." with a link.

Trying too hard.

grammar nazi inbound