Author Topic: Always knew he was a phony (Read 23215 times)

Avinash_Tyagi · « **on:** June 21, 2006, 06:15:58 PM »

Cassamina leaves Wii

I always felt he was overly critical of Nintendo

willie1234 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2006, 06:24:09 PM »

oh well.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2006, 06:33:28 PM »

I'd imagine it would be hard to cover a subject I had no interest in. Have fun with DOA: Silicone Knights

Pale · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2006, 06:42:57 PM »

What is DOAX2?

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2006, 06:46:08 PM »

how can he be more excited about DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball 2 (featuring more plastic, bounces and the same crappy gameplay) rather than all the Wii stuff is beyond me.....especially when the Wii is getting more exciting by the minute...

Kairon · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2006, 06:48:28 PM »

*COUGHinnerofficeprankCOUGH*

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2006, 06:49:07 PM »

yep, just saw it, the "entry deleted by user" made it pretty clear XD

Pale · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2006, 06:54:26 PM »

Aw, and I was actually excited.

Requiem · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2006, 07:04:45 PM »

Ya, so was I...

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2006, 07:06:35 PM »

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Originally posted by: Pale
Aw, and I was actually excited.

I guess we all were XD

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #10 on:** June 21, 2006, 07:30:25 PM »

What a F.ilm A.ctors G.uild

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #11 on:** June 21, 2006, 11:49:31 PM »

IGN just keeps losing more and more respect daily

Artimus · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2006, 02:11:04 AM »

I was wondering when this would get posted here (I thought "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" would be a better title).

It was clearly fake, though. None of the stuff matches anything we know about Matt. He's critical because he cares, afterall.

And, really, we're lucky to have him because he does a LOT of research and fact-finding that the other channels do not get.

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Originally posted by: Avinash_Tyagi
IGN just keeps losing more and more respect daily

Considering it was a blog and never got past the blog, I don't think it affects their respect...

Mario · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2006, 02:29:53 AM »

Damn.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2006, 03:17:37 AM »

Kotaku and IGN are fighting! Crecente posted on Kotaku that Matt was leaving, then Tal of IGN posted another fake blog entry just to be a dick and make fun of Kotaku. Then Crecente posts again ripping into IGN. I love this stuff, editors of sites hating on one another, made for a hilarious read this morning. Check it all out over at www.kotaku.com.

PS - I was happy when I first read about this, Casamassina is a dipshit.

joedick · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2006, 08:05:04 AM »

I'm glad he's not leaving. He gets some scoops here and there and his reviews are generally good. Pretty funny prank though.

Kairon · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2006, 08:29:10 AM »

For gosh sakes, stop the Cassamassina hate. He does good work (except for that spec speculation confusion), and he's actually starting to get (and believe) Nintendo's message more and more now, whereas in past years what Ninetndo's been doin has flown completely over his head.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Frozen Atlantic · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2006, 08:39:42 AM »

Yeah, the guy is OK.

Requiem · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2006, 08:56:00 AM »

The funniest thing about that article, was that it lead me to this picture:

Is this a joke?!

Which lead led me to make this comparison:

Look familiar?

Which compelled me to make this art:

OH MY GOD! ------- HE"S REINCARNATED!

Which cracked me up after I re-examined the original picture used in Kotaku's article:

Look behind the fat dude's shoulder

Ian Sane · « **Reply #19 on:** June 22, 2006, 09:02:04 AM »

The fact that this prank is totally believable isn't a good sign. Matt seems a lot like me in that he clearly is a Nintendo fan but doesn't really agree with the direction Nintendo is going in. Now I'm just a guy on a forum. He however is paid to cover Nintendo consoles and his opinion and attitude towards that console can actually have some effect on public perception and sales. So I think it's pretty important that whoever is covering Nintendo on a website or for a magazine has some enthusiasm towards their work. Matt seems more much more positive about the Wii lately but he's really lacking enthusiasm and it shows. When the Cube launched IGN seemed really excited about it and I don't feel that for the Wii.

In a way I suppose such an attitude would make for less biased coverage but it's inconsistent with the rest of IGN. It looks bad for Nintendo if the Playstation and Xbox guys are all "YES THIS IS AWESOME" while the Nintendo guy is just "this is pretty good I guess".

Edit: Regarding the Hitler cat picture it reminds me of the graphic novel Maus which deals with the holocaust and the Jews are depicted as mice with the Nazis as cats.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2006, 09:34:34 AM »

What kind of Nintendo fan owns a PSP and a 360?

'Nuff said.

vudu · « **Reply #21 on:** June 22, 2006, 09:47:10 AM »

What kind of Nintendo fan complains so much about SSBM?

Rhoq · « **Reply #22 on:** June 22, 2006, 10:00:34 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
... think it's pretty important that whoever is covering Nintendo on a website or for a magazine has some enthusiasm towards their work. Matt seems more much more positive about the Wii lately but he's really lacking enthusiasm and it shows.

I'm one of the few that likes Matt's work. I like the fact that he remains grounded in reality, trying to never let the Nintendo "fanboy" inside of him take control and cloud his judgment. I'd rather he tell us the truth (or at least as he sees it) rather than sugar coat everything just because that's what we want to hear (read).

Anyways - in response to Ian's quote above, I think the reason why his perceived excitement has been dampened a bit is because he and his wife just recently became parents. With a new baby, I'm sure all of his priorities have been re-arranged, including his work at IGN (which is probably why Bozon has been making frequent updates since E3 while Matt only pops-in on occasion). By the time the Wii's launch date arrives, I suspect that Matt will back to his old self. By that time his baby will be on a regular schedule and he'll be used to getting up every few hours to feed her.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #23 on:** June 22, 2006, 10:03:32 AM »

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Originally posted by: vudu
What kind of Nintendo fan complains so much about SSBM?

The kind who isn't afraid to point out when their favorite game developer isn't realizing its full potential.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #24 on:** June 22, 2006, 10:20:01 AM »

...and Matt is one person who notices when Nintendo isn't reaching it's full potential. IPSO FATSO.

Seriously, I like Matt. When I read the first post, my reaction was, "this is a joke". And I was right - the guy has been nothing but positive about Wii since E3. He has clearly stated that it's more exciting than Xbox 360 or PS3.

I think Matt just tells it like it is. A lot of people were enraged at him last year when he was supporting PSP over DS, but at the time he had a point. PSP launched with as many games as the DS had in it's whole 6 month run, and although DS had some cool games that demonstrated what it was capable of, it still hadn't really made the scene. Now that DS is doing better, Matt agrees that it's the superior system. The guy might be shortsighted, but he gives honest opinions on the current state of things. As opposed to the other channels (particularly the Xbox channel) which just kind of go with the hype and act like every stupid game released is going pure gold - at least until the review are written.

But it was a joke which shouldn't come as a surprise if you've been keeping up with what Matt has to say about Wii.

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Author Topic: Always knew he was a phony (Read 23215 times)