Who the Heck is Writing Gaming News? February 18, 2011

This is just a sidebar here, but I really wanted to voice this.  Seriously, this week, I’ve had to retract two whole stories I’ve posted up in here, both made by otherwise reputable gaming news organizations.

So far I’ve made two news postings and two retractions I’ve had to make within days of each other.  Who the heck is running the news in these sites, and for that manner who the heck is running their mouths off so poorly in the developer side that they’re being misunderstood on this level?

And that’s the thing, normally I would blame the news reporters for this, but in the articles in question, their citations seemed quite clear indeed and in both cases it seems like a misunderstanding or a mistranslation.  That’s not the fault of the news people (not entirely) it’s just as much the fault of the PR people on the developer’s side who are being vague or ambiguous (or speaking in another language)!