From: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com (n64-digest) To: n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: n64-digest V1 #1481 Reply-To: n64-digest Sender: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk n64-digest Friday, April 13 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1481 Re: [N64] IGN Insider Re: [N64] IGN Insider Re: [N64] IGN Insider [N64] IGN Insider Re: [N64] IGN Insider Re: [N64] IGN Insider [N64] April Fools? [N64] I'm wrong... [N64] Another Petition Re: [N64] I'm wrong... Re: [N64] I'm wrong... Re: [N64] I'm wrong... + baw [N64] Those rat-bastards at IGN. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 17:05:49 EDT From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] IGN Insider - --part1_d9.131c33c2.2808c42d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 4:21:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, DarkBastion@aol.com writes: > you guys believe this shit? Those fuckhead over at Snowball.com think > we're gonna fucking PAY for their half-assed reporting? I dunno if you guys > have been to IGNCube or IGNPS2 recently, but they are just pathetic. > IGNCube > has maybe 3 stories a day, none of which are actual news. It's all > misconstrued quotes and shit. And now they want us to PAY for this? What > shit! Fuck them, man. Daily Radar is better then they are any day. > > > ~Matt Dammit, they make enough money as it is on ad banners. They send thousands of buyers to EBworld daily. And they get 5% commisions. Although, they are one of the biggest sites to probably send to EBworld, EBworld probably gives them 6%. I sent 3 people to EBWrold from my site and made 6 bucks so far. - -Jed - --part1_d9.131c33c2.2808c42d_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 4:21:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
DarkBastion@aol.com writes:

you guys believe this shit? Those fuckhead over at Snowball.com think
we're gonna fucking PAY for their half-assed reporting? I dunno if you guys
have been to IGNCube or IGNPS2 recently, but they are just pathetic.
IGNCube
has maybe 3 stories a day, none of which are actual news. It's all
misconstrued quotes and shit. And now they want us to PAY for this? What
shit! Fuck them, man. Daily Radar is better then they are any day.

~Matt

Dammit, they make enough money as it is on ad banners. They send thousands of
buyers to EBworld daily. And they get 5% commisions. Although, they are one
of the biggest sites to probably send to EBworld, EBworld probably gives them
6%.
I sent 3 people to EBWrold from my site and made 6 bucks so far.
-Jed - --part1_d9.131c33c2.2808c42d_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 17:08:19 EDT From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] IGN Insider - --part1_e.b59300b.2808c4c3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 4:36:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, treytable@sega.net writes: > I agree, for the most part. IGN has gone way downhill since it started to > spread out. It all started when Peer Schneider left IGN64 for his promotion > to god knows what. All the good reporters & columnists with the exception > of Doug Perry don't write for the sites anymore, they've become Management > (ick). IGN has spread itself way to thin. The only IGN sites I regularly > visit is IGN Codes (only because it's really Gamesages.com with a new > owner) and IGN Dreamcast, and that's just to keep up on any bargain reports > for my favorite dead console. But the rest of IGN I could live without. > Daily Radar, Gameshark.com, and the GSCCC (and maybe a bit of Tendo Box now > and then) has the content I really need. These aren't the good old days of > "Just ask Jay and friends" (PSM Online, now IGN PSX) and such and so forth. > I don't mind registering to read a part of a strategy guide, but if they > expect me to pay it better be a good as or better offer than a Next > Generation subscription, meaning two things, first it's really cheap in > price ($12 gets you 12 issue of Next Gen) and secondly that I get something > material for my money, not just access to a web page, but something I can > physically hold and touch and I don't mean my credit card bill. > > ~~ Dave ~~ > Yes, your right about that. And you need an ISP, and your intenret connection isn't always good. - -Jed - --part1_e.b59300b.2808c4c3_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 4:36:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
treytable@sega.net writes:

I agree, for the most part. IGN has gone way downhill since it started to
spread out. It all started when Peer Schneider left IGN64 for his promotion
to god knows what. All the good reporters & columnists with the exception
of Doug Perry don't write for the sites anymore, they've become Management
(ick). IGN has spread itself way to thin. The only IGN sites I regularly
visit is IGN Codes (only because it's really Gamesages.com with a new
owner) and IGN Dreamcast, and that's just to keep up on any bargain reports
for my favorite dead console. But the rest of IGN I could live without.
Daily Radar, Gameshark.com, and the GSCCC (and maybe a bit of Tendo Box now
and then) has the content I really need. These aren't the good old days of
"Just ask Jay and friends" (PSM Online, now IGN PSX) and such and so forth.
I don't mind registering to read a part of a strategy guide, but if they
expect me to pay it better be a good as or better offer than a Next
Generation subscription, meaning two things, first it's really cheap in
price ($12 gets you 12 issue of Next Gen) and secondly that I get something
material for my money, not just access to a web page, but something I can
physically hold and touch and I don't mean my credit card bill.

~~ Dave ~~

Yes, your right about that. And you need an ISP, and your intenret connection
isn't always good.

-Jed - --part1_e.b59300b.2808c4c3_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 17:09:23 EDT From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] IGN Insider - --part1_bd.d6831b8.2808c503_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 4:36:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, treytable@sega.net writes: > The only IGN sites I regularly visit is IGN Codes (only because it's really > Gamesages.com with a new owner) and IGN Dreamcast, and that's just to keep > up on any bargain reports for my favorite dead console. But the rest of IGN > I could live without. Daily Radar, Gameshark.com, and the GSCCC (and maybe > a bit of Tendo Box now and then) has the content I really need. > > ~~ Dave ~~ > You should check otu http://www.gamequbed.com - -Jed - --part1_bd.d6831b8.2808c503_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 4:36:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
treytable@sega.net writes:

The only IGN sites I regularly visit is IGN Codes (only because it's really
Gamesages.com with a new owner) and IGN Dreamcast, and that's just to keep
up on any bargain reports for my favorite dead console. But the rest of IGN
I could live without. Daily Radar, Gameshark.com, and the GSCCC (and maybe
a bit of Tendo Box now and then) has the content I really need.

~~ Dave ~~

You should check otu http://www.gamequbed.com

-Jed

- --part1_bd.d6831b8.2808c503_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:06:21 -0400 From: "Dave Rhodes" Subject: [N64] IGN Insider This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0C444.71A91320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I wonder if there will be ad banners on IGN Insider? ~~ Dave ~~ =20 "Toda su base es pertenece a nosotros."=20 Treytable@sega.net AIM: Super Trey Bros - ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0C444.71A91320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I wonder if there will be ad banners on = IGN=20 Insider?

~~ Dave ~~
=
"Toda su base=20 es pertenece a nosotros."
Treytable@sega.net
AIM: = Super Trey=20 Bros

- ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0C444.71A91320-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:21:50 EDT From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] IGN Insider - --part1_e3.1333abd2.2808d5fe_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 6:04:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, treytable@sega.net writes: > I wonder if there will be ad banners on IGN Insider? > > ~~ Dave ~~ > > I bet there will be. I mean, we pay for AOL right, and they have ad banners in the email system. But I'm sure they will have the ads, make a little more money... - -jed - --part1_e3.1333abd2.2808d5fe_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 6:04:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
treytable@sega.net writes:

I wonder if there will be ad banners on IGN Insider?

~~ Dave ~~

I bet there will be. I mean, we pay for AOL right, and they have ad banners
in the email system. But I'm sure they will have the ads, make a little more
money...

-jed - --part1_e3.1333abd2.2808d5fe_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:12:55 EDT From: Devil929@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] IGN Insider - --part1_7a.1364d0a8.2808e1f7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Internet business isn't a proven one. For all your dot.com's, unless you provide a service that generally sells material things (such as amazon.com), leads to selling things (something more along the lines of an online real estate agency), or has brand name behind it, making money online is a hard thing to do. Sure, there are loads of exceptions, but generally speaking, something as basic as online journalism just doesn't bring in the money. It's for that reason you see sites like Gamefan's folding, IGN having an Insider site, or, ironically enough, Cloudchaser accepting donations from readers. Having seen some of IGN's Insider material (not through my own dollars), it's not worth the $30 or even $5. It's information that, as you guys said, should be made public in the first place. It'd be as if CNN would let readers view domestic news, but in order to see what's going on around in foreign affairs, you'd have to pay. There simply isn't any rational logic behind it other than trying to make money by compromising journalistic integrity. Of course, IGN isn't as rich as you guys think...if anything, they're on their way down. They have a business statement that pretty much states the risks of their business model calling it "unproven" and one that "may fail". But then, as other have pointed out, when IGN64 or IGNCube put together the collective whole of 1 "article" on a daily basis, particularly when they get paid the whole business week to do nothing but provide content 8 hours, 5 days a week, it's not surprising. And much like you guys, I turn to other sites like Daily Radar for more and more of gaming needs. While no site is perfect, at the very least Daily Radar keeps things simple and somewhat old school, keeping things simple while providing enough content to keep me happy. Although I personally may also be involved the dot.com "business" model in the end, I'll certainly make sure Tendo Box never goes the way of IGN's plans, although I do think we are spreading ourselves a bit thin in terms of coverage (such as the newly opened Sports sites). That said, it's an entirely free operation and I'm always trying to capture some of that "nice and easy" spirit the Internet had 5 years ago, before it crumpled into the financial paper ball that it has become. Aldo Merino - ------------------- Tendo Box http://www.tendobox.com - --part1_7a.1364d0a8.2808e1f7_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Internet business isn't a proven one. For all your dot.com's, unless you
provide a service that generally sells material things (such as amazon.com),
leads to selling things (something more along the lines of an online real
estate agency), or has brand name behind it, making money online is a hard
thing to do. Sure, there are loads of exceptions, but generally speaking,
something as basic as online journalism just doesn't bring in the money. It's
for that reason you see sites like Gamefan's folding, IGN having an Insider
site, or, ironically enough, Cloudchaser accepting donations from readers.

Having seen some of IGN's Insider material (not through my own dollars), it's
not worth the $30 or even $5. It's information that, as you guys said, should
be made public in the first place. It'd be as if CNN would let readers view
domestic news, but in order to see what's going on around in foreign affairs,
you'd have to pay. There simply isn't any rational logic behind it other than
trying to make money by compromising journalistic integrity.

Of course, IGN isn't as rich as you guys think...if anything, they're on
their way down. They have a business statement that pretty much states the
risks of their business model calling it "unproven" and one that "may fail".
But then, as other have pointed out, when IGN64 or IGNCube put together the
collective whole of 1 "article" on a daily basis, particularly when they get
paid the whole business week to do nothing but provide content 8 hours, 5
days a week, it's not surprising.

And much like you guys, I turn to other sites like Daily Radar for more and
more of gaming needs. While no site is perfect, at the very least Daily Radar
keeps things simple and somewhat old school, keeping things simple while
providing enough content to keep me happy.

Although I personally may also be involved the dot.com "business" model in
the end, I'll certainly make sure Tendo Box never goes the way of IGN's
plans, although I do think we are spreading ourselves a bit thin in terms of
coverage (such as the newly opened Sports sites). That said, it's an entirely
free operation and I'm always trying to capture some of that "nice and easy"
spirit the Internet had 5 years ago, before it crumpled into the financial
paper ball that it has become.

Aldo Merino
-------------------
Tendo Box
http://www.tendobox.com - --part1_7a.1364d0a8.2808e1f7_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 20:09:57 EDT From: SillyMrMan@aol.com Subject: [N64] April Fools? Guys, isn't it quite possible that this could be IGN's April Fools joke? Today is Friday the 13th of April... any coincidence that this hit now? The date on the article reads the 12th but it wasn't posted until today. Anyways, look at the picture on the front of the magazine: has anyone ever heard of a game OOGA BOOGA? How does the title: "Call me ZoidBeing" sound to you guys (look close it's on there)? By the way, if it exists, just know that I am ignorant of the X-Box. Wouldn't that be the ultimate April Fools joke though? One that spans the whole IGN main network? And that IGN Boards shot is pretty grotesque too. And $30 seems a bit unreasonable for only one year. Hell, I can get a subscription to Maxim for twelve months for $2.00. What about that picture of the crazy guy? I know the IGN editors are wierd but... that picture of the crazy guy is a bit much. I you ask me, this is an APRIL FOOLS JOKE!!!! And one that has gotten all of you... If it is real on the otherhand, may some supernatural force rip off my head and make my own body kick out the door. That's my two cents: * Eric * [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:30:04 EDT From: SillyMrMan@aol.com Subject: [N64] I'm wrong... Apparently it is actually something that IGN is doing... I just booted my head out of the door... (good thing I can touch type!) Anywho's I would just like to say the following: It's a sad, sad day for video gaming journalism. Why? Because we have to pay $30 to see the only real news that IGN can dig up whereas there sites are now nothing more than other mediocre sites. I'm going to go to bed and cry. G'night. * Eric * [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:37:42 EDT From: SillyMrMan@aol.com Subject: [N64] Another Petition Go ye forth and sign the king's petition! http://www.petitiononline.com/jokepgc/petition.html * Eric * [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:18:14 -0600 From: Don Fentie Subject: Re: [N64] I'm wrong... Does anyone really care that much?????? I mean theres hundreds of other gaming sites that can easily do more than ign does. I assure you the sun will rise tomorrow. (and if it doesnt you can hunt me down) SillyMrMan@aol.com wrote: > > Apparently it is actually something that IGN is doing... I just booted my > head out of the door... (good thing I can touch type!) Anywho's I would just > like to say the following: > > It's a sad, sad day for video gaming journalism. > > Why? Because we have to pay $30 to see the only real news that IGN can dig > up whereas there sites are now nothing more than other mediocre sites. I'm > going to go to bed and cry. G'night. > > * Eric * > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:14:16 EDT From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] I'm wrong... - --part1_57.1475bced.28092898_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 11:45:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, d.fentie@home.com writes: > Does anyone really care that much?????? I mean theres hundreds of other > gaming sites that can easily do more than ign does. I assure you the > sun will rise tomorrow. (and if it doesnt you can hunt me down) The question is, HOW will he hunt you down? No sun, he can't see, all life dies. oh well. - -Jed - --part1_57.1475bced.28092898_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/01 11:45:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
d.fentie@home.com writes:

Does anyone really care that much?????? I mean theres hundreds of other
gaming sites that can easily do more than ign does. I assure you the
sun will rise tomorrow. (and if it doesnt you can hunt me down)

The question is, HOW will he hunt you down? No sun, he can't see, all life
dies.
oh well.

-Jed - --part1_57.1475bced.28092898_boundary-- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:21:59 -0600 From: Don Fentie Subject: Re: [N64] I'm wrong... + baw Thats the point. Anyone played Black and White (BAW) for PC?????????? WOW this is a good game, I'd like to see it ported to gamecube. It is one of those games that would be just excelent on a consoul especially for the controls. The hand that moves around and grasps objects and carries them really could be done well like on the intro screen to Mario64. In anyevent, Ignpc gave the game 9.7 which is surprisingly good and I suggest you all check it out. Jedcross2@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/13/01 11:45:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > d.fentie@home.com writes: > > > Does anyone really care that much?????? I mean theres hundreds of > > other > > gaming sites that can easily do more than ign does. I assure you > > the > > sun will rise tomorrow. (and if it doesnt you can hunt me down) > > The question is, HOW will he hunt you down? No sun, he can't see, all > life > dies. > oh well. > > -Jed [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:52:33 EDT From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: [N64] Those rat-bastards at IGN. - --part1_103.1ac16ed.28093191_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, I got really pissed off tonight, so I sent this letter to the IGN Cube Q &A. Whadda ya think? Personally, all I can do is give you guys at IGN one big middle finger. You want us to pay you for your half-assed reporting? If I wanted to pay, I'd get a subscription to Next Gen. Fran and Matt, what on EARTH are you guys thinking? You have done a horrible job supporting IGNCube. You have about one to three "articles" a day, which ends up being one of you reading too much into a quote made by someone who works for Sony or Microsoft. If you have such little news to report, then how can you possibly excuse these 3-question Q&As and no updated letters? I would think that if you have no news, the LEAST you can do is write a decent letters section. Oh and Fran, great job on the Q&A for 4/13/01. We get Fran's commercial for IGNInsider, rather than the standard company line. In addition to the joke that is IGNCube, you guys have done a horrible job laying to rest IGN64.com. The letters and Q&A haven't been updated since the year 2000! What is that?! That's simply inexcusable. Even one letter section for Conker would have sufficed, but you guys are too busy updating IGNCube, right? Pathetic. $30.00? You honestly want people to pay you $30.00 for whatever crap you'll offer in the "exclusive" IGNInsider? Yes, you can get it for $20 now, but $30.00 in a month. I wouldn't pay $30.00 for an ISP, let alone some joke of a website trying to scam me out of money for otherwise free information. You do realize that it's only a matter of time before someone who is an Insider posts your "exclusive" pics, etc., elsewhere? And your so called "features" can easily be found in the pages of Next Gen and EGM, at $12 and $20 a year, respectively. IGN has been going downhill, it seems, ever since Peer and the other serious writers became management. Your IGN for Men section was mediocrity incarnate from the beginning, but has slowly become nothing even worth visiting. That Spence D. guy is a moron who writes like a 8th grader. IGN on a whole is crumbling. Your "news" is late, poorly reported, and simply bad. Your guides suck, and your reviews are late. The more features you hide behind that curtain of exclusivity, the more readers you will lose. Free sites like Daily Radar and videogames.com offer me all the content I could possibly want, and you know what? It's all free. I simply cannot see any reason to visit IGN anymore. I hope the worst for IGN. I hope that no one is stupid enough to pay you fools, I hope that you guys sink faster than the Titanic, and I hope you realize you are destroying the integrity of what the Internet truly is. Do not confuse this letter as one of an angry gamer; these sentiments toward IGN have been building for months now, and this ludicrous pay system merely brings it all to a head. Fuck you and your IGNInsider bullshit. Since this is Q&A, I do have two questions: 1.) Do you realize you are destroying everything good and pure that the Internet stands for when you ask us to pay for this information? 2.) When did you guys at IGN decide to sell your souls? I challenge you to print my letter. Censor my curse words if you wish, but I dare you to print my inflammatory letter that condemns all of IGN. Do that, and I may believe you guys have some kind of integrity. ~Matthew F. Smith DarkBastion@aol.com Well, that's how I felt. ~Matt "Life is tough. It's tougher when you're stupid." - --part1_103.1ac16ed.28093191_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, I got really pissed off tonight, so I sent this letter to the IGN Cube Q
&A. Whadda ya think?

<letter>

Personally, all I can do is give you guys at IGN one big middle finger. You
want us to pay you for your half-assed reporting? If I wanted to pay, I'd get
a subscription to Next Gen. Fran and Matt, what on EARTH are you guys
thinking? You have done a horrible job supporting IGNCube. You have about one
to three "articles" a day, which ends up being one of you reading too much
into a quote made by someone who works for Sony or Microsoft. If you have
such little news to report, then how can you possibly excuse these 3-question
Q&As and no updated letters? I would think that if you have no news, the
LEAST you can do is write a decent letters section. Oh and Fran, great job on
the Q&A for 4/13/01. We get Fran's commercial for IGNInsider, rather than the
standard company line.

In addition to the joke that is IGNCube, you guys have done a horrible job
laying to rest IGN64.com. The letters and Q&A haven't been updated since the
year 2000! What is that?! That's simply inexcusable. Even one letter section
for Conker would have sufficed, but you guys are too busy updating IGNCube,
right? Pathetic.

$30.00? You honestly want people to pay you $30.00 for whatever crap you'll
offer in the "exclusive" IGNInsider? Yes, you can get it for $20 now, but
$30.00 in a month. I wouldn't pay $30.00 for an ISP, let alone some joke of a
website trying to scam me out of money for otherwise free information. You do
realize that it's only a matter of time before someone who is an Insider
posts your "exclusive" pics, etc., elsewhere? And your so called "features"
can easily be found in the pages of Next Gen and EGM, at $12 and $20 a year,
respectively.

IGN has been going downhill, it seems, ever since Peer and the other serious
writers became management. Your IGN for Men section was mediocrity incarnate
from the beginning, but has slowly become nothing even worth visiting. That
Spence D. guy is a moron who writes like a 8th grader. IGN on a whole is
crumbling. Your "news" is late, poorly reported, and simply bad. Your guides
suck, and your reviews are late. The more features you hide behind that
curtain of exclusivity, the more readers you will lose. Free sites like Daily
Radar and videogames.com offer me all the content I could possibly want, and
you know what? It's all free. I simply cannot see any reason to visit IGN
anymore.

I hope the worst for IGN. I hope that no one is stupid enough to pay you
fools, I hope that you guys sink faster than the Titanic, and I hope you
realize you are destroying the integrity of what the Internet truly is. Do
not confuse this letter as one of an angry gamer; these sentiments toward IGN
have been building for months now, and this ludicrous pay system merely
brings it all to a head. Fuck you and your IGNInsider bullshit.

Since this is Q&A, I do have two questions:

1.) Do you realize you are destroying everything good and pure that the
Internet stands for when you ask us to pay for this information?

2.) When did you guys at IGN decide to sell your souls?

I challenge you to print my letter. Censor my curse words if you wish, but I
dare you to print my inflammatory letter that condemns all of IGN. Do that,
and I may believe you guys have some kind of integrity.

~Matthew F. Smith
DarkBastion@aol.com

</letter>

Well, that's how I felt.

~Matt

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