“The game follows students at an academy whose peaceful lives are overturned after their country's boarders are invaded.”
–Kotaku.
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Comments (18)
Pulling this stuff from Kotaku and IGN seems too easy.
Posted by Steve | August 25, 2008 10:19 AM
Posted on August 25, 2008 10:19
“Everyday I mark the calender because it is one day closer to the release of the this game.”
–Kotaku.
“Hey at least come October you won't have to play the game your knees.”
–Kotaku.
Well, maybe you’re right. Should I stop?
Posted by Matthew | August 25, 2008 5:45 PM
Posted on August 25, 2008 17:45
Editors! They need them!
Posted by colquitt | August 25, 2008 7:34 PM
Posted on August 25, 2008 19:34
Let me get this straight - you're suggesting that Kotaku has bad writers?
Nooooooooooo. Really?
Posted by Merus | August 25, 2008 11:11 PM
Posted on August 25, 2008 23:11
"As we said this morning whether you are a fan of these two games or not, it's pretty hard to under appreciate how incredible their cinematic sequences are."
-Kotaku
"In this new This is Vegas trailer we get to see some of the awesome visuals they are working on for the game. I know GTA has covered this to some respect but it will be interesting to see an entire game built around this theme. Regardless, This is Vegas will do just that allowing you to make VIP connections at the hottest clubs or race cars on the underground circuit."
-Kotaku
Steve might be right, though.
Posted by Alex | August 25, 2008 11:43 PM
Posted on August 25, 2008 23:43
Too easy? Well, perhaps. It's still amusing even basic English is out of their grasp. At least they use a spellchecker sometimes.
It is a good idea though, I mean, even if they never read this, letting people know the site has abysmal editing quality goes a long way to hopefully changing that in the future, or just letting people know it's not changing so don't bother with the site in the first place I guess. Either way, win win!
Posted by Andrew | August 26, 2008 4:36 AM
Posted on August 26, 2008 04:36
The problem with games "journalism" is that it isn't "written" by "journalists." From what I understand three-fourths of "gaming journalists" do not have a degree in journalism. Hell, I would imagine that most of them never went to college.
And then these same folks bitch and moan about how gaming journalism isn't taken seriously. NO SHIT!
I know it is expensive, and I know that being a communications major means having to deal with public relations dipshits (broad generalization be damned), but the truth is a blog doth not a journalist make.
Posted by colquitt | August 26, 2008 10:43 AM
Posted on August 26, 2008 10:43
You honestly believe that 25% of them have journalism degrees?
Posted by Steve | August 28, 2008 12:15 AM
Posted on August 28, 2008 00:15
Well, no. I was trying to be nice.
Posted by colquitt | August 28, 2008 8:12 PM
Posted on August 28, 2008 20:12
Hello. I consider myself to not be a complete moron, and I am having a hard time determining what is so awful about this sentence. I went to college but not to journalism school, so I guess that might explain my apparent stupidity. Besides being generally awkward, could someone explain to me why the sentence is an apotheosis of suck?
Posted by newb | September 14, 2008 10:27 PM
Posted on September 14, 2008 22:27
It’s a simple typo, boarders for borders. That in itself is not the “apotheosis of suck,” but these kinds of mistakes are so frequent and pervasive on Kotaku that I suspect they care very little. That is why it is bad writing.
Posted by Matthew | September 15, 2008 8:07 AM
Posted on September 15, 2008 08:07
Ok, so it's a spelling mistake.
It is however symptomatic of a wider malaise that has swept through the "printed word" industry - an over-reliance on spellchecker software and a corresponding under-reliance on knowledge and training that should allow writers to note the difference in meaning for two (correctly spelt) words. I mean, we see this kind of thing in newspapers, where "professionals" will write hilarious statements about lotto winners "coming into a lot of Mullah" (sic)
Game reviewers, bloggers, etc are easy targets because nobody seriously expects them to have any qualifications at all other than a willingness to eat ground glass to get close to the glamorous industry of their choice. Regrettably, we're willing to attack the straw men of our own creation rather than say "we're so sensitive about this kind of thing because we earnestly wish people would take our work / chosen hobby seriously".
let's just own up and say we expected more and better from the public mouthpieces than what we're getting, yeah?
Posted by arash mohebbi | September 28, 2008 11:09 PM
Posted on September 28, 2008 23:09
"(correctly spelt)"
I'm sorry, but if you're going to go off and rant about grammar and whatnot, you might as make sure yours is correct, too.
I'm not quite sure I understand how an ancient type of wheat fits in with that though...
Posted by Sorry, mate | October 25, 2008 12:42 PM
Posted on October 25, 2008 12:42
“Spelt” is a valid British past tense of spell (cf. “learnt” and others). There’s a fine line between righteousness and pedantry.
Posted by Matthew | October 25, 2008 1:45 PM
Posted on October 25, 2008 13:45
Starting a sentence with "the" is very awkward and I, seriously, doubt that it is correct grammar. Another error is that one should flank semiparenthetical statements with commas, i.e, “This game follows students, at an academy, whose peaceful lives are overturned after their country's boarders are invaded.”
Posted by obdurate hater of rhythm games | November 26, 2008 12:08 PM
Posted on November 26, 2008 12:08
The quality of the spelling and grammar in the posts hereabove is at times quite ironic. Sadly this is probably unintentional.
Posted by Roel | November 29, 2008 10:53 AM
Posted on November 29, 2008 10:53
Maybe we have an enemy who is very specific in their hate of boarders?
The academy students may be boarders themselves and thus strongly identify with their fellow countrymen who are apparently being violated...somehow*.
*I don't know how boarders can be "invaded" when they typically don't own the place they're staying in. Maybe they're just being kicked out.
What an interesting concept for a game.
Posted by Rick | December 5, 2008 3:05 PM
Posted on December 5, 2008 15:05
It bothers me that I can find so many basic spelling mistakes on Kotaku with such frequency. Apparently they have editors, but I don't know what they're doing.
What bothers me even more is that they can clearly read their own headlines and purposefully choose not to correct their own mistakes. So they're either lazy, or incompetent.
Too bad, a lot of their content is pretty enjoyable.
Posted by latecomer | June 11, 2009 3:41 PM
Posted on June 11, 2009 15:41