Comments on: When Bloggers Attack (Each Other) http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/ GameStooge: Just another Game weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: PSN Store Update: More Demos, Calling All Cars Sale | Game Stooge http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-6421 PSN Store Update: More Demos, Calling All Cars Sale | Game Stooge Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:47:43 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-6421 [...] of note is that David Jaffe’s latest controversial effort, Calling All Cars has a temporary price reduction (aka sale) at $4.99 until October 25, 2007. If [...] [...] of note is that David Jaffe’s latest controversial effort, Calling All Cars has a temporary price reduction (aka sale) at $4.99 until October 25, 2007. If [...]

]]> By: Sony Calls All Cars Onto PSP | Game Stooge http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-4682 Sony Calls All Cars Onto PSP | Game Stooge Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:19:41 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-4682 [...] God of War director David Jaffe sparked the media’s buzz due to review score controversy surrounding his PSN entry title, and now Calling All Cars is gassing up for a second trip on the [...] [...] God of War director David Jaffe sparked the media’s buzz due to review score controversy surrounding his PSN entry title, and now Calling All Cars is gassing up for a second trip on the [...]

]]> By: Game Stooge » This Week In Downloadables: May 6 - May 12: The most up to date gaming and tech news blog on the planet. http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-3067 Game Stooge » This Week In Downloadables: May 6 - May 12: The most up to date gaming and tech news blog on the planet. Sun, 13 May 2007 18:14:49 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-3067 [...] All Cars! That’s right. After a little debacle involving blog to blog and developer to reviewer battling, David Jaffe’s long awaited Playstation Network title [...] [...] All Cars! That’s right. After a little debacle involving blog to blog and developer to reviewer battling, David Jaffe’s long awaited Playstation Network title [...]

]]> By: Tom http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2941 Tom Mon, 07 May 2007 20:20:12 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2941 Kat: Anyone who writes has a massive ego because you're saying "hey, what I say is important enough for you to listen to!" Amateurs in general and bloggers in particular tend to be the most egocentric in their "work" because they're not getting paid for what they do. The blog is what makes them feel important and it's the domain over which they have control. Once you start getting paid for writing, though, your perception changes from "I'm important and under appreciated!" to "this is my job and, really, it's just like any other job." You stop being as full of yourself because the validation is in the form of money. Also, the past few decades have given people the mistaken belief that they are somehow important and the preponderance of absurd and generally useless web 2.0 gadgets only bolster that misconception. Case in point: No, I don't want to listen to your podcast because you're boring. See also: No, I don't want to go to your MySpace page because I, and everyone else in the world, have also been through puberty. Kat:

Anyone who writes has a massive ego because you’re saying “hey, what I say is important enough for you to listen to!”

Amateurs in general and bloggers in particular tend to be the most egocentric in their “work” because they’re not getting paid for what they do. The blog is what makes them feel important and it’s the domain over which they have control. Once you start getting paid for writing, though, your perception changes from “I’m important and under appreciated!” to “this is my job and, really, it’s just like any other job.” You stop being as full of yourself because the validation is in the form of money.

Also, the past few decades have given people the mistaken belief that they are somehow important and the preponderance of absurd and generally useless web 2.0 gadgets only bolster that misconception. Case in point: No, I don’t want to listen to your podcast because you’re boring. See also: No, I don’t want to go to your MySpace page because I, and everyone else in the world, have also been through puberty.

]]> By: jonahfalcon http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2924 jonahfalcon Mon, 07 May 2007 00:01:17 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2924 The thing is, you should name them anyway. The thing is, you should name them anyway.

]]> By: Derrick Schommer http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2923 Derrick Schommer Sun, 06 May 2007 23:55:18 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2923 A good example: http://criminalcrackdown.blogspot.com/ And the response: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/jaffe-swears-off-blogging-was-it-something-we-said/ A few others exist, but I don't have historical links for them offhand. A good example:

http://criminalcrackdown.blogspot.com/
And the response: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/02/jaffe-swears-off-blogging-was-it-something-we-said/

A few others exist, but I don’t have historical links for them offhand.

]]> By: jonahfalcon http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2921 jonahfalcon Sun, 06 May 2007 20:53:25 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2921 Any examples, Derrick? Any examples, Derrick?

]]> By: Kat http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2919 Kat Sun, 06 May 2007 19:20:25 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2919 I'm not an agressive sort, but some of those big blogs have bloggers that are full of themselves. I’m not an agressive sort, but some of those big blogs have bloggers that are full of themselves.

]]> By: Derrick Schommer http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2918 Derrick Schommer Sun, 06 May 2007 18:48:53 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2918 Yep, pretty much. Blogging is the trendy thing to do, and it's fun. Plus, if you're good, people see your stuff. However, with the good comes the bad :) Yep, pretty much. Blogging is the trendy thing to do, and it’s fun. Plus, if you’re good, people see your stuff.

However, with the good comes the bad :)

]]> By: DEEP_NNN http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2917 DEEP_NNN Sun, 06 May 2007 18:23:53 +0000 http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/05/06/when-bloggers-attack-each-other/#comment-2917 I'm a little disappointed with the blogosphere these days. The flame wars aside, there are too many blogs, too many choices, too many repeated articles and too many links to sites with links to sites. Often I just want a simple solution like one good place for news and direct links the newsworthy article. I fully understand that 99.99% of bloggers are amateurs. Still, there seems to be basic ethics missing in they're methods. I’m a little disappointed with the blogosphere these days. The flame wars aside, there are too many blogs, too many choices, too many repeated articles and too many links to sites with links to sites. Often I just want a simple solution like one good place for news and direct links the newsworthy article.

I fully understand that 99.99% of bloggers are amateurs. Still, there seems to be basic ethics missing in they’re methods.

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