Writers' Attempt At Satire Sets Gaming Journalism Back

Being a writer takes a lot of creativity and understanding of the language. A good article is devoid of factual errors, zero misspellings and, if satirical, written in good taste. But every so often an author neglects these "guidelines" and, in the case of gamerhelp.com's article "Your favorite video game characters unmasked" feature, the author(s) shame gaming journalism by trying to use tasteless insults. Readers on the site and on Digg.com left many negative feedback about one particular comment about Catherine Disher, the actress behind the voice of Resident Evil heroine, Jill Valentine. We did censor for profanity, but we left the gist of it so you can figure out what the author meant when he wrote:

This lardy b**** is a testament to the fact that just because the chick sounds hot on the phone, doesn't mean she is. But hey, don't get us wrong--we'd still pork this piggy... and then tell our friends that we did it with Jill Valentine!"

Although we here at SS don't want to promote this type of writing, it would benefit more to show what "crappy"writing is all about. Now I know that this is my opinion and I shouldn't judge another writer's style, but these guys successfully set gaming journalism down a peg or two. And with all the heat from the Gamespot incident, any credibility and integrity a site can maintained is very valuable.

- R

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