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I read this over the weekend and was a bit suprised by the lack of reaction/threads from the EG readers. From here "Amazingly, if predictably, the whole story is completely bogus. Not only that, but the author of the stories never even bothered to contact Eidos or NewsCorp. As an Eidos executive put it to SPOnG today, “We read this and were astounded. We had no contact from the journalist who wrote the story and we are still laughing about what we read.” It would seem that Eidos especially liked the section in which the site claimed, “…tell-tale signs at the firm's offices - specifically a hiring freeze across the company, and reports that development studios have been told to prepare presentations on each of their projects for the new owners.” Speaking exclusively to SPOnG this afternoon, NewsCorp’s New York office sought to slam the false buyout rumours. “Okay, so whoever it was who ran this piece never called us to ask about it. Not once. I thought that’s what journalists are supposed to do. Isn’t it? Furthermore, he didn’t even call us after the event. To this day we have never had any contact. So to put a piece to press confirming such a deal amazed me and my colleagues. I’d be interested to know if the so called source for any such ‘news’ had been trading Eidos shares,” a dark and cynical shadow to cast across games news reporting. “It’s total horseshit. We’ve been laughing about it internally for the past few days," our NewsCorp contact continued. "In fact, the funniest thing is, we’ve never held any kind of talks with Eidos. It’s so far off the mark as to be the kind of piece that leads us to believe that something is wrong in games reporting.” Indeed, taking a cue from the self-agrandising domain name the site goes under, many other sites took its word as gospel and perpetuated the rumour without sparing a moment to consider the story's authenticity. " |
Spong having a go.
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ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Obviously nobody reads Spong. :-D
It's a bit rich, though - coming as it does from the site with the highest 'bullshit to reality' ratio on the web. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoBlerk wrote:
Obviously nobody reads Spong. :-D
Or the news stories on eg. I posted the same thing on Saturday in the News corp denial story. -
So Gi.biz posted something that was incorrect, then Spong pointed it out. Or am I reading this wrong? Any word from GI? -
Shinji 5,902 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWe had a read of that, and a chuckle. We're obviously not going to dignify it with a response. They're free to pursue their odd little vendetta as they please .gif)
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Captain-Fetid 659 posts
Registered 17 years agoHmmm. I would like to know more, please -
ralphwolfenstein 1,038 posts
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Registered 19 years agoShinji (in muffled voice):Hi Spong? This is Nintendo - we'd like to tell you about GBA2...
Spong (excitedly, sniffing an exclusive): Really? Wait, isn't that Eurogamer's area code? And doesn't your voice sound familiar?
Shinji (struggling to control laughter):No, it's really us. Now listen carefully - GBA2 will be released this year, and it'll be GameCube compatible - are you getting this?
Spong (scribbling frantically): MEGATON!!!!!! HOLD TEH FRONT PAGE!
Shinji: And remember - we're telling you first because we admire your journalistic integrity so much...
Spong: You guys rock! Wow! A real exclusive! That'll show them... -
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Y'know, I've heard from a mate's cousin's ringtone that the new PS3 is going to be powered by badgers.
Yeah, that's right.
Several generations ahead of Microsoft's ferret-based render pipe.... -
Fucking hell eh, pot kettle black or what. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoIts not the first time either. The last bit of spong having a go was a lot lighter tho. This one seems a bit OTT - don't these type of things normally stay behind the scenes?
I wonder why? Professional jealousy, spurned advances, a disputed review score, shinjis new piccie
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marilena 8,238 posts
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Registered 18 years agossuellid wrote:
I wonder why? Professional jealousy, spurned advances, a disputed review score, shinjis new piccie
If it's a picture change that started the hate, it must be Tom's. You can be that pretty and not have enemies. -
Tiger_Walts 16,674 posts
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Registered 19 years agossuellid wrote:
I wonder why? Professional jealousy, spurned advances, a disputed review score, shinjis new piccie
Shinji: Hi, this is Eurogamer
Spong: Hi, Spong here
Shinji: Fucks sake, not you again. What are you moaning about this time?
Spong: Nothing, I promise to play nice... real nice... or bad.
Shinji: ...wha..?
Spong: ...
Shinji: Look, we're busy not updating the site, what do you want?
Spong: Just saying hi... what are you wearing?
Shinji: *CLICK*BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR* -
pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMy Nan's got a mincing maching made by Spong Inc.
Says it all..
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ralphwolfenstein 1,038 posts
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Registered 19 years agoRetroid wrote:
Y'know, I've heard from a mate's cousin's ringtone that the new PS3 is going to be powered by badgers.
Yeah, that's right.
Several generations ahead of Microsoft's ferret-based render pipe....
Someone put a badger in my fridge once. Forgive me if I've mentioned this before... -
ralphwolfenstein wrote:
Retroid wrote:
Y'know, I've heard from a mate's cousin's ringtone that the new PS3 is going to be powered by badgers.
Yeah, that's right.
Several generations ahead of Microsoft's ferret-based render pipe....
Someone put a badger in my fridge once. Forgive me if I've mentioned this before...
Don't worry, doesn't mean you're gay, mate!
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