Comments on: Minus 50 You-know-what, Kotaku

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2006 12:39:36 +0000

I just thought I'd point out, he only claims “intercourse” and doesn't specify what kind. That could be talking, and is probably accurate.

By: Krones

Krones — Tue, 23 May 2006 17:00:41 +0000

Amber, you have never been more blinded by insipid shit during your adventures in blogerati.
I’m on the same wave-length as Dom. The piece was one of the more enthralling reads I have viewed on Kotaku as of late, albeit in the fucked up sense. As for Dives, he is a mouth breathing douchebag, he is not a comedic genius, and I’m not surprised by his fame for being hilariously retarded considering the echelon of inept worshippers like Ax who gravitate and live for a similar mentality.
Kotaku tends to be an annoying e-zine cock stroking rag for the likes of Reggie and Cliffy B, not too mention the majority of their actual news content is horrendous. I used to enjoy my daily visit to Kotaku, but when more contributors jumped onboard to keep up with demand the content drastically shifted to quantity over quality and my brain cells vaporize every time I check back in.
Dives’ belt would go well with your yellow poncho of justice.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 23 May 2006 06:09:05 +0000

Hey, you have detractors now! You've arrived!

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 22 May 2006 22:48:02 +0000

I agree with you that the interview was a bizarre and fairly pointless choice of column inches, however, I would never expect anything else from Kotaku. Indeed, I actually thought it was one of the most interesting and entertaining entries I'd ever read from that site. I'm used to being genuinely pained when I read Kotaku, wincing at the asinine subjectivism and opinionated drivel they usually publish. And I use the word “publish” very lightly by the way, because the last thing I consider Kotaku to be is a respectable journalism site that should vet its entries, which is presumably what you view them as judging by your post. I never really did understand why people viewed them as anything other than lowest common denominator pandering.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 22 May 2006 21:13:48 +0000

Actually, I don't think that interview is a waste of ink. I remember back in the late 80s, when gang violence made top headlines in LA, a few intrepid journalist would go and interview gang members or leaders. The resulting interview was far from an academic discourse or grandly insightful. However, it was always thought-provoking as I would engage in a psychological and socio-economic evaluation of what caused these guys to be this way.
I'm going to give Kotaku the benefit of the doubt here and not assume they did this because it catered to the fanboys of WoW but rather to the mainstream gamer population that doesn't know about these guys. Sure, this guy is probably worthless in general society but the fact that in WoW he's a leader figure is indicative of something that should be explored further. To check the health of something, you sometimes have to poke around at the crap that comes out of it.

By: benro

benro — Mon, 22 May 2006 20:31:09 +0000

Erm, if he's so irrelevant, how did he get you to waste an entire blog entry on him? Kotaku only cares how many hits he brings, and your underhanded promotion may help make him a regular feature..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:46:03 +0000

you will prob delete this but o well
sad that you always have to pick on wow players. i notice you never pick on daoc players or whatever other carebear game you play. always you pick on the wow players tho. diver is a funny guy, funnyer than you even on your best day. but no he plays wow and almighty amber night cant let a wow player be funny. just chill

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 22 May 2006 15:53:51 +0000

“Welcome to my lunch break.”
Erm… but you're American? It's a well documented fact that Americans can't hold their drink and that drinking at lunch is frowned upon.

By: Jpoku

Jpoku — Mon, 22 May 2006 15:34:47 +0000

“Things are never so bad they can't be made worse…” …by bad interviews.