IGN and Zero Punctuation

[bcranwell]

I went on IGN today and noticed an article about Yahtzee's Dragon Age 2 review. When I went to read what they had to say, all they had was a little blurb saying that it was funny and the video. I'm wondering what you guys think about this. Are they just using other content to get more views?
http://pc.ign.com/articles/115/1158561p1.html

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

What is the point of doing that?

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

if anything you're only playing into their hands by linking them
buttt im not sure the escapist would mind, if people find it funny, they might check the site for more ZP, then eventually they might look at more stuff on the site aswell = more money for the escapist

 

[InfiniteJacuzzi]

Who even goes on IGN? That's so '00.

 

[BreakfastMan]

It just seems like free advertising for the Escapist, which is probably a good thing. I see no issues with it, though it does seem a little strange.

 

[jono793]

Are they just using other content to get more views?
http://pc.ign.com/articles/115/1158561p1.html

Probably, but that practise is so prolific on the internet it isn't even worth citing examples. Heck, even this website hotlinks to other website's copy.

 

[Zaik]

It's a slow news day for them, it's not really an unusual thing to do when you have to make x number of news posts per day.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I'm too busy trying to figure out why I should even care.

 

[Irridium]

And that sums up my opinion.

 

[WrongSprite]

Meh, the majority of our News articles come from other sites, it's how we get them. They've linked the escapist, so there's no issue.

 

[Radeonx]

I don't really care.
I mean, every site does it. The Huffington Post had a dedicated Stephen Colbert section that stole clips from his website and archived them for people to view.

I doubly don't care because I don't care about Zero Punctuation in the slightest.

 

[Snowalker]

I'm too busy trying to figure out why I should even care.

I'm confused why you bothered posting if you're too busy...


I mean, hell, I don't care, but I'm not in a hurry either.. if I was, I wouldn't post.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

They are

a) feeding off the Dragon Age 2 hate

b) bringing new people here

No harm done I guess!