UPDATE: DESTRUCTOID REPOSTS CRAPPY REVIEW
A few weeks ago I mistakenly associated Ron Workman with Destructoid, an error that probably made him throw up a little bit in his mouth. He left the site a while ago due to ethical concerns. I never paid much attention to Destructoid because their site is so crammed with user generated nonsense that I've never felt motivated to try to make sense of any of it.
Anyway, I've since developed a minor crush on the guy, being that he shares my inability to stomach amateur journalism from soul-crushingly profitable mainstream sites. Yesterday he took Destructoid's Jim Sterling to task for an unforgivably terrible review (Please don't watch the video, it's a terrible Zero Punctuation rip, complete with overwrought metaphor and overused vulgarity). Sterling gives the game a safe 7.0. Problem is, he never really played the game.
As Ron points out:
After reading Jim Sterlings review of Halo Wars, I was convinced he virtually didn’t even play the game. Then, someone at the party this weekend was smart enough to look up his in depth game stats. He didn’t even finish chapter 3 or anything past it, never played multiplayer (Which is basically the point) and could have made it through what he did in an hour or two at most.
Sounds pretty typical for mainstream reviewers. What's worse, he didn't even bother to address many of the points that you might expect from an RTS review. Balance? Resource management? Potential for game-breaking strategies? No. He uses the review as a platform for unfunny dick jokes and pompous anti-Halo commentary. Here's the response from Jim:
I know, and I knew this would happen before I even wrote the review. Ron Workman doesn’t like me, and he’ll do these things… I don’t need to encourage a bunch of teenagers and an old man who should know better.
I think the facts speak for themselves. This amateur pulled a review out of his butt, got caught red handed, and hid behind ad hominem attacks rather than even bothering to defend his integrity. Thank you Ron, for refusing to let up on these people.
Related Links:
Facepalm: Crispy Gamer
Facepalm: Crispy Gamer Pt. 2
Destructoid's Ron Workman Punks Gaming Journos