Ultimately, Redner defends his position, telling readers that he never actually threatened to blacklist any reviewers – that word came up in a Wired story recounting his comments. He attempts to differentiate “blacklisting” from what he calls “a selection process,” and in the process, weakens his own argument.
This is the same guy that threatened reviewers last week with not getting review units if they post negative reviews. Unfortunately, he felt the need to explain himself.
Duke Nukem PR guy would have been better off staying quiet | ZDNet Gamification
I can see this happening a lot with game consoles. That dangerous link between PR and advertising is still too thin in some cases. What I don’t understand is why the guy goes public like that—in the future it will be more about him and not about the game being promoted… if he ever gets hired again
Like RIM, this guy keeps digging himself deeper. A match made in heaven?
What happened with leaving a product to stand on it’s own merits. Personally, I don’t care for shooter games, much less this title, but even the fervent fans are calling this an underwhelm release, and that is being generous. So in other words, this guy thinks that by silencing the critics his title will do good? Maybe so, but not for long.