Nevflinn

Thank you so much for doing this AMA, Alistair. It's a godsend for people like me who want to get to the issue.

Keywords among those asking for reform from gaming news sites are 'transparency' and 'disclosure'. However, I watched a live stream with Erik Kain where he argued that more should come about than just disclosure, as a dishonest deal that you're up front about is still a dishonest deal. The example he used, IIRC, was journalists constantly being invited over by companies to conventions to do their reporting.

What is your take on it? Is it really enough for a journalist to be fully transparent?

How difficult was it to get help with this project? Did the artist, the vocalists and other performers take serious coaxing with more than one refusals, or did some of them jump at the chance?

Either way, I'm thankful for their part in such an enthralling album.

In the Gamergate Crush chat, "ep1", Greg Tito suggested the idea of an ombudsman in the gaming media. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmosgPNXmNc

I'd get you a timestamp for that, but I can't actually view the video from the PC I'm at right now. What do you think of this idea?

Are there any sites or journalists which you take issue with, or have strongly disagreed with in the past? Do you feel like game journalists and sites should challenge each other publically more often?