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[Aruarian Reflection]

Jessica Chobot is apparently going to be a regular contributor to IGN. For those who don't know, she's the pseudo internet celebrity who got her 15 minutes of fame by licking a PSP. She vehemently flaunts her "girl gamer" personality and is supposedly passionate about the industry. Can someone throw me a rolleyes smilie here?

It's no secret that I'm not a big fan of IGN, although I do like going over there for their high-def videos. But this is ridiculous.

Article in question: http://insider.ign.com/teasers/626/626618.html

 

[thorns]

click me

 

[Yossarian]

this really isn't worth noting.

 

[Akia]

Well the article had Samurai Champloo in it so all is good.

 

[Wario64]

so i guess can we can expect high psp reviews

 

[FiRez]

Is she replacing Matt? :lol :lol

 

[Gahiggidy]

Pro- or anti-nintendo?

 

[Akia]

Pro- or anti-nintendo?

anti

 

[LakeEarth]

So is it actually a woman or is this another 'Fran' situation :lol

 

[masud]

Pro- or anti-nintendo?

Really. This is all that matters.

anti

Booooooo.

 

[Baconäger]

I don't know how they can think this is a good idea.

 

[foobarry81]

click me

Hmm... the PSP was cuter imo.

 

[Amir0x]

JC: And then, Nintendo, I got to go to their press conference. I wasn't too terribly impressed, but it was neat just to see a press conference, and the whole dramatics and theatrics of that whole thing. So that was a lot of fun just from an interest standpoint.

IGN: What do you think of Reggie?

JC: Well, you know, I don't know all that much about him, because I'm not really into following Nintendo to such a degree, but, how do I put it? He was like an infomercial dude. I mean that's kind of the feeling I got from it.

IGN: He's basically Ron Popeil.

JC: Yeah, he's an infomercial guy. I mean, don't sell me Nintendo's bullsh*t, because their display at—I mean I don't know what PlayStation and Xbox [had] because I'm not cool enough to sneak into theirs—but, that little GameBoy Micro? What a piece of crap. Talk about Ikea junk. The first you say… you don't say, "This isn't any new technology, we just gave it a different faceplate and made it smaller." That's so stupid.

IGN: You're passionate about this. I like it.

JC: Oh, I am very passionate with my videogames. That, and then the whole downloading all games into the Revolution. We all know that we can mod our Xboxes and do that anyway. So, what are you bringing to the table? Nothing. The thing looks like a PlayStation, to start off with. So that's that.

Heh.

 

[El_Victor]

I don’t know her, but since she’s with IGN.. I guess she must be a dreadful human being.

 

[SantaC]

JC: Yeah, he's an infomercial guy. I mean, don't sell me Nintendo's bullsh*t, because their display at—I mean I don't know what PlayStation and Xbox [had] because I'm not cool enough to sneak into theirs—but, that little GameBoy Micro? What a piece of crap. Talk about Ikea junk. The first you say… you don't say, "This isn't any new technology, we just gave it a different faceplate and made it smaller." That's so stupid.

Great another objective videogame journalist at IGN. They are only hiring people that can thrash nintendo these days. :lol

 

[shuri]

I'd have to agree with her :|

 

[VictimOfGrief]

Can't wait for Fair and Balanced from her. :lol

 

[Baconäger]

Why was she even being interviewed? Who is she...?

 

[FortNinety]

I know I'm going to get flamed for this, I dunno, but the way that most of the popular girl gamers write and portray themselves would piss me off if I was a member of the opposite sex.

 

[Vibri]

Yeah she's famous for the pic of her licking a PSP. Google search for 'psp licker'.

She was on G4's attack of the show a few weeks back. They did a skit where they blind-folded her and made her identify other hand held systems with just her tongue. :lol She was pretty hot.

 

[Wafflecopter]

I guess if you're not a Ninty fan, you must be a bastard judging from the responses :lol

 

[Firest0rm]

Her face is unappealing, and like she said her opinion is an ass crack and I can already tell it stinks.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

For full access to this article you must be an IGN Insider Member

Oh thank god.

 

[Mihail]

Anyone who sounds so proud of being a "gamer" can't really be a gamer.

 

[VictimOfGrief]

She might be a "gamer" but she's not hardcore....... unless she acts hardcore.....

 

[Ranger X]

She look and sound just like a mandatory-girl-gamer-that-we-need-to-look-cool-and-avant-gardiste-and-bringing-women-into-this-industry-but-in-fact-it-sucks-because-she's-a-whore-and-have-shitty-opinion-not-to-mention-that-she-don't-know-shit-about-videogames-and-play-freecell-sometimes.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Heh.

Gee, that sounds like she'd make a good, unbiased, objective reporter. :lol

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Oh no...she's horrible.

IGN -1 Insider renewal.

 

[thorns]

She might be a "gamer" but she's not hardcore....... unless she acts hardcore.....

he IS hardcore..

 

[Sho Nuff]

She calls herself "Hatsumi," I wonder if she DAI SUKIS ANIMU???

 

[Amir0x]

Gee, that sounds like she'd make a good, unbiased, objective reporter. :lol

Come on, who doesn't think the Revolution looks like a PlayStation? The GBA Micro comment WAS a bit far-fetched, though!

 

[Dr_Cogent]

Start a thread when she gets naked. Until then, I'm not interested.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Gee, that sounds like she'd make a good, unbiased, objective reporter. :lol

Oh yeah, there actually exist gamers/reporters who are completely unbiased and treat every system equally. HAW HAW HAW HAW!

 

[Amir0x]

Oh yeah, there actually exist gamers/reporters who are completely unbiased and treat every system equally. HAW HAW HAW HAW!

Oh, they exist.

IN LAZYTOWN!

 

[solarplexus]

Jessica Chobot

:lol I read Jeremy Robard... played to much GTA Vice City.

 

[nightez]

Judging from that that interview this girl knows nothing about video games. Those are the type of responses you'll off a casual gamer, thats misinformed.

 

[Firest0rm]

Oh, they exist.

IN LAZYTOWN!

I love that show, its fun and refreshing to watch in the morning before going to university!

 

[Catchpenny]

Not that hot. And IGN sucks, but you already knew that.

 

[fennec fox]

I still miss Mary Jane Irwin and her FFCC review.

I also know that not everyone may enjoy Ivan Sulic's writing, but rest assured he can beat all of you in poker and drink you under the table in 20 minutes.

 

[Agent Dormer]

I know I'm going to get flamed for this, I dunno, but the way that most of the popular girl gamers write and portray themselves would piss me off if I was a member of the opposite sex.

Agreed.

 

[Agent Dormer]

I still miss Mary Jane Irwin and her FFCC review.

I also know that not everyone may enjoy Ivan Sulic's writing, but rest assured he can beat all of you in poker and drink you under the table in 20 minutes.

Man, if his writing was as good as his drinking and poker skills, we'd be looking at the first game journalist up for the Nobel prize!

 

[Jonnyram]

What the hell is a Chobot? Is it a new variant of Pokemon?

 

[Agent Dormer]

What the hell is a Chobot? Is it a new variant of Pokemon?

It's the evolved form of biased-journalist.

 

[Sp3eD]

Wow another boring corperate game girl puppet for the nerds to salivate over.....how shocking :rolleyes

 

[AirBrian]

ZOMG A GIRL WHO PLAYS TEH GAMES!!!111

 

[Attack You]

After reading that article linked in the first post, I feel a little sick. Must've gotten a good whiff of her "opinion." :\

 

[Ruzbeh]

Uh.

Really. This is all that matters.

Booooooo.

Oh no...she's horrible.

IGN -1 Insider renewal.

Start a thread when she gets naked. Until then, I'm not interested.

Not that hot. And IGN sucks, but you already knew that.

I have nothing to add!

 

[Mashing]

Great another objective videogame journalist at IGN. They are only hiring people that can thrash nintendo these days. :lol

Heh, that's okay though... Nintendo can pretty much leave them out of hte loop and they'll lose A LOT (I think Nintendo fans are the largest group on the forums) of their subscribers eventually.

They'll probably change once their pocketbook starts getting a hit

 

[123rl]

—I mean I don't know what PlayStation and Xbox [had] because I'm not cool enough to sneak into theirs

Oh dear...she's one of those people who call Sony "Playstation" and Microsoft get called "Xbox".

 

[Donnie]

Some of the things that girl comes out with aren't fit for a 12 year old TeamXBox troll. She loves Playstation, yet she thinks Revolution is crap because "it looks like a Playstation". Which is not only so contradictory and mind numbingly stupid that it causes my head to hurt but is also utterly wrong since Rev looks nothing like any Playstation system. Incredibly thats pretty much her most intelligent comment as well. I can only guess that her brain must have rotted away through lack of use leaving only stale air behind..

The fact that IGN have hired this fool to write articles is the last straw for me. Bye bye IGN subscription, you won't be missed.