Side Quest, Episode 8: When Konami Blacklisted IGN Over Castlevania
Added 2018-01-22 17:09:14 +0000 UTC"Unfair treatment."
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Colin you may not realize, but Jim Sterling started the #fuckonami movement/hashtag during all of his reporting on their actions.
Jason Billingsley
2018-01-26 20:32:36 +0000 UTCYeah Dan, I got all the trophies in LoS2 except for the arena challenges on the hardest difficulty. It was just too difficult and not fun at all
Brock Thomas Walsh
2018-01-23 21:27:39 +0000 UTCI thoroughly enjoyed LoS2 despite it's obvious shortcomings. I just really loved the combat and story enough to push through. I even enjoyed the crappy 3DS game, but neither of them hold a candle to the first
Brock Thomas Walsh
2018-01-23 21:27:03 +0000 UTCI got every achievement in Lords of Shadow, but gave up in the sewers on the sequel.
Don Wagner
2018-01-23 21:25:31 +0000 UTCThe original Lords of Shadow was great. I have no idea, whatsoever, what they were thinking with the sequel.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-23 20:57:51 +0000 UTCThey're already down and out. No need to pile on! =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-23 20:57:25 +0000 UTCA little of both, I'd say.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-23 20:57:15 +0000 UTCI'm glad to hear it! Thank you for watching.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-23 20:57:04 +0000 UTCI like telling these stories!
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-23 20:56:55 +0000 UTCGreat! Now I just gotta figure out what the video is gonna be... =)
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-23 20:56:46 +0000 UTCThank you for watching! I'm glad it resonated with you.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-23 20:56:34 +0000 UTCAnother excellent episode of CLS - Sidequest. The first Lords of Shadow is one of my all time favorite games and my very first platinum trophy! Glad to hear you enjoyed it as well despite the poor treatment from Konami
Brock Thomas Walsh
2018-01-23 16:50:53 +0000 UTCFuck Konami
Joshua Chap
2018-01-23 16:12:30 +0000 UTCDo you view Konami's actions as an attempt to influence reviews (warning to others) or just one guy's (maybe groups) petty vindictive actions?
Chris Holtzer
2018-01-23 03:36:27 +0000 UTCFascinating video Colin! I definitely enjoy the behind the scenes stuff like this.
strawhatninja
2018-01-23 01:36:14 +0000 UTCInside baseball stuff is my favorite aspect to games journalism, it’s always so fascinating, especially now that most people writing about games are turrible.
Michael Ferrari
2018-01-23 01:33:08 +0000 UTCGreat story. Can’t wait for the next video!
Michael Akridge
2018-01-23 01:14:23 +0000 UTCWow, I haven’t been glued to a video like that in quite sometime. Great job! Glad you’re back!
Anton Kaye
2018-01-23 00:51:00 +0000 UTCI'm not keeping up with its development, no. But I'll be all over it when it comes out!
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 23:31:06 +0000 UTCGreat video Colin. Are you still keeping up with Bloodstained? I've never played a Castlevania type game. I'm excited to try it when it comes out.
Jimmy Valentine
2018-01-22 23:24:35 +0000 UTCI gave Konami a day and a half and Mercury Steam and Dave Cox nearly a day to respond. Not even to respond to actual questions or inquiries; merely to say they wanted to comment. If any had responded, I would have delayed the video to include their input. But I've still not heard from any of the parties.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 23:22:48 +0000 UTCI love fascinating 'back' stories. Thanks for sharing, bud. (It sure would have been nice to have them respond, tight?!) But, onwards!) 😉
BettyAnn Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:39:38 +0000 UTCI've still not heard back from anyone I contacted, so I'm not holding out hope.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:12:05 +0000 UTCI'm glad you enjoyed! It's a great relief to finally be able to tell this one.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:11:52 +0000 UTCI have lots of good stories. I'll see what others I can tell as time moves on.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:11:37 +0000 UTCMaybe one day. That's a ton of work!
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:11:20 +0000 UTCThank you! That's very kind of you to say.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:11:10 +0000 UTCI give Kotaku a lot of credit for being totally open and transparent about that.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:10:59 +0000 UTCVery interesting.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:10:41 +0000 UTCThanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:10:34 +0000 UTCThank you!
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:10:26 +0000 UTCThank you. I honestly didn't work with them very much at IGN. This was one of those extended periods of time, though, and they were incredibly petty and unprofessional.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:10:19 +0000 UTCWhere is he?!
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:09:52 +0000 UTCMad Max ruled.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:09:46 +0000 UTCI'm glad you enjoyed!
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:09:38 +0000 UTCYou're very welcome. Thanks for watching!
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:09:30 +0000 UTCThank you! Although I wish I was really talking about Castlevania, and not some unfortunate shit surrounding it. Ah well.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:09:20 +0000 UTCHallelujah!
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:08:55 +0000 UTCGet bitten.
Colin Moriarty
2018-01-22 22:08:44 +0000 UTCVery cool! It's too bad we can't hear comments from the other side
Alec Shaner
2018-01-22 21:46:42 +0000 UTCStories like this are always worth the time it takes to hear them... I mean that as in, the time it takes for them to bubble up to the surface to be ABLE to be told. Thanks! Hope all is well.
Richard Straceski
2018-01-22 20:48:57 +0000 UTCSo cool to hear this story. I’m sure you’re full of stories like this, most of which you probably can’t share. But hope you make more videos like this. So interesting.
Marius Skarsem Pedersen
2018-01-22 20:43:12 +0000 UTCthis is what I'm talkin about. Love hearing these kind of stories. Would you ever consider doing more "History of..." developers? Some of the best game related writing I've ever seen.
Owen
2018-01-22 19:18:18 +0000 UTCColin, this is an incredible piece of journalism. I’m quite taken back with exactly how good this is. Well done.
Anthony Wright
2018-01-22 18:38:38 +0000 UTCAlso Bethesda & Ubisoft have blacklisted Kotaku b/c of Jason Schrier's scoops of finding early info on their games.
Jason Billingsley
2018-01-22 18:10:27 +0000 UTCThe eastern block of Konami blacklisted Jim Sterling & Destructoid around the same time as you, see Jim's video from almost 3 years ago. <a href="https://youtu.be/ynl4sIFazmM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ynl4sIFazmM</a>
Jason Billingsley
2018-01-22 18:09:41 +0000 UTCI could listen to stories like this all day. This is fascinating stuff. Loved the video!
Brent Lindquist
2018-01-22 18:09:33 +0000 UTCThis is quintessential Colin! Great journalism!
Faremis Sound
2018-01-22 18:02:17 +0000 UTCGreat episode and enjoyed the story. Konami in every story about them seems like such a slime ball company.
Eric S
2018-01-22 17:46:53 +0000 UTCThe king is back.
Oakley Waldron
2018-01-22 17:30:35 +0000 UTCHaha, as I remember Colin's review of MGSV, "I'm playing MadMax". Anyways Konami seems to have the attitude, "We're "AAA" how dare you give us a low score."
Erhan Atesoglu
2018-01-22 17:30:20 +0000 UTCthis was fun!
Joey Finelli
2018-01-22 17:28:26 +0000 UTCThat was a great video. Just to hear about a world we all love so much and behind the scenes stuff was awesome. Thank you, as always!
2018-01-22 17:25:07 +0000 UTCIt's been way too long since we last heard you talk about Castlevania. Keep it up, Colin!❤️
Moiz Khan
2018-01-22 17:15:44 +0000 UTCThe heavens have opened, and bestowed upon us a beautiful CLS Side Quest video from a man from Long Island. Praise be to God.
Dylan Manuszak
2018-01-22 17:13:34 +0000 UTCMm, vamps.
Steven Camilo
2018-01-22 17:10:47 +0000 UTC
