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Electronic Gaming Monthly Gets Sassy

Long time no see, guys.

Got a piece of gaming news, don't think it's been posted here yet (ran a quick search to be doubly sure, but if it has been, my apologies).

I quote the following:

Quote:

http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=156754

Electronic Gaming Monthly photochopped a picture of Russian soldiers holding photographs of their fallen comrades and used it in an article on an upcoming game.

One of the posters on the gunsnet forums is Russian and naturally took offense and pointed out what was going on.

Altered image:
http://www.gunsnet.net/album/uploads//6673/f.jpg

Original image:
http://www.gunsnet.net/album/data//500/6673f2.jpg

After getting flak for committing such a tasteless act, do EGM and Ziff Davis immediately apologize?

No. Instead they send a cease and desist letter to the BBS.

http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showth...0&pagenumber=1

Apparently the legal department at ZD doesn't realize that one of the principal commandments of running a business is not to piss off your customer base. :rolleyes:

Watcha guys think? Just heard this over at the Wing Commander CIC.

Personally I ain't touching EGM's magazines at all after hearing this. Threatening customers you've offended with a parody is really uncouth.

That parody is very tasteless and irreverent; I'm surprised that EGM didn't parody 9/11 after seeing this. And I don't know why they threatened the guy over a simple complaint. My opinion of EGM dropped a lot today.

Which issue was that in?

The boycott is on...

But, I like EGM...

THERE IS NO GOD!

Or maybe there is, and he's playing a sick joke on me.

All those links are dead.

Dead links, huh? Odd, as I was just there a couple hours ago. Conspiracy?

I think there is, because I saw all of those sites a little while ago, and that was abysmal that they would do what they did. I really like EGM and buy their mag almost every month, but I won't be getting another copy unless they apolagize for this.

Or it could be that their server crashed. They had well over 1000 users online when I was there.

EDIT: Nevermind. Site's back up.

...I am speechless. How could they...why... I am seriously on the verge of tears over this. Insulting those soldiers by replacing pictures of their dead friends with pictures of f***ing games?!?! I never liked EGM, but this...this is just wrong. My god, horrible bass turds.