Wow. I mean, wow.

I've seen media channels self-destruct before, and it's never pretty.

Today saw the announcement of the Playstation 3. Now, I'm no big fan of PS2 and it's many technical flaws, or the way Sony overhyped it to all hell and convinced a generation of ADD children that it was going to be the greatest thing ever (SEE TRIP+PRINTING PRESS). But I feel this way based on a number of rational facts that I'd be happy to share with anyone who cares to listen.

However, this is a new console, and I am nothing if not open minded. So I'll be the first to admit, technically, it looks like a winner. Strong architecture, keen practical design, USB,firewire, bluetooth support, etc. Lots of connectivity with the PSP, which is cool. All in all a much better entry into the competition then the rushed out piece of junk that they churned out a few years ago.

But I'm not really here to talk about the PS3. I'm here to talk about the IDIOCY that's going on right now over at IGN.

Within moments of the system's announcement, they have lied about release date announcements ("Next year" is not a release date, people), and pretended that the system's existence and name are some form of suprise. (Playstation 3 is real, baby!) Atop that, they've lauded tech demos (the worst product of hype machines in the history of the world) and even turned one into a rumor of a game, then immediately backed away from the rumor before you could even blink.

They also posted a two month old news story as if it were something new.

While I'm sure that the "Super Gory Wolfensdtein Style FPS" by Insomniac (to their credit they corrected the typo) will be thrilling, As is often the case I don't know that the frantic rush to deliver the news NOW NOW NOW is the best way to enthuse people about the system.

Now, because of IGN's stunning professionalism, for the next twelve months I'm going to have to fend off people who "heard they're remaking FFVII on PS3".

Edit:

Dear lord. And I thought IGNPS3 was bad...But this is just -sad-.