Lucky me! If it turns out this is a scam, I apologize in advance, but it sure feels legit. It was Seems like the new Gizmodo owners are trying to squeeze every penny they can out of their investment, including hiring a firm to cold call anyone they write about. Oh, and they spelled my name wrong in their sales email to me.įuck it. Just $1,500 for the opportunity to quote their review on a single website and THREE social media platforms, for one year.
#Kotaku personal nightmare license#
On his personal Twitter page, Bochenek, seemingly shocked by the audacity of Kotaku’s request, detailed how the gaming news site “hit me up to ask me if I would like to pay them to license their review for marketing purposes.”Ī certain popular video game website wrote a negative review of a game I directed…and then hit me up to ask me if I would like to pay them to license their review for marketing purposes! Is that normal? Never heard of games websites writing reviews then asking for money. The accusation against Kotaku was first leveled against them by Alexei Bochenek, the Creative Director, Game Director, and Narrative Designer at Psyop, the “ multi-disciplinary studio” that developed the recent KFC themed dating simulator, I Love You, Colonel Sanders!. The popular gaming news outlet Kotaku has been accused of charging a developer $1,500 to license quotes from their negative review of a game for limited marketing purposes. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window).
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