Talk:Ben Judd

Speedy Deletion Contested
I contest this SD mainly because while he might not be as Popular as Hideo Kojima, He is doing a big project that well over a few 1000 people have been waiting for. He is pretty much in charge of the New Bionic Commando and ask any hardcore fan of Capcom and while he might not be notable as the other Ben Judd who I personally never heard of on this site he is notable for taking on this project and succeeding with Bionic Commando Rearmed and has a chance of possibly making a good update to the series with the Next-Gen Bionic Commando which without him overseeing the project might have fell through months ago, he is personally in Sweden over looking the development cycle and has been over the last month with the exception of the recent tokyo game show. Vault9Dweller (talk) 08:09, 22 October 2008 (UTC) Oh yes one more note it's already recognized under the WP:VG Section as being relevant even though it is low and if you allow this page to stay I'll police it more often and ask people to cite sources moreVault9Dweller (talk) 08:33, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I have declined the speedy deletion because notability as a video game producer is weakly asserted, and because gnews hits exist that do seem to focus on him. It may well be that this article would not survive an AfD discussion but I'm not suggesting that it be nominated.


 * As it stands now, this article does need serious help; it is full of peacock wording and POV that is inappropriate for an encyclopedic article. Frank  |  talk  15:28, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Those peacock wording have been eliminated if you check the article and all what I can see as POV has been taken out.Vault9Dweller (talk) 19:05, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The article has been edited for grammar and spelling. Unnecessary information has been removed. This is a worthy Wikipedia entry because if you are a gamer who follows the industry on a daily basis, you would understand that Japanese companies are in general not taking Capcom's approach. Capcom has had significant success in the West and it's only growing. Ben Judd is a big factor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.210.197 (talk) 10:16, 31 October 2008 (UTC)


 * proper searching in Google News will result in updated articles pertaining to Ben Judd. His significance cannot be contested. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&nolr=1&q=ben+judd+capcom&btnG=Search —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.210.197 (talk) 10:19, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

The picture
Has anyone else noticed the shower-head over his left shoulder?

If that really is Ben Judd, is low-resolution photo of him getting out of the shower really the best for this article? It makes this page look even more like a hoax, in my opinion.

Get a picture of him wearing clothes, and outside his bathroom for the article, or no picture at all. That would be best, the picture just undermines the article. --Pstanton (talk) 04:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

It was him playing around during an interview Full video right here: http://www.giantbomb.com/giant-bomb-at-tgs-day-01/17-71/?page=3&sort=first it starts at 4:30 (if you catch it before that he's doing a little joking) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.133.181 (talk) 03:30, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

Notability
Though his notability may have been questionable in the past, I think there's enough sources to establish notability now. I have started the article, using something like 25 sources. Only a small handful of them are from companies related to Judd, and the rest are reliable sources. I feel like I'm only scratching the surface of possible sources. Many are probably locked away in print magazines, or on now defunct websites.

An overview of sources showing notability:

1. Bionic Commando. He was the producer and spokesperson for Rearmed and the other game. He did many interviews to promote the game. I have seen a few already, and I'm sure more exist. Examples: MTV, Telegraph, IGN, GiantBomb.

2. Him leaving Capcom was widely reported in game news sites. Examples: Engaget, GameInformer, Joystick,

3. He has several full on profiles or interviews. Examples: Gameinformer, Gamasutra, Polygon (feature interviewing Judd as well as several other game devs).

4. Mighty Number 9. Judd was a translator and agent for Inafune/Comcept at the time. Many RS mention him when discussing the game. Now the big part is that Judd said his infamous "It's better than nothing", which caused a lot of media attention, online mockery/memes. This was because it was initially thought that these were Inafune's words.

This incident was a big news item at the time, and most of the gaming sites covered it at least once. Examples: Eurogamer, IGN, Arstechnia, PCgamer, Vice,

5. Bloodstained. He was interviewed alongside Igarashi a lot between 2015-2016. Examples: IGN, Gamespot (can't find the original), various E3 events in 2016 (on Twitch, can't find them right now).

6. Dangen's foundation in 2017 was widely reported on, and Judd is both a co-founder and spokesperson for it. The articles feature a lot of focus on Judd. Coverage: Japan Times, IGN, GameInformer,

7. Assorted smaller interviews where Judd is not the main focus, but he is cited as a source and given several paragraphs. Polygon.

8. Google Books cites several books and magazines that mention him. Have not examined them. There's likely many print only game mags that discuss him. He was a spokesperson and producer at Capcom for a while, so he likely has many interviews. The Artbooks likely are a source of some info as well. Harizotoh9 (talk) 08:58, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Japanese sources
Since he's based in Japan, he's also been covered by Japanese media. I'll try to incorporate them into the article. Most are confirmed RS, but some are unknown. Games itmedia, Game business, Get News are the ones I'm not familliar with. Harizotoh9 (talk) 08:05, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * famitsu
 * Gamespark
 * Yahoo
 * Watch impress
 * Yahoo
 * 4gamer
 * Get news
 * Gamespark
 * 4gamer
 * Yahoo
 * Game watch
 * CNET
 * games.itmedia
 * game business

Famitsu sources: Harizotoh9 (talk) 07:40, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Bitsummit 6
 * CEDEC 2016】
 * 2009 interview
 * bitsummit 2017
 * bitsummit
 * bitsummit 6

Date of birth?
The old article cited him as being born on "October 25, 1974 in Centerville, Ohio". This 2014 obit seems to confirm the Centerville origin, but doesn't directly prove it. His personal facebook page lists that. Can I just use that? Harizotoh9 (talk) 10:50, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, please provide a source for the birthdate and place. Yoninah (talk) 23:49, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It seems to have never come up in interviews or articles. The only citation is his personal facebook page, which lists it. Harizotoh9 (talk) 09:11, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Predatory Behavior vs Bad Business Practices, Former Partner Vs "Game Developer"
The article is currently written like a hit piece, the source article is neutral and contains both quotes of people defending him and accusing him. The current edit of the article does not contain any quotes from the Usgamer article of people who defend him or his defense etc.

Since these are the two things that are being reverted, will go through them:



only in the article does it state some of his practices "veer towards predatory practices", you can not remain neutral by removing the modifier of predatory practices from the source.

Former Partner <> Game Developer

The fact that a former partner is accusing a person of sexual harassment rather than a random game developer is important, the flashing genital and some of the was brought up by his former partner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.59.89.254 (talk) 05:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Firstly, we are reporting on the accusations. The accuser called his behavior predatory, and in turn, the statement that he was accused of predatory behavior is non-neutral. It is not saying that he was being predatory, merely making a statement of fact of what happened. Furthermore, Judd refers to the accusation levied against him as calling him a "sexual predator." It would seem even he agrees with what the accusation was. Also, multiple people accused him of flashing his genitals, not just his former partner. I'm not sure why you remove the details of their working relationship. As far as people defending him, I could only find people with COIs (Judd and people working for the company) and a freelance employee, which the article didn't go into detail on. Feel free to add the detail. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 07:48, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I have removed content about sexual harassment allegations from the article. Per WP:BLPCRIME, allegations that suggests a living person has committed, or is accused of having committed, a crime should not be included, unless a conviction has been secured. --Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 11:06, 10 January 2020 (UTC)