User:Dudewhiterussian

Other semi-career-esque things
I work for a film company as composer, writer/director, and other whatnot. In addition, a few friends and I used to make films of ridiculous substance. The majority of our work were the music videos we made, which often had very little to do with the song. We also made two short films, one full length, and several "in-the-works" projects that remain unfinished.

Things and users I hate
millm0w: douchebag. 156.34.219.119: against people learning anything, obviously.

Sourcing and rewriting to eventually re-integrate. Will take a while.

Criticisms of IGN
Like many popular gaming sites, IGN has its detractors. The most contentious issue is their ubiquitous advertisements. IGN was one of the first sites to use interstitials. Originally these ads were designed to show up after a set number of page links; currently, they now appear more often. Also, for a brief time, IGN's entire website was significantly changed to add Coca-Cola and McDonald's logos everywhere.

IGN has been criticized for displaying advertisements for its Insiders, who pay a yearly fee to receive added benefits. Many sites with subscriptions disable all ads for those who pay. After many complaints from Insiders, IGN gave them the option to disable the most intrusive of the ads. Banner ads, including Flash ads, are still shown to Insiders.

IGN defenders say that they should be given credit for developing a business model which allowed them to survive the dot-com crash of the late 1990s.

Another major criticism of IGN are their editors and board administrators. Some of the editors at IGN do not make any effort to visit the boards regularly to chat with IGN Insiders on gaming topics.

Another criticism is the fact that they advertise online strategy guides but some of them are unfinished. Tales Of Symphonia (a major game on the Nintendo GameCube) has not ever had its strategy guide completed.