I think this is one of the more prevalent problems going on in games journalism right now. Not all journalists are guilty, and there are many who are trying hard to be unbiased, but the friendly relationship between PR and some journalists is a widespread issue and a tough one to root out.
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Wrong choice of word
Nothing to see or read in that article that most people didn't already know and that's terrible title for that article..
more 'a conflict of interest between game journalists and PR'
Lovely....
It shouldn't be done!!!
Oh yeah... and the uh.. journalists PR thing too. lol
Incest... hmmm... explains why damn near all their reviews and anything they say anymore are pure s#!t