IGN Fires Editor After Plagiarizing Boomstick Gaming Dead Cells Review

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1. This story has already been covered

2. Had to stop for a sec at 1:30 You talk about how he looks and called him "mucus" which is uncalled for, its just petty at that point. I wanted to listen to a structured talk about ethics and journalism and how this young man happened to really screw up…

3. I'm subbed to Boomstick, have been a long time, actually. When I saw that video go up, I was appalled by what I saw, and I actually expected IGN to impose it's behemoth-like presence and deny claims of plagiarism. Gotta admit, IGN, interesting to see them own up to something and take actual actions.

4. Called it

5. So his name gets longer with each utterance? Interesting.

6. "Audible chocolate that is my voice."
   Journalistic gold right there.

7. 3:37 Doing a video on plagiarism and then lifting a joke verbatim from South Park.. (episode with the morning announcers)… not exactly a pro move.. kinda ironic really.

8. I will give credit where credit is due.

   IGN handled it rather well. They took immediate action, but also took a reasonable amount of time to investigate for themselves. They fired the individual then apologized giving proper credit to Broomstick Gaming.

   This does improve their reputation in my mind.

9. Your voice is, in fact, buttery and easy-going to listen to.

10. Hmmm…
    Game looks fantastic.
    That's all I have to say, other than…
    "Never gonna give you up…"
    lolz

11. Mr. Philip Abernathy Alowicious Postlethwaite Homunculus Mucus Esq. III LMAO@!@!@!

12. Apparently this isn't even the first time he plagiarized, he plagiarized a nintendolife article as well.

13. I love how the pinned comment is like a commentary on how a negative actor gets something miniscule more attention than it should have similar to the topic of this video.

14. I wish I could like this one twice. You made my day. May The Snark be with you!

15. Mmmmm…The Snark is strong with this one…mmmmm.

16. LOL So in other words, IGN blew its nose and got rid of Mr. Alluicious P. Monkeybrain Mucus? Loved it!

17. I say you should do more reviews of games. That way, you can be plagiarised also! ROFLM

18. How do you screw up your dream job? Look no further, good job, Filip Mucus. ?

    Readies to be smothered with a blanket of audible chocolate

19. 10/10 would fire again

20. "Mr. Mucus."
    And this is why I watch this channel.

21. Sid, you might be a bit envious of people such as Flerp Dankenstein Chestwaxer Asswhipe Mcgee Esquire the third Miucin, but remember: as quickly as he gets subs, he'll likely loose them again. Or at least something to t hat effect. People who take interest in people like him, are only after the controversy and people like that have a short attention span. Your subscribers however, are loyal and will stick with you no matter what…unless you decide to work for IGN, then we sadly will have to part ways.

22. Mr Mucus… ROFL!! This video was worth watching for the name alone.

23. IGN handled this far as we know perfectly.

24. Why do you keep putting this tedious verbose disclaimer for your opinion in every video? It seems pretty unneccessary

25. This is the third video on this subject I’ve watched, i dont give a damn about how many timesit’s been covered, i only care about it being covered by people i trust.
    And I’m certainly glad I watched this because the name gag had me in stitches.

26. Fucking shit, I was using "Mucus" as his surname in my video!

27. Saw this on my front page, but didn't get a notification, even with the bell being rung.

28. Good comments about IGN.

29. I wish my middle name was Homonculus.

30. I do enjoy a nice hot cup of audible chocolate to start my morning.

31. Audible chocolate? lmao
    Sorry Sid, but i find your voice more like an audible rolling pin. relaxing if used right, painful if swung around with wild abandon 😉

    Now, on to your opinion. 🙂

32. agreed, 100%. I wasn't going to talk about this because I knew IGN 1. Needed to investigate, and 2. I knew they took this seriously. In this case, I praise IGN for their actions.

33. Take a shot every time SidAlpha lengthens mucus's name.

34. If he was a woman social media would explode into a firestorm of "toxic sexist gaming youtubers strike again gamergate etc". But he isn't, so he's quite fucked.

35. Mr Mucus. Lmao. This video is an eye opener. Basically don't do anything to get on Sid's bad side. His tongue is sharper than a freshly forged sword.

36. I've been watching this story as it developed, and have been waiting for this video. Yeah I've seen the facts and side by side comparisons of the video review transcripts that show not exact word for word plagiarism, but that when taken as a whole it was basically word swapping in a sentence. Paragraphs were the same. Structure and wording were the same>

    Still came to watch your vid Sid. Good stuff as always. Though I have to wonder with every incantation adding a variation to his name, did you have that scripted out or was it repeated off the top of your head?

37. Mucus, cracks me up every time! xD