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IGN's Nintendo corespondent Matt Casamassina claimed on his official blog that he was moving on to cover 360 and PS3 games—a shocking revelation from a man who has made a career in the enthusiast press by wholeheartedly devoting his coverage to a single company. Then, in a half-assed retcon, Casamassina claimed to have left his computer on while on vacation, obliquely placing the blame for the announcement on the Algonquin Roundtable of IGN's own group-home editorial staff. We were not amused, because we are heartless, humorless pricks.
So there's your pissing match recap.
Now IGN's Tal Blevins [pictured] has responded to our ire, claiming the whole 'prank' was actually a test to see if Kotaku would run Casamassina's original claim as a story. Blevins admonishes us to "do some leg work before you accuse someone else of having no credibility after you run a Web log post as a news story. [Emoticon redacted.]"
You're right, Tal: We made a huge mistake. We presumed that a post from one of your editors on an official IGN outlet was source enough. Using IGN's own internal metric, we rate our reporting skills at the absolute bottom of your scale: a 6.8 out of 10.
GIANT ASTEROID HEADED FOR EARTH! WE HAVE FEWER THAN 180 DAYS TO PREPARE! [Blogs.IGN.com]
