Draft:Niche Gamer
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Comment: Unfortunately I have to decline. This is a tricky one that I can be dealt with on two fronts. Firstly, the article's subject matter, the website, needs to demonstrate it's had external coverage from reliable secondary sources. The few websites that have commented on its reporting are not reliable (see
WP:NPOV and reads like an argumentative essay contradicting things the website has reported on. Inaccurate as aspects of the site's reporting may be, an external source needs to identify and report on this contradiction to suggest its inaccurate reporting is notable or controversial. Otherwise it's undue editorialisation. Please reach out if you have any questions on my talk page. VRXCES (talk) 01:49, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Type of business | News industry |
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URL | nichegamer.com |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 2013 |
Niche Gamer is an American news website based in
History
Niche Gamer was founded in 2013 by Brandon Orselli. Orselli is the founder, owner, chief writer and
Controversies
Plagiarism
Gaming news site Gematsu has accused Niche Gamer numerous times of "very blatantly stealing content from Gematsu".[9] Niche Gamer's response to the accusations were that a "ghostwriter" was the one who plagiarised the content.[10] On 19 December 2019, Niche Gamer owner and founder Brandon Orselli admitted that he lied about the ghostwriter and apologized to Gematsu.[11] On 7 December 2022, Niche Gamer was once again caught plagerizing work from Gematsu Editor-in-Chief Sal Romano.[12]
Misinformation
On 16 August 2022, Niche Gamer writer Jonathan White wrote a hit piece article on a mod for the video game Spider-Man.[13] The article claimed that the mod wasn't even a mod and that it simply changed the game from the American version to the Middle Eastern version. The article was later taken down after backlash.[14]
On 11 November 2023, Niche Gamer wrote a hit piece article on
On 7 December 2023, Niche Gamer published an article claiming that Italy had just passed a law that classifies lolicon content as child pornography. They cited a Twitter user by the name of SlyPreformer who claimed that any anime artwork and fanart could be classified as child pornography under Italian law.[18] However, the image that they posted was from a court case against a man convicted for the possession of explicit photos of minors.[19] Furthermore, Italy has classified lolicon as child porography since February 2022.[20]
On 12 December 2023, Niche Gamer published an article claiming that the song Idol by Yoasobi topped the song Try That in a Small Town by Jason Aldean as the Top Trending 2023 song.[21] However, neither song was the top song of 2023. The song Flowers by Miley Cyrus was the top song of 2023.[22] The song Idol also never topped the song Try That in a Small Town on any chart.[23][24]
On 25 March 2024 Niche Gamer published an article claiming that American multinational corporation Microsoft made a set of rules to developers to avoid "curvy female characters".[25][26] However no such set of rules were ever made and it was actually just a suggestion that Microsoft had made to help Video game developers.[27][28]
On 28 March 2024, Niche Gamer founder Brandon Orselli wrote an article about the recently deceased
On 28 March 2024, Niche Gamer writer Brandon Lyttle wrote an article about claiming that the
References
- ^ "Niche Gamer | LinkedIn".
- ^ "Niche Gamer's Reviews".
- ^ "Niche Gamer Breaking News Headlines Today | Ground News".
- ^ "Gematsu Calls Out English Site for Plagiarism [Update] | Kakuchopurei". 19 December 2019.
- ^ Team, Anewstip Developers. "Brandon Orselli - Founder, Owner, Publisher & Editor in Chief @ Niche Gamer". Anewstip. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Author: Brandon Orselli". Niche Gamer. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "About".
- ^ "Author: Brandon Lyttle".
- ^ "x.com".
- ^ "Niche Gamer Accused of Plagiarizing Content, Claims a Spooky Ghost Did It".
- ^ Baculi, Spencer (2019-12-19). "Niche Gamer Admits To and Issues Apology for Plagiarizing Gematsu Content". Bounding Into Comics. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "NicheGamer Caught Plagiarizing From Gematsu Once Again". Noisy Pixel. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ https://muckrack.com/sybaritictrance
- ^ "Spider-Man mod to remove "Pride flag" doesn't actually replace anythi…". archive.ph. August 17, 2022.
- ^ Kumar, Tarini. "Hanako Montgomery - International Correspondent". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ Inside the Pedophilic Manga Industry in Japan. Retrieved 2024-03-29 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Vice News "documentary" that slandered anime/manga industry wins Emmy". Niche Gamer. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Italy Supreme Court reportedly rules loli content as child abuse". 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Cassazione, pornografia minorile e manga - Un'analisi sulla recente vicenda - MegaNerd.it". December 2023.
- ^ "F. Costantini | Legge europea 238/2021: Modifiche al c.p. In tema di pedopornografia".
- ^ "Oshi no Ko theme song "Idol" tops "Try That in a Small Town" as top-trending 2023 song". Niche Gamer. 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2023". Official Charts.
- ^ "Jason Aldean | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ Rowley, Glenn (2023-05-04). "Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Hits 1 Billion Streams on Spotify in Record Time". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Microsoft cautions developers to avoid curvy female characters". Niche Gamer. 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "x.com".
- ^ "Product Inclusion Action: Engage Local Markets". Microsoft Game Dev. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Microsoft Investor Relations - FAQs". Microsoft.
- ^ "Former Sen. Joe Lieberman dies at 82 | CNN Politics". 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Joe Lieberman, 2000 vice presidential nominee, dies at 82 - POLITICO".
- ^ "Former U.S. Senator and anti-video game critic Joe Lieberman dies at 82". 28 March 2024.
- ^ "Japanese Communist Party encourages members to report fanservice manga to the UN". Niche Gamer. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "日本共産党". 日本共産党 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-29.
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