I just love how trying to lie to gamers has turned into the entire establishment collapsing under the weight of scrutiny placed upon them by one community after another.

None of this would be here if they'd just gone - "Yeah, I don't think our ethics guidelines and policies are being followed to the letter in every piece we publish. We're going to look into it and work harder at supplying the best content you can find out there. Thanks for tolerating us going through this process and keep keeping us on our toes!"

But they didn't and now it's common to hear regular folks discuss things openly amongst, and with, strangers which would have been considered cookie just ten years ago.