Chris Grant

Member of GameJournoPros. Proven to have been active in the list. Has brifly discussed the list after its discovery.

Polygon published an excerpt of the controversial book WTF is wrong with video games? by Phil Owen, in such a manner that it substantially took the form of undisclosed native advertising. After receiving backlash for it, Polygon amended the byline, revealing the article originally labeled as written by “Polygon Staff” was actually the store product description written by the book’s author Phil Owen himself. Polygon later responded to complaints on GamePolitics.com, framing the critics as if they had been confused by the byline change, not understanding how book excerpts work.