Rock Paper Shotgun

Rock Paper Shotgun is a website that covers PC gaming with a focus on indie games and smaller developers. The website provides news, reviews, and opinions on various games and game-related topics. While the website covers both AAA and indie games, it seems to give more attention to indie games and smaller developers. The coverage of certain games may have potential conflicts of interest regarding their connections to larger companies. Some statements in articles may be misleading or unclear, but these instances are relatively rare. The website tends to focus on positive aspects of games and may not always provide objective information.

63%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This news site has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on its reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • RPS has a slight bias towards indie games and tends to highlight the positive aspects of games in their coverage.
  • The website covers both AAA and indie games, but seems to give more attention to indie games and smaller developers.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • There is a potential conflict of interest regarding the coverage of certain games and their connections to larger companies.
  • The website covers both AAA and indie games, but seems to give more attention to indie games and smaller developers.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Some statements may be misleading or unclear, but these instances are relatively rare.
  • There are occasional contradictions in the information provided about game performance issues and specific game features.

Deceptions

50%

Examples:

  • Some articles may contain misleading or unclear statements, but these instances are relatively rare.
  • The website tends to focus on positive aspects of games and may not always provide objective information.

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