Rydermark maker labels hoax allegations 'irresponsible'

YOUR HUMBLE INQ, together with the developer of Rydermark, has been accused of a serious Photoshopping job. A link to the accusations is here.

Anyone who knows any kind of shader programming knows that the shader can mimic any filter from Photoshop. It is as simple as that, and I don't have any idea why I should bother to Photoshop anything or why a developer might bother to do so either.

I have enough stories to write, and I don't need to make ones up. And I wouldn't benefit from the practice at all. It is as simple as that.

And I can't see why a developer would bother to do such a thing either. We are talking here about people I have known for close to five years. They never messed me up before, so I stand by my story.

The developer is furious about the allegations posted by Anand's spawn, as this affects his credibility as much as it does ours. This is what you get when you take on PR departments of the multi-billion dollar companies. But we've negotiated such terrain before and we will prevail [You been chatting with Dubya, Fudo? - News Ed.] this time. If we are right on this, and we strongly believe we are, then Nvidia will be in serious trouble.

We are working hard with the developer to present more proof to our eager audience of millions and we may even have a video to show you, but this thing could take a few days. We don't want do give the story up.

As usual, the forums have begun to bubble with anti-INQ tirades. Here's one of my favorite posts:

Originally posted by: akshayt
inquirer = crap
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I thought the X1900XTX was crap?

I do agree with you though in that the Inquirer is just as reliable as a magic 8-ball.

Let me try to elaborate on this, Nvidia fanboy. If we are as reliable as a magic 8-ball why the heck does every single important CEO or VP in the industry talk to us? I'm afraid that the INQ is consistently far more accurate that anyone in the industry wants to admit.

I am disappointed to learn how Kristopher's/Anand's/ boys easily swallow Nvidia PR lines. That's beyond me, as is what is going on in certain forums.

I think this is just the beginning and, believe me, there will be more to come. µ