The coolest news story in the universe!

Thanks to alert reader Steve Lin for pointing me to this IGN article about Tetsuya Mizuguchi's reported departure from Sega. Everything seems to be going fine in this fairly standard tamplate news story when, all of a sudden, the writer decides to add a little of his opinion to the story:



Of course, this is just our translation of Mizuguchi's Japanese comments. Given that Mizuguchi is the coolest game producer in the universe, he probably said it much cooler than that.



The italics in the previous quote were added by me. The bold-face section was not.



Now the writer is entitled to his opinion. He's allowed to think Mizuguchi is the coolest game producer in the universe. He might think that Mizuguchi is the human incarnation of all that is good and pure for all I care. But these opinions are best captured in some sort of editorial, or in a less effusive, more context-relevant quote such as the one that appeared later in the article:



As our review scores may suggest, we're big fans of Mizuguchi and his unique brand of gaming, so we can't wait to see what he produces in the future.



This line makes the author, and the site, come off as appreciative followers of Mizuguchi's work rather than raving fanboys who think that everything Mizuguchi touches turns to gold. It also implies that his departure will cost Sega some of its best games (in the author's opinion), and that any other publisher would be lucky to have him. Whereas the first quote might just indicate that Mizuguchi wears a cool leather jacket. Who knows.