Ethics statement/ RE Youtubers shilling for gaming companies

tl;dr I won't accept payment from a dev for a review/positive/neutral mentions of a game or platform. If I am given a review code for a game I will mention it in the opening minutes of the video. RE the Xbox One astroturfing: Ars article: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/01/stealth-marketing-microsoft-paying-youtubers-for-xbox-one-mentions/ GAF thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=754946 (awful) Joystiq article: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/20/microsoft-recognizes-youtubers-as-influential-but-wants-rules/ Boogie2988'spost about the issue (sorry for screwing up the name): http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=97851491#post97851491 My Twitter: https://twitter.com/sirtaptap My Twitch account: http://www.twitch.tv/sirtaptap ❤️ https://patreon.com/sirtaptap 💬 https://sirtaptap.com/discord 🕒Chapters🕙 Comment a timestamp if I missed something! 👋 Hi I'm SirTapTap! 🖖 ██████████████████ Subscribe for Chill Vibes, Gaming Livestreams, and 3+ videos a week featuring underrated gems! I play unique games almost every day! Join the channel for something new, fresh, and high quality every week. Personal favorites are anything unique or surreal andartsy, stuff that makes you think. And anything funny. Humor is essential. I read all my comments, so leave something nice!