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VGMWatch tonight decided to spill the not-so-breaking news that Matt Casamassina, long-time editor-in-chief of the IGN Nintendo Team, is married to Edie Kissko. This is, in these times of games journalism head-scratching, a bit interesting. Kissko is the vice president of Golin Harris, which also happens to be Nintendo's PR firm.

Neither Casamassina nor Golin Harris have commented on the article, but Casamassina's long-time marriage to Kissko isn't exactly a secret. While his readers might not be aware of it, most in the journalism community and certainly the readers at Neo-Gaf are.

I don't doubt Casamassina's desire to keep his personal and work lives separate, but the problem with conflict of interest is that it's not always about the reality of the situation, but also about appearances.

Both IGN and Golin Harris were contacted for comment, neither have yet responded. We will update this post when and if they do.

Update: Golin Harris has responded:
"All GolinHarris employees who work on the Nintendo account sign and adhere to a strict confidentiality agreement."

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What do you all think?  I really don't know if I would be able to keep quite about all my work stuff if I was married to someone who wrote up reviews for Nintendo games. Either way I'm not sure if this is a big deal unless a bunch of online folks make it so.

This isn't exactly Wii related. I think it would've been better suited in Off Topia.

I really don't think a conflict of interests would occur here. Yeah they're married but that doesn't mean they have to agree on everything.

Getting worked up other nothing imo. But maybe its because I'm sick of "conflict of interest" trash? Who knows. But yeah... nothing big here, but we can assume the internets will make it unnecessarily big.

I don't see a problem here, its just butting in with their personal lives. Although some idiots might start saying, Matt writes better reviews because he is married to someone who happens to work for Nintendo. Well your probably wrong because most of his reviews are quite fair and he is usually pretty harsh on Wii games.

Digging up crap like this is a waste of time. Lets create stories out of nothing!! If this story is alarming, perhaps you (the reader) should go into politics, cause that's where it belongs. Plus, if you buy games based solely on scores, you deserve to be hoodwinked. I have spoken!

it's not really that big a deal. the dude's married to a nintendo employee. nothing to report here.

I don't think it is that much of a stir but I do think that maybe someone ought to look into.

Who cares! I'd love to be married to someone that works for nintendo Besides is what he writes much different from anyone else's writings. So what if he writes a review that you don't agree with.... there more then likely will be people that agree with it! There is an entire world of tastes out there. Ever heard the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure"! And lastly, we're talking about video games! Some people need to lighten up, the world would be a much better place!! lol

Are they are they both guys...T_T
Edie= guy name Matt = guy name i could be wrong but....

No they are not both males...

The fact that there married prob has nothing to do w/ one another.
If a singer is married to a producer that doesn't mean that the singer is gonna get a contract.

Who cares?

It's not like he just got married, he's been married for quite some time. I doubt this affects his job at all.

Ya i guess but i always thought there were no gay Chinese /Japanese's :S :X

My opinion here is basically the same as Snakes. Nothing to see here.

Agreed. Nothing ground breaking.