The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath
The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath
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The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath
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They used Outer Wilds screenshots in their article and never even mentionned that game. Is this written by a language model or something?
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Games journalism is a cringe phrase that came up during gamer gate to try and justify sexism.
Y'all write fan reviews that are meant to help advertise products. That is all that has ever existed in the genre and is all anyone wants from it.
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That is all that has ever existed in the genre and is all anyone wants from it.
I don't remember you appointing you as the sole representative for all gamers.
Personally, I think games can be written about beyond "game good" and "game bad". Or maybe it comes down to whether you find gaming something important, or just a silly way to waste time.
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You missed my coronation? That's on you.
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I dont think the fact that you only read product reviews has much weight on game reporting.
In the same way that you only eating carrot cake doesnt really mean that the only thing people bake is carrot cake
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It's funny that Aftermath is writing about bad game journalism practices when they themselves have an initial "you must register to read our articles," but then after registration, hit you with an actual hard paywall after a couple of articles.
If they want to paywall their content, that is their prerogative, but they could at least be up-front about it, instead of only telling me about it after I went through the trouble of creating an account.
I think there may be some room for improvement on messaging there.
I'm not entirely sure what connection your comment has to the article itself?
Aftermath is a crap site that also practices the things they complain about?