The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath

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• jedibob5@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Goronmon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not entirely sure what connection your comment has to the article itself?

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    • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Aftermath is a crap site that also practices the things they complain about?

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  • hybridhavoc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think there may be some room for improvement on messaging there.

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• TheHolyChecksum@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They used Outer Wilds screenshots in their article and never even mentionned that game. Is this written by an AI or something?

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• GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Games journalism is a cringe phrase that came up during gamer gate to try and justify sexism.

  Y’all write fan reviews that are mean 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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  • Goronmon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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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    • GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You missed my coronation? That’s on you.

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  • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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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    • GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Ethics in games journalism” was a phrase invented to make gamergate’s sexist attacks on women in gaming sound legitimate and I cringe every time people use the term now. Nobody used the term “games journalism” before then.

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