#gamesjournalism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gamesjournalism, aggregated by home.social.
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I Am Begging Websites To Remember They Are Read By Human Beings, Who Possess At Least Some Small Amount Of Dignity
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/video-game-movie-website-headlines-clickbait/
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Outlets Don't Have To Do Xbox's Work For It
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/xbox-interview-entertainment-weekly/
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Ubisoft Embargoes Journalists Reporting On Latest Round Of Layoffs
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Workers At TheGamer Say Site’s New Pay-Per-Session Contract Is ‘Heartbreaking’
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/the-gamer-valnet-pay-per-session-contract/
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Games journalism has to undergo major changes, for sure, but what it does NOT need is the return of all-male, all-white editorial teams.
I'm sure these are capable people, but with a lack of diversity inevitably comes a lacking variety of perspectives on games.
https://www.gamesmarket.global/video-games-returns-as-an-online-magazine/
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If you’re looking for great video game journalism that is:
- Independent
- Editor owned
- Reader-supported
- Ad free (even if you don’t sub)May I point you in the direction of This Week in Video Games?
https://thisweekinvideogames.com
They’re doing the good work. So does one of its founders, YouTuber @skillupyt.
Seriously, check ‘em out.
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The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/gameshub-clickout-media-seo-gambling-ai/
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The students in the games journalism course in our Game Studies Master's Degree Program have again published interesting new articles in the PlayLab Magazine. (Control: Resonant, Celeste, "impostor game", Hollow Knight: Silksong, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun , Sonic Super Teams boardgame, and many others are discussed.) #gamestudies #gameculture #gamesjournalism
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Nobody Needs This Man, We're All So Tired
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/nobody-needs-this-man-were-all-so-tired/
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Not gonna lie, it kinda irritates me how much talk there is about indie games journalism now that ex corporate types are running stuff like Aftermath, while existing indie journalists like myself kinda get ignored.
There has always been great work done by independents in this field, they’re just the bloggers and YouTubers the community completely ignores.
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Over on Bluesky, there's a lively discussion about games journalism and its reluctance to cover adult content:
https://bsky.app/profile/acvalens.net/post/3m3kftj4eic2n
There are many good responses in the comments, but Ana and I actually brought up most of these points back in 2021 in an episode of my podcast "Random Encounters".
Since the content is still relevant, I asked for permission to publicly share the audio file (which used to be Patreon-exclusive content). You can listen and download it here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oIGXeENRQDiWihGEo-1-U1IO5Z8dBcdf/view
#Gaming #AdultGames #AdultContent #Pornography #GamesJournalism
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GameZone, A Website Dating Back To 1994, Has Had Its Archives Wiped
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/gamezone-video-game-journalism-reviews-archives
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The video game website Polygon was founded in 2012 by Vox Media and while it still exists, it's vastly changed as a result of being sold to Valnet a couple of weeks ago, with the majority of staff being laid off. @aftermath.site's @nathangrayson.bsky.social spoke to former staff, some of whom had been there since the beginning, about why their time at the site meant so much to them. "Sometimes it’s tough to work in something fun like games, because when the world crumbles around you, it all starts to feel a little meaningless," said Ryan Gilliam, former guides producer. "But — stupid as it sounds — I always tried to tell myself that, with our guides, we were helping people enjoy their hobby a little more, and make their game time a little more relaxing. I wasn’t making a difference in my 9 to 5, but in my head, there were people who were making a difference who would come home and try to relax for a few hours before getting back out there. And in those moments of relaxation, they’d pull up a Polygon guide for 'Persona 5' classroom answers, or a walkthrough on how to get the latest 'Destiny' Exotic. I don’t know if that ever happened, but the thought always made me smile."
#Videogames #Gaming #Entertainment #Media #Journalism #GamesJournalism #Polygon
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Vox Media has sold @polygon, its gaming and entertainment site, to Valnet, owner of ScreenRant, GameRant and Android Police, @theverge reports. Some staffers will stay with the publication while others have been laid off. At the second link, find a story from @TheWrap about Valnet's questionable treatment of writers. “Everyone is underpaid, overworked and really pretty — extremely — exploited,” a former Collider contributor said.
https://flip.it/XJ6gP7
https://flip.it/U0fKh9#Media #MediaIndustry #Journalism #GamesJournalism #Gaming #Tech #Technology #VoxMedia #Valnet
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[P] I mean, at the very least, this could be brought up in an interview. The sudden backslide after Blizzard promised so much that representation mattered is creepy and gross. I just can't trust any outlet that just doesn't care. And it seems like none of thrm do, which means I have no reason to trust any of them. I can only imagine the headlines if Ubisoft had pulled queer erasure. But Blizzard? Nah.
#wow #worldofwarcraft #thewarwithin #gamedesign #gamesjournalism #lgbtqia
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[P] I still want to know wbere that representation went, and why there are still ZERO queer charactera in The War Within.
The press has glowing praise for TWW, yet they're oddly silent on the topic of sudden queer erasure. As per usual, the gaming press is sending a loud and clear message, here: We don't matter.
Is it any wonder why I don't trust games journalists?
#wow #worldofwarcraft #thewarwithin #gamedesign #gamesjournalism #lgbtqia
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You know, after looking at the recent #Pokemon leaks and seeing the status of video game journalism right now, it’s become really clear why YouTubers have taken over.
And it’s because there’s no value in most #gamesjournalism anymore. These stories add nothing to the conversation, and are basically hours/days old Twitter recaps.
They’re not timely with coverage, don’t add anything interesting to the conversation and have little reason to exist.
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[P] There's a VERY awkward question to be asked about why Dragonflight is so inclusive, empowering, and diverse where TWW is the OPPOSITE of that! Why go from having lots of queer rep to absolutely none, to denying we exist? It feels vile. Why is no one asking Blizzard about that? Why is no one asking Metzen why he apparently hates gay people? Why is there so much media silence regarding TWW's issues?
#wow #worldofwarcraft #thewarwithin #videogames #gamesjournalism
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[P] Even if we just pick out the objectifying foot ferish, why is it okay to objectify women agwin? Mass Effect 2 got shit for its pervy, lecherous camera, so why is that bad but TWW doing the same thing is fine? Inthought this was the sort of thing we should talk about. It just looks like Chris Metzen feels brazenly confident being kinda sexist, racist, and queerphobic. No one's challenging him! So why not, I guess?
#wow #worldofwarcraft #thewarwithin #videogames #gamesjournalism
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[P] You shouldn't talk about this only when it's convenient, regarding companies everyone already hates. The backslide in WoW is worth investigating. I mean, princess tulanji didn't need white people to save Zandalar in Battle for Azeroth, so why must the not-exactly-white-coded (to put it lightly) nerubians need white people to save them from extinction in TWW? I'd expect this shit from classic WoW, bit not in 2024.
#wow #worldofwarcraft #thewarwithin #videogames #gamesjournalism
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[P] It's a creepy backslide. We went from having non-binary heroes, disabled characters in empowered roles, and even gay couples that wrren't meant for the male-gaze to... well, TWW's "For the straight, white, regular lads!" mindset. Even Xal'atath's foot fetish shit (in SO MANY cutscenes) is just objectifying her for the male gaze. It's the modern equivalent of the chainmail bikini, it's gross. Why the backslide?
#wow #worldofwarcraft #thewarwithin #videogames #gamesjournalism
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[P] It's just typical that the media has these glow8ng reviews of TWW without anyone touching on the strong vibes of sexism, racism, and queerphobia that game has. An irrational woman needing a cool-headed male handler to not go emotionally genocidal, white saviour BS out the wazoo, pushing straight hard while having ZERO queer (LGBTQIA+) characters (after Dragonflight was so inclusive). It's worth highlighting.
#wow #worldofwarcraft #thewarwithin #videogames #gamesjournalism
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[P] I trusted Mean Machines back in the day—more than any modern review factory—because they had multiple persons giving their opinion in every review. I want that in order to foster trust again. And I want discloaure: every single paid trip related to that game, every item of swag, every visit from a PR person, whether the reviewer has friends at that publisher (manipulation vectors), and so on. Do that and I'll trust, otherwise I have no reason to.
#psychology #videogames #gamesjournalism
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[P] And hearing about the shady goings-on at Second Wind Group just confirms my suspicions. We KNOW, for a fact, that it's easy to manipulate neuronormatives via dopamine—exclusivity and shininess gets reciprocated with 9/10s. And there's no oversight. There's no ethics code and board looking out for that kind of corruption. It's like food supplements, there's no regulation, so you don't have any sense of the credibility of that which you imbibe.
#psychology #videogames #gamesjournalism
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[P] There's no accountability. Is it a good game, or are they intentionally overlooking bigotries and bugs because they think the soulless PR guy is fheir friend? Paying for them to fly out first-class to see an event? That creates bias. Giving them an exclusive tour of their dev HQ and making them feel special? That creates bias. Giving them a bag of exclusive, rare swag that sells for a pretty penny? That creates bias. Bias and 9/10s.
#psychology #videogames #gamesjournalism
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[P] I fucking hate GamerGate, mostly for the sexism but also for making it so that we can't fucking talk about this. It's given games journalists a safe apace to be lazily corrupt. If a game is slammed, is it becauae it's bad, or because a publisher hasn't given the journo their sack of sweet, sweet dopamine pills? How much does egotism and narcissism come into it? "This game wasn't made for me, so I'll trash it." There's no way to know.
#psychology #videogames #gamesjournalism
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