Comment on Game Informer shuts down after 33 years
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 months agoIndeed. Its sad to see a reputable name go before something far less reputable, like Kotaku for example.
I guess it must be true, hate clicks and outrage do generate more revenue than real, genuine gaming articles written with pretty good journalistic integrity.
a reputable name
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they were wholly owned by gamestop. their magazine was a lever to drive gamestop subscriptions and upsells. y’all worried about kotaku crack me up, if there were real ethics in game journalism a supposedly independent publication reviewing the products wouldn’t be owned by the largest vendor of the products.
pyre@lemmy.world 3 months ago
eh, kotaku has some solid articles and reporting as well. gaming journalism in general is incestuous shit but most of the anti-kotaku sentiment comes from goonergate shit
Ashtear@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The hilarious thing about you getting downvotes immediately is Kotaku led the reporting on this news this morning. Link is in the posted article, y’all.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Of course Kotaku is going to report on it. They want in on the outrage of companies firing employees that has been happening lately.
They were throwing temper tantrums over the owner of Kotaku telling them that they needed to write more gaming guides/articles instead of the pop culture outrage garbage they had been spewing that tarnished their reputation. Imagine workking for a gaming media outlet, and then getting mad when the owner tells you that you need to focus on gaming articles.
TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
So these attacks are gamergate garbage, thanks.