• @cyd
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    23 days ago

    Half of this article’s word count seems to be the writer snarking about how he doesn’t care about these games and doesn’t know much about them. I guess it’s good to show contempt for your audience…

    • Hal-5700X
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      1023 days ago

      Half of this article’s word count seems to be the writer snarking about how he doesn’t care about these games and doesn’t know much about them

      Welcome to gaming journalism.

    • @CluckN
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      723 days ago

      You should’ve seen the article they did on the Valheim update. The journalist said he only played the game once and just copy/pasted patch notes interlaced with stories about his CNC machine.

        • @CluckN
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          422 days ago

          lol yeah that’s the one. It was a washing machine.

          However, I don’t like the idea of doing a dry news post, so I’m going to interject information about the washing machine malfunction I’m currently dealing with, so that the quoted press release seems incredibly colourful by comparison.

    • @Goronmon
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      23 days ago

      I guess it’s good to show contempt for your audience…

      I don’t know. There have been plenty of times I’ve wondered if people in gaming communities actual enjoy games at all, instead of just talking about how bad they are.

      Maybe they are just tapping into that market?