Games Journalism is like fewer than 40 people now. Magazines are basically gone and websites are close behind them. None of this is a surprise to me, but it's incredibly sad. We had something awesome for a while there. Younger generations have no idea what they missed out on.
https://twitter.com/dbloodworth2/status/1866606019561857404
Patreons for known personalities can only get us so far. YouTube is harder than ever to break into & streaming is having it's own reckoning. My hope is there's a revolution around the corner, but we could be going the way of the music industry. Consolidated, killed, salted earth.
It’s cute that the anti-woke crowd are doing a victory lap with my original post. But pinning it on progressivism is self-serving bullshit. Like most things it’s far more complex than that. I’m glad I got to be part of it for a moment. But I too jumped ship once I saw the iceberg
I’m also not gonna sit here and say that games journalism didn’t get worse - I think largely standards did drop. But it’s because there was hardly any seniority / mentorship. Nobody could work for the wages past their 20s. Sadly aside from those in management positions.
The rise of YouTube worked for me, as it did others. Between it and streaming we do get so much more coverage - especially important as games have become more complex. But it’s naive to think we’re not losing something too.
The shit was good man, but you had to be there.
The shit was good man, but you had to be there.
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