This is not a horrible place to see if there is anything interesting going on in the world of video games or other stuff. Granted, there are dozens of really bad topics here, too (especially the user contests and the boost-my-self-esteem topics), but if there is some hot news, people tend to talk about it. Also, if people rarely care what you have to say and you're here for the morsels of random information (and not for the companionship), then why bothering posting?
I guess you could go elsewhere to find video game news, but that requires too much effort.
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"Filthy lawbreaker, unhand that vending machine!" - Casey Jones