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| Topic | [Serious] Why is there a general dislike for Kotaku and its writers? |
| Miroku_of_Nite1 11/15/19 1:40:02 AM #51: | Cracked went to shit about a decade ago at this point. But enough about that. My problem with modern game journalism is it seems to be filled with people who would've rather worked for the New Yorker, The Times, or Vice. But couldn't get the gig so they went with a technology/gaming publication and proceed to write out all their opinions under the guise of game journalism. But you could argue that the rot was already starting 20 years ago when magazines under the Ziff-Davis media company started to hire college grad journalism majors to write their magazines, and not actual gamers. In the early days of EGM (and many other gaming magazines) you had to pass a gaming aptitude test. Writing was second to that. You had to show that you were a gamer, and knew what you were talking about. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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