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gamepimp12
03/24/24 11:46:09 PM
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50 guides per week is a little on the high end but Id say well within business standards. I know alot of people do 25 a week but that tends to be part time work if youre good at it.

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Kamil
03/24/24 11:49:07 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
While playing Unicorn overlord I ran into a guide in the Internet saying you could play as male or female Alain but that it wouldn't affect romance options.

Spoilers you cannot play as female Alain.

Good to know there are no proofreaders either. Sheesh!

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03/24/24 11:51:06 PM
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Get ready for guides explaining why the game is a too seller for three paragraphs instead of actually getting to the point.

With ads

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PraetorXyn
03/25/24 10:15:54 AM
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gamepimp12 posted...
50 guides per week is a little on the high end but Id say well within business standards. I know alot of people do 25 a week but that tends to be part time work if youre good at it.
I dont think its 50 for Kotaku as a whole, but 50 for each writer.

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Goldice
03/25/24 10:20:10 AM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
This reads to me like the CEO is making up some arbitrary unrealistic rule to force everyone out so he can replace them with AI

No. It's CEO sees thing that is making other people money and wants to copy it

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Karovorak
03/25/24 10:22:46 AM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
While playing Unicorn overlord I ran into a guide in the Internet saying you could play as male or female Alain but that it wouldn't affect romance options.

Spoilers you cannot play as female Alain.

I was googling something else, and found a class tier list.

Curious about what bot bullshit it's going to be, it didn't even include all classes that were available in the demo.

I hate myself for giving them a click.

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Seaman_Prime
03/25/24 11:14:31 AM
#57:


Who the hell is gonna be desperate enough to go on Kotaku for help?
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gamepimp12
03/25/24 11:55:28 AM
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PraetorXyn posted...
I dont think its 50 for Kotaku as a whole, but 50 for each writer.

I know. Thats was I was referring too. 50 a writer is alot but its not some excessive number depending on the pay

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deoxxys
03/25/24 6:47:06 PM
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Seems as if they've rolled back the choice

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DrizztLink
03/25/24 6:47:37 PM
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How many of them are really obviously written by AI then copied and pasted?

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furb
03/25/24 6:49:31 PM
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Kamil posted...
Searching up walkthroughs on the internet that honestly aren't by Gamefaqs feel like they were written by AI. They all start and end the same way.

Here's how you do this....
Thanks for reading I hope you learned how to do this.

I think it has something to do with search engine optimization.

I read a really long article this spring over on The Verge about how folks game it.

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action52
03/26/24 8:15:34 AM
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Seaman_Prime posted...
Who the hell is gonna be desperate enough to go on Kotaku for help?
I think they're shooting to be the first result so people click without thinking about it.

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DnDer
03/29/24 7:07:28 AM
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I blame Google.

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PowerMan5000000
03/31/24 9:27:02 AM
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Doing a topic search for Kotaku, its surprising this is the only one despite all the drama lately.

its good that the management is making them focus on video games though its expected that site will be sold off soon.

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deoxxys
03/31/24 2:57:29 PM
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I heard that the new 50 article a week thing is just a ploy to get people to leave the company and they'll get a new objective eventually

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SauI_Goodman
03/31/24 3:00:45 PM
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I can't even finish 1 game in a week.-_-

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Humble_Novice
03/31/24 3:35:47 PM
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deoxxys posted...
I heard that the new 50 article a week thing is just a ploy to get people to leave the company and they'll get a new objective eventually
So basically, it's a way to get rid of their more problematic writers?

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deoxxys
03/31/24 3:50:37 PM
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Humble_Novice posted...
So basically, it's a way to get rid of their more problematic writers?
From what I hear, yes. Jen Glenn already left.

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deoxxys
03/31/24 4:42:30 PM
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Possibly but higher up some companies always seem to make bad choices like this

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s0nicfan
03/31/24 9:01:05 PM
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Potentially, but it's also possible they don't really need writers who make quality work. The people getting paid to make a guides around how to get a specific weapon in a game really only need to operate at the same level of skill as the people who write those little blogs before cooking recipes or the people who get paid to put positive reviews on products online. Nothing they're writing needs any sort of creative spark or talent. They're just converting instructions into paragraphs.

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WesternMedia
04/02/24 1:53:09 PM
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Did their promoting piracy of new games fuck them

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action52
04/03/24 5:40:11 PM
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deoxxys posted...
Possibly but higher up some companies always seem to make bad choices like this
More like most companies. If they're publicly traded corporations, almost all.

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