Ex-Kotaku staff go independent and launch Aftermath

Post by pjc50 » Tue, Nov 07, 2023, 4:05 PM UTC

jchw wrote: post #87

AlexandrB wrote: post #72

I find it funny how many comments here complain about the infusion of politics into games media but not one mentions the fact that games media in general is a prime example of "access journalism". Most gaming media outlets live in fear of losing access to pre-release copies of games because it would mean their reviews will lag behind their competitors. This means they go easy on games (the average review score on any…

I do agree, the bickering about politics is a little silly when you consider just how terrible the actual "journalism" part is. I think there's a general feeling that all journalism has faltered a little bit in the face of the Internet and a 24 hour news cycle, but I'm not even sure video game journalism was ever good . I'm not sure it was ever really 'journalism'. I'll admit I do miss the older generation of video g…

Post by kevingadd » Tue, Nov 07, 2023, 4:07 PM UTC

r113500 wrote: post #59

if you look into the names of the founders, all of them are activists, one of them has a colorful gamergate history, one mentions labour issues in their byline. their position statement is in the fourth paragraph, it starts with "widespread labor organizing, industry-changing mergers and acquisitions, sweeping layoffs", and then reads "We need a curious, independent press to hold power to account, to cut through the…

Post by AlexandrB » Tue, Nov 07, 2023, 4:09 PM UTC

drawkward wrote: post #95

AlexandrB wrote: post #72

I find it funny how many comments here complain about the infusion of politics into games media but not one mentions the fact that games media in general is a prime example of "access journalism". Most gaming media outlets live in fear of losing access to pre-release copies of games because it would mean their reviews will lag behind their competitors. This means they go easy on games (the average review score on any…

Food for thought: maybe because people try to make better than mediocre games, the average review score is higher than 5/10.

Post by starkparker » Tue, Nov 07, 2023, 4:10 PM UTC

vehemenz wrote: post #99

xxs wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Aftermath itself might suck, The initial articles are well written.

"We're trying something different, thanks for joining us" A comma splice isn't the end of the world, but if this is the post that's advertising your new enterprise to the rest of the world, then it tells me you have some inexperienced writers.

Post by teh64 » Tue, Nov 07, 2023, 4:12 PM UTC

lelanthran wrote: post #82

Jeslijar wrote: post #36

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Based on the link it sounds like they want to carry on with what they've always done but get more money. I get the desire but I doubt the content is going to go back to what it was 25 years ago. The way I see it today, ideological reviews are what is mainstream. It's not about how the game is, it's how inclusive they are to minorities that is what reaches the front page. It's fucking bizarre but it makes sense when t…

Yeah, agreed. The first name in that list is a guy who gave great reviews of a game by a developer who was sleeping with him. Of course, due to one (or both? I forget which) of them being married, of course that fact had to be a secret . In any other publication, the author's sexual liasons with the subject of the piece is considered a clear conflict of interest. Not so in gaming, it appeared.