hmm, so true

Gaming journalism was always shit.

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uh huh

>>727680454
But there are different degrees of shit, and gaming journalism is now shittier than it has been in the past.
Trust me, I know a lot about shit and degrees of shit because I have studied shit. I'm and Indian man, and I like to print out twitter-opinions from game journos and stick them all over my body, and even my fellow indians think I am repulsive.

>>727681458
It was always just as shit as it is now, you just didn't play every game or have access to every journalist to cross-check just how full of shit they were.
All this ridiculous engagement farming shit is also separate from journalism, it's the equivalent of being followed around by a ranting homeless man and paying him a dollar to fuck off.

>>727679065
You get what you pay for.

>>727680454
Nope. It actually used to be good once. In the late 90s-2000s I would decide whether to buy a game based on getting 8+ IGN score. It was pretty much always right.
You can't begin to imagine how much has been taken away from you.

>>727682509
Nah, you were just too young to notice.