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Tad:
Thought I'd make a thread about everything going on in the gaming world. I sadly have to start off with the bad news that Gametrailers.com has announced on twitter they will be shutting down.
It's sad, but also not surprising really. They started off by being the go to site for gaming videos, but they when they started taking things away from users, it quickly went downhill for me. I think for me the first sign of them going was when they were bought by another company. The big characters started to go and was replaced with what they have now.
For me, I think the standard in writing has been dropping in the media anyway, but it's still sad to see people lose their jobs.
crackdude:
Newsflash: Gaming is dead.
Tad:
--- Quote from: crackdude on February 10, 2016, 06:05:59 am ---Newsflash: Gaming is dead.
--- End quote ---
Wwwhhhaaatt?!
Just seen on twitter from one of the older team members. He basically said it's no surprise they've fallen as when Ad Blocker become a thing, it took its toll on GT.
Phantasos:
And yet IGN and Polygon are still alive and kicking.
I love my Adblocker but they should kill the shitty gaming new sites, not the decent ones.
Tad:
It really is a shame. I don't usually bother with reviewers, but GT were there before YouTube etc and gave gamers the ability to see gameplay etc before many others. They hosted and streamed E3 every year and did a great job if it. Their look back and timeline series was great and well researched, while their team always showed a lot of passion in their work - you only have to see Bosman and Huber's reaction during the FF7 and Shenmue announcement. They rarely went for click bait nonsense too which is very rare nowadays.
As for others...
The UK IGN team are good and the only other one I know of is Keza Mcdonald from Kotaku. Polygon, US IGN, Kinda funny, Jim Sterling etc are all pretty poor. Sterling tends to have good editorials in the form of Jimquistions, but the rest is just click bait nonsense like the rest of them. At least others like Video Gamer UK say and know they're just a bunch of friends who enjoy playing games.
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