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1. Owl (owl@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 10:21:02 JST Owl

   • Dad
   • Pawlicker
   • Lone Starr
   This thread is eye-opening and depressing.
   • Dad (noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 10:20:59 JST Dad

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     • Miscbrains:beastie::segasaturn:
     • Pawlicker
     • Lone Starr
     @miscbrains @Owl @PurpCat @lonestarr you can play and review games. you just won't get paid if you tell the truth (unless you are Yahtzee, and he still has many flaws)
   • Dad (noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 10:21:01 JST Dad

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     • Pawlicker
     • Lone Starr
     @Owl @PurpCat @lonestarr I tried to be a games journalist once. it didn't last. what an utterly vile profession.
   • Miscbrains:beastie::segasaturn: (miscbrains@misc.brainsoap.net)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 10:21:01 JST Miscbrains:beastie::segasaturn:

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     • Dad
     • Pawlicker
     • Lone Starr

     @noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.world @Owl@nicecrew.digital @PurpCat@clubcyberia.co @lonestarr@mugicha.club I get to play and review games?! What's not to like? KEK
     Before Giant bomb exploded- the original crew painted a pretty bleak picture of what the job actually was like.

   • Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 10:21:25 JST Pawlicker

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     • Dad
     • Miscbrains:beastie::segasaturn:
     • Lone Starr
     @noyoushutthefuckupdad @miscbrains @lonestarr @Owl Well not only that, the other issue is you don't get sweet access to early builds and review keys. This isn't just a small time thing, it happens to big sites.
     
     This happened to Kotaku. Kotaku was posting about leaks, and it turns out that's not kosher in the gaming news world.
     https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-game-journalist-sparks-backlash-220440812.html
     https://kotaku.com/youre-going-to-get-fewer-early-game-reviews-from-everyo-1788211648
     https://kotaku.com/a-price-of-games-journalism-1743526293
     
     This has now also applied to any gaming journalist that also doesn't glaze up new games, hence why Dragon Age only has reviews mentioning the same exact phrases similar to the "gamers are dead" article series.
     
     This hurts these reviewers as they cannot publish the coveted "day one" reviews when the embargo runs out. They have to do what us plebs have to do: buy a game from GameStop or Amazon and review it.