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There's some lazy, parasitic, and axe-grinding writing in games journalism, as in all kinds of journalism. I am personally annoyed by how often I see Reddit pos
by overthemoon 3y ago
There's some lazy, parasitic, and axe-grinding writing in games journalism, as in all kinds of journalism. I am personally annoyed by how often I see Reddit posts and YouTube summarized like they're a story. But the good stuff is good, and this is IMO a good trend. Aftermath itself might suck, but I'd like to see more passionate video game writers get an opportunity to run their own outlet rather than churn out stupid bullshit about Twitter posts to create more surface for ads.
- xxs 3y ago>Aftermath itself might suck, The initial articles are well written.
- overthemoon 3y agoFair enough, I want to give it a chance for sure.
- ameister14 3y agoI do not agree. It's readable, but not well written. ex. "Fortnite saw 3.9 concurrent players on OG’s launch day, besting recent records, and huge subsequent numbers. It was the number one category on Twitch, bolstered by a 24-hour stream by Ninja, who made his name on the game."
- nottorp 3y agoAs a potential game player, why do I care about that? Is the game any good? What is it about?
- vehemenz 3y ago"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.
- starkparker 3y agoEven experienced writers suck at this. It means they have no actual editors.
- xxs 3y agoThat's an interesting observation - I'd have never noticed it in such a way. Reminds me "Nobody. Understands. Punctuation."[0] that's often reposted on hacker news. [0]: https://www.stilldrinking.org/nobody-understands-punctuation https://www.stilldrinking.org/nobody-understands-punctuation