English MobsterSep 1, 2023

Starfield review controversy traces game journalism's orbital decay

https://beehaw.org/post/7543478

Starfield review controversy traces game journalism's orbital decay - Beehaw

More concerning than Bethesda’s decision to withhold early review codes from certain outlets is how heavily some sites are relying on the game to drive their business.

Show threadstopthatgirl7Sep 2, 2023
This article made a damn good point about how much gaming websites depend on guides now. It hasn’t really clicked until now with me. I follow a bot on Mastodon that posts new articles from a bunch of different gaming sites, and it seems like half of them are for guides and walkthroughs. That’s where they get their ad bucks from, so that and SEO are the big focus.
Show threadregalia
When I look up guides, I’m now spammed with game8 and screenrant links. I’m pretty sure they’re just AI generated too.
Sep 2, 2023 at 4:24pmWeb