7th February 2022, 5:51 AM
Games journalism isn't exactly on a "decline", it only ever went to the top company's releases in the first place. It was always bad in a lot of ways, at least in professional spheres. If anything, it's better than it used to be in a lot of ways. Opinions on games are a lot more informed than they used to be and don't consist of statements like "Too many notes". Reviewers can, for the first time, actually put to voice in game design particulars WHY they thought this or that collectathon was "too much". We have a far more vast vocabulary of terms that encompass a deeper understanding of games such as "emergent gameplay".
But yes, IGN is still utter trash.
More worrying when it comes to the Switch is the rise of shovelware and asset flips. Nintendo opened the flood gates, and in came the trash. There's just certain games that by all rights shouldn't exist and aren't worth preserving.
But yes, IGN is still utter trash.
More worrying when it comes to the Switch is the rise of shovelware and asset flips. Nintendo opened the flood gates, and in came the trash. There's just certain games that by all rights shouldn't exist and aren't worth preserving.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)