This article uses the "Leaked Blue Dragon and Lair Scores" incident on N4G from several weeks ago as a jumping-off point to question the practice among gamers of using trailers to judge games before they are released, as well as the practice among journalists of relying on canned optimism and mere visual descriptions of these trailers to pad out "previews" and "impressions", rather than providing actual analysis and criticism of how a game is shaping up. Finally, the article provides some tips for reading through the lines of gaming hype to ascertain what the game is like months before the gaming journalists finally stop playing dumb.
Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.
Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.
A famous actor from Starship Troopers has showered praise on Helldivers 2 and said he is open to the idea of playing General Brasch.
good read