Tag: games journalist
IGN Apologizes for IGN France Stellar Blade Comments
I guess anyone can be shamed sooner or later. If you’ll remember, IGN France published a review of the Stellar Blade demo that was released on March 29, 2024. While pretty much all games journalists are having conniption fits over the lead character, Eve, being rendered as a very attractive woman...
Read MoreStellar Blade Makes Games Journalists Insult Women
The latest video game on everyone’s lips is Stellar Blade, a new third-person action game from South Korean developer Shift Up. Stellar Blade, which is being published by Sony and will be available for the PlayStation 5, puts gamers in the role of a warrior named Eve who returns to an Earth that�...
Read MoreBBC Video Game Commentator Wants a “Final Purge” of Gamers
Games journalists want you gone. You probably figured that already, but they’re coming right out with it now. On March 22, 2024, the consulting firm Black Girl Gamers posted on X about starting a Steam curator similar to Sweet Baby Inc. Detected that would list the games they were involved in deve...
Read MoreKotaku Loses Editor-in-Chief Over New Focus on Gaming Guides
Kotaku is in a bit of trouble. Today, Kotaku’s editor-in-chief, Jen Glennon, resigned. Glennon announced this on X without going into detail, aside from saying, “Jim Spanfeller is an herb.” If you don’t know who that is, she’s referring to James J. Spanfeller Jr., the CEO of G/O Media Inc....
Read MoreThe Return of GamerGate | The GamerGate 2 Report
Nerdwars222 | Mar 21, 2024 | 6
All I wanted to do was laugh at some pronoun fluids and Canadians doing land acknowledgments and calling themselves “settlers.” Instead, I present to you a comprehensive, multi-part series on Gamergate, Sweet Baby Inc., and wokeness in video games. Please, play nice. During the dangerous process...
Read MoreStuttering Craig Wants to Take Games Back
The rot in the video game industry and the journalists who cover it has reached critical mass. Apathy is rapidly fading in lieu of anger, and with it, a restlessness to do something about it. Stuttering Craig, co-founder of ScrewAttack, current host of the Side Scrollers podcast, and lifelong gamer...
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