Big dog that is straight up untrue, I was there when it launched and it was nothing but nakedly transparent ad reads. Hobbyist journalism is all captive PR
I only used gaming magazines pre internet. After that, forums, eventually Steam reviews, and occasionally an independent YouTuber review. Never even heard of these sites, except polygon. Who is using these sites today ?
This also leaves out all the game journalism that isn‘t even on most people‘s radars. Namely non-english game journalism. That‘s a huge part most people naturally know very little about.
For reference, they own:
Some well known sites in there, but hardly ‘most’ of gaming journalism.
Are they why Polygon is the gaming equivalent of entertainment slop instead of being about games?
Polygon used to be great RIP
Big dog that is straight up untrue, I was there when it launched and it was nothing but nakedly transparent ad reads. Hobbyist journalism is all captive PR
I only used gaming magazines pre internet. After that, forums, eventually Steam reviews, and occasionally an independent YouTuber review. Never even heard of these sites, except polygon. Who is using these sites today ?
RockPaperShotgun ftw!
This also leaves out all the game journalism that isn‘t even on most people‘s radars. Namely non-english game journalism. That‘s a huge part most people naturally know very little about.