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Starfield review controversy traces game journalism's orbital decay (www.gamesindustry.biz)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its more like the problem of Neo-liberalism and hyper capitalism at this point.....

Journalism dying is just a by-product.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Commercial media has always been collaborative with whatever power structures or industries it's associated with. Only good media is independent, and even then you get some really shitty journalists, and sometimes entire rotten publications.