I have a huge steam library and disposable income for plenty of new games. I would honestly rather do my day job than play those games for 40 hours a week.
I hate journalists but they’re probably right. A TON of games are awful and having to play them in a structured way for hours on end probably really does suck.
Hell, playing video games for 40 hours a week, even if you liked the game, would feel like a soulless and pointless existence. You didn’t build anything, you didn’t form relationships, you didn’t lead any new endeavors, and you didn’t help anyone. You just ran around a fictional environment that has nothing to do with reality.
Each journo usually only does one or two games per week, and given their reviews, only plays one or two hours worth of the game. In one particularly infamous case (Cuphead, IIRC), the journo didn't even finish the tutorial.
So they're getting the income of a 40-hour week, while playing games for 2-4 or so hours, and writing for 2-4 hours (reviews are rarely more than a page or two). The rest of their time is virtue signalling on Twitter, which they would have done regardless of employment.
I have a huge steam library and disposable income for plenty of new games. I would honestly rather do my day job than play those games for 40 hours a week.
I hate journalists but they’re probably right. A TON of games are awful and having to play them in a structured way for hours on end probably really does suck.
Hell, playing video games for 40 hours a week, even if you liked the game, would feel like a soulless and pointless existence. You didn’t build anything, you didn’t form relationships, you didn’t lead any new endeavors, and you didn’t help anyone. You just ran around a fictional environment that has nothing to do with reality.
They don't play games for 40 hours per week.
Each journo usually only does one or two games per week, and given their reviews, only plays one or two hours worth of the game. In one particularly infamous case (Cuphead, IIRC), the journo didn't even finish the tutorial.
So they're getting the income of a 40-hour week, while playing games for 2-4 or so hours, and writing for 2-4 hours (reviews are rarely more than a page or two). The rest of their time is virtue signalling on Twitter, which they would have done regardless of employment.
That’s a good point I hadn’t thought of that. Damn.