Cross-post from Half-KIA over on Reddit, reposting here for a signal boost:
With Psychonauts 2 having an invincibility toggle, the debate about video game difficulty has resurfaced, with at least one games journalist proving how incompetent she is by saying she refuses to play on anything other than easy mode. Other topics covered this episode include the new lawsuit against Blizzard, updates on the Chris Avellone allegations, Kotaku embarrassing itself in more than a couple ways yet again, a game developer’s very bizarre Twitter thread about making female characters look less feminine, and plenty more.
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why do games journalists exist? I mean, other than pushing the Progressive Death Cult agenda and organizing head hunts against any reasonable voice?
I can watch a video of gameplay (hopefully without commentary) online. I don't need some failure at life telling me what they think about a game based on their rushed playthrough. Most of them hate games anyway.
This is an important point : The ONLY people who become journalists have failed at capitalism and many more profitable subjects. So their articles are a) idiotic and b) they attack the systems that they have failed at.