Archive of deepfreezes article https://archive.ph/AArXb and I pulled this list from this old reddit post. https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2gsslk/is_there_a_list_of_all_the_gamers_are_dead/
[–]SuperflyD 17 points 9 years ago*
This doesn't have some of the newer stuff which is just more pointless circle-jerking. 'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over. Exclusive[2] http://archive.today/l1kTW Leigh Alexander Gamasutra Aug 28, 10:00am
An awful week to care about video games[3] http://archive.today/rkvO8 Chris Plante Polygon Aug 28, 1:21pm
The death of the “gamers” and the women who “killed” them[4] https://archive.today/ZyLdw Casey Johnson Ars Technica Aug 28, 5:00pm
A Guide to Ending "Gamers"[5] http://archive.today/2t93l Devin Wilson Gamasutra Aug 28, 7:57 pm
We Might Be Witnessing The 'Death of An Identity'[6] https://archive.today/ht088 Luke Plunkett Kotaku Aug 28, 8:00pm
Gaming Is Leaving “Gamers” Behind[7] http://archive.today/jVqJ8 Joseph Bernstein Buzzfeed Aug 28, 8:29 pm
Sexism, Misogyny, and online attacks: It's a horrible time to consider yourself a gamer[8] https://archive.today/HkPHc Patrick O'Rourke Financial Post Aug 28, 9:33pm
It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Why Are Gamers So Angry?[9] http://archive.today/9NxHy Arthur Chu The Daily Beast Aug 28, time unknown
The End of Gamers[10] https://archive.today/L4vJG Dan Golding Tumblr Aug 28, time unknown
This guy's embarassing relationship drama is killing the 'gamer' identity[11] https://archive.today/L4n6p Mike Pearl Vice Aug 29, time unknown
Dr. Nerdlove https://archive.today/UwiC2# August 29, 2014
Eurogamer https://archive.today/CTpxW Dan Whitehead Saturday, 30 August 2014
Destructoid Blog https://archive.today/tIS6L Fenriff 12:09 PM on 08.28.2014
GamesONnet https://archive.today/oD3QV Tim Colwill August 29, 2014 1:37 pm
Gamespot https://archive.today/GWHD7 Emanuel Maiberg
Gamasutra https://archive.today/h78pg#selection-10.13-2948.5 September 1, 2014 Kris Ligman
The Week https://archive.today/bnWvI
The Guardian https://archive.today/DGj1S Jenn Frank Monday 1 September 2014
Gameranx https://archive.today/yomy2 Stephen Daly 3rd Sep, 2014
Gamasutra https://archive.today/W0Jha Tadhg Kelly 08/31/14 11:57:00 am
Destructoid https://archive.today/KXpV4 https://archive.today/VFYOb Jonathan Holmes 7:30 PM 08.31.2014
Rock, Paper, Shotgun https://archive.today/RXjWz Graham Smith September 1st, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Tumblr https://archive.today/CyAUk
Paste https://archive.today/x921m Garrett Martin September 4, 2014
THE INDEPENDENT https://archive.today/c6svO TOM MENDELSOHN Friday 5 September 2014
Vox https://archive.today/z4i22 Todd VanDerWerff September 6, 2014, 2:45 p.m. ET
Gamasutra https://archive.today/vT7vp Greg Costikyan on 09/07/14 12:55:00 am
Examiner https://archive.today/YRH03 Leo Reyna September 6, 2014
The Mary Sue https://archive.today/11OEl Victoria McNally Thursday August 28th 2014 1:30 pm
Uproxx https://archive.today/XBvF8 DAN SEITZ / 09.02.14
On the Media https://archive.today/K13nk Alex Goldman Friday, September 05, 2014 - 10:53 AM
ArsTechnica https://archive.today/SadEJ Casey Johnston - Sept 9 2014, 11:20pm MST
The New Yorker https://archive.today/nb14y SIMON PARKIN
Wired https://archive.today/LTFr9 10 SEPTEMBER 14 CASEY JOHNSTON Edit: Most of this is thanx to GameFAQs users in the threads still ongoing there.
Man it seems so quaint now that it expanded to 'fans dont have to be your audience" in everything.
At least it's starting to come tumbling down. All those woke projects were propped up with DEI funding with the intent on saturating pop culture with nothing but leftist propaganda to force a change in the zeitgeist. It hasn't turned out as they hoped, and now studios are closing because investors are expecting a return, and all those promises they were sold that appealing to some mythical 'wider audience' has turned out to be a lie. I just hate that so much of my 401k goes through BlackRock, so I've been indirectly bankrolling this shit with a percent of my paycheck every week.
Indeed. Not to mention that the cultists who actually like this shit have it blow up in their faces when games they shit on like Hogwarts Legacy or Black Myth: Wukong make huge sums of money. I do think that a lot of the situations where they made money were only due to the fact that these games were dependent on the DEI funding tey got to make any profit at all.