Though considering the GameJournoPros list that later came to light, I can hardly call her the author with certainty considering this was probably made among them and then altered slightly for each republication.
I mean, she turned out to be at least half-right in the end. She wasn't right at the time, but gamers clearly don't have to be their audience anymore...and games are near infinitely worse for it.
Congrats, bitches, you cut out the people who played the games, and turned games into useless slop marketed to DEI investment firms. Progress™ marches on!
Gamers are dead(ish) as an audience...but we still faired better than games.
You say that like they aren't happy with the slop we're being served. They love how gaming has degenerated into glorified movies, with the only thing standing in their way now is difficulty.
It's ultimately what it was all about. They wanted games easier because they hated that others were better than them.
She was the one that penned the original "Gamers are Dead, Gamers don't have to be your Audience" article.
Though considering the GameJournoPros list that later came to light, I can hardly call her the author with certainty considering this was probably made among them and then altered slightly for each republication.
I mean, she turned out to be at least half-right in the end. She wasn't right at the time, but gamers clearly don't have to be their audience anymore...and games are near infinitely worse for it.
Congrats, bitches, you cut out the people who played the games, and turned games into useless slop marketed to DEI investment firms. Progress™ marches on!
Gamers are dead(ish) as an audience...but we still faired better than games.
You say that like they aren't happy with the slop we're being served. They love how gaming has degenerated into glorified movies, with the only thing standing in their way now is difficulty.
It's ultimately what it was all about. They wanted games easier because they hated that others were better than them.
Rule 16 to games journos.