Dielan I want to say, I don’t fully blame game journos across the board for what’s happened. Yeah, they’re doing bad reporting, but I think it’s a symptom of the larger media changes. We need more, we need it now, and it need to be interesting has been wrecking many legacy media companies.

      SkoomaDealer yeah I agree with this. This is why journos and bloggers treat youtubers and independent bloggers like they're subhuman. They refused change and got swept away by the tide

        Yooo IGN doing layoffs again

        Doing layoffs in December should be a hate crime

        Remember how I didn't read past the first page in Mercante's lawsuit? Well I heard something online I just had to verify for myself.

        It would seem one of her legal arguments, is SmashJT would mention (she refers to his actions as harassment) her tweets where she praises and otherwise lusts after Hasan Piker and that got her in trouble at Kotaku for antisemitism.

        So she actually was fired

        Oh man, just waits until she learns what harassment actually is.

        Given Limited Run Games' reputation I was starting to think this would never arrive

          Dielan The dichotomy of man with your blast from the past and then Veilguard bashing.

            Poor Niche Gamer fighting for their lives in the comments against the grummites

              SkoomaDealer its a game that flopped and worked with SBI

              So ppl assume it's woke garbage, but what NG is saying here is they actually played it and it's not woke. Which is kinda funny watching people who didn't play it try to justify their stance with guilt-by-association arguments

                13 days later

                Holy shit

                It's a bit late but Elon very clearly faking his "elite gamer" status.
                Basically he tried showing off his PoE2 account and showcased some suspicious things and multiple very basic ARPG blunders along with some POE specific failures.
                That said: Charlie already covered it along with others but it's a hot topic at the moment.
                For reference, Charlie:

                  SargeTheBarge bro really thought PoE players wouldn't pick up on this Lmao

                  He probably does play and enjoy the game but yeah I don't believe for a second he's actually some kind of pro

                      Pirate Software is having to defend himself for breathing the same digital air as Asmon Lmao

                      People are mad that he didn't just make a solo video and tag him. Inviting him to a call for the beatdown is apparently platforming him and not acceptable. Why are people so afraid of Asmon?

                      Dielan Oh no man, I'm unsure if you watched the video but it even shows and Charlie points out "if youve ever touched an ARPG you'd know this BASIC thing." which is mana potion. I doubt he even played the "tutorial" on the first way to town as it pesters you about potions and mechanics. he probably learned "wasd is moving, dodge is this button but you shouldnt need it, left and right click does this, you want to press right click then hold left" or some shit.
                      I hate it.

                      But yeah imagine thinking you could fake being top of a "Hardcore" ladder and not get absolutely exposed.