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Danny o Dwyer roasted over 'journalism is dying' comments

MMaRsu

Member
Supposedly with the closure of Gamesindustry.biz, 'Gaming Journalism' is down to 40 people now. Guess he's forgetting all those people around the world. Maybe he's just talking about US gaming journalists?????



Dude is high on his own farts again, thankfully he got fully shit upon in the comments



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MMaRsu

Member
Danny makes awesome documentaries but he's a proper wokey
He does make some good stuff, and I used to appreciate him on the Giant Bomb Unprofessional Fridays etc.

But him and his crew love dunking on Kingdome Come Deliverance because it didn't have the right npc's skin color.

Apparantly he defended Zoe Quinn back in the day as well but I dont know the finer points of it all.

Either way he's a douche

Dont forget him and Patrick Klepek can't handle even the smallest amount of booty in a videogame.

 
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Senua

Member
He does make some good stuff, and I used to appreciate him on the Giant Bomb Unprofessional Fridays etc.

But him and his crew love dunking on Kingdome Come Deliverance because it didn't have the right npc's skin color.

Apparantly he defended Zoe Quinn back in the day as well but I dont know the finer points of it all.

Either way he's a douche
When GB refused to cover KCD that was when I knew the site would eventually die.
 

Robb

Gold Member
There’s basically no real journalism or journalistic integrity anymore. It’s all just click-bait to get more money from ads.

Just let it die. I imagine all of the people who had an actual degree in journalism and any journalistic integrity left gaming “journalism” long ago by their own accord.
 

Fake

Member
"Because I'm an adult."

He said guys. What more adults take he have? 'You guys need a girlfriend'? 'Never touch a woman?'

Nothing to do with make bait articles, fightning with your consumers on social media, doxing, writing insults... the big elephant in the room.
They are in the same bubble some folks are about the reasons Concord failed. Is a mistery of the nature.
 
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spons

Gold Member
Shit, even the GameTrailers E3 All Access interviews were better than "journalism" these days. At least you got some in-depth info back then.
I get it was a money sink for Viacom, but Christ did I love it.
 

Spukc

always chasing the next thrill
Ngl his docs are fucking mint..
the only stuff i consume from him is this.

I do not give a fuck what he does outside of it..
he might as well be a fucking left wing cuck
That cropes people
Separate the person from his art
 
They did it to themselves. They spent so much time vilifying a large segment of the consumer base and games/dev that didn't march lockstep with their vanity politics. And they did it with arrogance and glee. Their constant personal commentary and editorializing didn't make the industry better. And they did it all for the ragebait clicks to artificially pump the web traffic for the sites they worked for.

Fuck em. I have no sympathy that era and generation of 'game journalists' are all but gone.
 
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Kronark

Member
And I'm sure when 1 of the 40 who are left steps out of line the rest will be there to correct their opinion... Or if not we drop down to 39 games journalists and continue the cycle.

I had some good times with Giant Bomb content but I'm over it. The games journalism industry is only doing one of three things these days: Virtual signalling, fanboying, or being so cynical they're not worth listening to. I question if Gerstmann even likes a single video game made after 1995. I get more accurate reviews by just browsing forums and grabbing some basic feedback from player sentiment. I don't need a "journalist" to tell me Elden Ring is good or that Redfall had a troubled development cycle.
 

MiguelItUp

Member
I love No Clip, so I won't hate on his work at all. But I've never been a fan of journalists putting so much of their own random personal opinions into their previews/reviews/pieces. I get wanting to make it personal, but we don't need to know about their views on XYZ. The more that happened, the more it became an issue. I understand feeling this way about one thing, or feeling that way about another. But save that for your personal social page, or whatever. I don't think it ever should've taken over outlets.

It's crazy how some just sounded like they were less about video games, and more so about everything else. But then they proudly said it was all only about video games, but it clearly wasn't anymore.

If I wanna know more about anything other than video games, then I'll go somewhere else. But when I want video games, I want video games, lol. I don't care about your opinion on religion, politics, social topics, what's "woke", what's not "woke". That all feels exhausting to me. Video games are a hobby I've enjoyed my entire life, and something I love to dive into and immerse myself in. Maybe even forget everything that's currently going on in the real world, or my personal life.

As a 40 year old, I'll always miss the era of gaming magazines, websites, etc. I mean, there was a time when it was all really, really great. But then gameplay videos, and video reviews became more of a thing. Game Trailers basically changed everything for me when it was fresh. Then YouTube and Twitch came along. People could now watch things and form their own opinions without needing to lean hard on someone else's written pieces. But if they wanted to know someone else's opinion they still could via their social media, YouTube, Twitch, etc.

I understand being a journalist and being like, "Man, this sucks." but times have changed. On top of that, many of the journalists and outlets didn't really make anything better for themselves. Those that did, evolved and found success through other means.
 
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CLW

Member
Didn’t realize dude was even alive - haven’t seen anything from him in at least a decade but he did some decent docs in the 00s-10s
 
Last I recall of DD was when he was doing bits at Gamespot. Only reason I still know his name is because he and Moriarty have beef which he references now and again.

Can’t say I care too much for anyone who shares their opinions on Twitter. It’s GAF or nothing.
 

powder

Member
He does make some good stuff, and I used to appreciate him on the Giant Bomb Unprofessional Fridays etc.

But him and his crew love dunking on Kingdome Come Deliverance because it didn't have the right npc's skin color.

Apparantly he defended Zoe Quinn back in the day as well but I dont know the finer points of it all.

Either way he's a douche

Dont forget him and Patrick Klepek can't handle even the smallest amount of booty in a videogame.


I dunno, he sounds pretty ambivalent about having that kind of shit in the game. This doesn’t sound like him being flat out opposed to it.

I tend to agree with the sentiment here, unless you’re into characters with little boy asses, which is kinda weird…
 

Corian33

Member
Game journalism is doing great, so many small youtubers with great reviews/opinion pieces. Everything else is dead or dying and they did it themselves. I say good riddance.
Shocked Pikachu “games journalists” out there still baffled that their jobs evaporated after they spent a decade openly hating their own audience. Meanwhile gamers who are passionate about games and making content about games are somehow doing just fine.
 

ZehDon

Member
O'Dwyer has failed to realise the market shifted as a direct result of low quality journalism. The entire practice effectively crashed because publications sold out to publishers, or, started prioritising their political ideologies. So, tired of being lied to, the readers simply moved on to find the video game content they used to get from places like Kotaku, Giant Bomb, and Games Radar.

Today, the people who would've gone into journalism to cover video games instead stream on Twitch, have YouTube channels, run Patreons, and host Pod Casts. The journalists left at the dwindling list of publications are the ones who's writing ability isn't strong enough, or who are simply not entertaining enough, to allow them to basically run a small business on the merits of their own insight and communication ability.

Games journalism died years ago, and it was the journalists who killed it.
 
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MMaRsu

Member
I dunno, he sounds pretty ambivalent about having that kind of shit in the game. This doesn’t sound like him being flat out opposed to it.

I tend to agree with the sentiment here, unless you’re into characters with little boy asses, which is kinda weird…
He equivelates having anime asses to rape so...

See later in that thread
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
Gaming journalism is dead probably because the people doing it are crap at their jobs.

If they can’t beat normal people doing YT videos (whether they are making them as a career or as a hobby on the weekend) they got to be pretty shitty at their jobs. If they can’t use their gaming expertise to beat out normal people, that’s bad.

It also doesn’t help they mostly stick together politically too. Gamers aren’t stupid and see through that stuff.

Gaming isn’t fine arts or Bentley cars. It’s an industry geared to people of all classes and tastes. Just communicate to gamers like a normal person and you’ll get views. I can see why a guy like Penguinzo gets views. Just started watching some of his gaming videos (he does different topics too) for the past few months and he’s just a guy sitting at his PC desk talking games and cracking jokes with his weird voice. Jack frags has been doing shooter videos forever.
 
I saw the name and I was like,

Guardians Of The Galaxy GIF


and then I clicked on the topic and saw the picture and was like, "Oh yeah, that guy."

And then I was like, "That guy?" because I forgot about him, and then I thought, "Oh well, who cares."

But then I read the thread anyway and man, did you guys roast his ass! 'Twas fun to read!
 

evanft

Member
Gaming journalism has been pointless since the rise of YouTube. Why would a read some blue-haired idiots rant about a game they didn't play when I can watch reviews from ten different people who played the game?
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
Gaming journalism has been pointless since the rise of YouTube. Why would a read some blue-haired idiots rant about a game they didn't play when I can watch reviews from ten different people who played the game?
Because game sites usually try to write their articles in a very polished way similar to a magazine or newspaper article.

So they are hoping you prefer that instead of every day people or career YouTubers doing their own channels talking games in their unique style.
 

Alexios

Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Duh, of course he should be roasted since it's not dying, it died in the mid 90s when they became eager pawns and fanboys of the given highest bidder rather than enthusiast press.

Some people only notice it now and attribute it to whatever thing they wanna hate on but nope. It happened early and they're part of the problem, they just enjoyed it at the time...
 
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Z O N E

Member
Don't think gaming journalism even exists anymore. Hell, I bet 95% of "gaming journalists", barely even play like 1 or 2 hours a week.

These days it's all about the "check list review".

If it has this, this and that, give it a good review.

If it doesn't have this, this or that, we remove scores from it.
 
He does make some good stuff, and I used to appreciate him on the Giant Bomb Unprofessional Fridays etc.

But him and his crew love dunking on Kingdome Come Deliverance because it didn't have the right npc's skin color.

Apparantly he defended Zoe Quinn back in the day as well but I dont know the finer points of it all.

Either way he's a douche

Dont forget him and Patrick Klepek can't handle even the smallest amount of booty in a videogame.


Danny O'Dwyer said:
Because I'm an adult
the naked gun facepalm GIF


...and these are the people who have been calling gamers insecure?

I wasn't aware of how absurd these people and their clique actually was until recent. This year has really been an eye opener. Very few if any of them speak for gamers. They collectively seem to have pushed gaming into the questionable trajectory we see today.
 
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It hasn't died, it's just evolved and there are more voices than ever.
Traditional games journalism, print to paper, essentially what he is describing is mostly dead.

It would have died regardless of the culture wars because content creators, podcasts, and shortform content were all inevitable, but I understand the need for gamers to feel like they need to vent and find something to blame that isn't technology.
 

Impotaku

Member
i remember a time when journalists had to buy the games they reviewed meaning all these fake dev bought reviews was a lot less common, any sane gamer now certainly wouldn’t get their news from one of these shills peddling identity politics and a whole pile of isms.

Reviews from the usual sources just feel like paid propaganda anyway. Happy to watch it all crash & burn as if you have a working brain you can use your own gaming experience & tastes to figure out if something is good or not. Professional (lol) gaming journalism really doesn’t have a place anymore, gamers can do it themselves on YouTube.
 

stevish

Member
When GB refused to cover KCD that was when I knew the site would eventually die.
This was the point I dropped off supporting them. Games like KCD should be the ones they get excited about... a totally unique experience from a small team pushing a new idea.
 
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