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.