I know I tweet a lot about the whole ecosystem of games coverage, my very strong feelings about it are one of my greatest weaknesses. But I just saw a new video from a prominent site in which a staff member "confesses" that he could never get into a game.
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And I get it. A great many readers have been trained to view gaming sites as just safe spaces for their uncritical fandom to such a degree that even encountering perspectives that aren't baked in pure enthusiasm is alienating, and may lead them elsewhere.
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But this handling of games and readers with kid gloves is not good for the larger conversation about games. Both games (as a medium and an art form) and readers deserve better. They can handle a richer landscape of criticism, even if the transition to it is a painful, awkward one
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