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Re: It used to be great by Photo Unavailable 05/07/2015, 8:23pm PDT
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:

Mid-80s you had -- just on the PC -- Flightmare, Chopper Commando, Sopwith, Moria and then later getting into EGA and VGA games we had the Commander Keens, Scorched Earth, EGA Trek, I-0, Stunts and so forth. Games made by one person were awesome.

By 2007 it all went to shit. I don't know when exactly, but definitely by 2007. The same kind of piece of shit journos we have today wrote what was essentially ad copy for their friends' games.

Part of that, I think, is tied to the crossroads of an existing commercialized web with the rise of social media. It's also a microcosm of the larger newsroom problem: More PR/spooks than actual reporters & journalists.

The places that did write about review sites playing the role of peer marketers also went silent, or were replaced. I specifically recall the HG 101 blog speaking towards the state of the online media. Unfortunately, now they are too busy tweeting about how gamers are women hating neckbeards, and games are toxic trash to women. Maybe that's more about the voice of the leader shouting over the independent contributors, I don't know...


Things should be getting better as it's getting easier to find great, niche games without using the mainstream game writers. It would be nice if Caltrops had a searchable database of recommended indie games.
ICJ
A happy ending in sight!?

I tend to agree as there seems to be a lot of fun little games out there. It's just really hard to find them because the creators don't have an easy way to publicize against the megaphones of others proclaiming to be the Second Coming of the Progressive Xhrist, Savior of Games as Fart (Donate to our Patreon today!).
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P.T. to vanish, I guess by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/29/2015, 6:24am PDT NEW
    I think you can still play it if you had it. NT by Mysterio 04/30/2015, 12:37pm PDT NEW
    When people talk about games as art by Vested Id 04/30/2015, 2:49pm PDT NEW
        God, you're right. SPOILERS by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/30/2015, 4:00pm PDT NEW
            Silent Hills was never going to be gaming's Citizen Kane, but at least PT gets by to be gaming's Cry Baby Lane! 05/05/2015, 10:01pm PDT NEW
                Goddammit. Trusting, but verifying by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/06/2015, 12:38pm PDT NEW
                    isn't it great that consoles are still around? by fabio 05/06/2015, 2:28pm PDT NEW
                        The rise of PC's has given us Twine, Fez and their ilk. It's a trade-off. NT by skip 05/06/2015, 5:33pm PDT NEW
                            Fez is pretty good tho by Mysterio 05/06/2015, 8:42pm PDT NEW
                                Sub in Gone Home, Depression Quest, or one of those kind. Indie games going to NT by shit has been PC driven. 05/07/2015, 5:52am PDT NEW
                                    Aces Wild, Freedom Planet, Ring Runner, Xulima, etc; artsy-farsty indies hogging by all the attention is critic-driven! 05/07/2015, 6:18am PDT NEW
                                        Death Skid Marks! Crypt of the Necrodancer! Most Spiderweb Software NT by I should review all these 05/07/2015, 6:48am PDT NEW
                                    It used to be great by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/07/2015, 12:06pm PDT NEW
                                        Perhaps review flags could help something like that happen! NT by Mischief Maker 05/07/2015, 12:24pm PDT NEW
                                        Re: It used to be great by Photo Unavailable 05/07/2015, 8:23pm PDT NEW
                                Is it? by Worm 05/07/2015, 8:33am PDT NEW
                                    Re: Is it? by Mysterio 05/07/2015, 11:00am PDT NEW
                                        Oh that's convincing. by Worm 05/07/2015, 11:28am PDT NEW
                                            Re: Oh that's convincing. by Mysterio 05/07/2015, 12:20pm PDT NEW
                                                Yeah, I did take it as sarcasm, whoops. by Worm 05/07/2015, 12:37pm PDT NEW
                                                    Insane knee-jerk screaming is more of a Phil Fish thing NT by Entropy Stew 05/07/2015, 5:25pm PDT NEW
                                                    Everything is sarcasm on Caltrops unless you specifically tag it as not-sarcasm by blackwater 05/12/2015, 12:49am PDT NEW
                    10 Reasons Why Taking Away Your Purchases is Actually Great NT by HLGUAHLUGAHLUAGLUAHGLUA 05/06/2015, 6:51pm PDT NEW
                        Konami Removed PT From The Playstation Store and Why We Should Applaud Them NT by Ben Kuchera 05/06/2015, 10:59pm PDT NEW
                            Too close to reality by WITTGENSTEIN 05/07/2015, 7:12pm PDT NEW
                                I really thought I was exaggerating when I wrote that. by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/07/2015, 7:29pm PDT NEW
                                    Disgusting by POE'S LAW! 05/07/2015, 7:58pm PDT NEW
 
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