Re: Goodbye Game Informer

On 07/08/2024 17:50, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

And the same with tech, and TV, and books, and generally everything in
the past. The rough edges of our hobbies had their charm, sure. But I
love 'living in the future'. Sure, there are problems today too --lots
of problems!-- and a lot of our modern toys don't live up to their
potential. Who'd have expected the Internet to turn into the
advertising-riddled, disinformation-soaked hellhole it too often is?

It does feel as though internet content is rapidly going even more downhill with so much of it based on who do we generate traffic for our site with the least amount of effort involved. Who needs staff writers when you can just use an AI to create a story for you with the right keywords. It kinda reminds me of games as service where the link between give us money for a game experience is becoming more and more stretched.
Then there's the real darkside as demonstrated last week in England with riots fuelled by misinformation on social media. The positive is that communities finally came together and said enough is enough, you don't represent us and no you can't come to our town and smash shops up or try and burn down hotels.