They Destroyed Honest Gaming Reviews

[@LadyDecade]

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[@colterdenison6364]

The central banks and the UN are targeting Manga and Anime. And they are winning. Video games will be next. Several art websites forced to stop displaying artworks they consider depiction of or are close to CP and any adult content, otherwise making money through credit card companies would be revoked. And earlier this month, shortly after a UN report that Anime and Manga inspires violence against women and children, two Japanese manga websites had their credit card services revoked, one of them shut down soon after. We've got to stop them before they decide to also openly regulate our video games, comics, books, movies, shows, and more. SBI and other DEI groups controlling our favorite media are bad, but UN control will be so much worse unless we get off our asses, unite and stop them now!

[@Pretty-Beautiful-Lady]

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[@Pretty-Beautiful-Lady]

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[@marbles8641]

Sad thing is, publishers and advertisers realize they can't reach the public like they used to, and are now trying to recruit Influences across the board with the same scheme they've been doing with Game Journalists for decades.

[@TheNapster153]

Goodness, ma'am, you scared me for a moment there and I thought that Honest Game Trailers had fallen with that title.

[@johndoerr8853]

The reviews written by players on Steam is far more accurate views of gaming than any games journalist, and it's been like that for over 10 years.

[@Zanziebar]

it's because they're writing it for free in their free time for no one in particular. it's pure passion.

[@adamaccountname]

I feel games would be better served with tags. Eg rpg mechanics, full party control etc all give an idea of if the game is what you're looking for. The LGBTQ+ tag has been an effective kiss of death on steam

[@adamaccountname]

@@crushsytle the tags give you an idea of what to expect and what has been prioritized. The early gameplay videos showed it was action combat, so I was immediately out. Then the writing was bad. The LGBTQ+ tag is a kiss of death because it signals the style of the writing is woke mush

[@michaelpettersson4919]

Except that Steam may choose to delete critical player reviews. They may even ban a user if they want. As such you cannot trust those player reviews either. The price for being honest can be too high.

[@Tomipolus]

Steam reviews are also often far from anything that resembles a good general view/review of a product. Best, most accurate reviews you can find on metacritic user scores or maybe sometimes even google user revies imo. But botting is getting in those things also soon.

[@fattiger6957]

Games "journalism" becomes very sinister when you look at how many of these "journalists" end up getting jobs at big studios. The whole industry is just cronyism. Write puff pieces for a website for a few years, get chummy with dev studios by giving them positive coverage, then get hired by those dev studios.

[@Bramon83]

its all good. the bigwigs got the ok to rid us of this crap. youve seen it coming for the last 6 months.... now that daddys back..... all they GAYmer crap is about to disappear

[@Zanziebar]

it's not. Listen to the gamespy debriefings, rebel fm, and retronauts after 1up. You're looking at things from a zoom out perspective, so you see a system. You gotta get on the ground if you want to really know what's been happening. Find out who these people are, what they're like, and why they do what they do.

[@bl4ckout36]

​@@Zanziebar???

[@biasebot]

Leave Alanah Pierce alone lol xD

[@gameoverinsertcointocontin8102]

@@Bramon83 Listen, 'daddy' does not care about you, or any of this crap. You were a useful tool, nothing else. The only thing daddy ever cared about is himself and he is too old and too stupid to change.

[@SolidNeodark]

"You can't spell 'ignorance' without IGN" 😂😂😂

[@Saibot79]

Or IGNore

[@robertbryant4669]

IGNoble.

[@justinmarkwilliams]

Thats why i watch people like you on youtube for my game news and no longer buy their magazines or visit their websites Gaming has become too popular and with it the money and greed has led to corruption in the industry.

[@Bramon83]

to be fair.... did you ever "buy" a gaming mag or did you just get game informer sent from gamestop?

[@justinmarkwilliams]

@@Bramon83 gamestop didnt exist when i started gaming on my vic20, c64 and amiga so yeah i had to buy gaming mags, eg. zzap, amiga power etc. I had to go to Computer base for my games as no internet back then. I read the mags first as i had a paper round at the local news agents, so i knew which mag i wanted to finish reading and which ones had the best demos on cassette/disk. I still have many of the mags. im almost 50 if that helps you judge the likelihood of me actually buying mags, we didnt have any other choice back then.

[@justinmarkwilliams]

@@Bramon83 lol, im almost 50, we didnt have gamestop, i bought my games from computer base, and my mags from the local news agents that i had a paper round at. so yes i did BUY gaming mags, like Zzap, Amiga Format etc. and continued to buy them until around 2016 when i noticed how dishonest they were.

[@justinmarkwilliams]

@@Bramon83 yes, i did BUY gaming mags... im almost 50 and mags were the only way to get gaming news... I was also poor, council housing in UK, i had to pay for mags myself with my paper round money, so i couldnt afford to get sent mags, i had to walk to the store that i did my paper round at.... thats usually where i bought my mags

[@Zanziebar]

it's the opposite actually, there's so little money that independent companies keep selling to ziff davis.

[@AndyNinXdo]

Very happy to be a kid during the Nintendo Power era.

[@beauwalker9820]

God, I miss that magazine... I know some like to label it "biased" towards Nintendo, but of course it is. And frankly it has fair reviews, promoted many third-party games, and helped popularize indie games like Shantae. And most of all, they only talked about games, and game related products. (Their mock parody review of Pokemon cereal and Pop-tarts being done like their video game reviews was pretty funny.) And in fairness, some of their reviewers gave some first party Nintendo games mediocre scores like Super Mario Advance, and "Wario Master of Disguise," so they didn't love every Nintendo game either.

[@Zanziebar]

Nintendo Power by Nintendo of America. Every criticism lady Decade made is way more true of them. The reality is the writing at Nintendo power was good, funny and interesting. Their audience was kids and Nintendo fans, so it was also easier to write. The current issues with the gaming press maybe tied to their corporate structure, but not inherently so.

[@napoleonfeanor]

The German version Club Nintendo didn't give review scores and the American scores were weird. Sometimes oddly in the negative direction

[@josephmcdaniel2033]

If you don't have the patience to wait until after the game releases for accurate reviews and just have to pre-order everything, you deserve the trash you end up with. I used to rent all my games before buying back in the day. Now I don't buy a game until I see video of actual gameplay online from gamers I know.

[@thiago4santos]

Finally, someone had the guts to say the truth about this!

[@darchangeldavid]

Thanks for this break down.

[@RationalistRebel]

I'd noticed the growing disconnect between IGN reviews and other sites well over a decade ago, back where there still was independent game journalism. After years of administrations rubberstamping corporate mergers and buyouts, the lot is one giant corporate dumpster fire. The issue of corporate consolidation is bigger than just game journalism, or even "news" media in general. The same issues have plagued all major industries, for the exact same reasons. Administrations have been rubberstamping corporate mergers and buyouts for _decades_ with few conditions that are almost never enforced. The rare lawsuit at best gets a pinky-swear that'll behave and token fine that's insignificant compared to the billions raked in by breaking the agreements.

[@Zanziebar]

I don't agree with your timetable, but the rest is spot on.

[@staffzx]

A big problem with not just gaming journalism, but journalism in general, is that it's mostly opinionated, mainly to sway opinions and to make a certain group happy, such as gaming journalists praising a terrible game to get in good with the company that made it, or to avoid punishments for badmouthing a game

[@kevinaraujo1935]

Metacritic deleting negative reviews is unforgivable!

[@--ART3MIS--]

not to forget: inviting "Journalists" on expensive trips, all expenses covered. this is, sadly, also true for KZbinrs.

[@Zanziebar]

I think the real issue is that they can't have these crazy experiences without people calling corruption. I get it if they hid what happened, or if they positively reviewed a bad game. People always jump the gun, so people who care never get to go.

[@FarseerB1rdy]

This is way less of a thing post 2020 but pre COVID it was huge. Just listen to some podcasts with ex Journalists and you’ll see how crazy it used to be.

[@waltwilliams1979]

You can't spell IGNorant without IGN 😅😅😅 I love it ❤

[@thelaughingmanofficial]

Not a new phrase, it's been around since Gamergate.

[@hadiferlan3760]

Easy answer: Investment companies like Blackrock, Vanguard, and Blackstone.

[@vinaypatel8578]

Just a coincidence that each company you named is a owner of an international mercenary group.

[@PicoLino-xv7wz]

@@vinaypatel8578 international mercenary group aka (((*)))

[@AlphaCrucis]

Hmmmmmm almost as if GamerGate was right all along.

[@zerooskil7161]

And we need to keep that gate forever now

[@CommenjouerFr-gplus]

Especially with the treatment of that one reviewer who got fired in 2007. Although it was in Gamespot and not IGN

[@Reds-Retros]

I don't think any form of gating is "right". Everyone simply needs to widen their perspective. Extremism on either end of the spectrum is incredibly unhealthy in almost every scenario I can think of.

[@jsutton0010]

I never let reviews influence my purchase of games. I will buy a game based on what genre's I like, not what score IGN or Gamespot give a game.

[@RutgerMcnally]

You go girl! You're helping us become more informed about our passions So that can empower us gamers As prior to watching this clip I hadn't realised how nieve I was on this subject Thanks a bunch! I also found it refreshing when you informed you used to work in gamesstation before they closed I used to love going to the one in Nottingham I really liked the staff their and do trade I was gutted when they shut down .

[@alaskacpu]

I think many of the channels here on KZbin have more subscribers than these so-call Elite Game Journalism that are woke through & through

[@Epiphany_nz]

Good point, why not just be KZbinr instead and be your own boss while just talking about games all you like

[@AlphaCrucis]

#TakeGamesBack #RealGamingAwards

[@OmarHermann]

I dont know ifi can say a name but I follow a female journalist and she is a pure gamer. Lady decade is the second female gamer journalist i follow.

[@Vette68427]

Pokimane is your first. You can say it.

[@SizzlingOne]

Been a long time subscriber and I'll just say.... This video has been sublime! No question.

[@allenniumfalcon]

I remember the days I used to get my reviews from C&VG and Mean Machines magazines. Good times. I wouldn't trust any of the modern games "journalists" Bring back Jaz Rignall 😂

[@RPGmodsFan]

I do not rely on Reviews, when it comes to buying video games. Instead, I first watch those "Let's Play" Videos, and usually by the 2nd or 3rd video in the series, I have made up my mind on whether or not to buy a video game.

[@napoleonfeanor]

It's worse than other legacy media because they still have a couple of competing companies. More than 2. I remember in my childhood, I actually had to buy magazines whose main revenue was selling copies. Corpos giving you things for free necessarily need to get funding in a different way.

[@chrisvw352]

Sad state for gaming journalism. I used to love going to IGN apps and things. I just look at the description of games and go from there.

[@tantona9315]

I go straight to the comments without watching IGN videos.

[@chrisvw352]

@@tantona9315 I meant several years ago. I do not really listen to big box journalists anymore.

[@JadedWarlock]

"Rotting" That connection has been thoroughly severed long ago.

[@VaioStreams]

My marketing budget is like 140 a month. it's hard out there.

[@beneditoxanichamaximiano6008]

In the 90's there was a magazine called MEAN MACHINES. When they gave a game Over 90% the game was kick ass. Now 😂😂😂

[@haileene703]

Thanks for the great informations you shared here. Keep on with the great work, stay safe 💖

[@mntineer6347]

You need to put Valnet into consideration as a major player. They own GameRant, Collider, TheGamer, Hardcore Gamer, OpenCritic, DualShockers, CBR and others.

[@jaysnbullfrog1043]

I've seen and heard about the consolidation of opinions in gaming media across the internet. I never knew who was doing it and why though. Thank you.

[@WhileAwake]

This is a problem that has been happening since the start of the video game market. First, with written media (how many terrible games got higher scores from Nintendo Power?), and then with online media. Now, with KZbin and other platforms where people can freely share their opinions, it's easier to notice when bad games receive undeservedly high scores. Back in the day, we used to make fun of these reviews on forums and just shrug it off.

[@shjzo]

All I ever did was watch the first few episodes of someone's Let's plays and came to my own conclusions if that game's my thing and worth a buy or not. I've never read any game review articles. These 'journalists' really aren't necessary. They can scream their 'valuable' opinions into a paper bag. I'll listen to it later. Or not.

[@NickNoctuRecordings]

Well said and put together. So BlackRock and Vanguard both own shares in Ziff Davis, says it all!

[@ultimablackmage]

Why does the puppeteer in the thumbnail looks like Frank Miller?

[@skexzies3673]

I only read reviews on Steam by real players. Everything else has become a worthless sewage of deranged woke ideology. I couldn't relate to their disgusting agenda 3 years ago...let alone today.

[@ChaosGenerator]

This is a very important video. The gangrenous underbelly of the "gaming" media needs to be exposed so we can have a proper assessment of what we are getting ourselves into. Metacritic is not to be trusted as a result of this nonsense.

[@Kami69247]

We have the power. Stop giving them ad revenue and do our own reviews.

[@NastyWicked]

TL;DW: she did not name the west bank settlers

[@Bramon83]

i want to say, the blame does NOT lie with the corpos... they are EASY targets. they corpos afterall.... neigh i say though! this blame it falls entirely on the shoulders of EVERY game studio and media publication who sold out to the corpos. the frog knew better than to trust the scorpion but we know how that story goes. BLAME YOUR HEROS, for they brought this upon us all.

[@jmo8391]

Great video. Subscribed!

[@Ranechannel77]

A game that barely sells, and is hated by real gamers, gets a nine out of ten Lmao! Plenty Oscar winners do deserve Golden Rasberries. Did IGN even review Lollipop Chainsaw remaster, I don't think so. Failguard, Dustbin, and Forwoken all suck!

[@Amaranthine1000]

Trouble is these big media conglomerates are now writing fake user reviews in an attempt to change the negative review score to a positive one or as has been discussed voting down the entry of an independent game in Game Awards in favor of a game so bad no one is actually playing it and yet that game will most likely be the one to win the awards. I stopped reading critic reviews back in the 90's for movies when it became evident that certain movies got good reviews while other good movies were panned, despite being a good movie. It was then I decided I would make up my own mind as to whether or not a movie, or game in this case was good or not. Although I do a fair bit of research first. I realized even before the biased reporting became an epidemic that critics and reviewers did not speak for me, they spoke either based on their own bias towards something or the bias directed to them by their employers, often looking for the smallest thing to critique and not focus on what was actually good. So now I think for myself and have done for decades. I too am biased, I ill will tell friends that I do or don't like something but I always finish by saying, that is just my opinion and you should see for yourself and make up your own mind, although i do outline the reasons why I like/dislike something.

[@archerVSlucas]

TLDR : Big medias aren't worth shit anymore, let us move on and leave them behind.

[@JGreen-le8xx]

Lady Decade ❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@Van_Russel]

Wow never even heard of Ziff Davis. Sounds like the Mishima Conglomerate of Game Industry. Mind Blown...

[@16-BitGuy]

It started with ign 16 years ago.

[@AzraelBloodstorm]

This could also explain why some of these big name reviewers have suddenly changed their review scores after a games release, contradicting theur previous review.

[@neilbrideau8520]

Interesting, I haven't really kept up since I gave up on gaming journalism around the turn of the century twenty five years ago.

[@syntheticsleep]

I've got some sad news. Gaming journalism has been a cesspool of corruption since reviews were all still in print magazines. The internet, and social media specifically, simply made this more explicit. The crazy ladies and the guys who want to be with them certainly haven't made things any better, but the whole thing was a wash long before any of this.

[@andrewgraham6339]

I remember a Dreamcast magazine reviewing FIFA one year. It was a review where it was a cut and paste job and basically ripping the pish out of the game considering it was the same game that came out every year. I don’t think the paid shills can get away with that these days but given the rise of social media, print media is slowly dying.

[@3rdDimensionFox]

Giiirl hair is on fleek today! Work! 💅

[@MilordLuke90]

2:44 As a Polish person I can confirm that many games lack polish 😂 😂

[@Decrypter1990]

For me the opinion of some pseudo journalists has no relevance! I trust 1000% in Lady Decade's opinion

[@incompletesky]

I have a few YT channels I trust for reviews/down to earth opinions. I'm honestly kind of surprised anyone actually uses Metacritic or anything like IGN... I haven't touched Metacritic since my late-to-the-party PS3 days. I guess it's not surprising there are only two or three triple A games I have touched in the last... oof... years. One more when Monster Hunter Wilds comes out.

[@badfoot]

Shill - the movie. Nice vid LD, all media is the same.

[@totomen666]

remember when evil corporations been a thing only in Robocop? sweet old times

[@marbles8641]

Sad thing is, publishers and advertisers realize they can't reach the public like they used to, and are now trying to recruit Influences across the board with the same scheme they've been doing with Game Journalists for decades.

[@markivy3451]

Back in the 90s/2000s you had pay to play journalist,it was different though. It was more on major titles pay to slander competition. Not many were caught and even less punished. They would give an accurate review on most and some would get a bad review on competition. So,some good games would get overlooked. I remember not buying them anymore,unless they had something useful in it. And just reading at books a million or barnes and noble. So the tom foolery or shenanigans have always been there. Just in smaller doses.

[@cobaltfog]

The upside is these executives have bought into the idea that games are substantial enough to change the entire culture, while their minions insist gamers are nothing while steering them. Instead of changing the norms of society, they've merely increased resentment and impatience against their "message" and the uninvolved people they claim to champion.

[@doctorgames101b]

IGN=IGNorant ......great call, Lady Decade. These game review sources used to be reliable on buying the next big game by the right choices. Good video as always.😎👍

[@zerooskil7161]

Are there not anti monopoly laws? Why did Microsoft get so much shit over buying blizzard king when this shot is going on

[@ruperterskin2117]

Appreciate ya. Thanks for sharing.

[@demeter3x3]

2028* Me=" Have you heard about that youtuber Lady Decade, who miraculous disappeared in 2024...." Others="WHO"????

[@paullee3660]

Now I have to check out the ants game. Looks very original and creative.

[@TBoneTony]

Game Journalism got bad around 2009/2010 around those years. I felt something happening when I was reading the Gamer Mags and when they started attacking gamers in 2014 that was when I had enough after supporting Gaming Mags back since 1998. I only supported Retro Gamer mags are the only mags I get since then supported them since 2004.

[@GermanCodeMonkey]

Why does no one say how it really is? Game publications and their Journalists are advertisers that sell advertisement. It's actually really simple.

[@gamebros87]

Oh gamespy miss that

[@Oblithian]

"Aggressive Repositioning" Title of my s-

[@ensabahnur7657]

As usual a fantastic breakdown presentation!💣🔥💯📠

[@zexalsrevenge511]

I hate how Triple-A games always, ALWAYS get the attention whereas smaller, better titles like many indies, AAs and Japanese made games get left out in the dust by the mainstream. It gets on my fucking nerves honestly. I’m imagining a world where highly praised indie/AA games as well as superior Japanese made software are all over big city screens whereas bland AAA games are left out to be forgotten. It makes me happy triple A games are failing because of it. Not all are bad mind you, take Nintendo for instance. AAA games need to take bigger risks and try to innovate once in a while. For the longest time, I didn’t know what safe or risk taking meant when it comes to entertainment until prior research.

[@NIGHT-GAURD]

Love your vids lady decade ❤

[@UltraFlea]

KZbin reviewers are to journalists what video was to the radio star. Most gamers have certain ppl who they actually trust the reviews of based on past experience while normal folk still use gaming outlets and magazines etc.

[@lamario]

'Don't trust mainstream media and corps!' and in the same breath, 'Check my link in the description for my partner code to save on games!' Who gonna tell her?

[@kellyhollifield6634]

This is why i would rather see a content creator's review.

[@GaidenDS10]

Narcissism grew among them, they try to dodge criticism instead of facing them.

[@saidul02]

stopped buying big budget game at the full priced game, 8 years ago

[@TheYukiTsuki]

I always wondered what happened to Screen Junkies after they threw their boss under a boss with false accusations as part of the MeTwo movement and I had thought had quickly died after but Seems was bought out and renamed.

[@BowsettesFury]

Thank you for helping me expand my black list

[@hermitcard4494]

Old news but appreciated. Also fake: Videogame Awards...

[@rustynail6363]

Just got a thing or two to add. These so called giants in the industry, pale into insignificance when you compare them to blackrock & vangaurd, these two entities own shares in the majority of companies on the planet, not just entertainment and we know the gaffer at blackrock is pushing ESG & DEI, therefore is controling the likes of IGN, couple this with the likes of Billy (the evil) Gates sticking his oar in, and you have a seriously toxic mix. But....We have the power to bring them all to heel! They need us! We do not need them!!!!!!!!!!! Change your habits, don't visit their sites, don't buy their crap, you and me are the BOSS! NOT THEM!

[@brichan1851]

Thank you, Lady Decade. You, and your husband, can always be counted on to deliver the truth. We love you both! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@BBRocker75]

Exvcelent research! My respect Lady!

[@nmiles123]

So you when did none of you not read Orson Welles 1984 book, or downloaded on Audible?

[@TiredNeedSleep-c3s]

The thing about gaming review are that nobody is correct. A review is down to the opinion of the review writer - there could be writers that love a certain game and writers that hate it. Neither view is incorrect as they are both based on opinions. The best and cleanest way to gage a games quality is honestly to try it for yourself. A review based on subjective opinion can and should never be taken as gospel truth.

[@RathalosLARP]

My pattern is pretty simple. First i look at the Trailers. If looks interesting i look for more info until it releases. If it is released i watch a bit of gameplay. If that is good i will buy the game. I dont need others who tells me whats good and what not. I can decide for my own and every other person should be able to do so aswell 😂

[@wkardita]

9:57 look at their playing technique

[@zpe1200]

I thought we learnt this at gamergate2014.

[@TheBeggies95]

I love watching gaming videos by smart people! Thanks for not being afraid to say what you think!

[@Amokhunter]

Good job shining a light onto the dark corners, but to what end? It has been more than a decade that gameurinals have been utterly useless corpo mouthpieces that hand out 7s, 8s and 9s for everything their corporate overlords command them to and only recently has this been broken to some degree and ONLY to some degree, otherwise Failguard would have bombed even harder, but lets face it, the vast majority are casual gamers who switch on their console in the evening after work, probably on easy mode, maybe normal difficulty and want to be entertained for an hour or two instead of watching a movie and boy do I wish those plebs would go back to passive entertainment when they're too lazy to learn to play and then complain "game is too hard" while oldschool gamers have to rely on modding more often than not to up the ante for a challenge. Gaming becoming mainstream wasn't purely a good thing.

[@SuitYourself]

This video earned my sub.

[@REwalker29]

if they give a free copy they expect you to like it regardless

[@ctdubbin2]

Paywalls for everyone!

[@EcardEcardian]

I stoped looking at game journalist review ages ago, because can just watch gameplay on KZbin. Meaning that game journalists and their job is pointless this days. Sense can get information else where that is not one sided. Than the game journalist got hijacked at some point by political demagogs, that does not play games, does not like games, thus the reason you see game journalists fail to beat games tutorials, that they attack games that does not fitt their world view, gamers are ist and phobes when their slop does not make money. The best example on this is games that are pure propaganda being pushed up as best sellers, but just looking at the numbers, the games in question have a hard time braking even. They end up making a game that is so abysmal it does not earn the money put into the prodject. This problem with the bottom line that is the game makers, they are trying to push a narative, same goes for the game journalists, it is not an isolated event, media in general has this problem. Anything from the news to film, shows, games reviews. If it only was the odd game, I can just say: Ok, moving on. But that they try to make every single game and game journalist site into a propaganda pushing platform is kind of a pain in the neck. I almost forgot, game awards are just as bad as game journalists.

[@therant3837]

Well that's just it. I don't trust news media outlets here in America anymore. I don't trust ads from magazines or reviews about movies, for example. Usually what happens is I watch or read so called reviews that say a movie sucks and more often than not that's when I know I'm going to like it.... at least from the 1980's. 1990's and early 2000's. Nowadays all I look for is Woke reviews. If it's Woke I don't touch it or go anywhere near it. Video games, music, and all other sorts of media are under the control of big companies where consumer reviews are being taken down for the simple fact that these companies want to sell their garbage without anyone saying anything negative about them. Patience is a virtue, and so I wait to SEE commentators from private sites and see what they have to say. Of course the company is going to tell you whatever they are selling is the greatest thing since sliced bread. That's not what I'm looking for.... at all. I wait.... and all of you should do the same. Don't buy what you really know nothing about outside of the company selling the product. WAIT. WAIT. WAIT. There's always a sucker willing to buy said product and then being angry online saying the product sucks. WAIT. Wait for other people to buy on "launch" day and THEN watch their reviews. Patience, man. Ya'll need to learn that. It's the greatest gift of wisdom when it comes to the consumer market.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Remember these "jurnalists" have pretty nasty stuff in their hard drives.

[@AS-fu1kd]

Nothing bothers these people more than the truth. And it's not just a problem for gaming. It's an issue with every part of society now.

[@modelcitizen9279]

So just like the news media then.

[@ubongenyiema4526]

the corpos arent the only ones to blame. blame the people also selling to them.