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Excluding Kotaku, what is the worst video game journalist site
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Excluding Kotaku, what is the worst video game journalist site out there?
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IGN is pretty awful
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polygon

I think anyway, I never actually visited it.. only seen screencaps here -- lot like kotaku since I've quite it like 10 years ago
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>>322047009
Didn't Hogan legdrop Kotaku?
How long until it shuts down completely?
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>>322047009
Polygon is worse.

We've all seen the Rockband 4 "review" and we all know about politics in the Philippines now.
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Any site that thrives on sensationalism, /v/ included.
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>>322047732
But /v/ isn't a news site
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>>322047009
pcgamer
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>>322047009
polygon
kotaku
cnet
gamespot
gametrailers
screwattack
siliconera
n4g
youtube
gamesrader
escapist
pc world
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>>322047731
Aren't polygon and kotaku one and the same?
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>>322047253
>I never actually visited it.. only seen screencaps here
Sums up /v/ pretty nicely
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Should have excluded Kotaku and Polygon.
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>>322047009
Polygon.
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>>322047952
Nope. Kotaku is Gawker's shitty video game site, Polygon is Vox Media's shitty video game site.
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>>322047009
probaly polygon or verge.
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>>322048048
Oh, my mistake.
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>>322047948
what's wrong with siliconera?
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>>322048356
nothing, but they did have a few poor phases/posts that people can't get over
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>>322048356
I second this.
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>>322047840
thank goodness
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>>322048531
>that one writer that wanted to show his AWESOME find on phone games
thankfully think he's gone
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>>322048356
Probably spoke positively about feminists devs or some shit.
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GUYS, YOU KILLED THE MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY

YOU COULD'VE SAVED MOBILE, BUT INSTEAD YOU BOUGHT A COFFEE INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING MOBILE

YOU MONSTERS
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>>322048883
What is this post referencing?
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>>322047094

At the end of the day, IGN's sin is that it relentlessly, endlessly shills for the industry. It doesn't engage in bullshit politics or bad journalism like these other sites. It just is a marketing arm of the industry.

Once you understand that, IGN is relatively harmless.
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>>322049527
There was some article written by a guy who accused hardcore gamers of killing the mobile industry because they didn't buy his overpriced garbage.
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Polygon is bar-none the worst.
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>>322047009
/v/
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why hasnt anyone said destructoid yet?
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>>322050242
that's irrelevancy tier, no one even talks about it anymore
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>>322047009
N4g. That place was a Sony fanboy wankfest back in 08, and it only got worst over time. I had over 5 accounts banned just for saying negative, yet true, things about PlayStation in a nice fashion.
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>>322050242
I think Destructoid gets a pass in my mind because they are total shit, but they seem to know it as well. There's no way they can actually pretend to have any integrity with the sheer lack of quality in every article they write, down to the headlines themselves.
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>>322049993
/v/ is a video game journalism website?
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>"gaming" sites

No wonder you are all virgins lmaoo
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Gematsu > Everything else
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>not abandoning gematsu and siliconera for nichegamer
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>>322050681
t. Mark Kern
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>>322047554
ANSWER MY FUCKING QUESTION
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>>322050681
https://twitter.com/Harada_TEKKEN/status/678795175167037440
Yeah, no.
Fuck them.
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>>322050681
It's pretty good.
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Kotaku, polygon, RPS, PCgamer are probably the worst
I only visit ign and gamespot, ign is the better of the two
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>>322047952
I believe two Ex Kotaku writers work for Polygon
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>>322048356
It's fine, just don't read the comments.

Same with dualshockers, the mods there try to hide their Sony bias by banning people that call then out, I kek every time.
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>>322050961
gotta love that ethical gaming journalism
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Polygon. They are simply awful.
Awful pretentious faggots who actually seem to hate videogames with a passion.
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>>322050961
Nice shitpost. They owned up to their mistake immediately after. Can other sites say the same?
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>>322050681
>not going with lewdgamer
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>the person who runs this website actually virals his shit here and bought 4chan adspace
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Gamesradar is poo tier as well. Can someone direct me to a reputable gaming site?
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>>322051371
>not using both

Christ Centered Gamer is actually pretty good too, believe it or not.
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>>322051695
twitter
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They're all just awful. Kotaku is without a doubt the worst, Polygon's probably just a tiny step up from them.
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>>322051695
Games radar used to be decent many years ago.

After their site redesign, they just went to shit.
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Why would I even need to go to a gaming news site anyways?
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>>322050961
Fuck you

https://twitter.com/nichegamer/status/678910836455309312
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>>322048048
>Vox Media's shitty video game site.
this explains so much I never knew this
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>>322052110
>We were just as excited as you all were!
And in that wild rush of excitement they just decided to make up some shit.
Quality journalism.
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>>322047554
Gawker twisted it back on Hogan when he came for them by revealing audio clips that they were holding back that revealed he was a racist. Got his legend contract with WWE shredded as a result and now no company will touch home.
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>>322048356
They steal translations from gematsu

Why anyone would browse siliconera over gematsu I'll never understand
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I use nintendolife and serebii.net for all my gaming news because I'm a nintendrone. The only problem with nintendolife is that it can be a bit slow on reporting leaks.
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>>322051132
Is anyone really surprised by that though?
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>>322052338
k
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Leaving it.

http://www.destructoid.com/gaming-needs-more-safe-spaces-327127.phtml
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>>322052908
Said clips were from the porn tape they spread which started the whole drama
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>>322052436
Aren't those audio clips old though?
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>>322052987
You're implying people read destructiod.

That's like implying anyone read Joystiq.
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guys

stop

criticizing game journalism is misogyny

have you learned nothing from goobergate?
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>>322053283
was this meant to amuse me?

it did not
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>>322048356
They only cover weebshit.
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>>322052987
that's just the clickbait way of saying we need better blacklists in gaming. You giving it pageviews right now is the reason why they used safe space in the title instead.
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>>322052987
fixed
https://archive.is/wRlau
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>>322052987
> First thing you see is an ugly ass bitch with purple hair and a frown.

Okay I have to admit that I laughed.
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>>322053283
I'm sorry, I will castrate myself immediately in repentance.
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>Not exclusively following the Best Gamers

Do you cowards even vidya?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnlFHPCi2sg
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>>322048356
Nothing is wrong with the articles, but the mods are fags.
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i remember when kotaku was decent like eight years ago. what the fuck happened?
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>>322054502
Once upon a time kotaku was a shit "woah look at this weird thing japan is doing, so kooky!" site. In a way it still is, now they're just problematically kooky.
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>>322054502
They got bought by Gawker and fucked in the ass.

Now they aren't just slow, they're slow AND shove agenda bullshit into their articles.
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What happened to rock paper shotgun? I think it's the only gaming site that hasn't been mentioned in this thread.
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polygon. didnt even think about it
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>>322054941
Because they aren't worth even mentioning.

They're worse than most sites bar Polygon or Gamasutra, but without any of the influence or merit.
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>>322054941
They're shit and I'm tired of them showing up in the news feed on Steam. I'm looking for patches and updates not a passing mention in some cuck's shit opinion blog.
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What's the difference between Polygon and Kotaku? I thought they were both under the same network anyways.
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IGN and polygon are tied for different reasons
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>>322055448
One is owned by Gawker, one is owned by Vox.

For all the difference that makes.
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>>322055448
the only difference is that they're _not_ on the same network

the writers are essentially the same kind and even worked for the other at times
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So... Which are the best sites??
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>>322047948
gametrailers is great fucker, they actually have people who like games
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>>322055886
NicheGamer
LewdGamer
ChristCenteredGamer
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In terms of reviews gamespot is pretty fucking terrible
Polygon and Kotaku are worse because they bring their PC bullshit into the mix when judging games

ChristianGamer is the best
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>>322047009
On the flipside, what are some *good* video game journalist sites?
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>>322055828

They must be based out of the same shithole, probably sanfransico right? Every city has it's pastel haired trustfund faggots but the amount that are in this "field" all seem to come from the same area.
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>>322056237
See:>>322056087
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>>322056087
I tried following Nichegamer for a while but found they were nothing but a slower, more opinionated gematsu. No thanks.
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>>322055886
>>322056237
I like Shoryuken for fighting games and TechRaptr for regular news, but other than that I don't use gaming news sites anyways because Youtube exists, making these sites irrelevant.
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>>322053283
ironic shitposting is still shitposting
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>>322047009

Is it the websites, or the people who write their articles?
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i realize that this is a martian religious board, but I cant help but feel that christ centered gamer is shilling hard.

Now granted, theyre better than kotalygon but what kind of example are we setting for redditors that keep browsing this site? No one cares about tumbltards.
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>>322051132

>dualshockers
>try to hide sony bias
>site is named after the playstation controller.

ok.
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>>322056087
while I love christcenteredgamer reviews, the site is so shit I never want to load it
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>>322056558
The stuff they write is actually pretty good, even if it's a hobby so most reviews are a bit late but they're great.

That and the girl who runs the site showed up here a few days ago. She was cool, it was a good thread.

And what does reddit and tumblr have to do with anything?
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>>322047009
How is Kotaku worse than Polygon though

I mean, even Kotaku can admit Bayonetta 2 is amazing
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>>322056558
They're liked here because they have separate review scores for different aspects of the game. Graphics, story, gameplay, they aren't lumped into one score, they each get their own rating. It's a good system.
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>>322047948
>gametrailers
No you stupid faggot. They're the only site worth a damn, minus that shit player they have.
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>>322047009
polygon
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>>322057212

nope, thats the site that brought mikey pachter to spout his drivel.
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APGNation.com
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>>322057373
Pachter hasn't even been on the site in like two years
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>>322057373
1up did it first honestly. They were his soap box before GT.
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Polygon is where you go when you're too shit for Kotaku.
http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/11/9712168/tomb-raider-lara-croft-sex-symbol-icon

Opinions on Eurogamer?
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>>322057105
you forgot to mention the most important thing that's separate: the muh opinion

aka one objective score, and one where they'll adjust score based on things they didn't like

stuff like polygon will just lump those together and give it a 4/10 because muh women objectified or some stuff
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Oddly enough, i find myself going to Forbes for gaming news cuz everything else is literally shit it seems
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>>322047009
>Excluding the worst video game journalist site out there, what is the worst video game journalist site out there
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>>322057373
Pachter doesn't work there anymore. Most of the shitters who used to work there like Pachter and Shane Satterfield left and what's left is a pretty good low-key site.
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>>322057657
>8.6/10, pretty good game
>0/10, but only satan would like it
https://www.christcenteredgamer.com/index.php/reviews/18-computer/5670-south-park-the-stick-of-truth-pc
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>>322054941
They're pretty shit but the forgettable kind of SJW shit for the most part instead of the extremely provoking clickbait kind.
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>>322047009
I like to say that while Kotaku are click-baiting frauds, Polygon are legit the worse. Kotaku are trying to get my attention, Polygon wants me to chop my balls off just for having them.
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>>322057691

he's looking for the second worst, because we all know the worst is kotaku, so it would make for an uninteresting thread
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>>322057691
Yes, why is this hard to understand? OP wants to know which the worst one is but everyone already knows it's Kotaku so he wants the next worst.
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>>322058070
>this game is not a deep and provocative thought experiment
>6.5/10
I don't have a face for this.
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>>322047731
What happened with Rock Band 4?
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>>322058281
Do you have one for this?
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>>322058320
curious too, I probably already seen a screencap of it at one point, but don't really remember

never visited that site, so
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>>322054502
I believe it all went downhill after Brian C left.
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>>322058378
I was looking for something else but this will do.
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All the big name sites have to suck corporate dick to get their early review copies, they're all terrible.

But I guess if I had to pick the worst, it would be Polygon, because they not only have to bend their knee to corporate interests like everyone else, they bring extremist political views into their fucking -toy reviews- on top of that. They don't even serve the passing, very general purpose for consumers that other sites serve (i.e. if something gets below a 70 around the board, you know it's gotta be unplayable), you have to agree with their political views on top of that, which get factored into fucking metacritic. Polygon is 100% useless clickbait masquerading as a tool for consumers, like an ascended next level form of other games journalism.
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>>322058543
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>>322047554

match got delayed to 2016 like every other videogame related thing that was supposed to happen this year
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>>322058378
WAT

This can't be real
>>322058320
Choice quotes, "all video games are stupid, anyways," and "I don't care about rock music," and "chatting to another colleague about politics in the Philippines."
https://archive.is/tZF7B
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>>322058378
Butthurt originated from 4chan as far as I know (at least the widespread use of it) and it had never anything to do with rape, it just means that someone is so upset it feels like they have a cactus up their ass or something.

But it doesn't matter to these people does it?
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>>322047009
/v/
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>>322047958
>>322047253
ive been there a few times
the screencaps are pretty accurate
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Keep in mind, Polygon hired Ben Kuchera.
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>>322058070
>can be a communist dictator creating the perfect lefty fantasy utopia
>i feel like a bully :<

>yep, that's enough self awareness for one day now where's some shitlord I can lynch on twitter?
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>>322050391
>in a nice fashion.
Given you are currently on 4chan I doubt that.
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>>322059107
I think I just had an aneurysm
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>>322059107
>sales != profits
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>>322059107
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>>322058860

generally when I think of butthurt, I think "you're ass hurts because you just got fucked in it". That's how it gets used in the army a lot, because you take a lot of dick in your ass in the army (the big green weenie).

Technically, that's sodomy and not rape.
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>>322058378
>from buttmad to rape
i cannot see the logical reasoning in this
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>>322059301
Oh... my disliking for Kotaku is nowhere close to how much I think the world would be better without Polygon. They really are the worst gaming website.
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>>322058378
chain of thought > chains of slavery > racism

I demand Polygon fire this blatantly white supremacist moderator for xir problematic words and thoughts. It's an outrage they've known about their actions for at least two years now! #ProblematicPolygon
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>>322059301
>>322059432
>>322059460
faggots resort to mental gymnastics to try and save face instead of owning up to stupidity.
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>>322059470

>I'm so tired I actually did the "you're" thing

sweet jesus, LISA is such a boring game that I'm falling asleep at my desk.
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Polygon bar none.
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>>322059510
I would fucking fire these people on the spot
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>>322059596
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>>322059717
You're aware I'm talking about Ben, and not the anons, right?
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>>322059107
What is he even trying to say?

I feel like my brain is tied in a knot.
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>>322059684
whoa there, if you did that polygon might become decent and then no one would care about it

it's because of those that we keep talking about it and giving them free publicity

don't you want to get page hits and get money?
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>>322059790
I wasn't, guess I'm the retard here now.
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>>322059935
That's what the archive sites are for.

We can mock them and they don't get money. This kills the clickbait.
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>>322059510
>Hey guys, there's a new mario game out! Naturally, as a games journalist, I will not be talking about the game, but using it's release to bitch about an unrelated topic.
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>>322059939
It's okay, I like to pick fights with anons too sometimes.
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>>322047009
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>>322050681
NicheGamer is excellent, although sometimes their posts read a little like breathless 4chan post

but there was a fucking great writeup today about some Quake 1 mod that just dropped.

I wonder how much they grew when they were the only ones who actually reported anything about literally who when it was all first blowing up
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>>322051486
i get fucking mad every time i see a gamerampage link
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>>322058070
Everytime I play tropico it end up into some sort of social democrat paradise. It kinda suck that free market capitalism is absolutely impossible.
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>>322060426
>Consult an FAQ
>dinging it a point for grammar

"Consult an FAQ" is proper, though
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>>322047253
This is the worst by far.
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>>322060780
>game journalists
>knowing how acronyms work

They majored in bitching, not english.
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>>322058378
Don't you just love how these people interpret every single thing thought their world view/feminist lens and come to the most abhorrent conclusions, just to at the end say "this means this, so it shouldn't be allowed" Fucking hell this kind of subjective interpretation = what you were actually trying to say/it's the only possible interpretation is EXTREMELY PATHETIC.

This is why when SJWs say shit like "why should you have the right to say things that I find offensive, why is it bad that these things should be culturally unacceptable" I laugh my ass off, if we ever reach that point, nations world wide will become fucking dictatorships. THIS PEOPLE FIND EVERYTHING OFFENSIVE, AND WHEN THEY DON'T, They do their mental gymnastics in order to find it offensive.

You could be butthurt/buttmad for a number of fucking reasons. Diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, anal cancer, anal fissures. They literally go so fucking far to say "this could be interpreted this way, therefore will offend X person, censor it"

Also...

Inappropriate/Unwanted sexual contact>fight>physical violence>rape>suffering>pain>ptsd>a fuckload of mixed emotions>mad you could do anything to stop the rapist
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>>322060809
>i don't feel guilty about being white. but i do feel like it's my responsibility to educate myself, and to be aware of what that means.
You heard it here folks, melanin is a serious business.
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>>322060780
I think he's working off the assumption that FAQ spoken aloud would be "Fack" instead of "Eff Ay Kyoo". Which is fair considering you're likely to never hear someone verbalize FAQ in your entire life.

Still, writing for a living and not having the wherewithal to think that an acronym might be pronounced exactly how it looks is pretty dumb.
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>>322058320
The game itself is unfortunately hot garbage and this is coming from a massive fan of the series, but this reviewer went to a pre-release party and didn't actually care about any of it beyond sipping some Chardonnay and "talking about politics in the Philippines". It's one of the single most hedonistic, pretentious posts I've ever read and really sheds a light on just how hard these losers have it (read: not very). To have that little respect for your readership like that astounds me.
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>>322059510
I wouldn't have a problem with this - if it was an opinion piece, or on some sort of single-issue blog/site, but as a review, no. Fuck you. Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.
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>>322059107
What a fucking retard...

People point out that the first TB game (reboot) only reached 5 million in sales because it had been released on multiple platforms.

>He whines that sales do not matter, because they only care about profits (Sales are directly linked to profits mind you).

Another person then points out that he titled his article "Tomb Raider's xbox exclusivity likely means MORE SALES, higher profits", which people were saying it would not translate to more sales, because if the game barely reached 5 million on 5 platforms, how could it only being on only one platform mean MORE sales?

WHICH IT FUCKING DIDN'T WE'RE IN 2015, THE GAME CAME OUT, AND IT FAILED, F A I L E D!

The motherfucker, being this much of a retard then pulls the same "it will generate more sales" argument, after he replied with "sales don't matter" when he was refuted with "no it won't". Circular logic at it's best.


FUCKING HELL, F U C K I N G H E L L ! WHAT A RETARD! WHAT A FUCKING RETARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>322062156
he doesnt care about being right or doing informative journalism, he simply wants you to care about him and his opinions

youre doing a good job pleasing ben
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>>322060809
>I don't mean to drop an atom bomb on your assumptions
Pretty insensitive to Japanese people there.
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>>322047253
yep
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>>322062156
Question.

Wasn't the original Tomb Raider also a timed exclusive?

Also, I know he's too retarded to think of this, but maybe Microsoft kicked Squeenix enough money to justify this being a timed exclusive and still make a profit?
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>>322060809
You can just imagine people like this sitting there in the afterglow of masturbatory self-flagellation looking so fucking pleased with themselves.

>oooo i'm such a bad boy, im checking my white privilege so hard right now
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>>322062457
Japanese people are white, so it's fine to be racist against them.
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>>322062536
No
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>>322062756
I thought they were yellow
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>>322062756
All Asians are now privileged as well, because their parents made them study instead of hanging around at the park with Tyrone and Jamal.
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What did he mean by this?
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>>322062536
When I say "the original" I meant the original reboot, because this shit is YET AGAIN a reboot. LOL. Yes, they have made a deal, but do you seriously think that microsoft gave them enough funds to cover PS3,PC and PS4 sales? I don't think so. That's why they are going to release it on those platforms (except ps3, for some fucking reason).


Microsoft probably "promised" them they would sell X copies on the platform, I highly doubt that did cover that possibility (or not selling that very well) when they made the agreement. That's why SquareEnix had plans on releasing it on all platforms. Maybe they did break a profit, but it does depend on how many units it sold on xbox, which weren't many. Shit isn't always black and white, there's a lot more nuance about it. But hey, it sure as fuck did not translate to "more sales".

Also, you also have to consider that these kinds of deals not only damage the game's brand, but the companies.
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>>322048883
God someone please remind me the sauce on this. It was so fucking hilarious.

Some idiots misread the demand of games for the mobile industry and made a game that completely flopped. People don't want video games that you have to sit down for an hour at a time for their phone. They want simplistic little minigames that you can play for 30 seconds at a time and won't kill your battery.

There's a reason why there's no cased copies of Candy Crush at your local GameStop for PS4, because that's not what the market of that platform wants.
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>>322047009
THIS IS SHILLING
THIS IS SHILLING
Gawker wants you to take the b8, m8s
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>>322062756
That's the thing, they honestly have no problem shitting on Japanese people for some reason, which they fail to see as racist or judgmental because they make "problematic" games.

I mean my sister is one of the most rabid SJW's you'll see and I'm having an argument with her about women in video games one day and I bring up Japanese games and she scoffs, implying they just make games with scantily clad women which is prejudiced in itself. Of course if you take on any other race or culture's ideals you get labelled as a racist by these same types, so the backwards-arse logic astounds me t b h f a m.
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>>322063195
>do you seriously think that microsoft gave them enough funds to cover PS3,PC and PS4 sales?
The thing is they're not really losing those sales since it's a timed exclusive, not a proper exclusive. The real question is did they get enough to cover the sales lost due to people losing interest between the Xbox release and the other releases. And that's a fucking difficult question to answer.
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From what I know, worst to "best"
Kotaku
Polygon
Gamasutra
IGN/Destructoid
Destructoid/IGN
Forbes I guess
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>>322063406
And of course there was the Anita bombshell where she pretty much slagged off their entire culture and no one batted an eyelid, though by that point she was fast becoming irrelevant anyway.
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>>322047948
>pc world
Get fucked. They're pretty much the only site I even consider trusting.

Maybe you meant PC Gamer, because they are god awful.
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>>322062351
Eh, that guy is pure cancer. I'm not pro-GG or anything. I just hate games journalism with a burning passion. When you have long faces like Colin from IGN (EX IGN) say shit like "The thought of publishers paying for good reviews is such a far fetch theory that is worth of mockery" I rage like a lunatic.

I could go on and on and on how these fuckers are DIRECTLY dependent on these publishers, not only that but what they can say and how much they can shit on a game is directly impaired by the amount of info, access copies and advertisement money from these same fucks they are reviewing their games.

It's a freakshow at best.

It's like, are you saying that X company paid me a ticket to fly to their studio, paid for my hotel, for my food, let me play and write about games people want to know (and helping them put it out in order to make money), WHILE ADVERTISING on my site, and I'm not pressured in anyway to give their games a good score? HAHAHAHA Fuck games journalism. Youtubers do it better. I can decide for myself thanks.
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>>322063638
Speaking of which, why is Brianna the new leader of the SJWs? What did she even do?
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>>322063613
>Destructoid
They're 50/50. Sometimes they don't care and sometimes they're Holmes or Jed Whitaker.
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>>322063613
Forbes gets away with not being shit because they aren't all about vidya. They're more of a Time-like magazine than a single topic focused site.
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>>322063613
Forbes depends on who's writing. I've seen some real shit coming from them but Erik Kain is great.
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>>322063817
Pretty sure even they hate her mate.
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>>322063913
I used to feel the same but then Kain put out some real ignorant bullshit awhile back that really dampened my idea of him.
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>>322063406
The funniest thing I have ever seen was a video on Cultural appropriation and at one point they flash through a bunch of "problematic" screenshots. Of course punch-out was on there, but in what I can only call a gross act of incompetence, the character on screen was E. Honda.

So apparently Japan can be racist against itself.
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>>322063817
It's kinda hilarious. Her getting shilled to fuck splintered the whole movement to kingdom come, and now almost all of them hate each other more than they do video games.
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>>322059107
This is like that SWTOR fanboy saying that 20% of subscribers leaving was a sign that 20% more subscribers would come which would lead to a 50% increase within the next year.
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>>322051132
>Named after a Sony product
>Surprised when they're biased
hurrrr
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>>322047009
Breibart Tech

literally the worst.
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the way gaming journalism is working now is that they really want you to be angry with them. Producing controversial topics like "samus is trans" only gives them more hits from people who get pissed off and then people who agree with them. its why they survived this long.
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>>322063483
I made that argument on the reply you're replying to v/irgin (jk). I mean, You can't possibly (with a straight face) say that what they did had no impact of future sales and overall TB brand. I bet it will sell like shit on PC and PS4.


Like I said before, the simple fact that they didn't make it an exclusive if evidence that microsoft didn't pay them enough, because if they did pay for all "potential sales", they would have made their money. Which they have most certainly not. It's a dificult subject.
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>>322064061
Well, duh. You can't have your own culture anymore unless it's rainbow hipster-approved. IT'S 2015
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>>322063817
Wait, I thought Wu was losing fame.
She got a ton of shit for saying Capitalism is not complete shit, and she's been taking some pretty desperate swings with false DMCAs recently.
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>>322064210
Which is why you use archive sites to mock them instead of going on them.

The best thing 2014 did was make archivers more popular, which sent video game journos into catanonic fits of rage, demanding that archiving their sites be considered piracy and illegal.
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>>322064173
It literally only exists to appeal to GGers. There's no passion behind it or love of the medium.
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>>322063993
Like what?
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>>322064173
What's wrong cry baby? At least they don' rate games based on their world view, which is entirely subjective, or how their fifies got hurt. They are all trash, but Polygon is certainly the worst.
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>>322050423
no, but it's still bad
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>>322064335
He is losing fame, but no one disappears forever on /v/. When we hate, we continue to find things to hate about it. Nothing gets ignored, even if it's the best option.
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>>322047952
Polygon is worse than Kotaku
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>>322064335
I don't follow this shit because I have enough sodium every day. I just noticed that articles involving SJWs have Brianna's name more than Anita's recently.
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>>322064335
in all honesty when they make comments like that they are getting desperate and wanting to get the patron wagon rolling again..they all started to become irrelevant...i'm actually waiting for them them to get so desperate that one of them fakes an attack on themselves
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>>322064475
Honestly anon it was at least a year ago and I don't remember what it was.
All I recall is that it was a string of a few articles that really rumbled my jimbos. Wish I could recall.
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>>322064525
Great opinion faggot!
Hide, sage, etc.
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>>322064452
Oh bu hoo, like there's any passion with Kotaku, Polygon or any other shitty "games website", give me two halfs of a fuck. At least they don't pull gender politics, or politics at all in their bullshit articles. Cry some more. And more... and more... and more.
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What about gameinformer?
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>>322064694
Honestly I do think that despite how shit it is, there's at least some degree of passion buried deep down in Polygon. Kotaku is just a cash in on gaming culture by Gawker Media though.
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>>322064827
They get some cool interviews and shit but they're just sucking industry duck for the most part. What you would expect from GameStop's magazine.
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>>322064616
Oh fuck...

>Makes a retarded argument with no basis in reality
>People explain why she is wrong and point out data
>He then cries about how it's "wrong" for a man to explain to a "woman" "she" is wrong.

>tries to play the "you don't know shit card" when the guy clearly does, that's why when he pointed out facts and data, "he" literally threw a tantrum and pulled gender politics on the guy. Fucking pathetic.
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>>322064694
>At least they don't pull gender politics, or politics at all in their bullshit articles
Who or what the fuck are you talking about?
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>>322064217
>You can't possibly (with a straight face) say that what they did had no impact of future sales and overall TB brand.
Good thing I didn't say that then isn't it?
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>>322065028
Wu does that literally every time. Lose argument? Shout "MANSPLAINER!".
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>>322064882
You're probably right. I'm being a bit of a "shitlord". But they clearly give more priority to gender politics these days over anything that people really want to know about, and not to mention they are biased as fuck. Do I also need to mention they see the world as black and white? It's kinda hard to take them serious. I will never in my life click on their site, I infuriates me that gaming journalism has come to this. Do I think there is still things left to fix in the gaming industry? Sure. Is it as bad as these fuckers make it out to be? Hell no.
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>>322065056
I was talking about braitbart, not Polygon, how could you interpret it this way is astonishing. I hate polygon.
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>>322065056
>gross
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>>322065173
She's a disgusting person, simple pure trash.
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>>322065172
I didn't say you did, was more like a rhetorical question :P
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Don't worry, thanks to /v/ they will remain popular
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I dunno about kotaku, schreier and klepek may be faggots but they actually try to be journalists

more than I can say for the clickbait and shilling on most other sites. Honestly just get your news from forums, which you probably already do
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