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Re: "It Will Have A Chilling Effect On Game Design" - EU Group Responds To 'Stop Killing Games'

Dazman

Some of the responses from these depraved companies are beyond laughable: like the claim that they protect players from the dangers of private servers by not making them available.

I don't hold out hope on the EU to do the right thing, though. At best they will spend 8 years debating a new body of legislation which is overly complex and obsolete soon after being implemented: if it ever is.

Re: Feature: Every Switch 2 Launch Game, Ranked

Dazman

@Truegamer79 I took the dive and it's amazing! Been umming and aahhing about the game on PC for a while, but the switch version sold me. It's a lot better than I expected. I hope the same goes for you too, enjoy

Re: Editorial: Gamers, Support The People And Sites You Love, Before It's Too Late

Dazman

@Zeldinion Well that's your opinion, and it's valid but neither true nor false. And like I said to somebody else: it's fair if you want to see that in gaming news, but judging by the failure/restructuring of outlets pushing political opinions I don't think your view is in the majority.

For its part, Nintendo Life is pretty impartial but they do have that weird Bluesky / anti-Twitter thing going on but it's low-key enough to go by unnoticed.

Re: Editorial: Gamers, Support The People And Sites You Love, Before It's Too Late

Dazman

@DiggleDog I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough. But those are not cases of a games news outlets inserting politics into gaming news - that was the news itself and not a partisan opinion but a report of fact.

I'm instead referring to the practice of outlets who push specific political views through their reporting: often via negative press. It's fair if someone wants to read that, but judging by the ongoing failure of such establishments I think it's unpopular. I personally don't want to see it, nor do I want a novice without qualification in political science or political studies to push their opinions on me.

Re: Editorial: Gamers, Support The People And Sites You Love, Before It's Too Late

Dazman

It's sad people got fired. But if an outlet doesn't write pieces which belie the fact the author hasn't actually watched/played the thing in question, or insert politics into pieces about games then I think they'd keep more of their readership and thus make more money.

Although, what with YouTube and such there's a lot of competition abound - that was one thing that got me into Nintendo Life. But the impartial articles and (mostly) lack of leak reports keeps me here.

Re: Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Accessories, And Games Worldwide

Dazman

Guys, girls and everyone else. If you can't afford this stuff you need to record all your spending in a spreadsheet and cut out any spending on wants until you can afford it. If you can only afford needs before expending your paycheck, then I suggest getting educated in a well paid profession that there's demand for. And it's never too late, I know people in their 50s who trained to become teachers. Only you can change things. These consoles are really not that expensive at the end of the day if you do this (especially the spending monitor).