Destructoid was sold to conglomerate Gamurs Group recently, who just throw a million or so at a bunch of sites and then gut them for parts. They're so uninterested in the actual enthusiast press within that the entirety of The Escapist resigned last year, due to mistreatment, ending Zero Punctuation after like 15 years.
Shoutouts Destructoid. Top 3 favorite sites back when Google still had an RSS feed reader. The main inspiration for using wildly unrelated Simpsons screenshots in my chosts.
not being paid to write about games is actually somewhat bearable, but it hurts the ego more than the bottom line