probably (definitely) more active on other sites! anyways we're on here too. mostly to share art by buddies & pals & friends here.
it's so cool that the games industry is consolidating & closing studios & laying off everyone & all of games media is consolidating & laying off everyone who does the most important work & actual reporting
BUT WATCH OUT GEOFF KEIGHLEY IS STILL RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER TO BANG OUT THE TRAILERS
IT'S GAMING'S BIGGEST NIGHT
LIVE
" I took everybodys feedback on board about this not feeling like a gaming showcase or celerbation so now it is a 2 hour long run time of just mobile game ads and the like!"
Thank god for all the indie game showcases, the indie game articles from online sites and the indie game content creators that all do help out with coverage on games some on popular but also on niche or lesser known indie games.
"But... then....where did all these trailers come from...?"
[in the near distance, Rod Serling walks out from behind a support beam and turns to the camera]
i don't like geoff keighley. his name has way too many letters. i will not wear his among us face mask
honestly dare we say it? the fuck is geoff keighley expecting to even reveal at his Gamer Olympics anymore
Ngl I think this best summed up why i feel like I vibe much less with video games these days than I used to.
It's telling that it took Helldivers 2 for me to play (a) game on PC again and i'm feeling like i'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop with that one. Paper Mario's probably gonna be my last purchase for a while too I suspect.
Honestly a lot of the previous year saw me instead return to tabletop rpgs*.
Like playing them but also preparing for games during where i'd have once played video games. As GM, planning scenes, reviewing modules(as work didn't leave much time to plan anything custom), setting up the campaign in the VTT we use but also doing art for NPCs both in and out of battles scenes.
And I feel the whole videogame industry BS honestly contributed to this... me just drifting from video games and back to tabletop stuff/etc even if I use a virtual tabletop to play with long distance friends.
Honestly that could explain why I feel the different campaigns I run having ruined aground a SNAFU of scheduling costing me that outlet for a while has felt so hard this year when on the video games front shit has just gone worst.
*(and even then exclusively indie ttrpgs so far because I just got disgusted from the corporate bullshit from WOTC and even Paizo is something I hear there's apparently shitty stories on how artists have been treated in the past?).
