MolarAm🔵
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 3, 2022 13:55:27 GMT
I remember reading John Walker's reviews. I also remember a lot of people complaining about them!
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jan 3, 2022 14:17:54 GMT
But at the end of the day it got people talking but like Gremmi says I don't see any personality anymore
The last person with a voice was Emma Kent and she left not long after joining. Their recent hire seems to be following the Kotaku line going by his recent output.
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Lukus
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Post by Lukus on Jan 3, 2022 14:20:20 GMT
I heard in a last ditch attempt to salvage the organisation they were hiring some journalistic big gun called Dale something or other. Apparently he's going to shake things up.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 3, 2022 14:22:32 GMT
I just see them making the best of whatever the situation they're in now. As far as I know, they're not really calling the shots anymore. It's their job
I think what people here tend to talk about as Eurogamer and what Eurogamer has been for a long time (since the take over) are different entities
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Jan 3, 2022 14:41:58 GMT
It's a bit of a missed opportunity.
They had/have an active community. They have an established event and a recognised brand in the fricken billion pound + Gaming industry!
Rather than pumping out text reviews and "articles" they needed to move to sponsoring youtubers and streamers, engaging with Twitch and Smashcast.
Imagine having inhouse eurogamer.net competitions and online tournaments for the community to participate in. Put some crappy merch up as prizes. I'm old with old man reflexes but I'd love to have a go, Fortnite, Halo, CoD, Apex, Mario Kart, Rocket League, whatever.
Challenge other sites, Hell maybe even create a Eurogamer E-Sports Team.
The Expo needs a massive refresh as well. Why pay and line up for hours to play demos you have at home? Developers need to be encouraged to be more generous with merch and goodie bags. If you can't have exclusives on releases and big titles Make it more interactive and worthwhile to attend. Better food, better facilities and encourage and reward the cosplay/comicon vibe.
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Post by theguy on Jan 6, 2022 22:17:24 GMT
Hey look, I seem to have taken a screenshot of the end times  |
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Post by elstoof on Jan 6, 2022 23:35:24 GMT
Well done
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Ulythium
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Post by Ulythium on Jan 7, 2022 0:18:52 GMT
"I just shat myself" and "At what point are you an alcoholic?" - the Eurogamer forum (and Font Geek, I guess) in a nutshell.
Don't ever change, you beautiful, mad bastards.
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Post by khanivor on Jan 7, 2022 2:31:50 GMT
I stayed away at the end.
Missed the sock amnesty thread. Which reminds me
1/ I need to register a name
2/ did Sonic the Wankhog reveal themselves?
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Post by Danno on Jan 7, 2022 4:40:00 GMT
"I just shat myself" and "At what point are you an alcoholic?" - the Eurogamer forum (and Font Geek, I guess) in a nutshell. Don't ever change, you beautiful, mad bastards. And Dark Souls |
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MolarAm🔵
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 7, 2022 4:43:35 GMT
For the record, I did not, in fact, shit myself.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 5:25:10 GMT
So they all say, once the evidence is destroyed.
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Frog
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Post by Frog on Jan 7, 2022 6:58:00 GMT
Of course you didn't Mola.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 10:39:49 GMT
For the record, I did not, in fact, shit myself. Sounds like something that someone who shat themselves would say. |
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Jan 7, 2022 10:42:22 GMT
Poor Stan546, he was only allowed one forum and they closed it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 10:45:44 GMT
Dark Souls didn't half reach an impressive amount of pages/posts mind you.
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JYM60
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Post by JYM60 on Jan 7, 2022 10:50:33 GMT
It's a bit of a missed opportunity. They had/have an active community. They have an established event and a recognised brand in the fricken billion pound + Gaming industry! Rather than pumping out text reviews and "articles" they needed to move to sponsoring youtubers and streamers, engaging with Twitch and Smashcast. Imagine having inhouse eurogamer.net competitions and online tournaments for the community to participate in. Put some crappy merch up as prizes. I'm old with old man reflexes but I'd love to have a go, Fortnite, Halo, CoD, Apex, Mario Kart, Rocket League, whatever. Challenge other sites, Hell maybe even create a Eurogamer E-Sports Team. The Expo needs a massive refresh as well. Why pay and line up for hours to play demos you have at home? Developers need to be encouraged to be more generous with merch and goodie bags. If you can't have exclusives on releases and big titles Make it more interactive and worthwhile to attend. Better food, better facilities and encourage and reward the cosplay/comicon vibe. Always just seemed like they couldn't be arsed with any of the hassle. Even stupid simple things like giving out beta keyyzzz drove absolutely tons of people to the site, but they just stopped doing things like that. Probably thought they were too arty farty, real old fashioned journos who wanted to cater to The Guardian readers. Didn't want to do too much which would mean they had to deal with a ton of the mad unwashed scumbags. |
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Post by retro74 on Jan 7, 2022 11:00:29 GMT
Was that screenshot the actual last day? I don’t remember some of those threads
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Jan 7, 2022 11:06:40 GMT
Hmm, I seem to recall that for the last few days or so the forum was beset with a waive of utterly shite and stupid threads.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 11:23:14 GMT
Hmm, I seem to recall that for the last few years or so the forum was beset with a waive of utterly shite and stupid threads. |
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Bongo Heracles
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 7, 2022 11:36:17 GMT
"I just shat myself" and "At what point are you an alcoholic?" - the Eurogamer forum (and Font Geek, I guess) in a nutshell. Don't ever change, you beautiful, mad bastards. The title of the new disney series raised my eyebrows the other day  |
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Post by theguy on Jan 7, 2022 13:39:56 GMT
Was that screenshot the actual last day? I don’t remember some of those threads |
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スコットランド
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Post by スコットランド on Jan 7, 2022 13:42:44 GMT
Dark Souls didn't half reach an impressive amount of pages/posts mind you. Few games get as many posts. |
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Vortex
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Post by Vortex on Jan 7, 2022 13:55:18 GMT
Probably 50% were referring to quaddy's ledge 'incident' though...
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Post by retro74 on Jan 7, 2022 14:09:13 GMT
Or unfruitful Balder Side Sword quest
Who could forget that one?
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 7, 2022 15:13:21 GMT
Dark Souls didn't half reach an impressive amount of pages/posts mind you. Few games get as many posts. Not even bothered. Not even bothered |
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aubergine
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Post by aubergine on Jan 10, 2022 10:29:28 GMT
So long as digital foundry outlast the shuttering of Eurogamer I don’t think it matters. I can get news on upcoming games anywhere, and their reviews sucked ever since they got rid of scores. I liked scores.
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Solid-SCB-
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Post by Solid-SCB- on Jan 10, 2022 10:40:06 GMT
They never even had the bottle to get fully rid of scores. Another similar, navel-gazey, metric with all of the same pitfalls isn't letting the review itself do half as much talking as they think it is.
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dogbot
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Post by dogbot on Jan 10, 2022 10:42:43 GMT
They never even had the bottle to get fully rid of scores. Another similar, navel-gazey, metric with all of the same pitfalls isn't letting the review itself do half as much talking as they think it is. This post is Recommended. |
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Post by Zomoniac on Jan 12, 2022 16:12:36 GMT
EGX is returning to Birmingham.
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