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The author does not play video games, apparently. And (I hope) I'm not gatekeeping - she states it herself in the article: > "I’m excited for this development,
by gota 5y ago
The author does not play video games, apparently. And (I hope) I'm not gatekeeping - she states it herself in the article:
> "I’m excited for this development, even though my own avid video game playing ended in the era of BrickBreaker for the Blackberry."
So it's likely she has not followed what games were, are or will be through the decades that turned them into major cultural phenomena. I wonder why she felt compelled to write a piece about something that is not part of her universe when there are so many journalists out there with plenty of experience...?
I mean, it's one thing if you decide to write about niche stuff being an outsider; but trying to discuss (and influence) terminology of a field that is, by any metric, completely mainstrean... just seems superfluous
- BitwiseFool 5y agoShe had to meet an article quota and this is the best she came up with when faced with her writers block.
- mrguyorama 5y agoThe worst part about all this is that video games as a social network or social medium has been around since at least the late eighties! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game)