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HartKnight<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@usagi704" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>usagi704</span></a></span> started playing Seven Samurai 20XX on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PS2</span></a>. I was looking up some reviews on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameFAQs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameFAQs</span></a> and then <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metacritic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metacritic</span></a> when I saw a positive review score from Play Magazine. I knew E.Storm was behind this and, thanks to Archive.org, I found that I was correct. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogamer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magazines</span></a></p>
183231bcb<p><span>Given the rapid consolidation of video game "journalism" websites, I predict Ziff Davis and Fandom will merge some time in the next three years, bringing IGN and Gamespot under one conglomerate. <br><br>Since 2023, Fandom has been filling wiki articles with </span><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20240710043519/https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Help:Quick_Answers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">procedurally-generated "quick answers."</a><span> These "answers" take the form of an FAQ, except they answer procedurally-generated questions no one asked and the answers are not accurate. Yet Fandom says they increase SEO, so they are here to stay. <br><br>Based on the "success" of Quick Answers, I predict Fandom will also add procedurally-generated nonsense to all GameFAQs guides. Guide-writers who want to write guides that are actually informative will move either to self-hosting or to StrategyWiki. <br><br>Then they'll turn their attention to the "journalists," who, unlike wiki editors and guide-writers, cost Fandom/IGN money. Fandom/IGN will fire </span><i>all</i> writers from <i>all</i><span> video game "journalism" sites they own, and replace them with procedural generation. It doesn't have to be accurate or good: it just has to yield high SEO.<br><br>All video game journalists who wrote actual informative articles will move to independent blogs. Those who just regurgitated corporate press releases will find other careers. Meanwhile, search results will be dominated by IGN/Fandom's procedural generation nonsense. <br><br></span><a href="https://transfem.social/tags/fandomwiki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fandomwiki</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/gamefaqs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamefaqs</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/gamespot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamespot</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/ign" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ign</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/ziffdavis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ziffdavis</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/llm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#llm</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/ai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/seo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seo</a> <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/QuickAnswers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QuickAnswers</a></p>
Yesterday's Rose<p>Wait.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GameFAQs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameFAQs</span></a> is now owned by <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/FandomInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FandomInc</span></a>?</p><p>Fff... umm... ehh... fff.. nnggh... fff... WHY????? HOW?????</p><p>Look, I'm an old <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/wiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wiki</span></a> nerd, former Wikipedia admin and all that, and the only reason I was ambivalent to Wikicities/Wikia/Fandom was because I assumed every reasonable person was running an ad blocker anyway. Yet lately I've been kind of raising eyebrows at them more and more and more. 🤨</p><p>Fandom seems to be doing a lot of Business Moves.<br>I don't like that.<br>I don't like that at all.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a></p>
AyotoCorp<p>Broke: Getting info from a Fandom/Fextralife wiki<br />Woke: Getting info from a <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GameFAQs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GameFAQs</span></a> guide someone spent 3 months painstakingly crafting to be as absolutely helpful as possible, including sick ASCII art<br />Bespoke: Getting info from that kid in 5th grade who probably isn&#39;t lying</p>
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