[overthemoon]

There's some lazy, parasitic, and axe-grinding writing in games journalism, as in all kinds of journalism. I am personally annoyed by how often I see Reddit posts and YouTube summarized like they're a story. But the good stuff is good, and this is IMO a good trend. Aftermath itself might suck, but I'd like to see more passionate video game writers get an opportunity to run their own outlet rather than churn out stupid bullshit about Twitter posts to create more surface for ads.

[xxs]

>Aftermath itself might suck,

The initial articles are well written.

[vehemenz]

"We're trying something different, thanks for joining us"

A comma splice isn't the end of the world, but if this is the post that's advertising your new enterprise to the rest of the world, then it tells me you have some inexperienced writers.

[starkparker]

Even experienced writers suck at this. It means they have no actual editors.

[xxs]

That's an interesting observation - I'd have never noticed it in such a way. Reminds me "Nobody. Understands. Punctuation."[0] that's often reposted on hacker news.

[0]: https://www.stilldrinking.org/nobody-understands-punctuation

[ameister14]

I do not agree. It's readable, but not well written.

ex. "Fortnite saw 3.9 concurrent players on OG’s launch day, besting recent records, and huge subsequent numbers. It was the number one category on Twitch, bolstered by a 24-hour stream by Ninja, who made his name on the game."

[nottorp]

As a potential game player, why do I care about that? Is the game any good? What is it about?

[overthemoon]

Fair enough, I want to give it a chance for sure.