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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eh.... they were beholden to the games industry as much as any publication, and perhaps more due to their ownership.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

yeah i meant work as in interesting content rather than journalism. never referred to GI for reviews but they had fun content.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

that's fair. I suspect their relationship with gamestop, which had it's own mini-e3 for a while, led to a ton of great content discovery that many journalists didn't get access to back in the day.