Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "The GMG Union Goes on Strike, Calls for Boycott of Kotaku, Gizmodo, etc" by u/cheat-master30
• "HEY Guys; here's my blog article about a shooter you should buy instead of the boring big boys!" by u/WhyUK
• "Looking to connect and network" by u/MasterOfCybertron
• "Hey Guys- I've written about my first impressions of Elden Ring. How've you guys found it?" by u/WhyUK
• "Hey Guys- Ive written my first impressions of Hardspace: Shipbreaker. I'd love to hear yours?" by u/WhyUK
• "I Love It Anyway: Call of Cthulhu" by u/redangelx3
• "Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Review – GameSpew" by u/HAVEMESOMECAPSLOCK
• "(Review) Língua- An indie puzzle game with a cuteness problem" by u/dbird314
• "Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Review (PS5) - Limited Power" by u/spicynerfherder
• "Some thoughts on 'Twelve Minutes'." by u/ifnerdswerecool

Hey everyone! I'm a freelance writer for the website Cultured Vultures, specializing in the strategy genre. I'm currently looking for full-time work in video game journalism and would love to connect, talk, and chat with other writers about the industry and journalism in general. Is there a Discord server or a place to get together and share experiences?

Hello all!

So Im working as an intern for a site called DBLTAP, and i've been tasked with a longer project that i finish my internship with. It has to include interviews and i've found a few devs i feel would be a great asset to my article. Since its centered around horror, i found a few smaller indie devs (and not so small ones), but i'm a bit anxious to reach out. Do i just ask bluntly or do i have to do anything special.
Sorry if this is super obvious, 'im just really nervous about reaching out. Thanks!!

The original LEGO Star Wars game for the Nintendo DS began my love for gaming.

So naturally, I used my job as an excuse to play Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga for several days 🙂

Please check it out and share with your friends if you enjoyed! 🙏🏼

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Review (PS5) - Limited Power

Hello all!

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Currently i'm finishing up my bachelors in multimedia journalism, and i'm currently interning as a staff writer at DBLTAP gaming, and have around thirty short articles written for them under my belt, and should have around a hundred by the time i'm finished. I also have a small Wordpress site that i used to hone my writing a bit, and i write primarily game centered stuff for my school newspaper.

I was curious what steps i should take to progress further in the industry. currently i live in San Diego, and cost of living is high, so i'm doing my absolute best to find a job as soon as i can. I've been talking to my editor and there is a possibility for them taking me on as a part time writer after i finish my stint there, as i enjoy the job alot, and am decently good at it.

In terms of what i'm hoping i wanted to lean towards being a reviewer, though I'm open to basically everything to keep the lights on. Should i focus on freelance work or should i aim to get a staff position on some site? I don't know any game journalists except my editors, so i thought i'd ask a few questions on Reddit.

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Thanks in advance!

WhyUK

I submitted my sample work. Any clue when they usually reply back? They said if it was good they would train me.

I've been looking into getting into games journalism. and TheGamer and CBR both seem like good sites since they host the kind of content I'd like to put out, namely about D&D.

However. I've been wondering if these places are good to work at, and what their starting pay is. From what I;ve seen about CBR, the base pay is little, however it seems to fluctuate person to person, from 2.5 cents per word to 0.02 cents per word, and TheGamer has only one point of information I've found, 0.03 cents per word.

has anyone here worked for these places before?

He did a lot of gaming journalism and longform analysis videos, at least back in the day. But now his content has slowed to a crawl. He has only uploaded 7 videos for 2021 and they are of lesser quality compared to his work from the past 5-7 years. He has not updated his Patreon since late 2019-early 2020, his upload frequency is a lot less consistent, he has clearly lost a lot of his passion and drive for the subject matter he used to love, in fact, he seems to have a lot of contempt with the gaming industry (and modern society as a whole).

The views for his recent videos are very low compared to his subscriber account. He only hits just over 10% of subs in views per video when 2-3 years ago he's been hitting 4-5 times that much views, so sub to views ratio was insane back then. I used to enjoy his old videos, but he's become less interesting and it looks like his videos aren't doing too well.

I've listened to some of his recent podcast episodes, and it's clear he no longer enjoys what he's been doing for years. This podcast episode throughout (especially at 1:34:15) is really telling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMzDqUHDp4

TheGDWC is biggest indie game award yearly. This year we had over 2000 games submitted to our contest. The winners will be announced in March. In addition we ran fan favorite weekly vote for the hole year. We have 41 games winning 41 weekly votes. The finals for the weekly vote category is coming up at 17.01.2022. That is when the final voting for that category will start. Hope to see some of you to pick up the story. We are open to answer all kind of question you might have and we are all about promoting indie game industry to new heights. :)

If you are looking for something to cover as it comes to game awards i have something that might tickle your interest. TheGDWC is coming up and the winners will be announced on December. There is lots of categories and golden nugget indie games. If you like to get more information about the event just send me a message. We are all about promoting indie games and helping this industry to grow :)

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 10 posts:

• "[Hiring] Freelance Writers who can write about mobile games" by u/Tousif_03
• "Spec Ops: The Line — Apocalypse Soon: My Article on One of my Favorite Games" by u/leftstick
• "About 2 years ago I started to pursue my games writing dream that I'd been putting off for years. Today, thanks to this post, I've been listed as a Top Writer for the Gaming tag on Medium. It's a small win, but it means a lot to me!" by u/Fat_Barry
• "Plagiarism is a massive problem and scum needs to be called out" by u/PureChris
• "Plagiarism at Screenrant" by u/kristinatsarina
• "Games journalists speak on the past, present and future of games journalism" by u/NaBUru38
• "What Inspired: The Uncharted Series" by u/FreeckyCake
• "Ive written my first article for Keengamer.com ! Its about some of the best early access games ever. Let me know what you think guys :)" by u/WhyUK
• "A Former Video Game Journalist Lays Out The Power Dynamics In The Review Process" by u/shinbreaker
• "What Inspired: The Yakuza Series" by u/FreeckyCake

Im not gonna lie, i wrote a bad review about darkest dungeon, (although i did give it a positive one) and its not great. i fully amit i didn't go deep enough into the games combat, or story.

I've been trying to write in a more streamlined way and i guess i cut out a bit too much. I posted it here on reddit and it got torn apart. Im not gonna lie i cant handle criticism well and i take everything personally. Now i kinda want to stop writing for a bit over like three people on reddit. If anyone has advice on getting over it and pushing through i'd love to hear it. Thanks!

I'd love to get this community in a space where it's easy to talk shop and trade ideas. Is there a discord for us yet?