Wait, wait, wait… Eurogamer stole it from PC Gamer?
That’s rich. Especially since it’s a barely a page long, and is just a very loose summary of what was said in a GDC talk. I’m sure they’ll drip-feed tidbits as “articles” in the coming days.
“stole” is not really the right word. One outlet reports on something, like something that was said during GDC. Other outlets then “remix” (/reorder) the content of said article to create their own article from that. Most of the times they attribute it correctly, but some less-than-savory outlets don’t even credit the original source. But I digress.
The problem with this remixing of content is that it keeps losing accuracy / value each time it’s reworked by a different outlet. They change the headline, change the order of paragraphs or sentences, omit certain bits, add something else; eventually this means that the clickbaity versions get more traction that the original article while also being less accurate at the same time. This irks me greatly, hence my initial comment.
You’re not wrong about drip-feeding content though. They will milk every single quote in an interview and create a whole new article for each thing that was said, even if these quotes were said in the span of two minutes.
Wait, wait, wait… Eurogamer stole it from PC Gamer?
That’s rich. Especially since it’s a barely a page long, and is just a very loose summary of what was said in a GDC talk. I’m sure they’ll drip-feed tidbits as “articles” in the coming days.
“stole” is not really the right word. One outlet reports on something, like something that was said during GDC. Other outlets then “remix” (/reorder) the content of said article to create their own article from that. Most of the times they attribute it correctly, but some less-than-savory outlets don’t even credit the original source. But I digress.
The problem with this remixing of content is that it keeps losing accuracy / value each time it’s reworked by a different outlet. They change the headline, change the order of paragraphs or sentences, omit certain bits, add something else; eventually this means that the clickbaity versions get more traction that the original article while also being less accurate at the same time. This irks me greatly, hence my initial comment.
You’re not wrong about drip-feeding content though. They will milk every single quote in an interview and create a whole new article for each thing that was said, even if these quotes were said in the span of two minutes.
Yes, it’s essentially this except with games, and PC Gamer is still kind of in the middle of the chain here.
I wish they would link to the original GDC talk, at least. Instead, all of their “sources” are their own articles.