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[benji]

https://kotaku.com/sisi-jiang-kotaku-farewell-post-games-journalism-1850456691

I never read of someone being so proud of being a terrible writer and a leftist stereotype. Also lesbian( ) transexual.

the hardest part of being a Kotaku writer was simply showing up every single day and being held to the highest standards in gaming journalism

Nonetheless, I fought for readers and I fought for my colleagues. While the New York Times battled progressives over whether or not transphobia is a legitimate stance, I was an openly nonbinary and Chinese reporter in a country where it’s increasingly dangerous to be any single one of those things.

one of the curious things that happens to people who work at this website is that they start to care an absurd amount about journalism. The industry is moving in a direction where corporations and influencers are shaping how games are being talked about, rather than writers bound to a professional ethics code. Corporate fuckshit continues with alarming regularity. Layoffs have hit or shuttered multiple gaming news outlets over the past year. Yes, reporting on games is more important than ever, but it seems that, right when we need it most, fewer opportunities exist compared to when I first started writing.

Games are art, community, and politics. Gameplay allows us a mirror into ourselves, provides a vessel for our collective apocalyptic grief, and forces us into delightful contradictions.

Despite working one of the hardest jobs in the entire industry, I had some truly baller opportunities here.