Posted September 20, 2024
In England, at least until fairly recently, “turd burglar” was derogatory slang for a male homosexual. Not very nice and certainly out of sync with more modern sensibilities. However, I must say I don’t recognise or understand the sense in which the OP uses the term here.
As for the topic, I think this just re-emphasises how completely the games industry has changed since both the internet and Steam came along. Before the internet became the norm, all stores were still bricks-and-mortar physical entities and simply sold games, having no other function.There were no real “store wars” because every store sold the same physical versions of the same games, and for pretty much the same prices, You chose between, say, Game and Electronics Boutique based on which store was closer to your home, or which one had the nicer carpeting.
Games reviews were pretty much the exclusive domain of professional writers working for gaming magazines.After an initial golden era of total honesty maybe some deals got struck behind the scenes and magazine reviews began to become less than honest with the public. However, Joe Public was still out of the picture before the internet came along. There was no “review bombing” yet and the words “troll” and “trolling” referred to a mythical creature and a form of fishing respectively.
I suppose the conclusion I’m trying to arrive at here is that since the internet and Steam came along, the games industry has gradually turned into an utter shithole.
As for the topic, I think this just re-emphasises how completely the games industry has changed since both the internet and Steam came along. Before the internet became the norm, all stores were still bricks-and-mortar physical entities and simply sold games, having no other function.There were no real “store wars” because every store sold the same physical versions of the same games, and for pretty much the same prices, You chose between, say, Game and Electronics Boutique based on which store was closer to your home, or which one had the nicer carpeting.
Games reviews were pretty much the exclusive domain of professional writers working for gaming magazines.After an initial golden era of total honesty maybe some deals got struck behind the scenes and magazine reviews began to become less than honest with the public. However, Joe Public was still out of the picture before the internet came along. There was no “review bombing” yet and the words “troll” and “trolling” referred to a mythical creature and a form of fishing respectively.
I suppose the conclusion I’m trying to arrive at here is that since the internet and Steam came along, the games industry has gradually turned into an utter shithole.
