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Don't worry, anything that gets a small amount of attention and can atteact a ragebait market WILL be discoursed to death Everything needs to be a controversy!

Great article. I pray for the day that defensiveness no longer defines progressive media discourse. I remember the exact dynamic you describe with Mixtape happening with Frozen and the new Star Wars trilogy.

Its some condolation that through all the Gamergate honking and academic wank, Beethoven and Dinosaur have probably sold a huge number of extra games. And really thats what matters - seeing a small studio succeed when everything is in shambled

It's meant to make you feel nostalgic, so if that makes you sad, it might be best to steer clear of it. Also, (and this is not giving anything away) it's the main character's last day in town, so again... And one of the characters' dads is a bit of a dick. But other than that, it's all pretty happy.

Never heard of it

A lot of early hate was over review scores. Later, when people pointed out that gaming websites have been hopelessly corrupt and taking backhanders from publishers for decades) it turned into the notion that #Mixtape isn't good and isn't a game. It's all just drama queens being drama queens.

That was my point hard to convey sarcasm in text

I think the discourse around it "not really being a game" is telling. Whether it's really a game or not just doesn't matter. There are sections that allow you to do things that don't change the outcome, and that's whimsical. Requiring a fail state might actually be a problem with you and not it.

But the problem with game reviewers being paid by mega corporations to give stellar reviews has been going on for twenty plus years. So it just seems weird that people chose this year and this game to call them out on it. And the ire seems directed more at the game than the corrupt reviewers.

And yet in reality, it's not games journalists that get paid, it's your youtubers that you so fanatically worship. They're considered cheap advertisement material in the industry, did you know that? Nobody paid to have these outlets promote mixtape. You just can't handle that some people like it.

Critics are humans giving their opinions. So, yeah there is going to be some natural discrepancy. Combined with the type of game this is makes it more so. It's not pay or a conspiracy some people vibe with it, mostly kids of the 90s. And others don't, inexplicably also kids of the 90s.

shows just how much "payola" game journalisms are. Which would've been fine, if they don't regularly bemoan why we don't trust them and that they're important. www.thegamer.com/trust-video-...

I literally never read reviews for a game, nor do I watch creators' hot take on them. I read the description, watch the trailer, and check user reviews to see if there are any big bugs. I can't fathom why anyone would care so much about critics' reviews.

I have one nitpick: Nathan Grayson claims #Mixtape "feels rooted in a very specific kind of white guy’s teenage experience." Considering two of the three main characters are not white, and two are girls, I think he's off target. What the game feels rooted in is the middle class suburban experience.

The drama over #Mixtape reminds me of this:

I find that the biggest outrage always surrounds the more mediocre titles that don’t mean much. Though the sloposphere rarely cares about trivial things like that. They’re probably just mad theres a non white character or something.

ugh thank you 😭

I can see this being a cult title down the road someday, it’s charming and full of personality that’ll definitely attract a core fanbase that’ll truly love it.

You realize that critics do not define “facts”, correct? That they only ever share opinions, albeit educated opinions, and therefore have NEVER “lied” to anyone? It’s totally 100% fair to disagree with a critic. I’m a big fan of RLM but I disagree with them on a lot of their takes.

people on twitter call it "fake 90s". *positive* thought they found is, it is [sic] "accurate teen angst -cringe"

"But the truth is that relatively few people care about written game reviews these days... The very content creators who accuse IGN and other sites of misusing their influence are the real tastemakers of the modern era" Yes, 100% this.

I'd say it's a 7/10 (on a real scale if 1-10 - as opposed to the corrupt gaming industry]s scale of 7-10). #Mixtape is not great, not mediocre. Worth playing for those who like cozy games like "Journey". I'd prefer the price point to be $10-15, but you can't have everything.

What "came out of nowhere" is the fact that a game genre these chuds hate got ratings of 10/10. And to these folks, that's a capital offense. They think no cozy game deserves a 10/10: they think those sorts of ratings belong to action games where you shoot things endlessly. It really is exhausting.

Maybe I’m weird, though. I’m a middle aged straight white xennial. I’ve been catered to my ENTIRE LIFE in media and elsewhere. Getting new voices and perspectives today, as much as we’ve been able to, at least, has been REFRESHING AF.