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Title: Fallout co-creator: endless online arguments are pushing people out of gaming, not saving it
Post by: Redaktion on January 10, 2026, 20:14:11
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain warns that toxic, taste-based arguments in gaming are driving both players and developers away from the medium, as online debates increasingly dismiss the legitimacy of differing priorities like frame rate, visuals, or narrative features. In response, Cain urges fans to shift focus from fighting to funding, arguing that "buy the games you want to see more of" is the most effective way to shape the industry's future.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Fallout-co-creator-endless-online-arguments-are-pushing-people-out-of-gaming-not-saving-it.1201271.0.html
Title: Re: Fallout co-creator: endless online arguments are pushing people out of gaming, not saving it
Post by: Bizarro_NikoB on January 10, 2026, 20:44:58
The internet as a whole is driving people away from a great many things because of insufferable groups of people brigading. I'm just glad I got the experience the internet before it went to s*** around ~2015-2016.
Title: Re: Fallout co-creator: endless online arguments are pushing people out of gaming, not saving it
Post by: Gallo123 on January 10, 2026, 21:03:50
Quote from: Bizarro_NikoB on January 10, 2026, 20:44:58I'm just glad I got the experience the internet before it went to s*** around ~2015-2016.

The internet went to s*** in 2010. The advent of Xbox 360 Live gave prominence to canned gaming like Call of Duty, the rise of Facebook (data theft), killing of internet freedom (IP enforcements used snuff content) and the beginning of streaming rather than ownership.
Title: Re: Fallout co-creator: endless online arguments are pushing people out of gaming, not saving it
Post by: Chesscheckers on January 12, 2026, 11:08:03
Ah, you're all late to the party. The internet went to s*** in 1999! When the bulls**t Y2K hype hit, I just knew human civilization was too easily fooled and ignorant to survive what was coming. Our blip in time is almost up. The machines won't last long either, nor should they...truth is not in them, they are consummate liars.
Title: Re: Fallout co-creator: endless online arguments are pushing people out of gaming, not saving it
Post by: Bizarro_NikoB on January 12, 2026, 17:03:14
Quote from: Gallo123 on January 10, 2026, 21:03:50The internet went to s*** in 2010. The advent of Xbox 360 Live gave prominence to canned gaming like Call of Duty, the rise of Facebook (data theft), killing of internet freedom (IP enforcements used snuff content) and the beginning of streaming rather than ownership.

Haha. Yeah thats fair. When I was writing my comment, I was trying to remember "when did it all change?" and settled on 2015. Fully agree with what you wrote.
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