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I'm still surprised KiA has lasted as long as it has. I expect it will one day be infiltrated and ruined like many things are but until then, it fits a strong role as the place for normies who want to peer into the rabbit hole.
As for the questions:
>How far do you think we have left to go in unfucking our games industry?
The process has begun but will always be an ongoing thing. The industry didn't get fucked because of one thing, it got fucked because multiple little things began adding up. Some of these things are closer to GG than others but as long as people know how to keep measured distance to different issues so nothing collapses on itself, we should be fine. People just need to remember to vote with their wallet, use different sites, and support what they love instead of accept something because it's there. We had some holes, still do, but they're getting filled by places like nichegamer, techraptor, dualshockers, etc. Even IGN has shown some unusual moments with their reviews and reporting that suggest it's good to keep an eye on them. Sure there's no way to clean IGN up but if we can keep their corruption to the corporate levels that we can't see, it's a win. We'd exist as a necessary evil for them to manage, which is the most you could honestly hope for on a giant like that.
>What are your personal goals that remain unfulfilled, and are you doing anything to work towards those goals now?
My primary goal was "have fun."
Exposing Kotaku and Polygon as shit were side goals and I'm surprised at how well that's gone. If anything they did it for us.
I'd like to get more involved with the industry and haven't really done much to do that. Part of it's because I'm not sure what exactly I want to do and I need to focus on one thing more. Basically I've done a lot of playing but not enough work. Just is hard to get motivated sometimes.
>What were your other goals that #GG has already accomplished?
Goal #1: Got new sites to go to.
Goal #2: Have gotten to see different perspectives that I wouldn't have otherwise seen.
Goal #3: Am part of a network of people with varying opinions united only by their hatred of video games. Getting away from halfchan was an unintended goal that I'm happy occurred too.
>Are you happy with the scope of #GG currently, and if not, what would you change? If so, what do you think our strongest points are, or were?
I'm not entirely sure what our scope even is these days but we never had a clearly defined scope to begin with. It's a bit weird as it sometimes is something that our opponents assign for us, resulting in us either taking the bait or telling them off. A focus on journalism was always there and the three C's of clickbait, cronyism, and conflict of interest remain the core parts of GG that get the most traction. They're more secure than other aspects and "clickbait" has grown more relevant as GG progressed.
In terms of changes, just the usual wish of more people identifying bait when they see it. People sometimes forget to tie a story down to an underlying principle and get hooked. There's just not much that can be done to this realistically as there will always be people too retarded to guard against it and those shilling for it.