@bearmine@Aywren I kinda like that about Mastodon. Not having the Big Outlets here (or at least not surfaced by others) caused me to be surprised by stuff I would have normally learned about way before they were made available.
I got burned by Vanguard years ago (because of its disastrous launch state) so I stopped waiting for the next big thing.
But I do read and listen to both @massivelyop and @BlizzardWatch because they’re both independent outlets and neither shill junk for a buck (and they’re both staffed by amazing folks who do amazing work!)
Me being the stubborn sort I am, really wanting people to describe their low-poly/pixel art games in platform independent terms. For one, while you may be intentionally narrowing your audience to those nostalgic for the old platforms, you're narrowing your audience! Why do that when the art style and game genre will already do that?
For two, why nod to big businesses that don't need it & occasionally denigrate their own old work?
Also I'm aware that there's arguably plenty of market evidence to suggest whatever downsides may come of playing up nostalgia and associating with big businesses are negligible, so it really is much more the principle of it to me.
Making your own spaces and all, being more independent so much as one can.