{"id":135450,"date":"2025-12-28T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-181844"},"modified":"2025-12-28T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:00:00","slug":"editorial-gamers-support-the-people-and-sites-you-love-before-its-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2025\/12\/28\/editorial-gamers-support-the-people-and-sites-you-love-before-its-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: Gamers, Support The People And Sites You Love, Before It’s Too Late"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from<\/em> 2025<\/a><\/em>. This article was originally published in May.<\/em><\/p>\n

We should note that the Giant Bomb story had a happy ending, with the staff buying GB from Fandom and going independent. Yes! Nevertheless, in another turbulent year for the games industry and the media covering it, it’s more important than ever to support the work you love…<\/em><\/p>\n

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Well, we’ve come to the end of a week that’s seen the end of two gaming institutions as we’ve known them for many years.<\/p>\n

The departure of Dan Ryckert<\/a> and Jeff Grubb<\/a> from Giant Bomb on Thursday<\/a> was swiftly followed by news of layoffs<\/a> at Polygon following the site’s sale to Valnet (owner of Screen Rant). Seeing these top-tier creators and games journalists unceremoniously cast aside has been a shock for anybody who’s followed and enjoyed their work over the years.<\/p>\n

Except it hasn’t really, has it? The layoffs in games and games media have become so commonplace that it doesn’t come as a surprise anymore to see gaming institutions crumble around us – it’s just another week in the industry.<\/p>\n

We’re a month away from a new Nintendo console launch \u2014 something we’ve been waiting for for so long \u2014 and yet many of the critic voices fans are most keen to hear have been de-platformed this week in circumstances that leave us, if not surprised, then thoroughly depressed and dumbfounded by the decisions taken by management at Fandom and Valnet.<\/p>\n