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Re:Why I don't play mobile games on my smartphone by OJFord on Sunday May 19, 2019 @07:04AM (#19952677)
I used to read CustomPC, a magazine in the UK that covers hardware (why I started reading) and games (that it got me into).

I don't any more, but I believe it's still published. It never really felt like advertising, of course they were sent free copies to review, but there were plenty of negative reviews.

If you can apply a mental 'Fortnite filter' (or want to read about Fortnite) then Polygon is good too.

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Re:Why I don't play mobile games on my smartphone by rudiv on Sunday May 19, 2019 @07:16AM (#19952722)
I find Polygon has good content usually, but I've also found many reviews from Polygon that seem to betray a lack of understanding or familiarity with the genre from the reviewer. Also, they have more content that is about gaming (e.g. regurgitating stuff from Reddit, their critical analysis of genres, anything vaguely "gaming culture" related) than they have content that is about games.

I'm ashamed that I forgot about it in my other comment, but Rock Paper Shotgun is my other favourite gaming site. I've never gotten any whiffs of shilling from there, but I may not have the nose for it.

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