I prefer to avoid websites that are pay-per-click because more often than not that creates a 'sensation' mentality....which I loathe. Writing and Journalism should be about the news, the story you are delivering. Not the biggest sensation you can find so you get more bucks. And that is often what websites that are pay-per-click create. If Kotaku really thinks that it is a good competitor for the other gaming news websites out there it should hire it's writers on payroll.
And well. personally I prefer never to see anything from Kotaku again. The writing style most 'journalists' have there make me cringe. The text on the page doesn't flow, which makes it incredibly hard to read.
Not to mention there are links left and right on the side of the page, further confusing the reader due to read-direction (you want to read the thing on the upper left first, that's just how your brain and eyes work) and because of it it pulls you out of the article.
The comment system is a chaotic mess and it's hard to tell what kind of system is behind it. I can't even begin to tell how utterly confusing that crap is for people.
In a designers eyes this website is a complete and utter mess. In a writers eyes Kotaku is laugable.
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I prefer to avoid websites that are pay-per-click because more often than not that creates a 'sensation' mentality....which I loathe. Writing and Journalism should be about the news, the story you are delivering. Not the biggest sensation you can find so you get more bucks. And that is often what websites that are pay-per-click create. If Kotaku really thinks that it is a good competitor for the other gaming news websites out there it should hire it's writers on payroll.
And well. personally I prefer never to see anything from Kotaku again. The writing style most 'journalists' have there make me cringe. The text on the page doesn't flow, which makes it incredibly hard to read. Not to mention there are links left and right on the side of the page, further confusing the reader due to read-direction (you want to read the thing on the upper left first, that's just how your brain and eyes work) and because of it it pulls you out of the article.
The comment system is a chaotic mess and it's hard to tell what kind of system is behind it. I can't even begin to tell how utterly confusing that crap is for people.
In a designers eyes this website is a complete and utter mess. In a writers eyes Kotaku is laugable.
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