alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-22 days agoAccording to Steam, the average PC Gamer [recursive reference from PCGamer] writer played 72 games this year (56% of which were new) and used a controller more than we'd like to admitwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down19
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkAccording to Steam, the average PC Gamer [recursive reference from PCGamer] writer played 72 games this year (56% of which were new) and used a controller more than we'd like to admitwww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squaredukemirage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoIt is very clearly tongue-in-cheek.
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoObviously it’s a joke, but the point is that using a controller is so unremarkable that it’s just weird to make the joke. If they hint at this kind of attitude, it makes me wonder if it’s actually a thing in their bubble.
minus-squaredukemirage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s not really weird.
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoWouldn’t be weird for a satire site to invent things to joke about, but I don’t think pcgamer is one
It is very clearly tongue-in-cheek.
Obviously it’s a joke, but the point is that using a controller is so unremarkable that it’s just weird to make the joke. If they hint at this kind of attitude, it makes me wonder if it’s actually a thing in their bubble.
It’s not really weird.
Wouldn’t be weird for a satire site to invent things to joke about, but I don’t think pcgamer is one