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Over the years, gaming has become an utterly gargantuan industry and culture. As more people are exposed to and become interested in games – be it through consoles, PCs, smartphones, tablets, streaming or anything else – the more opinions will vary on what they should and could be. The days when games were mostly played by a specific demographic with similar interests and views are long gone, and the general consensus of what makes for a good or a bad game has become blurred.

A matter of taste.

Gaming is old enough now to have serious players and dedicated fans who have never even touched some of the established ‘’classics’’ of the medium. Gamers who never experienced first-hand the feeling of “controlling their TV” in Pong, the impact various Mario and Zelda titles have had over the years, the transition from 2D to 3D, or even the memory of a gaming platform without an internet connection.

This doesn’t make them any less entitled to inform an opinion of what they like or dislike than those who did. It merely gives them an entirely different angle from which to view the industry. Indeed, many other factors besides a person's age have a huge impact on how people view and experience games. Games themselves of course have become so varied and diverse that every player can now have a style or a genre of which to call their own.

This is a good thing. Gaming is more varied and more diverse than ever before. Arguably more than any other medium.

But there’s a lot of negativity within the gaming community and in the world generally. Online spaces and social media have become a hotbed of fanboyism and toxic opinions. And to top it off, the pressure placed upon online gaming outlets to generate clicks at all costs means that integrity has taken a nosedive in favour of SEO-baiting articles, click-bait headlines and AI-generated content.

The aim of The Week in Games is the exact opposite. The aim of The Week in Games is not only to keep you updated on the latest goings-on within the industry – to recommend the week’s best and most interesting gaming news and content - but to do so with a positive, inclusive slant, and to provide an honest, unbiased and upbeat look at the gaming industry and everything surrounding it.

To share and celebrate everything good in the world of video games.