Don't feel bad for abandoning IGN, so has 75% of the rest of their audience

[hYpnochronic]

I'd say that in light of lost readership, IGN is trying to go down the Conservative Radio path (Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck). I'd say more than half of Conservative Radio's listening audience is liberal minded people who tune in to precisely what they hate most simply because they feel the need to defend their ideals from what they perceive as lies, rhetoric, and hyperbole. What they don't realize is that it exacerbates the problem and only fuels the fire that they wish to extinguish. There is some sort of "quality" (not the right word, but not sure what else to call it) in hate speech, propaganda, and sensationalism that has a positive effect for the speaker by way of NEGATIVELY influencing the "target audience" or "defender". It's like people WANT to argue. This is why even Wii-centric forums are polluted by rabid 360/PS3 fans who don't even OWN a Wii, yet feel obligated to angrily display their opinions in places they have no actual legitimate interest in being. So my personal new agenda is to steer clear from all negativity, conjecture, and hate-fueled opinions and focus solely on the positive and informative sites. That's why most of my videogame-based online time is now spent on VGChartz and Gonintendo.com. It's best to just walk away. Defending your ideals to the uninformed will never convert anyone. For your own peace of mind, find those like-minded and focus on the positive aspects. You'll be much happier for it down the road.