{"id":640452,"date":"2026-06-15T20:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/640452\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T20:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:35:11","slug":"oh-hi-everyone-did-you-notice-anything-different-here-recently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/640452\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Hi Everyone! Did You Notice Anything Different Here Recently?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Site<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Hello \u2013 it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve written one of these.<\/p>\n

I wanted to share a small update with you all about Push Square<\/a>, which many of you may have already noticed. I know a couple of you mentioned it in the forums.<\/p>\n

Recently, we all sat around a big table with Rob\u2019s Ringtons biscuits<\/a> (they\u2019re a northern thing, apparently) and made the decision to transition from a collective editorial voice to a first-person writing style. This applies to all articles.<\/p>\n

What does that mean, in practice? Well, in short, it means less \u201cwe think\u201d and more \u201cI think\u201d. So the next time I describe K-pop Idol Stories<\/a> as a dream game, you\u2019ll know that\u2019s coming from me. (You\u2019ve all got me sussed in the comments anyway<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The media landscape has changed. People follow individuals rather than publications now. AI tools like Gemini have transformed the nature of search. It\u2019s important we adapt.<\/p>\n

The collective voice allowed us to speak from a position of authority, and that was great \u2013 but increasingly I think it\u2019s important we put more of ourselves on the page.<\/p>\n

Push Square has always been a website where we tell you what\u2019s happening, and that\u2019s not going to go away. But increasingly I think it\u2019s important we also share the why as well. It\u2019s easier to do that from a first-person perspective.<\/p>\n

\"Site<\/a>Big decisions demand big snacks, and I have to say these Ringtons biscuits delivered. Imagine crunchy biscuits with soft milk and white chocolate. I wish I could share one with every reader but Rob ate them all. By the way, this is not an #Ad. \u2014 Image: Ringtons<\/p>\n

Over the years, we\u2019ve had a great response to a number of our articles where we\u2019ve demonstrated true human experiences: I took you inside the Korean studio<\/a> behind Crimson Desert<\/a>, for example; we reviewed TMNT: Shredder\u2019s Revenge<\/a> as a trio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These are true, human experiences AI can\u2019t replicate. Our decades of experience with PlayStation is our differentiator.<\/p>\n

But you are also a part of what sets the website apart.<\/p>\n

I never wanted to run a page where the comments are divorced from the content; I think your interactions are just as integral as the article itself.<\/p>\n

By transitioning to a first-person perspective, it allows us to have a better conversation with you: authentic discussions, human-to-human.<\/p>\n

On that note, now we\u2019ve all had a bit of time to get used to things, I\u2019d love to know what you think about it all. How are you finding the change? Do you think it makes sense?<\/p>\n

Moving forward, I see Push Square as a cultural hub for PlayStation players: opinion-led, timely, razor-sharp coverage that cuts into the soul of what it means to be a PS5 fan.<\/p>\n

Your PlayStation Life, if you like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Hello \u2013 it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve written one of these. I wanted to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,242,59,130846,37694,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-640452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-features","tag-gb","tag-push-square","tag-site-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}