I'm afraid there is no real incline, except for when you look backwards and realise you've been walking down hill all this time, we've recently experienced a dead cat bounce with Kickstarter, but I'm confident that within the next 3 years Codexers will experience the return of decline.
You speak of incline in regards to the game industry only? I agree, things will never be the same again, but you already support incline on a very small scale. You've hosted Cleveland's vaporware for example, and have done a great job of supporting that project (if I am not mistaken, I'm not reading the whole thread and associated threads because I'll probably lose my mind in the process I'd wager). You also have members creating well-written articles about upcoming games and such, but I visualize a Codex that houses a moderate scale 90's inspired game development movement, is respected as a place of dependable game journalism (even if not "professional") and is more organized. True incline & productivity, less drama & bitching. The developers of yore wouldn't have lasted forever anyway, someone has to continue on the path they paved and someone needs to support the little guys (people like Cleveland, indie teams or even modders such as myself). Codex can be more relevant, more meaningful, more respectable and can grant us what we desire as gamers still stuck in the 90's.