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On Videogame Journalism

Posted by michael on from the and-other-oxymorons dept.

Michael_Blessed writes "The most incisive critique of games journalism currently out there. I would say that as I participated, but there's some real illuminating stuff in there. And it's all true - I should know, being a games 'journalist' myself." It's a whole long series - read all 11 parts.

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  1. Re: It's a whole long series - read all 11 parts. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No.

  2. 11 Parts? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is Slashdot, most people have trouble reading more than the headline.

  3. Re:Huh? by Talez · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a known fact that video games "journalists" are intellectual wankers. Sometimes just plain old wankers but most of the time they're huge intellectual wankers.

    Here's a brief rundown of how each video game house reviews games:

    IGN - Is the company advertising the game on IGN? Yes? Then add 5 to the score.

    Gamespot - Is this game popular? If yes, demolish the score by at least 20% and make sure to have completely unrealistic expectations of the game.

    Gamespy - THIS GAME IS SO COOL! GET THE DOWNLOAD NOW FROM FILEPLANET FOR ONLY $9.95/MONTH!!!!! MAKE SURE TO LOOK AT ONE OF OUR KEWL FEATURES DUDE!

    HTH. HAND.