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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. 11 parts? by rk2z · · Score: 1, Troll

    If the writing is anything like the first few paragraphs then no thanks. Look at me I write about video games and use big words, but I should really be writing about music because that's my true love. But I'm an asshat who can't write well about it so I'll just write about video games instead. I'm so important I have something to say blah blah blah

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  2. Games have gone the way... by bob670 · · Score: 0, Troll
    of all mass media in the U.S. They are crap, just like most recent music and movies, and let's not even get in to what passes for acceptable at the book store these days. Once American corporations figure out how to market it, they suck the joy out of it. And the whole idea of "video games journalism" is almost as funny as the whole idea of "web journalism" where checking your facts and actually understanding the subject come in somewhere just behind driving hit count.

    The New York Times and other mass media corps might have thier issues (and there is no doubt that all journalism has gone south in recent years), but I'll take them over web news any day.