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New Games Journalism: Ten Unmissable Articles

Posted by Zonk on from the first-person-journalism dept.

The excellent gamesblog at the Guardian has been doing pieces of late on the phenomenon known as New Games Journalism (a topic we've mentioned here in the past). They have an article listing ten unmissable pieces of New Games Journalism, articles that help to define the genre. From the article: "This is a varied bunch, but I think what connects them is emotion, insight, and often a narrative rather than methodical structure. Whatever, just read and enjoy."

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  1. Well here they are: by NEOtaku17 · · Score: 4, Informative

    A Rape in Cyberspace

    Possessing Barbie

    Dreaming in an empty room: a defense of Metal Gear Solid 2

    Shoot Club: Saving Private Donny

    ZangbandTK: Confessions of a Dungeon Hack

    The Great Scam

    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    Going Planetside

    Red Eye #114

    Sex in Games: Rez + Vibrator
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    Creative Demolition
  2. Re:Is there really anything new here? by violently_ill · · Score: 2, Informative

    these are good stories, NOT good journalism. believe me when i say that we do not want games criticism to fall into the deep intellectual abyss that is literary criticism and art criticism. i love the idea of serious academics taking on games as a medium and publishing their work in prestigous journals, but these New Games Journalism people are NOT those academics (they're not even worthy of the term academic). they are more akin to the stuffy, tweed-clad "theorists" lampooned in such movies as Good Will Hunting and Finding Forrester (sucked, by the way). "Old Games Journalism" is simple, clear, and to-the-point, just like it should be. it serves a purpose. my only problem with the "Old Games Journalists" are the tendencies you mention. i don't know why games journalists have to be such pushovers (for example, cooperating in the hyping of a game that so obviously sucks ass, like Rainbow Six 4), but i guess that's the state of journalism in general these days.

  3. Re:Please... by jeblucas · · Score: 3, Informative
    Yep, I'm with you guys. Here's two of my OMM favorites: the Crate Review System, which introduced the STC ratio for video games. That is, the "Start-to-Crate" ratio. How long into a game until you see your first crate. I still think of this when I see a crate--just smashed some today in Ratchet and Clank. They were crates of money.

    And the infamous Asheron's Call Beta Log. This was amazing. Pretty much sums up MMMMMPORPPRPPRPPGS.

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    blarg.