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The Pointlessness of Current Videogame Journalism

Anonymous Coward writes "TG Daily has its weekly videogaming column up, and this week the author is attacking what he terms The Pointlessness of Current Videogame Journalism. From the article: '...the formulaic, child-minded writing-for-the-lowest-common-marketing-denominator style that encapsulates 99% of the mainstream videogame press is a load of crap ... Rather than being critics who add to the industry as film and music journalists arguably did back in the heady days of the 50's - 70's... videogame journalists are mere extensions of the marketing machine, pushing even the most mediocre of games into a good light with the public in previews and then trashing them for sport to see how many good puns can be dredged out of the 500 words which the author really doesn't want to have to write.'"

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  1. Re:Linus is insecure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hence why he carries a security blanket.

  2. Re:Oh the sweet irony by Chowser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And posted by Zonk no less!!!

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