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The Pointlessness of Current Videogame Journalism

Posted by Zonk on from the struggling-for-relevancy dept.

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.'"

4 of 312 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No doubt by NitsujTPU · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, starting at zero. Sorry you got the mod bitchslap dude.

    You only have 5 posts on record, how did that happen?

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

    Hence why he carries a security blanket.

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

    And posted by Zonk no less!!!

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  4. Re:The Community knows better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the end I trust the community alot more than the press. Yes, alot of message borads are full of crap too, but its seems to be alot easier to select the valuable posts.

    Grammar Tip for the Day

    "Alot" is not word. It is two words (a lot). You wouldn't write "alittle," would you?