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What Mainstream Media Think of Gaming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bob-costas-is-my-arch-enemy dept.

John Callaham writes "Video and PC games are a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. So why don't they get the attention of movies or TV? FiringSquad interviews several members of the mainstream media, including reporters from Time, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and more, to find the answers and see how journalism will cover games in the future." From the article: "I guess all I'd add is that gaming journalism is at a very interesting place right now. There are still a lot of people who are suspicious of games, and who don't understand their appeal, and there's an opportunity for people who write about games, if they do it well enough, to bridge that gap, and make games interesting to people who don't get them yet."

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  1. Ummm.. by Dutchmaan · · Score: 3, Funny

    ""Video and PC games are a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. So why don't they get the attention of movies or TV?"

    Aren't they making a movie out of World of Warcraft? Perhaps they are getting to the point of popularity that movies and TV ARE starting to take an interest.

  2. Slashdot by soft_guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you trying to tell me that Slashdot isn't the mainstream media??

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  3. Because it lacks "Drama"? by PhoenixOne · · Score: 2, Funny
    I gave up on "mainstream media" a long time ago, but most of the entertainment news I hear is about actor X's marriage to actress Y, which is really a sham, because he loves actress (or actor) Z. Oh, and what are they going to name "the baby".

    So, until we get some juicy info on Lara Croft's relationship with Duke Nukem, I don't think the mainstream is going to give us as much love. ;)

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  4. About time by Municipa · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have become increasingly concerned that mainstream media's opinions on things were not getting enough attention. Thanks, slashdot, for at long last shining a spotlight on the mainstream media's take on gaming.