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So You Want To Be A Game Journalist?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the simon-tells-me-it-gets-you-chicks dept.

simoniker writes "Over at Game Career Guide, they're looking at how to become a video game journalist, and exactly what that 'infamous' job entails. An extract: 'An [apparently simple] task roster belies the complexity of the role of games journalist. For example, playing a game with an eye towards reviewing it differs from playing it purely for fun and, if it happens to be a terrible game (which you will see more than your fair share of in time), it may not be such an enjoyable experience. Dealing with PR people ... can be tiresome to degrees depending on the nature of the PR person (some are more tiresome than others, let's just say).'"

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  1. To Me Filty Assistants! by Thansal · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only thing I got out of that article is that I really don't want to be a journalist (Just look at my posts and you will understand why I fear editors), and that I need to reread Transmet.

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  2. Rule #1 by mqduck · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rule #1:
    6.0 is the absolute lowest score, reserved for only the absolutely intolerable piles of crap. Regular "bad" games get at least a 7.

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    Property is theft.