As someone with a great deal of interest and study time in both video game history and sociology, the topic of the article fascinates me. I enjoyed reading it thoroughly. However, even though slashdot readers are an absurdly irrascible lot, the problem people are complaining about here with JonKatz' writings is real. At the end of every article, I have to rethink real quick and strip out any bold claims or sensationalistic points in order to make sure I learned something objective. It's similar to reading analyses by Jupiter or Forrester, you have to parse out the sensationalism and keep the clean fact and solid conclusion.
Here's the big plus I can say about Katz, his finger is definitely on the pulse of what I'm interested in topic-wise, even if I don't agree with his execution.
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As someone with a great deal of interest and study time in both video game history and sociology, the topic of the article fascinates me. I enjoyed reading it thoroughly. However, even though slashdot readers are an absurdly irrascible lot, the problem people are complaining about here with JonKatz' writings is real. At the end of every article, I have to rethink real quick and strip out any bold claims or sensationalistic points in order to make sure I learned something objective. It's similar to reading analyses by Jupiter or Forrester, you have to parse out the sensationalism and keep the clean fact and solid conclusion. Here's the big plus I can say about Katz, his finger is definitely on the pulse of what I'm interested in topic-wise, even if I don't agree with his execution.