Dude, you are getting SCREWED and you're bending over for it. That is definitely NOT standard everywhere in the tech industry. Your employer is feeding you a bunch of bull if you think that.
When I watch a movie it is a fairly passive activety. I sit back, enjoy the flick without much involement. When I play a game though, such as grand theft auto or the like, that is a very active thing. I look for pedestrians to run over, I look for police to beat up. Now, I don't think that this nesassarly translates into violence in real life but it is definetly worse then what you see in tv and movies.
So what about those actors in Hollywood, are they all wacko too? I mean, they pretend to kill people in violent movies, that must mean they are violent.
I am not sure that writing a story about a game constitutes journalism. I mean, sure, journalism is writing stories, but not all stories are journalism. To me a journalistic article has to present factual information. A story is just entertainment.
Having said that I've certainly enjoyed many of these stories. I value them, but I also value "old" Gaming Journalism, the kind that presents facts and opinions in a structured format that's easily digestible and more, IMHO, credible.
I had just read The Great Scam the other day and was very entertained by it's great writing style. However, from talking to EVE Online players, I (like them) have come to believe that the piece is a total fabrication. That is not Journalism, that is just creative writing. Lets call a spade a spade.
The site began its roots as one dedicated to PC RPG games, such as the beloved Ultima, Wizardry, Might & Magic, Baldur's Gate, and etc. franchises. Then that field just kind of slowed to such a crawl, that in order to get more content they needed to branch out into other areas.
They have slowly started adding content for console systems over the last year or so, and they also add RPG-flavored PC games that aren't really RPGs, like the Heroes of Might & Magic strategy games, or Thief, a first person shooter with great characterization and story.
I personally think this dilutes their focus but I'm not terribly bothered by it. Actually I'm all for including the console RPG games, but I don't see a need to include non-genre games just to fill in content, even if they do have RPG elements in them. Maybe if they had a separate news page for that kind of stuff I'd be happier about their inclusion. The thing is, you can filter what you see on the site if you log in so if you don't want to see that stuff, just filter it out. However, I don't think they have customized RSS feeds like that, and I typically get my RPGdot news through Bloglines and then click on the articles that interest me.
If you are an RPG fan, though, you really won't find a better site, especially if you join in on their forums. RPGamer is probably better if you're more focused on the console RPGs, though.
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If by that you mean "essentially a bit player in the market that they once innovated" then yeah. I agree.
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Dude, you are getting SCREWED and you're bending over for it. That is definitely NOT standard everywhere in the tech industry. Your employer is feeding you a bunch of bull if you think that.
Your suggestion is that game players take up the slack and start developing their own games to give the game developers a break?
When I watch a movie it is a fairly passive activety. I sit back, enjoy the flick without much involement. When I play a game though, such as grand theft auto or the like, that is a very active thing. I look for pedestrians to run over, I look for police to beat up. Now, I don't think that this nesassarly translates into violence in real life but it is definetly worse then what you see in tv and movies. So what about those actors in Hollywood, are they all wacko too? I mean, they pretend to kill people in violent movies, that must mean they are violent.
I am not sure that writing a story about a game constitutes journalism. I mean, sure, journalism is writing stories, but not all stories are journalism. To me a journalistic article has to present factual information. A story is just entertainment.
Having said that I've certainly enjoyed many of these stories. I value them, but I also value "old" Gaming Journalism, the kind that presents facts and opinions in a structured format that's easily digestible and more, IMHO, credible.
I had just read The Great Scam the other day and was very entertained by it's great writing style. However, from talking to EVE Online players, I (like them) have come to believe that the piece is a total fabrication. That is not Journalism, that is just creative writing. Lets call a spade a spade.
The site began its roots as one dedicated to PC RPG games, such as the beloved Ultima, Wizardry, Might & Magic, Baldur's Gate, and etc. franchises. Then that field just kind of slowed to such a crawl, that in order to get more content they needed to branch out into other areas.
They have slowly started adding content for console systems over the last year or so, and they also add RPG-flavored PC games that aren't really RPGs, like the Heroes of Might & Magic strategy games, or Thief, a first person shooter with great characterization and story.
I personally think this dilutes their focus but I'm not terribly bothered by it. Actually I'm all for including the console RPG games, but I don't see a need to include non-genre games just to fill in content, even if they do have RPG elements in them. Maybe if they had a separate news page for that kind of stuff I'd be happier about their inclusion. The thing is, you can filter what you see on the site if you log in so if you don't want to see that stuff, just filter it out. However, I don't think they have customized RSS feeds like that, and I typically get my RPGdot news through Bloglines and then click on the articles that interest me.
If you are an RPG fan, though, you really won't find a better site, especially if you join in on their forums. RPGamer is probably better if you're more focused on the console RPGs, though.