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It's a bit unfair to judge an entire industry based on one journalist's experience of one game. Are you saying that "game journalism" (really, "writing about ga
by oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
It's a bit unfair to judge an entire industry based on one journalist's experience of one game. Are you saying that "game journalism" (really, "writing about games") is discredited more than writing about film or food or fashion?
- qsort 4y ago> Are you saying that "game journalism" (really, "writing about games") is discredited more than writing about film or food or fashion? Yes, by a mile. Columns about films, food, fashion (or sports for that matter) in major newspapers are usually curated by people who at least understand the medium that's the object of their critical review. The video game world is halfway between influencer wannabes and AAA studio shills.
- Ekaros 4y agoVideo game media probably always was corrupt and incestuous in their hype cycle. But at least back in those days people writing were on some level passionate for it. Now it seems that it is the place where wannabe journalist end up when they can not get work anywhere else. And thus try to insert what they want to signal in their writings. And most of the time not care about medium itself.
- seanhunter 4y agoThere really are a lot of terrible game journalists. The ones who aren't terrible tend to be independents rather than writing for big publications. An amusing and yet thoughtful take on the problem comes from Videogamedunkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG2dXobAXLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG2dXobAXLI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBqk7I5-0I0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBqk7I5-0I0